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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
VILLA REJECTS
ULTIMATUM OF
De FACT0 RULE
Decides to Return to Outlawry
Rather Than Abide by Terms
of Old Foes.

Ell Paso, Texas, May 25.-(By the
Associated Pressl.-General Fran
cisco Villa, bidding defiance to the
newest Mexican government, again
has become an outlaw among his
own people.
The bandit with a small force of
men was reported today between
Parral and Jiminez, Chihuahua, the
hunted quarry of de facto troops,
with price Of 100000 pesos ON his
head.
Villa had been given until today
to decide whether he would be at
peace or war with the 73rd govern
ment that has ruled Mexico in SO
years, in an ultimatum served on
the bandit by General P. Elias Cal
les, minister Of war for the de
facto government.
The ultimatum was delivered by
Villa, May 20, at his camp at Bou-
quillas Chihuahua. but before the
time limit had expired the bandit
chief fed to safer haunts.
General Gales has ordered large
bodies Of troops against him.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
WISCONSIN BILL
URGES FOR WAR
ON PR0FITEERS

Madison, Wis, May 25.-Protec-
ton of tenants against profiteering
landlords and brokers, a square
deal for persons who are satisfied
with a fair return on their invest
ment, and the encouragement OF
building operations, is the theory
of a bill to be recommended by
Governor Philip in special ses-
sion of the legislature which con-
vened this afternoon.
This measure provides for state
regulation of high rents by the
railroad companies in the same
manner that public utilities are now
regulated.
Other measures recommended to
the legislature include those TO
provide funds for the university
and normal schools to meet in
creased salaries; the establish
ment of four year medical course
and a state hospital at the uni
yersity; increased salaries for
county school superintendents and
for country school teachers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
CLUB WOMEN IN
| annual PARLEY


Chicago, May 25.-The 25th an
nual convention of Illinois Fedora
ton of Women's clubs opened here
today with about 600 delegates
present The federation last night
voted in "a new clubs, giving il
about 60 clubs with a membership
of approximately 10000 in Illinois.
Mrs. William H. Hart of Benton,
ILL.,, president of the Federation
presided at the opening session and
in her report gave resume of the
work accomplished by the fedora
ton since the last meeting. The
delegates were urged to buy only
commodities necessary to sustain
life in the present time of high
prices.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
bULCAR|ANS IN
BEST RECOVERY
FROM WAR ILLS

Sofia, May 15.-Bulgaria has had
remarkable recovery from the
war. Contrasted to the situation Of
year ago, conditions give prom
Use that the country will out-dis-
tance all other Balkan states in re-
gaining normal economic strength.
And this quick recovery has been
made without outside assistance.
Apart from some -four purchased
from the United States last year,
Bulgaria has depended upon its
own resources.
While other Balkan countries
have been busy celebrating the vic
tories and seeking acquisition Of
territories. Bulgaria has. been at
work. Its factories, farms and
mills are going full blast. Chas-
tened by defeat, the people are
working with redoubled energy to
regain their footing. The farms
are yielding good crops, the fields
are teeming with cattle. the mines
and shops are busy.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
CORRECTION GIVES
WASHINGTON 437, 7,571
IN CENSUS COUNT

