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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
TURK REDSPLAN
WAR ON BR|TON
COnstantinople B0lsheviki An.
n0unce Holy War in Spring
Against England.

London. Feb. A dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company
from Constantjnople today says:
'The Young Turks red army will
in the near future reach Constan-
tinople to throw out the. Turkish
enemies. The Constantinople boil
sheviki announce that holy war
against Great Britain will be un-
dertaken in the spring"
Washington, Feb. 4.--Danger Of
an attack on Constantinople by the
Young Turks red army, as reported
in dispatches today from London,
is not regarded as serious by army
officers here. The red army is sup
posed to refer to the Nationalist
army which is practically entirely
dependent on the orders of Nous
tapha Kennel. Its exact strength is
not known here.
There are British and French
troops in the vicinity of CONSTANT
nople and Greek forces are in
Smyrna.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
new CASES ARE
fewer; 109 Die
Conditions in Chicago Regarded As
More Favorable, But Death
List Still High.

Cnlcago, fep. 4-Ine spread OF
Iinfluenza continued to decline dur
ing the last "a hours health off7c.
- ....,.o,. - 80. :,
~
tnoug4 a snarp rise IN deaths was
reported. New influenza cases re-
ported for the period dropped tn
700 hut Tho rrmhe- =, aa.ths
''- w. A " o.n'
mounted 10 los as against % tor
the previous "a hours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
BERLIN RECALLS LERS SNER; ACCEPTS LIST
French Show
No Interest
In Refusal
(By the Associated Press. }

(By the Associated Press.)
Paris, Feb. .-Comment by the
French press and the attitude Of
the public in general before this
mornings developments indicated
the utmost indifference toward the
demand for the extradition Of the
Germans accused of war crimes,
although some of the names were
those of men accused Of deeds
which during the war aroused the
most intense indignation Of virtu-
ally the entire population OF
France.
While it can not be said that
France has forgotten the happen
ings which form the basis of the
accusations, the great delay in the
peace negotiations and the slow
ness Of the reconstruction work
has created a feeling Of indiffer-
ence with everything connected
with the peace deliberations not
dealing with the economic revival.
The general opinion, as express
ed in the public press, seems to be
that France is not so anxious to re-
ceve satisfaction concerning the
punishment of the guilty persons
as she is to get coal in order to be
able to produce goods for exporta-
tion. In other words, as one COM
mentator expressed it, she would
rather receive from Germany the
27,000,000i tons of coal promised
yearly under the Versailles treaty
than. the extradition of the 800 odd
officers and othes charged with va
rious war offenses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
ADVISES RELEASE
OF u, S. RED CROSS
WORKERS BY REDS

Washington, Feb. 4.-Ludwig C.
A. X. Martens, representative In
this country Of the Russian soviet
government, made PUBLIC today a
cablegram he had sent to Maxim
Litvinoff, assistant commissioner or
foreign affairs, now at Copenhagen,
advising that American Red Cross
personnel recently captured in ST.
IBERIA, be released Internationally.
Pending that action, Martens said
in a statement, he wished to assure
relatives of the Americans that
thew would be treated with every
consideration.
Martens suggested to Litvinoff
that the soviet government call at
tention to the "incongruity" of the
release of the Americans while
Russian citizens in America are
being unjustly arrested and NAL
treated and while Martens himself
is under threats of deportation"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
FOREIGN EXCHANGE TAKES
SHARP REBOUND AT NOON
AND SITUATION is EASIER
CONVENTION IS
ABOUT BEGIN
REAL BUSINESS
Committees Complete Or
ganization, Start Weed
ing Out Process.

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. 4.-Commit-
tees of the Illinois constitutional
convention having completed their
organization the pruning Of pro-
posals which have been submitted
is expected to begin soon.
Nary of the committees expected
to hold meetings today and arrange
for hearings on the propositions
which. have been referred to them.
The committee on Chicago and
Cook county affairs expects to hold
hearings Feb. 13 and IA in the city
council chamber at Chicago. The
committee on judicial affairs has
taken up consideration Of a pro-
posal by Delegate Amos Miller of
Kenilworth to establish a supreme
court and circuit courA with orig
inal and appellate jurisdiction in
all judicial proceedings. A hearing
on the proposal will be held next
Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
LATE BULLETINS

Mckinney, Texas, Feb A.
Captain r. M. (Tuck) Hill, 20
years old, one of the last sur.
vivory of the Quantren band,
which operated in the south.
west during the war between
the states, died here last night.
He was born In Missouri.
London, Feb. A dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph
company from Constantinople,
under date Of Jan. 80, reports
important engagements In the
region of Marash and Afntaba,
Turkey, in ASIA, between Ma
tiOnal forces and French
troops. Marash is seriously
endangered, the dispatch says.
Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. A.
Two men were killed and sey.
eral injured today when an an.
tomobile truck from the army
balloon school Arcadia, near
here, overturned on the Mount
Wilson road near the toll gate
aad rolled dswn the hllsidA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
TRAIN BOYS If
THEY SHOOT AT
CAPITAL CLASS
N. Y. Socialist Said to
Favor Training With
That Agreement.

