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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09
TRoTzKY QUITS
ARMY TO RULE
FOOD SUPPLIES

Helsingfors. Sunday. Feb. s.
Leon Trotzky, Russian bolshevik
minister of war and marine, will
become director and high COM
mander Of the food transportation
and his duties as minister Of war
will be assumed by General Polan-
off, according to advices received
here. Command of soviet forces in
Siberia will be given to General
Egert, while General 1vanoff will
lead the bolsheviki troops in
Turkestan.
{. S. Watching Situation.
Constantinople, Sunday, Feb. l.
Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully,
commander of American warships
in Russian waters, is at Novoros-
sisk, on the northeast coast of the
Black sea. watching the situation
there relative to resumption of
trade between the allied nations
and the Russian people. That city
is not regarded as being in danger
of immediate capture by the bolshe-
Wiki. but the people are said to be
alarmed by the influx of refugees
from the Rostov region.
Typhus Fatal.
Both the bolsheviki and their
enemies are reported to have suf-
fered more from typhus than from
actual fighting. There are 10000
cases of this disease in Odessa, and
$500 at Sebastopol while the
Novoressisk and other cities where
refugees are gathered this situa-
ticn is said to be menacing. Be
cause Of lack Of shipping facilities,
the allies are restricting accommo-
dations on vessels to wounded sol
diers and women and children.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09
ROCKFORD RED
TRIAL OPENED

4 Rockford, ILL.,, Feb. "a special
venire OF so Jurors reported in cir
cult court this morning for the first
OF the trials of the alleged commune
lists recently indicted by the Winnie
bago county grand Jury. OF the
II indicted, one. DR.. o. Alfred Oh
son, later renounced his allegiance
to the communication party and
changed his plea to guilty"
Arthur Person. the frst OF the
defendants called for trial. With
drew his plea OF not guilty and
Clarence s. Darrow. one OF the at-
torneys for the defense. ofered>e .
motion that the indictment be
quashed as faulty. The motion vas
argued and Judge r. X. Welsh re-
served his decision until 1880 this
afternoon, adjourning court to that
hour"
Judge Welsh Quashed the ind!ct-
ment in the Person case. holding
there was a serious error In It's,
failure to aver that the communist
party was an anti-government orr,
guuization on the same date az that
on which Person Joined 1t.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09
NEITHER PARTY
HAS 4 STRING
ON Mr.. HOOVER
Not a Candidate for President and
Nobody is Authorized to
Speak for Him.

New York. Feb. 9.-Herbert
Hoover last night issued state
ment defining his attitude toward
the presidency. He announced that
he is not candidate for the NOM
ination and that no one is author
ized to speak for him politically.
If the League of Nations is made
an issue in the election, he says he
will vote for the party that stands
for the league.
In response to requests that he
declare allegiance to either one or
the other of the great political
parties, Mr.. Hoover says he will
wait until it more definitely appears
what the party managers stand for,
and will exercise prerogative OF
American citizenship and decline
to pledge my vote blindfolded."
Answers Many Questions.
"In order to answer a large
number of questions all at once -
he says, ''let me emphasize that |
have taken day off from the in
dustrial conference in Washington
to come to New York solely to at
tend to pressing matters in connec-
tion with the children's relief. |
want to say again: L have not
sought and am not seeking the
presidency. l am not candidate.
l have no organization. No one is
authorized to speak for me polit-
ically.'
GAS an American citizen by birth
and OF long ancestry, | am nat
urally deeply interested in the pres
ent critical situation Ny sincere
and only political desire is that one
or both of the great political par
ties will approach the vital issues,
which have grown out of the war
and are new, with a clear purpose
looking to the welfare cf our people
and that candidates capable of car
! rying out this work should be nom
mated.
Tells Stand On Treaty.
eff the treaty goes over to the
presidential election with any
reservations necessary to clarity
the worlds mind that there can be
no infringement of the safeguards
provided by our constitution and
our nation old traditions), then
must vote for the party that stands
for the league.
with it, there is hope not only
| of tho prevention nf war hut alsf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09

