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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-14

the city fuel e0pefts. TO diooeenA,
lss any industry. Our object Il ~ 4
to run IN competition with leeiH
mate dealers. 20 long - tAsy Il.
their business honestly. But w.
the situation becomes 90 seriess
that Il Affects public health ~ 81.
going to be right there WITH "a, 4
pile u coal We will not 90 -
suffering In Cleveland"
1Ae S-Ceat City.
THIS municipal antipathy 10 ~,
lie suffering. II may Be added -.
enthetically, originated seyer.I
years ago during the adminiatrs.
ton Of Mayor Davis, aceordine =
the fuel olhcial who explained N
Cleveland coal plaa TO US. Nvss
this mayor who started the his&o,is
movement for the Scent sasS.
wiches, Scent car fares and S-cesl
telephone calls in Cleveland--
started Il and finished It. He aet,.
ally made the Scent standard =
popular hero that special appeai
by the people of Cleveland n
made to the United States treaspr
for the minting Of a Scent piece d
the same convenient size q ~
nickel. \
Although this was long ago n
effect Of this municipal interferA
ence In the cause Of low prices d
still felt. When prices begin %
rise. and rise too precipitately, thu
people Of Cleveland have a way q
turning to the city hall and CAV.
ing, well. why don't you do some
thing!
Hence, this Is not the first TINA
that q mayor Of Cleveland has o..
dered the esta blishment Of a mn.
nicipal coal pile, The first one M
created three years ago when thu
big war shortage Of coal occurred
and the municipality decided to buy
coal direct from tho mines for M
own use. Until then, each separate
department of the city government
had arranged for its own supply Of
coal, but at this time q coal com.
mission was created to buy coal for
all Of the departments, thereby say.
ing, as it later transpired. hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars. Some Of
this saving was due to the fact that
| the unloading Of the coal from the
cars was done with prison labor,
and the city used its ash trucks for
delivery purposes.
Sold Coal During War. :
As the householders of Cleveland
at this time were suffering from the
double calamity Of a coal shortage
and influenza, the city authorities
decided that they would simply in.
crease their purchase Of coal and
sell it to everyone who needed It
They sold it at cost and had the oh
trucks deliver 1t whenever possible
while the poor people, who fiocket
to the coal pile by the hundreds
carried it away in small sacks slunl
over their backs, or on sleds or Il
children's wagons.
This year the city plans to con
serve its own energies by enterinI
into contract with a building con
Germ for the storing and delivery o
coal. The householder desiring :
purchase his supply of fuel fror
the city will call at the city hal
and receive a written order 10
coal, which he will then present
the building concern. No coal vi
be permitted to leave the yard
this concern without this write
order.
Whether or not the situation vi
be sufficiently desperate by Sept.
to warrant such proceedings ID
matter which cannot be foretol
Cleveland does not particular
want to 60 into the coal bushes
. and 1t hopes 1t won't have to. Bl
1t is prepared for the worst
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-14

q part Of the eastern system being cynical
cuss, we venture to remark that the east hasn't
a monopoly on that system.
A Japanese Massacre of English.
(Received by state officials at Sacramento, CALI
MY Lord Duk Of Offices, Capital
Building U. S. A.-To do apply has al
lowed under report it gives me great Joy
and well done to have veracious rank OF
general assembly upon the highest wages
Of headquarters of the labor bureau unto
former time.
Unto prosecutor of applicants for
hirhness wages unto leaving behind, at
any rate we was as can do to see no
accident of matter unto this document to
occur to leave behind a guy who is in
awful want because of repeated procla-
nations.
Your lordship's most obedient and
humble servant. E. Y. CHINA.
WANTED-Elderly lady for plain cooking
Call COL Tippecanoe.-Terre Haute Star.
At least they don't eat EN- alive in Terry
Hut.
He Treats Harriet Generously.
(Hillsdale Corr, The Argus).
Miss Harriet Morchart of Burlington,
Iowa. has come to spend his school va
cation with her sister, Mrs. j. E. Bryant
And-O! The Difference To Us!
(From the Galesburg Republican-Register).
For some reason our regular daily
letter from Bushnell failed to come to
hand today.
WE have, however. a fairish one from tht
Bushnell correspondent Of the Galesburg jour
nal, which we clipped tother day. OTHERWISE
We were desolate, indeed.
Bless You, Ny Children!
(Ffom the Galesburg Republican-Register).
Miss Luva Lawrence one Of our high
school teachers. I am informed was
married at her home in Monmouth last
week, and am sure If the information
that came to me be true, that for one
wish Miss Laurence much Joy and happi-
ness in her venture in life, and her many
friends in Bushnell will wish her peace
and prosperity.
MAY we not, with our usual Woodrovia,
delight, congratulate Carlton Taylor upon hi
contribution to the own Your Own Home
contest? He wooes a wicked muse.
! THE Washington Times has emblazoned o.
| the upper left hand corner of page one eacl
day this information: "Washngton-The Hear
Of America"
PSHAW! We thought twas the heart q
the world! R. E. MIG
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-14

