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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
BILL DOESN0t
STOP TRADING
Minnesota Measure to Prohibit
Grain Futures Actuaaly lie.
galiEes Them.

st. Paul. Mimi, April 1.-Termed
an ''anti-futures" measure, after
the bill for which it was substitute
ed, the law enacted by, the Mime
sofa legislature, effective next Aug
ust I, actually legalizes trading in
grain futures instead of prohibit
ing such transactions.
The original "anti-futures" bill
drawn by the farmers committee,
aimed to prohibit dealings in fu-
lures though excepting Legitimate
hedging" but the hedging amend
ment finally caused substitution Of
the measure that has received the
governors signature.
Only one qualification is placed
ON dealings in futures. and that is
that the contract must be made
''in good faith" and It is provided
that such contracts may be set
tied after the manner customary
ON grain exchanges. by payment Of
the difference between the con-
tract price and the market price Of
the commodity,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
BANDITS STAGE
BOLD ROBBEDY
AT SUMMIT
Four Persons Herded
In Valllt As Loot
Is Taken.

Summit. ILL.,, April 1.-TAree
masked bandits held up the Sum-
mitt State bank this morning at 8
O'Clock, fired two shots at Fred
Mandel, cashier, and escaped with
$4,000.
The booty was all in cash. 1t
was obtained from the cash trays
and money drawers of the cashier
and from the safe or strong box,
which sMandel was compelled to
open.
The trio who committed the rob-
berry escaped in an automobile
which stood outside the bank with
a fourth bandit waiting at the
wheel. The machine sped straight
down the Archer avenue road to-
ward Chicago.
-Four persons were in the bank
when the robbers entered. Besides
Mandel, his assistant, William Tel
Ter, Miss Sarah johnson, a book
keeper, and a customer, John NAL
10y, postmaster Of Summit, were
OSNuRACu Will lie uTSL business
of the dag.
The command "stick 'em up"
came SO suddenly that Mandel did
not at first recognize its signifi-
canoe. The shot startled him into
action. however.
Menaced by three revolvers, the
four victims Of the robbery were
herded into the vault. While one
robber stood guard over them one
OF his companions emptied the cash
drawers and trays and the other
forced Mandel to open the safe.
This is good enough, let's Co."
was the word when the safes con-
tents were revealed. The robbers
backed out and escaped in an au-
tomobile. Their proceedings took
less than five minutes, bank Off
cials said.
Prompt alarm was given by the
Summit authorities to all sur
towns.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
INCORPORATE
new CONCERNS
7. W. c. A. Of Alton Files Papers
at Cspifal-Cairo and Aurora
Firms Started.

Springfield, ILL.,, April The
Young Women's Christian associa-
ton OF Alton, H., was incorporat-
ed here today. Incorporat0rs are
Nine P. Merritt, Amelia A. Flynn
and Lillian T. Mckinney.
Papers were also issued the Cairo
Cotton Oil Mill company Of Cairo.
ILL.,, 200 shares non-par value. to
manufacture and deal in cotton,
cotton seed. fertilizers, soaps. oils
and feed. Incorp0rat0rs are r. p.
Fox, F. L. Short and NJ. L. Fox.
Aurora Steel and Stamping COM
pany. Aurora. $25.000; to manu-
facture and deal in steel. metals
and products thereof: incorpora-
tors, BENJAMIN p. Alschuler. Ralph
Putnam and Glenn T. Johnson.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
SAY VEN|zELOS
lSN0T IN JAPAN
Reported Visit Of Ex.Premier Not
Known 10 Authorities es-Invite
General Wood.

Toxic, March 31.-(Associated
Press. .)-Authorities at the Japa-
nese foreign Office, say they know
nothing Of the reported visit of
former Premier Venizelos of
Greece to Japan.
IAN Athens dispatch, received in
this city early this week stated
London advices had declared that
M. Venizelos would go to Japan as
the guest of the mikado and would
be asked to arbitrate existing diff
ferences between Japan and the
United States.)
Major General Leonard Wood,
who has been sent to the Philip
pines by President Harding to con-
duct an investigation Of conditions
there, has been invited to spend a
week or 10 days in this city, and
officials say they will welcome him
to the country.
Newspapers here Join in this
welcome. and express the opinion
that the visit may have an impor-
tant bearing on relations between
Japan and the United States.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
PLANSTATUE OF
devil ANSE"
Liie.Slzed Figure Of Hatfield to -
Erected by Clansmea IN
West Virginia.

