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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
ENJOYS
GIVE OUT THEIR
PEACE POSITION

Paris. Friday. Feb. Try the
Associated PreFs.) Baron Maxine.
senior japanese delegate 20 the
peace conference. made public to-
day a statement as 10 Japau's po-
sition at the conference. After out
lining the main facts in inc histur'
of the past 20 years since the
Chino-Japanese war. describing
Germany's efforts 10 establish her
self in the far east and giving in
some detail, the claims Of Japan 20
Pacific island groups located north
of the equator. the statement says:
Germany sought 10 sti1 up ILL
will in the far east after the pene-
tration OF Manchuria by the Jap
anese railway under ,he right
granted by the Portsmouth treaty.
She also made the most Of the
more or less serious mistakes
made by both Japan and China in
the course OF their diplomatic and
commercial relations
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
THREE KILLED
AS SEAPLANE
FALLS IN BAY
Many See Machine In
Fatal Plunge-First
Thought "Stunt."

Pensacola, Fla, Feb. S.-Three
naval flyers. Ensigns Dwight Rut-
Iege, Robbins. La. David Mingle,
Tyrone. Pa. and Ralph McCOrm-
ack, East Boston, Mass, were Kill
led last night when their hydro
plane from the training station
here fell 500 feet into the bay and
was demolished
Spectators who saw the machine
go into a nose dive thought the avi-
ators were maneuvering. even af-
ter the plane struck the water.
When the machine did not rise,
mechanics thought engine trouble
had developed and went to assist
ance. only to find the three bodies
floating in the wreckage of the
plane
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
SIX SHIPS SAIL
WITHS,5OO MEN
Battleship Kansas and Five Trans
ports Reported TO Have Left
France for L. :.

Washington, Feb. S.-The battle
ship Kansas and FIVE transports.
bringing 500 officers and nearly s.
coo men, were announced by the
war department today as having
sailed from France. Among the
units on board are the One Hun
dred Sixteenth engineers tForty-
first division), a battalion of the
Three Hundred Sixty eighth infan-
try ard a battalion of the Three
Hundred Fifty-first field artillery
tNinety-second divisionl. and the
Forty-second coast artillery.
The Kansas is expected TO arrive
at Newport News Feb. Is with the
Headquarters, medical detachments
and Companies A. B, c and ID of
the One Hundred Sixteenth ammu-
nition train and the One Hundred
Sixteenth engineers complete, all
hound for Camp Dix.
The transport Harrisburg. due to
arrive at New York Feb. Is, has on
board Companies A to G, inclusive.
Of the Three Hundred Sixty-eighth.
All of these go to Camp Meade.
Also on board are 33 casual Off
GERS and about fifty sick and
wounded
The Louisville is due a. New
York Feb. 16 with four batteries
of the Three Hundred Fifty first
field artillery for Camp Meade,
! eadquarters One Hundred Sixty
seventh field artillery brigade. de
tachment of Company G. Three
Hundred Sixty-eighth infantry. and
convalescent detachments Nos. 1, 10
and -. Also on this ship are about
three hundred naval men and 13
sailors wives.
The transport Kroonland is due
at New York Feb. II with the For
ty-second regiment coast artillery
complete, One Thousand One Hun
dred Second aero replacement
squadron, Photographic sections
r.os. 10, 20. 81, %, "a and 26, head
quarters Thirty-eighth coast artil
lery brigade. convalescent detach-
ments Nos. 81. 80 and IS to 40, in
elusive and 16 casual officers.
The Polar Bear and Macedonia
are to arrive at Baltimore Feb. IS
and New York Feb. II. respective
~ with few casual officers each.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
RAILWAY TIEUP
BROUGHT TO AN
END IN LONDON
Union Men Ordered
Back to Work AS Set
tlement Is Reached.

