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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-18
ONLY STEAM
ROADS COME
UNDER ACT
q. $. Railway Labor Board
Interprets Esch- Cum
minis Act.

Chicago, Dec. 18.-The United
States railroad labor board handed
down a decision today interpreting
the Esch-Cummins Transportation
act to mean that the board does not
have jurisdiction over any interur-
ban or electric lines.
Appeals from employees on var
ious electric lines. asking the board
to hear their grievances, were de-
MED. The decision affects every
electric interurban in the country
and many city transportation sys-
tens owned by interurban compan-
les. a 4,
Arguments in the case were heard
several months ago. Members OF
the board stated at the time their
belief that, regardless Of which side
won, the matter would be appealed
to the United States supreme court
for Interpretation of the transpor-
tation act.
The decisions we're rendered in
cases brought by the 16 railway
brotherhoods against II electric
lines whose employees have Joined
the recognized organizations ot
steam roadi employees. The roads
involved are the Washington and
Old Dominion Railway; New York
Westchester and Boston railway
Chicago, Lake Shore and South
Bend, Eastern Railway and Power
company, Interurban Railway OF
Des Moihes, and Iowa, and Southern
Railway, Piedmont and Northern
Railway, Lackawanna and Wyom-
ing Valley Railroad; Pacific Elec-
trio Railway company, Denver and
Interurban railroad; and Hudson
and Manhattan Railroad.
Exempt Electric Lines.
The board held that the meaning
Of congress in the transportation
ac4 Wa st0 exempt all electric lines
rnot operating as a part of . gen.
.eral steam railroad system Of trans.
portation." The fact that some
electric lines haul freight, ex.
change cars with steam lines, oper.
ate in Interstate traffic, or use ir
part the tracks of a steam line
does not bring these lines within
the provisions of the law, the deci.
sion says.
The board also poiunts out thai
the interstate commerce commits
sion had granted the interurbans
freight rate increase, but decided
it had no jurisdiction over the pas.
senger business.
1T is obvious as a practical mat.
ter" the board says, that the
granting by the labor board of 9
wage increase, without correspond.
ing authority to the Interstate com.
merce commission to raise rates
would result in serious complica
tions. The labor board and tn,
interstate commerce commission
were clearly intended to be inter
dependent in this matter. Such in
tention would be nullified if tn,
labor board assumed jurisdiction
where the Interstate commerce com
mission was without it.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-18
FARMERS Plan
COOPERATION

st. Louis. Mo-, Dec. 18.-Pfans for
carrying on the various cooperative
agencies through which it is pro-
posed to distribute the farming
produce of the nation were under
consideration here today at the final
session Of the conference Of agri-
cultural representatives, called by
the national board Of farm organ
izatiOns.
Delegates viewed the action TAX
en- by the conference yesterday in
endorsing the formation Of coopera-
tive organizations to handle grain
and livestock. as important steps In
aiding the farming industry.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-18
OLD SANTAHAS
JOLLY THINGS
FOR "KIDDIES'
Advance Tip On Christ.
mas Gifts for Boys and
Girls Is Given.
BIZ HAROLD D. JACOBS.

tUnlted Press Stan Correspondent. /.
New York. Dec. 1s.-Dear Kids:
( Just having visited one of Santa
Claus branch onices here, / thought
you would appreciate a little ad-
vance tip on what he has to give
the boys and girls this Christmas.
The old fellow has the biggest va
riety of toys and games since he be-
gan distributing gifts to children
hundreds of years ago.
One OF Santa Claus assistants
told me that fully 75,0 boys and
girls. with their fathers, mothers,
uncles and aunts, visit this place
every ay1Sand that there are more
grownups than children.
In the center Of the place is a
big circus. There are trapeze per-
formers, bareback riders, living
statues. tight rope walkers, trained
animals, n everything. All Of these
are life-size and are run by elec-
tricity. They never seem to grow
tired and keep doing sthe same
things over and over all day. The
place covers a big city block and on
every pillar supporting the floor
above are cages Of wild animals OF
clowns performing different kinds
Of tricks.
AS has always been the case girls
prefer dolls to everything else and
Santa Claus certainly is ready to
see that they get what they want
this year. There are doll wardrobes
as complete as those OF q society
beauty.
For the bcysEwell, there seems
to be almost everything in the
world. There are real wireless tel.
egraph outfits, movie apparatus, air
planes, steam engines, electric rail-
ways and building materials fol
erecting everything from bridge
to court house.
Santa Claus has decided that you
don't care much about the war now
SO he hasn't planned on giving away
many toy soldiers .or battleships
Instead, he believes you are more
interested in circuses than anything
else and has more toys Of that ma.
ture than anything else.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-18
: BECOME STATE BANKS.

