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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
TRY TO PICK
TRIAL site
FOR SMALL
Mortimer Confers With
Governors Counsel
in Case.

Springfield. Ill, Oct An an ef-
fort to reach an agreement on
some county mutually satisfactory
as place to go to trial with the
Small embezzlement case, State S
Attorney Mortimer and counsel for
Governor Small met in conference
today for the first actual regotla-
tions between them since the gov
ernor was arrested last summer on
charges of defrauding the state
treasury. Their purpose in meet
ing today was to settle, if possible
the question of another county be-
fore making arguments on a change
of venue in Judge Frank W. Bur
toms court tomorrow.
Agreement VIII Decide.
Former conferences between the
states attorney and the governor
lawyers were principally for the
purpose of setting dates for filing
petitions in the case. The question
of where TO transfer the case was
touched only lightly at those briei
meetings.
II was COlCSuSu tHdI any dSI eS-
ment between Mortimer and the
governors counsel on some one
county would result in that county
being named by the court as the
place in which to try the case.
Arguments before Judge Burton
tomorrow are expected to be short
and perfunctOry.
Venue Change Not Opposed.
Governor Small insisted from
the first that he was immune from
arrest and that if forced to tria
would not receive fair and impair
tial treatment from Sangamor
county jury.
Because of the governor
charges that Sangamon county wa:
hostile, States Attorney Mortimer
Immediately agreed to consent to {
cahnge of venue, reserving the
right to answer the governors &C
cusations.
With Mortimer's answer. il
which he defended Sangamon coun
ty citizenry against the governor
charges, filed in the circuit court
the remaining question to be de
termined in Sangamou county was
the designation of another county
t. which to send the case.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
See World Series
Games On he
Argus Scoreboard

The Argus invites the fans of Rock
Island and vicinity to be its guests tomor-
row and throughout the world series games
at The Argus scoreboard on Second avenue.
Final arrangements have been made for
handling the returns of the games IN the
fastest possible manner. The leased wires
of the Associated Press and United Press
services will flash the game, play by play,
from the Polo grounds to The Argus score
board, and local fans will see the. game
played on the board three seconds after tne
actual play has been made on the field. 1t
will beat by many minutes any commerclal 1oI
service that can be arranged, as Inc Argus
wires are direct to the field. and will not be
interrupted by relays or dependent upon
messenger service at any point
The game will start in New York at z
o'clock or l o'clock Rock Island time. The
city edition of The Argus will carry COM
plete report of the game.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
HAND OF LAW GRIPS KLANSAaERRa IN TEXA;
MISS MUNSON
ARRESTED FOR
POSING IN NUDE
Model Who Sought
Perfect Man in
Bad With LoU.

st. Louis, Mo, Oct. 4.-United
Press IA woman sitting on the
edge of a table, wearing fine silk
hosiery. abbreviated skirts and her
legs crossed is what 1 consider i'm
moral posing"
Audrey Munson, world famed
sculptor's model, made this state
ment today just before she went
on trial before Judge Miller in the
criminal court of correction on a
charge of nude posing.
Gauzy Gown, Spotlight
Miss Munson is specifically
charged with conspiracy to com
NIT acts injurious to public morals
by posing on platform in front of
"a screen in the Royal theatre
garbed in a gauzy gown with a
spotlight thrown on her.
Last Saturday police swooped
down on the theatre. seized the
film, "Innoc enCe," in which Miss
Munson plays the leading role,
closed the movie house. whisked
the model and her manager, Ben
Judell, to the police headquarters
and booked them on a morals
charge. The accused was released
on bail.
Counsel for Miss Munson and
Judell announced that if necessary
the picture would be produced in
the courtroom to show it is pure.
viii Pose fOr Judge.
Added to the moral weight of the
trial was the presence of several
ministers, who saw the picture and
voiced their disapproYal. The
Church federation asked the pas
tors to be on hand and if called
upon, to testify that church mem
bers considered the complained OF
exhibition as immoral.
1t became known that Miss Nun
son would pose for Judge Miller at
the Royal theatre in the same
green silk drapery that she wore
last Saturday and the film, limo
cence," would be shown.
Following this ceremony Miss
Munson will go to court to stand
trial.
Miss Munson set America ages
recently when she advertised for q
husband, stipulatng he would have
to be a perfect man"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
SHIP BOARD
HEARS HEAD
OF MARINE
Franklin Denies Yank
Ships Hurt by Brit
ish Agreement.

