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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
Direct MARKET
URGED At MEET
Co. Operative Commercial Banks
and Credit Unions Recommend.
ed by Convention.

Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 12.+Reso-
lutions recommending and urging a
direct market from producers to
consumers and establishment of CO.
operative commercial banks and
credit unions, were before the all
American cooperative congress for
adoption at the closing session of
its three day convention here to-
day.
BENJAMIN c. Marsh, Washington,
secretary of the Peoples Recon-
struction league, addressing ses.
sion of the congress, advocated res.
toration of the railroads to govern
ment operation, federal Legislation
to control the meat packing indus.
try, a higher income and excess
profit tax, banking reform and de
feat of universal compulsory mill
tary training.
This program, he asserted, woul'
"save the American people six bill
lion dollars year."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
MATR0N Of
STATE HOME
ASSAULTED
Party Unknown cruahes
Head of Mrs. Jessie
Lovelett.

Aurora, ILL.,, Feb. 12.-Mrs. Jes-
se Lovelett, 80 years Of age, of
Duquoin, H., a matron in one of
The four farm houses at the state
training school for boys at st.
Charles, was set upon and beaten
% severely by an unknown assail-
ant yesterday she is expected TO
die. Her head was crushed in with
. stove shaker. She was found by
her husband at 4:40 O'clock yester-
day afternoon but has not yet re-
gained consciousness. Suspicion
has been directed at Frank Dossett,
II, Of East St. Louis, one of the in
mates Of the school who assisted
in the farm house and disappeared
shortly before Mrs. Lovelett was
found.
Nine dollars in cash and a re-
yolver and shotgun, which were
IN the sleeping room Mr.. and Mrs.
Lovelett occupied, are missing as
Is also a suit of Mr.. Lovelett's
clothes.
The Dorset boy was committed
10 st. Charles on a robbery charge
H months ago and was rated as
IN exemplary student. 1t was be-
cause of his good behavior that he
was assigned to help in the farm
house, a position which gave him
more liberty than that enjoyed by
the average boy at the school. Dor.
sett is of fiery dark complexion
Is about 5 feet, inches, tall, and
is Of slender build. 1t is believed
that he is wearing Mr.. Lovelett's
missing suit, as the blue uniform
worn by the boys would be easily
recognizable.
He is believed to have escaped
tn a freight train. The Great West
IN and Northwestern railroad
tracks are not much more than a
mile from st. Charles, but no pas
senger train was departing between
the last time he was seen and when
Mrs. Lovelett's body was found.
She was lying in a pool of blood
on lounge in the living room
when her husband came in from
the farm. He called a school ply
sician Immediately and later DOC
tors from st. Charles were sum-
moned.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
CUBAN BOARD TO
HANDLE SUGAR
y
Control and Sale Of Products
Placed in Hands Of Govern.
ment Commission.

Havana, Feb. 12.-Control of the
sale and shipment Of Cuba's 1920-21
sugar crop has been placed In the
hands of q governmental organiza-
ton, appointed by President Men,
ocal. The seven members will re-
ceive no compensation.
The decree appointing the commits
sion, published today. directs sugar
buyers or sellers to file before Feb.
20, sworn statements covering all
sales contracts made with firms in
foreign countries. All details OF
these contracts must be given, and.
in addition, the agreements must
stipulate' that the product they
cover is to be refined or used by
the buyer, and not sold or offered
for sale as crude sugar. Infrac-
tions Of rules laid down will result
in the commission refusing to issue
permits for further shipments by
offending individuals.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
DISCOVER BODY
SEA MONSTER

Miami, Fla, Feb. 12-Scientists
md deep water fishermen here are
nnSlled over the finding of a huge
~ monster off Soldiers Key,
sew miles south of Miami, which
Aey are unable to name. The body
q the creature was found three
weeks ago by Elmer E. Garretson
q Huntington, l.. l.. who today
tcwed part Of the skull to Miami.
This fragment is Is feet long
ana seven feet wide, and weighs
three tons.
Mr.. Garretson said he did not
NOV how long the monster was,
Ut he saw as much as 80 feet of
Y Sharks were devouring the
aesh when he first found it.
nj. Garretson asserted the
creature evidently came up out of
me deep waters of the gulf streams
y ole and this accounted for. its
9esence in comparatively shallow
sster. About six feet of the skull
pferded from the water.
~ Garertson will head a party
nch VII try to bring the remain
~ portions to shore.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
IDLEPOL|CE TO
BE DISCHARGED
Chicago Chief Inaugurates Cam
peign to RID Department Of
500 LOafers.