Albany, N. Y, Feb. A sensa-
tion occurred today at the trial Of
the five suspended Socialist as
semblymen, when, just before the
luncheon recess Assemblyman
Maurice Bloch, q member Of the
assembly judiciary committee, sit
ting as a tribunal, moved there be
struck from the records as "ob-
viOusly impossible" the testimony
yesterday of Miss Ellen B. Chivers,
1S-year-old stenographer, that she
had seen Assemblyman Charles
Solomon, defendant, spit on the
American flag in the presence Of
a crowd. The motion was denied
by Louis Martin, committee chair
man.
The girl, who testified under oath
she had witnessed the alleged incl
dent on a street corner in Brooklyn
in the summer of 1917, also had tes-
tilted that before splitting ON the
flag Solomon had refused to give
up to a detachment of soldiers re-
cruiting volunteers a platform from
which he was delivering a speech.
asserting that the gutter was good
enough for them.
Assemblyman Bloch declared that
the statement that Solomon had
been able to deliver the insults and
escape mobbing "staggers belief"
and showed that the girl had been
N"romancing."
Albany, Feb. 4.-Counsel for the
assembly judiciary committee.
which is trying the five suspended
Socialist assemblymen on charges
of disloyalty, announced at the
opening Of today's hearing that
they would seek to prove Assem-
blyman Louis Waldman, a defend
ant, bad made the following state
ment on the floor of the Socialist
convention in Chicago in 1919:
IF l knew we could sway the
boys after they get guns to use
them against the cap:2ilistic class,
I would vote in favor of universal
military training"
Iphn B. Stanchfield made this an
nouncement in connection with his
proposal that a witness in Milwau-
kee-identified by opposing counsel
as J. E. Harris, formerly city edi-
ter of the Milwaukee Leader-give
his testimony by deposition. The
witness, who is said to have "cov-
cred" the Chicago convention, is
unable to travel to Albany because
of the serious illness Of his wife.
Seymour Stedman asked what the
prosecution sought to prove by the
witness, asserting the defense
might be willing to admit the fact
and save expenditures Of 81 1000
which would be incurred If the tes-
timony were taken by deposition.
When, however, he was informed
what the prosecution sought to
prove, he agreed to taking Of the
deposition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
GREY letter.
is BOOST To-
REPUBLICANS.
Lodge and Reservations
Strengthened, Law
renee Claims.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial to The Argus.)

Washington, D. c., Feb. 3.-Suf-
ficient time has elapsed to make a
thorough study of the true effect
which the extraordinary letter Of
Viscount Grey to the London Times
has had on the treaty fight and the
American political situation as re-
fiected in the activities, plans and
aspirations of the different groups
in the national capital.
Unprecedented as the document
was in that it was the first time
any foreign statesman of such
prominence and official affiliation
has entered into the merits of a
controversy between American po-
litical factions, there is no question
that it gave maximum of COM
fort to the "irreconcilables" as well
as the Lodge reservationists Of the
Republican party and not altogether
4 minimum of offense to the true
friends of President Wilson in the
Democratic party.
Republican-and those Demo-
Gratis whose ardor for President
Wilson has cooled for one reason or
another during the last seven
years." saw in the Grey letter a
slap in the face" for the presi-
dent. To the extent that Viscount
Grey .exonerated the Republicans
from the charge of playing politics,
giving them clean bill of health
for their strategy and maneuvers
Of the last few months, the true
friends of the president on Capitol
hill could not conceal the chagrin
and disappointment. To the extent
that Viscount Grey justified the
Lodge position on two important
reservations-eve though he
omitted to say anything about ar
t:cle ten or the Monroe doctrine or
the claims of the Irish for self
determination document fat
tered the Republican leaders and
drew profuse praise.
Pfeases Republicans.
And why shouldn't the Republi-
cans who have been urging reser-
vations of the Lodge variety be
happy? Didn't Viscount Grey, the
foremost statesmen of Europe, say
there lurked dangers in the coven-
ant for the United States because
cf the opportunity Of future pres
ident to commit the country to a
policy which might not be to the
liking of a congress composed OF
the opposite political party? And
didn't he admit that all the his
tcrical advice and tradition" OF the
United States had "disapproved" OF
the league which he characterized
as "a plunge into the unknown"
For that last phrase-a plunge
into the unknown-Senators Borah
ard Johnson and others thank Wis
count Grey most heartily. That's
what they have been thinking, say
ing. Grating and insisting for many
months. They have enough ammu-
n.tion now with which to contra
dict not only President Wilson but
tho Lodge reservationists and
moreover they see Great Britain so
anxious to have America a part
rer in the league that she is will
ing to take practicallyss. anything
America may offer. This rouses
suspicious which the irreconcilables
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04

