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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16
TN. Vail, Who Perfected Telephone, Dies
DISAGREE OVER
APPLYING
! TO COMMUNIST
Views On Deportation
Aired Before Wilson
at Cabinet Meeting.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.


Washington, DC. April 16.-Pres-
ldent Wilson has asked both the
department of justice and the de-
partment of labor to inquire close
ly into the relationship between
so-called radicals" and "commun-
lists and the industrial disturb
ances which have been cropping
out OF late throughout the coun-
try. >
The president gave the impress
sion to his cabinet that while the
government should proceed relent-
lessly against disturbers of indus
trial peace and deport aliens found
guilty thereof. he wanted the Judi
cial process to be painstakingly
fair.
Mr. Wilson's first cabinet meet
ing in nearly eight months was
extraordinarily interesting. The
president sat behind a mahogany
desk in the upper apartments of
the White house. 1t is a room used
by him as a study. There is tab
let on the wall which recalls that
President Lincoln held his Civil
war sessions with the cabinet in
the same room. Mr.. Wilson sat
with his back to the light which
streamed in from the south por-
ticO. Members of the cabinet shook
hands with him as he sat at his
desk. To each he had a pleasant
word of greeting. Chairs were
brought from adjoining rooms, and
as the room is rather spacious. the
cabinet members moved UP close
to the desk in semi-circular array.
Nobody smoked
Asked Advice.
The president opened the meet
ing with brief statement of the
apparently critical situation in
which the country had been plung-
ed by the strike of railway en-
ployes and said he wanted the ben
e1it of the counsel and advice Of
the cabinet.
Attorney General Palmer, who
had brought portfolio Of papers
to the meeting. Immediately re-
sponded with an analysis of the
underlying currents of mischief
making which had been injected
into industrial troubles by l. W.
VS., radicals communists and
other malcontents. He said that
wherever a strike existed or was
threatened the disturbing elements
promptly ayailed themselves of the
opportunity to stir up more trou-
Bile. He told of the policy which
his department had pursued in in
vestigating aliens and bringing the
cases to the attention of the de-
partment of labor for deportation.
A rather pointed colloquy occur
red on the subject of the law in
volved in deportations. and Presi-
dent Wilson asked many questions.
When the attorney general had
concluded, the president turned to
Secretary William B. Wilson and
asked for the viewpoint of the de-
partment of labor, which is charg-
ed entirely with the enforcement Of
the deportation laws. There had
been during the discussion a plain
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16
DISARMAMENT
OF GERMANY IS
ALLIED DEMAND

Paris, April 16.-The representa-
tiyes in Berlin of France, Great
Britain. Italy and Belgium will
join in warning to Germany that
she must execute without delay the
disarmament and demobilization
clauses of the peace treaty, accord :
ing to present plans.
1t is understood that the charge
d'affaires will also say to the Ger
man government that in case the
insurrectionary movements in Ger
many are not suppressed the allies
NAV refuse further deliveries Of
foodstuffs.
London. April 16.-The London
evening newspapers feature promi-
nently the semi-official statement
from Paris that the allies, on the
initiative of Great Britain. are
about to take energetic steps to en-
force German disarmament, even
to the extent of cutting off food
supplies, if necessary. Most of the
journals in their editorials welcome
the news unqualifiedly.
In official quarters here it is
stated that the final decision re-
garding the situation will be taken
at San Reno.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16
TROOPS DISPEL
kEWANEEFEARS
OF new STRIFE

I kewanee, Ill, April 16.-Kewanee
was quiet this morning.
Six hundred reserve militiamen
from Chicago. called here two days
ago to suppress rioting in connec-
ton with the strike of 5000 EN-
ployes of the Walworth Manufac-
turing company, barred loiterers
from the streets and prevented
strikers from congregating near the
plant when the 500 workmen on
duty reported for work.
Adjutant General Dickson, who
took personal command of the
guardsmen, announced today that
the soldiers would be kept here as
long as there was any prospect Of
trouble.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16
Guard BERLIN
FOR FEAR new
COUP is NEAR
Government Takes All Precautions
to Stamp Out Threatened Re.
belliOn-Arrests Denied.