Chicago, Feb. 12.-Captains OF
every police precinct in the city
we're summoned to appear today
before Chief of Police Fitzmorris
to receive instructions that they
must discover and report 500 loaf
ers in the police department whom
Chief Fitzmorris has announced he
will dismiss.
MY three months as head Of the
department have convinced me
that out of 100 men on the force,
we have 500 who will not work, "
the chief declared, They don't wish
me to succeed in, carrying out the
mayors orders to clean up Chi
cago, and l am not going to let
them ride along and get the credit
for the great record the other 1900
are making. Let them tie their
hats on for they are going for a
rough ride"
The captains are to be instruct
ed to assign nine sergeants each to
check up on patrolmen regarded as
inefficient, the chief said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
An Eye Test
For Children

There are FIVE million chill
dren in the United States who
have imperfect eyesight.
At least two cut Of every
ten pupils who start to school
have something the matter
with their eyes.
Is your child one Of these?
You will admit that you
should lose no time in finding
out.
Write today to our Wash
ington Information Bureau
for the little booklet "The
School Child's Health" This
publication contains q table
for an eye test in the home,
ranging In distance from 20
to so feet.
II your child cannot pass
the simple tests given on page
9 of this Red Cross booklet,
an ocuiist should be con-
suited at once. A copy will
be sent to any one who sends
2 cents in stamps for return
postage.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12

JAIL INMATES
FALL OFF UNDER
PROHIBITION
Sherifs Of State Re-
port Interesting
Data.

Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE number OF
prisoners in the county jails of Illi-
nois has fallen off sharply since
prohibition went into effect. it is
indicated by reports of sheriffs
gathered here by the Associated
Press.
Prisoners in the Cook county
Jail in Chicago, where prohibition
has been the most difficult in the
state to enforce, show a marked
exception to the general tendency.
They have made a notrble increase.
However, the rate at which the
number Of prisoners we're decreas-
ing in county jails through the rest
of the state indicates that if the
totals were all in, the Chicago in
crease would be completely wiped
out and a large recrease for the
state as a Whole shown.
Dates oP which number of pris-
oners WERE counted were Jan. /
1917, and Jan. l, 1921.
Twelve sheriffs reported de-
crease in their Jail population the
first Of this year, as compared with
four years ago. Three including
Cook county, reported an increase
In one county the figures were the
same.
Ontside Chicago.
The decrease in county jails out.
side Chicago amounted to 145 pris.
oners. On Jan. l, 1917, these out
side jails reporting had 319 pris.
oners; On Jan. l, this year, they
had 174. This is a decrease of Al
per cent.
In Cook county the increase was
149-from 597 in 1917 to TAG on the
first of this year, making an in
crease of about 25 per cent.
The other two counties report.
ing increase were DeKalb, whose
Jail population advanced from 2 tt
5. and Jasper. which went from
to 3. Calhoun county figures re-
manned stationary, with 4 prison
ers on the two new years days.
In Will county the county jai
! prisoners dropped from 62 to 2S;
in Mclean county from 60 to 80
in Knox from Is to 6; in Living
ston from % to s; in Macoupir
FROM 20 to 8; in Cass from IL to 3
in Stephenson from IL to 5; IL
MouHrfe- from 9 to q: In Hancocl
from 8 to 81 in Vermillion from q.
to II; in Iroquois from 5rto 2; il
10 Daviess from 2 to 0.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
CORK RIOTERS
KILL SOLDIER
Mob Fires ON Military in Passenger
Train Near Railroad Station
Many Wounded.

