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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01

Declined Pardon Fiue
Times, Although
Innocent.

Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 1.-Sarah
Wyckoif, 7s years old, II dead to-
day IN the state prison after a.
years' imprisonment, during which
she I'VE times declined Z pardon at
the hands Of - many governors
and after she had lived to learn
that q death-bed confession had ex-
oneratsd her Of the charge Of
which she was sentenced.
She entered the prison to serve
. life sentence - the convicted &C.
complice in the murder Of her hus.
band, Wesley Wyckon. The con-
victed principal, . negro, was hang
ed. Three years ago word came
that Q death-bed confession had
absolved the. woman Of connection
with tho tragedy. Then, for the fifth
time, she refused . pardon, ex.
planning that she was being treat.
ed well, that time had shattered al]
her relations with her family and
that she preferred to spend hel
last days amid surroundings shs
had 30 long known.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
TO Get
RADIO OUTFITS
Chicago Board Of Education Will
Install Wireless instruments
ut g Stations, -

Chicago, Feb. Radio telephone
and telegraph instruments are to
be installed in Chicago's % high
schools, the board Of education an
nounced today. Stations already
have been established at two
schools, it was said. Delivery OF
apparatus to three others is expect
ed this week and bids on equipment
for the remaining schools are be-
ing received.
The board estimates sthat th.
school wireless system, the first o1
its kind, will cost about So, 900
A. G. bakersfield, supervisor ol
technical work, believes the system
will make it possible to transact
virtually all inter-high school busi.
ness by radio telephone.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
WILL rent HOME
TO BIG FAMILY
Man With r. Children Preferred
Banker Publishes Unique
Advertisement.

Pine Bluff, Ark, Feb. IA man
with twelve children can rent his
handsome home in Pine Bluff for
almost nothing" T. H. Ashcraft,
banker, announced in advertise
ments here today. Mr.. Ashcraft,
who owns interests in several
country banks, is moving to Little
Rock.
In advertising his Pine Bluff
home for lease, he said:
"The house positively will not
be leased to family without chill
dren, and the more children in the
family the lower the price. A man
with twelve children can have il
on a long lease for almost moth
ing
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
ROBBERS LOOT
.KENW00D BANK
Six Bandits Hold Up 12 Employees
and Escape With Nearly
$4,000 in Auto. -

Chicago, Feb. 1.-Half Q dozen
robbers entered the Kenwood
Trust and Savings Bank on the
south side shortly before 9 o'clock
this morning, held up a dozen en-
ployes and escaped with all the
money in enc of the four tellers'
cages.
Bank officials told the police the
amount taken was between $15,0OO
and $4,000. No shots were fired
aAd the entire incident occupied
only a few minutes.
The men escaped in an automo-
bile.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
new RULING ON
/. POSTAGE Rates
Domestic Charges Of 2 Cents Ap-
plicable to LIST and end Class
Natter to South America.

Washington, Feb. Effective
today domestic postage rates, in
cluding the 2 cent letter charge,
are applicable to first and second
class matter. between the United
States and Bolivia, Columbia, Hon.
duras, Nicaragua and Peru, the
postofice department announced
today. The weight limit on news
papers and other printed matter
will be 8 pounds IL ounces, with a
maximum weight for single vol
umes II pounds and maximum di-
mensions of rolled papers 40 inches
In length by 6 inches in diameter.
The weight regulations also apply
to Cuba.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
PERU BANQUETS
US. SOLDIERS
Presideat Acts As Host to Admiral
Wilson and Men of Atlantic
Fleet

Lima, Peru, Feb. 1.-Oflicers and
sailors Of the American Atlantic
fleet today entered on q four day
program of entertainment which
was arranged in their honor by the
Peruvian government and the people
of this city. President Leguia was
to be host at a state banquet in
honor Of Admiral Wilson at the gov
ernment headquarters tonight
Battleships Arrive.
Callao. Jan. 31.@Seven Atlantic
feet battleships, led by the flagship
Pennsylvania, arrived here early
this afternoon and received a noisy
welcome from large crowds along
the shores and from small craft in
the harbor. Eighteen destroyers
and several supply ships reached
Callao ahead Of the main fleet. A
fog delayed the fleet considerably
during the last stages Of its trip
from Panama
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
BLAZE DRIVES
OuTFAMILIES
Negro Tenants Of Chicago Flat
Forced Into Street by Fla1es-
Bomb on Roof.