Huntington, W. Va, April Rel
atives and friends Of the late "Devf1
Anse" Hatfield. noted mountaineer
chieftain and leader In the Hatheld-
Mccoy feud, are arranging to hAye
q life-sized statue Of the clansmaA
erected on the site OF his late h0me
on Island creek, in Logan county.
The statue, which will be caryed|
in Carrars marble at Carrara, ItA1f
will portray Anse standing bal u
headed looking over the mounts H.
The relatives and friends are GQb-
scribing to fund to cover t. cook
of the monument. X
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
STAMPS FOR AIR
MAIL DELIVERY

Chicago, ILL.,, April LA number
OF business houses and manufac-
turers here have received rubber
stamps from the Manufacturer
Aircraft association marked Deliver
by Air Mail II Possible" Howard
Minsos, Of the Aircraft association,
In speaking Of these stamps says:
Eventually public support will
enable the air mail to become our
fastest and most important means
Of mail transport. It is to aid in
this progress that We are sending
these rubber stamps. Every time
anyone receives IN envelope bear
ing the air man stamps It calls at
tenti0n to the air mail service,
which 10 fast developing into what
will soon prove to be our best
means Of mail transportation"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
HIGHWAY BULLETIN.

Springfield, ILL.,, April I. - Main
highways in central Illinois are in
fair to good conditions, according
to the weekly road bulletin issued
today by Clarence ]. Root, meteor
ologist Of the United States wealth
er bureau here. Dragging the
roads has resulted In . smooth sur
face but in sections where they
have not been dragged the roads
are rouEht with occasional mud
holes.
Z High water has closed the roads
from Springfield to. Decatur, and
Rochester. and detours through
Sherman and RiyertDn arc neces-
;sary. The Springfield to Quincy
road Is said to be good the entire
distance.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
When School Is Closed BY
FIRST LOAD FOR
CHINA RELIEF
Wenatchee Sails From Seattle
April . Carrying Supplies for
Famine District.

Seattle April 1-When the new
shipping board steamer Wenatchee
sails for Seattle April =. inaugur-
ating the passenger service be-
tween this port and the far east.
she will carry what il believed to
be the first shipment of food from
the United States to the famine
stricken districts of North China,
it was announced here today. Three
carloads Of wheat and other food
supplies contributed By tarmcrs of
eastern Warrington and handled
free By . railroad and ths puhiie
terminals here. viii be past 81
The ships cargo. Ocean chareed
WA - uaid BY Seattle oatdsans
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
RELIGIOUS
ASPECTSOF
IRISH war
Professionals Of American
Commission Denounce
British ''Pogroms."

Washington, April Religious
aspects OF the troubles in Ireland
are discussed in report made pub
lie here today which supplements
the 30.000-word findings of the Com
mission Of the Committee OF One
Hundred investigating the Irish
question. The supplementary re-
port, made by the Protestant men,
befs of the commission, summar-
izes the evidence presented at the
hearings held here in November.
December and January, As follows:
/. Outside of a part of Ulster.
Catholics and Protestants live in
peace and harmony and their po-
litical opinions are not primarily
q matter of religion.
2. Even In Ulster religious big
otry il not by any means wholly
spontaneous, but is artificially stir
red up by those whose economic
and political interests are served
by dividing the people.
3. while 1t obviously lies be
yond our province to pass final
judgment upon the various aspects
Of the Ulster issue, We have not
only right but . duty as American
Protestants to denounce the de-
gradation Of religion by such pog-
roms as occurred last summer.
Upon this subject we owe 1t to our
fellow religionists both in Ameri-
ca and in Ulster, to speak plainly"
Are Pr0testants.
All of the members of the COM
mission. excepting United States
Senator David l. Walsh Of Massa-
chusetts, who were chosen by the
committee to conduct the inquiry,
arc Prptestants. These members
are Jane Addams, Hull House, Chi
cnQee1s- Ha11inSsWeeth Wood. law
ysf. NeN York; Frederick C. Howe
former United States commissioner
Of immigration. New York; James
H. Maurer, president American Fed
Grafton Of Labor Of Pennsylvania;
Major Oliver p. Newman, formerly
commissioner Of the District of Co
lumbia; United States Senator
George W. Norris Of Nebraska, and
Rev. Norman Thomas of New York.
mo examination Of the Irish
situation can ignore the religious
ISSUE" says the report. 1T SEEM
ed peculiarly appropriate that the
Protestant members should deal
with the subject in view of the
overwhelming predominance Of Ro-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
VIVIANI WILL
BE ADVISED OF
U. S. POLICIES
America to Insist Up
on Freedom, Of
Action.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,
Especial to The Arpus1