Cork, Feb. 12.-One soldier was
Killed and a number of others
wounded today in an attack on a
passenger train outside of Mill
street station by a hundred armed
men. The attackers fired on the
cars, which contained 80 soldiers.
from both sides of the line.
+ The wounded soldiers were taken
to the Cork military hospital
aboard a special train.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
COURT TOLD
OF MURDERS
ATMATEWAN
Witness Speaks of First
Shot in Battle Result
ing in 10 Deaths.

Williamson, W. Va, Feb. H.
John Mcdowell, Baldwin-Feltz
employe, present at the Matewan
battle last May, was the first wit
ness called by the prosecution in
the trial when court convened this
morning The first shot of the bat
u that resulted in the death of 10
Nm, came from the doorway Of q
h6rdware store near the railroad
station, according to McDowell's
testimony. He could not say who
was the first man killed. He testi-
fled that Sid Hatfield, Mattewan
police chief, Albert C. Felts and
Mayor C. C. Testerman were gath
cred about the doorways. He
stated that Reece Chambers, one
Of the defendants, was the only
person he saw do any shooting,
because after firing two or three
shots himself Mcdowell retreated
from the scene.
Nineteen defendants are being
tried on charge growing out of
the death of Albert C. Felts during
a battle on the streets of Matewan
growing out of mining troubles.
When Mcdowell was turned over
to the defense. for cross-examina-
tion, Attorney ]. J. Coniff went
back into what has been accepted
as the cause Of the battle, the evic-
tion of miners from houses owned
by the Stone Mountain Coal COM
pany.
Mcdowell was uncertain as to
the number of families evicted by
the Baldwin-Felts detectives that
day, but said he believed there
were five or six Of them. Efforts
on the part Of Mr.. Coniff to bring
out the number Of women and chill
dren who had been turned into the
streets. were met by objection on
Tie part OF the state which Judge
Bailey sustained.
Mcdowell testified that after the
evictions Felts and his men were
preparing to leave Matewan. They
were approached by Hatfield, who
told Felts that warrants for their
arrest had been sworn out in Will
, hanson, and were coming on the
next train. To this, the witness
said, Felts replied:
s.Sid, I've got warrant for you,
too"
Hatfield laughed, Mcdowell con-
tinued, and arm in arm he walked
with Felts toward the hardware
store in front of which the first
shot was fired.
A door leading to jury room be-
hind the judges bench was used
by Mr.. Coniff to illustrate the
doorway Of the hardware store
where the. first man was shot. He
took the witness from the stand to
the doorway and there had him
point out where the principal act
ors in the tragedy were standing
during the shooting. Every effort
of the state to prevent this was
| overruled.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
O'CALLACHAN
ABANDoNS TOUR
Future Plans Of Cork Mayor VIII
Depend Upon Advice Of Attor-
neys-NO Arrest Order.

Buffalo. N. Y, Feb. 12.-Donal
O'Callaghan, Lord Mayor of Cork,
was said by friends to have left for
New York at $3.50 o'clock this morn
ing. His speaking tour has been
temporarily abandoned and, future
plans will depend on tn advice of
his lawyers.
The chief of the immigration de-
partment in this district said he
had no order from Washington to
arrest O'Call CHAN for failing to
leave the country within the time
limit fixed by the department of la
Dor.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
JEWISH RABBI
WILL HEAL SICK
Spiritual Therapy Taught Cen.
turies Ago viii Be Revived by
Congregation.

San Francisco, Calf, Feb. H.
Rabbi Herman Rosenwasser an
nounced here today that spiritual
healing as taught by the Hebrew
religion centuries ago, will be re-
viyed and practiced in the congre-
cation Ohabai Shalome This move
ment is the first of its kind to be
introduced in Jewish synagogue
in this country, he said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
LETTER WRITING DRIVE
!, CONDUCTED TO STIR Up
ANTI-FRENCH FEELING
Mail Complains Of Ansg
ed Army Atrocities IN
Occupied Zone.