Chicago, Feb. Fire following
an explosion in a four story fiat
building tenanted by negroes sent
30 families into the street, early
today. The building was made un-
inhabitable by the flames, causing
damage estimated at 100000. No
one was injured.
The agent for the building ex-
pressed the belief that fire bomb
was thrown on the roof, adding that
there had been three fires in the
fats in three months, since the
owner had trouble with a con-
tractor.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
U, s, GOVERNMENT AND
ALL ROADS IN ILLINOIS !
AREmADE RESPONDENTS
Attorney General Brun'
dage Tries to Stop In
creased Charges. !.

Chicago, Feb. 1.-The feaer.
al government and all railreaas
operating In Illinois, were
named as respondents In q bnl
filed today by Edward J. Brun.
dage, attorney general Of To
state, seeking revocation Of In.
creased freight rates ordered
by the Interstate Commerce
commission.
~ The suit supplements a sini.
lar one filed by the attorney.
general recently In which he.
sought similar action against
federal rulings on passenger
rates.
The federal freight rate sched
ule for Illinois is forty percen
above a rate set by the state pub
lie utilities commission on mlscel
laneous freight and 20 percen
higher than the state rate on mill
and cream.
Last week seventeen railroadl
filed injunction suits asking tina
the utilities commission and tn
attorney-general be restrained frol
interfering with the new freigh
rates. but no action has been TAX
en- on those cases.
The attorney-general's coupfes
suit seeks temporary Injunction
against collection Of the feeders
rates.
Representatives Of the railroad
some time ago. asked that the uttl
ties commission sanction for III
nois freight rate. increases orde'
| ed by the Interstate Commsft
commission for interstate tram
Refusal of this request was foll0V
ed by a similar one by the roaG
to the federal Lody and it issu'
the order.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
KIDNAP school
while OFF DUTY
Abductors Beat and Rob Chicago
Patrolman, and Throw Him
BlindfOlded From Auto.

Chicago, Feb. 1.-Fred School, a
policeman OF duty, and in plain
clothes, was kidnapped. robbed OF
his automobile, revolver and SIS
and beaten by two highwaymen
last night. School was waiting in
his car for his wife to make a call
on friends when the two men Or
dered him at the point Of their re-
volvers to drive on with them.
After seeing his star they took his
gun and money. struck him s.v-
eral times and later threw him,
blindfolded. from the machine. he
said. School recently captured a
number of automobile thieves.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
TOLEDoANS. Get
SIX CENT Fare
Service at Cost Ordnance Goes Into
Effect-Cllnination Of Long
Fight,

Toledo, Ohio, Feb. Toledo
street car riders began today to
ride for 6 cents. For more than
year they had been paying Z cents
straight fare,- three rides for Is
cents with 2 cents added in each
instance where = transfer was re-
qhired. A transfer under the new
grant will be / cent.
The reduced fare resulted from
an agreement reached between the
city and Toledo -Railwayg 4 Light
company whereby . service-at-
cost ordinance went into effect last
midnight. The ordinance was
adopted by the voters last Novem-
Der. At the same time . munic-
ipal ownership proposal was voted
down by a ratio of three to one.
The street railway franchise is
for Is years and was granted to
the Community Traction company.
Under its terms the Toledo Rail-
ways & Light company last mid
night turned the property over to
the new holding company.
The 6-and-1 cent rate will be
! operative for six months, under the
franchise, and may thereafter fiuc-
tuate according to the earnings Of
the company.
The car issue which often has
been referred to a. Toledo's politi-
cal football has resulted three
times within three years in the city
being without transportation serv-
ice. "
A year ago last November the
voters adopted an ordinance or
dering the cars from the streets
| and when the vote. was certified
the company spirited its cars into
Michigan where they remained q
month when they were brought
back through an order issued in
United States district court.
Again last April service was sus-
pended when city council refused
to permit a fare increase to meet
wage demands Of its car men and
electrical workers. Council finally
gave in, the fare wa sincreased. the
men were given their raise and the
cars have been running ever since
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
CHILDREN SEND
THANKS TOU.S,
~ Hungarian sKl1dles" SigI
Aessage Of Gratitudc fer
Relief.

