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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21
WILSON PLEASED"
TO LEARN SENATE
SESSION OPENED

Washington, May 21.-President
Wilson today sent acknowledge
from Paris of the notification ca
bIed him by the special senate COM
mittee that the senate had con-
vened in extraordinary session and
was ready to receive communica-
lions from the chief executive.
please express my appreciation
to the senate committee of its cour-
tesy," the presidents message said,
"and say that 1 have communicate
ed with the congress in the usual
manner through the message pre-
scented yesterday and express the
hope that may soon be present in
Washington to communicate to
them full information concerning
international affairs"
The president requested Secretary
Tumulty to transmit a copy of the
cablegram to the special house
committee which sends its formal
notification in a letter addressed to
the president at the White house
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21

ing personalities would be suffi-
Gent to extinguish an obligation
already undertaken by any nation.
She did not act upon the principle
she now contends for either in 1871
as regards France after the proc
1amation of the republic, nor in
1917 in regard to Russia after the
revolution which abolished the
czarist regime.
Refuse to Give Report to Foes.
Finally, you ask that the report
of the commission on responsible
ity be communicated to you. In
reply we beg to say that the allied
and associated powers consider
the reports of the commissions set
up by the peace conference as doc
uments of an international char
acter which can not be transmit
ted to you.
Accept, Mr.. Chairman, etc
(Signed) &C. CLEMENCEAU."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21
CAR. MEMORIAL
SERVICE SUNDAY
VIII Be Held at broadway Presby-
terrain Church TN the
Morning.
TO MAKE EVENT A SUCCESS
Post Commander Urges That Re-
turned Soldiers Of Late War
Attend-SpeciaI Music.

Plans for the Memorial day ser
vices to be held by Buford post No.
243, G.. A R, at the Broadway
Presbyterian church next Sunday
morning, are under way and will
be announced in the near future
The present post commander, c.
II. Church, is planning to make the
affair the most notable of any the
post has previously held and he is
asking that all returned soldiers
who have taken a part in the re-
cent war, join in with the veterans
of 81 and make the affair a real
success.
W. NJ Mitchell, former COM
mander Of the post, announced to
The Argus today that he expected
at least so veterans Of the A. e. F.
to attend the services Sunday.
Eve are now On an equal basis, %
declared Mr. Mitchell in reference
TO the newly returned soldiers
from France. Although our own
Company A is not yet back from
overseas, there are enough veter-
ans of the late war already in the
city to assure a large attendance. ="
A special program will take
place at the church, and, according
to the announcement of Mr.. Mitch
ell. who is on the publicity COM
mittee, a special church choir will
provide music for the occasion.
One added feature of the services
Sunday will be the taking of a pic
ture Of all of the soldiers present.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21

group of graduates from the local
high school has grown, until for
the last six years the figure has
been in the 90's. Never has the
number reached the 100 mark, the
largest classes being So in 1916
and in 1917. The smallest classes
on record were those of 1874, 10,
80, 81, 'S5 and 'S8, the numbers
in them being 5, 8, Z, 6, 6. and 6 re-
spectively. Growth of the classes
has not been steady as might be
supposed, the drop of from 80 iu
the year 1895 to II in 1896 being
one of the examples of the greatest
fluctuations.
Many No Longer Here.
Although 1,775 persons are re-
corded as alumni only 500 have
been notified by mail of the ap-
preaching reunion. The addresses
of the remaining 955 are either IN
known, or they are recorded as
removed too far from the vicinity
to return for the occasion, or as
deceased: Cards enclosed in the
letters mailed this year and which
are to be returned not later than
next Monday to the secretary Of
the association, Miss Margaret
Lawson, are expected in addition
to informing the officers of the
probable number of attendants at
the reunion, to be valuable in MAX
ing an accurate and complete up
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21
DISEASE CASES
co UNREPORTED
Fine and Imprisonment VIII be In
fEicted If Officials Are Not No.
tilted of Them.

