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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24
WORLDS HOPE IS IN AMERICA WILSOI
United States Regarded
as Frien Of Humanity;
Says. I'VE Must Not Fail''

Mechanics Hall. Boston, Feb. "a.
President Wilson began his ad-
dress here this afternoon by ask
ing his hearers if they could un-
derstand he was as glad to see
them as they were to see him and
went on to express his apprecia-
ton OF his reception.
His reception in Europe. he said,
he considered as not a tribute to
himself, but a welcome to the
American people. He regarded it
AS welcome Ito the friends of
liberty" coming across the sea TO
see that a new world was to be
consecrated on the basis of justice
and right.
The greatest thing | have to re-
port to you" said he. ''is that this
great country of ours is trusted
throughout the world"
Il have not come to report on
the progress of the peace confer
ence. That would be premature.
The men who are in conference
in Paris realize they arc not mas
ters of their people, but servants
Of their people, and that no man
will dare go home from that con-
ference and report anything less
than is expected"
Speaking of the slow progress of
the conference. the president re-
minded his audience of the COM
plexity OF the problems affecting
nearly every country in the world.
What we are doing" he said. lis
TO hear the whole case from those
most interested. | have been struck
by the moderation of those repre-
senting national claims
Men Shed Tears of Hope.
Il have seen tears i'll the eyes
of men there. pleading for a ma
tional combination, but they were
not tears of anguish, they were the
tears of ardent hope.
There is no nation in Europe
that suspects the course of the
United States.
Il would not have you under
stand that the men who represent
the other nations there are disip-
tercsted. Quite the contrary"
L. $. Friend of Mankind.
said. when unable to agree, were
to resort to the nation known as
the friend of mankind"
To illustrate his point, the pres
ident related that American sol
diers were welcomed in all the
European countries.
"If | were to regard the pride
feel a personal pride / would be
the most stuck-up man in the
world.
Il have been searching for the
fundamental fact that has brought
Europe to believe in us. She
seemed for the first three years to
believe we felt we coTid make
more by staying out than going in.
Then suddenly the whole verdict
was reversed. 1t was when they
saw that America not only helr
ideas, but acted ideas, thcy became
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24
DEATH MYSTERY
OF CONVENT is
BEING PROBED
Seek Several in Dis
appearance of Nun
Over Decade Ago.

Traverse City, Mich, Feb. "a
Several persons connected more
than a decade ago with the little
convent a. Isador. near here. were
being sought today by county
authorities in an effort to throw
light on the disappearance in 1907
of Sister Mary Johns, a nun, who,
officers say they believe came to her
death by violence.
At the time of her disappearance
it was generally understood that
Sister Mary had left the convent to
visit relatives This belief was &C
cepted by the authorities until a
short time ago when workman
at Isadore made affidavit that he
had exhumed a body from beneath
church and helped re-inter it in a
nearby cemetery.
Seek Priest and Housekeeper.
Among those whom the authori-
ties expect to help in clearing the
mystery is Reverend Andrew Bic
nowski, pastor at Isadore at the
time of Sister Mary's disappearance
and Mrs. Stanislaw Lypchinski,
housekeeper for Father Bienowske.
Both are now understood to be at
Manistee, Mich. Father Edward
Podlesweski. who succeeded Father
Bienowske at Isadore, at present is
said to be in Detroit and officers
will be sent there to learn whether
he can help in the investigation.
In their investigation the author
tiles of Leelanau county (Traverse
City, are to have the assistance of
the Catholic church, according to
Administrator Leefebre LeFebre of
the Grand Rapids diocese.
The church. Administrator Le-
Febre announced, will lend any pos
sible assistance.
With the assistance of the church
the state officials hope to soon clear
up the details and solve forever the
disappearance of Sister Mary.
Find Priests and Women.
Developments took an encourag-
ing turn today, according to Off
GERS, when they located at Manistee,
Father Andrew Bienowske. priest
of the Isadore church at the time
of the disappearance of Sister Mary
They also believe they have located
Mrs. Sanislaw Lypchinski, house
keeper for Father Bienowske, who
Continued on Page Four.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24