an. Feb. 1.-Gratitude for
SeIlcan relief to the children of
safy is being expressed in a
sS.sase to the United States to
Snsa Sa the signatures Of 1.000. 900
en have been secured. says q
pest dispatch to the Hungar-
sency here today.
Mes are planned to be held in
sn In all parts Of Hungary in
station Of. the American lnau-
ssson day. March I. Supplies Of
s.sslng and Shoes together with
on yarn for Knitting In, schools
aomes. are being distributed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
AGENTS DETAlN
DANCING GIRLS

San Francisco, Calf, Feb. L.
Corola and Isabel Freide, Russian
dancers. have been detained here
BY department Of justice agents.
They arrived yesterday from Rus
sia. The federal agents said they
acted on orders from Washington
directing investigation to determine
whether the girls were Russian
fPvtet workers. The girls, aged 81
and II, said they were enroute to
New FORK to visit an uncle, Sig
mund Freide, said to be a former
purchasing agent for Russia.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
TAX
PROVISION
ISNOTJUST
Reparation Scheme Un.
fair to American Buyers
Of German Goods.
BIZ DAVID LAWRENCE.
(CnAcial IN The ArRua.1

Washington, Feb. 1.-While there
is general approval here Of the idea
of fixing definitely the sum the
Germans must pay as war repara-
ton, there is considerable mdr-
muring and indeed dissatisfaction
over what amounts, to an attempt
to make the American people pay
q part of the German indemnity.
The section of the allied pro-
posal which is coming in for severe
criticism in congressional circles
is that which would levy a 12h per
cent tax on the exports Of Ger
many. This means that The Ameri-
can purchaser Of German goods
would have to pay the tax and that
the money would 60 into the
pockets of the allies. Indeed, the
tariff exports here calculate that
the 12h per cent tax on German
exports will operate As q protec-
tive tariff would operate il imposed
at this end-it will keep out certain
German goods altogether and will
let In other kinds that must be
bought. But it will be with this
difference: When the American
congress imposes . protective tar
i'll on foreign goods, the money
goes into the American treasur: :
and helps pay government bills and
reduces the amounts thae must be
raised by direct taxation. The &C.
tion of the allies in imposing ar
export tax simply means that the
American people who buy German
goods will pay the tax to the al
lies and thus relieve the Germans
OF . part, ut least, Of their obligs'
tion. .......
TariK authorities here insis,
moreover that . nat 12h per cen,
tar on exports is not only unscien.
tific but unequal and discriminatory
and will restrict trade, with Ger
many as well as the countrie:
which are reached through Ger.
many as a distributing center il
middle Europe.
Must Sell to g. s.
Anything that restricts trade, in.
cidentally, Is frowned upon be-
cause it. is realized here that il
Germany is to pay her annual pay
ments on the indemnity she mus
make money somehow, and sh,
cannot make money if her good.
are not sold. Similarly-and her.
ts where the most vital factor of tn,
whole question comes in-unles,
Germany can sell goods to the
United States, she will not have tn,
money to buy American cotton, an,
grain and manufactured articles
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
JURYMEN HARD
TO SECURE FOR
MATEWAN CASE
Many Difficulties Ba,
Progress of Mingo
Trial.

Williamson, W. Va, Feb. kim
ship with any Of the 21 defendants
on trial here for the alleged par
ticipation in the Matewan shoot
ings is not to be taken as seriously
in the examination of the talesmen
as during the first days of the trial.
This statement was made today
by Harold w. Houston. counsel
for the defense, who said at the
opening Of court that it would be
the policy Of the defense to object
to the dismissal of talesme1, who
had only recently discovered that
they were related to one or more
OF the accused. The first few days
OF the trial. talesmen were allowed
to step aside on the strength of the
plea that they we're related to some
one of the defeh 1ants by marriage
as far back as their grandmothers
Difficulty Of obtaining a jury has
been attended by repeated rumor,
that men would be summoned from
other counties, but Judge Bale.
said today there was little or Ii
probability of such action beint
taken. Womb in West Virginia
even though hey have the fran
chise, are not permitted to serv'
on the juries, as the law specificall.
states that all juries must be mad
up Of men. tk s
Seven Jursrs 'Disnissel.
No time was lost wheE court or
ened today in clearing the way 70
decisive action. Seven Of the tenta
tive jurymen were promptly dis
missed, :. hen it developed that the
had served on petit juries With
the last two years. This, under tn
law, exempts them from service a
this term. The ruling reduced tn
number in the box to a dozen.
The first four taiismen calle
were dismissed without an argu
ment on one plea or another. Tn
first declared he was opposed t
capital punishment; the second wa
a near relative of William Starr
|. and the others said they were un
ion miners.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
CLAIMS ALLIES
USED METHODS
OF POKER PARTY
Prof. Keynes States
Germany Can't Pay
War Debt.