Ninety-nve dollars a month and the priv
ilegs Of giving peremptory orders and having
them obeyed used to keep state prisons fully
manned with guards and with a long waiting
list of applicants. It's different now. The sat-
isfaction Of herding other men no longer is
sufficient to make up for the deficiencies Of $95
q month. Warden Murphy has gone as far
a. he can in running the Joliet prison plant
With depleted forces for guard duty. 1t isn't
strike, but the results will be the same. The
state must advance the wage scale or see the
inmates of it, prisons remain in their cells suf-
fering from the physical, mental and moral
ills born Of idleness
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-14

Where do those silly soaks we see in the
street every day get the wherewith?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-14
TIGHTNM BUGS,

When the shades oe night are falling.
when the crickets gin to sing.
Than / hear smsll voice calling:
Daddy. run like svsfthing!"
So l drop the evening papers
To 70 md out what's the row
And fare forth to see what capers
Ny young son ID up to now!
Then, with eyes that shine SO brightly
(Eurely they have been star-klssed!)
He comes running. clutching tightly
Some prize in his tiny INST;
And he tells me. my wee laddie:-~
Giving me . gleeful hug
70. Jus lookut, lookut, Daddy!
has caught lightnin' bug!"
o. the note Of proud possession
Sounding in that baby voice!
Can q mans heart feel depression
When a child's heart doth rejoice!
No; for when I've many troubles
That depress my mind like drugs
Why, merely whistle Bubbles"
And go help catch "lightnin' bugs"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-14

Japan has rejected suffrage. but that should
be NO precedent for some Of our backward
states to point ont As justifying their position.
Even the Japanese women will vots some time
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-14
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-14

CORRUPTION and the acceptance of ii. i
writes Maude Radford Warren from Egypt, lis
a part Of the eastern system" Being cynical
cuss. we venture to remark that the east hasn't
a monopoly on that system.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-14

People who are inclined to CRY out. "Ls
Uncle sam do IT," might probably give SOM
thought TO Russia.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-06-17
DRY FORCES WILL
ASK ADOPTION OF
PLANK AT FRISCO
Will Present Solid Front
Against Cox. Wayne
Wheeler Says.

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee. Leased Wire.
Wa slington, June lo,-The dem
ocratic convention at San Francisco
will be asked to ADOPT the same pro-
hlbition law enforcement plank
which was presented in Chicago,
Wayne B. Wheeler, general coun-
sci of the Anti-Saloon League of
America, announced today. This
plank declared "for the effective en-
forcement of the eighteenth amend
ment and laws enacted pursuant
thereto as. construed BY the supreme
court of the United States" This
plank was approved by the resolu-
tons committee at the republican
convention but was lost from the
platform before it was presented to
the convention.
Mr.. Wheeler declared that the
friends of law enforcement would
present a solid front against the
nomination of Governor Cox of
Ohio by the democratic convention.
Governor Cox is the last hope OF
the vets in their program for nulli-
fication," said Mr.. Wheeler. Gov
ernor Cox's record makes him an
impossibility if national prohibition
IS to be effectively sustained and en-
forced. He has served the vets
long and faithfully He championed
the license law of Ohio. under which
he had the appointing power of IL
cense boards to build strong polit-
lcal wet machine"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-06-17
Interest in Elwell
Murder Centers on
Woman in the Case

