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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
l DEAD, 2 INJURED
FROM BULLETS OF
CRAZED FUGITIVE

Pana, ILL.,, May l3.-Deputy Sher-
if Sid Biggs of Shelbyville, ILL.,,
died in Huber Memorial hospital
here last night of a gunshot wound
in the right temple received We'd
nesday afternoon in Cowden, south
east of here, while he was attempt
ing the capture Lote Dayton, an
escaped inmate of the state hospital
for the insane at Jacksonville. Day
ton had terrorized the town for
three days, having patrolled the
streets with a shot gun.
Sheriff Will Biggs and a Mr.. An
derson of Stewardson, were wound
ed in the hands.
Dayton was shot in the back and
captured. His wounds are not con-
sidered dangerous.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
STERILIZATION
OF WHEkT,PLAN

Washington. May 13.-Julius H.
Barnes, wheat director. today ask
ed government officials, leaders of
congress and Representatives of
trunk line railroads to meet him in
conference here May 19, to consider
plans to stabilize the world grain
market after the termination of the
United States Grain corporation
June l.
In a telegram sent from New
York. Mr.. Barnes referred to the
danger of violence, strikes, fluctua-
tlons and added that the present sit
uatlon was "menacing not alone
gram handling, but the credit struc-
ture OF the country and the result
possible agricultural demoraliza-
Itioa."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
SHAPING UP
FORA THREE
ANCLERACE
Lowden, McAdoo and
johnson Likely Con-
tenders This Fall.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial to The Argus

Washington, ID. c., May 13.-Po-
litical events of the last "a hours
have emphasized the improbability
of a reconciliation between the
various factions in both the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties who
have taken their respective atti-
tudes toward the peace treaty and
League of Nations during the past
year Three divisions exist in each
party and by virtue Of their similar
ity they appear now to be the nu-
cleus of three political parties.
President Wilson's letter to the
Oregon Democrats asking for the
unqualified endorsement Of the
treaty and league, followed as it
was by the announcement of Re-
publican leaders in Chicago that
they would stand on the Lodge res
the so-called ''irreconcilables." led
by Senators Johnson and Borah,
who hint at bolt from the Repub-
lican party unless reservations
league, treaty and all are con-
demned. The outlook at present
for the presidential nominations
therefore would appear to be this:
Republican-Lowden, Wood, or
Hoover on platform of Lodge
reservations and their chances
about in the order named.
Observation-Disclosures, Cox, or
Palmer on a platform written by
President Wilson advocating un-
qualified adoption of the treaty but
accepting interpretative reserva-
tions such as those of the Hitchcock
resolution.
Independent or third party-Sen-
ator Hiram Johnson or Senator La
Toilette on a platform opposing the
entire treaty and league and res
ervations.
Bryan BackerS in Third.
Support for the third party will
come from friends Of William Jen-
nings Bryan, who will probably
wage an unsuccessful fight IN the
San Francisco convention against
the Wilson platform, though Mr..
Bryan himself would be prevented
from supporting third party
which condemned the treaty. and
the league inasmuch as he himself
is ready to accept the Lodge res
ervatlons in the interest OF a start
toward peace.
Support for the third party will
also come from the Democrats,
particularly of Irish extraction,
who think Article X of the cove
nant interferes with the prospect
'of Irish freedom and they are lir-
ing up solidly behind Hiram john
son. OF course Republicans fond
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
TUNNEL WALL TO
GET BOOZE HORDE

Peoria, ILL.,. May 13.-Burglars
tunneled through a Is inch wall of
the fermenting room of Corning's
distillery here and got away with
bottled in bond whisky estimated
to be worth many hundreds of dol
lars. An inventory is being made.
The burglars worked several days,
and police think they were con-
stantly on the alert To deceive the
watchmen who passed frequently.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
WILSON vET0ES
new Law BILL

Washington. May l3.-President
Wilson today vetoed the legislative,
executive and judicial bill.
The president said he returned
the bill because of the section put
ting under congressional control
all government publications.
This section, the president said,
would give congress a censor
ship" encroaching on executive
functions.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13

CONVICT,
IS NOMINATED
BY SOCIALISTS
Leader Now Serving Term in Fed.
eral Prison in Atlanta Chosen
by AcclamatiOn.

