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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
PRINTERS'W WAGE
SUFFERS SLASH
Chicago Arbitration Board An.
pOunces Reduction Of e4.35 Per
Week for Four Major Crafts.

Chicago, May 4.-The arbitration
board, whose anxiously-awaited de-
cision affects the livelihood of
some $4,000 members of the print
ing trades in Chicago, today an
nounced a reduction of $4.35 per
week for each of the fout major
crafts.
The compositors were reduced to
$46.65 per week. -
The pressmen were reduced to
$47.65 per week.
The feeders were reduced to
1886 per week.
The bookbinders were reduced to
$42.15 per week.
This scale applied specifically to
a week of 48 hours, according tC
, Harry G. Cantrell, commissioner Of
industrial relations for the Frank.
lin (closed shop division OF the
Franklin Typothetae Of Chicago.
Bryan L. Beecher, secretary O.
the Chicago Typographical UnioI
No. 16, the union involved, said tina
the employees could not accept a de
cision which embraced a 48-houl
week.
1--WE can make no recession from
our stand for a 44-hour week, TO
that is an international matter an,
is out of our hands, he said.
The board chosen to sit in thi
case consisted Of nine members
four of whom were chosen by tn
employers, four by the unions an
the ninth member selected as "ar
bitter" by the eight others. The ar
bitter was Ralph Emmerson He'll
man, dean of the school Of com
merce of Northwestern Universit!
| The decision Of the afbitratio
board, although declared techn
cally to stand as q separate issu,
is bound to affect in some degre
the status Of the present fight bt
tween printing trades Unions an
employers in the matter Of hour
Of work, in the opinion Of officia
of the Employers association.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
allies FINAL
ULTnGATUM HAS
BUSINESS RING

l,.lss aus demand sss,7soO OoO,O 900
uAssest value).
PAYMENT:
Eee classes Of gold bonds
g ) per cent interest.
ssae to be delivered July
second In November, and
n ~lre a IN allied commits.
seneves desirable.
laA expectation taxed e
- I. per cent. expected to
coe 400 900 . year.
,'saaAy to make annual
ats Of $500, 600 900 and
E Ssse,OOOO0O within
" hsnths,
PENALTY:
S'asIea Of the Ruhr district
uS1sally Increasing pres.
Pssslhly 4 naval den.
= before German perta.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
DOOR OF WHITE
HOUSE DISCLOSED
TOCERMAN PLEA
United States Ranges
Itself With the
Allies.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
(Special to The Argus.)

Washington, May 4.-The United
States government has notified Ger
many that she can expect neither
aid nor comfort from the Harding
administration in the controversy
over the payment Of damage done
in the war.
This, In effect, is the plain mean
ing Of the note dispatched by Presi-
dent Harding and Secretary Hughes
advising Germany not only that her
recent reparation offer made
through the medium of the United
States was unacceptable even as a
basis of discussion, but telling Ber-
lin to negotiate directly hereafter
with London and Paris.
What particularly aroused the
folks here was the cablegram from
Berlin to the effect that Germany
would pay no attention to the allied
conference in London on last Satur-
day 50 long as the door to the
White house was open. The Ger
mans hoped for American diplo-
, matte Intervention as a means OF
splitting the allies or at least soft
ening the French demands. But
the Harding administration, sensi-
tive about the taunts of certain
Americans of German descent, who
have been telling Berlin that as
soon as the Wilson administration
passed out Of power Presiden
Harding would prove himself tht
friend Of Germany as opposed II
the allies, has taken occasion t
remove any doubt concerning thu
Administrations pro-ally stand. s.
determined is the United States t.
range itself alongside the allies il
the reparation controversy. that tn,
/ LEontinasod on Pou Eiua l
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
FOREIGN TRADE
COUNCIL OPENS
AT CLEVELAND
Long Time Credits
AreConsidered at
Meet.

