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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-26
mo King in Illinois" +" Says
Judge, Overruling I'm
munity Plea.

Springfield, H. July 26.-
Governor Len Small, despite
his official position, is subject
to arrest and prosecution for
his acts as state treasurer,
Judge 4. s. Smith of the San
canon county circuit court
ruled this morning. Under the
decision, the governor would
be permitted ito voluntarily
present himself before the
court"
Notification of Governor
Small by telephone was the
method of procedure decided
upon by Sheriff Henry Mester.
81 may go over for An inter-
view with the governor later"
Sheriff Mester said. SNO at
tempt will be made to embat-
rass Governor Small The or
der of the court explains how
the matter will be handled"
Step by step, Judge Smith
outlined his views on the situ-
alton.
The Judge developed his
opinion as follows:
THAT there is no such
thing in Illinois as the divine
right of kings and that the king
has no counterpart in Illinois.
2!That it is beyond the
scope of the governors power
to call state troops to shield
him from arrest.
3-That Governor Small. de-
spite his position as chief ex-
ecutive of the state, Is subject
to arrest and prosecution for
his acts as state treasurer.
THAT the statutes of lim-
itations would expire through
any prolonged delay in serving
warrants upon the governor.
5-That it is not the duty of
the court to withhold warrants
for the governor.
6-That Governor Small
should be permitted to V0lun-
tarily present himself before
the court.
The next move in the Small
Sterling-Curtis embezzlemeEt
probe will come from Sheriff
Mester, of Sangamon county,
the court having ruled that sit
is not the duty of the court to
withhould warrants for the
governor"
Sheriff Mester indicated I'M
mediately after receipt OF the
opinion, that he would immed-
lately notify the governor that
he held the warrants, bat "that
no attempt would be made to
embarass" the chief executive.
The opinion of Judge Smith
also ruled that it was "beyond
the scope OF the governors
power to call state troops to
shield him from arrest
Governor Firm.
THE next move is up to the CT
lit clerk and sheriff, Judge SmIt
Continued on Page FiYe1
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-26
LEGION HALTS
RADICAL TALK
Members of Military Order Seize
Woman Socialist Speaker at
Des MOineS.

Des Moines, Iowa, July 20
Omitted Press s.l-Just as she was
about to make her second attempt
at a speech in Des Moines, Mrs. Ida
Crouch Hazlett, New York Social
ist speaker, was seized last night
by members of the American Le-
gion, hustled into a waiting auto
mobile and taken to the police
station.
The legion men, headed by Irving
Femrite, secretary of the local post,
claimed that they had discovered a
plot to create disturbance, which
might have ended in violence" at
the meeting.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-26
EXPECT TRUCE
IN SMALL CASE

Springfield, H.. July 26.-(United
Press. "A truce was expected late
today between Governor Len Small
and court authorities charged with
placing him under arrest for al
legged embezzlement of staee funds
States Attorney Fred Mortimer
called the governor office on the
phone and asked that the executive
send a representative to a peace
parley at the Sangamon county
court house
The purpose of the proposed con-
ference. Mortimer said, was TO end
the horse play" and bring about or.
derby and amicable procedure in
the case against the governor so as
TO prevent any clash growing out OF
the governors determination TO re-,
sis1 arrest
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-26
SELLS BONDS BY
SHREWD MOVE
Attorney General of Mississippi
Proves to Be Apt Salesman
in New York City.

New York, July 26.-Wall street
is telling a story of shrewd sales
manship by Frank Robertson, at
torney-general of Mississippi, in
disposing of $I,000,000 worth of
state bonds. The issue, which was
for a tuberculosis sanitarium, was
offered at par, with II per cent in
terest- Bankers were not interested
because they felt the terms were
too low under present conditions.
Mr.. Robertson went to life insur-
ance companies and argued that it
would be good business for them to
invest as the bonds would help
prolong the lives of policy holders.
The appeal was effective.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-26
T0TEST MINDOF
mrs. BURKETT
Woman Charged With Forging
Roosevelt Signature Committed
to Hospital for Week.