New York. Oct. 4-Operatins
agreements between the Interna-
tional Mercantile Marine, an Ameri-
can corporation, and the British
government did not affect the COM
pany's American flag ships, even be
fore the drafting of a supplement-
ary agreement requesed by the ship
ping board, p A S. Franklin, pres
ident of the International Mercan-
tile Marine, told members of the
board at a special hearing here to-
day
The hearing was called to obtain
from Mr.. Franklin a recital of de-
tails of the British agreement
which was attacked by Senator
Jones of Washington before its
amendment as being inimical TO the
foreign commerce of the United
States. Senator Jones charged il
bound the company ito pursue no
policy injurious to the interests of
British trade"
Was Not Secret.
The agreement, originally drafted
in 1903, was sought by the com
pany, Mr.. Franklin told the board
to Offset advantages gained by the
Cunard Line when the British gov
ernment began to build up that line
by loans and favorable mail con-
tracts, following acquisition OF
tional Mercantile Marine. The
agreement gave the International
Mercantile Marine the benefit oi
British mail and other valuable
contracts. He denied that it had
been kept secret, as chraged BY
Senator Jones.
During 10 years of operating
under these agreements" he con-
/ tinued, I'VE have never been inter
ferei with by the British govern
ment in the management of ouI
ships, and no restraint of any kind
has ever been placed upon US. We
have always been entirely free tc
act in every direction and in what
soever manner we thought best fol
the Ships that we owned, and we
have pursued a policy accordingly.
Compete With Britain.
During this entire period We
have had American flag ships IL
competition with British ships and
British flag ships which we OWL
in strong and continuous competi,
ton with the Cunard and Other
| British companies
Mr.. Franklin emphasized that the
company was an American corpora
tion, 931A per cent of it's stock be,
ing okned by American citizens
Only one-half of one per cent of thC
stock is held by English investors
he said, and a similar amount by
| Canadians.
He asserted that, recognizing the
| development of national aspiration:
for an American merchant marine
the company began negotiations il
1918 to dispose of its British f1as
ships to British sydicate but tha
the sale was stopped at the reQues
of President Wilson.
Reads Wilson Letters.
He read three letters from Mr.
Wilson in support of his assertion
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
SIX DISTRICT JUDGES
VOICE DENUNCIATION
OF INVISIBLE EMPIRE
VIII Stop Masked Parade
With Machine Guns,
Sheriff Says.

Dallas, Texas, Oct 4.-Associat-'
ed Press.) six district judges in
Texas today denounced the Ku-
klUx Khan Most of the judges in
cluded all other kindred clandes-
tine orders in Texas in their de-
nunCiation.
The general discussion of the
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan by the
district judges follows closely upon
the heels of the clash on Saturday
night between the sheriff of Nc
Lehman county and paraderS
marching behind abe emblem of
the klan at Lcrena, in which the
sheriff and nine other men were
wounded.
Mayor U. S. HarreIl of Cameron,
in a proclamation called on all law
abiding citizens to assist the po-
lice to prevent bloodshed and loss
of life in prohibiting any parade
of the K. K X. or other masked or
der.
First Real Opposition.
San Antonio, Texas, Oct. A.
Omitted Press. Unseen eyes OF
the invisible empire" faced a chal-
lenge from Texas authorities
the first real opposition in the state
| today.
! Closely following the riot at L'O-
rena wherein several men includ-
| ing Sheriff Bob" Buchanan, were
wounded, and the arraignment OF
masked activities by Judge Hamil-
| ton in charging Tue Austin grand
| jury to investigate a second time,
Chief of Police Mussey and Sheriff
! Tobin of San Antonio met rumors
! of a Ku Klux KIan parade here
with the ultimatum that it cannot
be held.
I IN use a machine gun If neces-
sary to stop a parade in which
marchers wear masks" Tobin de-
! clared.
Probe LoreHa ShoOtingS.
simultaneously a second grand
jury investigation of the klan IN
this county was ordered b. Judge
! S. C. Taylor OF the Forty-dfth dis
trict court
Judges in six Texas district
courts had today denounced the
Khan and Judge r l. Monroe OF
+ Waco reiterated he would cali the
/ McLennan county grand jury 10 N
{ EeSL!S9Le the ISCIGD& SuOt'ALA69 ~
! soon as the condition of the Sc
ri0usly wounded men permits
The KIan question was again
/ before the public eye today after
lying dormant for several weeks.
Klan officials were silent as to
what they will do to meet the lat
1 est attack on the organization
Will Enforce Law.
While there may be no real harm
in permitting a parade Of masked
( KIansmen," said Chief Mus5ey, it
( would be in violation of the law.
propose to enforce the law at all haz-
ards, and if necessary use every man
in my department and any other
necessary force to prevent such
parade as was staged at Lorena.'
Declaring that the law forbids
any person TO appear masked upon
the highways of the state or in any
public place. Sheriff Tobin stated
there will be no parade Of masked
men here if he is able to prevent IT.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
Late Bulletins