I the confirmed partisans Of Amer
| lea and became converted to those
| ideas.
America the Hope Of Europe.
Now" said the president. this
conference we have established
calls for something. The Europe
| left was full Of hope. The Europe
of the third year of the war was
sinking to stubborn desperation.
They thought the end of the war
would eventually be a resumption
of the old order. Thcy never
dreamed it would be a Europe Of
settled peace.
Now all the peoples of Europe
are buoyed up in the hope that all
the nations of the world shall
unite their moral and physical
forces that right shall prevail.
What would happen if America
should fail the world OF its hope.
all nations will be set up as hos
tile camps again, and the men at
the peace conference will go home
with their heads upon their
breasts because they will have
failed. We would leave on the
peace table nothing but a modern
scrap of paper"
Opponents Know Not.
Men, he declared, who would
have America fail the world in its
hopes, saw only beyond the nearest
horizon.
They do not know the sentiment
Of American" he said.
Speaking Of hopes and aspirations
of the people of Europe for a last
ing peace, which he said were pin
ned to the United States as the
friend of mankind" the president
said he had no more doubt of the
verdict of America in this matter
than | have doubt of the blood that
is in me-"
Says People Are Determined.
THE nations of the world have
set their heads now to do a great
thing and they are not going to
stop short of their purpose. | do
not speak of the governments. but
of the peoples who will see that If
their present governments do not
do their will some others will. And
the secret is out and of the present
governments know il.
have come back for an attempt
to transact business for a little
while in America. | also say that
have been trying to speak your
thoughts. Probing deep in my
heart and trying TO see the things
that are right rather than the things
that are expedient, | am finding
the heart of America.
A =
have joined the majority of my fell
lowmen throughout the world"
Leaves for Washington.
As the president concluded, Mayor
Peters called for three cheers which
were given. the audience standing.
Immediately after the president
ial party left the hall and drove to
the South station for the train
which awaited them for Washing
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24
SInklNGHUN
BOATS STILL
BEING URGED
British and u. S. ENJOYS
Favor Plan, Franco
Italians Do Not.

Paris, Feb. 24.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press while the supreme
war council has not designated the
disposition of surrendered German
warships. the naval experts of the
| council have studied the subject,
/ British and American officers
agreeing that the proper solution
I of the question would he to sink
/ them in deep water. French and
I Italian officers do not take this
view and if the experts do not
soon reach an agreement the mat
ter may be taken up directly by the
supreme war council.
The British navy has captured
the greater number of German YES
sells taken during the war, and the
| British delegates think they have a
greater interest in the task of de-
termining the question and they
have the weight of the opinion of
American experts with them. There
are "A German warships aggregat-
ing half a million tons or an es-
ttmating building cost of $200,0O0,-
600 at Scapa Flow.
Cannot Be Used Or Scrapped.
The navy experts cannot see how
they can be used profitably in
commerce as they are too heavily
engined and have no cargo space.
1t has also been demonstrated by
American wreckers that naval YES
sells cannot be broken up at
profit. The Italian government
claims to have broken up the fam
Gus old battleship Duello at a
profit, but no one else has been
able to do as we'll The turrets and
side armor plates could not be util-
lied excepting at great expense
and even the boilers and engines
would be unsuitable for commerce.
It is pointed out that it would be
possible to detach the navigating
instruments and much brass work
which would be done in any case
but the recommendation of British
and American experts is that the
hulls should be sunk.
Urges Destruction.
One naval expert of the peace
commission said today there were
important naval reasons for COM
plete destruction of the German
ships 1t had been suggested that
they should be distributed among
the entente powers in proportion
to the maritime losses sus taiEed by
each On that basis the American
share would be absurdly small.
Then, he said. the distribution
might involve disagreements and
leave bad feeling between the pow
ers and also provoke an enlarge
ment of rival building programs at
great expense At the same time
the German ships would not fit
into any Of the entente navies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24
Do You Need Help in Making
Out Your Income Tax Returns?