Mount Vernon, ILL.,, Dec. 18.-Mi1-
ler C. Wier Of the banking depart
ment of the state auditors Office
was here, yesterday and delivered
charters to eight private. tanks au-
thorizing them to become state
banks. The banks are in Walton
vile. Walnut Hill, Texico. Opdyke,
Bellerive. Belle Prairie. Divide,
and Orchardville.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-18
WILL PRACTICE LAW.

Washington. Dec. 1S.-Joseph p.
Tumulty, secretary to President
Wilson. announced that he had de-
clined the appointment as a chief
Justice Of the court Of custom ap-
peals, which had been offered MIN
BY the president, and that he would
begin the practice Of law In Wash
ington after March I.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-18
GETS OPINIONS
ONCABINETA AND
PLANFOR PEACE
President Elect Discusses
Two Questions Which
Bulk Largely.

Marion, Ohio. Dec. 1S.-In anoth-
or. set Of conferences today Presi-
cent-elect Harding heard advice on
the two subjects which for the
present bulk largest in his mind,
the choice Of . cabinet and the
formulation Of = plan for world
peace.
On the proposal for an Associa-
ton Of Nations, which has taken
more definite form as . result Of his
consultations here, he again con-
ferred with Senator James A. Reed
Of Missouri, a Democrat, who has
been an opponent Of many Of Pres
ident Wilson's policies, and who
took leading part in the fight of
senate irrsconcllables against the
versailles league. Senator Reed
came to Marion last night, at Mr..
Harding's invitation and the ta:A
begun then was continued today.
Another on the president-elect's
appointment list was DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler Of New York, a stu
dent Of international, and an advo-
cate of ratification Of the Versailles
treaty with reservations. DR.. But
lers call also was arranged at Mr..
Harding's request to discuss q peace
plan.
Harry N. Daugherty. pre-conven-
tion manager for Senator Harding
and since the Chicago convention
one Of his closest advisers, and
Senator Harry 8. New Of Indiana,
in charge of the Republican speak
ers' bureau during the campaign,
were callers whose conferences
were understood to concern cabinet
appointments and other. questions of
| policies, as we'll as the peace plans.
Both have been mentioned as pos
sible cabinet members, but Mr..
News friends have indicated that
he prefers to remain in the senate.
Plan Taking Shape.
! Marion, Ohio, Dec. 1S.-United
Press) plan for an association
Of nations is gradually taking shape
in the mind of President-elect
Harding as he confers with the
best minds Of the country" it was
learned today.
II haven't any detailed plan in
my mind that you could measure
Ion with . rule, but have some
general ideas about it." he said.
For the present, however, these
are being carefully guarded from
public gaze.
1t can be stated authoritatively
that the president-elect began his
Marion conferences with no pre-
F, conceived notions as to the plan
which he hopes will evolve ulti-
mately out Of the numerous conver-
sations.
Still different views from those
advanced by such visitors as Bryan
and Senator Fall will be sought by
Senator Harding today from Sena-
tor James Reed. one Of the few
Democratic irreconcilables, and
from Nicholas Murray Butler, pres
ident of Columbia university and
strong advocate Of international
peace. Senator New, Indiana Re
publican, is also expected.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-18
SIGNS PEORIA CONTRACT.

Peoria, III. Dec. 18.-WflIiam X
jackson. signed . contract here to-
day. to manage the Peoria ball club
oe the Three-I league next season.
Il viii be 4ackson's fourth year as
Peofis's manager. The Peoria club
will be entirely rebuilt NEXT year.
he announced. with only four play
ers Of the 1870 team returning next
nDrinH,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-18
FOOT AMPUTATED.'