Washington, Feb. ls-(By
United Press.) - Cengfess
again is the target Of German
propaganda I: :
Letter campaigns, similar n;
character but not yet 80 q.
tensive a the letter writing
drives during the early part q
the war, are being conducted In
various states, principally IN
the west for the apparent pur.
pose Of stirring congress TO the
point Of going on record for
one q all Of sever& things,
including: !
l. Removal Of French AL.
gerian troops from the occu.
pied zone In Germany.
2. Revision and reduction Of
the German Indemnity. S
8. Revision of some clauses
Of the treaty Of Versailles, To
the advantage Of Germany.
The bulk Of the letters. thus
far have been indignant pre-
tests against what the writers
call ,1atrocities,- alleged to
have heen committed By
French colonial soldiers
(blacks) upon German women
and girls and German property
in the zone Of occupation. The
letters just like those sent ont
in the former propaganda
movements, bear 4 marked
similarity in phrasing.
They are coming mostly,
thus far, from portions Of the
country where German p0pu'a-
ton Is most numerous. They
demand congressional invesd-
cation and adoption Of meas.
ises looking to the removal of
French colonlals.
These letters, Secretary II
State Colby said In . letter to
Kellogg, Minnesota, who had
received some Of them, are q.
forts to drive . wedge Of dis.
like into the friendship Of the
United States and France.
According to Colby, the csa-
n ss
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
PIPE
USED FOR HOME
New York Man Lived 3 Years in
Queer Habitat-Dined on Food
From Garbage Cans.

New York, Feb. 1.-THE open
end Of an exhaust pipe four feet
in diameter. connecting two build
ings in lower New York, served as
home for Antonio Bolakoruf, aged
so. for more than three years, it
was disclosed today.
Unable to obtain employment and
too proud to beg, he subsisted on
morsels taken from restaurant
garbage cans.
He began a 30-day sojourn in
the workhouse today, where, he
was assured, the beds were softer
and the food more palatable.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
ARREST. JOYCE
UNDER Mann ACT

Coffeyville, Kan. Feb. IL
United ess).-Warrant charging
violation Of the Mann act was
sworn out here by pretty Grace
Rosenhnrgi,. of Wayne. ILL.,, against
w. P. Joyce. She claimed he lur-
ed her from home under promise
OF marriage. Joyce is held. being
unable to raise $4,000 bond. The
girl swore out the warrant. she
said. when size learned Joyce has .
wife living here.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
EXPLODE BOMB
AT WARD MEET
OF DEMOCRATS
Injury of Sir Mey, At
tribslted to Poll
tics.

Chicago, Feb. ia bomb ex-
plosion at the Nineteenth ward
Democratic headquarters last night,
which seriously injured six men,
was attributed to politics today by
Anthony D'Andrea, candidate for
city council from that ward. who
had a narrow escape himself.
A big hole was blown in the wall
directly over the speakers chair.
just after D'Andrea had finished
speaking to crowd Of about three
hundred Of his adherents.l
Alderman Johnny Powers, who
for 80 years has represented that
section in the city council and state
senate, and is q candidate for re-
election to city council at the elec-
ton on Feb. 20, said today he hop
ed no one would believe that he
would "countenance such an action
by his followers" and that he had
agreed with D'Andrea last Satur-
day to conduct a clean-cut cam
paign.
Two of DAndrea's precinct cap
tains suffered broken legs, one had
his leg broken and several others
were hurt.
A rope. by which police assert
the bomb was lowered from the
roof to the place where it was ex-
ploded, furnished the only clue to
the bombers. Two men and q wom-
an in q red automobile were seen
speeding away from the vicinity
Immediately after the explosion
but shots from a policeman failed
to halt them.
For several years D'Andrea has
contested political honors in the
Nineteenth ward with Powers, but
Powers has been regularly reflect
ed, until now he is the dean Of the
city council.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
TO EXEMPT
new HOMES
FR0M,TAxES
Illinois Housing Commits
sion Has Plans to. Re-
leve Shortage.

