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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-21
American Sailors Stage Battle With Germa
'ToProc1aim Peace without
Ratifying Treaty would be
National Disgrace Wilson

Washington, Aug. 21.-The fu
ext of President Wilson's letter
which he answers Senator Fall
70 questions and explains why h
an not proclaim a state Of peacr
ollows:
My Dear Senator Fall:
You left yesterday in my
hands certain written questions
which l promised you l would
answer. l am fastening to full
fill that promise.
1 feef constrained to say in
reply to your first question not
only that in my judgment 1
have not the power by procla-
nation to declare that peace
exists, but 1 could in no cir
cumstances consent to take
such a course prior to the rati-
fication of formal treaty of
peace. feel it due to perfect
frankness to say that it would
in my opinion put a stain upon
our national honor which we
never could efface. if after
sending our men to the battle
field to fight the common cause,
we should abandon our assO-
ciates in the war in the settle
ment of the terms of peace and
disassociate ourselves from all
responsibility with regard to
those terms.
I respectfully suggest that,
having said this, I have in ef-
feet answered also your sec
ond, third and fourth ques-
tions, so far as 1 myself am
concerned.
Permit me to answer your
fifth question by saying that
the provisions of the treaty to
which you refer operates mere
ly to establish peace between
the powers ratifying, and that
it is questionable whether it
can be said that the League Of
Nations is in any true sense
created by the association of
only three of the allied and
associated governments.
Everything Hangs on Treaty.
In reply to your sixth ques-
ton. I can only express the
confident opinion that the i'm
mediate adoption of the treaty,
along with the articles of the
covenant of the league as writ
ten, would certainly within the
near future reduce the cost of
living in this country as else
where. by restoring production
and commerce, to their normal
Strength and freedom.
For your convenience, I will
number the remaining para
graphs of this letter as the
questions to which they are in
tended to reply are numbered.
Seven: l have had no official
information as to whether
Norway, Sweden. Denmark,
Holland or Switzerland will
join the league.
Eight: I answered your
eighth question in reply to a
question asked me at our con-
ference the other day (This
question referred to licensing
Of exports to Germany.
Nine: In February. 1917.
Spain, was requested to take
charge of American interests in
Germany through her diplo-
matte and consular services.
No other arrangement has
since been made.
10.-The committee to pre-
pare plans for the organiza-
ton of the league, for the es-
tablishment of the seat of the
league. and for the proceed
ings of the first meeting Of
the assembly. has been ap-
pointed, but has not reported.
Foe Holdings Entrusted.
11.-Article 118 of the peace
treaty. part 4, under which
Germany renounces all her
rights TO territory formerly
belonging to herself or to her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-21
LOWnEN FAIR GIrFST.

Springfield, Ill, Aug. 21.-Gov-
ernor Frank o. Lowden and state
officials were guests of the state
fair management at the fair
grounds today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-21
PALMER Is CONFIRMED.

Washington. Aug. 21.-The nom
ination of A. Mitchell Palmer to be
attorney general was confirmed
yesterday by the senate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-21
The Weather

Fair tonight and Friday; not
much change in temperature.
Highest yesterday, S5; lowest
last night, 62.
Velocity of wind at a. m, 4
miles per hour
Precipitation In last "a hours, 1.09
inches.
1p.m. 8 p. m. n m.
yester. yester. today
Dry bulb ..,-.,S1 rs Ga
Wet bulb .,.,,.69 6S 50
Rel. humidity ,.54 So II
Stage of water, "a; rise of .
In last "a hours.
I'M. SHERIER. Meteorologist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-21
U, S, FORCES
ACCOUNT FOR
3OF BANDITS
One Killed and Two Cap
tured in Mexican Drive
Want Yanks Out?
BULLETINl.

Laredo, Texas, Aug. 2Is-
Mexican bandits who robbed
the American sailors iH a
launch from the United States
ship Cheyenne of TampicO early
in July, have been arrested By
CarTanZa secret police in DOn8
Cecilia, a suburb Of TampicO,
according to information re-
ceiVCd here today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-21

Continued on Page Eloven.)
The sun., 1919-06-01
ORGANDIE FROCKS
CINCHAM, TISSUE & LINENFROCK

Deli gh morning froc developed Of Bingham varcoored
checks pids combination with ogande DRESSER types are
of wolfe in white plain colors garanded with flowers Linen
focks are frequently embehed by dainty drawn work or
real laces.
The sun., 1919-06-01
EACH CITY TO GET
OWN CONTRIBUTIONS
Salvation Army Will Spend
$16,OOO,OO0 in Communi-
ties That Raised It.