Repeated violations of health
regulations involving the reporting
of communicable diseases, today led
to police court action, a woman De
ing fined. ~
Charges that she tore down a
smallpox sign and endeavored 10
prevent the city authorities from
locating the whereabouts of ner
daughter who was i'll of the disease,
were proven in police court She
was fined but the fine was remit
ted.
Heads of households are re
sponsible for reporting contagious
disease and failure to do so IN
wolves their liability to pay a fine
of $50, spend six months in Jail or
both" DR.. A N. Mueller, city health
physician said. "Chickenpox is in
Guided in this list A number of
families have failed to report what
they believed was chickenpox- our
examination, when we located the
case, showed the disease to be
smallpox.
1T is highly important that a
doctor be called in these cases. As
soon as a physician is summoned
the responsibility of reporting the
disease to the city physician is lift
ed from the shoulders of the head
of the household. Vaccination and
quarantine are necessary and now
/ believe that we have a complete
record of all cases in the city. we
have discovered many which were
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21

not reported during the last six
weeks and by placing guarantees,
1 believe that weNhave smallpox in
control and there will be no cpl
demic. The number of cases we
have is only a small fraction of the
number in Davenport We seem tc
have on hand about the same num-
Der of cases each day, as fast as we
lift quarantaines, there being more
cases reported.
I'VE are placing guarantees for
three instead of two weeks. We
find this the best policy to pursue
to keep the disease from spreading.
We mean business on reporting
these diseases and unless the health
laws are observed there will be ar
rests and fines and the fines will
not be RENTED as in the case to-
day"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21

Continued from Page One.)
taken a war of aggression. They
have always remained convinced
that this war was for them a de-
fensive war.
1.-THE German delegates also do
not share the view of the allied and
associated governments in regard
to the origin Of the war. They can
not consider that the former Ger
man government as the party which
was solely or chiefly to blame for
the war The draft of the treaty of
peace transmitted by you, contains
no facts in support of this view; no
proof on the subject is furnished
therein. The German delegates
therefore beg you to be so good as
to communicate to them the report
of the commission set up by the al
lied and associated governments
for the purpose Of establishing the
responsibility of the authors of the
war.
pray accept, Mr.. President, the
assurances of my high considera-
ton.
(Signed)
T
Allies Answer!
The text of the reply of Premier
Clemenceau is dated May 20, 1919,
and is as follows:
Mr. Chairman: In your note of
May Is you state that Germany,
while accepting in November,
1918, the obligation to make rep
aration,' did not understand such
an acceptance to mean that her re-
sponsibility was involved either
for the war or for the acts of the
former German, government and
that 1t is only possible to conceive
of such an obligation If its origin
and cause is the responsibility of
the author of the damage You
add that the German people would
never have undertaken a war of
aggression.
yet, in the speech Of Secretary
OF State Lansing, Nov. 5, 1918,
which you approve of and advise
IN favor Of your contention, it is
stated that the obligation to make
reparation arises out of 'Germany's
aggression by land. sea and air
''As the German government did
not at the time make any protest
against this allegation, it thereby
recognizes 1t as well founded.
Therefore, Germany recognized in
1918, implicitly but clearly. both
tho aggression and her RESPONSE
bility.
at is too late to seek to. deny
them today.
1T would be impossible, you
state further, that the German
people should be regarded as the
accomplices OF the faults commit
ted by the former German gov
eminent! However. Germany has
never claimed, and such a declara-
ton would have been contrary to
all principles of international law,
that a modification of its political
regime or a change in the govern
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21
GRADUATE LIFTS
AT HIGH SCHOOL
Records of Alumni Association
Show First Class to Finish
Numbered Only Five.