Berlin. April l6.-Fearing u
new military coup the govern.
mcnt today took extensive pre-
cautions to guard itself.
The district around govern.
ment buildings was barred TO
the public. Fifteen tanks. 20
arm0red cars and a number OF
machine gun companies were
brought into the city and plac-
ed on guard.
Armed detachments patrOled
the WilhelmStrasse and Inter
den Linden.
The government denied a re-
port that Major BischOff and
General Won Luettwitz, alleged
monarchist pl0tters, had been
arrested.
Warsaw, April 11.-(By the As
'ociated Press. .)--Danzig dispatch
IS received assert that intercepte,
wireless communication indicate
hat Russian reactionaries in Ger
many are raising German Russia
attachments at various points, in
Silesia and at Hammer
stein, West Prussia.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16
GIRLS TO BREAK
ELEVATOR STRIKE
FOR NEW WORKERS

New York, April 16.-Girl strike
breakers running elevators today
enabled lawyers, financiers and 9TH
er tenants of sky scrapers in the
Wall street district to get Ito their
Offices.
AT the Woolworth and Singer
buildings it was announced that
nearly all the elevators were being
operated by women.
The Equitable building had 50 of
its 63 cars operating to lift it's
population of more than 10000 to
their Offices Some buildings claim
ed not to have been affected at all,
and at others it was said that ser
vice was IS per cent normal.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16
|, ", ". after
ONE BIG union,
HAYWOOD SAYS

Chicago, April 15.-Plans of the
Industrial Workers of the World to
advocate the zone big union" move
ment during the present unrest
among railroad workers, were re-
yealed in a statement by William d.
Haywood, former general secretary
and treasurer of the l. W. W., and
John Sandgren, editor of the One
Big Union monthly, published here
today.
The two leaders were quoted as
denying any connection between
The Industrial Workers of the
World and striking organizations,
but said efforts had been made To
institute industrial unionism in the
unauthorized strikes as in all other
strikes of Importance.
I'VE have always agitated toward
securing recruits for the one big
union idea," Haywood was quoted.
We did SO in the Gary steel strike,
and we probably will do so as long
as we are an organiZation-for VIZ
consider that the goal of all i'll
dustriai organization.
plans which the l. W. W. has
been advocating include complete
organization for a one big union
with the ultimate goal of taking
over the railroads and operating
them by the union.
These plans are, briefly:
THE use OF both verbal and
printed propag ganda to wean the
railroads away from all other Or
ganizations until the one big union
would have sufficient strength 10
declare general strike on all
lines. in all crafts. thus precipitat-
ing the crisis through which ii is
..oped the companies will pass into
the hands OF the union"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16
OFFICES TO CLOSE
FOR FUNERAL OF
ROGER SULLIVAN

Chicago. April l6.-City and
county Offices will be closed tomor-
row for the funeral OF Roger c.
Sullivan Democratic leader, who
died at his home here Wednesday.
Messages received today from pO-
litical leaders throughout the coun-
try announced their intention OF
attending the funeral. Archbishop
Mundelein will conduct the services
at Holy Name cathedral.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16
ASK FOR MOTHER
CATS TO NURSE
NEWBORN FOXES

New York, April ia call for
mother cats to nurse baby silver
foxes was received in New York
today from an upstate farm owner.
n. H. Bacon, president of the
New York Fur Auction Sales cor
poration, to whom the appeal for
cats was sent. said the fox farmer
was willing to take all the cats he
could get.
A mother cat can earn $3.50 for
six weeks endeavor. he said At
the end of six weeks a litter OF
baby foxes becomes sufficiently
mature to take solid food.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16
FEAR FOR JOBS
BREAKS STRIKE
MORALE IN n. Y.

New York, April 16.-lndications
that the unauthorized rail strikes
were nearing an end in this vicinity
were declared to be visible today
by railroad officials and officers Of
the big Four" brotherhoods.
They said the ultimatum of the
railroad managers yesterday, Civ
ing the men until Saturday noon
to report back for work on penalty
Of being dropped from considera-
ton, was body blow to the morale
of the strikers. AS an indication
of the effect of the decision, Ho-
boken railroad men belonging to
the brotherhoods, as we'll as the
men on strike, have voted to stick
by the loyal unions. They have
asked Vice President Timothy J.
Shea of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Firemen, to request Mayor
Hague of Jersey City. to use his
influence with the roads to have all
the men taken back.
Meanwhile. the brotherhood lead
ers continued their efforts to III
duce the men to return and sub
nit their grievances TO the new
railway labor board. F. A. Dodge,
assistant president of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, said,
the men had better go back while
the going is good"
A gradual improvement in the
transportation situation was re-
ported Dv the railroads. PasseE-
ger service showed the greatest
improvement, due largely TO the
continued successful use OF voian-
teer crews. More than $4,000 COM
muters we're carried on the "volun-i
teerr trains yesterday.
While the freight tieup continued
serious. railroad officials declared
some improvement had been made.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16
JAPANESE LOSE
237 IN BATTLE
WITH RUSSIANS
Thy United Press