The $1e,000,oo0 raised by the Saliva
ton Army Home Service Fund commit
tee In It's recent drive, IL to be disbursed
In tho communities In which IL was con-
tributed.
Plans whereby each city and town
should benefit by the donations Of its
residents were being worked out yester-
day at headquarters, $50 Fifth avenue.
BY this arrangement places that failed
to make up their full quotas will profit
in no way by the oversubscriptions Of
other localities.
Although large numbers of checks
were still being received by the cam
paign committee yesterday. members
were booming more doubtful Of this city
subscribing the full s1.6oo,ooo allotted
to II.
Indications were that New York would
finish perhaps 100000 short of the pre-
scribed amount, and this will necessitate
a $1,000 cut in the plans for the relief
work to be done in this city, even though
the rest of the country has heavily over
subscribed.
Not only the city, but many neigh
| boring towns. have failed to make UT
their quotas according to information or
hand yesterday.
These tagging districts are White
Plains. Newburgh, Poughkeepsie. Hack
ensack, Englewood. Montclair, New
| Brunswick and Perth Amboy.
| A great number of the fund workers
are still on duty at headquarters, and
| private efforts are being made in thest
localities to secure donations that will
permit the relief work to be carried OF
as originally planned.
| Charles S. Whitman, chairman of thu
| national committee for the drive, has no
received full returns as yet. and 1t prob
| ably will be a week or two before tn,
exact results of the campaign can b,
/ definitely ascertained.
The sun., 1919-06-01
COOL DAYS AHEAD,
SAYS ELIAS DUNN
Weather Expert Sees Little 80
Degree Temperature for
Summer.

Elias B. Dunn, who by virtue Of his
Christian name and many years of SER
vice with the Government Weather
Bureau believes that he knows some
thing about the future, made the un-
day that the coming summer will be
marked by a lot of comfortably cool
weather. In fact, Mr.. Dunn stakes his
reputation as a prophet and prophets
uamesake on the statement that there
will be fewer than ten days when the
mercury reaches the 30 mark on Mr.
Fahrenheit's we'll known thermometers
and he declared that he will be greatly
surprised IL more than six days OF such
| torridity appear. He bases his prediction
on calculations compiled from the daily
The sun., 1919-06-01
BIGLOAN MEANS
NEW FINANCIAL
ERAFOR REALTY
National City Co. Buys
Bonds Of Realty and
Trinity Buildings.
WHOLE ISSUE $1,000, 900
Experts See Prospect Of Many
Similar Loans in the
Future.
WHOLE ISSUE $1,000, 900

A new epoch in the history Of New
York city real estate and In realty finan-
cling throughout the eatire country was
ushered in last Thursday when It was
announced that the National City Com
pany had purchased 100000 Of 5H
per cent twenty year bonds secured by
mortgages on the Realty and Trinity
Buildings. These two structures popu-
larly referred to as the Trinity living
arc among the best known Office build
ings In Manhattan and cover two blocks
Of the most valuable land in the city,
bounded by Broadway. Cedar and
Thames streets and Trinity place.
They are opposite the huge Equitable
Building and adjoin the historic Trinity
Churchyard.
This IL the initial issue of realty Sc
curlties to be underwritten by large
financial houses IN Wall street and the
acceptance of real estate by fnan-
cial interests who heretofore have re-
garded II as too slow an asset for their
attention, reflects promising pros
pect for the naturalization of New York
property from an investment viewpoint.
OF Importance also IL the fact that the
National City Company. by accepting
this proposition has opened the posi-
bility of an early acceptance by lenders
Of the principal OF long term mortgages
This important bond issue. which the
NSfional City Company-one of the
largest securities corporations In the
country-is Offering to the public. Is
guaranteed as to principal and interest
by the United States Realty and I'm
provement Company. 1t represents Q
3irst mortgage executed by the Trinity
Building Company, a wholly owned sub.
sidiary Of the United States Realty and
Improvement Company. of which Lau'
renee Mcguire Ia president.
The buildings were constructed
for the United States Realty and I'm
provement Company by its subsidiary
the George A. Fuller Company. OF whicl
Paul Starrett Is president. Is.
Win Bring Money Into Market.
The Importance Of this mortgage de
velopment to the real estate market Ii
general" says statement sent out from
the Offices OF the United States Realt.
and Improvement Company. cannot b
too strongly emphasized. as 1t gives ex
cellent promise of having the entire coun
try participate in the development o
New York. for through the sale of sue
bonds money will be directed to thi
market in unprecedented volume an
The sun., 1919-06-01