ing that he did not know why" he
had killed the girl.
Wild Reports At Louisville.
Louisville, Ky, Feb. 9.-Reports
received here by telephone during
the forenoon, said mobs then were
l0oting pawnshops and hardware
stores at Lexington in an effort to
Iobtain fire arms and had declared
the intention of securing the negro
by any means.
On the heels Of the report came
an appeal from Governor Edwin P.
Morrow for troops to protect the
negro and quiet the situation.
Arrangements Immediately were
made at Camp Zachary Taylor to
form two provisional battalions of
160 men each and send them to
Lexington. The troops were to be
commanded by General F. c. Mar
shall, and were to gy by special
train if one could be secured. Lack
ing railroad facilities, it was said,
the troops would be sent by truck.
Lexington is nearly 100 miles from
Louisville.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09
GREY'S LETTER
OPENS NEW ERA
OFDIPL OMACY?
Unchallenged 1t Will
Stand As a Precedent
to Cut Old Forms.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Washington, Feb. 9.-Speaking
OF letters destined TO become fam
Gus in American history, that let
ter Of Viscount Grey discussing the
controversy between the executive
and legislative branches of our gov
ernment over the form in which
the treaty Of peace shall be rati-
fed establishes a precedent Of far
reaching significance in interna-
tional affairs. 1t means a long step
forward in overcoming the barriers
Of old-fashioned diplomacy which
have hitherto hindered peoples from
understanding one another.
II the letter Of Lord Grey has
given President Wilson offense,
however, it is not merely because
the British statesman has addressed
a communication to the public on 4
matter which had previously been
confined to different branches of
the American government and at a
moment when intense political
strife over the issue cannot be
ignored. 1t is because Viscount
Grey, received by the secretary of
state as the special ambassador of
Great Britain, entered into COM
municatiOn with members of the
legislative branch of our govern
ment instead of confining his COM
munications to the executive branch
which under the American consti-
tuition has sole charge Of inter-
! course with foreign nations.
No Valid Parallel.
1t has been suggested that Mr..
Wilson appealed over the heads OF
the British people in his address at
Manchester. 1t has been said that
he appealed to the Italian populace
on the Fiume question. Neither OF
these points are valid parallels be-
cause in neither instance did Mr.
Wilson associate himself or com.
municate with members of the op-
position party in the house of com.
mons or the Italian parliament
But theer is somewhat Of a parable
in Mr.. Wilson's action in Paris
when he besought Prime Minister
Lloyd George to grant a hearing Il
Frank P. Walsh and former Gov
ernor- Dunno. of Illinois who came
as American citizens to plead thu
cause of Ireland, a controversy still
regarded by the British government
as a domestic affair. But to have
been a mere exact parallel, thu
president should have been discov
lered communicating with sim feiI
leaders instead of taking up ths
matter in the natural and proper
way. namely through the British
prime minister who is the execu
tive of the British government. ant
duly permitted to receive communi
cations from the heads of other gov
ernments.
| The interesting circumstances
however, about the Viscount Grey
letter is that he intended no disre
spect, intended no meddling IL
American political affairs, but earn
estly hoped to make it easier fol
the treaty to be ratified and Americ;
to become a partner in the enter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09
THREE-EYE SESSION OPENS
in CHICAGO; ROCK ISLAND
DELEGATES MEET TEARNEY
Delegates Confident Of
Winning Berth After
Talk With President.
BY J. L. HUGHES.
Especial to The Argus.)

Chicago, Feb. 9.-Rock Island Is
reasonably certain OF receiving q
franchise in the Three-Eye league.
President A. r. Tearney assured a
representative OF The Argus this
afternoon. preceding the executive
session of the league members in
the Hotel Sherman.
The meeting was not called to-
order until after o'clock on ac-
count of the delay of the Evans
vile party in arriving. President
Tearney. however, stated that
Rock Island would undoubtedly he
voted one Of the two vacant fran
chises.
Five Of the league members were
sounded and found to favor Rock
island and Cedar Rapids. Cedar
Rapids attitude, however. will not
affect Rock Islands chances, Mr..
Tearney declared.
Il have another city in the south
ern end Of the circuit that will be
willing to accept in event of refusal
by Cedar Rapids which with Rock
Island will make an ideal league"
said Tearney.
M. H. Sexton, Walter Flanagan
and Jack Tighe, the official dele
gates from the association. arrived
in Chicago yesterday and within a
short time had arranged for a
meeting with Mr.. Tearney in the
evening. The delegates were not
alone on the trip. A half dozen tri-
city newspaper men were in the
group, and several other influential
fans. Moline was strongly repre-
sented.
The conference was brief. No
outspoken promises were made, nor
were there any expressions of ex-
treme confidenc upon the part OF
the Islanders. However, Mr.. Tear
ney plainly favored having Rock
Island in the league, both because
Of his previous convictions and be-
cause of what he learned Of the
baseball enthusiasm being evinced
here.
There is not the slightest rea-
son." he said. voicing the senti-
ment other baseball men have
spoken, why Rock Island should
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09
DRINKING WITH
EYES POSSIBLE
INU. S. ANYHOW
That is to Say Law
Doesn't Bar Certain Ii
quor Advertising.