Philadelphia. Pa. Oct. A.
Three armed bandits in q mo-
Tor car held up James Flynn.
a United States Shipping
Board paymaSter. near the Hog
Island shipyards this afternoon
and robbed him of about $lO.-
OO0. They escaped.
Washington, Oct. 4.-Invita-
tens TO the governments OF
Belgium. Holland and POrtu-
gal to become members OF the
conference on Far Eastern sub
iects were being prepared to-
day at the state department.
Rockford. ILL.,, Oct. 4-Sheriff
Harry Baldwin of Winnebag0
county. was seriously hurt and
his wife and Mr.. and Mrs Paul
Thinker and Mr.. and Mrs John
Bollman. al of Rockford, were
injured when a car in which
they were returning from CHI
eagO, turned over after collld-
ing with another automobile on
the Lincoln highway five miles
east OF Rochelle yesterday att
ernO0n.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
.MIL.LISFIRED
BY DUST BLAST
Oklahoma Flour Company's Plant
Burns With Loss of $500, 900
One Worker Injured.

Yukon, Okla, Oct. 4.-(United
Press. Fire which followed a dust
explosion in the Yukon Mill and
Elevator company's flour mill here
shortly before midnight was still
burning early today. Company Of
fcials estimated the loss would ex-
ceed $4,000 One mill worker
was severely burned in fighting
the flames.
Fire companies from Oklahoma
City and FL Reno are assisting the
local volunteer brigade.
The mill is one Of the largest in
the southwest.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
Open BIDSFOR
19O MILES ROAD
Several Hundred Contractors
Gather in SPringfeld-Letting
Largest in History.

Springfield, Ill, Oct. 4.-(United
Press. Several hundred road con-
tractors are here today to be on
hand when the Highway Division
opens bids on 100 miles Of hard sur
fact roads, 73 miles of grading and
63 bridges.
The letting was expected to be
the largest in the history of the
state. The hard surfaced sections
TO be let are in the following coun-
ties:
Kankakee. jackson, Perry, Wash
ington, Livingston, Mclean, Henry.
Bureau, Woodford, Champaign,
Piatt, Macon, Richland, William
son, Dupage, LasalIe and Madison.
The figures probably will not be
tabulated until tomorrow.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
SPOTLIGHT OF
DIVORCE HITS
NINE. WALSKA
Pri77d Donna to Sue
Alexander Smith
Cochran.