London. Feb. Settlement of
the railway strike was announced
and the electrical trades union or
dered its men to resume work
Sir Albert Stanley. president of
the board of trade, announced at
2:20 o'clock this morning that an
arrangement with union executives
had been reached and that railway
service would be resumed as soon
as possible. This announcement
followed a conference in which Sir
Albert, Sir Edward Shortt, secre-
tary for home affairs and other
government officials discussed the
situation with executives of the Ma
tional union of railway men and
representatives of the management
of the underground railways.
Acting Secretary Hudson of the
unions. subsequently declared that
ment which has been reached. He
ment which har been reached. He
said the accredited representatives
would be appointed by the union to
care for the physical needs of the
men pending arrangements which
VIII be made in preparation for the
establishment of an eight hour day
He said he expected that tube trains
would be running at noon today.
The situation at Clyde is virtually
unchanged. Six hour conference
was held today at Belfast. Baron
Pirrie, controller general of mer-
chant shipping, presiding Propos-
ais were submitted by both sides.
but nothing was settled when the
conference adjourned. The Scot
tish miners have all resumed work
pending discussion of the whole
situation at the miners conference
at Southport on Feb. r.
Belfast, Feb. SIT is unofficially
stated that employers of union la
Dor have asked striking workmen
to resume work on a basis of forty
seven hours per week. with a prom
Use of forty-four hour week when
the treaty of peace is signed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
BRITAIN THANKS
MEN; ALSO GIVES
NOTE OF SERVICE;

London. Feb. 8.-CVia MontrealD
The soldiers now being released
from the British army under the de-
mobilization plan are not being
finally discharged, the process of
discharge not being completed until
after peace is signed. All the men
released at present are being fur
nished with a letter of thanks from
the army council for the services
they have rendered. Upon their
final discharge all the officers and
men who served will be given in
dividually an Illuminated Certiff-
cate of service in addition to their
service and war medals
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
MOTHERS OF YANK
SOLDIERS PLAN
ORGANIZATION

Pittsburgh. Pa. Feb. S.-At a
meeting held in the dining room of
one of the city's large department
stores yesterday the first steps were
taken looking to the organization
of a national Mothers of Ameri-
can Democracy" The idea is an
outgrowth of the organization
known as the Pennsylvania Mothers
of Democracy which has a large
membership in the state.
Mothers of soldiers were present
from adjoining cities and the hope
was expressed that when the Moth
ers of Democracy becomes national
it would serve to spread the asso-
citation in every home in the allied
nations which furnished soldiers
for democracy's battles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
TIE UP WORK
IN DIS RICT
ABOUT BUTTE
Report I. w. w. Join in
Fight Against Operator
Frame Demands.

Butte. Mont, Feb. f. Fol-
lowing plans agreed {, at a
mass meeting held last night
all OF the local /. ". W.. hun
dreds of striking miners, some
OF them armed. turned back
men vino started for work this
morning with the result that
mining in the district il praC-
tically suspended.
The question as to whether 4
general strike OF all industries IN
this city shall be called at once IN
accordance with resolution adopted
by mass meetings of several thou
sands Of miners late las' night was
to come up today with the presen-
tation to the mining companies by
a committee, of demands made hv
the miners The demands were to
be drafted at a mass meeting this
morning. Last nights mass meet
ings were called by the !. W W.
it was said.
Rescinds Wage Cut Order.
Jerome, Ariz, Feb 8-Jernme
section Of the copper companies
rescinded an order for T. cents a
day wage decrease, Withholding ac-
tion one week.
Miners WayIaid and Beaten.
The pickets gathered at the l.
w. W. hall at six o'clock this morn
ing and left for the various mines
in detachments large enough 30
picket the various avenues of ap-
proach. Miners in several in
stances were waylaid and beaten.
Mechanics, whose unions have
taken no action in respect to a
strike, were held up and sent back
from the mines by the strikers a
particular effort was made TO pre-
vent hosting engineers from going
on the job. No arrests have been
made
Rush Troops; Arrive Too Late.
Soldiers Of the Forty-fourth reg
ular infantry were later sent TO
the mines and are now guarding
approaches to the various proper
ties. Their arrival. however, came
an hour after the morning shift
was 10 go to work and by the time
they were patrOlling the streets
leading to the mines the picket5
had succeeded in turning back the
miners who wanted to work. There
are 80 United States soldiers sta
tened at Butte
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
MISSING NURSE
BELIEVED Seen
Woman ering Mrs. Chesher's
Description in Bloomington
On Way to Peoria!