New York. May 13.-Eugene V.
Debs. federal convict No. 2,253,
was nominated by acclamation for
the presidency of the United States
at the Socialist party's national
convention here today.
Cheer upon cheer greeted the
naming of the Socialist leader. now
serving 10-year sentence in the
federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga,
for violation of the espionage act.
The din was continuous, as all
those who had been able to crowd
their way into the convention hall
strained forward, eyes bent on the
platform. where was set life
sized portrait of Debs, framed in
black.
In Pen II Months.
Debs entered the penitentiary
last June. He began serving 10
year sentence for violation of the
wartime espionage act. April 13.
1919, when he entered the Mounds
vile. W. Va, federal penitentiary.
Debs is So years old. His pres
idential nomination today is the
fifth his party has given him since
he became a Socialist. In the 7O's
he served two terms in the Indiana
legislature He once was candi-
date for congress from the Fifth
Indiana district. In 1894. from May
to November, he served a sentence
in Jail for contempt of court in an
Illinois conspiracy case while an
acknowledged leader of the Social
ist party in this country.
Speech Led to Arrest.
His present Imprisonment result
ed from governmental inveStiga-
ton of speech made in Canton.
Ohio. on June is, 1918. which led
to his arrest two weeks later, for
opposing the war and urging labor
to cease all activities which in a
way tended to prolong it.
Every atom of influence and en-
ergy in the Socialist party went
into the fight to keep Debs out of
Jail but the United States supreme
court and Attorney General Palmer
turned down each appeal. The
American Federation of Labor con-
vention, in June. 1919, after heated
debate. voted down a resolution
, which favored clemency for him.
The name of Debs as head of
the Socialist party in America has
gone around the world. Soviet
Russia sought his release in ap-
peals to this government through
diplomatic channels, and he was
slated" by the Moscow commun-
ist congress in March of last year
to be the future soviet president OF
the United States"
Organizes r r. Union.
In 1898, Debs organized the
American Railway union, which
was designed to be the one union
of all railroad men. The organiza-
tion grew and won the celebrated
Great Northern strike.
In the same year, the Pullman
strike broke out. and Debs, to-
gether with his associates. were
placed on trial for conspiracy to
obstruct the movement OF the
mails. In the course OF this trial,
one of the Jurors reported sick
and the trial was Temporarily
suspended.
Debs is also credited by the So
cialists with having helped to or
! ganize all the unions which now
comprise the big Four" of the
railroad brotherhoods.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
BREWERS EXPECT
FAVORABLE RULING
By United Press

Milwaukee, Wis, May 13.-Mil-
waukee brewers expect a favorable
decision by the supreme court Mon
day on prohibition. They have
started preparations that will per-
NIT them to supply brew to saloons
within 4S hours after the decision
is handed down.
Local brewers learned that JUS
tice Brandeis will leave soon for
Palestine and believe a decision be-
fore he departs a certainty.
Pabst wagon drivers have been
instructed to collect old cases and
empty bottles at once from both sa-
looms and homes.
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SIGNATURE
REPUD|ATED
BY DANIELS
Gable Signed Daniels"
Adduced by Sims, Forg-
ed, He Tells Senate.

Washington. d. c. May l3.
Charges that d cablegram. pros
duced before the senate naval
Investigating committee during
the testimony Of Rear Admiral
Sims. bore u forged signature,
were made yesterday by Secre.
tary Daniels. He referred TO a
message which Admiral Sims
had presented as part Of his
criticism Of the navy depart.
ment and which purpOrted to
have been signed by the secre-
tary.
Somewhere. somebody was
guilty Of signing my name TO
an official dispatch which the
original. here produced. shows
never signed" MIR. Daniels
told the committee: "Or OF al
tering n dispatch by erasing
the real signature and subsu.
tuting 'Daniels.'
The concluding paragraph of the
read:
In regard to conveys. | consid-
er that American vessels having
armed guards are safer when sail
ing independently
Led tO Investigation.
Mr.. Daniels testified that imme-
diately upon reading the admiraps
testimony he knew he never sent
such a cablegram and he started an
investigation.
The secretary said he finally
found the original dispatch in the
British embassy. through which it
had been sent. and that the name
signed to il was "A. +. Carter. by
direction of the chief of naval OPP
erations."
The statement that it was sign
ed Daniels is untrue" said the
secretary. "No such telegram sign
ed Daniels was ever sent TO .Ad-
miral Sims.
In his testimony. he reiterated
over and over again that this dis
patch made him about ready to
jump overheard" and that it was
signed with my name" conveying
the impression that the civilian sec
retary Of the navy had personally
passed upon the question of par
ticular method TO protect shipping
and was resisting the adoption OF
the convoy system. knew | never
entertained the opinion stated in
the dispatch he displayed"
Says Sims Should Apologize.
Admiral Sims should produce the
person who changed the signature,
Mr.. Daniels declared. adding the
admiral owed IAN apology to me
and to the country for the impress
sion undertaken to be made by his
testimony based upon false sig
nature"
Much of the secretary's testimony
today was devoted to the contrO-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
INDIANA Names
DELEGATES FOR
c. O.P. MEETING
Senators New and Watson, Cover.
nor Goodrich and Former Sena.
tor BeveFidge Elected.