Washington. D. c., May 25.-The
corrected population Of Washing
ton, d. c., was announced as 437. :,
57I instead of 437,44l4 as previ0s-
ly announced.
Washington, May 25.-The census
bureau today announced the fol-
lowing 1920 population results:
Duluth. Mimi, 99,9l7.
Liberty, Ind, 1892. .4lItx.-
Delphi, Ind. 2,0S7. fAl1k
Andover. Mass, 7.4S9. .k4sa.
Columbia, Pa, 1886. La
Mount Carmel. Pa, 1909.
Increases since 1910:
Duluth. 2O.451 or 26.1; Andover.
1873 or &c.
Decreases since 1910:
Liberty. 46 or 3.4; Delphi, "a or
"a; Columbia, 61S or 5.4; Mt. Car
mel, 63 or 0.4.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
Edwards Denies Aid of Liquor Men
WILL JOHNSON
BOLT IF PARTY
REJECTS HIM?
Friends Think He Will
But Party Leaders
Doubt 1t.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Washington, d. c., May 25.-Will
Senator Hiram Johnson bolt the
Republican national convention un-
less the treaty of Versailles, League
of Nations, and all is condemned +?
Republicans who like the California
senator and want to help him win
the Republican nomination but who
are not in sympathy with his stand
on the treaty question are eager to
know. Indeed, Leland Stanford, a
resident of Stoneville, N. c., has put
the question squarely before Sen
ator johnson, but says that as yet
he received no answer. He is a
full fledged Republican and was
asked to serve on the committee in
North Carolina which would pro-
mote the candidacy of Hiram John
son in that state. Before accept
ing membership on the committee,
however, he sent the following tele-
gram to Senator Johnson:
There is on foot a concentrated
and organized movement to put you
over by substantial majority in
our North Carolina primary June
8. l am requested to serve on your
committee in this sta'e to promote
your campaign. Do you intend to
bolt from the Republican party
unless reservations, league, treaty
and all are condemned by the
Chicago convention? Will division
exist on your part and your
followers if the convention stands
for the Lodge reservation? Wire
me what reconciliation you and
your supporters demand. (Signed)
Leland Stanford, attorney, Stone
vile, n. c."
Sent May 10.
Although the foregoing commu-
nication was sent on May 10, no
reply has as yet been received by
Mr.. Stanford who is declining to
despair that there will be any and
who is reluctantly coming to be-
lieve that Senator Johnson will
bolt the Republican convention
after all if his views on the treaty
are not sustained.
OF course, there is always a
chance that the telegram did not
reach the California senator, for as
rule he is quick with reply on
anything political that is put up to
him. His exchange of statements
with Herbert Hoover recently con-
firmed this. Anyway, Mr.. Stanford
decided that before doing anything
further in the matter Of prompting
Hiram Johnsons candidacy in
North Carolina he must have some
Continued on Last Page.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
ONE OF LARGEST
BANKS IN JAPAN
ORDERED CLOSED

New York, May 25.-The 74th
bank Of Yokohama, Japan. has been
closed for three weeks pending in
vestigation of its books, according
to advices received by far east
banking interests here today. The
institution. rated as one of the
largest in Japan. with reported de-
posits Of more than $4,000. 900, re-
Gently was taken over by S. Mogi,
of Yokohama.
Suspension of the Mogi bank OF
Yokohama, controlled by the same
interests as the 74th bank, also was
reported. Recent imitation and sub
sequent collapse of the raw silk
market were said to have caused
the di16culties.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
BRYAN ATTACKS
MANDATE URGED
FOR ARMEN|ANS
@Any Such Mandate Impossible"
He Ayers. Taking Flat Issue
With Wilson.

Washington, May 25.-William j.
Bryan took fiat issue today with
President Wilson on the question Of
an American mandate over Ar
menia, declaring in a statement
that ANY such mandate is impos-
sible."
The United States, Mr.. Bryan
said, could do more toward making
the world safe for democracy,
even for democracy in Armenia,
by recognizing the Armenia repub-
lie and entering the League OF Ma
tions "as the friend of all little
countries"
Spurns Any Mandate.
"Any mandate is impossible,
Mr.. Bryan's statement said without
other preface. "The one proposed
for Armenia, if accepted would in
volve us in an enormous expendi-
ture in a time when war taxation is
still so grievous burden that con-
gress has difficulty in finding the
money necessary to do justice to
the men who served in the world
war.
at would involve US in the poll
tics of Europe and would compel
us to deal with implacable race
hatreds.
cit would involve US in the fierce
commercial rivalry of the big ma
tiOnS
Worst Yield of Plan.
But, worst of all, it would COM
pei US to surrender a vital princi-
pie of democracy, namely, that all
people are capable of self-govern-
ment.
"All the colonial exploitation of
helpless peoples is defended on the
theory of their incapaclly lor sell
government. We can not indorse
this theory. 1t would be injurious
to the Armenians instead of kind
ness.
I'VE can recognize the independ-
ence Of the Armenian republic and
send as minister to Armenia a man
wuD UtllCkCo LAoL Sc'SA ~
should rest upon consent OF the
governed
Plan Best for Service.
1--WE can be of much more SER
vice to them in this way than we
can by exercising authority over
them. Then, if we will ratify the
treaty and enter the League Of Ma
tions as the friend of all the little
countries and insist on universal
disarmament, we may be able to
make the world safe for democracy
even for democracy in Armenia
President Wilson's message ask
ing authority to accept mandate
over Armenia, probably will not
be considered by the house foreign
affairs committee until after the
convention recess. There is consid-
cradle Democratic opposition to
the proposal, according TO the Dem
ocratic leaders.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
URGES SUPPORT OF
INLAND WATERW'YS
AS TRANSIT LINES

