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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06
SUGAR PRICES
Low IN HAWAII
Slight Recovery in Price Predicted
But Planters ire Not OPP
timistic.

Honolulu, T. H, July Ga slight
recovery in price, with low prices
for two years, is the forecast of
the Hawaiian sugar situation given
by L. Faxon Bishop. president of
the Hawaiian Sugar Planters assc-
citation, on his return from a re-
cent business trip to the mainland.
Mr.. Bishop said:
Il am inclined to think there
will be a little recovery in the
price of sugar within a short time.
but it is difficllt to be optimistic
now. The staple food commodities
are net moving the way they ought
to. The Cuban carry over OF su-
gar, as of June l, was 100000
tons.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06
JURY WONTGET
DEVEREUX CASE
DEFENSE SAYS
Declares States EUi-
dence Will Acquit
Both Women.

Tulsa, Okla, July 6.-(United
Press -)-Prediction that the Dew
ereux murder case will never reach
the jury was made by H. B. Mar
tin, chief defense counsel.
Declaring that the states evil
dence alone will acquit Goldie Cor
don, beautiful artists model, and
Mrs. Jesse James, divorcee, charg-
ed with the murder of the aged
Judge John Devereaux, Oklahoma
supreme court commissioner, last
May, Martin announced he will file
demurrer Immediately after the
states evidence. If the motion is
denied, Martin asserted the defense
will be a straightforward denial of
the charge.
"Murder Fans. Flock In.
The state began testimony this
morning. First witness on the
stand was r. J. Mcclure, local un-
dertaker
With the opening of the doors.
Judge Redmond S. Coles court was
swamped with morbid murder fans.
Women and old men predominated
in the audience.
The two women faced the court
as jauntily as ever. They spent
most of the morning glancing over
the newspapers and watching the
faces Of the jury. Both were dress
ed in the height of style.
The jury trying the two women
predominated in workingmen with
families. Three were farmers
three others were oil workers
There was one merchant, one real
estate man andS one hotel owner
Thirty jurymen were examined in
selecting the II.
Two Women Accused.
The hardest task of the defense,
according to John Goldsberry,
heading the prosecution, will be to
prove why the two women remov-
ed the aged iurist from his apart
ments to the hotel room where he
was later found dying with a deep
cash on his head.
Martin declared testimony will
prove that Judge J. G. Devereux
visited the hotel of his own accord
to look over new rooms with the
intention of later moving.
A coroner's jury returned a YER
dict some time ago that Devereux
died from wounds inflicted by per-
sons unknown and an overdose OF
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06
MUNDY NOW DENIES HE MURDERED GIRL
FORMER "CON"
MAN INDICTED
FOR 8OTH TIME
Latest Charge Is Ir,
Connection With
Film Company.

San Francisco, Calf, July 6.-In-
dictment of Harry Brolaski in New
York, with Anthony Drexel, Elliot
Norton and Louis R. Jennings in
connection with the affairs of the
Standard Film industries, Inc,
makes 80 times Brolaski, politician,
former gambler and. self-styled re
formed confidence man" has been
indicted, according to records of
San Francisco courts.
New York news dispatches tell
ing of the indictments against the
four said Norton was an author. So,
too, is Brolaski. He wrote d book
titled "A Fool and His Money"
Under Prison Sentence.
Broldsk now is under prison SEN
tence of United States courts here
following his conviction as the
master mind" of an alleged huge
whisky selling conspiracy which
was declared to have involved thou
sands of dollars. The sentence
also included a fine of $4,000. He
is free on bail while appealing from
the sentence, and has been i'll at
his home for several weeks
The story of the many indict-
ments against Brolaski was brought
out at the whisky trial. Testimony
was given that Brolaski had boast
ed he had been indicted 79 times,
but never forced to serve time be-
cause of the indictments.
Violates Dry Law.
All the large cities and many of
the smaller cities in the country
have known Brolaski, he said
The technical offense Brolaski
was charged with here was con-
spiracy TO violate the prohibition
law.
John D. Costello, secretary to
former United States Senator
James Phelan, was indicted. Dur
ing the trials Charles Youngberg,
a customs broken, testified that
John S. Dunnigan, clerk of the
San Francisco board of supervisors,
had paid the internal revenue tax
on 81 barrels of liquor withdrawn
for Democratic national convention
entertainment purposes.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06
ASSERTS CONFESSION
HE KILLED BEATRICE
KINCAID IS MISTAKE
Was Excited, Did Not
Realize What He
Was Doing.