Washington, March 31-Prelimin-
ary conversations between the goy-
ernments of France and the United
States conducted by Former Pre-
mier Viviani and President Hard
ing, Secretary of State Hughes md
Under Secretary Fletcher lead fo
the conclusion that important de-
,velopments will result from the
conferences.
The American government has
taken advantage of the opportun-
ity to say Informally to Former
Premier Yiviani exactly what it
thinks Of the moral influence of
the League of Nations and the like
lihood of American partnership,
especially when that league has
thus Ear disregarded protests made
by the United States on matters
vital to America.
In other words, Former Premier
Viviani's enthusiasm for the league
has been countered to some .ex-
tent by pertinent questions con-
corning the meaning Of the recent
refusal Of the League Of Nations
to heed Americas protest concern
ing the Japanese mandate in the is
land Of Yap and other mandates in
the Near East.
Broadly speaking, Former Pre-
mier Viviani has learned already
some fundamentals of American
policy that must be taken into con-
sideration il Europe expects Amer
ican partnership. One of these
principles is that the United States
must not be left in a position less
free in world diplomacy than she
had before 1914. Indeed, the prin-
ciple of the open door," which
means freedom Of commercial op-
portunity for American merchants.
Is paramount and the denial of that
opportunity in the extension Of
mandates has been seized upon by
the Harding administration as an
argument against the kind of league
that is in existence at present in
Europe.
No Details Yet.
Tho details Of just what kind sc
an association Of nations the Hard
ing administration prefers has not
yet been worked out. It is too
CONTINUED on Page Four.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
SAYSTEACHER
MUST Be PAID
Court Makes Rule on Salary Claim
When Schools Is Closed BY
Health Board.

Mt. Vernon, Ill, April 1.-Declar-
ing that a teacher whose school is
closed by order Of the state board
of health is entitled to salary for
the time school is closed, the ap-
pellate court in an opinion just
handed down by Justice Frank
Boggs established legal preced-
ent
The question was raised in an ap-
peal from Wayne county OF a suit
by Miss Gladys Phelps against trus-
teest of a school closed for two
months during an influenza epi-
demic.
When School Is Closed by
months salary was tried in the. cir
cult court at Fairfield judgment was
returned against the school district,
and the appellate court sustains the
lower court.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
BEE WISHES TO
SHAKE HUSBAND
ORIGINATOR of Shimmy Asks Divorce
from Mate Who Thumps Piano
While She Quivers.

Chicago, April 1-(United Press
Bee Palmer, who since her orig
ination Of the well known shimmy,
has shaken her shoulders in some
of the best theatres of the country,
today attempted to shake her hus-
band.
Miss Palmer today applied for a
divorce from her husband, AL Sic
gel. who plays the piano in the act
while she quivers.
Anent Siegel. Bee had the follow
ing things to say in her divorce Pc
tition:
"He is insanely jealous of my su-
perior talents. He looks on every
applauding spectator as rival for
my affections.
"He is a mere nonenity, blooming
like the flower in the well-known
poem, merely to waste his sweet
ness on the desert air OF a kero-
sene circuit.
ITO be able to give the right in
depreciation of the shimmy one
must be at rest before one goes on
the stage. With my husband in the
act am never at rest"
"The shimmy is the synchronized
undulations of the muscles Of the
upper limbs" she defines her dance.
She didn't define a husband.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
CEASE WORK
BECAUSE OF
WAGE CUTS
Men Of Building Trades
in Many Cities Refuse
Reductions.