Chicago, Feb. S.-A telegram
from ]. J. Jones, chief of police of
Bloomington, Ill, today to Captain
Mooney, chief of detectives here.
said that a woman answering to the
description of Mrs. DoIlie Chesher,
a nurse who disappeared myster-
iously from Chicago last Thursday
afternoon, was seen in Blooming
ton YESTERDAY The telegram said
it was believed she went from
Bloomington to her girlhood home
in Peoria, Ill.
Captain Mooney said he was in
clined to believe that the nurse
was the victim of form of aphas-
ia. Captain Mooney pointed to the
abandonment of the little Pekinese
spaniel. of which Mrs. Chesher was
very fond and which had been the
companion of her walks for two
years, as supporting this theory.
IF she was sane she never
would have abandoned that help
less toy dog in the streets" said
Mooney If she had contemplated
an elopement she would have left
ihF Jug at IOIHc- All unusually
thorough search has dey yeloped no
evidence of accident, crime or sui
eide in the fashionable district
from which she disappeared. 1t
looks to be as if she had just wan
wered away"
Mrs. Lillian Heisse. close
friend of the Slissing woman, said
that Mr.. Bradshaw" who called
at the Parker residence. where
Mrs. Chesher was employed, and
also beauty parlor where she
was known, was real person and
resident of Bloomington
He was just a good friend Of
Doilie's," said Mrs Meisse. When
he was in Chicago he was in tho
habit of entertaining her at din
ners and the theatre"
Peoria. Ill, Feb. s. Acting upon
a telegraphic request from Chicago
police received this morning, Peoria
police today are searching the city
for Mrs. Dollie Chesher. nurse. who
mysteriously disappeared Thursday
from Chicago. Detectives at work
on the case had been unable up to
noon to get any trace of Mrs Chesh-
er.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
RELEASE OF
MEN IN u. S..
ON LAST LAP
Total of 1,1OO,84O Men
<Discharged-23 ,824
Back From France.

Washington, Feb. 3.-General
March said today that demobiliza-
ton in the United States was on
the home stretch" Up to yester-
day a total of 67.03S officers and
I.O33.81 men had been discharged,
while the total ordered for dis
charge had reached 1,422, 200.
The Rehabilitation machinery S
now al such a point of efficiency
and operation the chief of staff ex-
planned that it is capable of
handling more men than Pershing
can possibly send with available
shipping. OF the troops in the
United States. only the overhead
detachments which must be main
tained for future demObiIization o.
returning units will be eft.
236,s24 Back From France.
Up to Jan. 81. 1865 men had
been returned from France. The
department estimates that 1900
will be returned in February. This
is an increase of 5000 over the
January total. due largely 10 the
transformation of cargo vessels
into transports. Genera! March
said that 81 cargo ships nad been
ordered converted and that the
first of these we're now coming
into service.
Parade Plans Upset.
Plans for divisional parades in
home cities have been upset by the
irregular flow of troops hCmewaru.
General March said the units were
returning in such scattered form
that in a great majority of cases, it
now seemed improbable that divis-
ional organizations could be held
together long enough for the large
parades.
Great Camp at Brest.
The greatest military camp in
the world will be established at
Brest when plans for extension OF
emparkation facilities there have
been completed. General March
said Brest would be the backbone
of the American rehabilitation
system. 1t already has handled 81
per cent of the soldiers sent back
TO the United States up to date. Its
capacity of $4,000 men is to be
DOUBLED.
%The department is dealing with
this question. however. as the di-
visions are ordered home. The
Twenty-seventh New York nation
al guard division, will De paraded
in New York City and plans for
parading the Forty-second tRain-
bow division on its return in
Washington, General March
thought. would be carried out.
Wherever opportunity affords for
another division to parade, advan-
tage will be taken of ii.
Casualty Report Corrected.
Last weeks casualty repor:
showing more than ten thousand
rnen of the expeditionary force
missing in action has been correct
eG to make the total 7,703 General
March said today General Pershing
i ad reported the new total with
the information that the figures
were being reduced by firm 100 to
500 names per day as a result Of
the checking of records in the cen
%ral records Cff1ce in France.
At the same time General Per
shing gave the war department new
totals of casualties in the First and
Second divisions. the marine brig
ade in the latter being included
The First division had a total of
killed. died of wounds. missing and
prisoners of SPAS: the Second divi-
sion total was $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
The Weather

Generally fair tonight and Sun
day, slightly warmer Sunday. The
10 vest temperature tonight will be
) or degrees above zero.
Temperature at a. m. 6; high
est yesterday. 81; lowest last
night, g.
miles per hour.
Precipitation, none.
Relative humidity at p. m, 81;
at Z a. m, 95.
Stage of water, 2.6, a fall of 2
in last "a hours.
J. M. SHERIER, Meteorologist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
MAY DISCARD OLD CTSTOM.

