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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
QUITS $2,O0O,OOO JOB
WITH FORD MOTOR co.
Harold Wills, Engineer,
Helped to Design Car.
Speciol DespatcA 70 TIE Soy.


DETROIT, March &c, Harold wills,
chief engineer OF the Ford Motor Com
pany, said to have been receiving a sal
airy Of approximately 100000 a year,
rendered his resignation to-day TO the
motor company and the Ford interests
He has been associated with Henry
Ford in the Ford company for the last
eighteen years and as the automobile
wizards right hand man he has had
much to do with the wonderful produc-
ton system OF the company.
Fifteen years ago Ford asked Wills
to help him in the design of a car the
former had in mind. Ford is said TO
have told Wills that he would not be
able to give much salary. but agreed
TO pay per cent. OF all he. Mr. Ford,
should make. This arrangement, with
notifications is understood to have re-
NAMED In force during the association
OF the two men.
Mr.. willis had charge OF the manufac-
ture of the Liberty engine and cylin-
ders for the aviation power plant in the
Ford factory and also served as conf
Dental adviser to the War Department
during the war
1t Is generally conceded that Mr.. Wills
Ia greatly responsible for two important
factors In the success of the Ford COM
pany. The first Ia designing the Ford
car. Tho second is designing. organic
Ing and developing the manufacturing
equipment and facilities which have
made it possible for the Ford Motor
Company to produce almost 1000, 900
automobiles a year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
JAPAN A LEAGUE FACTOR.
Senator Chamberlain Discusses
Clause on Race Distinctions.

WASHINGTON. March Ex-senator
Chamberlain (Oregon), chairman OF the
Military Committee OF the last Senate.
said in an address here tonight before
the Mississippi Society that defeat Of
tho treaty of peace and another war
would be preferable to the surrender Of
any fundamental American right
He dwelt particularly upon the pro-
posal Of Viscount Ishii, the Japanese
Ambassador, that the constitution of the
League of Nations forbid racial dis
elimination. Senator Chamberlain added /:
IT hope our President, whom we all
love. respect and revere. will manage to
obtain for the world a League of Ma
tons that will prove of such power as
to bring war TO an end. have told
some OF my friends in the Senate that
they should not be 30 strong In their
opposition TO the proposed constitution
as to leave the President without power
to conclude a treaty which would provide
for a perfectly acceptable league"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
FOOD TAX FOR BRITAIN.
Preferences VIII lie Given to
Products of the Empire.

LONDON, March 1.-THE British Gov
eminent has decided to tax food, the
Nation asserts, and It proposes. the
journal declares. to give preferences on
articles which now pay customs duties
provided they are either produced or
manufactured in British possessions.
This implies, says the Nation, that the
Government means to tax foreign sugar.
coffee. cocoa, raisins and dried fruits.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
Canadian wounded on Way.

PORTLAND, Me, March 15.-The hos
pital ship Araguaya, which left Liver
pool Tuesday for this port, is bringing
si2 wounded Canadian soldiers and
seventeen commissioned officers. accord
ing to advices received to-day by Cana
dian military officials. The steamship
is expected TO arrive next Wednesday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
PIunkett Confcrs on Agriculture.

WASHINGTON, March 15.--sr Horace
Plunkett. former member OF the British
Parliament from Ireland, accompanied
by Senator Fletcher of Florida, con-
ferrcd to-day with Secretary Houston
on American agricultural developments
and the growth OF cooperative selling or
CARNATIONS among farmers Sir Horace
will sail from New York next Thursday
for home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16