New York, July 26.-Mrs. Emma
Richardson Burkett of Hillsdale,
Ind, who is charged with forging
the Endorsement of the late Theo-
dore Roosevelt to a note for $69, 900,
today was-sent-to Bellevue hospital
for a weeks observation as to her
sanity.
Judge Talley, who had refused
yesterday to appoint lunacy com
mission. committed her today when
DR.. Perry NJ. Lichtenstein of the
Tombs, where she has been con-
fined, reported to the court that
she had been suffering from delu-
sions of persecUkSon.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-26
HONOR MEMORY
OF WASHINGTON
Peruvian Government Issues Decree
for Erection of Statue in
Lima.

Lima, Peru. July 26.-The Peruv-
ian government has issued a de-
cree providing for the erection in
Lima, of a monument to George
Washington, as "a model of ex-
emplary citizenship and in view of
the fact that the political emanci-
patton on North America was the
forerunner of the independence of
the Experimentation nations"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-26
TURK ASSEMBLY
MOVES To SIVAS

London, July 26.-The Turkish
Nationalist government, owing to
the successful Greek advances in
Asia Minor, has been obliged to
transfer the seat of its government
and the Turkish Nationalist assem-
bly, to Sivas, according to Constan-
tinople dispatches to the Exchange
Telegraph company.
Heavy Losses.
Athens, July 26.-An announce
ment by the Greek official agency
late yesterday said the Turkish
losses in killed, wounded, prison
ers and missing, amount to rs per
cent of their entire fighting strength
in Asia Minor.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-26
ARE
READY TO TAKE
PART IN PARLEY
Hughes to Draft Ten
tatiUe Program for
Meet.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial to The Argus.)

Washington, July 26.-Japan is
ready to accept Americas invita-
ton to participate in the disarma-
ment conference.
In accepting the invitation, ia
pan does not bind herself to discuss
anything which she wishes to ex-
clude from the scope of the confer
ence such as questions relating to
Shantung or Yap, or other matters
which Japan may consider to have
been closed by the time the confer
ence begins.
America has not specified what
subjects will be discussed except
in a general ay-disarmament and
peace in the far east.
These statements from officials
of our government who are in
touch with the negotiations de-
scribe the status of the inter-
changes between Japan and the
United States thus far.
Our government originally asked
all the powers Informally if an in
vitation to disarmament confer
ence would be acceptable. That is
diplomacy's way of avoiding a di-
rect turn-down. The informal in
quiries resulted in agreeable state
ments from all the powers and for
NAL invitations were promptly sent
Japan is just now replying infor-
mally that an invitation would be
acceptable. After that a formal in
vitation must be sent and formal
reply received. Japan naturally
wanted to know what would be
discussed at the conference and
America politely said that was
something all the powers including
Japan would decide when once the
invitations were accepted all
around.
~Agenda- First.
So when Japan accepts Ameri-
cas- invitation the real discussion
begins as to what shall be included
or excluded. The "agenda," which
is the diplomatic term for program,
will have to he settled before the
conference begins.
1t will be the aim of the United
States to make this agenda as
broad as possible, so that every
question which has a practical re-
lationship to the future peace of
the far east may be discussed. 1t
will be to Japan's interest to avoid
discussion of her rights in China
as granted her by the Versailles
pact and previous treaties with
China.
Dispatches from London and 9TH
er capitals predicting that Japan
would raise the question Of immi-
grafton and demand a declaration
in favor of racial equality, as she
did at the Paris conference, are re-
garded here as inspired by news
papers rather than the japanese
government, for officials say the
Japanese government hasn't raised
any such issue.
Arrange by Cable.
Inasmuch as the agenda will be
arranged by cable ahead of time
and within the realm of secret in
terchanges. the prospects are that
! by the time the program is an
nounced the racial discrimination
question will have been disposed
! of so it will not be an obstacle to
the conference 1t will be far cas-
ier for Japanese public opinion to
understand the complete omission
of the racial equality issue than to
have the great powers discuss sucn
a moot point and be forced to the
expression of varying opinions.
Japanese pride would rather not
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-26
ALLIES TO HOLD
PARIS COUNCIL

London, July 26.-The allied su-
preme council will meet in Paris
Aug. 4, according to an official an
nouncement this morning. 1t is un-
derstood that the session will be
brief, dealing only with the Siles-
ian question.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-26
THROW ECGSAT
ACkLEY MAYOR

Ackley, Iowa, July 26.-E. NJ.
Brenniman, mayor, last evening
was attacked by q mob of 200.
which showered him with eggs of
advanced age and chased him to
his office. Brenniman is said to
have aroused resentment by maxi
ing arrests for alleged law viola
tons and refusing change Of venue
from his court
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-26
HUSBAND SUICDES