Waterloo, Iowa, Dec. IA Q.
MacEachron, so, once prohibition
candidate for governor Of Iowa, was
80 seriously injured yesterday
morning when he slipped after
stepping on . street car and was
run over by it. that amputation Of
his left foot was necessary. His
recovery is probable.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-18
QUELL RACE
WAR BY CALL
FOR TROOPS
Soldiers With Bullet Spit.
|. ters' Quiet Town-Take
Negro Away.

Independence, Kan, Dec. 49,
UNITED Press.) Proclamation OF
near military law and its rigid en-
forcement by war veterans had
prevented renewal of. race rioting
here up to an early hour today.
The mayor ordered all places OF
business and amusement closed and
ordered all civilians without per-
mits off the streets after dark. In
coming trains and motor cars were
carefully watched to prevent An in
flux of trouble makers.
Meanwhile two companies of ma
tional guards, one infantry COM
pany and one machine gun were
enroute from Lawrence and due
this morning to take over the po-
licing of the city.
With the lid clamped on tight by
local authorities, only one man was
shot last highland that was an
accident. Oma Small, young guards.
man, was struck in the breast by
buckshot when a shotgun carried
by another guard was accidentally
discharged while the two were
helping clear the streets.
Hundreds of armed guards sur
rounded the Jail during the night
to prevent the lynching of Noble
Green, alleged to have shot Grocer
X. R. Wharton and precipitated the
race riots here. This detail was
expected to be taken over by the
Lawrence machine gun company
today.
Two of the four white mer
wounded last night-A. w. Mibecl
and Fred Kelly-were still in q
critical condition early today.
Take Green to Nowata.
The guardsmen comprise two
com mpanies from Lawrence and they
arrived after Midnight. Just BE-
fore daybreak Noble Green, negro
was spirited from the city Jail and
taken to N0wata-
An emergency organization d
ESQ. former service men, who were
sworn as special police after the
riot, was disbanded on the arriva'
of the state troops.
Mount Machine Guns.
Both national guard companies
infantry and machine gun, wert
from Lawrence. Four machine
guns were mounted at strategic
points about the court house. They
had an aWe-inspiri1g effect on bott
blacks and whites. No one seemel
anxious to hear their staccato bark
They looked different, to would-bt
lynchers than the shotguns ant
rifles in the hands OF war veterans
Even the full uniform Of thu
guarIsmen was more impressive
than the nondescript clothing OF th'
legionnaires.
With the national guardsmen pa
trolling the streets, with motor carl
held to rush troops to the scene o
any outbreak at a minutes notice
and with the angry whites wht
were bent on lynching out OF til
way, authorities anticipated no fur
! ther outbreaks.
The troops arrived at 3:45 a. m
! Major ]. H. Dunkel was in com
mand of all troops.
Given Wide Berth.
Curious crowds gave the machin'
guns a wide berth. Guardsmel
were continually oiling and goinl
over the bullet spitters." Thei
officers indicated the machine gun
would be used without parley IT a
outbreak should occur.
When the legionnaires were re
lieved OF patrol work early toda,
| Adams lost little time in rushing
the black threatened with lypchini
| out of the county in motor car.
All day Friday legion member
and volunteer deputy sheriffs ha'
| kept the peace. BY the time tn
guardsmen arrived their numbe
had grown to 400.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-18
FRIENDS Of VENIzEL0S
Make EFFORT TO LYNCH
CREEK ARMY COLONEL
Crowd Parades strseta
and Wrecks Royanst
Newspaper ONCE.


