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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
Late Bulletins

Washington. Sept. 7-(Unit-
ed Press.)-Despite the dis
armament conference the navy
department submitted esti-
mates TO Budget Director
Dawes. calling for expendi-
lures during the fiscal year be-
ginning July L. 1922. which
equal those of the present year,
it was learned today.
Total appropriations this year
were about S410,000,0G0.
Onamia, Minn.. Sept. T.
Brisk showers began falling
over the entire forest fire area
west of here shortly after noon
today and indications were that
before night the fire, already
checked by a change i'm the
wind and the great work OF vol
unteer fire fighters. would be
put beyond immediate danger
soon.
To the west, south and east
of ORamia, showers were fall
ing.
Grand Junction. Iowa, Sept.
Mrs. c. NJ. Kearney. o5. OF
Havana, Ill, was instantly kill
ed late yesterday when a c. Il
\. w. engine going after a
circus train backed into the
car in which she and Eer
daughter were driving from
wyoming to their home in IL
Hnois.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
TAKE 'CLOSEUPS'
OF PLANET MARS?
! PREPOSTEROUS!

Cambridge, Mass, Sept. T.
Fians Of B. McAfee, an Amer
'can scientist now in London,
and Prof. David Todd for TAX
ing snapshots of Mars by using
a mine shaft in Chile as the
barrel of a special telescope,
are 1mpracticable and offer no
possibility OF success" in the
opinion of Prof. Solon l. Bailey,
director of the Harvard observ-
atory.
1t is true that stars can be
seen in daylight from the bot
tom Of mine or the bottom OF
d well. Just as we can see them
through a telescope, even in
thunderstorm" Professor Bail
ey said. But the idea of using
a mine shaft in conjunction
with a big dish of mercury to
make Mars appear a mile or
TWO away is preposterous.
nave no faith in the idea 1t IS
foolish, wild scheme"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
GOMPERS RUNS
AFOUL OF GEN.
JOHN PERSHTNG
A. E. F. Leader Re-
senfs Inference La
Dor Won War.

Washington, Sept. General
Pershing and Samuel Gompers had
tilt last night at dinner given
as the conclusion of the exercises
here celebrating LaFayette-Marne
day. At least official Washington
regards it as a clash over the ques-
ton of whether labor won the war.
Mr.. Gompers had spoken on the
after-dinner program and while he
made no claim that labor won the
war he did tell of the record of
the American Federation of Labor
during the war and declared that
previous to the entry of the United
States its sympathy was with the
cause of the Allies.
Every American a Patriot.
General Pershing, however, ap-
parently regarded MIR. Gompers' re-
marks as claim that labor had
won the war. Some of those who
heard his remarks quote him as
having said substantially:
THE policies of this republic are
not determined by labor unions OF
bv any other organizations, but by
the consensus of opinion of IFS
patriotic citizens of whatever affili'
ations.
81 want to say that every Amer
lean is a patriot whether he belong'
to some labor organization or il
lust an ordinary citizen, and tha
it is not a question of labor unions
it is not question of any organiza
tions; it is not a question o
whether we belong to some as
sociation or not.
Loyalty, Not Labor, Won War.
TT is a question of whether wt
are loyal citizens of the United
States. l am here to say to yot
that the members of the labor
unions were not the only ones whc
won the war. 1t was the citizens
who inherited their patriotism from
their forefathers who came across
in the Mayflower and helped deter
mine and maintain the high princl-
Dles of America, as well as those
who have adopted American lnstl-
tutions as their own. 1t seems tc
he about time for US to rise up and
saw that America shall be ruled
and governed by American citizens
and not by organizations Whlcn
have their own selfish purposes to
serve"
The incident, however, did not de-
velop into a debate and ended Win
General Pershing's speech.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
SENATE is
WORKING ON
TAX REPEAL
Mellon May Suggest That
Measure Be Made
Retroactive.

