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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-11
GO SOUTH after
BuCKMINSTER
Alleged Swindler Charged With
Defranding Farmer in Fake
Race To Be Arrested.

Chicago, March 1.-Two MEM
bers of the staff of States Attor-
ney Grove, left for Jacksonville,
Fla. to bring back Frederick X.
Buckminster, convicted in 1915, of
swinging Martin Hue, a farmer of
Homewood, Ill out of $500 on a
fake horse race. Buckminster dis
appeared after his release on bonds
on a writ of supersedeas and has
just now been located. After the
trial he was identified By A. A.
Charles, president of the Kokomo
Steel & Wire company as one Of
the three men who swindled him
out of $4,000. Charles s. Wor-
den. president of the First National
bank Of Fort Wayne. Ind. also
identified him ~ one Of the trio
who obtained $4,000 from him.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-11
3 WAYS TO BEAT
: PALMER'S RULE
Anti.Saloon League Suggests Plans
to Overcome Effect Of Opinion
Of Attorney General

Boston, Mass, March 11.-Three
ways of overcoming what he term
ed the erroneous opinion Of former
Attorney-G General A. Mitchell Palm
er, that beer and wine can be pre-
scribed as medicine were outlined
by Wayne B. Wheeler, general
counsel of the Anti-Saloon League
Of America, who was in this city
today.
First" he said, I'VE will ask the
new attorney-general o revise the
opinion"
Second, We will endeavor to
get the remaining nine states that
have NO enforcement codes. to do
what the other dry states have
done. and prohibit the prescribing
of beer for medicinal purposes.
Finally, we will ask congress to
change the law in this respect If
it is necessary to do so.
I'm the meantime, the brewers
can not make any real beer until
the new regulations are made and
then only in very small quantities
as 1t can only be used in nine states
under strict limitations"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-11
TRANSIT MEET
AT Barcelona
Delegates Of s. Nations Appoint
Committee to Draft Pact to Fa-
cilitate Commerce.

Barcelona, Spain, March 11.-(By
the Associated Press.)-Delegates
of SO nati3ns attending the Inter-
national Conference on Communi-
cations and Transit. in session
here this morning, to begin serious
consideration Of the program out
lined yesterday by Gabriel Hano-
taux of France, the presiding off,
Ger.
The most important matter be-
fore the meeting was the appoint
ment Of a committee to draft q
pact relative to transport.
Count Quinones de Leon, Span
ish ambassador to France. declared
It would contribute to the devel-
opment Of international commerce;
the expansion progress and equal
ity Of peoples. and the well-beins
of humanity" It will be an at
tempt to settle international con-
troversies relative to railroads,
waterways and ports.
Regret regarding the absence OF
delegates from the United States
and Argentina was expressed by
many delegates, and NJ. Hanotauz
referred to the United States by
saying:
'Our thoughts are with the alb.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-11
TUBERCULOSIS
TOLL MUCH LESS
2y652 Die In Chicago Of the White
Plague in 1870, Being Reduo-
tioa Of 572 From 1918.

Chicago, March 11.-Prohibition,
cleaner air and the removal by
death from influenza in 1918 Of
many sufferers from tuberculosis.
accounted for fewer deaths from
tuberculosis in Chicago in 1920
than in the two previous years,
according to statistics gathered
for the annual report Of Health
Commissioner Robertson The dis
ease was listed as the cause Of
2.s52 deaths last year. = reduction
Of 572 from 1919, and LIS fewer
than in 1918.
In spite Of the deaths Of 2.037
persons from influenza in 1920.
Chicag0's death rate for the year
remained virtually the same as for
1919. The figures per thousand
were:
1914 Hk2: tar 1a2A u1z
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-11
.TOREoRCANIzE
PARTMENTS
Hoover Indicates That Several
Boards VIII Be Combined I'm.
dor New Head by Congress.