Constsntineple Dee. 1a-(AG
secAtel Press when new q
the enharkAtion 81 former
King Constantine On his wag y
Athens, became, known here IT,
6reeks manifested their feel.
ing against Constantine n .
denonstration which culmInat.
ed in street fighting. These.
friendly to Constantine were 90
roughly handled that The allied
military police wcfe compelled
to intervene. Crowds pafaAel
the streets singing the VcAI.
xelist anthem, acciaining tho
allied officers and shoaf1ng De.
risive epitAets. ut Greek sail.
ors. A crowd attempted -
break into the heaAquArteFS Of
the Greek military mission for:
the declared purpose of lyneh.
ing Colonel Couxis, chief of The
mission, who does not appear In
public because Of the threa4s
against him. The military Dis.
sion. was protected By . strene
bodyguard.
The crowd later proceeded TO the
offices of the Royalist Newspaper
Patris, wrecked the building and
destroyed the presses. The mani
terminated at . late
hour with the Venizelist General
Younnount commander Of the
Smyrna army. carried through the
streets by an enthusiastic crowd
which acclaimed the allies and for
mer Premier Venixel0s.
A deputation OF Greeks has left
for Constantinople for Nice to Of
fer N. Venizelos costly presents -
an appreciation Of the deep graft
tude Of the Greeks living in Turkey
for his work In behalf of Greece.
Step BY Allies.
= Paris, Dec. 1S.-(United PresS. y
Great Britain and France hays
agreed to q plan whereby they and
Italy will simultaneously withdraw
their ambassadors from Athens,
leaving only charges d'ahaires to
look after their interests, the
French foreign Office announced to-
day. Execution of the project
awaits only endorsement by Italy.
This action, which would reduce
Greco to a third rate power In the
eyes Of the three big European ma
tions, is one Of the steps designed
to indicate the allies opposition to
restoration of King Constantine.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-18
.ssLLAR TAKES FALL.
II David LAWRENCE.
f6aaetaI IN The Argus

III Cnile. Dec. 1S.-Com-
~ "noitions = in Chile are de-
= sliss.s,ec NJ acute. The dollar has
a.ly' but is still quoted at
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-18

Pressl Charges by A. J. Balfour,
British MEMBER OF the council of
the League OF Nations, that at
tempts Were being made in assem-
bly, circles to cOerce the council on
the question OF manda es, marked
q spirited debate in the assembly
OF the league here today. "
The assembly eventually adopted
the report of its mandate committee
which declared the council had
adopted such a policy regarding
mandates that there was no oppor-
tunity to discuss them publicly be-
fore they went into force. The re-
port also declared against the re-
cruiting CT soldiers by mandatory
nations in territories they were ad-
ministering, and against the ex-
ploitation Of the natural resources
of such territories for the benefit of
the mandatory powers.
The attack on the council was led
by Lord Robert Cecil, who criticised
the councils refusal to communi-
cate to the assembly the text of the
various mandates for administra-
tion Of former German colonies.
He was followed by c. J. Doherty
Of Canada, who expressed the dis
appointment felt by the Canadian
delegates that no opportunity had
been given the assembly to examine
the mandates. He warned the
council of the gravity Of the re-
spcnsibility it had assumed in with
holding the mandates from pub
iicity.
Sees Danger.
Mr.. Balfour said the danger, as he
saw it, was not in the terms or the
manner of execution Of the man
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-18
The WEATHER

Generally fair and continued cold
weather tonight and Sunday, with
the lowest temperature tonight
about 10 degrees above zero.
Highest yes erdAy, 30; lowest last
night. IL.
Wind velocity At .. n. 10 miles
per hour.
Precipitation, none.
12m. 7pm. Tam.
yester. yester. today
] Dry bulb temp. 20 Is 1e
Wet bulb temp. ..2S % II
Relative humid. 60 81 IS
River stage, IT: = rise Of / last
"a hours.
River Forecast,
A falling tendency In the MisGis-
sippt will prevail from Clinton 70
iMuscatine.
in. SHERIER. Mstsotoaoeask
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-18

MANDATES STIR
UP LIVELY TILT
ATLEACUE MEET
Coercion Charge Against
Council Gives Zest to
Discussion.

Geneva, Dec. IS. The first
assembly Of the League Of Na-
tons, which has been In ses-
Sion hero since Nos. Is,
adjourned its sessions 1t ESQ
o'clock tbs evening.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-18
River.Fstecsst.

River stage, II; . rise Of i last
~ hours.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-23
The UnmistakabIe cockney.