If not, you are one out of a thousand
The time is short and probably you will
have to figure most of the details out for
yourself
AS an aid to those who are undertaking
to fill out their own schedules The Argus
today prints on the editorial page the first
of a series of eight articles prepared by the
L. S. revenue service and calculated to make
things easier both for the tax payer and the
tax collector. Better clip them out and save
them They will appear daily,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24
The Weather

Rain turning TO snow and colder
tonight with the lowest tempera-
ture about IS to 20 degrees above
zero; Tuesday cloudy and colder.
Temperature at a m, 81; high
est yesterday, Il; lowest last night.
81
Velocity of wind at Z a. m. 8
miles per hour
Relative humidity at p. m. 20;
al a. m. 50.
Stage Of water, 20; d rise OF /
in last As hours.
J. NJ. SHERIER, Meteorologist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24
DEATHS IN ARMY
PUT AT 1O7.444
That Number Is Given As Total
Lost in Forces at Home and
On War Fronts.

Washington, Feb. 24.-Deaths
during the war in the American eX-
peditionary forces and among
troops in the United States from all
causes the war department an
nounced today, numbered l07 ,444.
In the peditionary forces the to-
tai was 72 2,951. OF these 20,S29 re-
suited from disease. 4S.764 from in
juries in battle and 1854 from all
other causes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24
WILLIAMS HEARINGS END.

Washington, Feb. 24.-Hearings
on the denomination of John Skel-
ton Williams as comptroller of the
currency were closed by the senate
party vote of five to three and a
final vote on the nomination is ex-
pected shortly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24
MANY JEWS IN ARMY.

New York, Feb. 24.-Jews COM
posed per cent OF the United
States armed forces at the signing
of the armistice, according 20 fig
ures of the American Jewish com
mittee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24
Y. NJ G. 4 ENDS WORK.

Chaumont. Feb. 24.-Tne Amer
lean Y. NJ. c. 4 at its own request
has been relieved of :ts work in
maintaining the post exchanges
with the American army.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24
DANIELS AIDE
TELLSOF WORK
OF u. S. NAVY
Yank Sea Power Took
Offensive from the
Hun U-boats.

Boston. Feb. 24.-PracticaI de-
mobilization Of all the United
States establishment in European
waters. and the sale of the great
Lafayette wireless station at Bor-
deaux, to the the French govern
ment at a price of approximately
s4,000,000 were announced here to-
day by Assistant Secretary Roose-
welt. who arrived with President
Wilson on the George Washington.
For the last month, Mr.. Roose-
Welt has been in Europe demobiliz-
ing the naval forces, Iiquidating
contracts and settling claims.
On the trip over Mr. Roosevelt
disclosed to the officers and men
of the George Washington how the
United States had spent more than
$30.000,000 laying the mine barrage
against submarines in the North
sea and how by the navy offensive
the United States brought into the
war, the submarines were driven
from the coasts and harbor mouths,
out to sea, where their deadly work
would be more difficult. and how
the entry of the navy into the war
initiated an effective campaign
against the u-boats which previ-
ously had been conducting the Of
fensiye.
Had "a Shore Bases.
Few realize" said Mr.. Roose-
welt, that the American navy had
ch 8 -
European waters and the Azores,
including destroyers' stations ami
mine laying bases. although the ma
jority were naval aviation bases
from which more than 200 Ameri-
can seaplanes operated. We had
more than 10000 men at these
bases and on the ships operating
from them. We leased docks and
buildings and in addition construct
ed hundreds of hangers, piers, hos
pitfalls, store houses and other
buildings.
Almost $4,000 officers and men
now have been sent home and all
the flying officers and men now
have been sent home and all the
flying stations and bases with
very few exceptions, have been
evacuated.
'All material of future value has
been sent home. Portable houses,
provisions and motor trucks have
been sold to the Red Cross and the
army, and what remained of lum-
Der and other salvage material has
been sold to the British and French
governments.
France Buys Big Radio Plant.
THE great Lafayette radio sta
tion near Bordeaux was intended
to insure communication between
Washington and the army and navy
in case the cable systems were put
out of commission, or interfered
with by German submarines 1t
has eight towers and could com
municate with the United States
day and night. 1t was built by the
navy. l arranged with the French
that we shall complete
the station, which is two-thirds fin
ished, and they will then take ii
over at what it cost us. about TWEEN
ty-two million francs"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24
"a ARRESTED
FOR PLOT To
KILL WILSON
Seize Il in N. Y. and 10 in
Philadelphia on AS
sassination Plan.