In connection with notifying
members of the Rock Island High
School Alumni association of the
dinner party and dance which is
to comprise the annual reunion to
be held this year at the Masonic
temple, Saturday evening. May 81.
it has been found that according
to the records of the organization
dating from 1874, As years ago,
Its persons have been graduated
from the local institution of
learning.
The class this year, the members
of which are to be guests of the
alumni association at the reunion,
promises to be the largest ever
graduated, 81 names being on the
prospective list Of those eligible
for diplomas. From class num-
bering five in the year 1874, the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21
COLONIAL TO Be
OPEN TOMORROW

The Colonial theatre, entirely re-
modelled and redecorated, will open
tomorrow as a first run theatre.
The Spencer Square Amusement
company, which operates the Spen-
Ger Square theatre, will control the
new movie house in the 1900 block.
"The Turn of the Road will be the
first offering in the new theatre.
The pipe organ which is to be IN
stalled in the show house will not
be in operation for three weeks. The
opening of the Colonial will give
the loop three first run theatres.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21

a creditor with undeniable rights,
and it is not in a position to yield
on this chief point Germany con-
cluded peace on the basis of Presi-
dent Wilson's II points, which all
America had made its own, and all
America, every individual, is re-
sponsible for the fulfllment of its
claims.
at is not the German peoples
business to indicate how it is to be
realized by the IA points. That
rather, is the task of those who
constructed the IA points and
brought them to acceptance, there
by inducing Germany to lay down
her arms. We do not believe that
President Wilson, Secretary Lans-
ing and the American people can
take other than this German stand
point, if they do not wish to do that
which President Wilson in his mes
s&ge of Dec. 4, condemned categor-
ically when he said
I'VE would dishonor our own
cause if we treated Germany other
than justly and in a non-partisan
manner and did not insist upon JUS
ttce toward all, no matter how the
war ended. We demand nothing
which we are not ready ourselves
to admit
Demand Only II Points.
And the German people demand
nothing more than that which Pres
ident Wilson announced in this dec
laration. We demand nothing more
than Americans place the IA points
opposite the peace terms. We do
not believe that any one in the
United States will have the cour-
age to claim that there can be
found in the peace conditions one
single trace left of President Will
sons program.
"And here begins Americas def
mite duty to step in America eth
tr must put it's IA points through
or it must declare that it is unable
ID do so or that it does not want to
do so, so that in no case may the
world be led to believe that Amer
lea desires to have the peace con-
ditions count as President Wilson S
Il points.
we cling, and we cannot imagine
what argument from the American
side would be effective against it -
Wilson Again MisquOted.
(In President Wilson's message
to congress of Dec. 4, 1917, no pas
sage can be found in textual agree
ment with the quotation in the Ger
man statement. The quotation ap-
pears to be a condensation from
the following passage in the mes
sage in question:
I'VE can do this concentrate on
the prosecution of the task of win
ming the war; with all the greater
zeal and enthusiasm because we
know that for us this is war of
high principle, debased by no self
ish ambition of conquest or spoila-
ton. It is because it is
for us war of high, disinterested
purpose, in which all the free peo-
pies of the world are banded to-
gether for the vindication of right,
a war for the preservation of our
nation and of all that it is held dear
OF principle and of purpose, that
We feel ourselves doubly constrain-
ed to propose for its outcome only
that which is righteous and of ir-
rtproachable intention. for our foes
as well as for our friends. The
cause being just and holy the set
tiement of like motive and quality
For this we can fight, but for moth
ing less noble or-fess worthy of our
traditions")
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21
ASK EVANGELISM
BE USED TO KILL
OFF BOLSHEVISM

st. Louis. Mo, May 21-Evangel-
ism as a means OF eradicatipg boil
shevism and l. W. W.-ism, was ad-
vocated by the board of home mis-
sions in its report to the general
assembly of the Presbyterian
church, U. S. A, today.
Unless the masses are taught
the principles of religion the mad
fury of bolshevism, with its twin
scourage atheism, will become
universal" warned the report.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21

to-date record of addresses Of all
alumni in the vicinity Alumni
members who did not receive no
tees by mail are asked not to feel
sighted and will be as welcome at
the reunion as anyone. Tickets
at 81 each may be purchased from
officers of the association, mem
bers of the executive committee
and a number of other alumni.
They have also been placed on
sale at Foley's Harper House
pharmacy where they may be Sc
cured from now until May 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21
GERMANS ASK MORE
TIME FOR ANSWER

CONTINUED from Page one.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21
HUN ENJOYS DENY
GERMAN WAR GUILT

Continued from Page one.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21
Misses and Chi1dren's Wraps for
Thursday, Friday and Saturday

Garments you will be pleased with. They
will appeal to you on account of the quail
ity of materials they are made of, the splen-
did tailoring and the pretty style shown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21
ASKS SOLDIERS FREED.