Washington, March 11.-Indica-
tions that the governmental reor-
aGnia1f I'D. Rsepossd hytAe nsI ad- 4;
ministration may await congress
sional study of the matter were
seen today in a statement by Her
bert Hoover, secretary Of COM
merce, made public today.
Mr.. Hoover said the future Of
his department "in its abilities to
meet the needs of our industries
and trade must await the thorough
reorganization of the whole legis-
lative machinery now being vigor-
ously undertaken by congress"
Inasmuch as Mr.. Hoover Is ex-
pected to act for President Hard
ing in much. Of the reorganization
work, his statement was regarded
here as significant.
The congressional study Of de-
partmental reorganization is be-
ing made by a joint committee Of
the senate and house. headed by
Senator Smoot, Of Utah, and Repre-
sentative Reavis of Nebraska.
The committee, acting under a
resolution adopted by congress at
the recent session. has held sew
eral meetings, but there was no
information today as to how long
it might require to formulate its
recommendations.
Secretary Hoover gave no details
as to the manner in which he be-
lieves the reorganization should be
carried out. He did state, however.
that I'VE must consider our trans
portation, both railway and mar
inc, as one system directed 10
serve the nation as a whole" To
follow this line of thought to its
conclusion, it was said today in
some quarters, would bring about
the creation possibly of a depart
ment of transportation, entrusted
with the work now performed by
the Interstate Commerce commits
sion, the shipping board and a num-
ber of other agencies.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-11
CASE OF MEXICO
UP TO HARDING


Washington, March 11.-(United
Press) .-President Harding short
ly will take action to establish
diplomatic relations with Mexico.
Several informal and purely un-
official exchanges have been made
between representatives Of Presi-
dent Harding and officials of the
ObregoA government
Information conveyed to Harding
is that Obregon is willing to 60 az
far as public opinion in Mexico
will permit in meeting demands Of
this government
Harding recognizes the dimcul-
ties Of Obregon's position and ID
willing to make concessions SO
long as the fundamental questions
at issue are not affected.
Appointment OF r. B. Creagef
Brownsville, Texas, as ambassador
to Mexico. will not be announced
until formal relations have beer
A4tahliahad,
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SURGEONS END
MISSOURI MEET
Clinics Held at Various st. Louis
Hospitals Radlum Methods
Demonstrated,

st. Louis, Mo-, March 1.-THE
first annual session Of the Mis-
souri, section of the American Col
lege of Surgeons was ended here
today with q series of general and
special surgical clinics at various
hospitals. Demonstrations of di-
agnostic methods and application
of radium and X-ray treatments
were under way.
DR.. Frederick A Besley, pro-
fessor Of surgery at the medical
school at Northwestern univers-
ity, Chicago. in an address at a
public meeting Of the section. as
serted legislatures do not devote
enough attention to stimulating re-
search in disease.
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HARDING SENDS
CONGRESS MANY
NOMINATIONS
Fred Morris Deerinq
Will Be HUGHES
Assistant.

Washington, March 11.-Former
Representative John J. Esch, Of
Wisconsin. and Mark w. Potter. of
New York, were nominated today
by President Harding to be mem
bers of the Interstate Commerce
commission.
Fred Morris Deering, Of Missouri,
was nominated today by Presi-
dent Harding to be assistant secre-
tary of state.
Thomas A. Marvin. of Massa-
chusetts, was nominated to be q
member of the tariff commission.
and William s. CulbertsOn Of Kan
sas, was renominated as member
of that commission.
William H. Joyce Of Los Angeles,
Calf, was renominated for MEM
bership on the federal farm loan
board.
Walter Lyon of Pittsburgh. Pa,
was nominated to be United States
attorney for the western district OF
Pennsylvania
Medical Director Edward R. Stitt
was nominated to be surgeon-gen-
eral of the navy. At the same time
the president named Captain
Charles B. Mcvay, Jr., to be CHIEF
of the bureau of ordnance with the
rank of read admiral.
Three brigadier-generals In the
marine corps were renominated te
their present rank. They are Smed.
ley D. Butler, Logan Feland and
Harry Lee.
Clarence c. Chase of New York
was nominated collector Of Gus
toua nr-Ais&ri0tssNl DO. =. 2ks--otAs'
nominations included Chaplain
John Thomas Axton to be chief o
lchaplains of the army with the ranl
I Of colonel; Colonel Gustave Lukosl
to be a member of the Mississippi
river commission and Ernest Les
ter Jones. of Virginia, to be direc
tor of the coast and geodetics sur
Vey.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-11
ASK SURRENDER
/ OF PETROCRAD
BY MARCH 25TH
.Ultinsatu,n Issued BY
kronsfadf Reuolu-
fionisfs.