Lady Georgiana Peel tells some good
stories in her "Recollections." One
concerns her father-in-law, General
Peel.
He was at banquet in Paris. Mis-
trusting his capabiity of conversing In
French, he talked during most of the
dinner to a neighbor who he knew
liked airing his English; but after a
time he made up his mind he must
talk to the silent French gentleman
on his left.
He gathered his French together,
and hazarded a remark: "Quelle
chambre magnifique!"' he said, with
many distinctly foreign gest.culatlons.
The man leant towards him conf
dentially. General Peel braced himself
to understand. SAINT a patch on our
Guildall," was the whisper that reach
ed him with an unmistakable accent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-23
Now the oliver AIrplane.

The perfection Of a small, simplI-
fed airplane with a purchase price
and upkeep within the reach of the
average man, has often been at
tempted In both Europe and America.
One Of the latest American attempts
has resulted in the completion of q
little monoplane, says Popular Me-
chanics Magazine, that measures
only twenty-five feet eight inches in
span, weighs only $50 pounds when
empty, yet is very satisfactory in per-
Torrance. The sIngle-seat body is
Of the monocque, shell type, with the
four struts of the pylon rising in front
of the cockpit. Bracing wires stretch
from the pylon TO eight points
on the spars of the right and left
wing. Ailerons are of the wing tip,
unbalanced variety. A twin cylinder,
opposed engine drives the machine,
giving 1t maximum speed of seven
ty-five miles an hour with a load Of
$50 pounds
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-23
MANY HAVE WRITTEN or WAR
From Homer to the Present Day Cor
respondents Have Accompanied the
Armies In the Field.

War correspondents, who have a
distinguished place in the latest hoa.
ors list, form an ancient tribe If we
reckon Homer as one of them, re-
marks the Manchester Guardian.
Sutherland Edwards maintained that
the editor Of Greek paper entitled
Chronos sent Homer out to Troy to
describe the Incidents Of the siege,
which really lasted only about seven
weeks. But when II was at an end
the Greek chiefs had no desire what
ever to- go home; and as Homer Tor
"O'Maher"-to give his name In its
original un-Hellenized form) was
very good fellow and drew large sal
airy with an abundant allowance for
expenses, he readily accepted the idea
proposed by the wise Ulysses-to keep
the war going In the columns of his
paper as long as he could manage
to write about II. His correspondence
was too good not to publish; and
meantime the Greek chiefs went about
amusing themselves.
spondents In the peninsular war, nor
in the Waterloo campaign-though
Rothschild, In 1915, had a correspond
ent of his own who kept close to
Wellington's army and supplied his
employer with news Of high financial
value. After the peace Of 1875 the
first war Of Importance in Europe was
the one between the Carlists and the
Christmas In Spain, which, beginning
In 1881, dragged on in desultory fash
ion until 1887, when, a British legion
having been formed to assist the Chris
tinos, II attracted much attention In
this country. British opinion was d.
vided, Queen Christina finding support
among the wings, Don Carlos among
the tories. Both armies were accused
Of committing atrocities, so the Times
and the Morning Post sent correspond
ents to the Carlist camp with instruc-
lions to find out how the war was
really being carried on. Capt. Hen
ningsen, who represented the Times,
was an admirable writer and a profess
sional soldier, whereas Charles Cru
nielsen, who went on behalf Of the
Post, possessed no military experience.
Still, he proved the more successful
of the two, for Henningsen's letters
never reached tie Times. Gruneisen's,
on the other hand, appeared in the
Morning Post, and on this rests the
claim put forward, not by Gruneisen
himself but by his friends, for class
ing him as the earliest Of our war
correspondents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-23
-s----y7ists.slEe q = - "a
Woman Question Again.

One day Karl Edwin Hartman
made a pilgrimage to General Wes-
tons Connecticut farm and on the
last lap Of the journey took a jltney.
The driver had his wife on the front
seat with him and Hartman noticed
later that II was the wife who collect
ed the fare. AS they travelled the ed
itor spoke about the author.
'It's just like George Weston's i'm
pudence to write stories about wom-
en-" said Mrs. Jehu. "What does he
know about women? Amt even mar
ried !"
THAT amt no argument" said the
jitney driver, sadly, maybe he knows
too alfred much about 'em to git mar
Red"