New York, June l6.-Investiga-
ton of the murder of Joseph B. El-
well, sportsman and whist PLAYER,
who was shot in his hcme Friday,
centered Wednesday night upon
the woman in the case"
In an effort to learn her identity,
Mrs. Marie Larsen, housekeeper for
Elwell, was taken to the district at
tcrney's office and questioned close
ly. Assistant District Attorney J..
I. Dooling said Mrs. Larsen told
him she had removed a negligee,
slippers and a boudoir cap from
Elwell's room after she found him
with a bullet wound through his
head and that she had hidden these
i'll wash tub in the cellar.
According to Mr.. Doo!ing, the
housekeeper said she did this ito
protect the woman"
He said Mrs. Larsen declared she
knew nothing about the woman ex-
cept that she was about Is years
old.
The police theory is that if the
woman who owned the negligee,
slippers and boudoir cap passed the
night in the house and succeeded in
leaving before the murder was dis
covered, she may have knowledge of
the crime which is expected to solve
the mystery.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-06-17
Federation Demands Measures
To Check Profiteering-
Backs Nonpartisan Political
Program of Gompers.
OPENS WAR ON KANSAS
INDUSTRIAL. COURT PLAN
Recent Railroad Strike Is Con-
demned as "SeCessionist
Movement" to Discredit Rec
ognized Organizations.

Montreal, June 16.-The Ameri-
can Federation of Labor here to-
day called upon congress to curb
prohteering, endorsed President
Samuel Gompers' nonpartisan po-
litical program, approved the Irish
republic and requested withdrawal
of armed forces from Ireland.
The federation declared war on
the Kansas court of industrial re-
lations and antistrike legislation
now before the legislatures in Colo
RADIO and Nebraska.
The recent railroad strike was
condemned by the federation as a
"secessionist movement to dis
credit the recognized organizations
in the railway service. Any union
giving moral or financial aid to such
walkouts was threatened with rev.
ocation Of charter.
Congress was also urged by a
vote of the convention TO enact leg
islation for the absolute exclusion
of Japanese and other Asiatlc emf
grants and picture brides"
Deny Race Discrimination.
A declaration was adopted to the
effect that the federation had never
countcnanced discrimination be-
cause OF race, creed or color.
The federation instructed the ex-
ecutive council to call conference
of all the interested international
unions" and Immediately start
new organizing campaign in the
steel industry. The work of the
national steel workers organizing
committee in organizing 3OO,5OO
steel workers was approved
The cloth hat and cap makers in
ternational union was ordered to re-
linquish jurisdiction over the straw
hat workers by 1921, or forfeit
their charter. The jewelry workers
were also ordered to give up Juris-
diction over the metal polishers
within 90 days or have their char
ter revoked.
Malone Exonerated.
w. d. Malone, president of THE
street car mems union. who was
Charged Dy Detlolt ldooi uiilt'hs
with being "disloyal to labor" be-
cause his adult children are stock
holders in non-union tinshop, was
unanimously exonerated by the
federation.
The question whether the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor should en-
dorse government ownership or
government control of the railroads
provided spirited debate at the
close of the days session. Final
actions will be taken tomorrow.
The federation condemned the
practice of strike breakers or strike
guards, in control of private indl-
viduals or agencies, wearing the
CONTINUED on Page Two. Column Four)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-06-17
W0MEN'S CLUBS
PLAN TO SIMPLIFY
0 ORGANIZATION
Mrs. M. D. Cameron of Omaha
Takes Leading Part in Pre-
Iiminary Work-Governor
Welcomes Delegates.
BY MYRTLE MASON.
The Bees Staff Correspondent.

Des Moines, Ia, June l6.-(Spe-
cial Telegram. )-Even the auspicious
formal opening of the fifteenth bien-
nial general Federation of Women S
clubs Wednesday evening at the
state capitol at Des Moines with ad-
dresses from Governor w. L. Hard
ing of the state, and Mrs. Josiah
Evans Cowles federation president,
did not command more interest than
the real business of the dav.
Business of the day means" a
council meeting at which reorgan-
ization of the general federation
with a view to simplification of the
machinery, was the topic of discus
sion led by Mrs. Robert Burdette of
California, president.
Mrs. NJ. D. Cameron of Omaha
was one of the speakers; Mrs. John
Shaker of Hastings, state president,
another. Mrs. Cameron made the
point that state and national club
dues must be released.
The Nebraska delegates have not
yet committed themselves on the re-
organization report though the ma
jority seemed to favor it.
Election of general federation Of
ficers is topic of great interest.
Miss George Bacon of Massachu-
sets and Mrs. Thomas Winter of
Minnesota are the two candidates.
The majority of Nebraska delegates
seem to favor the Minnesota candi-
date
Informal conferences have BEEN
going on all day and club women
have separated into the specialized
groups. Echoes of the Nebraska
league of women voters convention
in Omaha are heard on every hand.
Mrs. Margaret earns of New York
City, who attended, stays Nebraska
is further advanced in the league
work than any other state with
which she is familiar.
Mrs. H. H. Wheeler SAYS it was
the best state convention of any
kind she has ever attended
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-06-17
Conditions Quiet
Following Lynching
OF Negroes at Duluth