Washington, May 2l.-Complete
or partial remittance of sentences
il 81 per cent of the 1857 cases Of
soldiers reviewed, is recommended
by the special clemency board OF
the war department.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-21

All the news all the :ime-The
Argus.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-05-15
WILLIAMS ApvlERTE IL CUE 9n
0uARpEN Los REclBos DE
LOS PAGOS De TELEFoNO.

rodo suscriptor do telefono en- Nue.
Yo Mexico que pAg0 la alzada tarifa
por Ell seryicio de telefono es adyertl-
40 par Ell Sr. Hugh Williams, presiden-
10 de la c0misi6n do c-orporaciones del
estado, de guardian los recibos por tar
les pagoB. La a~dyirtencia ha sido en-
viada a todos los periodicos en- 81 es-
tad0 y Sc acudid0 a TODD medic de pu-
blicidad con la esperanto de alcanzar
q t0da persona que use 81 telefono.
La raz0n para clio esta en- ell recibo de
un telegrama dfaG pagados dirijid0 q
la comisi0n per 81 ST. g. q. Stratton,
de E Paso, Ell cual es FL gerente gene.
raj del Mountain State Telephone &
Telegraph Company En- dicho mem
safe dice 81 Sr. Stratton O Ia comisi6n
que 81 la corte superema en- la causa
pendiente ante ella desfdiese que ell
ST.. Bufleson, Administrator General
de Correos, no tiene 81 poder para
hacer ALIAS en- las tarifas del serVicio
de utilidad pdblica, Ia compahfa de
telefonos sin ninguna demora en- la
materia d~evoIyera todos los cargos de
exceso va colectados o por colectar
en- Ia hueva tarifa de Mayo. Es esta
Ia raz6n por 10 cual ell Presidente Viii
liams pide Sc guarden los Tecibos
como c~Omprobante de seguridad para
los suscriptores que deseen que Sc
les d~evoelVan las c~antidades excesivas
que Sc les rindan en- las nlievas fac.
turas, . que va Sc les hayan rendido,
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-05-15
IMpENITENTE.