Springfield, Ill, July 6.-Decla--.
ing his confession was all mis-
take" and that he will repudiate
his statement admitting his guilt
when he goes to trial as the slayer
of 10-year-old Beatrice kincaid, Ed
ward Mundy today denied any con-
nection with the death of the child
whose body was found in a water
trough on her fathers farm near
ILL.,, Sunday.
Is Safe in Cell
AS he sat in a cell In the Sanga-
mon county Jail here, Mundy said
he was excited and did not realize
what he was doing when he made
the confession yesterday.
Feeling in Winchester against
Mundy was more than ever when
it was learned that the farm hand
had been spirited to Springfield for
protection
Mundy, who is 81, said he has
known the Kincaid family for years
and that he often cared for Beatrice
when she was little babe.
Carries Girl to House.
81 did not kill her." he said. 'I
was with her father when her body
was found and l carried her into
the house. The last time l saw
her alive was about $50 Sunday
night She was in the front yard.
l went out to look after the hogs.
battled them and l believe l got
blood on my clothes.
When 1 carried the child into
the house blood was coming from
her mouth. The doctor said she had
been assaulted. Perhaps l got
blood on my clothes from carrying
her.
Has Blood on Shirt.
"I was arrested and when the
coroner told me to undress blood
stains were found on my shirt. I
thought I was in for it and admitted
the crime. Many an innocent man
has been sent to prison, you know.
81 was treated fine and was not
forced to make any statement"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06
new GUN IS
WONDERFUL
INvEN TI0N
Claim May Be Developed
to Hurl Five Ton Pro
jectile 800 Miles.

New York, July 6.-Scientists and
inventors today discussed the re-
markable qualities of a new gun
which Dr. Miller Reese Hutchinson,
former chief engineer for Thomas
A. Edison, claims may be developed
to hurl d projeCtile of five tons
from two hundred to three hundred
miles. Its velocity he declared,
ranges from one to five miles a Sec
onG
The noise it made at a demon
stration yesterday sounded much
like the click of a cash register,
though only miniature weapon
with an eight inch barrel was used.
Its projectile may be stopped in a
sheet of steel with the precision of
a trolley car.
Designed By Engiishman.
The gun is the invention of John
Temple, an Englishman, who de-
veloped the idea in this country.
The demonstration, held in the
presence of scientists and newspa-
permen, was, curiously enough, held
in Dr.. Hutchinson office on the
51st floor of the Woolworth build
ing. The testing grounds consisted
of d box of sand on the floor of the
office, over which was placed a
sheet of steel three-quarters of an
inch thick
Pointing the gun downward to the
offices filled with people beneath
him, DR.. Hutchinson discharged the
weapon and the cash register click
was heard. In the sheet of steel
there was lodged projectile three
inches long and one-half inch in di-
ameter. The ends stuck out on
either side of the steel.
One Mile a Second.
The demonstration gun used by
DIR. Hutchinson had a velocity of
one mile a second. He declared
the high power rifles now in vogue
obtained their velocity through the
use of small projectiles, long bar
rels and about three times as much
powder as is used in the new wea-
poT.
The principle of burning the pow
der, which does not permit waste,
before the projectile starts to move,
has been applied in the gun, DR..
explained as he showed
many other things which TO the lay
mind were as unintelligible as lee
ture on higher mathematics would
be to the average lad of 10 years.
The elimination of loud report, he
said was obtained by confinement
of the expanding gases to the cham
ber from which the projectile en-
anated- The weapon resembled the
nozzle of a pneumatic hammer.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06

SILENT. ON
ERIN PEACE
Developments Expected
From fridays Confer
ence in Dublin.