London. Feb. lit Will be impoS-
sible for Germany to pay the
amounts fixed for her .reparation
debt to the allies by the supreme
allied councils at Paris last week.
according 10 Prof. John Maynard
Keynes, principal representative Of
the British q treasury 1t the Yer
sailles peace conference. He ar
gues that Germany, to have sur
plus exports worth 200.OO0,00O
pounds sterling, must have total ex-
ports worth at least 70O,OO0,0OO
pounds sterling.
Twelve per cent of this amount
would be S4,000,UUO pounds sterling
and therefore, he says that, win
700,000,00 pounds sterling of ex-
ports yearly against $4,000, 900
pounds sterling in imports, she
could just pay a fixed sum Of 116.-
100000 pounds sterling, plus S4,-
100000 pounds sterling, making a
total of z00.000,000 pounds sterling.
THAT is to say" he continues,
trade on this vast scale would be
required to pay the minimum annu-
ity Of 100,000,000 pounds sterling,
plus the export percentage. II the
Paris proposals are more than
wind, they mean a complete reor-
ganization of the channels of inter-
national trade. II anything remote
ly like them should really be in
tended to happen, the reaction on
British trade and inquiry would be
incalculable. 1t is an outrage that
the allied leaders should have dealt
with each other by using the meth
DDS of a poker party"
Called sMadness."
Berlin, Feb. 1.-Germans regard
the reparati0n terms decided upon
by the supreme allied council in
Paris last week, as fantastic and
impossible Of execution, and it is
the general opinion the government
cannot agree to them. The cabinet
which received the text of the al
lied note yesterday, was in execu.
tive session until late last night
and the note was not released fol
publication until too late for edito-
rial comment.
Madness" is the term leaders o1
the reichstag used in discussing the
reparatiOn conditions. Foreign
Minister Simons declared the ex-
| ecution of the terms would pro
duce chaos, not only in Germany
but throughout Central Europe, az
the bankruptcy Of Germany would
also bankrupt part Of Germany's
war creditors. among whom is
France"
1T is greatly to be deplored," he
continued, that the great Amer.
: can nation was only a bystande1
during the negotiations concerning
reparations at Paris. The settle.
ment Of this question determine:
the fate Of the worlds economics
of world culture" 81.
Herbert Guttmann of the Dres
dener bank said:
"The reparations figures are ab
surd, and the tax levy on export!
is absolutely beyond understanding
The latter would kill Germany's ex
port business. and how does tn,
1 entente expect Germany to pay i
she cannot export her products
It is inconceivable that Americ,
and England will permit Germany
their best customer, to be ruined b,
the enforcement OF such terms"
The German mark showed ,
slight decline towards the close o
yesterdays session Of the Bourse
when the terms became general!
known. &
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
CHEAP PEARLS
FOUND IN TAXI

Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE . strings
Of pearls found by q taxi-drtveF.
while cleaning out his car yestsr-
day, were claimed today. The
owner, q manufacturer Of imitation
gems, said the property he has re-
covered Is valued at from &17.6o to
$50 string, wholesale. Before
he made his appearance at poltcs
headquarters, it was believed that
the jewels were genuine and worth
about $3se0e
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
.STORk VISITS
TWIN SISTERS

Delmonte. Calif., Feb. Mrs.
Mildred Jacques. wife Of Claude
Jacques Of Delmonte, and Mrs.
Maud Pierson, wife Of q Monterey
business man, twin sisters. today
are the proud mothers of girl bab-
les born yesterday. The cousins
weighed respectively the same is
their mothers ct birth.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
KEMAL NEGOTIATES.

Constantinople, Feb. 1.-(United
Press)-Mustapha Kemal, leader
Of the Turkish nationalists, will en-
deavor to negotiate with the allies
for a return Of Turkish territory sif
the present cabinet will resign, it
was announced today. Meanwhile
Kemal has ordered his troops to
cease hostilities against French
and British troops pending the Lon
don conference, where he will have
representatives at least In the role
of observers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
Are You Still
Without a Calendar
for 1921?