La respuesta de los Hunos que los
terminus de paz son insoportables
no para ser sufridos por una raza
tan orgullosa y egoista como los
Alemanes, y que debera dar paso
4 una 'paz de derechoo Ia cual
ha de poner al criminal 81 niyei
de sus hueces, no era hesperada.
Con su acostumbrada voitariedad 81
AlenaH ha de plntar una distinction
entire Ell largo sufrimiento de la
gente Alemana y Prusiana quienes
c~onducferon Ia guerra. Pero no
hay distinction. La ~paciente y piso-
teada raiea sque ahora Sc ~conmue-
We tan profundamente'' que protesta
en- Ell nombre de esa justicia por
tanto tempo burlada por Alerania
contra "s~eryidumbre de sueldo" y
"violencia" es Ia misma que escu-
pfa sebre los heridos soldados In
gleses mientras ~pasaban por Ale
mania y que hocicaban tan yigorp-
samente cuando muieres y niiios
del Lusitania Sc hundieron. La
misma genie Alemalla Due tan ruiz
Hdosa Y fanaticamente aplandieron
toda atrocida en- Belgica y FTancia,
las mismas familias Alemanas que
Sc exaltaban en- obtener de sus ma
ridos y padres y hermanos los pre-
|ciosos atayi0s a~rrebatados de hoga-l
res ihcediados en- Francia y rOmpi-
dos de los cuellos de ultrajadas
mnchachas Franceses. estan ahora
para castigarse, los mismos que Sc
d~elaitaban EN- horrores estan ahos
IFa temiendo que Gsta pax ehgendrarA
4ndevos odios entire las naciones ",
enterrar toda esperaSa de iibrar v.
aanar a las naciones y aseguiari
PEI"
Ea habido solo I'm odio interna-
icional digno de- reconocimiento en-
los dltimos cuatro amos, i'm odio
al lado del cQal SO ha marchitado
d lnsignificancia TODD otro engaho
nacfonal y ese es ell odio de toda
la civilization por Alemania, quien
doblo todos shs esfuerzos para ha-
cerse la mas odiosa naci6n en- laI
historic. Es aigo ~recreatiro DIR a.
los Alemanes deprecar la creaci0n
de "odios.''
Herr BrockdrofRRantizau pieusa
que Alemania pa spfrido sumisamen-
to las candici6nes del armisticio vi
otras cargas. Esta bien. FL mum
do tendra que sobfelleyar por mu-
amos Ia carga impuestal en- 81
por 81 Huno. Francla Sc ha echado
una cargo quehrantable 3 intplera
BILE; adn en- JOS prosperos Estados
estamos ilevando Ia carga
que forz6 Alemapia sobre nosos
tros IA misma Alemania que mol
coartad, que no puede hallar
akertura por dpnde salif ncros que
esta, como sienipre, impenitente que
intenta ostentar los iastimeros dess
nojos de la arrogancia que una
vaz atemorizaban n mundo.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-05-15

la comision de ~tasaciones del estado
tiene adn esperazas de halIar una ma
nera de poder ayudar al condado de
San Juan y a otros condados fronte-
risos del estado por donde transuea-
ties partidas de ganado estan salido
de las importaciones de Nuevo Mexi-
co por haberse mudado a Texas, Co
dorado, Arizona 0 al Viejo Mexico.
Atencion ha sido llamada por la CO.
mission en- Ell hecho que existe en- los
libros de estatutos una ley en0madaD
para ganado ovejuno iguel que CANA
do mayor. pcr medic de 10 cual las
partidas que estan en- 81 estado duran
te Ell dado aho puden ser puestAs en-
los registros, Sin embargo que GUAM
do estas partidas o altos salgan del
estado, no existe ninguna lorna para
poderse cobrar los derechos, pero se-
'rA possible de cobrarlos en- case de que
ellos vuelyen a regresar al estado.
Esta ley 'fn6mada" tan solo sera de
beneficio en- los lugares donde e1 ase-
sor este en- la obra TODD Ell tempo.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-05-15

I'm vigoroso movimiento haeia la
reforma sobre la conservation de re
gistros en- la casa de corte del conda'
do fue Ell primer acto de la Asocia-
ci0n del Foro del Condado de Santa
Fe, organizada en- Inc iunta tenida
en- la casa de- corte esta tarde con 81
Juez e. r.. Wright como presidente y
Z Daniel X. Sadler como se~cretario y to,
~soreso. Constitution y reglamentos
fIeron a~doptados y an comite ejecu.
two para recibtr u considerar todos
los asuntos traidos ante su atenci6n
fue nombrado consistiendo de Frank
w. Clancy, j.. o. Seth y Carl n. Gil
bert.
La resolution acerca del cambfo en-
has condolences d~epiorables en- la casa
de corte fue como sigue:
Resoluoi6n
POR CTIANT0 nufnerosas oueias
han sido heohas nor miembros indiVi.
duales del foro respecto 4 la existen.
htea Condolences en- IA oficina del So
cfetario de- -condadn como tambien
ouelas semaianfes nor ofros tenIendo
OCCASION ara nsar los reesstros del
condado al Santa M.
Los mfembfog del foro deI condado
Dc santa Fe nor esfa nrofestan con
ira las condieionea axisfentes ~ al
%ofieina del ser4etaria III condado del
condado dc santa Fe ! nreen one "a.
soA scar tnmados nara corregir ias
mismas
Llamamos atenri6n narticular 4 10
siguiente.
ia condition do los reafstros de
nruebas f,ns reg4stras estan fncota.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-05-15
lorRA va