London, July 6.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press.) Jan Chris
tian Smuts, the South American
premier, on his return from Ire
land this morning after his confer
ences with Eamonn de Valera and
other Irish republicans in Dublin
yesterday, conferred here this
morning with Premier Lloyd
George, Sir James Craig, the Ulster
premier, and Earl Middleton, the
southern Unionist leader.
General Smuts Reports.
General Smuts reported the re-
suit of his talks with the Sim
Fein leaders on the Irish situa-
ton.
The feeling generally was that
today's conference would have a
marked influence on the conversa-
tions to be resumed in Dublin Fri
day between Eamonn de Valera,
the Republican leader, and repre-
sentatives of southern Irish Union
lists.
Premier Lloyd George presided
over today's conference. Among
the conferees were also Sir Hamar
Greenwood, chief secretary for Ire
land; Lord Birkenhead, the lord
high chancellor; Edward Shortt,
the secretary for home affairs, and
A. J. Balfour, lord president of the
council
PIunkett Joins Meeting.
Sir Horace Plunkett later joined
the conferees. This gave rise to
still further hopes of favorable re-
suits from the conference in view
of Sir Horace's position in Irish
affairs.
Officials here were uncommuni-
cative concerning today's confer
ence, believing that any announce
mert at this time might be preju-
dicial to the peace pourparler. 1t
is believed, however, that General
Smuts brought from De Valera and
his associates definite proposals
and that the reply to these will
have great bearing on Fridays
conference in Dublin.
Dublin, July 6.-(By the Asso-
cia;ed Press.)-The negotiations
under way for peace in Ireland
have not as yet brought about an
armistice, and today soldiers were
searching pedestrians believed
likely to be carrying concealed
arms in the streets of Dublin.
A police patrol was ambushed
last night in Camolin, County Wex-
ford, by men with bombs and rifles.
During a 15-minute battle which
ensued four corporals were wound
ed.
Other ambushes occurred in Cor
rofin, County Clare, and Thomas
town, County Kilkenny, without
casualties.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06
DAYTONIN IN Grip
OF CAR STRIKE
Employees Claim Companies Violat-
ed Agreement-Charges At
tempt to Break Union.

Dayton, Ohio, July 6.-Dayton to-
day was held in the grip of its
third street car strike in four years.
Employees of all six city traction
companies, with the exception of
the city division of the CINCINNATI
& Dayton interurban line, voted
unanimously at o'clock this morn
ing to strike, effective at once.
Employees, justifying their strike
action, claim that the companies
have violated their agreement by
announcing a new wage scale of As
cents an hour without arbitration.
They claim an attempt is being
made to break the power of the un-
ion and start an open shop policy.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06
DEVIL CAN HAVE
NEW YORK, SAYS
ZION CITY HEAD

Zion City. Ill, July 6.-CCnit-
ed PressD-Satan can trail
around with New York and 9th
or large cities on the end Of his
riIchfork for all Wilbur Glenn
VoIIva cares.
The overseer of Zion today
handed the whole Manhattan
island over to the devil to have
and to hold.
Nu'iva has given up his 9laG
of sending a white Tobed amy
Of crusaders TO New York and
other centers TO enforce the
olue laws of Zion.
He reached this drastic con-
cIds.on upon the return OF MISS
F,rien Buhmaun and Miss Belle
Schetnorn from rAc great white
way.
Inc two women had 5e7n
dowI. to New York for three
months and retYIIec without 4
singIc blue law or convert 10
tilCIr credit
they told Vol. "a what an In
nabiisrt of a big city thinks
about
'Tis this:
Pleasure. J.
Dancing.
Movies. III
Money.
More pleasure.
The former ambassador TO
the court Of Belzebu5 then in
hailed the pure air OF peaceful
Zion.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06
Late Bulletins

Washington, July 6.-Refus-
ing to accept house action in
reducing some appointments in
the naval bill, the senate today
returned the measure to con-
ference.
There was no dispute over
the BOrah amendment authOrfz-
ing and requesting the presi-
dent TO call representative OF
Great Britain and yapan to a
naval disarmament conference.
The senate's action to-day finally
assured retention OF the BOrah
rider.
Mexico City, July 6.-By The
Associated Press High gov
ernment officials here said TO-
day they saw nothing in the
situation in the Tampico oil
field TO cause Uneasiness over
International relations. They
did not anticipate serious
trouble in that district. The dis
patch of two United States war
vessels to TampieO was treated
conservatiEely by the Mexico
City newspapers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06
GEORGIA TOWN
UNDER MARTIAL
LAW AFTER RIOT
Union Rail Men At
tack Sfrikebreokers:
One May Die.