Washington, Feb. S.-PrOposalS
to discard the senate seniority COM
rlittee custom were considered to-
day at a caucus OF Republican SEN
ators. Definite plans for the make
up of the next senate in which the
Republicans will have a majority os
two, were brought before the eau
Gus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
LATE BULLETINS

Washington. Feb. S.-lnquir-
les have been sent by the state
department TO Great Britain.
France and Italy regarding the
British import embargo, the
French cartel and the Italian
system of government super
vision of purchasing. all of
which have an effect Ou Amer
lean industries.
san Salvador. Feb. Ser
i0us riOting has occurred In
Tegucigalpa. the capital Of
Honduras. and the minister of
the interior. Francisco j. Me-
jla, has been killed, according
TO dispatch from Teguci-
galpa-
Washington. Feb. S.-Npw
credits OF S75.0OO.00O for Italy
and S40.OO0.O00 for Belgium
were established today by the
treasury. This raises the total
credits for all the allies to SS.-
674S $4,000. including Sl,3S5,-
100000 for Italy and 1896. li5,-
900 for Belgium.
Janesville, Wis., Feb. s.
Eight persons we're killed and
an entire business block is In
flames as a result OF n terrific
explosion at Plattesyille, Wis
cOnsin. Telephone and tele-
graph lines reported down.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
SOLDIER HOSPITAL OPENED.

washington, Feb. 8.-Dedicated
as a memorial to Theodore Roose-
welt, a recreation hospital provided
by the Navy league of the United
States. has been opened here for
soldiers, sailors and marines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08
s1.616.66O FOR RELIEF.

washington, Feb. 8.-The Red
Cross has appropriated s1616.660
for January and February relief in
belgium.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08

PROPOSES ROOSEVELT DAY.
Washington, Feb. S.-Colonel
Roosevelt's birthday, Oct. 27, was
proposed as a national holiday By
representative Edmunds, PennsyI-
vania, in the house
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08

Leased Wire Report
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08

NJ e m b er Of Au d it
Bureau of Circulations
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-08

A 8 S ciated Press
The sun., 1919-06-14
EXPERTSCALLED
IN WAR INQUIRY.
Accountants Already Laying
Groundwork for Graham
Investigation.
MANY EAGER TO TESTIFY
Contractors Who Charge Fa-
voritism to Take Stand
No Counsel Engaged.
MANY EAGER TO TESTIFY
Special Despdfch TO The Sun.

WASHINGTON. June s8.-Jnvestiga-
ton Of contracts ana production costs
by expert accountants with a view to
determining the extent to which war
appropriations were wasted and where
officials profited by improper relations
with contractors will be undertaken by
the Graham investigating committee
OF the House soon after the commit
tee gets down to work, probably at the
end OF next week.
Chairman Graham (Ill) to-day indi-
Gated that while there would be several
general meetings OF the full committee
early In the investigation accountants
working for the various sub-committees
would be laying the groundwork for SEN
sational developments In the investiga-
tion OF contracts.
The subcommittee first. he said, will
call on the various branches OF the War
Department for statements as to the
amount OF money appropriated for each
branch. the amount expended by or
through such branches and the number
and descriptions OF contracts let in each
case.
Following receipt Of this information
SoHti aetS themselves VIII Uc CaiiSu IOf
and expert accountants and cost produc-
ton experts will be put to work deter
mining whether the contracts were lei
without indication OF favoritism whether
unreasonable prices were paid or unrea.
sonable cost margins allowed. and
whether contracts were fulflled to the
full protection of the Government
Following this the subcommittee viii
commence the examination of officers
and officials and contractors participat.
ing in these contracts, and Of others who
claim to have been barred from army
contracts through favoritism.
Chairman Graham to-day said that HI
hoped to have completed his plans for thu
distribution OF work among the Ave sub
committees next week. Mr.. Graham him
self will head the ordnance sub-conmit
tee, and another subcommittee will de
vote itself solely TO the question or air
craft production and purchases.
Members OF the House who had hopet
for thorough investigation OF all wal
expenditures and one from which rea
lessons OF military administration Nigh
be gained express disappointment in thu
apparent disposition Of the committee Il
proceed without employment OF counse
at the outset. 1t Is urged that the com
mittee has the express authority for EN-
ploying counsel and should have thu
benefit of such assistance in laying th'
preliminary plans.
In the light OF previous Congressional
Investigations the fear is expressed tha
without the assistance of legal mind
the deliberations Will wander far afeld-
The sun., 1919-06-14
PACT SUMMARY
MADE BY BRITON
George II. Mair Assisted in
Task by Arthur Sweetsor,
an American.
WORKED FROM PROOFS
Journalists Assert PlenipOten-
tiaries Had No Part in the
Task Assigned.
WORKED FROM PROOFS
Special Gable Despatch 10 TIE suS and ne
Public Ledger.