Convention Hall, Indianapolis,
Ind. May 13.-United States Sena-
tors James E. Watson and Harry
S. New, Governor James P. Good
rich and former Senator ..ert j.
Beveridge, were elect Indiana s
big four delegates at large to the
Republican national convention at
Chicago.
The motto was made by Repre-
sentative Will r. Wood of LaFay-
cite, and was adopted without di-
vision. On the same motion. E. NJ.
Wasmuth. state chairman; Mrs.
Charles A. Carlisle Of South Bend,
and Mrs. Joseph B. Healing Of In
dianapolis. and W. A. G. ils of Ev-
ansville, were elected alternates.
Mayor Charles W. Jewett of In
dianapolis, moved that the rules be
suspended and the convention in
struct the delegates to work for
the nomination of Major General
Leonard Wood for the presidency
as long as General Wood has a
fair and reasonable chance" for the
nomination. A roll call on the mo-
ton to suspend was ordered.
The motion to suspe.-d the rules
and instruct the states four dele
gates at large for General Wood
was carried 799 to 70S.
Action now recurs on the motion
to instruct the delegates.
Resolutions Report.
Charging responsibility to Pres
ident Wilson fuI the delay in rati-
flying the peace treaty and welcom-
ing it as an issue in tie campaign,
the resolutions committee submit
ted its report to the delegates. 1t
declared "our absolute opposition
to the covenant of the League of
Nations as submitted by the presi-
dent" and that I'VE fully approve
the action of the Republicans of
the senate in resisting its adop-
ton"
The report further put the Re-
publican party on record as in IA
vor of a world court ito admin
lister international justice" and for
the judicial settlement Of interna-
tional disputes"
The present policy in Mexico was
condemned as ''insincere and pref
judicial to the interests of this coun-
try as we'll as those of Mexico" and
pledged the Inauguration of fix
ed and forceful policy in solving
Mexican problems"
Waste Is Deplored.
"Wanton extravaganza during the
past eight years in squandering the
peoples money and wasting the
country's products" were condemn
ed and pledge given to reduce the
federal taxes and revise the tax
laws.
1t put the party on record as op-
posed to government ownership of
railroads. declaring the transporta-
ton systems of the country should
be privately owned and managed
under strict governmental regula-
ton.
Other points favored in the re-
port included protective tariff and
immediate ratification of the WON
ans suffrage amendment.
1.-THE cost of living is becoming
more and more onerous," read one
declaration. I'VE must realize that
real relief can come only through a
gradual dedation of our currency
supplemented by the grim determi-
nation of all our people to produce
more and spend less"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
KNIGHTS APPOINT
JOLIET FOR NEXT
YEAR CONVENTION

Champaign. H.. May 13.-Joliet
was selected by the Knights of Co
lumbus for the 1921 state conven-
ton city. Aurora and Galesburg
also made bids for the convention.
Resolutions were adopted pledg-
ing $780, 900 to the Columbus found
alton at the University of Illinois.
Assistance of the order was
pledged to secure larger state ap-
propriations for the university as
q whole.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
RAINS WASH OUT
BRIDGES IN WEST
tRy United Press.