II 50 The Argus il prepared
to give you one. There have
been SO many difficulties
about paper, printing and dis
tribution, that there are many
families who have had NO cal
eudar this year.
We have anticipated this sit
uation and have . supply at
our Washington Information
Bureau. They are available to
you a. . part Of the free ser
vice The Argus renders to its
readers. Use the coupon i'm
mediately while the supply
lasts.
In filing out the coupon
print name and address or be
sure to write plainly.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
GETTING STRICTIR,

Washington. Feb. Prohibition
leaders in congress are planning
new legislation to provide nat
Jail sentence for the first offense Of
selling liquor. without giving the
courts the optional right OF impos-
ing . fine.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
Continued ON Page Two.)
KILL M0MAN.

Cork, Feb. 1.-(United Press.) y
Sim Feiners killed . woman last
night when she waited at the plat
form Of the station at Mallow with
her husband, Inspector King. King
was seriously wounded.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01
THE WEATHER

Unsettled weather tonight and
Wednesday, somewhat colder We'd
nesday; lowest temperature tonight
about rs degrees.
Highest yesterday, 80; lowest
last night, q.
Wind velocity at Z a. NJ, l mile
per hour.
Precipitation-none.
I'm. 7p.m. Tam.
yester. .yester. today
Dry bulb temp. .2S % q
Wet bulb temp. 81 IS 26
Relative humid. .S5 II 83
River stage, g., a fall Of 3 last
a hours
FLOYD D. YOUNG.
NeteorolOgis
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-01

FLOYD D. YOUNG. ice
Aeteorol0gist in
The Ordway new era., 1921-09-23
5ysl[llys
81S!|51f|YN
NAARY s.,.:! G!RAHAM ; BONNER
MR.. eULLFRoe.

II am the king of this pond" sait
Mr.. Bullfrog. "If anyone comes her,
don't like, l swallow them, That I.
the way to get rid of creatures yo,
don't like!
Just swallow them!
i've heard people talking who were
rowing on the pond and who were
gathering pond lilies. and I've heart
them say how they were Interrupted
by other people when they had somt
Important work to do.
And that the people didn't care ir
the least II they were interrupting!
How annoying that must be! Tt
be Interrupted when yor, must finish
some work How very, very annoying
that must be.
"G0og-a-roOln. goog-a-rOom, | can i'm
agine nothing more ANNOYING.
But l cannot understand why peO
pie do not swallow these other peo
pie who come and annoy them and in.
terrupt them.
IF anyone bothered me, that is
what / would do.
'Just suppose an insect hops on my
nose and says:
"'Sorry Mr.. Bullfrog, l do hope I'm
not annoying you. ! don't pay any at
tention to that speech. l know it's
not so. If he cared about not annoy
Ing me he wouldn't land on my nose.
But l don't bother to answer him
back, for that would he beneath my
dignity. So just swallow him!
THAT'S what l should think every
one would do with everyone else who
annoyed them.
Don't be polite to them! Get rid
of them Swallow them! do the
The Ordway new era., 1921-09-23

spert, the knickerbOcker suit is taken
as a matter of course. both for the
schoolgirl and her elders. II Is made
of rough woolens, in tan, gray or
brown, with sleeveless coat and
often with cape to match. There
are smart but less spirited suits Of
tweed with plain skirTs and mannish
coats designed for the same kind OF
wear. Hats TO match, or felt hats are
worn with both.
For afternoon wear and for dane
ing there are many adorably pretty
frocks for girls in their teens. Crepe
and tafTetn. ribbons and embroideres
Join forces in making them and sill
houettes vary, with the close-titting
bodice joined to a full skirt developed
in taffeta and the slim silhouette TAX
Ing advantage of the clinging quality
of crepes.
The Ordway new era., 1921-09-23
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP ROOT

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder medi-
cine. - ..l & .l
1t is physicians prescription.
Swamp Root is a Strengthening medi-
cine. 1t helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended they
should do.
Swamp-Root has stoodsthe test of years.
It is sold by all druggists on its merit
and it should help you. No other kidney
medicine has SO many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp Root and start
treatment at once. 81
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
KilDer 4 Co., Binghamton, N. Y, forra
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper advertisement.