Fue un POGO dilatado pero no ines
perado el anunoiO dias pasados de que
81 condado de Santa Fe habia lido so
bre la cumbre7 en- 81 Prestamo de Vic
tprio-al extento de diez mil pesos SO.
bre la Quota del condado.
les 81 modo que tenemos en- 81 An!
tiguo Santa Fee
Este completa 81 registro de guerra
del condado de Santa re. Ha com
pletado la obra. Ha excedido SUI cho.
Ia en- toda lorna de proceder en- la
guerra desde que c0menz6 Ia lucha EN-
la Cruz Roia, los Prestamos de Liber-
tad, Ell X. M. c. A., y de los Caballe-
ros de Colon en- la cantidad de earne,
trigo, mantecas y azncar que Sc le
pidi6 due conseryai'a, en- Ia prontitud
de sus hombres para pelear en- Fran
ella. en- su registration del ~sorteo--to-
do; siempre Glen Dorciento leal Y ge-
1eralmente un buen' porciento arriba
Quitaos vuestro sombrero al anti
quo Santa Fe, su m~agnifico registro
de lealtad desde que esta en- los Esta-
dos Unidos, su vigoroso v c~onstante
patriotismu que no conoce ~vaeaciones,
su fidelidad a sus atlas tradiciones
Americanas, gu disposition en- tOdos
tiempos para conclnir Ia obra cuando
habfa obra que concluir.
Y en- I'm solo parrafo inclusive 81
Nuevo Mexicano quiere recapituiar to-
da la alabama que Sc les debe a los
incansabIes. persistentes. determine
dos, enthusiasts. e~nergicas labores dc
los c~iudadanos de Santa Fe Y del CON
dado los iefe q~uienes han respond
do siempre "Aquf' cuando sono la lla-
niada, quienes no han conocido liuti-
To a sus sacTificios de tempo 8 intes
reses personales, y la aggregation Dc
buenos trabaJadores quienes han SO.
brelleyado la carga y cal0r del dia-
sole porg 81 Pabellon Americana y por
Santa Re. El lustre de este registro
jamas Sc marchitara.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-05-15
e. MuEVo ARzonIsPo

Hubo mucho de 10 pintoresco y dc
10 romantico 81 microbes en- la acce
sion del Padre Alberto DAGGER el ar
zobispo de Santa re, de Ia orden mo
nastica sobre cuyo fundador fuefon
rombrados Ia capital del Nuevo Me.
xico Y ciudad de Ia Sede como tambien
So yieja cathedral. Hay mucho qde
apela ala imagination en- la ~eleyacl6h
de I'M fraile Fr~apciscano, fresco de sus
arduas lab0res entire los indios y gen
to hispana entire quienes administTa.
ron los primefos Franciscanos slelos
ha. Hay un tacto democratico en- el
trabajoF de los ~sacerd0tes de esta or
den cuyo campo ha siempre Sido 81 de
actiyidades misioneras entire los hu.
mlldes y en- las ~poblaciones remotas
de regf0nes esparcidas yiniendo a
nuestra Imagination invoiuntarianaeil.
to sendas dasiertas v m0ntalaas infe-
cundas, y la cruz entire simples aldea-
los cuando se m~encionan Padres de la
Orden de San Francisco ri nuevo
arz0bisp0 es I'M homhre de ~personali-
dad Modesto y~satraetiya cuyo regis
tr0 de- labores s~aeeFdotales vlneulan-
ldosrara abnegael6n prppia Y p~aciente.
industrial entre machas penalidaaes
impera respeto y tendra las felicita-
clones Y buenOs deseos de toaas 3as
classes en- Nue1o Mexico al asumir Hus
atlas responsibilities v honores co.
mo arzobispo de la historical aruuidie'
ohsis cfS6 tnsTtei ezta en- IL mas all
tigua ciudad dc los Estados bnidos.