New York. Oct. 4-United Press
The affairs of Nine. Gamma Walls
ka, former prima donna of the Chi
cago Grand Opera, which was back
ed by Harold F. Mccormick, soon
will be laid before the public in two
legal actions, it was learned to-
day
The first is the expected separa-
ton proceedings between Nine.
Walska and Alexander Smith Coch-
ran. her wealthy husband
The second is suit by Benjamin
Atwell, former publicity representa-
tive of the Chicago Opera, who asks
+, $4,000 he says is due in salary to
! be paid him by the company.
Press Agent Brings Suit.
| Atwen, it was learned. will al
! lege when his suit comes to trial
/ that the opera company lost money,
due to its directors exercising per
sonal whims. The company charges
| in an amended answer that the loss
/ was due to Atwell's inefficiency.
Mccormick, president of the In
! ternational Harvester company,
was one of the principal hackers
! of the company He is said to be a
personal friend of Alexander Smith
Cochran. husband of Nine Walska,
and it was through his efforts that
! Nine. Walska obtained the star role
; in Zaza, one of the big productions
of the last opera season in Chica-
/ go. The night of the dress rehears-
al it is reported she quarreled with
Guinea Marinuzzi, the director, who
said her voice was weak She
/ marched off the stage and never re-
| turned. Later the opera directors
met and asked Marinuzzi to resign,
it was said.
Would Subpoena Mccormick.
Atwell, according to his friends,
wants to subpoena Mccormick TO
testify regarding this episode when
the case comes to trial. He also
wants to summon Mary Garden
who was business manager of the
opera company during part of last
season. Mccormick is residing al
his mansion at Lake Forest near
/ Chicago, where he announced yes
terday that he and his wife-daugh-
ter of John D. Rockefeller-had
separated.
1t is not known yet whether Nine
Walska's contemplated divorce pro
ceedings. against Cochran will be
started here or in Paris. Dudley
Field Malone, her attorney, an
nounced today that she would start
the suit, If at all, when she feels
like it,
! McCormick's lawyers here today
issued a statement denying state
ments about the McCormicks' mari
tai troubles made by Captain Rod
ley Sterling Wyman, who reported
himself as being a "liaison officer,
between Mccormick and his wife.
Wyman is unknown to McCor-
mick, the statement said.
McCOFmicks Silent.
Chicago, Oct. 4-(United Press.
I-Kultur and gendarmes today kept
the public from further word OF
the separation of Harold McCor-
mick and his wife, the daughter Ot
John d. Rockefeller.
Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCor-
mick slipped from her home on the
Gold Coast" today and went into
conference with the corps of Teu-
tonic psychologists whose offices
occupy a whole floor in Chicago s
most expensive hotel.
Out at Lake Forest, Mccormick
president of the International Har-
vester company, was guarded by q
score of uniformed guards He was
mot at home" to those who want
Continued on Page ElevenJ
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
ARMS MEET
is PRAISED
BY PREMIER
Event Which Will Affect
Human History for
Centuries.

Inverness, Scotland. Oct. 4--(By
The Associated Press.) )-The prime
minister, Lloyd George, in a speech
here today concerning unemploy-
ment. deviated in his introduction
to refer optimisucall yto the forth
coming conference in Washington
on Limitation of Armaments. de-
claring 1T will constitute one of
those outstanding events which will
affect human history for centur-
les"
Summary of Programs.
Washington, Oct 4.-Unfted
Press. Am authoritative summary
of the programs the big powers ex-
pect to stand by in the conference
on limitation Of arnaments was OBJ
tanned by the United Press.
The programs indicated that big
difficulties lie ahead of the con-
ference and that this country must
steer the parley through a maze of
conflicting aims and prejudices.
The summary of the programs
follows:
United States.
This government sincerely desires
an agreement among the nations of
Limitation of naval armaments. 1t
would also limit land armaments, if
this is found to be practicable, and
wants the new agencies of war
fare controlled as far as possible.
The United States also wants to
reach a frank agreement with the
powers on principles and policies to
govern its actions in the far east
Great Britain.
This nation wants a satisfactory
solution of the question of renewal
of the Anglo-Japanes alliance, one
that will satisfy the opposition OF
the United States to this pact.
Great Britain also would like to
have the question of the allied debt
of s11, 900, 600 to the United
States settled.
This is a question which France
and Italy also would like to see
taken up by the conference but the
United States has no intention OF
letting this become problem to be
settled by the conference.
Japan.
1nls empire does not intend to
have her place in the sun" in the
far east dimmed by the conference
and will be wary of any action
which would take away her present
advantageous naval position among
the powers or her favorable oppor-
tunity Of wiping out the present
naval superiority of the United
States and Great Britain.
France.
Wants to trade her agreement tC
limitation of land armaments for
some guarantee by the powers OF
her security against another attack
by Germany.
Italy.
Italy is in close harmony with
the international policies of the
United States.
China
Aside from the individual ambi-
tons and schemes of her statesmen
China is expected to make a great
effort to shake off the foreign con-
troll that through the decades has
crept into the administration of heI
country
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
FACULTY FIRES
15FOR HAzING

Chicago, Oct Fifteen students
of Northwestern university have
been dismissed as the result of aH
investigation into hazing resulting
in the disappearance of one student
and the near drowning Of another
two weeks ago. ii became known to-
dav. University officials refused
to divulge the names of the stu
dents. Most of them. il was said,
have entered into other schools
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
STATE ALREADY
AIDING JOBLESS