SENATOR Burton 10 perhaps to be ~
pected. and not particularly to be res
gretted but when we ind II put fortn J"
an article in support of the league ap-
pearinR in the outlook and addressed 70
the semi-religious middle class pubic
whom that magazine serves, IL ID
cause of apprehension,
"'Germany lie not yet beaten but 1usk
nlaced in a position where she can be
beaten and she must be kept there by
an army Of occupation until her ulu-
mate defeat is assured And again.
Germany Is still the enemy OF the treo
nations OF the world All this shows
that the outlook Is defending the cove
nant under a complete misconceptlon on
it's spirit and purpose
DR.. Ryan urged that Germany should
be admitted to the league within a rea-
sonable time on grounds OF expediency
no less than those OF justice and hu-
manity. He was hopeful that senuins
spirit of repentance for the past IL
springing up In Germany. =
1.-THE militarism and false political
philosophy that obtained In Germany
were unknown fifty years ago" said DR.,
Ryan, why should we assume that it
cannot be rooted out? If Germany -
not admitted 70 the league within rea-
sonable time there will be great danger
Of an opposition league made UP OF Ger
many, Russia and all the nations thet
may be dissatisfied with the league that
ID now forming. For a league without
Germany will appear as a combination
OF the allies alone and will inevitably De
maintained on the basis of force"
Major Putnam advocated the inclusion
Of the league In the treaty of peace, but
urged that Germany should be excluded
until her Government and her people
gave some eign of repentance for their
crimes.
THE league must be league OF oon-
fidence," Major Putnam said. Ger
many has gotten rid OF its Kaiser, but
utterances that come to us from Ger
the part OF Germany OF her crimes
against humanity"
Frederic c. Howe said that in his
opinion the attitude OF the Peace Confer
ence had changed since the first meeting
Of the delegates three months ago. He
described conditions in Belgium. France
and Germany az he had observed them
in the course of his recent trip abroad
and expressed tho opinion that Europe
was utterly exhausted and that the
peace would be an attempt to deal with
economic rather than political conditions
Uruguay's Envoy Reaches Paris.
PARIS, March 15.--J. A. Baero, the
plenipotentiary delegate OF Uruguay 20
the Peace Conference. arrived here to-
day. He was accompanied by Julien
Nogueira. the secretary OF the Uru-
glayan delegation
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
TWIN
PROPOSAL ASSAILED
Binding Of Peace Treaty and
League Denounced by
Medill Mccormick.
CENSORSHIP ALSO RAKED
Senator-elect Declares Wilson
Is Defying Wishes Of the
American People.
Speciol Despotoh 10 THE Soy.

WARRINGTON, March 15.-Presldent
Wilson's course and the renewed an
nouncement that his peace treaty and
tho League of Nations will be 30 bound
up together that they could not be sep
arated and treated separately when the
treaty comes before the Senate for rati-
1cation were bitterly denounced tonight
by Medill Mccormick. Senator-elect from
Illinois, one OF the signers of the round
robin pledge not to vote for the instru-
ment IL It is presented with the Wilson
league covenant an integral part
Mr.. Mccormick pointed out first that
Woodrow Wilson by his own words Is
thoroughly repudiated as the leader Of
the American people.
"a censorship upon news from
America to Great Britain or to France
IS a crime" Mr.. Mccormick declared
ut can have been imposed only In n
calculated attempt to deceive the peoples
OF Europe as to the opinion Of the
American people and as to the atti-
tude Of Senators regarding the proposed
constitution for a League OF Nations
Europe perhaps does not understand,
as Mr.. Wilson appears not to have un-
derstood. that his leadership was def
nitely repudiated by the American people
in the last election.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16

MUsEoGEE, Okla, March 15.-At least
one man was killed and several were Sc
riously injured when the town OF Porter
about twelve miles northwest OF this
city. was partially destroyed by tor
nado to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
Repeats Wilson'S Statement.

His statement of October 25 read
in part as follows:
IF you have approved of my leader
ship and wish me 10 continue to be your
unembarrassed spokesman I'm affairs at
homo and abroad I earnestly beg that
you will express yourselves unmistak-
ably to that effect by returning n Demo-
cratic majority to both the Senate and
the House OF Representatives.. The
return Of n Republican majority to either
house would be interpreted on the
other side of the water as a reputation
OF my leadership"
Mr. Mccormick then pointed out that
the Democratic Congressional candidates
were forthwith defeated by n very de-
cisive majority, Republicans obtaining
control Of both House and Senate. Mr..
Mccormick recalled these words used
by Col. Roosevelt short time before
his death: Ten days before the cleo
ton Mr.. Wilson issued an appeal 70
the American people. The Americans
refused to sustain Mr.. Wilson
In no other FREQ country in the world
to-day would Mr.. Wilson be In office"
Mr.. Mccormick said that Premier
Lloyd George, whose political triumph
shortly followed the disaster which be-
fell Mr.. Wilson and his party has
toined with the President ito force upon
the American people the constitution Of
an international confederacy by lining
that constitution article by article and
clause by clause TO the treaty OF peace.
so that one may be inextricably bound
to the other"
American Wishes Dehcd.
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Uruguay's Envoy Reaches Paris.
PARIS, March 15.-J. A. Baero, the
plenipotentiary delegate OF Uruguay 20
the Peace Conference. arrived here to-
day. He was accompanied by Julien
Nogueira, the secretary OF the Uru-
guayan delegation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16