Omaha, Neb., April 1.-Some of
the building trades line workers in
Omaha quit work today because Of
a 20 per cent wage reduction an
nounced recently by some of the
city's contractors. ]. NJ. Gibb, Sec
retary of the building trades coun-
Gil early today estimated the num-
Der of men affected as 1000, but
later said but 400 men quit work.
Agree to Scale.
Waterloo, Iowa, April 1.-Carpen-
ters and brick masons who refused
to accept 20 per cent wage reduc-
tions, are idle, except carpenter
employees of H. A. Maine company,
which is erecting high school.
Names workers accepted settle
ment providing for scale averag-
ing wages established in seven
Iowa cities which are to reach
agreements soon.
Stop Construction.
st. Louis, Mo-, - April 1.-All
concrete construction in st. Louis
was stopped today following the re-
fusal of cement finishers and con-
crete laborers to accept 20 per
cent reduction. ....
About $50 finishers and 700
laborers rae affected.
Technical Strike.
Sioux City, Iowa, April There
is a technical strike in the build
ing trades in Sioux City today.
Builders announced a 20 per cent
cut in wages and union men refused
to accept it. The reduction goes in
to effect today. As there is stagna-
ton of building operations here
caused by instability Of labor con-
ditions. the walkout Wae only :" ""on
paper
Loo Affected.
Des Moines, Iowa, April 1.-Or-
ganized trades in the building
trades of Des Moines, failed to re-
port for work here this morning.
They were awaiting further nego-
tiations with the master builders
on a new wage scale and working
conditions. 1t was said early today
approximately $500 men were af-
fected.
The master builders drew up the
new contracts to call for wage re-
ductions Of approximately 20 per
cent, and also to deal direct with
the unions of the various crafts
instead of through building trades
councils. The union men oppose
a decrease of that amount in wages,
and also are opposed to elimination
of the building trades council in
negotiations.
Little Effect
Ottumwa, Iowa, April AL
though 300 men employed in the
various building crafts in Ottunwa,
voted last week to refuse wage
cut of approximately 20 per cent
proposed by local contractors, their
decision has had little effect on
local building, excepting to discour-
age the antlclpateu DulIOlnS uooul
which awaits lower wages.
Take Lay Oh.
St. Joseph, Mo-, April Several
hundred union plumbers, metal
workers, electricians and painters,
refusing to accept a reduced wage
scale, announced by the Building
Trades Employers association. ef-
fective today, did not go to work
this morning. Union carpenters
and other craftsmen whose scales
were reduced, announce that they
will not work after tomorrow at the
reduced scale.
Ask 80 Gems.
Waterloo, Ia, April 1.-All union
electrical workers quit work here
today when contractors put into
effect scale reductions Of 10 to 3
cents an hour. The men are asking
80 cents.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
CRITICIZE REPORT.

Washington. April 1.-The en-
eral conclusions OF tho reperf 81
the COMMITTEES Of 100, tnye1 ye1fif5fsS1l
Irish conditions. y16 ds118l
biased and wholly mteiedd dtSen -
the British euibssly. !. 'ss Il }. III; .si 1,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
MASSIyG TROOPS.

Budapest, April 1.-The Jugo-
Slays and Rumanians are massing
troops on the Hungarian border to
oppose the restoratiou OF former
Emperor Charles.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
NATION GIVEN WARNING
AGAINST RESTORATION
OF Ex-EMPEROR CHARLES
Budapest Advices psIly
Report Of Charles Ad-
vance to Capital.