Denver, Colo. May 13.-Wash-
outs Of bridges and tracks due 10
heavy rains and melting SHOWS
badly tied up railroad traffic in
Wyoming, western Nebraska and
South Dakota and Montana today
The worst damage was reported
between Alliance, Neb., and Edge
mont, S. D., with a dozen railroad
bridges washed out. Burlington
trains were rerouted.
Landslides and washouts in Mon
tana interfered with traffic over the
Northwestern, the Northern Pacific
and Burlington lines.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
Last Stand Imminent.

tBy the Associated PreSS.l
Mexican rebel forces seem to be
rapidly closing in on President
Carranza and all that remains of
his army, entrenched in the hilly
country between San Marcos and
Apzaco. $50 miles northwest of
Vera Cruz. The stage of the final
act Of the drama of the revolution
is apparently being set and rebel
chieftains are evidently determin-
cd to capture the president. who
fled from his capitol last Friday.
General Trevino. one of the lead
Ing figures in the revolution, has
gone to Apizaco, state of Tlaxcala
Tor the purpose of protecting the
life Of Carranza in the event he is
made prisoner.
Took Federal Riches.
Dispatches appear to clear up
some obscure details of the flight
10 be his final stand. When he left
Mexico City Carranza is alleged to
have taken with him government
funds amounting to 27,000,O00 Pc
sos. His train was stopped be-
tween Apam, state Of Hidalgo, and
Apizaco, state of Tlaxcala. but the
president and the troops accom-
panying him in his flight made
their way down the railroad for a
distance of approximately 30 miles
before being halted by rebel forces
coming northward through the
state of Puebla. Dispatches de-
clare the treasure reported to have
been taken from Mexico City by
tarranza has been captured by the
rebels.
Falls Without Clash.
Piedras Negras, town near the
Mexican border, has gone over to
the rebels without struggle, the
tarranza officials fleeing across the
international border and thus es-
Gaping capture.
Governor De La Huerta of So
nora, who has been named supreme
leader of the revolution, is prepar-
ing to 90 to Mexico City to take
over supreme control. Dispatches
from Vera Cruz state that rebel
leaders are hoping it will be possi-
bic to hold the presidential cleo
1, ton late in July. according to the
provisions of Mexican law. For
this purpose, they desire the ap-
pointment of a provisional presi-
dent who will give assurances that
the election will be conducted
fairly.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
LATE BULLETINS

Pittsburgh. Pa May 13.-
Six hundred shopmen. yardmen
and trainmen Of the Pittsburgh
and Lake Erie railroad, who
have been on strike at the i'm.
portant terminal at DickersOn
Run. Pennsylvania. returned to
work today, it was announced
at the general Offices OF the
!, company. Ii is the most impor-
tant break in the strikers ranks
since the strike was called, q
month ago.
Washington, May 13.-House
Republicans opposing . cash
bonus to ex.service men, were
considering today q party con.
ference next week to discuss
this provision OF the proposed
soldier relief legislation. A
drive for the passage OF the
legislation also Is expected TO
be opened next week Dy INC
American Legion.
Philadelphia. Pa. May l3.-
The United States transport
Henderson, carrying l..sOO ma
rines. sails today from the Phil
adelphia navy yard for Key
west. They will be held In
readiness for possible activity
in Mexico.
st. Louis. Mo- May l5.-
Aerial mail service between
Chicago and St Louis will be
in operation about June !, &C.
cording to an announcement
today by G. F. Egge. superin.
tendent Of air mail service.
western division. II Is expected
that two round trips will be
made daHy, he said
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
COAL TIEUP HITS
MILWAUKEE'S GAS

Milwaukee. Wis. May 13.-Mil-
waukee's gas supply is in danger.
due to a serious shortage of coal
and oil. according to announcement
today by General Manager r B.
Brown of the Milwaukee Gas Light
company. The shortage is attribu-
ted to shortage of railroad cars.
partly due to the outlaw" switch
men strike
The Association of Commerce is
sued an appeal to residents to cur
tail use of gas and electricity.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
300 ESCAPE FIRE
IN MOVIE THEATRE

Green Bay. Wis. May 13.-About
Soo persons attending motion pic
ture show here last night. escaped
uninjured when fire starting from
me ignition of moving picture
nim DESTROYED the Royal theatre.
Inc damage was estimated at be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
AIRPOST CHEF Is
KILLED BY PLUNGE