tlons. Unconfirmed reports that
England would stop imports Of cot
ton because of the collapse Of sterl-
ing which caused a sharp decline
In the cotton market also affected
stocks adversely.
At 12:45 p. m. demand sterling
was selling at $3.19.
Liverpool, Feb. 4.-The depreci-
alton of exchange has brought cot
ton imports to a virtual standstill
as the present high prices are
handicapping the financing of man.
ufacturing concerns. There is no
immediate prospect Of a shortage,
there being about five months sup
ply OF American cotton in England
but the trade is emphasizing the urg-
ency Of relieving the exchange dif-
ficulty. 49,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
TWO KILLED IN
DUBLIN RIOTS
iNestrians Clash With British
Armed Patrols, and Street
Fighting Occurs.


Limerick, Feb. 1.-Two persons
0 aead as a result of the rioting
ra' .s Monday night when demon
m;,.. as.ors clashed with an armed
p;.ary patrol and constabulary.
t,,,as t,,Saafd Dwyer. a publican. was
Imu Ieu curing the disturbance, and
WI s johnson, young woman
Yesterday. ~ ~
m,,,. ,.e authorities withdrew the
n. y patrols last night. confin-
rs. .ae troops to their barracks.
eics.m motion picture theatres were
shrss. ana in some Of the Catholic
IA saes ss the people were advised
Ia y on the streets which they
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
j. S. WILL SELL
GERMAN SHIPS

Washington, Feb. Sale Of the
former German passenger liners
seized at the outbreak OF the war
was forced on the shipping board
by the operation of the national
prohibition law, Chairman Payne is
understood to have told President
Wilson.
Mr.. Payne was said to have writ
ten the president that the govern
ment could not operate the liners
on which intoxicants were sold In
competition with privately owned
ships on which wine and other IL
Quors we're served.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
Three American Relief
Workers Murdered in
Syria By Bandit Gang

Of the Americans was given by
General Gouraud, the French high
commander at Beirut, to. American
Vice Consul McCutcheon at Beirut.
General Gouraud formally express
ed his regret.
I The three members of the Ameri-
can relief convoy slain by brigands
near Ell Mali, north of Aleppo, Feb.
!, may have been natives and not
Americans, according to c. V. Wick
cry, secretary Of the Near East re-
lief committee. Much Of the trans
portation of food, clothing and 9TH
er supplies, he said, is done by ma
tives in the employ of the COM
mittee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
new TRIAL FOR
PEORIA BANKER

Peoria, H., Feb. Am agree
nent by which the second trial of
Edgar A. Strause will be taken to
Bloomington, before Circuit Judge
Sain Welty was reached in circuit
court here this morning.
Strause, former president of the
First Trust and Savings bank. shot
and killed Berne NJ. Mead, cashier
of that institution on Dec. %. 1917.
He was convicted and sentenced to
serve % years in the penitentiary.
The supreme court remanded the
case for new trial. The agreement
provides Strause may be released
upon bail of s35 1000. but if not tried
before May 20, 1920, the bail shall
be revoked.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
IN
SESSION TO
ACTION
Allied Ambassadors Call
Hurried Meeting to Dis
cuss Next Move.