st. Louis, Mo-, May 25.-Support
of the movement to revive inland
waterway transportation was advo-
Gated by E. w. Schadek. local
engineer, in an address at the con-
vention Of the American Society OF
Mechanical Engineers here today.
He advocated favorable tariffs,
more adequate appropriations
from congress" and encouragement
OF the water routes by giving them
business.
The development Of the Missis-
sippi valley Is at q standstill for
lack Of adequate transportation IA
cilities, Mr.. Schadek said, the ca
pacity Of the regional railroads
having long sinee been reached.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
ADDITIONAL
PRICE CUTS
PREDICTED
Downward Trend of AL
but Food, Federal
Reserve View.

Chicago, May 25.-A general re-
vision downward of prices OF all
commodities except food, grow
ing tendency toward thrift, and
improvement in the labor situation
are three encouraging factors in
the report of the seventh federal
reserve district, issued today.
A decided readjustment Of the
economic and social influences gov
erning our national life is antici-
pated by the business world, the
report says, and the situation is
complicated by the lack Of any
guiding precedent.
Rail Muddle Blamed.
Probably the most disturbing
element in the entire situation" the
statement adds, lis the almost de-
moralized conditions of our rail-
roads by reason of a shortage of
freight cars and a serious conges-
ton in all leading railroad centers
caused by the strike of switchmen
and other railworkers. The credit
supply still is restricted and the
demand outstrips any previous to-
tai in history of the world. Lastly
there is the additional complica-
ton of growing signs of a general
revision of prices Of all commod-
tiles with the trend in most cases
downward"
Foods the Exception.
The continued high price of food
is the MOST important exception,
the review states, adding:
"Other living costs, however,
offer great encouragement. partic-
ularly the price of clothing and
shoes. Prices of clothing and dry
goods generally had reached such
heights as to be almost prohibitive
and the public naturally curtailed
purchases.
"A most encouraging develop
ment of the last month has been
a growing tendency on the part of
the general public toward thrift.
The spending hysteria now seems
to be waning, although the change
is not yet pronounced"
Few Business Failures.
Business failures in the seventh
district during April were only 80,
as compared to 81 year ago, but
the total liabilities were $4,o51 GAO
as compared to s1,24S,110 in April.
1919.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
HOPES EYE
D0WNSTATE
FOR RESULT
Vote to Decide Whether
Lowden or Thompson !
Shall Lead Party. !.

Springfield. ILL.,, May 25.-Mayor
William Hale Thompson Of Chicago
will attempt to have a state chair
man named by the Republican state
central committee when it meets
here tonight Governor Frank O.
Lowden desires that the committee
postpone the selection of a chair
man until after the September
primary. The leadership OF the Re-
publican party in Illinois is con-
ceded to be the real issue.
Twenty-four of the twenty-five
state central committeeman are ex-i
pected at the meeting. Ernest x
Leseure of Danville. committee
man from the 18th district, is in
France. His proxy is said to be,
held by Len Small of kankakee.
Up to DOwnstate Vote.
Mayor Thompson is conceded to
have control Of the vote of the COM
mitteemen from the 10 districts in
Cook county. Whether he can OBJ
tain control of thre votes Of DOWN!
state committeeman is problematS-
cal. If he can he will be able to
force the election of state chair-i
man against the wishes OF Gov
ernor Frank o. Lowden and will
also be able to name the man who
shall hold the Offices.
If the downstate committeeman
respect the governor wishes the
committee will postpone organiza-
ton until September.
Mayors Man Uncertain.
Who the mayors candidate for
the Office of chairman will be is un-
certain. Congressman Frank l.. /
Smith of Dwight, who holds the Of
flee at present, is said to be accept
able to the Chicago executive.
The first open skirmish between
Mayor Thompson and the state ex-!
ecutive for the Republican leader
ship came at the time of the party'sI
state convention May 10. At that
time the governor succeeded in OBJ
tanning postponement OF the draft (
ing of state platform until after
the September primary against the
wishes of the Chicago leader, who
had prepared a platform for i'm
mediate adoption by the convention. /
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
SUICIDE AL|bI
| OF CARRkHzA'S
Death SC0FFED
Autopsy DisprOves Herrero's Re
port That Ex.Chief Slew Self
Rather Than Face Arrest