Chicago, Feb. 12.-Renewal of
construction is the only remedy for
the present housing shortage in
Illinois, according to statement
issued today by the Illinois hous-
ing and building commission. The
statement, according to Walter F..
D0dd, secretary OF the commission,
was preliminary to a full report
which Senator Harold Kessinger of
Aurora, chairman of the commits
sion, will make to Governor Small
on Feb. Is.
The commission recommended
that constitutional changes be
made to permit exemption from
taxation of new dwellings and pos
sible state or municipal aid in con-
nection with the present housing
situation.
The commission decided to make
the following recommendations:
Revision of the zoning act of
1919 which permits municipalities
to designate certain areas for bus
mess purposes and certain others
for residential purposes.
Legislative investigation Of COM
binations or agreements which re-
strain construction.
Passage of a law permitting cit
les to establish rental commits
sions.
!. Amendment of the landlord and
tenant law so as to abolish the
double penalty for holding over and
to require GO instead of 30 days
notice to terminate month-by-month
tenancies.
Amendment of the forcible entry
and detainer act SO as to prevent
waiver of jury trial in such cases
SO as to allow for executions for
six months or less.
Amendment OF the practice act so
as TO avoid waiver Of jury trial in
cases relating to residence prop
erty. ..... =.
Home Loan System.
The commission also endorsed
the Calder-Nolan bill now before
congress and providing a home
loan banking system based primar-
lily ON building and loan associa-
tions, but also permitting other in
stitutions to re-discOunt their home
mortgages under federal supervis-
ion.
The commission has recommend
ed bill dealing with housing
standards. On this subject, the
statement said:
."In recommending this bill. the
commission had in mind that moth
ing should be done unnecessarily
| to increase the cost of building con-
struction and also that it is at the
present time highly undesirable to
permit reduction in housing
standards.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
may |MPEACH
JUDGE Lands

Washington, Feb. 12.-Senator
Dial of South Carolina announced
today in the senate that he would
bring impeachment proceedings
against Federal Judge Landis Of
Chicago, il he Obtained conhrma-
tion OF statement credited in the
press today to Judge Landix In, the
case OF Francis J. Carey. = baAk
clerk charged with embessisnsni /
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
DAWES VISIT
HHARDING
STARTS GOSSIP
Chicago Banker Is
"Mystery Man" of
Cabinet.

st. Augustine, Fla, Feb. H.
Charles G. Dawes, Chicago bank
Ter, who has, prominently been un-
der consideration for appointment
as secretary of the treasury. head
ed President-elect Harding's ap-
pointments today with conference
that started a new train Of cabinet
speculation here.
Once conceded to have first call
on the treasury portfolio. but more
recently regarded as less for
midable contender for the place.
Mr.. Dawes has become one Of the
mystery men Of the cabinet prob
lem. 1t was said at Harding head
quarters that his call was not the
result Of . formal appointment
made at Mr.. Harding's request, but
in some quarterS the fact Of his
coming at this time was interpreted
as evidence that he still is being
considered for some hign govern
ment position.
Mr.. Dawes is in Florida to visit
relatives, having come directly from
Washington, where he created a
sensation last week by publicly
cOndemning the methods Of the Re-
publican majority in congress in
its investigation of the conduct Of
the war.
Regarding his course in that re-
gard, Mr.. Harding and the officials
close to him have had nothing to
say, nor would they make any COM
ment on the significance Of today's
conference beyond the assurance
that the president-elect has high
regard for his callers ability.
+ Others with whom Mr.. Harding
had appointments today include
Henry A. Wise Wood of New York,
interested in aviation projects, and
a committee of the Jacksonville
chamber Of commerce, who brought
an invitation to the president-elect
! to visit that city.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
POLICE after
CHECK RAISER
Crook ut Montreal fictimixes Bank
to Time of $4,000 BY Clever
Forgery.

Montreal, Feb. l2.-Three checks.
written originally for small
amounts then certified and raised
to total value of $4,000. were
cashed in prominent banks here by
man for whom police throughout
this. section Of the country were
searching today. Made with in
visible ink. the original figures, an
examination disclosed, faded after
certifications we're made, enabling
the forger to write his own figures.