New York, Feb. 24-Federal
attorneys and secret service
men today were examining the
personal efforts and papers of
n Spaniards, members of the
Industrial Workers of the
/ World, who were arrested here
yesterday on suspicion that two
of their number were con-
cerned in pot to attempt to
take the life of President VIII
son on his landing at Boston,
While definite information was
lacking, the authorities admitted
that the raids on two Spanish l. w.
W. headquarters here, were prompt
ed by a report that two Philadel-
phia Spaniards were on their way
to Boston as agents in the alleged
plot These two men were among
the II arrested.
Held without Bail.
Pending this investigation the
prisoners are being held without
bail on a general charge of viola
tiOns of the espionage act based on
their having in their possession al
legged seditiOus literature. This in
vestigation the officials state, would
determine whether some or all of
the prisoners would be arraigned on
a conspiracy charge, or merely
turned over to the immigration au-
thoritieS on charges of being un-
desirable aliens.
The fourteen Spaniards were Ia
ken from their cells at police head
quarters today and placed in the
police lineup" but none OF the
men was recognized by the detec-
tives as having been arrested here
today. The police said that no
weapons were found on any Of the
suspects.
10 Held at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Feb. 24-Ten men
were arrested here early today,
suspected of being implicated in
the New York plot TO assassinate
President Wilson. The prisoners
arrested here were rounded up
shortly after the raid made by the
police in New York
The men arrested here are
Eduardo Parades. a Cuban said to
be the leader of the Spanish !. w.
". PasquaIe Surreno, Jose Gomez.
Jose RigO, Juan Marquee, OllierlO
Blanco, Leonard Garaz, Juan Rod
riguez, Jose Gonzales and Jose An
tonic Penau. All are Spaniards-
and nine of them are aliens.
Secret service men here attach
more Importance to the arrest in
New York of two Philadelphians,
Florien Medina Veitia, and Elario
Orestissa, than to the roundup of
the 10 Spaniards in this city.
In their rooms here were found
about two hundred pounds of anar-
chist and Socialist literature, and
a number of letters and bundles of
copies of a Spanish anarchistlc
character were also seized.
Today the men were taken from
a police station to the federal
building where they are being eX-
amined separately.
Two Chosen for Assassination.
A local agent of the department
of justice learned by chance about
two weeks ago of a meeting o;
those arrested here and in New
York, at which some of the rad
icals, it is said. dropped hint of
the assassination plot. The agent
learned that two men were to be
sent from this city to New York
as the assassins. All the govern
ment agencies in both cities i'm
turned to the task of
foiling the Spanish terrorists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24

DENIES BREST UNSANITARY.
Washington, Feb. 24.-The war
department made public a report
from General Pershing denying
that unsanitary and unhealthfuI
exist at Brest. France.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24
LATE BULLETINS

London, Feb. 9i-The United
Kingdom is faced with the
prospects of civil strife and
the house of commons should
do everything in its power TO
eVert it. Premier Lloyd George
declared today i'm introducing a
bill to constitute a committee
to inquire into the conditions
prevailing in the coal industry.
Washington. Feb. 2i.-Any
beverage containing more than
One-haIf of per cent alcohol
would he banned by the war
time prohibition. effective next
July !, under a measure ap-
proved today by the house ju-
dietary committee to make the
act effective.
London. Feb. 2i.-Habibul-
Lab Khan. the amir Of Arghan-
istan, was murdered nH Feb.
90. according TO an official an
nOuncement made public here
today.
Washington. Feb. Major
General William 4. HOlbrOOk.
now at Camp Sheridan. Ala
bama, was today assigned by
the war department TO the
command Of Camp Grant, ILL.,
nOis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24
LEAGUE FOES
ASSAILED BY
J.HAN
Senator Asks for Their
.Plan for World Peace
if They Have Any.