Duluth, June l6.-With the depar-
ture Wednesday night of the two
companies of national guardsn1en
sent here for riot duty, home guards
and naval militia took over patrol
OF the district to where Tuesday night
mob of 5000 persons lynched
!hree negroes suspected of compile
lty, IN an attack on white girl
investigation of the rioting was
started by county officials, prelim-
mary to the convening here Thurs
day OF a special grand jury. 1t also
was stated that Governor Burnoujst
would , institute state inquiry.
lhere were no untoward demon
STATIONS Wednesday and 13 negroes
all rousta bouts with a circus, that
appeared here Monday. were under
guard in the county iail. held in con-
nection with the attack on the p;rI
Inc authorities do not expect fur
ther trouble.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-06-17
Authorities Seeking
Soldier as Slayer Of
Army Officers Wife

Rockford, Ill.,, June l6.-Private
G. C. Peters is being sought by
camp authorities, suspected of hav-
ing some knowledge of the killing
of Mrs. L. H. Moss, wife of Capt.
Moss. who died early Wednesday
morning after having been shot in
the back of the head while riding in
the rear seat of an automobile with
her husband and friends in the vi
cinity of Camp Grant Tuesday night.
Peters is one of FIVE prisoners who
escaped Tuesday afternoon while
working on the camp agricultural
farm and is said to have threatened
to get even with Capt. Moss, his
commander. for having made
charges against him at three courts
martial.
Sheriff Harry Baldwin and Camp
Intelligence Officer Robert B. Howie
recovered a car stolen from Davis
Junction Tuesday night at Kirkland
late Wednesday afternoon, A wom-
an told the authorities of having
seen three soldiers abandon the car
about 3 o'clock Wednesday morning
and start single file in the direction
of the railroad station.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-06-17
lifebeIt Saves Man Who
CoIIapses From Heat

Sterling, Ill.,, June l6.-Overcome
by heat and collapsing into uncon.
sciousness while working at the top
OF a 7S-foot mast, Carl Carlson OF
Prophetstown owes his life to the
precaution of strapping himself Sc
curely to the work. Co-workers
were at loss what to do to get the
helpless man from the top of the
mast. where he was hanging limp
and apparently lifeless. The fore.
man of the linemen with head line
man, Jack Upton, hurried to the
scene with rope and tackle. Mr..
Upton climbed the mast. fastened
the rope about the body Of the heat
victim and the limp form was low
cred in safety. Aside from being
very weak. Carlson was none the
worse for his unusual experience.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-06-17
Nonpartisan League
OF Wisconsin to Back
La Toilette Ticket

Madison, Wis, June 10 Wiscon-
sin Nonpartisan league convention
adjourned Wednesday afternoon,
after it had endorsed La Toilette
slate, headed by Attorney General
J. +. Blaine. for the state primary in
September.
The league also adopted a resolu-
ton endorsing the stand on national
questions taken by Senator La Fol-
lette.
The platform adopted includes
planks for the initiative. referendum
and recall. immediate repeal of the
espionage and extradition acts.
scores the Esch-Cummins railroad
bill, leaves the subject of prohibi-
ton to be handled BY referendum,
declares for public ownership Of
railroads. utilities and packing
plants, for compulsory attendance
Of school children under 16 years
of age and urges the development
of cooperative trade and industry.
The convention decided to en-
dorse the congressional candidates
in the fourth and fifth districts in
Milwaukee selected by labor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-06-17
Predict Hot Fight on
Bryan Bone Dry Plank
At Frisco Convention

French Lick, Ind, June 16.-Dem-
ocratic party leaders in conference
here on candidates and platform
planks to be presented to the na-
tional convention In San Francisco
predicted that a hot skirmish would
result if William J. Bryan attempted
to insert bone dry" declaration in
the resolutions. As a retaliatory
move it was suggested that a wet
plank might be offered for the con-
vention's consideration.
The conference here will probably
end Friday and the leaders will move
on to Chicago, where they expect to
hold further sessions before leaving
for San Francisco.
The New York leaders have not
yet reached a decision on a candi-
date to be favored by their support.
Governor Smith, it is said, will re-
ceive the complimentary vote of the
New York delegates on the first bal
lot.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-06-17
He a die IS Body Of
Woman Found in Lake;
Police Are Mystified