that until real estate was financed the
way railroad properties and large IN
dustrial properties were handled that
certainly no one could interest him In
any real estate proposition however at
tractive.
"It was, therefore, with a great deal
Of pleasure that learned that certain
banking interests are now giving real
estate the financial accommodations
which especially large parcels are en-
titled to, and that real estate Ia going 10
have the beneflt of the same methods OF
financing which have been given TO IN
dustrial and railroad corporations for 80
many years.
There IL certainly no sounder invest
ment in the world than q we'll located
first mortgage on improved property
here in New York city, which JAS been
proved conclusively during the past hve
years, when insurance companies and
other large corporations have been COM
PEELED to mark down the book value on
investments in bonds and other securi-
ties 30 materially, and yet their mort
gage investments have at all times been
carried at par.
The sun., 1919-06-01
WOULD PUNISH MISSIONARY.
The Rev. Eugene BELL on Trial for
Fatal Motor Wreck I'm Corea.
BIZ the Associated Press.

SEOUL, Corea. May 31.--The court
prosecution OF the Rev. Eugene Bell, a
Presbyterian missionary Of Shelbyville,
KY, on n charge Of criminal carelessness
In accidentally causing the death OF his
wife and another missionary In an auto.
mobile accident March rs, has aroused
much interest in the foreign community
here. The other missionary who was
killed was the Rev. Paul S. Crane OF
Yazoo City. Miss
The Rev. Mr.. Bell was driving the
automobile when an express train
crashed into 1t on a grade crossing near
Seoul At the hearing yesterday Mr.
Bell contended that he was q careful
driver, but had failed to hear the whistle
OF the train. The prosecutor maintained
that the missionary was criminally
negligent in not hearing the whistle and
requested that a fine of $125 be imposed
The Rev, Mr.. Bell is in poor health az
a result Oh the accident and expects &c
leave for America on furlough as soor
as tho case Is f1nishedr
The sun., 1919-06-01

mean temperature over some forty-nvs
years.
Mr.. Dunn Joined the Weather Bureau
at the time of its organization.
In 1884, after service in Cincinnati and
New Orleans. he was transferred to this
city and n year later was put in charge
of the local station. He resigned in
1898 as The result OF a disagreement
with Prof. Willis l.. Moore, head Of the
bureau. He predicted the Ohio floods In
1888 and also the Intimidation Of the lower
Mississippi In 1889, and was subjected to
much abuse from New Orleans newspa-
pers and business men who feared he
was injuring tho oity's reputation and
demanded his removal. The advance OF
the Father OF Waters to their doorstep
finally silenced their clamor.
So IL Is perfectly safe to put or order
ing a Palm Beach suit, to put of that
vacation until next winter and generally
to resolve to carry on In the greatest
summer resort in America for the next
three months. Elias has spoken.
The sun., 1919-06-01
French Plane In Fatal Crash.

PARIS, May 31.--One aviator was
killed and another was mortally injured
in an airplane accident to-day at Issy-
s-Moulineaux. The man killed was
welby Jourdan. formerly mechanician
for the famous ace, Sub-Lieut. Hun
gesser. Aviator Effor was the fier who
received the mortal injuries. Their air
plane fell about 200 feet.
The sun., 1919-06-01
Senior Concha Received by Pope.

+ ROME, May 31.-Dr. Jose Vicente
Concha. former president Of Colombia,
presented his credentials yesterday as
Minister to the Vatican for that country
and was received in solemn audience by
Pope Benedict, who engaged him in a
lengthy conversation. Senior Concha
afterward visited Cardinal -Gasparri, Pa
pal Secretary of State.
The sun., 1919-06-01
Bomb. Dropped I'm Afshsnistan.

LONDON, May 31.-British airplanes
have dropped bombs on Kabul, capital
of Afghanistan. and on Jelalabad. the
Indian Office Announces. The airplanes
also have attacked formations of Afghan
troopa
The sun., 1919-06-01