;n.ockford. ILL.,. July 26.-Wlen his
ne Was arrested last Tuesdy for
perating moonshine stills Mike
hn went to a shed and hinged
rself. His body was not pund
s.n u yesterday. Mrs. Flori ) in
~ under 5000 fine.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-26
THE WEATHER

Unsettled weather tonight and
Wednesday. Thunder showers Wed
nesday. Continued warm.
Highest temperature yesterday
as; lowest last night, ~.
Wind velocity at a. M, 1our
miles. per hour.
Precipitation, none.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-26

River stage at q. m, rect even
with a fall Of 2 in the last "a hours.
River Forecast.
The Mississippi river from DeioW
Dubuque to Muscatine Will cnanse
hnt little during the next three
days.
Meteorologist.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-26

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Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-10-22
Excited Girl Cause
of Near Lynching
in Virginia Town

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 2l.-After pos
sees had searched all afternoon and
part of the night in the woods at
Ocean View, near here, for negro,
and after excitement had been stir
red by wild rumors to such pitch
that it was feared a lynching would
occur if the negro were caught, an
eleven-year-old school girl admitted
tonight that the negro had not at
tempted to attack her but had
frightened her by appearing sud
denly from behind a clump of bushes
along the road on which she was
riding to school on her bicycle. The
child fell from her bicycle and
screamed when the negro appeared
and the man was so frightened he
fled.
County officials said tonight they
were convinced the negro, who was
an old man, meant no harm to the
girl and that her imagination had
been so infamed by stories of the
attack by another negro on girl
that she was badly frightened at the
bare sight of the old man.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-10-22
STEPHENSON FREE;
BIRMINGHAM JURY
SAY" NOT GUILTY.
After Four Hours Yer
dict Is Reached In
Famous Case
JURY GETSSUSPENDERs
Part of Evidence Sent
In to Help Decide
Final Issue
.By AnAOciRte5 Prennl

Birmingham, Oct. 21.-A verdict
of not guilty was returned by the
jury shortly after 10 o'clock tonight
in the case of Rev. Edwin R. Steph.
enSon, tried on charge of second
degree murder for the killing OF
Father James E. Coyle. The jury had
been out since 6 o'clock.
The day had been consumed in
arguments. The indictment of the
grand jury against the preacher, the
pistol with which he is alleged to
have used in shooting Father Coyle
shortly after the priest had joined
his daughter, Ruth, and Peter Guss-
man, a Porto Rican, in wedlock, and
pair of suspenders worn by Steph-
enson at the time of the shooting,
which were offered as evidence at the
trial, were handed to the jurymne as
they retired. f
The closing argument. for the state
was made by Solicitor Tate, who con-
tended that Ruth Gussman, Steph-
enson's daughter, was eighteen years
old and therefore had the right to
choose her religion for herself.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-10-22
By Assaasinated Press

jacksonville, Oct. 21.-The federal
grand jury is expected to investigate
the depletion of available fish as
! food supply along the Florida coast,
said to have been caused by unusual
and illegal forays of C. E. Rowton and
Harry Cooper, of Palatka, who used
tackle in violation of tisherman's
working hours.
Fishermen reporting a scarcity OF
fish along the Atlantic coast have
assigned many causes for their in
ability to make normal catches, the
most generally accepted one being
weather conditions. 1t has been dis
covered here, however, that the tre-
merdous strain on the available supz
ply, especially off the Florida coast,
brought about by the inroads made
on all kinds of fish by two Palatka
speciahsts, Earnest Rowton and
Harry Cooper.
These two piscatorial prevar'ca-
tors have just returned from a trip
TO the coast. They lugged back de-
'cidedly larger and more numerous
warns than they did fish. The artis-
trv Of their variations exceeded
fhose,fof Mike Philips, and Rolani
Spearsman's puny fiction Of river
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-10-22
FOREIGN DEBT REFUND
COMMISSION MEASURE
is DELAYED IN HOUSE
Democrats Have Amend
ment Requiring Fix
ed Interest Rate
OBy AssocInted preSsl