Washington, Sept. 7.ZMajority
r,onbers OF the senate finance COM
mittee hoped to complete today
nre,iminary consideration of the
house tax bill and to get under way
,be actual drafting of new meas
ure after hearing Secretary Mellon
tomorrow Il is understood that
the treasury secretary viii suggest
ratroactiye repeal of the excess
nrofts tax for which there is said
n he a growing sentiment in the
committee. despite action of house
Republicans in voting to postpone
The effective date until next Jan. l.
Treasury experts are assisting the
senate committee in its study OF the
house measure and have prepared
for the committees information
tables showing the estimated
amounts of revenues to be derived
from the various sources under the
horse bill in the calendar years
1922 and 1928, as compared with the
amounts that probably would be
realized under the present law.
Table Shows Reductions.
; For 1922. the return under the
house bill is estimated at $780,
100000 against So 900 under
the act OF 1918, while in 1928 the
total would be S2,644,37 900 COM
pared with $3.50, 100000 under the
existing statute.
In 1922 the corporation income
and excess profits tax is estimated
at $3.50 100000, the same as under
the present law but in 1923 this
would be reduced TO $3.50, 100000
through repeal of the profits tax.
Individual income taxes would fall
off sT0,000,000 to $S30,000,000 in
1922 through increased exemptions
to heads of families, while in 1928
the total would be cut $3.50, 100000
to $750000,0 geo as a result Of a re-
peal of the higher income surtaS
brackets. Collections of back taxes
next year would be $500, 100000
under these estimates and $3f0,000,-
900 in 1923.
Miscellaneous Tax Cuts.
The house bill would cut miscel-
kneous taxes from s1,340, ,00C
under the present law to S980,490,-
900 in 1922. The changes include:
Repeal of the transportation
taxes s262,O0O,000.
Repeal of the insurance premium
taxes. S19,000,000.
/ Reduction in the cereal beverage
taxes from s19,000,000 TO $4,000, 900
Reduction in the tax on sof
drinks, fruit juices, syrups, etc.
from $41,000,0O0 to $12,000,000.
Reduction in the levy on sporting
goods from $4,000,000 to 1000, 900.
Reduction in the tax on cand.
from s22 1000, 900 to s14,000,000.
Reduction of the tax on fur ar
dcles from S9,200,000 10 $4,690 900.
Repeal of the tax on toilet soaps
s2,100, 900.
Reduction in the tax on luxuriei
nom $40, ,000, 900 to S5,000,000.
Repeal of the levies on perfumes
cosmetics, proprietary medicines
ETC, $6,000,OO0.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
RENTALS DROP
IN KANSAS CITY
But Only on "kitehenette Apart
ments;- Larger Apartments
"About the Same"

Kansas City, Mo-. Sept. 7.-tBy
United Press. Hope for ns-iy-
weds was extended by real estate
men here today.
Kitchenette apartment rentals
have dropped on an average of $5
month, it was announced by L. F.
Gregg and other agents, who de-
cIared, however, that larger apart
merts would continue to rent for
about the same"
There is no valid reason Tor IN
creases in rents this fall and sucn
increases are not the rule, they
added.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
5000 ARE idle
In SPRINGFIELD

Springfield, Ill, Sept. 7.-United
Press eight and nine
thousand persons are out of work
in Springfield, L. o. German, super
intendent of the local Office of the
state free employment bureau. re-
ported to State Labor Director
George B. Arnold today.
Employment conditions have been
steadily growing worse and suffer
ing increases. The city commission
late yesterday decided to begin
work Immediately on local improve
ments costing several millions of
dollars.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
BRITONS JOIN
IN TRIBUTE TO
ZR-2 VICTIMS
Chaplain, of x. A. F.
Calls Them Martyrs
to Science

London, Sept. 7.-(United Press.)
Impressive simplicity marked the
memorial services in Westminster
abbey for the British and Ameri
can victims of the ZR-2 disaster
today.
A crowd thronged about White
Hall and Victoria street at noon
while inside the historic abbey rep
resentatiyes of King George and
Queen Mary of British royalty and
government, of the army and navy
and many titled Britishers and
prominent Americans paid tribute
10 the memory of the dead airmen.
The Rev. H. d. Wiener. chief
chaplain of the royal air force, Of
ficiated at the short ceremony. He
referred to the ZR-2 victims as
martyrs to science"
Three hymns were sung-"How
Bright the Glorious Spirits Shine,
20 God our Help in Ages" and the
Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Todays cabinet meeting at In
verness prevented Lloyd George
from attending the services, as he
had planned, but the prime minis
ter was represented by his first
secretary.
American navy men and many
tourists were in the throng gath
cred about the abbey and many at
tended the services.
Bring Yank Bodies Home.
DevonpOrt, England, Sept. T.
UNITED Press. THE bodies of Is
American officers and men who
were to have flown the giant ZR-2
across the Atlantic to America to-
day began their last homeward
journey. on the British cruiser
Dauntless.
Full naval and military honors
were paid the Americans who per-
ished in the disaster over the Hum
Der river. Warships in the harbor
flew flags at half-mast- A military
escort, marching at slow step with
arms reversed; walked beside the
fag-draped coffins, as they were
carried from the station here to
the Dauntless. The naval band
played a funeral dirge, as the pro-
cession passed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
TROOPSLEAvE
W. VA. FIELDS
Reports Indicate Operation Of
Mines is Being Resumed With 5
Everything Orderly.