London, March 11.-Revolution-
ary authorities at the fortress Of
Kronstadt have sent an ultimatum
to the soviet authorities in Petro-
grad, demanding the surrender OF
the city before March Is. If the
city is not given up, the ultimatum
declares, there will be a general
bombardment, it is asserted in an
Abo, Finland, dispatch to the Lon
don Times.
Wholesale arrests and executions
of workmen are said to have oc-
Cured at Oranienbaum, Systerbak
and Petrograd.
kronstAdt last night sent out q
wireless dispatch denying bolshe-
Wiki statements that the fortress
was without food, says telegram
from Stockholm.
To the contrary, there is plenty
Of food and ammunition there, the
message stated.
Trustworthy news received from
the interior Of Russia, says a dis
patch to the London Times from
Reveal shows that anti-soviet re-
volts are spreading throughout the
country. The food situation is be-
coming critical, no food trains hav-
ing reached the country from ST.
kovsn ENoh
The situation is made more seri-
GUS through the congestion of the
transport system. On the main
railway from Perm to vologda, 800
trains are being held up. 1t is an
nounced. the dispatch continues,
that 10000 communist troops are
approaching Petrograd, but that
their loyalty is doubted.
Smoke 1t PetograA.
Berlin, March u-(United Press)
Great clouds of smoke rolled over
Petrograd late yesterday, accord
ing to the Copengahen National
Tidende. The paper declared the
smoke was visible from the Finnish
coast.
The Petrograd wireless station
was silent today, indicating q pos
sibility that soviet operators bad
Withdrawn. The last bulletin
caught from 1t was in reply to an
outside query a to who was In con-
troll there.
1.-The soviets are masters of the
situation in Petrograd," was the
quick answer.
Reports from Russia continued to
be conflicting but apparently
Kronstadt was still in the hands of
rebels, serious fighting was pro-
crossing in Petrograd and nearby
towns, while in Moscow the govern
ment appeared secure.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-11
OFFICIALS OF VARIOUS
LINES ARRANGING FOR
CONFERENCES WITH men
Reductions Based Upor
Boards Awards of
Last July.

Chicago, March 11.-Vhtually
al Of the larger western rail-.
roads today mad swung into
line In the policy started . few
days ago by several eastern
railroads OF taking steps to
bring about reductions in tho
wartime wage scale OF nm.
skilled employees.
The reductions will be urg.
ed, railroad officials said. 10
keep the roads out of bankrupt.
cy and enable them eventually
to reduce tariff rates when
now were said to be "higher
than the public can bear.'
At the same time came state
monts from officials of the As.
s0ciatiOn Of Railroad Execu.
tives that lower rates Of pay
for skilled workers probably
would be sought after the wages
for unskilled men had been
settled.
One road, the Chicago &
Great Western, took the lead
among the western lines In the
matter Of reductions by an.
nouncing that 1t proposed . ~
per cent decrease In the pay OF
every employe, from president
down. Its proposed policy Was
similar to that announced .
few days ago BY the Pennsyl.
vania lines. In every case tho
roads specified that they would
seek lower wages in accord
ance with the provisions Of the
transportation act which pro.
vides that conferences must be
held with the employees and
that the matter bc brought be.
fere tho railroad labor board
sa|I EA4a ~ 1sss kss. sssss ~!
f~D~ANnu
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-11
TWO WINGS
OF PARTY IN
BIG CLASH
Consumers of Bread, Meat
and Coal Affected by
Senate Struggle.

Washington, March 11.-(United
Press)-The cost Of bread. meat
and coal and other necessities to
every American consumer may be
directly Influenced by the outcome
Of q struggle between the so-called
standpat and progressive wings of
the Republican party in full swing
today In the senate.
1t is q. clash of ideas and prin-
ciples, the issues in which are:
l. Whether corporations dealing
in the necessaries Of life shall be
classed as public service corpora
tions and as such be subjected to
such federal regulation.
2. Whether the ideas of govern
meut championed by the progress
sives or those of the standpatters
shall be established as the policies
of the new congress.
II the wing headed by Lodge,
Smoot and Penrose win, there will
be no packer control bill, no regu-
lation of the coal business as pro-
vided in the Calder bill, no curbing
Of gambling as proposed by Sena-
tor Capper, Kansas. no replacing OF
the unconstitutional statute against
profiteering. the progressives de-
clared.
Iess Government"
Standpat leaders take as their
text President Harding's campaign
declaration for less government in
business.
The progressives, headed by 3D.
rah, johnson and Kenyon, an
nounce their intention of stirring
up public sentiment against stand
pat ideas" through the press. Var
ious means Of making the progress
sives harmless are being invoked
by party leaders. One is the %.
LECTION o&ue suitable" sgricu116>1
committee which handles SuE1
measures ~ the packer bill and
other legislation sponsored by pro
gressives. Senator Page, Vermont
is being urged to give up the chair
manship of the naval affairs com.
mittee to Senator Poindexter, Wash.
ington. and take the agricultural
Craftsmanship. This is because. il
he does not, Senator Norris. Ne
braska, who favors the packer bill
and other regulatory legislation, Is
entitled to the place.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-11
GRAVES OF
WAR HEROES
DECORATED
French Commander il
Germany Lays Wreaths
on Tombs Of Soldiers.