Special cable Despatch. 70 TIE SuS and the
Public Ledger.
Copyright. 1918; all rights reserped.
LONDON. June 13.-George II. Mair.
who has charge OF the arrangements
for the foreign press for the British
peace delegation and author Of the
ofYicial summary of the peace terms,
returned to-day to London from Paris
Concerning the discussion over the al
legged differences between his summary
and the full text. Mr.. Mair said:
Il am very glad to md that my
American newspaper friends now that
they have had the opportunity Of OK
amining the treaty with the official sum-
mary are convinced that the latter was
fair and reasonably accurate and that
no essential omission has taken place.
For some weeks l and my colleague,
who Is Arthur Sweetsor, an American,
have had to sit down under the ac-
cusaion that We had cooked" the sum-
mary for official purposes in order to
give a more favorable view of what
had been done than was warranted.
We received no instructions about the
summary at all except to get on with It.
"Mr. Sweetsor and collated every
page together. often making q combined
and better text out OF two slightly diff
ferent versions of some particular sec.
ton, which We had prepared separately.
We had each section Nsed by expert
delegates, not by the plenipotentiaries
before 1t was finally passed. We made q
hnal revision OF the whole summary ir
which we eoonomined a thousand word.
or more.
The plenipotentiaries never read Il
until It was completed and some OF then
did not read II then or course, the
summary was not perfect. We were
| working from proof slips OF the actua
treaty and some alterations were mad,
| in the proofs after the summary wa,
completed. Any man who would have
made a misleading summary would hav,
been fool because he would have beer
! found out"
Mr.. MAR was employed for years or
! the Manchester Guardian and at the
conclusion of his service with the Brit
ish Government became chairman and
| editor of the Across the Atlantic News
/ Service.
The sun., 1919-06-14
CUT OF $500, 900. 900
IN ARMY ESTIMATES
House Reduces Bakers Fig
ures by Nearly One-half.
Special Despatch TO THE sus,

WASHINGTON. June lS.--By a strict
party vote. Republicans in the House to-
day killed or a Democratic attempt TO
put through a new form Of pork
legislation. This was an effort TO
authorize the purchase by the War De-
partment of sites in the South which
have been used for army camps and can
tonments Tho vote was $50 to II.
Southern Democrats made heated pro-
tests against the provision in the army
appropriation bill forbidding the use OF
any unexpended balances m the War
Department funds for the purchase OF
additional land for military purposes or
for cantonments.
II was apparent that Democrats had
hoped TO strike this prohibition from the
military measure. and permit tho Gov
ernment to spend millions of dollars in
the acquisition OF lands from Southern
landowners for which the War Depart
ment has no present use and probably
never will have need.
As soon as this effort was completed.
the House passed the army measure.
having cut the bill down from SLIT
partment, to $4,000 900 In the COM
mittee, and to S71s, $50. 900 in the HOUSE.
The total saving on the measure since II
left the War Department amounted 10
more than $500. 100000. The measure.
as It passed the House. provides for .
temporary army OF 100000 men.
Support OF the real estate plan by the
Democrats was based on the allegation
that the War Department, subsequent
TO signing the armistice entered into
agreements with many landowners for
the purchase of land for army purposes,
in some cases, 1t was contended
owners OF land had been forced to move
and the failure of Congress to make
good on such contracts would entail
hard ships. as the Court Of Claims would
have to adjudicate each case. and Con-
gross would have to pass upon all OF
them before liquidation could be accom-
plished.
Opponents Of the measure pointed out
that II taken over by the Government
all Of the camps would have changed
hands at a tremendously enhanced value
The sun., 1919-06-14

Make 2 Miles q Minute
In Boston to NY. Flight

WASHINGTON, June Ia
Boston to New York via the
air route In q little more than an
hour Is the new army speed
record, according to an an
nouncement by the War Depart
ment to-day. An average speed
Of 126 miles an hour-more than
two miles q minute-was main-
tanned.
Lieut.-Col. Leonard H. Dren-
nan, Air Service officer Of the
Northeastern Department, made
the record In q De Haviland
Four, flying from Boston to
Hazelhurst Field. L. l., a distance
Of ITS miles, In 83 minutes.
Lieut.. Willis r. Taylor accom-
panied him as \ passenger.