American Wishes Dehcd.
The President is acting in defiance OF
the wishes OF the American people.
Senator-elect Mccormick declared. He
continued:
Europe must come to understand that
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-10

Gompers of the American Federation of
Labor Senator Watson of Indiana said
today.
The bill with the anti-strike provision
viii be reported TO the senate next week.
Union labor will oppose this provi-
sion" said Senator Watson. a member
of the Interstate commerce committee
of the senate. but the committee with
one exception is in favor of it and 1
think it will be accepted by the senate"
Senator Watson expressed an opinion
that the anti-strike provision would be
somewhat modified so that it would
rrovide for compulsory arbitration
among railroad workers and would make
strikes a crime only after the govern
ment arbitrators have rendered deci-
sion.
Congress has the constitutional pow
er 10 regulate commerce" Senator Wat
son said ia answer % the charges Of
labor leaders that anu-strike provisions
are unconstitutional.
The modified antl-strike provision
viii WELD the desired moral effect with
out making II necessary to use force"
he added
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-10
Teeth Made Beautiful
In a Few Moments

Don't deceive yourself into believing
that because you brush your teeth reg
ularly they are free from stains. Just
take a careful look at them in mirror
~ the window where there's good day
Eight. Why do YOU ind yellow or black
spots or tartar on them Because the
dentifrice you use IS pow erless 10 remove
such blemishes. no matter how often you
scrub your teeth. Those stains arc real
~ discolored films. thin coatings Of fat,
which the usual passes creams and
powders fail to dissolve.
You will welcome the information that
a remarkable product recently intro
Guced through the druggists here, known
as "Once-a-Week Tooth Polish. will
completely remove all stains aud spots.
SO quickly YOU hardly believe your own
eyes Just use il like any dentifrice
and after the first brushing. look in
your mirror again-you viii he aston
shed, to say the least. You will know
then what II is to have teeth that are
truly white. clean and sparkling. Once
aWeek Tooth Polish is a teeth-saver AZ
well as beautifier. for keeping the teeth
polished prevents decay. Your dentist
will tell YOU SD.-.Adv
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-10
IMPORTANT
LABOR TOPIC
Up IN SENATE
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON, Oct 9.--N hue the
Industrial conference was attempting
10 settle labor policies today the senate
vas preparing for a fight against the
ieht which organized labor has an
nounced ii will never relinquish the
right to strike
The anti-strike provision in the Cum
Minis railroad bill which would prevent
d strike Of railroad workers. will pass
the senate and will not be striker out.
despite the protests OF Warren stone
Of the railroad brotherhoods and Samuel
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-10

BINGHAMToN. y y. october -
All Of the airplanes that arrived here
yesterday from New York on the first
IL OF their fight across the country.
took of early today for Rochester The
weather was excellent for flying
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-10

Times news service is the best
that money can buy and honest
effort can furnish.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-06
w. {. CROZlER TO RUN
STARVED ROCK HOTEL
AND ALL CONCESSIONS

Springfield, Ill, Jan. (Special)
w. f. Crozier of Utica was awarded
the fve-year contract for the hotel,
lunch and ice cream concessions at
the Starved Rock State Park by the
commissioner of public works, in
whose Office the bids were opened
lhis afternoon. There were a score
OF bidders for these concessions. For
the hotel concessions Charles Touton,
who has conducted the hotel for sew
eral years past, and l.. VI. Harvey
landlord of the Clifton Hotel in this
'city, were high bidders
Mr. Crozier has conducted the lunch
ard ice cream concessions at the
park since it became state property
and has made many friends through
his fair dealings and service given tc
the public.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-06
LOCAL YANK HOME
FROM FRONT sings
PRAISES OF THE s. A..
PRIVATE ViGNOCHl, HOME FROM
FRANCE, SPEAKS FEELINGLY
OF WORK DONE BY SALVATION
ARMY SSES-WOUNOED IN
ACTION.