Washington. Feb. 9.-Although
the national prohibition enforce
ment act prevents the publication
Of liquor advertisements in news
papers published in this country,
Postmaster General Burleson call
ed the attention Of postmasters to-
day to the exemption from the pro-
vision OF the law of all newspapers
in foreign countries. Notice also
was directed to the fact that the act
referred specifically to "newspa-
pers" and not to publications" or
magazines"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09
NOT IN
PLOT TO RAID

Montesano. WASH. Feb. 9.-The
American legion today was exon
Grated Of any part in the planning
Of an alleged plot to raid the l. w.
W. hall at Centralia. by Attorney
George F. Vanderveer. counsel for
tie II I. ". W. defendants on trial
here for their lives for the Centralia
Armistice day shootings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09

London, Feb. 9.-Northern Korea
has been evacuated by the Japan
ese, it is claimed in a wireless dis
patch from Moscow today quoting
an Omsk message The population
rose to aid Korean forces from
Chinese territory, it is declared.
The Omsk message, as given in
the bolshevik wireless. says that on
Feb. 6 bands of Koreans, raised in
Chinese territory, crossed the
frontier and attacked the Japanese.
Masses of the population are join
ing the insurgents, it is added. the
Japenese retreating and evacuating
northern Korea.
Attacked on Island.
Toxic, Feb. 27.-Bolsheviki up
risings against the Japanese on the
island of Sakhalin are reported.
Under the treaty of Portsmouth,
Japan and Russia divided the island
Of Sakhalin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09
MEXICANSF FIRE
ON AMERICANS
AT DIXON, ILL.

Dixon. ILL.,. Feb. 9.-Many shots
were fired by Mexican strikers from
the Sandusky Cement company's
plant here at Americans who were
on their way to work in the mills
before daylight today. but no one
was injured. Sheriff Scheonholz
has placed a large number Of depu-
ties on duty at the plant but further
trouble is feared. The strikers.
about fifty Mexicans and Italians,
are demanding so cents an hour
straight time with double pay for
overtime and Sunday work. They
have been getting 40 cents an hour
and = 10 per cent bonus on their
pay each month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09
NATIvESR|SE|
FROM KOREA.
Northern District Freed,
Bolsheviki Claim in
Dispatch.

Washington, Feb. S.-Of6cial
dispatches received here today
said = force Of 1000 Koreans,
armed principally with equip
ment furnished by the ~bolshe-
Wiki, crossed into northern 40
rea from Kirin, Manchura, and
attacked a Japanese post Of 700
men at night, killed 800 Of them
and routed the remainder. ;.
According to these dispatches
the attack was the initiation Of
an active rebellion in Korea. 1t
was described as "the beginning
Of q tremendous affair.""
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09
LAbORERS OUT
ON RAILROADS.;
STRIKE FEB. II

Detroit, Feb. "a strike of
100000 members Of the Brother
hood Of Maintenance of Way EN-
ployes and Railway Shop Laborers
was called for Tuesday, Feb. II, at
a meeting Of the general chairmen
OF the brotherhood here today.
Between 800 and 400 men in the
force at Silvis are affected by the
foregoing order. together with
track workers elsewhere in this
locality. Local railroad officials
say they have no official notice of
an impending strike.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09