Paris, Feb. 4.-The allied
council of ambassadors was
called into extraordinary ses.
sion today to discuss the sftu-
alton created by the resigna-
ton Of Baron Kurt Won Lers.
ner, head of the German mis-.
sion here. The session was
held in the French foreign Of
flee.
Hugh C. Wallace, the American
ambassador, who attended the
meeting, said afterwards that he
had no statement to make regard
ing it.
1t was made known that an Off
cial communique would be issued
after the second meeting Of the
council, which was set for $50
o'clock this evening.
Meanwhile, no official view of the
situation arising from Baron Won
Lersner's refusal to transmit the
list of the accused Germans to his
government is lacking. The gen.
eral impression among observers
of the peace proceedings, however,
was that the action Of the German
would not influence
the determination of the allies to
demand the extraditions.
Extradition of S96 Germans ac-
cused of violations Of the law of
war is demanded in the list handed
Kurt Won Lersner, German charge
here, by Paul Dutasta,
secretary of the peace conference,
last night.
England demands 81 for trial,
France and Belgium 334 each, Italy
20, Poland, 81, Rumania Al, and
Serbia four.
The names of Germans comprised
in the first list against whom
charges are preferred by all the
allied nations are included in the
above figures. e..
Noted Men on List
AS the ambassadors council has
its intention not to pub
lish the names of those whom Ger
many is asked TO surrender, but
it is possible to say that. in ad-
dition to those already reported as
being on the list are the follow
ing:
Field Marshal Alexander H. R
Won Kluck, commander Of the right
wing of the German army in its
advance on Paris in 1914; General
Baron Kurt Won Manteuffel, Ger
man military commander in Lou
vain Belgium, in 1914; Field Mar
shall Won Below, commander Of the
second German army; General
Stenger, commander of the 53rd
German infantry brigade; General
Won Tesma, former governor OF
the Niemeyer broth
ers, one a captain. who were ac-
cused in 1918 of mistreating Brit
ish prisoners Of war: Major Won
Goetz and Lieutenant Werner, Cap
tain Max Valentiner and Captain
Foestner, submarine commanders
Baron Won der Lanckern, former
military governor of Brussels; Ad.
miral Cappele, former head of the
German admiralty, and Field Mar
shal Liman Won Sanders, German
commander of Turkish armies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
may LET'jACK'
RETURN T0U. S,
District Attorney Clyne Enters Into
Negotiations With Former
Worlds Champion.

Chicago. Feb. Jack Johnson
may get his wish and be permitted
to return to the United States.
District Attorney Charles F.
Clyne announced today. after re-
ceiving the letter mailed by the for
mer worlds champion heavyweight,
in Mexico City last week, that he
would enter into negotiations with
Johnson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
Write F|N|S ON
WAR ROMANCE
Marriage License Granted to Eng.
lish War Bride and Her Sweet
hearts Brother.

Fall River. Mass, Feb. 4.-Mar-
riage license blanks were filled out
late yesterday at the city clerks Of
fee by Miss Emily Knowles and
Guy Spiker, and will be given to
them on Sunday by the clerk, when
the five-day period required by law
OF nonresidents has been complet-
CO. They sought to have the time
requirements waived. but failed. 1t
is expected that they will be mar
ried on Sunday. sr
Miss Knowles and her baby son,
Alfred Ray, are tucked safely away
in a snug New England cottage.
again members of a real family in
a real home. Their weeks Of try
ing adventures, sickness and sor-
row are over and now they are con-
tent to rest.
Girl Reaches Happy Home.
Tired and calm. this plucky girl
stepped from the Fall River boat,
Plymouth, shortly after 5 O'Clock
yesterday morning. She was ac-
companied by Mrs. Pearly Spiker.
wife of the father Of the child, and
Guy Spiker, the fathers brother.
She went to the home of Mrs. Kate
Battersby, her cousin, thus COM
pleting her promise to the immigra-
tion officers.
Guy Spiker and Mrs. Pearly
spiker declare they intend to tre-
turn to Baltimore soon. According
to their positive statements, the
mother of little Alfred will still be
Miss Emily Knowles on their return
to their home.
At present, Emily and her baby
are going to remain quietly with
the Battersbys and try to recover
from the ordeal they have been
through.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
GANG S|VUFFS
OUT LIFE OF
CUNMANK KING
'Mossie" Enright, Famous
Chicago Criminal, Slain
in Front of Home.