one of the city's foremost realty experts
said: ct believe II rs very important TO
get the financial and real estate interest
working together In connection with the
financing of real estate In the future.
II the refinancing of the Trinity and
United States Realty Building mort
cages Is a starter to bring this about
a good work has been done for both real
estate and financing.
This country has learned the value
of thrift, and there IL no reason why
large bond houses should not 20 out to
capitalize It by having some money
fiow into real estate first mortgage
bonds, one Of the most stable invest
ments, II properly handled. in which any
one could invest"
Stephen H. Tying. president OF the
Real Estate Board of New York, says
that the refnanclng OF the mortgages on
the Trinity and Realty buildings will be
far reaching in its results.
New York." says Mr.. Tying. has been
far behind other cities In this country
and abroad in this respect distrip-
uted popular ownership in bonds secured
by first mortgages on improved real es-
tate that are put out and financed by
banking institutions Of the strongest
class will do much to emphasize anu
maintain the confidence OF investors Ia
real estate in tho city OF New Yorb.
which Is our FIRST and most valuable
asset.
Banking and real estate interests have
| too long held aloof, and the fact that q
start has been made by this transaction
to bring them together for their common
good means much for the future devel-
opment Of the city.
| 'sThese bonds should have a wide
| market. and, being readily convertible
into cash. will tremendously increase
| the supply OF mortgage money. Tho
| ability to secure a $4,000 to $4,000 par
ticipation in a conservative mortgage
with sinking fund and other provisioni
in some particular building will appea
to a host of investors who have been KEEP
out of the mortgage market"
old Method Criticised.
''For many years real estate men have
been very severely criticised by banker.
and shrewd investors for the methods
which have been employed In financing
Operations" says Lawrence p. EllimaI
of Pease & Gilman. II remember SOM
fourteen or fifteen years ago one OF thu
Largest bankers In New York to whom
IL presented large investment propert!
yielding a very attractive net return tolt
line he never would consider investing
money in real estate until the method
of financing were placed on what h
Thought was a sound basis He told mi
THAT any one who bought piece o
property Of any type requiring an In
lyestment Of $1,000, 900 or over which hat
a mortgage running for only three, pos
sibly Ave years, was. In his opinion. n
,capdidate for a mental examination ant
The sun., 1919-06-01
AFTERNOON FROCKS

DELIGHTFULLY."- expressed in Ceorgette distinguished by their
simplicity or elaborated with bead aceries and motifs of mbrod
cry Printed chfons uard silks and es also favored
for Summer.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-17
servitudc" will endure from FIVE t.
fifteen years.
Like Small Merchant

scrvitudc" will endure from FIVE to
fifteen years.
Like Small Merchant
The manufacturers in the territory
occupied at present by American, Bel
gian, French and British troops ar in
the exact position of small merchant
who finds himself indebted through
bad management to rich man, who
In turn worries somewhat about the
small merchants ability to pay.
In order to protect himself, there
fore, the rich merchant steps forward
with a helping hand to enable the
small merchant to reorganize his af-
fairs and begin again. Thus the rich
man eventually gets paid, and the poor
man finds himself in a healthy financial
state.
With France and Belgium this is
especially the case. With the aid of
the other Allies they represent the
rich man, and the Rhineland manu-
facturers find themselves in the posi-
ton of the poor merchant. They are
going to. work for France, but they will
flourish on full profits.
France ill Dominate
With American troops soon to leave
Germany and the possibility that the
British will eventually leave the ad-
ministration of the Rhineland to the
French. it is plain that the German
manufacturers will find their affairs
dominated for many years to come by
France. French officers here already
dominate the Interallied Commission
in numbers, and they mince no words
in explaining their mission. They are
on the ground to collect and they in
tend to do So
The Rhneland industries represent
one large bird already in Frances
hands. Other Germany indemnity
birds are still In the bush.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-17
industrial and Economic
Commission Starts Func-
tioning in Rhineland to
Enforce War Payments
France to Dominate
Germans for Many Years
Must Run Factories as
Their Conquerors Dictate
Ne,o Yorl, Tribune
Special Cd6lc Serpics

Copyright 1919. New YORK Tribune Inc.)
COBLENZ. May 16. - Far-sighted
German industrial magnates have be-
gun to wax t1ihe uneasy over the
future activities of tho Interallied
Industrial and Economic Commission.
which is beginning to function
throughout the occupied Rhineland,
with headquarters at Coblenz. In
ouiries regarding the commissions in
tentions and powers are being dis
creetly made of American military of
iicials
Available official information shows
that the commission is here to aid the
Germans to reestablish the Rhineland's
great industrial network in order that
they may resume their normal oepra-
tion employing the maximum Of labor,
payin ga living wage, etc.
However, it is said that the. Germans
have been advised that the commission
will see that the factories serve as a
guarantee that France gets the in
demnity prescribed by the peace
treaty, and that the sentence of
New-York tribune., 1919-05-17
Austria to Substitute
Franc Standard for Crown

PARIS, May 16.-The Austrian gov
ernment is planning reorganization of
the currency system of the country, it
appears from a government report pub
l'shed by the "Neues Weimer Zeitung"
OF Vienna. The monetary standard will
be readjusted, according to this plan.
and the franc substituted for the
crown.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-10-10
LOUISVILLE MARKETS.