Washington, Feb. Speaking
in the senate today in support of
the proposed league of nations,
Senator Lewis of Illinois, Demo-
cratic whip. declared the league
would not contTavene the advice OF
Washington or the Monroe doc
trine and broadly intimated that
personal and political antagonism
TO President Wilson lay behind the
opposition in congress.
Senator Lewis replied specific
ally to recent speeches by Senators
Borah of Idaho. Republican, and
Reed OF Missouri, Democrat His
address marked resumption of sen
ate discussion of the league with
of daily speeches until
adjournment Of congress a week
from tomorrow.
Attacks upon the league. Senator
Lewis asserted. were based on false
fears and designed to awaken
prejudice
Asks Their Peace Plan.
Demanding that opponents pre-
sent their plan for world peace, he
asked:
Have you any? Is there only
the voice of veto from YOU all on
whatever plan-merely that it is
proposed by Wilson?
IF Woodrow Wilson we're a RO-
man CataliDe charged by a Cicero
with conspiracy to surrender his
70 ha Of h
and Taft a modern Burr. they could
not have been more blunuy I'M
pugned that each has been by the
leaders of the opposition to the
league of nations" said Mr. Lewis
Nothing so proved the animosity
to Wilson's success in any design
as the refusal to grant him his re-
quest, cabled as he sailed for
America. to postpone discussions of
the constitution of the league until
he arrived and explained the cir
cumstances of its formation.
THE reasons urged as a justifi-
cation for the assault have. I de
clare, no grounds in the contest of
the document
Does Not Violate Monroe Doctrine.
y is said that the document vio-
,ifes our policy against alliance
with foreign governments as Op-
posed by Washington. I answer
that the document prevents what
Washington opposed. partial al
liances by America with any for
eign country. even were her states
men inclined.
1T requires two-thirds of all to
with one. Would tWO-thirds ever
allow such disadvantage TO them iE
favor of any one against them all?
THE constitution of the league
prohibits the possibility Of a pOlit-
ical alliance with any European
power by balancing against the
European, the Asiatic, Japan and
all South America"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24

While definite information was
lacking, the authorities admitted
that the raids on two Spanish l. w.
W. headquarters here, were prompt
ed by a report that two Philadel-
phia Spaniards were on their way
to Boston as agents in the alleged
plot These two men were among
the II arrested.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24

Continued on Page Four.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24

Nj e m b eR of A u ditl
Bureau of CALCULATIONS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24

A 8 8 o cia t e d Press
Leased Wire Report
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-24

| the confirmed partisans Of Amer.
ica and became converted to those
ideas.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
MARKET FORWARD
SWING RESUMED
Character and Source Of the
Buying Was a Matter
Of Conjecture
OFFERINGS WERE LIMITED

New York, Dec. 3.-1'hc New York
Evening Suns closing financial review
today says:
Today's stock market was consist
emily strong, but the character and
source of the buying was matter for
conjecture. 1t was impossible to deter
mine definitely whether the impulse
came from the supposedly large short
interest. from those who. having sold to
establish losses for the federal tax re
turn. wcrC buying back at what they
quite rightly regarded ms low prices or
from general public weary of mac
tion and curious to test the assertion
that the market has been heavily over
sold.
1t may be that the forward swing OF
some to 4 or points reflected buying
initiative from all three sources. But
with it all trading was of very modest
proportions. as offerings were limited.
Under these conditions n little push
created considerable momentum. and If
was too easy to develop an exaggerated
idea of buying power,
Perhaps the most telling market fac
tor was the secretary of the treasury $
elaboration of what the President
touched on in his message to Congress
respecting tax revision and foreign
in his annual report called for lower
excess profits levies and, if necessary,
higher actual taxes
He made it clear, however, that moth
ing could be done along that line until
it was established that government cX-
penditures were not exceeding or con
suming present receipts. He was equally
explicit concerning the financing of Eu-
ropes needs.
His position that private organiza-
tions should seek out trade opportuni-
tics. that financing of foreign trade
| should come from private sources and
not governmental, was merely n Teitcra
| ton of the governments attitude al
ready alluded to in the recent Federal
! Reserve Board bulletin, and expressly
stated as the Washington pclicy in
| Congress. This would seem to account
for the irritation felt when the PrcSi-
dent failed to make any reference to the
peace treaty in his communication Of
yesterday to the Congress.
Both business men and bankers feel
the handicap of the absence of n positive
position in our foreign relations with
no immediate prospect of such n pO-
Sition except the possibility Of the
Senate declaring by resolution that Il
state of war has come 10 an end. This
p. is strikinGly illustrated in the foreign
exchange market which again brok,
badly with sterling below So. 50 anG new
low record levels in France and llrC
alike.