Washington, Feb. 9.-Farmers'
organizations will not Join the
Federation of Labor in
its non-partisan campaign to elect
this year only friends of the trades
union movement, according to r. C.
Atkeson, representative of the Ma
tiOnal Grange, which has 100000
members.
Mr.. Atkeson said today that his
organization had decided not to
support organized labor's political
activities and pointed out that rep
resentatives of the Grange, Ma
tional Farmers union, Internation-
al Farm congress. American Farm
Bureau federation, Farmers Ma
tional congress and National Milk
Producers federation recently met
here and formulated a platform of
principles, but decided that indi-
vidual members should be allowed
to exercise their right of personal
preference in voting.
The program has been sent to
every member Of congress, Mr.. At
keson said. and it may be expected
that farmers will observe the atti-
tude Of legislators on bills affect
ing their interests.
Declares Ballot War.
Washington, Feb. 9.-Organized
labor's pronunciation of its entry
into politics, a call to "all lovers of
freedom to- marshal their forces in
defense of their rights and ideals"
and to all trade unionists and their
friends to united in defeating those
seeking Office who are hostile or in
different to the rights of labor, to-
day was being sent broadcast over
the country.
The declaration, issued officially
by the American Federation of
Labor, after reciting what it termed
vain efforts to secure remedial
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09
CAPT. HOWARD
WOULDN'T POUR
SKEE IN SEWER

Chicago, Feb. 9.-Captain Hubert
Howard, Illinois prohibition admin
istrator, announced today that he
opposed pouring liquors into
sewers, when it can be used ad-
vantageously by the medical pro-
fcssion in hospitals"
MANY dry reformers.' he said.
ARE trying to carry their fight
against liquor to an extreme"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09
M|L|TIAMEN SHOOT TO KILL
WAENCANCAT TACKS COURT
HOUSE TO GET BLACK F|END|
-Four Killed, Is Wounded, and Then Black Who Slew
White Girl Is Convicted and Condemned Ac-
cording to Law and Taken Away.

lexington KY, Feb. AT 2 O'clock the mob
sprt seemed to have been broken, at least tempor-
ary, and the city quiet. Large crowds were still
upon the streets, but the lootng Of pawnshops had
ceased 1t was generally known among the crowds
that United States regular troops were on their way
here from Camp Taylor, at Louisville.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09
The Weather

Partly cloudy and colder tonight.
he lowest temperature about 25
degrees above zero. Tuesday gen.
orally fair.
Highest yesterday, 80; lowest
last night, 80.
Wind velocity, miles per hour.
Precipitation. .0l.
IL n. -. n. .. N.
yester. yester.. TO-DAY
Dry bulb temp. 80 "a 81
Wet bulb temp. .33 S3 38
Rel. humid. ....69 30 ~
River stage. s.S, no change in the
last - hours.
I'M. eHERIER. Meteoroloyist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09
EXPORTS
OUT Of RUSSIA

Reval, Esthonia, Feb. s.-(By the
Associated Press)-Exports from
soviet Russia began on Sunday.
Trey were initiated by the arrival
here OF two carloads Of max. out
ward bound. :
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09

Continued on page four).
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-09

Continued on Page Nine.)
The Carlisle independent., 1920-07-22
GoMPERs AND THE PLATFORM

As the chief head of organized la Dor in this country and as it's spokes- man before the resolutions commit tees of both the Republican and Dem ocratic conventions, Samuel Gompers is the best qualified man in the coun- try to say which of the two old par ties deserves the votes of the work ingmen of the nation MT. Gompers presented identical suggestions to both of these parties. The Republi- cans rejected in toto the offerings of the labor crief, but the Democrats accepted such portions of the labor programme as they thought right and just and consistent with the rights and privileges of all the peo- pie. After considering the work of the platform builders of both the old organizations, MT. Gompers advises the workingmen to accept the declar- ation of principles. pronounced at San Francisco in that it more nearly approXimated the desired declara- tions of human rights than do the blanks found in the Republican plat form"
 This seems most fair, just and req sonable, and MT. Gompers proceeds to make it clear that no attempt is being made to use the labor federation or ganization as a club over the wegk- CTS or to deprive them of their free choice. The Americanism of the views in this respect, as expressed by MT. Gompers, may also be commended:
 Labor of America is not partisan to any political party; it is partisan to principles, the principles of jus tice and freedom. It undertakes nei- ther to dictate nor control the choice of the workers or the citizenship gen. erally for which party or candidate they should vote, but it would be a palpable dereliction of duty did we fail to place the facts before the vot- CTS of our country on the records of both parties and their respective can didates for public office.
 This advice of MT. Gompers ought to have tremendous influence on the minds of the workers of the nation in the selection of their choice for president. A vote for any of the third fourth or fifth parties will be a mere waste of great right, and it is not to be supposed that any req SohaDle man wants 10 throw nlS pal lot away deliberately. The working and middle classes of the nation can name the next president, and they should see in the Democratic plat form the only honest and sincere ex- pression of desire to look after their welfare. The Democratic candidate also has a clean and open record for doing things in the interest of the great majority of the people.
 The choice of the people who can select the next president ought there fore, to be clear for rthem.-Commer- cial Appeal.
The Carlisle independent., 1920-07-22
slOO Reward, SI0O