Allied Military Headquarters,
Neuss. March 11.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press.) General Gaucher,
commander of French troops engag-
ed in the occupation of the new
tariff zone along the Rhine, yester-
day placed wreaths on the graves
Of French and German soldiers who
died during the war Of 1870 and
the World conflict and were buried
in the military cemetery near here.
As he placed his tribute over the
tomb he said:
These died in obedience to mil
itary ORDERS" while at the graves
Of the French he said:
These were our pioneers"
A French priest led the process
sion to the cemetery, and was fol-
lowed by . band playing funeral
march. Then followed French. Bel
gian and British soldiers and sail
ors from the gunboats anchored in
the Rhine. Bringing up the rear
was b struggling crowd Of German
civilians.
When the priests prayer was fin
ished, the band struck up the Mar
seillaise," and the Germans, who
had stood bareheaded during the
invocation, Immediately put on
their hats, remaining covered while
the French national anthem was
played and until the band had COM
pleted its rendition Of God Save
the King"
After the ceremony there was a
review Of the troops Of occupation
and General Gaucher held q recep-
ton for correspondents.
1T Is very quiet here" he re-
marked, "and / am going to q tho
atre."
Referring 10 kilograms from Dus-
sel1erf to Eondon. In which labor
unions protested against Gaucher'l
proclamation prohibiting strikes,
the general declared they were sent
a. = result of an improper trans
lation Of his announcement. In his
proclamation he said strikes OF
workmen operating public necessi-
ties would not be tolerated. but the
German translation said that nc
strikes whatever would be permit
ted.
Aliens Policy.
French Military Headquarters,
Mayence, March 11.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press.)-Major General Hen
:. ~ T. Allen, commander Of the
American forces Of occupation, will
follow the same policy regarding
the collection Of customs along the
Rhine as on other problems con-
nected with the occupation. making
the decisions of the Rhineland
commission his orders to his army
according to information received
here from Coblenx today.
General Allen, It was stated, IL
awaiting notification Of the COM
missions decisions.
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Statements issued by the preAis
dents of various roads declared that
the proposed cuts were imperative
to enable the railroads to run. II
was said that the roads now were
existing entirely on credit, through
the leniency of their creditors, ana
that if they were forced to pay
their bills Immediately they would
not be able to meet the weekly
pay rolls.
From the labor side, there was
little comment on the actions OF
the bill.
B. M. Jewell, chairman of the
railway labor department of the
American Federation of Labor.
said that he had known the prop
ositions were coming for some time
and that he would have to wait un-
til he received more details before
issuing formal statement.
Other officials questioned the
right of the roads to confer with
their employees by individual crafts.
as the Pennsylvania railroad re-
Gently announced it would DO. The
union men said that each road
would have to hold one conference
with representatives of all en-
ployes whose wages were to pc
cut and could not deal individually
with different unions.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quin-
cy and the Chicago & Alton wero
two roads to announce today that
they would seek wage reductions
for unskilled employees.
New York, March 11.-A general
move by the nations railroads te
cut wartime scales, long forecast
by rail officials, appeared to be in
full swing today. Following the
lead of several lines which earlier
had announced proposed cuts, the
New York Central and New York.
New Haven & Hartford railroads
in the east, and virtually every rail-
road in the west, announced pro-
posed wage reductions yesterday.
Further statements from lines that
have no announced cuts were pre-
dicted today.
Officials of various lines today
were arranging conferences with
employees in an effort to reach
agreements on the proposed wage
reduction.
The plans as announced affect
only unskilled and semi-skilled
labor. Men engaged in the actual
operation OF trains, telegraphers
and station agents are not included.
The New York Central and the
New York, New Haven & Hartford.
whose proposed wage reduction an
nouncements included men in
S. classes Of labor, were ex-
pected to open negotiations with
their men next week. Ar
rangements for early conferences
also were reported being made by
the Santa Fe; Chicago. Milwaukee
& St. Paul; Chicago & Great West
ern; Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cific, and the Chicago & North
western, all with headquarters q
Chicago.
Referred to Beard.
The Long Island railroad met
unskilled employer representatives
here yesterday and failing q
agreement announced tho matter
would be placed before the rail-
road labor board.
Union Pacific officials. II was re-
ported, also failed yesterday -
reach An agreement with malnfons
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-11
POSTAL SAVING
FOR FEBRUARY
~ Postohioes Report Gains
vV0r Ten Million Dollars n
Grand Total