Inn. 10y thiteu Press.
lorcss uon, April 16.-Japanese
IN, ,s v,,o lost zs7 killed in fierce fight
ros.s o. WIN Russian troops at Khaba-
nevs SIBERIA. last Monday. a
said a ~! agency dispatch from Toxic
lay lay russians lost 400 killed,
F;ss,iese F;ssaese claimed l,5Oo prisoners.
. the saune sas continued throughout
the S'.n ay IN the streets of the city,
sonls Russian forces presumably
,vmu.e a,a be social revolutionaries tin
,ovs.aay pa.ay with the Moscow soviet
Ssn'tl,nmentl. Ssn'l,, This element re-
Al Wy yiss;.las ;slashed with the japanese
ssriaan u,a is an important ST.
,spsr., city. formerly seat of the
h is ~ :. government of the Amur.
sad H., :. the junction of the Amur
,sr,, NJ ysssurri ssi rivers and on nj The s Us.
Als,uw uFanch of the Trans siberian
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16
us. RELIEF
IMPER|LED
IN ARMENIA
Fear Held for Workers in
Turk Attack at Aintab,
Syria-11 in Party.

Constantinople, April 14.-tBy
the Associated Press) Message
have been received from the Aintab
area, in northern Syria, indicating
that Turks and Armenians are en-.
gagged in heavy fighting. the 'Arme-
mans occupying the American mis-
sion buildings. This news has
aroused uneasiness regarding the
position of the II American relief
workers al Aintab.
Situation Grave.
New York, April 16-Near East
relief officials received cable mes
sage from Constantinople today
saying that the situation in Aintab
is grave, but that relief force
was reported enroute The organ
ization's records show IL Ameri-
can relief workers at Aintab.
They are:
DR.. LOrrin G. Shepard. Orange,
n. j., an American board mission
ary in charge of the station. and
Mrs. Shepard.
J. P. Merrill Newton, Mass.
president OF the American College
at Aintab. and an American board
missionary.
John H. Boyd. Wesson, Miss, as
sistant to DR.. Shepard.
Frank p Pears, Topeka. Kan.
Miss Sturmer, recruited in
France
Miss Constance Barker. Roches-
ter. n. Y. an American board mis-
sionary.
Miss Loretta Bigely. Whitemoore,
Iowa. a Red Cross nurse.
Miss Elizabeth Kelly, Cleveland,
Ohio.
Miss Louise NJ Clark and Miss
Lucille Foreman, American board
missionaries.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16
CAREER is
CL0SEOAT
bait more
Head of A. T. & T. Made
'Bell's Toy" Worlds
Greatest Utility.