Vera Cruz, May 25.-(By the AS
sociated Press. .)-Reports Of an
autopsy performed on the body OF
Venustanio Carranza at Tlaxcalan-
tongo fail to agree with the claim
of Rodolfo Herrero that the presi-
dent committed suicide rather than
being taken captive, it is asserted
in official quarters here
Surgeons, it is declared, found
Caranza had been struck by rife
bullets, one of which penetrated his
breast and the other his abdomen
1t was the conclusion of those who
witnessed the operation that the
president had been assassinated, il
is said.
HerrerO's Alibi.
The text of Colonel Herrero's re-
port to Mexico City was received
here last night. Relative to the
attack on Carranza he says:
With the object Of arresting Car.
rama, l attacked his camp at
O'Clock in the morning. He had
reached Tlaxcalantongo where there
is a pass leading northward to a
part of the republic where he had
planned to establish his seat OF
government.
"Shot Fearing Arrest
when he realized that escape
was impossible, Carranza commit
ted suicide by shooting himself in
the breast with his pistol which he
always carried"
Provisional President de La
Huerta, chosen by congress yester-
day, will take the oath of Office on
June !, according to present plans.
In the election in congress Fernan-
do Inglesias Calderon and General
Antonio Villareal each received one
vote.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
SONS OF JOHNSON
AND WOOD FORGET
FATHERS ENMITY

Chicago, May 25. - Two young
men, who are political opponents
of strange sort-sOns OF two OF
the candidates for the Republican
nomination for president - met
yesterday at the headquarters here
Of Senator Hiram w. Johnson.
To Osborne Wood" said the
young man in an army officers uni
form to the western senator's son
Heard you were in town and
thought you might like to have
cards to some of the clubs"
That's mighty decent OF you,
said young Johnson, as they shook
hands.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
WHY CONGRESS MAY
MEET ALL SUMMER

Washington, May 25.-Bare legs
and scanty one-pieee bathing suits
will be permitted this summer ~
Chesapeake beach, the capitals sea-
shore resort.
officials today agreed not to fol-
low the prohibitory orders at Coney
Island and Atlantic City.
Its silly to put the ban on bare
legs" they said; "and il any OF the
girls want to cut the high cost OF
dressing. the police won't say .
word"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
DAN|ELS-FISKE
'PRUSSIANIz!NC'
CASE RE0pENED

Washington. May 25.-The old
controversy between Secretary
Daniels and Rear Admiral Bradley
A. Fiske was revived today before
the senate committee investigating
the navy's conduct of the war.
Chairman Hale gave notice that
Admiral Fiske would be called TO
reply to charges by Mr.. Daniels
that the admiral had sought ito
prussianize the navy"
Replying, Mr.. Daniels said he
had never paid much attention to
Admiral Fiske's plan to reorganize
the navy department in 1915.
He bored me to exhaustion" de-
clared MIR. Daniels. He was q
monumental egotist. He though
the German general staff system
was the best in the world, ant
wrote me about one letter da!
urging me to approve its adoption
for our navy.
His favorite illustration of thu
way the system worked was a stor.
that when the FrancO-Prussial
war broke out Moltke was asleep
When told that war was declares
Moltke told his advisors to look il
the top drawer of his desk and ge
the plan for war and then Wen
back to sleep.
Il did not want a chief Of nava
operations who would go to slee
after war was declared"
Admiral Fiske's position in tn
navy when the reorganization wa
proposed, Mr.. Daniels said, wa
''aide for operations, or l shoul
say, obstacle for operations.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
c. 0. P. IN FIGHT FOR STATE CHAIRMAN
Presbyferiar1s Urged
To Withdraw Support
In I11terchurch MOUe

Philadelphia, Pa. May 25.-Rec-
concentrations were submitted to-
day to the Presbyterian general as
sembly in session here that it with
drew from the interchurch world
movement.
A report embodying this sug-
gestion was made by the execu-
tive commission of which the Rev
John Willis Baer is chairman.
What Is Urged.
The recommendations were:
That the general assembly de-
cline to incur any further finan-
cial obligation in reference to the
interchurch world movement, and
terminate it's relationship with the
movement.
That the general assembly take
immediate steps to provide for the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25

payment by the Presbyterian church
of the amount already underwrit-
ten in behalf of the interchurch
world movement.
That general Official notice OF
this action be given.
Praise OriginatOrs.
That the assembly record its ap-
probation Of the high purpose of
the men who organized the inter-
church world movement.
And, that immediate steps be TAX
en- to ascertain the advisability Of
utilizing federated organizations Of
evangelical churches representing
the participating bodies themselves
and under their direct control, to
conserve the gains achieved and
carry forward the work begun by
the interchurch world movement.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
HONOR RULE
CONDEMNED
BY WARDEN
Recent Escapes From Jo.
let Farm Disprove The
ory, Murphy Says.