Hogs declined sharply, tops go off
IS cents. Best heavies 1865 pounds
up, s15.25; 1870 to l65 pounds, sl4.-
so; pigs. 100 pounds down, s13;
throwouts. S12.25 down.
Sheep. lambs and calves sold on an
unchanged basis.
Quotations-Best sheep, Sc; bucks,
81 down; best lambs, SIS; seconds,
$500; culls, sos. '.
Best veals. s17.50q IS; medium,
$500 12; common $500 $50.
Cattle-Prime heavy steers, s12.00
@12.50; heavy shipping steers, Sl0.-
5O01l.50; medium steers, $500
1000; light $500 $50; fat heifers.
$500 1850; fat cows, $500 TO-
SO; medium cows. s5.75@7.50; cut
tiers. sb.25@5.75; Gamers. 5000
5.s5; bulls. s6.0o@7.5o; feeders
ss.0Og10.25; stoekers. $1,000 $50;
choice mileh cows. ss5.00@1i5.00;
medium. se5.Oo@s5,oO; common.
$4,000 $500.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-10-10
HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL NEWS

/ From the ravages of war and in
fluenza the Educational Institutions
have no doubt suffered more than any
one thing alone, but now as the great
difficulty has been removed new in
terest in school and school work is
being shown everywhere. This year
will no doubt be remembered, as the
new spirit of nineteen and nineteen
seems to throw so completely shad-
ow over the last several years.
In the Hartford High School every
one is a great deal more interested
than heretofore. There are nearly
one hundred pupils enrolled and
about fifty per cent of these are
Freshmen. On account of the influenza
epidemic last year a multitude of the
pupils are taking extra work in view
of completing the course in three
years.
A branch of the Junior Red Cross
has been organized. in which the en-
tire High School went over the top,
every pupil being a member. Although
a branch of the Junior Red Cross was
organized in nineteen and seventeen,
the interest, even then, when sons and
brothers were suffering for the help
we might send them, did not equal
the interest which is shown to-day.
The school has also laid out a
basket ball court. and everyone at
present is greatly interested in basket
ball, which has proved to be a novelty
as well as a sport. being the first in
terest of this sort since the old College
burned in nineteen and twelve. Sew
eral teams have been organized and
number of the players will no doubt
some day become champions as "all
things however great. have small be-
ginnings."
A Domestic Science class has also
been organized for the benefit OF the
women OF tomorrow { and also the
men OF that date) The class is In
structed between the hours OF three
and four, after school. as there is
no time during school hours which
would not interfere with the daily
routine OF the other work Sewing
only Is being taught at present. but
Instructions on cooking will begin as
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-10-10
FINANCIAL
STATEMENT is FILED

The report of Messrs. j. l.. Brown
and j. H. Wood commissioners of the
Ohio County Fiscal Court appointed
to investigate as to the financial
transactions and condition of the
county for the years 1917 and 1918,
was filed with the Fiscal Court at its
session Wednesday, adopted and APP
proved and ordered published.
The report showed the countys in
debtedness on Jan. 1st., 1918, to be
S57,3S3.27, and on January 1st., 1919
the total Indebtedness was S51,S5S.-
"a, showing a net reduction during
the past year of $4.524.73. A rather
good showing for the year, especially
when the price of labor and material
of all sorts has been so unusually
high.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-10-10
DR.. JOHN L. HILL
State Organizer For The Baptist 10
Million Campaign.

A great all-day rally service for
Ohio County Baptists will be held at
Beaver Dam, KY, October Is, at 10
A. NJ.
DR.. Hill is doubtless the greatest
Layman in Kentucky, in fact Southern
Baptists wanted him for one of their
General men, but Kentucky said, I'VE
will work him right here in Ky. Have
all the questions you want to ask
ready and fire them at him, for he
wants you to ask and he will do his
best to answer that we may all be
clear and ready to work in unison on
this big job for our dear Saviour.
All the Baptist Preachers, District
Board Members, Church Organizers,
w. NJ. U. Organizers, Team Captains
and Workers are urged to be present
and all other Baptists who possibly
can should be there, for we are ex-
pecting the greatest day in the history
of Ohio County Baptists.
d. EDGAR ALLEN, Organizer.