Fitzgerald, Ga, July 6.-United
Press. )-Rioting which broke out
late last night when alleged strike
sympathizers and employees of the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad engaged in pitched battle
near the roads shops. was quelled
early today.
Three companies of infantry from
Macon and CorbeIl arrived here at
3 a. N. and took over the work OF
preserving order.
Sheriff HaIts Fighting.
Deputies, sworn in by Sheriff E.
H. Dorminy, halted the riOting
shortly before daybreak.
W. T. Reid, strike-breaking en-
gineer, received five bullet wounds
during the battle. He has a slight
chance to recover, physicians said.
Two arrests were made early to-
day. Warner Jordan and Sam
Whittle, strikers, were arrested
charged with starting the riot.
Reid had just arrived on his en-
glne at the roads shops Here when
a volley was fired from a nearby
cornfield.
Governor HardWick Called.
Governor Hardwick was called
On long distance shortly after mid
night and told of the fighting.
Adjutant General J. VanHolt Nash
Immediately ordered the national
guard troop to the scene
They are under command of Col
onel H. E. Russell of Macon.
Martial law was proclaimed
shortly after the troops arrived.
Guards were placed at strategic
points. With the arrival of the
troops regular train service, which
was suspended during the riot, was
resumed on the a. B. & A
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06
CAUSEOF BLAST
WILL BE PROBED

Chicago, July 6.-An investigation
to fix the blame for the explosion
which on Monday wrecked tae
Standard Oil company refinery at
Whiting, Ind, killing eight en-
ployes and injuring S5 others, is
10 be launched Immediately, accord
Ing to DR.. Edward Newton, deputy
coroner of Lake county, Indiana,
today.
Officials of the company at Whit
ing, classed as plausible" the the
ory that a small leak in one of the
stills had been ignited in some maj
ner.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06
FRENCH TRAIN
WRECkED;4DIE

Brussels. July Six French
postal employees were killed today
when a train, travelling from Am
sterdam to Paris, was derailed> near
Mons. Four other French postal
employees and two Belgian railways
were seriously injured The mail
car of the train was demolished. It
is believed the accident was the
result of an attempt to wreck the
train by criminalS.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06
IRISH CONFERENCE DARK

Dublin, July 6.-Aside from the
fact that Jan c. SHUTS, South Afri-
can premier, has arrived and con
ferred with Irish leaders, pract,c-
ally nothing is known as To the pro
gress of the Irish peace move
Eent
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06
hOW'D YOU LIKE
~ PAY BET ON
FIGHT THIS WAY?

n,ore U.aaha, Neb.. July e.-while
SON 1nan five hundred per-
s,as, & looked on Mrs. Rose
fresI- fn yesterday paid a
carnoe oet on the Dempsey
Sipentier bout by plotting
b,s;ner ser Binkley through the
ss;l,. ;Ss section here in a
sns decorated wheelbar-
4 =. she had a large placard.
On ~ - on Carpenter, pinned
ni,,,. pack. 1t took her 25
Tho h.'es to wheel Binkley over
e Prescribed route.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06
BARES
JULY z "PL0T"
Champ Asserts Two Men With
Towel Found in His Corner in
Third Round.