Oskaloosa, Iowa, May 13.-Wil-
liam McClendliss, superintendent of
the Chicago Omaha aerial mail
service, was killed when an air
plane in which he was rising was
blown into a tree. His pilot was
uninjured.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
EXCESS ELECTION
BATTLE Is BEGUN

Springfield, ILL.,, May 13.-Oppo-
sition to the plan for consolidation
of the frequent elections in Illinois
began in the Illinois constitutional
convention today when the amend
ed report of the suffrage committee
was presented.
The suffrage article reported by
the committee would provide for
but one election day each year, that
day to be the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
GET CONFIRMATION
OF ODESSA TUMBLE

Paris. May determination of
the capture of Odessa by the Poles
and Ukrainians has been received
here in London.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13


peace must be obtained lin some
other way if it cannot be secured
by ratification of the treaty and
the League of Nations, Senator kel-
logg of Minnesota, one of the orig
inal mild reservation" Republicans
in the treaty fight, declared today
in the senate fight over the pending
Republican peace resolution.
1T is of the utmost Importance,
he said. that status Of peace be
accomplished. Not only is it neces-
sary to the industries of this coun-
try and its trade, but it is impor-
tant that the war powers OF the
president should cease.
When resolutions of this charac-
ter were originally introduced in
the senate, l was opposed to them
l wished every opportunity given
for the ratification of the peace
treaty. But the president has made
this impossible.
MuSt= NO "S0metnlu8s
THE time has come when some
thing must be done. The nation as
soon as possible, must be returned
to normal conditions. | shall
therefore. vote for the resolution
declaring the war at an end, which
will restore our diplomatic. consu-
lar and commercial relations with
the central empires, because il
seems to me the only possible way
now of accomplishing this object
l have no doubt whatever of the
constitutionality of the resolution.
Senator kellogg discussed prece-
dents for the proposed action, con-
cluding that under the constitu-
tion "the power to declare peace is
a natural and necessary implica-
ton in the absence of an express
prohibition" against such a step
by congress.
No Favor to Europe.
II voted for the treaty and the
League of Nations" he said: land
| would do so again. but never if
American sons and American re-
sources must be called at the be-
hest of any foreign country to sus-
tain the tottering and turbulent ma
tions of Europe; never if we are to
sacrifice the century-old Monroe
doctrine: never if foreign countries
can interfere in democratic poll
cies or bring American labor to the
level of European or Asiatic; never
if this country is to be denied an
equal voice in the councils of the
League of Nations.
"The president has iterated and
reiterated his determination that
the senate abrogate its functions
and accept the treaty exactly as il
was presented to this country
through foreign powers. He re,
news his statement in his letter to
the national committeeman of his
party.
Defines the Issue.
1.-The issue is thus reached. shall
we-adopt the league and the treaty
imperilling American interests a
the behest of the executice, or shall
We adopt the treaty with reserva
tions protecting American rights
American interests and Americar
aspirations?"
"All lovers of American liberty
American independence. believe il
the destiny Of this nation. can ap
peal to the tribunal of public opin
ion with absolute confidence"
Mr.. Kellogg expressed confidenc,
in the effectiveness of the resolu
ton to accomplish its ends.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-13
REBELS DRAWING CLOSER
TO CARRANzA, AT BAY IN
RANGE NEAR VERA CRUZ
Rebel Chieftains Set Stage for Capture of Deposed
President Surrender Held Matter of Few
Days-Safety Is Assured

Yuma. Ariz., May 13-Cap-
tain Garter q. Gales, a nephew
Of General p. Elias Gales, was
shot and killed ut his doorway
in San Luis, Sonora, % miles
below the International border,
early today, according TO a tele-
phone message received here.
According to the message
which was later cOrrObOrated,
a former lieutenant Of the
Carranza forces, then took
charge Of all arms and NUM-
ti0ns at San Luiz and annOunc.
cd that he held the place for
the Carranza regime. The small
detachment Of troops command
ed by Captain Gales had been
aligned with the Sonora revOlu.
tionistS.
Brownsville. Texas, May a.
Mexican rebel forces. after
e,acuating ReynOsa, 80 miles
west Of MatamOrOs, when they
were advised early today that
q train load Of federal troops
was approaching from Monte
rey. reOccupied the town a few
hours later and sent a courier
demanding the surrender OF
MatamOrOs. A large band OF
rebels was reported six miles
west OF MatamOrOs al noon.