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all it's stages and that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly influenced by constitutional conditions requires constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur faces of the System thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, giving the patient strength by building up the con- stitution and assisting nature in doing it's work. The proprietors have so much faith in the curative powers of Halls Catarrh Medicine that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address F. ]. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. Ohio. Sold by all Druggist. 75c.
The Carlisle independent., 1920-07-22
DO YOU SEE THE BEAUTY OF
 FARM LIFE?

There is a beauty in the country that the country dweller cannot es- cape-beauty of the most satisfying and wholesome quality. 1 might have seen something beautiful if 1 had walked in town this morning; but 1 would not have seen the masses of broken clouds through which the sun rose over the hills across the river; 1 would not have seen the myriad greens and grays and yellows that I saw on the fields and in the treetops; l would not have seen the cardinal in the white -blossomed hawthorn, or the flashing sweep of the jays through the elm top; 1 would not have heard the mockingbird singing from the top of the sassafras, or the growing and clucking and peepings in the chicken yard. All these are very insubstan- tial things, but do they not count in the making of ones life? If I were examing a boy to determine his fit ness to be a farmer, would not only ask him what he knew about feeding pigs, l would ask him how long he could lean over the fence and watch them eat; I would not only ask him " liesl LlC hAiCW ciDOQl SOWlHS Wllcdl and killing smut germs, I would ask him to name something more beau tiful than field of ripening wllca. stirred by the wind of June; would not only ask him if he knew how to pull stumps or poison bugs. I wo1ti ask him how many times a day he turns his eyes to "the foam-white dogwood hollow that run. at the foot of the hill," or whether or not he thrills to the first flash of blue birds wing in the springtime. The beauty of the country is one of it's real assets, and appreciation of this beauty is one of the things that go to make up the true countryman. Has your boy such an appreciation? Have you sufficient yourself to lend him some of yours?
The Carlisle independent., 1920-07-22
1t Looked Like a Battlefield in Eu-
 rope" Said MT. C. Dunster

"Was staying at hotel in a small Pennsylvania town. Early one morn ing I went to the stable to hire rig and was shown. pile of dead rats killed with. RAT-SNAP the night be- fore. Looked like battlefield in Flu rope" Three sizes. 25c, soc, s100. Sold and guaranteed by Jno. D. Mar tin and l.. B. Krshka.
The Carlisle independent., 1920-07-22

Scientists in the Department of Agriculture in Washington have an- nounced that birds have divorce laws of their own and often take advan- tage of them. If the learned gentle men will only tell us how many worms are awarded as alimony he would satisfy a heartfelt curiosity.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-06-03

VIZ HEN the talk is of bridesmaids
w frOcks there is no telling the
wide ranges it will travel, for here Is
where the bride may give range 10 her
fancy, especially If she is to have a
bevy of maids. She may choose to
lead them back a few centuries in
choosing styles or she is more than
likely to pick out some period not so
remote and revive its charm Of quaint
dress or she may decide to be very
modern and frankly frivolous. But If
she hopes to please everybody let her
decide that her maids shall look de-
mure and beautiful They can do this
In clothes with either an ancient or
q modern flavor.
Taffeta, georgette and fine net. all
make lovely frocks for bridesmaids
and each of them amounts to an in
surance Of success; yet they are as
different as can be. All are beautiful
in light colors, and net. in white, used
to veil color, makes practical frock
that will give a great deal of service
after 1t has played its part AT we'd
ding. Georgette is astOniShingly dur
able in spite of it's fragile looks. and
everyone knows the virtues of taffeta.
A net gown that ought to please
the bride who has decided TO draw
upon 1920 to supply the style her