Chicago. Feb. 4.-The slayer Of
Maurice E. ('Mossie'D Enright,
Chicago's most notorious gunman
and labor feudist. was sought by
the police today.
Two men trailed Enright through
the streets and fred IL slugs from
a sawed-off double -barreled shot
gun into his body as he sat at the
wheel OF his automobile in front
of his home, lilo West Garfield
boulevard. at $3.50 o'clock last
night. Enright's wife and two
sons, and two neighbor boys, wit
messed the killing. A closed black
automobile slowed down eight
feet from the side Of the gunman's
car, the curtains parted. two shots
we're fred and the black car raced
away.
He was dead when his wife ran
up to the car and called to him to
speak Messy" died with his boots
on. His hand was gripping the gun
in his pocket, but he didn't have
. chance to shoot.
At 6:15 o'clock last evening
Messy" drained q glass OF near
beer in the saloon Of Joseph Swift.
542S S. Halsted street As he left
the place he flung $50 long. Joe"
to his host, climbed into his car
and drove to his homo. When En-
rights car slowed down in front
of the house, another machine.
closely curtained, drove alongside
Messy" shut of his motor. That
was the last thing he did in this
life.
Within 80 minutes. scores OF
gunner, labor feudists and known
enemies and friends Of the gun
man had been arrested by the po-
lice. A number of them were held
for investigation.
Fear GunmAn's War.
Enright for nine years was q
leader in Chicago labor feuds and
until eight months ago was busi-
ness agent of the plumbers union.
A meeting of the plumbers union.
tried to oust him. There was =
fracas in which 40 revolvers were
in action and -four men were
wounded. Enright resigned then.
The police declared today it wasi
their opinion Enright's murder
was the outcome of a labor con-
troversy and that it presaged the
opening Of another gunmen's war;
Enright was IS years old. His
first killing was made in 1911 when
he walked into a barroom and shot
Vincent Altman, said to have been,
zone Of his own dynamiters and;
sluggers." Two months later hei
shot and killed Dutch" Gentleman
another gunman, and his pal"
For the Altman murder Enrighti
was sentenced to life imprisonment
at Joliet. He was pardoned after
two years.
A petition signed by 10000 unionl
labor men and others, and the
deathbed confession OF a states
witness who admitted perjury. was
laid before the prison board 10 free
Enright of the sentence for the
Altman killing.
Devoted to Family.
After he quit the position OF.
business agent for the plumbers
union Enright started an advertis-
ing agency. He bought and fur
nished a home, which cost him
$50,000.
Mrs. Enright declared he was de-
voted to his family and that he had
not sought trouble" since he quit
the plumbers union. But he always
carried a revolver. 1t was in the
right hand pocket of his overcoat
and the fingers Of his right hand
clutched it when he was found
dead in his automobile last night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04

Washington. Feb. 4.-The mur-
der of three American Relief Work
ers in Syria was reported today to
the state department.
The Americans were part OF a
convoy for American Relief sup
plies and were killed by brigands
on Feb. /, near Ell Mali, north OF
Aleppo. The names Of the Ameri-
cans were not given in the dispatch.
The relief expedition was under
the auspices of the American COM
mittee for the relief Of the near
east. the headquarters of which are
in New York.
Official notification of the killing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
u. S. GOVERNOR OF
HAWAuMAY ACT =
IN SUGAR STRIKE

Honolulu, T. H., Feb. 4.-(By the
Associated Press - Acting Gov
ernor Curtis P. Iaukea, Of the Ha-
waiian islands today asserted that
he would regard it his duty to avert
a public calamity II the strike Of
sugar plantation workers in the
islands is prolonged.
Sugar Is one Of the necessaries
Of life" his statement said, "and
when the point Is reached where
production is endangered. arrests
will be made"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
STEEL STRIKE
B0MbERS FREED

Washington, Pa, Feb. 4-Charges
against six dynamiters arrested
during the steel strike charged
with placing bombs under the
homes of men who had returned
to work. were ignored in the re-
port Of the Washington, Pa. county
grand jury made public today. The
men were foreign laborers former
ly employed at the Donora mills.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
NATIONS SEEK
TO Be NEUTRAL

Zurich, Feb. denmark, Hol-
land and Austria intend to pro-
claim their permanent neutrality
and demand the same conditions
as those laid down by Switzerland.
in joining the League of Nations.
according to several newspapers
here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
PRESIDENT GOES
OUT DESPITE BAD
RAIN, HAIL STORM

Washington. Feb. 4.-Despite
hail, sleet and wind storm, Presi-
dent Wilson spent time today on
the south portion of the White
house. He apparently had recov-
cred from the effects of a slight
cold he contracted several days
ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-04
DERT DECREASES.

Washington, Feb. 4.-ln the last
i've months the total public debt
has shown a decrease OF about
$3.50 ,0O0, 900 and the floating debt
about $730,000 900, Secretary Hous-
ton announced today.