St. Joseph, Mo-. June l6.-Author-
tiles have no clue to the identity
of the young woman whose headless
body was found today in lake
here.
Th body was nude, bound with
wire clothes line and weighted with
iron bed rails. 1t is the theory of
the police that murder was COM
mitted some distance from the lake
and that the body was taken there
to be disposed Of They also be-
lieve that the slayers intended to
throw the body into the Missouri
river, but made a mistake as the
river is only 200 yards from the lake
at the point where the body was
found.
The police were informed that
blood-stained automobile containing
stained clothing was found early this
week at Armour Junction. Mo. u
miles south of St. Joseph. 1t is
believed that this car may have had
some connection with the crinfe.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-06-17
The Bees Fund for
Free Milk and Ice

Today The Bee opens its annual
hot weather fund for supplying milk
and ice free to poor families where
there are babies and small children.
The fight of many poor babies for
life during the sweltering days that
are coming will be real fight with
tragic end for some if help is not
given.
Many have given to this fund in
past summers. They are waiting to
continue their good work this year.
There is room for many others.
The Visiting Nurses draw upon the
fund wherever they find families
who need it. SO every penny con-
tributed actually goes to buy pure
milk and ice to save little lives.
Can you imagine anything NOR,
praiseworthy or sensible?
The need is pressing. Already a
number of calls have come TO the
Visiting Nurses
A large fund is not sought nor are
large contributions asked. Send or
bring any sum from 10 cents 70 $
70 The Bee Office. n will be
acknowledged i'll this column.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-06-17
Probe Of Tramway Dispute
Enters New Field When En-
pIoyes Urge Commission to
Consider Pay, Then Prices.
BOARD WILL ANNOUNCE
Definite POLICY TODAY
Hearing Bids Fair to Result
In Exhaustive Investigation
Into Economic Factors Which
May Have Weight in Award.

The state railway commission, act
ing as a tribunal in the wage con-
troversy between union street car
men and the Omaha and Council
-. Bluffs Street Railway company. Will
decide whether the cost OF living
may enter the hearing.
When counsel for the union at
tempted to show the relative cost OF
living and the salary drawn by Ar
thur H. Warren, motorman. the COM
mission ruled that such evidence
should not be introduced.
After an impassioned plea by A.
II. Bigclow, counsel for the union,
in which he declared lit was not the
duty of the commission to play Shy
lock- but rather to fix proper
standard Of wages, and asserted the
Commission had no right to class
human labor as commodity" the
commission took the ruling under
consideration again.
Announces Decision Today.
A decision will be announced by
the commission this morning. In ITS
first ruling on the jurisdiction OF the
controversy the commission assert
ed its intention Of not entering ex-
tensively into the economic factors
OF the dispute. There has been no
comprehensive decisions in the past
on which the commission may de-
tcrmine its action in this matter.
members SAID.
I 7. Webster. counsel for the
company, objected to entering the
testimony of Warren regarding his
expenses on the ground that one
man may be more extravagant than
another"
If the cost of living is to be con-
sidered the testimony OF merchants
familiar with such matters. and gov
ernment statistics should be Sc
cured" said Mr.. Webster. Then a
general average might be secured.
During the morning session OF the
hearing John A. Munroe, vice press
dent Of the company, said ne drew
a salary OF $4,000 year and was a.
his desk in the company Offices about
five hours a day, part of which tims
he devoted to personal business.
Seeks to Show Salaries.
He could not estimate the exact
time he served the company, but de-
MED that it was less than an hour
dav when questioned by union coun-
sell and said he was available to the
company at all times he was pres
ent. 49,, Ats,
II am trying to prove that the
company is paying salaries to some
stockholders who are doing little or
no work in lieu of dividends, ex-
planned Mr.. Bigelow when COMPANY
counsel's objections to his questions
were sustained. !,
Motorman Warren said he had
worked % DAYS in January Tor Sl4y;
e days in February for $50, a
davs in March for Sl2l, 70 days III
Anril for Sl22 and 27 days in May
for Sl54. He laid off two DAYS III
January when he was "gassed by =
car. but the company paid his 1uil
time, he said.
He reports on his run at Al p. m
and is through work at lI- a. m.'
he said. but has experienced some
difficulty in getting OFT from WORK.