Baltimore. Md. April 16.-
Theodore n. Vail. chairman OF
the board OF directors Of the
American Telephone and Tele-
graph company. died at Johns
Hopkins hospital early today of
. complication of cardiac and
kidney troubles.
Mr. Vail was brought here
from JekII Island. Ga last
Sunday in his private car. At
the hospital it was stated that
he was in a serious condition
when he reached there and his
death was not unexpected to
the physicians.
Mr.. Vail retired as president
Of the American Telephone and
Telegraph company last June,
and became chairman of the
board.
As president of the American
Telephone & Telegraph company
Theodore Newton Vail was the
head of the largest telephone sys-
TEN in the world. He was not only
its nominal head, but he was from
the first the genius that promoted
the popular use of the telephone,
The first man to establish long-dis-
lance communication by telephone,
and, when past 20 years of age, he
was still the initiative head of a
system that numbered 5000, 900 tel.
ephone subscribers and represent
cd an Investment of S1,500, 600 900.
NJ. Vail was 81 years old when
Alexander Graham Bell invented
,be telephone, and, Notwithstanding
DIS age, he was filling the respon-
slole post of general superintend-
ent Of the railway mail service.
Sall earlier, however, he had been
telegraph operator, and, inter-
ested in the possibilities OF e1ectri-
cal communication, he had visions
mat Bells, toy would some day
Oe great factor in American life.
BELL and his associates had equal
ial'h in Mr.. Wallis organizing gem
ias, Tor he had already made a
name Tor himself as an organizer
In the promotion of railway mail
service, and he was readily induc-
~ 10 resign his government post
10 become the general manager, in
lS1S, of the first American Bell
Telephone company.
"VaiPs Side Show
Even the most optimistic hackers
VI 'ne telephone then thought that
,ne invention would serve only for
,ocal communication, but Mr.. Vail
nsd visions of its long distance
use. IL was he who inaugurated
successive steps of intercity COM
nuhlcatlon. The first line from
Boston to Providence was ridiculed
~ y 'alls side show but some of
lae persons who indulged in the
,misoie at that time lived to see
al. van telephone, not only from
Soslon to Providence, but from
,",s nsw York to San Francisco, in
i'io 80 years later. Further. in
w'ooer in that year, they found
udl II was possible to send the
human voice more than half way
around the world. as was done by
.Eeless telephone from the gov
ytnme1t ,sn station at Arlington, Va,
ae words being recorded simulta-
ppsoasiy p at Honolulu. in the mid
Paris ne' 'o"ei' III
M MI. vail was known as 1.-The big
Sses' s telephone man in the world"
','u' ,a only in tribute to his genius
W potn mechanical and financial
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16
REORGANIZATION
OF STATE BUREAU
BEGUN BY COLBY

Washington, April 16.-Reorgan-
ization of the state department rec
commended by former Secretary
Lansing was begun today by Sec
retary Colby with the appointment
OF Wilbur J. Carr, director OF the
consular service, as assistant to
the secretary of state.
MIR. Carr has been given charge
of personnel, administration, busi-
ness methods and general manage
ment of the department and will
make a systematic study of the de-
partment with a. view TO making
such changes as may he considered
necessary.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16
Daily River Bulletin.
River Forecast.

The Mississippi will continue to
fall rapidly from below Dubuque to
Clinton. and at decreased rate
from LeClaire TO Muscatine, unless
further heavy rains occur. The
precipitation of Thursday night
does no appear to have been suf-
ficient to cause a rise at Muscatine
I'M. SHERIER, Meteorologist.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16
The Weather

Unsettled weather tonight and
Saturday Probably showers. Not
much change in temperature.
Highest temperature yesterday,
63; lowest last night, 35.
Wind velocity at Z a. NJ. Il miles
per hour
Precipitation last "a hours, 1.t2
inches.
19m nm : m
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16

Chicago. April l6.-John Grunau,
president of the Chicago Yardmas-
ters' association, and Ii. f. Read
ing of the United Enginemen's as
sociation, the two outlaw" rail
way unions, announced this morn
ing that they would go to Jail on
the government charge of cOnspir-
acy to violate the Lever act.
The two, with % of their follow
ers, were arrested yesterday by
federal agents and released on
their recognizance until 2 p. m. to-
day, to give them chance to OBJ
tain the $4,000 bond set by Com
missioner Mason.
Won't Seek Bail.
Il can raise the required bail
with ease Grunau said. but
don't intend to do it. | question
the right of the government to ar
rest me. have, committed no
crime against the laws of the coun-
try. and if the government officials
want to put me in Jail, | won't him
der them
Reading declared that its prin-
ciple that prompts me to go TO jail
rather than give BAIL
THE organization will not dis
band" he said. Another set of
officers will take the places lett
vacant by those who choose to go
to Jail with me. There will be no
letup in our campaign.
Fighting BrotherhOOds.
Eve have no quarrel with the
or with the railroads.
What we are fighting is the old au-
tocratic rule of the brotherhoods.
Our only compromise will be
for them to accept our constitution,
including the initiative. referendum
and recall as applied to the admin
istration of the brotherhoods.'
Department of justice agents
were hunting today for five men
who escaped the dragnet spread
over union meetings yesterday.
One of the five is Bennett 6, Do
Ian, a "four-minute" speaker dur
ing the war and brother of for
mer municipal judge.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16

Washington. April 16.-R. c. Lef-
ffngwel!. assistant secretary of the
treasury. has resigned and his res
5gnation has been accepted by
gresident Wilson.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16
IS
WILLING TO
GO TO JAIL
Rebel Leader and Aide
Eager to Serve Time
for cause"
BULLETIN.