Joliet, Ill.,, May 25.-That the
honor system is a failure and can
not be carried out effectively was
the statement this morning of
Everett ]. Murphy, warden of the
Joliet penitentiary. Warden Muir
ply announced that men sent to
the state farm are there not as
honor convicts, but as merit men
"As far as the honor system is
concerned it is failure and
amounts to nothing" Warden Muir
ply stated. Prisoners in the Joliet
penitentiary are not sent to the
farm under that system, but are
rated under a merit rule. An in
mates conduct is taken into con-
sideration. He Is given merit
marks and if his record shows suf-
ficient merit marks and there are
no demerit credits against him, he
is entitled to consideration"
Bolts Always Expected.
The prison official did not COM
ment fully upon the numerous re-
cent walk-aways from the state
farm. He said, however, that there
are always violations in any trust
imposed on men of the character of
the convicts.
I'VE have been sending men to
the farm in groups of 50," Warden
Murphy stated, "and while it is
true there are few probably out
of each group who walk away, yet
the majority stay"
No trace has as yet been found
of Eddie English, Anthony Amido,
or the four men who left the farm
Sunday night, it. was said at the
prison. Authorities throughout the
country have been asked to be on
the lookout for the fugitives. Every
known haunt of the men is being
watched, railroad yards are being
searched and general close hunt
being made for the missing men.
! SCOTS Inside Aid.
Theories advanced that English
and Amido might have been aided
by persons inside the prison in eff
fecting an escape were scoffed at by
! Warden Murphy. That there is alb
solutely no reason for the exist
ence of this belief was the commen,
of the head Of the penitentiary.
THE men simply got away"
Warden Murphy said. There is
| absolutely nothing in the report
that they were aided or might have
| been aided from the inside"
Why System Fails.
The honor system is failure,
Warden Murphy says, because the
| convicts are not classified as they
are under the merit system the
prison head now has in effect
Under the honor system as it had
been carried out scores Of prisoners
who had probably failed to show
conclusively that they were entitled
to a position of trust were sent to
the farm. Under the merit system
a conduct method" is used. The
men are given marks for their be-
havior and general actions. After
a convict has received an unbroken
chain of merit marks and there are
no remerit marks against him he is
then privileged.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
FRENCH AGREE TO
NEW WHEAT RULES

Paris, May 25.-The text OF the
proposed law establishing the price
Of wheat and otherwise and exer-
cising control over the wheat sup
ply OF the country was approved by
the cabinet today. =
The law would sAthorize the gov
ernment to buy all domestic wheat
Of 1920, as well as all needed wheat
importA
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
DESCHANEL RESTS
AFTER TRAIN FALL,

Paris, May 25.-Orders that
rooms at the Chateau Rambouillet
be prepared to receive President
Deschanel were issued last night by
Premier Millerand. and it is planned
that the president will spend at
least 10 days there to recover from
his experience yesterday morning
when he fell from a moving train
near Montargis.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
PANIC talk IS
TAGGED ABSURD
fBy United Press J

New York, May 25.-Panic talk
is idle and without foundation. ID.
C. Wells, chairman of the federal
reserve board for the Cleveland
district, declared in an address be-
fore the convention of the Associa-
ton of the Reserve City Bankers
here today.
Francis H. Sisson, vice president
of the Guaranty Trust company.
New York, sounded a note OF warm
ing against carrying credit defia-
ton along too rapidly and expen-
siyely.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-25
Sherman RIDES
YANKEE LEGION
0sSs

8, ,"Shlngton. May Ex-senator
,asa,l' ,sfman' Republican, Illinois,
naAihg today in the senate, de-
iS. isaced the proposed soldier re-
NJ. NJ. olii as a "disgraceful deteriora-
coan, Su ol the patriotism of a great
w.. ~ ,ae impelling aim Of the Amer
H.. Legion is to loot the federal
mi nIasury' s ne said, lit is a disgrace
:" Organization"