Chicago, July 6.-Jack Dempsey
arrived here today for a short visit
on his way to Salt Lake City. He
said two men were found in his
corner in the third round last Satur-
day.
"One man had a towel in his
hand" Dempsey said, "and my
friend Mike Trant questioned them.
The men told Trant Rickard had
nut them there. Trant did not
credit the story and had the police
take. them away. l believe these
men intended to throw the towel
into the ring from my corner, ere
ating a scene of disorder"
Before we entered the ring. Ref
cree Harry Ertle told Carpenter
and myself the battle must be de-
cided on its merits and he would
not recognize a victory for either
man unless kearns or Descamps
came into the ring over the ropes
with a towel in his hand"
The champion held open house
at his hotel here and many people
flocked in to see him.
Dempsey was full of praise for his
opponent last Saturday. He de-
clared Carpenter was "a dandy fell
low, a great sportsman, and as
game as they make them"
New York, July G. The state
ment of Jack Dempsey in Chicago
that two men appeared in his cor
ner in the third round of the Car
pentier- Dempsey bout, presumably
to throw a towel into the ring, was
a surprise to newspaper men here
who covered" the contest from
ringside seats.
Apparently the presence of the
visitors went unnoticed
by the 500 news men, for their
stories made no mention Of them.
To reach the ringside, the men
either would have had to press their
way down a narrow aisle, heavily
by police. or climb over
several rows of workers, typewrit-
ers and telegraph instruments
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06
THE WEATHER

Generally fair and continued
warm tonight and Thursday.
Highest temperature yesterday,
S5; lowest last night, rs.
Wind velocity at a. N. / mile
per hour.
Precipitation, none
I'm 7pm. Tam
yester. yester. today
Dry bulb .....-S2 "a rs
Wet b0lO ..-..73 rs Ia
Rel. humidity ..65 &c IS
River stage at a. m Sc a fall of
. last "a hours.
River Forecast.
The Mississippi river from be-
low Dubuque to Muscatine will
continue to fall slowly until heavy
rains occur.
E. E. UNGER,
Observer.
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League Might Help.

If it were not for the peculiar
situation that has arisen with re-
spect to the refusal of the United
States government to enter the
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1921-02-18

Nearly everybody in Southwest
Missouri either knows or has heard
of the Rev. Parker Moon, who for a
full half century has devoted his life
and talents to Sunday school and Or
ganization work for the Society Of
Friends or Quakers.
Uncle Parker" as he is more ia.
miliarly known, came from flne old
rugged Quaker stock, and there IL
not better known or more highly
respected citizen In that part of the
State. In referring to hts remarkable
restoration "a health by Taulac. he
said
about five years ago ! suffered
general breakdown. My principal
trouble was nervous indigestion. My
appetite was very poor and my food
seldom agreed with me, and l had to
live on a very restricted diet. suf-
fered a great deal from headaches
and dizzy spells; | had severe pains
across the small of my back and was
badly constipated most of the time.
In fact, | was so weak and run down
| was not able to attend to my duties
This condition made me very
nervous and / could not sleep at
night. Frequently | would lie awake
most all night and was in that con-
dition more or less for five years.
My physician said he could not do
anything for me and suggested a
change of climate. | then moved to
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1921-02-18

Wanted-2 rooms for lighthouse
keeping-furnished Please see DR..
]. Effron.
Judge J. ID. Tuggle and Sawyer
A. Smith were in Louisville last
week serving as witnesses for the
State in the case of Hucaker, Cor
don & Garnett plaintiffs, VS.. the
State of Kentucky in which suit 1t
was sought to recover $125,0OO for
legal services in connection with the
Bingham inheritance tax. The court
allowed the lawyers $4,000 only,
which is regarded as a victory for
the State. Nevertheless, it would
seem quite neat sum to the ma
jority of our citizens who are ac-
customed to taking their profits in
doses.
]. f. Ruggle1 70 ~ charge of the
business OF G. Dickinson & Co. dur
ing the absence OF Guy l.. Dickinson
in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1921-02-18

The spring weather we are hav-
ing is making sap rise in the trees
Should it continue and we then have
a cold snap, which is likely, the
fruit will probably be killed. This
does not include grapes and smaller
fruits necessarily. Grapes will en-
dure as much as two or three freeZ-
ings without serious injury to the
crop.
DR.. G. H. Albright reports ten re-
cent cases of measles at Wilton,
eight cases of measles and seven
teen cases of smallpox up Elys Hol-
low. The latter are mostly we'll
The attendant physician failed to re-
port these cases of smallpox to Dr.
Albright, which it is his duty to do.
DR.. A. l.. Parker, who is equipped
to find the seat of trouble in the
roots of teeth with his X-ray ma
chine, will, if desired. extract teeth
under gas. If