,wsminston. March 11.-Despite
sssll sss.sl conditions described a
ro..a r.arned postal savings last
M u.H "aa amounted to more than $10,-
ssss' svV' the postomce department
n sen s postohices reported gains
.sssposits Of $1,000 and over for
',craary as follows:-
~. WV York, Boston. Seattle, Ia.
srooklyn. Roslyn, Washing
80 lronwood, Mich.
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ERROR TO COST
GOVERNMENT
MANY MILLIONS
Tax Payers Gair, by
Mistake of Reuenue
Bureau.

Warrington, March 11.-Solicitor
General Frierson, in closing the
governments argument today in
the corporate bond tax case" be-
fore the supreme court, conceded
formally that the internal revenue
bureau had erred in assessing as
profit the difference between the
market value Of an investment ON
March l, 1913, and that on a sub
seQuent date Of sale.
II the court accepts Mr.. Friers-
on's view, as Associate Justice Pit
ney indicated that it would, thous-
ands Of individuals assessments,
upon which millions of dollars
taxes have already been paid, will
be annulled.
Return Millions.
Washington, March 11.-United
Press. Two or three hundred mil
lion dollars will be returned to
taxpayers as the result of conces-
sions made by the federal govern
ment in important tax suits argued
before the supreme court today.
The taxes in dispute arose under
the section Of the 1916 income tar
law, which placed a levy on the
profits derived from the sale o1
capital assets stocks, bonds and
other securities-and provided thai
this tax should be placed on the
gain in value between March /
1913, and the date of sale.
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MOSCOW UPRISING,
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial to Tho Arrusl.

London, March 11.-InformAtion
in British official circles indicates
that the reported Moscow uprisinss
were trade unionist strikes and that
the situation at Petrograd il OBJ
scure.
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SEAPLANRS BACK.

San Diego, Calf. March H.
The F-5-L seaplanes returned from
the round-trip flight to the Pan
anna canal Sone.
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THE WEATHER

Unsettled weather and colder to-
night and Saturday. probably rain.
turning to snow. Lowest temper
ature tonight about 20 degrees.
Highest temperature yesterday,
81: lowest last night, II.
Wind velocity at Z .. m. s .,iles
per hour.
Precipitation. none.
IAN. 7p.m. Tam.
yester. yester. today
Dry bulb ...... - - Il
Rel. humidity ;. 81 ~ IS
River stage 2.S. . fall Of 3 in last
"a hours.
FLOYD D. YOUNG.
NeteoroloGdsk
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o00 sREDSo DROWNED.

Riga, March 10.-Bolshevfki for
ces were repulsed in an attack on
Kronstadt when shrapnel broke the
ice on which they were crossing,
drowning 500.
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FLOYD D. YOUNG,
16 1eteorolo loE3ak
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Hlvef bt1B0 20, . I4II OF > IN l20t
"a hours.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-25

Rated fur Aro-fa .r sixth
N.Eaft,I ttr >.bacht iu ninth
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-25
Capital Light Company
kickS on Cut in Rate

o.. Associated Ir..s state N.r,
'nl.AuoNN CITY. NAV 2i.--Tha
corporation commission late TO-DAY
touN under Amusement the protest Of
Tine Oklahoma Gls q Electric co, in
which m" company states that tn,
proposed reduction order or thr
uomW.S-iu. piJsir- the electric
OhtrE" 'u domestic consumers at 10
cents u"r ki.oNat hour instead or T.
cents thp present rate, is unfair.
Tho afternoon was devoted To fix
urlnr over the company records 10y
the auditor.
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HcId for \-enuIt ON orr

Sam Ntors was bound over 20 iIg.
trict court without bail Tuesday 4t
his preliminary hearing before
Justice II. j. Gray on char-, ~
rape, criminal assault. Nicrs, who is
about 45 years old. Is alleged g. have
committed an assault against I.r5t
Stnson. tho night Of May t. az rl5
North Utica avenue.