Charleston, W. Va, Sept. THE
Goth infantry early today awaited
special trains to carry it back to
Camp Dix, N. j., whence the troops
came late last week for duty in
the Logan-Boone county district,
where disturbed conditions obtain
ed at that time. The chemical war
fare service which arrived with the
26th expected to entrain during the
day for Edgewood arsenal, New
jersey. it's home station.
Favorable reports continued to
come in from the Spruce Fork
Ridge region. They indicated that
the operation of mines was being
resumed and that federal troops
were experiencing no difficulty in
maintaining order.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
REPORT 500
MINERS ARE
UNDER ARMS
Rumor Fl din County
Strikers Will March
on Rosiclare.

Elizabethtown, ILL.,, Sept. Five
hundred armed miners are en-
camped on the headwaters of Big
Greek on Karber Ridge, IL miles
north of Elizabethtown, according
to word brought in at midnight by
a young farmer.
ALI telephone wires leading north
through the ridge for a consider
able distance were cut before 8
O'Clock last night and repairs have
not yet been made.
Scouts, after covering the roads
and hills for eight miles, returned
this morning without finding any
trace of the strikers. A farmer who
reached EliZabethtown at the same
time reported strikers in control or
the road through Furnace Land
wild 1000 acre forest tract, six
miles north of here, where nearly
200 miners held up all passersby.
Authorities Discount Stories.
| While discounting the story
brought by the young farmer last
night, the authorities stationed
! watchers on the hills north OF
Elizabethtown and at Rosiclare. No
ono was allowed to enter or leave
after sundown without search.
The young farmer told officials
| that the miners expected several
/ hundred reinforcements today and
planned to march on the Flouor-
spar mine at ROsiclare. If the
march is made, county officials do
/
when. they believe, the miners
may attempt to reach Rosiclare in
force to draw the weekly rations
which have been issued there every
Thursday by the strike committee.
Say EXODUS Was Staged.
Rosiclare, Ill.,, Sept. 7.--United
| Press. s.)-OfficiaIs today announced
the entire Hardin county coal min
ers' strike situation was well in
/ hand and no outbreaks are ex-
| pected. While there have been fire.
quent sluggings and fights between
| miners and deputies, there has so
far been no violence on large
scale, officials claimed.
| County officials said that the
"exodus" of miners families, sup
nosed to have been forced to fee
from company-owned houses, re-
Gently. was staged" in order to get
pictures of the refugees" The
families were back in their homes d
few hours after the flight"
To Ask State Probe.
Springfield, ILL.,, Sept Al
though his arrival had been expect
ed all morning, Ed Carbine, Or
ganizer of the fiuorspar miners OF
Hardin county, had not arrived at
/ Governor Smalls Office at noon to-
day. Carbine, with a delegation
was expected to come to Springfield
TO ask Governor Small TO ra mill
tary investigation of conditions in
the Rosiclare district.
Frank Harrington, president of
the Illinois mine workers, called al
the governors office shortly before
noon and was waiting to see Gov
ernor Small. He denied that his
mission had anything to do with the
Rosiclare situation and said his or
ganizati6n was not interfering IL
the Hardin county troubles.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
RULES
FOR WAGE CUT
Building Trades Workers Given
Slight Decrease in Pay Under
Arbiter's Decision.

Chicago, Sept building trades
workers were given slight wage de-
creases and new working rules were
set up in the arbitration decision
Judge K. NJ. Lands handed down
today. The decision opened the
Chicago territory to all contracting
firms and, according to to contract
ors, and union men, opened the way
TO renewal of millions of dollars
wort hof construction. Top prices
OF S1121a for fire proofers, and s1.10
for bricklayers against the former
hourly rates OF S1.25, was fixed by
the decision, which affects about
$4,000 workers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
COMPANY
MUST EXPLAIN
Illinois Northern Utilities Cited To
Appear Before Commerce Com
mission on Rate Question.

Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. Hear
ings by the Illinois commerce COM
mission were resumed today after
a months vacation. One of the
cases today is that of the Illinois
Northern Utilities company on un-
authorized rate increases in rural
communities. The company was
cited by the commission to appear
today to explain the increases.
Cases tomorrow include hearings
on proposed increases in telephone
rates in Murphysboro and La
Harpe, and gas rates in Pekln.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
LATIN AMERICA
IS PUZZLED BY
u. S. ATTITUDE
Southern Republics in
Dark on League
Question.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Copyright, 1921.
Especial to The Argus.)

Washington, Sept. 7.-Irrespec-
tive of whether the absence of sew
eral Latin-American states from
the meeting of the assembly of the
League of Nations at Geneva, Swift
,erland, this week was a concerted
movefthe incident has served to ac-
centuate the fact that the United
States government must sooner or
later make plain toits neighbors
below the Rio Grande whether
Washington looks with active dis
favor or passive favor on the con-
tinued participation in the league
of the other republics of the Amer
icas.
See Hint to Stay Out.
The Central and South American
countries Joined the league on the
expectation that the United States
would, of course, be a member.
They now find the Washington gov
ernment not only absolutely di-
vorced from the league but saying
through its official spokesman, Am
bassador George Harvey, that the
United States will not deal direct
ly or indirectly with the league. To
those nations of Central and South
America which imagine that they
must follow the United States on
European policy, this is a plain
hint to abstain. AS for other ma
tions like Brazil and Chile, which
have followed a more or less indie
pendent foreign policy, it will take
something more than a vague hint
to bring about their withdrawal
from the league. Brazil, for ex-
ample, is a member of the council
OF the league and by the unanimous
consent rule can block any pro-
cedure inimical to this hemisphere
Indeed, some observers have sus-
pected that the Harding admins
tration might not be averse 10 the
presence of Brazil in the council
because that country is the closest
friend the United States has on this
hemis nhere and the intimacy be-
tween Rio de Janeiro and Wash
ington is such that the United
States would never suffer by rea-
son of Brazil's membership in the
league.
Monroe Doctrine Perplexes.
There is another and perhaps
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
noted CHEMIST
COMES TOKNOX

Galesburg, Ill, Sept 7.-(Cnited
Press. DIR. John c. Hessler, asso-
ciate director of Mellon institute,
Pittsburgh. has been appointed head
of the chemistry department al
Knox college, according TO an
nouncement today.
DR.. Hessler is the author CT
widely used textbooks on general
science and chemistry Prior TO ms
connection with Mellon institute, he
was professor of chemistry and
president at James Millikin uni
YarSitx At Decatur. III
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
KOREANS HARD
HIT BY famine

Toxic, Aug. 6.-(Delayed.) .)-Ap-
Rals for assistance are being sent
out by two million starving Kore-
aus In Manchuria, who are suffer-
ing from the drought which ruined
me crops last month.
According to the Japanese news
papers, the governor general of
Aorea has appropriated 100000
yen Tor the relief of Korean immi-
grants IN Manchuria for the next
nscal year, but more than two mill
non Koreans in Mapchuria are con-
ttonted with starvation and are in
me most urgent need of food.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
ATLANTIC CITY
PARK IS BURNED

Atlantic City. \. J., Sept. I
UNITED Press. )-F1re TO-DAY swept
Rendezvous park. one of the amuse-
ment places of Atlantic City. The
loss was estimated at $4,000.
Two firemen were injured, one
seriously Both the men, william
Pearce and John Brown, were
caught under falling walls.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
COTTON JUMPS
$40 Per BALE

New Orleans, La, Sept. 7-Tne
most remarkable exhlbitlon
strength in the history or co'toh
trading, according to exchange
perts. was given on the New oI III
leans exchange today wnen al
months in the future markets open
ed $40 a bale over yesterday S close'
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
DREADED Child
DISEASE WANES