Washington, Oct. 21-A last
minute switch in the plans of the
Republican leaders prevented a vote
in the house before adjournment late
today on the Fordney bill to create
a foreign debt refunding commission.
1t had been planned to press the mea-
sure to vote today, but because of
the absence of certain members it
is understood, actino was deferred.
The house adjourned until Monday.
Five hours of general debate had
been completed when the house ad-
journd and a flood of amendments is
expected when the bill is again TAX
en- up Monday. Members of the ways
and means committee indicated that
they would endeavor to have the
bill passed as it was reported % TIE
house.
Democrats plan to support one
amendment which would require the
refunding commission to report to
congress for ratification of all agree"
ments reached with nations indebted
the United States, while a bloc of
Republicans is expected to urge
adoption of an amendment providing
that the interest rates fixed by the
commission shall equal those paid by
the government on loans floated dur
ing the war. Several Democrats dur
ing debate today declared themselves
in favor of such a provision.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-10-22
SEVEN POLICE INJURED
AS COMMUNIST BOMB
EXPlODES IN A MOB
Thousands Packed in a
Crowd Where U.S.A.
Was ASsailed
(Ry Associated Preasl

Paris, Oct. 2l.-Seven police
men were injured tonight by the
explosion of A bomb thrown into
a crowd in Wagram avenue dur
ing meeting held by the French
communist party as a protest
against the conviction for muir
der in Massachusetts of two tia
lians. Several of the manifes-
tants also were hurt and six per-
sons were arrested, charged with
disOrderly conduct.
The meeting had been widely
advertised as a protest aginst
the American government and
1.-The execution of the two men. The
speakers were bitter in their
vituperatiOn of the American
government and expressed exc
Grafton of American capitalists.
Ten thousand persons crowded
into a hall and when the capa-
city of the hall was reached there
was a large overflow of demon
jtrators outside. 1t had been an
nOunced as the intention of the
leaders to lead the throng to the
American embassy but this was
not done.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-10-22
Strawberry Folks
Await Ponderosity
OF Famed l. C. c

Tampa, Oct. 2t-With the fifth
days session followed by a clash be-
tween opposing counsel on the opin-
ion of Plant City shippers and grow
ers toward the request for refrig-
orator express service to move Flo
rida's strawberry crop, and the in
PRODUCTION of testimony by carrier
witnesses in defense of the refrig-
Grafton qualities of Fruit Growers
Express cars now used, the Inter
state Commerce Commission hearing
on the matter came to close this
afternoon.
John C. Roth, assistant director of
the bureau of service, Interstate
Commerce Commission, announcde
that the testimony of the North
Carolina strawberry shipping situa-
ton would be taken up at chadbourn,
N. c., Monday. From there the hear
ing will be adjourned until Novem-
Der 10, when testimony will be taken
at New York on the arrival of Flo
market.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-10-22
PACKING HOUSE UNIONS
TAKE STRIKE VOTE AND
PLAN FOR A WALK OUT
Iowa Plant Already Has
Strike of Unusual
Importance
(By Associated Press)

Chicago, Oct. 21.-Completion Of
the strike vote in the packing indus.
try, taken by the Amalgamated
Meatcutters and Butchers Workmen
was announced here today by C. j
Haynes, president.
A conference of executive officers
and representatives of allied crafts
will be held mere next week, Mr..
Haynes said.
A strike of packing house emplo-
yes at the John 'Morrell Co., plant
at Ottumwa, Iowa, which began this
week, Hayes said, was the most i'm
portant strike in the industry since
the war. He reported 1000 men out:
This was the second time within
few months that the members of
the butchers union have voted to
strike. Last summer plans for a
walkout virtually were complete
when Secretary of Labor Davis call
ed representatives of the packers
and of the employees into point cor
ference at Washington where the
differences were settled amicably.
No formal comment from repre-
sentatives of the packing interests
was Forthcoming tonight. The atti-
tude of lite fear of the consequences
of the strike ballot was expressed by
a representative of one of the Big
Five concerns.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-10-22
FISH FAMINE Along COAST NOT
DUE TO BAD WEATHER, BUT TO
HUGE CATCHES BY PALATKANS