Primo Vignochi, the third Ottawa
Ydnk to return home after being Sc
riously wounded in action. arrived in
Ottawa late Saturday night lie was
accompanied from Camp Grant,
where he received his final discharge
papers, by his father. Raymond Wig
nochi, ana the family group at the
home at 300 De Leon street was as
happy yesterday as could be, altho
one of their number Corp. Ettore
Fignochi, was sleeping in France after
laying down his life for his country.
Private VignOchi is badly wounded
in the index finger of the right hand
that he may lose his finger, and alya
has a bad flesh wound on his second
finger and his right elbow, which
was received in action on Sept IL
from a German machine gun bullet.
This occurred in the St MihieI
drive, just fifteen days after the
young man had gone into the
trenches, and put him ont Of the fight
for all time He Was a member Of
Company G of the 3a7th infantry, 90th
Division. and after being woundeJ
was sent from one hospital to an
other. until he landed at BoordeauX
whore he was stationed on the day
he armistice was signed.
He sailed for the United states
curly in December and arrived at
Newport News, Va, on the evening
of Dee. 10. a few days later he was
sent TO Camp Grant remaining there
until his discharge
!. was at Camp Grant he lcamCd
or the first time that his nero
brother Corp. EtJore Nignochi.
member Of Company B Of the l29th
Infantry, had been killed in action on
oct II. Just one month before peace
was declared.
,-ra,r,,,, last Wool, orro,,ncing that
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-06
RUNS INTO SEVERE
STORM IN WEST

\ telegram was received in Ottaws
this morning by Mrs. N. J. Flanagan
4l0 Cornell street. from her husband
VI. J. Flanagan. informing here that
the train on which he went TO Den
yer was nineteen hours late arriving
in the Colorado city. Mr. Flanagan
left Ottawa Friday evening on the
80 interurban for StreatOr. and iel
Streator ON the II O'Clock Santa Fe
train. He did not arrive in Denve
until o'clock last evening.
The funeral of his brother the late
John flanagan, which was to have
been held in Denver this morning
was postponed until tomorrow after
noon because traffic is so tied up by
the cold storm in the west it is i'm
possible for the relatives to reach
Denver until later.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-06
OTTAWA BOY HIT BY
HUN SHELL DURING
ARGONNE BATTLE
PRIVATE HAROLD SHARP
FOUGHT THRU ST. MIHlEL
DRIVE WITHOUT RECEIVING A
SCRATCH, BUT WAS WOUNDED
FEW DAYS BEFORE ARMIsTlCE.

Describing how he passed thru the
battle OF st. Mihiel and then was shift
ed to the Argonne, where he was
brought down by a German shell,
Harold Sharp, Ottawa boy with the
4. E. F., writes a thrilling letter to
his sister, in which he says:
Thurs, Dec. ), 1918.
Dear Sister:
will write you a few lines to let
YOU know / am still among the living
Although I am still in the hospital.
have been transferred from
French hospital to an American one,
am able to walk around a little
after being in the hospital about two
months. / am near New Chateau
In my last letter / told you | had
been wounded. I win now tell you
how I was 50 unfortunate.
on September l. we went into a
drive on the St Mihiel sector. But
was fortunate enough to come out
of the drive without a scratch.
We were then sent into a drive at
The Verdun front same time after the
battle at ST Mihiel.
We We're camppd behind these lines
for about a week. One afternoon we
got orders to get ready for action.
This made NE feel good, for it isn't
very easy on the mind for a soldier
to think how those wretched Germans
throw their bombs and spread their
poison gas for the American and al
lied armies to face. II he can't be in
it. I tell you it's awful That's how
Continued on page 3, col. 81
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-06
NARSE|LLES AGAIN
MENACED BY GORGE
ANOTHER FLOOD is FEARED AS
RESULT or ICE JAMMlNG BE
TWEEN HERE AND THAT CITY.