Paris, April 1.-(By the A.
s0ciated Press )-WaFnlng M
given Hungary teday ~ ~
allies that the rest0ratien n /
the Hapsburg dynasty weuM !
entail disastrous conseQueaess
for the Hungarian nation,
This warning, issued thlvugA :
the Council OF Ambassador, &
constituted . virtual ultimatan /
from the chief allied p0werS, +
including Great Britain, France
Italy and their lesser assecl-
ates. 1t was given IN addi-
ditional point by thS fae4 thaf
It was communicated olncially
to the allied states BY which
Hungary IL surrounded -
cho.Slovakis Jugo.Slayia,
Runania and Poland, at least
the first three Of which, con. !
prising tho ~little ententc, 2
have declared themselves ready
to take military action agninSt
the Hapsburg restoration.
Meanwhile advices reaching
Paris through Official and other j
reliable channels, give NO con. Il
tirmAtiOn Of the rumOrs thAt
ex.Emperor Charles was
marching upon Budapest at tho /
head Of . large body of troops
to replace himself upon the
throne.
To Remove King.
Oficial advices to the French
foreign Office emphasized that
Charles was still at Steinamanger
near the Austrian frontier, that ne
gotiations were in progress for hil
from Hungary. presum-
Bbly back to Switzerland, through
and that quiet PREVAILS
at Budapest, the Hungarian capf.
tai.
Direct Budapest advices carried
official denial of the report tha,
Charles was moving on the CAPT
tai with troops and declared N
was safely guarded at Steinaman-
ger.
Two authentic facts appear u
stand out of the mass OF sensa
tional rumors relative to the at
tempt of former Emperor Charles
to reinstate himself as head Of th,
Hungarian government The mrs
Is that Charles is still in Hungary
and the second is. that the Little
entente" comprising Czecho Slo
vakia. Rumania and Jugo-Slavia
and the big entente" are read,
tor strike II the former empercl
succeeds in his enterprise.
It is possible that few adven'
turers are gathered around tht
former emperor, and that SOM
battalions Of the troops may b
ready to assist him, but the Hun
garian minister here does mot b
lieve that the army has declares
for Charles, as Vienna dispatches
have stated.
Charles Wish.
Steinamanger. West Hungary
April 1.-(By the Associated Press
Former Emperor Charles declAS
ed here this morning that his de
parture from Hungary would b
upon permission q
issue a proclamation to the Mag
yars explaining the '.unfavorabI
compelling hi
and saying that he .
king, temporarily confirmed tho rs
gency Of Admiral Horthy."
The former ruler made this de
upon receiving q refua
al from Admiral Horthy. the re
gent. that he be allowed to returl
to Budapest, coupled with thrca
~ y,aififo rv m 90 curoc AGAIN az him
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-01
GREEK TROOPS
DEFEAT TURKS
AT EVERY TURN
Victorious Advance Is
Marked by Severe
Fighting.

Athens, April 1.-(By the Associ-
ated Press.)-The highest impor-
tance is attached here to the re-
ported advances Of the Greek army,
and it was stated in Greek circles
here that occupancy Of Eski-Shehr
by the Greeks was imminent after
their taking OF Kovalirza.
The war correspondents of the
Athens newspapers in their dis
patches from the front report that
the Greek army is steadily advanc-
ing against the strong resistance Of
the Turks.
Official circles are represented as
considering as q foregone conclu-
sion a favorable solution of all
pending questions with the allies,
including the recognition of King
Constantine, after the army has
successfully carried out its Anatol-
ian campaign. Allied official cir
cles, however, are less pessimistic
over the Greek military prospects.
declaring the country is paying
dearly for whatever successes are
achieved and that they are unable
to see how the offensive can be
kept up without funds.
Fighting between the Greeks and
the Turkish Nationalists has spread
all along the line in Asia Minor
until the northern end Of the active
zone is within 80 miles of Ismud.
An official statement issued here
tells Of the 11th division Of the
Greek army occupying the north
ern entrance to Geiveh Pass, south
of Adabazar, and pushing forward
into the defile more than six miles.
Severe fighting occurred during
this operation.
Capture Flag.
In the capture of Avghin, further
south, the Greeks were forced to
contend with strong enemy forces,
who defended their positions with
guns and hand grenades. A Turk
ish flag and several machine guns
were captured by the Greeks. the
statement said.
The assault which resulted in the
capture OF Kovalitza, on the right
flank of the Greek army, was pre-
ceded by a heavy artillery fire for
the purpose Of destroying redoubts
and barbed wire entanglements.
The fire began there on March %.
and the Turks rushed reinforce
ments into the struggle. but before
noon on March 30 the town was
taken.