Springfield, ILL.,, Sept 7.-CUnited
Press. Only 16 cases Of infantile
paralysis were reported TO the
state department of health last
week. Director l. D. Rawlings re
ported to Washington that i've OF
the cases are in Chicago.
DR.. Rawlings believes the out
break is on the decline.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
FIREBUCS
ACTIVE In
MINNESOTA
Lumber Yard Is Burned
While Villagers Fight
Forest Blaze.
BULLETIN.

ne IRE at SOlH1A Is uhueI Cuu-
troll, according to a message re-
ceiyed by Major j. l.. Lewis
from Captain A. A. Vandyke, in
charge of fighters there. The
message was received at 1880
D. NJ and reads as follows:
Fire under control at So
lana. All lines well held
Rhinelander, Wis, Sept. 7.-(By
United Press. Fire of incendiary
origin destroyed the yards of the
Larson Lumber company at JEFF
fries today and damaged other
property, but the village threatened
with destruction was saved when
fire apparatus from Rhinelander
reached the scene.
Loss is S2O0.000.
The flames. starting last night,
destroyed 3,5O0,O0O feet of hard
wood lumber with a loss of $780,
0O0.
Fire fighting apparatus was rush
ed from Merrill, Rhinelander and
other surrounding towns.
Nearly the entire population OF
Jeffries, some 300 men, women and
children, fought desperately all
Tuesday night to save their home
The principal industries of JEFF
fries are the big lumber mills, a
pulp and paper plant, and a refrlg-
orator factory.
The fire apparently started in
the yards of the Larson Lumber
company, where millions of feet OF
sawed wood was stored. 1t spread
with such rapidity that adjoining
buildings were soon ablaze.
The town is entirely without hre
protection.
Forest Fires Under Control
McGrath, Mimi, Sept. Fires
burning in the district near Ona-
mia, Hillman and Johnsdale early
today were reported under control
by state national guardsmen and
citizen volunteers.
Fire fighters in the Solana sec
ton also were holding their own
although at one place flames were
covering a five-mile front toward
Arthyde. Two hundred fifty men
are concentrated there, back-hrlng
A sudden wind would endanger %
families still in the Solana district
State military authorities today
were proposing to investigate the
circumstances surrounding the
burning of the village of White
Pine yesterday Adjutant Genera
W. F.. Rhinow expressed the opin'
ion that the fire was of incendiary
origin, Notwithstanding that for
est fire was burning at the out
skirts of the town.
According to General Rhinow
the wind had been blowing the
flames of the forest fire away from
the town and he was unable to un
derstand how the village caugh
fire.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
WAR SECRETARY
ALSO IS RESERVE
ADMIRAL IN NAVY

Washington, Sept 7.-tUnit-
ed Press. rev army officers
knew until today that the head
of the war department is rear
admiral in the navy.
Secretary of War Weeks de-
cIared that if the United States
should go 70 war the navy
might send him TO sea. He is
reserve rear admiral and IS the
ranking reserve officer in the
United States navy. subject IN
der naval regulations to call for
active service in time of var.
Weeks is a graduate of Annap-
oils naval ac~ deny and a
member Of tie famous class Of
1881.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
RUTH BANGS OUT
52ND HOME RUN

Polo Grounds, New York. Sept
babe Ruth, Sultan of Swat,
smashed out his 52nd homer in the
fourth inning of the second game
with Boston here this afternoon.
There was one on base Pennock
was the pitcher.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
FORD WILL GO
TO SEE Weeks

Detroit, Mich, Sept. Henry
Ford today announced acceptance
of the invitation of Secretary OF
War Weeks that he go to Washing
ton to discuss the proposal Ford has
submitted for purchase of the
Muscle Shoals plant.
Ford, it was learned, is going
to Washington prepared to fight
those who have attacked his offer.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
WHISKY is SEIZED.

New York, Sept. Fifteen thou
sand cases of whisky. valued at
s1 600 900. were seized by federal
prohibition agents at several piers
along the North River.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
THE WEATHER

Increasing cloudiness ton'sn''
coming unsettled THURSDAY.
Highest temperature
80: lowest last night, os. ono
wind velocity at a. L. oNe
mile per hour.
Precipitation, none
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07

a rise of 2 IN the Idst n
River Forecast.
The Mississippi river from oelo"
Duhuoue to Muscatine will cnange
bu, little during the next rev ua!s-
D"' '- ANDREW HAMRlCk,
MeteoroloGist
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-07
River Forecast.

River stage at a. N,
n rise of 2 in the last "a hours