Threatened with its annual problem
OF dealing with ice and excess quan-
.ities OF water Marseille5 is now TAX
ng steps to save itself as much loss
md trouble as possible before the Iii
Aois river again gets beyond control
Notwithstanding the recent cold
snap the river failed to freeze over
Saturday and large quantities Of an
chor ice continues to float down the
stream and there are indications that
factories must pass through another
siege Of ice gorges.
The back water commenced to rise
this morning, indicating that the
stream is gorged some place below
Marseilles.
The factories began to remove
things from the easements, as much
lamage has been caused in years past
by floods caused by the ice
The National Biscuit Company plant
Gyas down all day yesterday by rea
Jon OF changing from water to steam
,ower, expected to resume operation,
today.
Last year the most serious part d
the food occurred on January %
Owing to the deep snow and heavy
ice it was feared that 1917 wOulC
break all records. but it did not any
where equa! the one of the preceding
year. when all the people of the low
ar section Of Marseilles were driver
rom their homes.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-06
GOVERNMENT OPENS
LECTURE COURSE on
HYGIENE IN OTTAWA
DR.. JOSEPHINE PAINE OF CHlCA-
GO, DELIVERS TWO FINE HEAL
TT TALKS HERE-WILL SPEAK
AGAIN TONIGHT.

A large number of representative
women OF the city gathered in the
County Court room this afternoon at
2:3O to hear the lecture on Social
Hygiene, given by Dr.. Josephine Paine
Of Chicago.
Dr.. Paine was sent TO Ottawa by
The government to give the opening
lecture on Social Hygiene, a course
which is to be gwen here as u re,
construction war measure. She is a
speaker OF very pleasing personality
and handles her subject in manner
OF one who has given years Of care
ful scientific study to the human
body.
or many years Dr. Paine has main
tained an office in the Marshall Fiela
building in Chicago and is one OF
the leading Chicago physicians.
When war was declared she en-
tered the government employ and
has divided her time between her Chi
cago Office and various patriotic du-
ties. During the entire summer she
was stationed at the National service
school at Chautauqua, New York, as
chief of the medical department with
rank Of major. This school was
established by the government for
the training of yoewomen for the
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-06
Give $10o,o00,oo Dinner.

Washington. Jan 8 Although re
porting favorably to the House on the
Presidents proposal for the use oi
$100, 900 900 OF American money for
feeding Europe, outside Of Germany,
the House appropriations committee
this afternoon refused to place the
money in the Preideut's hands, to be
used at his discretion, without any
time or any other limitations, as sug.
gested by Secretary OF the Treasury
Glass
Considerable discussion ensued as
30 the wisdom OF the proposed eX.
penditure OF such large sum for the
purpose the President desired, but il
was finally agreed that the United
States was bound to furnish food
stui1s to her allies in peace as well
AZ in war.
The committee stipulated, hoWeyer
that the money should be used only
until July 30, 1919.
Rail Rates to Stand.
Washington, Jan. G.-ACtiOn on the
part Of some states 10 question the
validity Of railroad rates initiated by
the United States railway admniistra-
tion within the boundaries Of the re
spective sCates will be disregarded by
the railway administration, director
MCAdoO announced today.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-06
MANY AT FUNERAL
OF FRANK GLADFELTER

A large number of the friends Of
the late Frank Gladfe.ter attended
the funeral services held for him yes
terday afternoon at 2:3U o'clock at
the First Methodist church. Rev c.
A Briggs Jr ofticiated and paid a
glowing tribute to the memory of the
deceased Burial was made in the
Ottawa Avenue cemetery
The pallbearers were w II. Cort
VIM. Henders. w. S. Myers. r. A.
Lynch, William Pike and 4. J. o.
son.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-06
BLAME TROOP SHIP
DISASTER ON u.
S. NAVAL OFFICERS

Washington, Jan. "a thoro in
vestigation Of charges to have been
made by army officers and mer
aboard the stranded transport North
ern Pacific, tnat the vessel went
ashore because Of neglect Of duty or
the part of naval officers in charge OF
the boat, the aftermarth OF NeF
Years celebration, will lie conducteo
by the navy department, Secretary
OF the Navy Daniels announced Il
day.