Chicago. April l6.-Charters
OF three lodges Of the Brother
hood Of Railway Trainmen were
revoked today by A. +. Whit
ney, vice president Of the order.
The lodges are 4;6, Of which
John Grunau. president OF the
"ontlaw- yardmen's union. was
a member: G7, n st0ckyards
local. and l9S. Of San Fran
cisco. More than 200 strikers
in Chicago were thus removed
from union membership, losing
their seniority and all other
rights. All other strikers in
the Chicago district have been
given until midnight Saturday
to return to work, Whitney an
nOuDced. Ii they refuse their
memberships will be cancelled
and their seniority rights lost.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-16

II m. Z pm. Z am.
yester. yester. today
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Warnings were issued In the
principal strike centers in the west
that unless the men returned TO
work by tomorrow their positions
would be declared vacant and new
men employed.
In Chicago $50 switchmen en-
pioyed on various roads returned
to work yesterday. railroad exeeu-
tives announced. while a continued
improvement was reported In traf-
tic conditions. Steel mills At Gary,
Ind, where 10000 workers have
been idle, were preparing 10 re-
sumo operations today.
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Officers Raid Four Big
Stills In Mountains
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He was surprised. however by the
officers and no chance was offered
10 resistance.
Labountv was arrested on Saturday
but wa, later released when he turned
states evidence and made some very
important disclosures which are eX-
pectcd TO lead to further arrests.
Clark was arrested at his home il
Barton Sunday. Goad and CLARK have
been incarcera.ed in Orleans county
jail at Newport 20 await their trial.
Information came to States Attorn-
e. Thompson sometime ago that
much Illicit luuoy manufacturing was
going on in Albany and Nj. Thomp-
son Immediately sent word TO De &C.
tive Brown to come on and aid him
in conducting a thorough inveStiga-
ton
1t seems that Goad originated the
idea of making ''moonShinc" 70" sale
and started his operations early in
The yea! A. fl-t he conducted the
business alone, but it Grew to such
proportions that he needed help and
he took Ceor~e Cal 'erwood into the
par'ncrShin. Soon three stills were
working ilces santly. One las eStab-
h4he1 at CalderWood'S home. an
other vas onnned un at another farm
owned by Caldelwcod which property
VS. latel' sol - Frark LQbountv Of
Albany and a third still was located
in the thick woods about a mile from
Lahounty'sp home.
l., T., ,,,,..
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-11-01
TANLAC MADE new MAN
OF NE, STATES JENSON

severe pains in the pit of my tim
ach, and pas would bloat me up and
press against my heart so that was
afraid it would stop ating.
But Tanlac has made new nan
Of me- 1t has given me an appetite
nike volt. can eat anything /
want and never suffer one bit n NJ
palpitation or gas sleep k sog
all night and get up in the mo. ming
feeling just fine. | have gained n
strength right along and my wo k j.
easy to me now The rheumatism
seems to have left me en,ile y and |
don't have so much as a twlAge Ct
pain now | know III wonder. ul
change in my health is due to Tanlac
because l haven't taken anything G SC
since | started on it.
TANLAC is sold in s. JohnshniV
by Landly's Drug store and n Yves
Burke by Chas. H. Coburn and l.
Lyndonville at Elmund5 Pha macy.
adv
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rested for his connection with the
business. He turned states evidence
and revealed all he knew. He said
Goad had been operating a still in
his home and that he had paid his
Uabounty'S wife) 81 per week for
operating the still while Labounty
was away to work. When Goad learn
ed the authorities were on his trail,
Labounty said he told him to destroy
the still Labountv said he kept one
barrel of the mash for making vine
ga.
Clark's home in Barton was raidca
on Sunday and a still discovered there
together with one gallon of "moon-
shine Clark was arrested and tax
EN- TO Newport. The man declared
most of the ''moonshine" was sold in
o" around Orleans county.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-11-01
SUNNY SQUIBLETS

Diamond supply reported very
short. Leap year anything to do wiki
il?