Springfield. Ill, Oct. 4.-United
Press. Illinois already is doing
everything in its power to relieve
unemployment. Governor Len Small
declared in commenting on Presi-
dent Harding's request for cooper
alton with the unemployment con-
ference.
The state executive pointed out
that Illinois road building program
together with the work on the Hi
nois waterway and at the institu-
tions will do much to relieve the
unemployment situation
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
MOVIES BLAMED
BY SHERIFF FOR
CROWDED JAILS

Chicago. Oct. 4.-Uncensered
motion pictures we're blamed
fer the cTowding of county jail
here by Sheriff Charles ". Pc
ters. In letter TO the county
commissioners, Sheriff Peters
asserted that uncensored mo-
ton pictures and the infamed
appetite for easy money or
the part of young men without
character was responsible for
the fact that Cook county jail
/ contains twice as many prison
ers as II was built to accom-
modate.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
Mother thinks
SON MURDERED
Police Quiz Hugh Burlington,
Brother Of Boy Scout Found
Hanged.

Chicago. Oct 4-United PressJ
Hugh Burlington. 10, was ques-
toned by police today in connec-
ton with the death OF his i3-yeaF-
old brother, Samuel, VINO was
found dead with a moose about his
neck in a clothes press.
Police held TO the theory that
Samuel. who was a boy scout AID
expert at tying knots. died while
experimenting
Mrs. Charles +. Pinkham, his
mother. believes her son was mur-
dered.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
CONGRESSMAN FLIES; is HURT,

Keyser. ". Va. Oct. 4.-Lieuten-
ant John A. McCready OF Cook
field, Dayton, Ohio. and Congress
man Roy Fitzgerald Of that dis
trict. flying to Washington. were
forced to land here. Both were
bruised but were not seriously
hurt.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
DREAD DISEASE
IS INCREASING

Springfield, III, Oct 4.-(United
Press )-Infantile paralysis is on
the increase in Illinois according
to the weekly health report wired
TO Washington by the Illinois de-
partment of health.
Fffty-four new cases were re-
ported to the department last week.
Fourteen are in Chicago. OF asa
cases of diphtheria, 141 are in Chi
cage
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04

Washington, Oct 4.-Retail food
prices in 10 cities showed a ten
dency TO decrease during Septem-
Der. according TO a report made by
the labor department.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
The WEATHER

Fair tonight and Wednesday. Ris-
ing temperature. Possibly light
frost tonight
Highest temperature yesterday,
So; lowest last night, Sc.
Wind velocity at a. m, miles
per hour.
Precipitation, none.
12m. 7p.m. am.
yester. yester. today
Dry bulb TEN. ..56 so 81
Wet bulb tenn. As 43 50
Relative hum. AZ 5S SS
Sunset today. $40 p. m; sunrise
tomorrow. :04 a. m.
River stage at a. M, feet, a
fall of 2 last "a hours.
River Forecast.
The Mississippi river from below
Dubuque to Muscatine will change
bat little during the next two days
ANDREW HAARICK,
Meteorologist- =
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04
FOOD PRICES DECLINE.

Continued On Page Eieven.)
Arizona republican., 1921-11-13

yi1 yield more and be more profi- tahIa in the Salt River Valley? Com mon sense demands that if a change is to be made, the dearest evidence n,ust he brought forward that it Iro,,fd he a change for the better. Ts any such evidence at hand? Who is nrenared to prove that this or the other of the fifty or more varieties of long staple upland cotton is the one which will bring greater pros neritv of the Salt River valley?
 Ii goes without saying that many of tbe cotton growers in the Valley T,-i1I Stick to Pima cotton. It is un- Iil[elv that the others will all agree unon one variety to replace it. Con seouentIv there is very grave danger that inc Salt River Valley would soon be in the position of the greater part of inc southern cotton belt, to say nothing of the Imperial and Yuma val Ievs in the Southwest, where differ ent variety is grown in every field and where he seed of all IS mixed at the gins. The inevitable result will be that a uniform and standard ized product, adapted to modern CO., operative methods of marketing. can no longer be obtained.
 The burden of proof rests upon the advocates of change, not upon the hundreds of farmers who have grown Pima cotton profitably for several years, who expect to continue sroW : ing it and who have a rlght 10 lnsls' that their seed shall not become
 mixed and contaminat& as result of their neighbors' haphazard eAperi- ments with other varieties