hauls pales into a dull baby blue be
sides their lurid language. Wher
they arrived at Hastings Thursday
evening on their return trip the,
thought the Palatka delegation hal
come out to meet them with tht
band, and they went into a meEtai
spasm to revise their stories in ac-
cord with the Importance Of the &C.
casiOn.
Three boats swamped in as many
hours by the steady stream of group
ers, grunts, bass, pike, pompano,
mullet, crabs, crawfsh,- Holsters, tar
pom, tunas, herring, sardines, salmon,
smelts and turtles which the demon
fisherman turned in over the thwarts,
and hook after hook ran hot on them
and had to be discarded as the lead
sinkers would melt and run down
the line, so dulling the points that
they would not work with full effic-
iency. Residents for miles around
came in trucks, wagons, boats and
on RATS to get supply from the
surplus banks of fish piled up on the
beaches and had it not been for the
intervention of the S.P.G,A., the en-,
tire Atlantic ,seaboard might have
been blocked for miles with a regu-
lar Chinese wall of fish.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-10-22
Fight Over Income Sur
Tax Rate Is Feared
By Oligarchy
NINETEEN WERE ABSENT
Letter Signed By Lodge
Summons Senators
to Report
tBy Associated Press,D

Washington, Oct. 21.-The Ions
threatened fight over the income su,
tax rates to be written into the new
revenue law broke today in the. senate
but despite sizeable opposition Re.
publican leaders expressed confidence
that the compromise plan embody-
ing a maximum rate of so per cent
would be adopted, probably before
the adjournment tomorrow evening.
Meantime as a result of the defeat
yesterday of the proposal to exempt
from taxation incomes of foreign
traders and foreign trade corpora
tions received from sources outside
of the United States, the majority
leaders sent out a hurry call to ab-
sent Republican senators to return
to Washington. The call, which was
in the form of letter signed by
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,
chairman of the Republican confer
ence, and Senator Curtss, of Kan
sas, vice-chairman and Republican
whip, said:
"We regret to inform you that
ther ewere nineteen Republican
senators absent from the senate on
yesterday when there were mipor-
tant amendments to be voted upon.
We hope you will, arrange your af-
fairs so as to be in attendance at
the daily sessions of the senate as
the amendments to the revenue bill
are very important and every Re-
publican should be present so that
this measure may be acted upon as
soon as possible"
The absence of Republican senators
was commented upon in the senate
by Cairman Penrose, of the finance
in charge of the revenue
bill.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-10-22
WILKES HELD UP
TWICE BY GANGS
OF WHITE THUGS
Had Hardly Escaped one
Band Dhen Stopped
By Second
TALKED OF KILLING HIM
Hold-Ups Occurred Mile
On This Side Of
Hastings

j. H. Wilkes, an employe of the
Teaff Ramsey Furniture Co., was
held up twice on the Palatka- Hast
ings road last night shortly before
10 o'clock, according to report he
made to city and county officers on
his return to the city. The last time
he was held up, Wilkes said, he ran
the truck he was driving into the
ditch and was picked up and brought
to hte city by passing car.
On arriving in the city Mr.. Wilkes
reported to Mr.. Teaff, who went with
him to get the upset car. 1t was
brought to the city later in the even
ing and officers made a trip on the
road, it is said, to see if any of the
men connected with the hold up could
be apprehended.
Mr.. Teaff said, early, this morning,
that Mr.. Wilkes had related to him
that just as he was approaching the
East Coast Railroad crossing about
mile this side of Hastings two
white men spring on the running
board of the car, showed a revolver
in his face and ordered him to stop.
They searched him, and finding no
valuables, commanded him to drive
on. About thre emiles nearer Pa
latka, according OF the story told Mr.
Teaff, four men held up the car. In
attempting to avoid running into
them, Mr.. Teaff said, Mr.. Wilkes
ran into the ditch and upset the car.
The men discussed tn eadvisability
of killing Wilkes, but decided to let
him go, and made off. A little later
Mr.. Wilkes caught a passing car and
came to the city. ..t
Mr.. Wilkese stated, according to
Mr.. Teatf, that he could identify the
men who held him up.
1t was reported at an early hour
this morning that there had been a |
robbery on the Penial road. There
was no one at police headquarters
at the city hall, and Chief Fennell, |
who was called from his bed, said
that no report of a robbery had |
been made to him. Operators at the !
t2elephone exchange said that call
had come in for the officer on duty,
Policeman Green, and that he had
been out Of the office fer some time.
This was shortly after 3 o'clock.
At $3.50 o'clock this morning Po-
liceman Green, Sheriff Hagan, and
Deputies Cannon and Knight return
ed from a search for a negro who at
tempted to rob the store of F. L.
Cubbedge, just beyond the city limit
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