Cleveland. Ohio. May 4.-The
eighth annual convention Of the
National Foreign Trade council
opened here today with approxiin-
ately 1000 delegates, representing
every part and every industry OF
this country present when James A:
Farrell. chairman of the council
end president Of the United States
Steel corporation. called the first
general session to order.
American foreign trade and It's
present problems" will be the gen
eral convention theme during the
four days the delegates are in ses-
sion. The subject will be discuss
ed in its many varied phases by
experts Of International reputation
Chairman Farrell delivered the
opening address. :,
The problems Of long time cred
It's for foreign trade and the mat
ter of the American merchant ma
rine he emphasized as two of The
matters to which serious and thor
ough consideration must be giveI
by the convention. Long time cred
its and a proper merchant marin'
are tied close to the interests o
every business man in this country
Mr.. Farrell stated.
The chairman pointed to the fac
that the national foreign trad
council is entirely non-partisan
nom political, and never adopts res
olutions of any kind at its meet
ings. The four main points in M.
Farrell's address were:
The necessity for an extension
Of foreign credits, to enable nation
paralyzed by the war to buy i
American markets; revision of tn
tariff oil a flexible bargain pla.
to permit of the imposition of per
alties for discrimination againS
American products or the grantin
Of concessions for their favorab!
treatment; abolition of double tai
alton, a order that American il
vestments abroad may be exeml
from domestic income tax to plat
American exporters on an eQualiI
basis with British. French, Germa
and Japanese competitors in TO
eign fields; development Of Il
American merchant marine.
~ AT the group session thts- Nc
noon credits was the subject dea
with by George r. Meyercord. pre-
|ident Of the Illinois Manufacturer
! association, and Julius H. Barne
of New York.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
Jury FAILS
10 OACREE IN
|DALTONCASE
4 verdict Reached After
! a&Hour Session-JW-
ors Discharged.

fs,e.ro. May 4.-The jury in the
b, Of william Dalton, 1s-year-old
~ clerk, who stole $772,ooo
.,,th of Liberty bonds from the
ysrthern Trust company recently
a,.greed and was discharged to-
~ after it had deliberated for
,arly twenty-four hours. About
IN Of the jurors were understood
! have been in favor of acquitting
n. self-confessed boy bond thief,
.vhile the others favored convic-
ton.
The state immeditely made the
customary motion for a new trial
,nA Judge Charles A. McDonald
.suounced that he would set the
les later.
Dalton's theft was one OF the
hrsest bond robberies on RECORD
nd attracted much attention be-
nuse of the ease with which the
wathful bandit carried out his es
ayade.
Al his trial Dalton said that HI
vu surrounded by bonds" ant
ccsldnt resist the temptation t.
M because it was so easy" HI
tcok package containing $772,OO'
h'bouds with him when he went t
| huch that day. He cashed one TO
Eao, bought a secondhand auto
mobile In which to escape but ha
% abandon it on the outskirts 9
hs city.
Taken at HeywOrth.
Continuing his journey on stree
c1, on foot, on busses and by bol
pssa auto rides, the boy finall
i0ehed Heyworth, Ill. Here h
skcred his satchel of bonds into
Mner while hs played pool, but
snrable's son had recognized hill
hun newspaper pictures and b
N arrested.
The defense maintained Dalto
W mot take the bonds with GRIN
nj intent and should be acQuitte,
The state insisted on having ii
Nd sent to the Pontiac, Ill, reform
itory.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
Late Bulletins

Nashville, Tenn, May A.
John H. Reeves, retired manu-.
facturer and one Of the most
prominent citizens Of Nashville,
was shot In the breast and ser.
iously wounded just before
noon today in the Hermitage
club, by James A. Grundy, .
well known salesman, who then
turned the revolver on him.
self, and committed suicide.
Dayton, Ohio May 4.-Arthur
G. Pendleton, 25, civilian EN-.
ploye Of McCook Field, was in-
stantly killed this afternoon
when . McCook Field plane
crashed to earth in view Of
hundreds Of spectators At the
Community Country club. Lieu.
tenant James Ware, pilot Of
the plane, was seriously in.
jured and is expected to die.
Cleveland, Ohio, May Nv.
p. G. Harding, governor Of the
federal reserve board, Wash
ington, told the 1000 delegates
attending the eighth national
foreign trade convention today
that there is now no danger Of
any general financial trouble
in this country.
New York, May tThe Amer.
lean Railway Express company
announced here today 1t had
notified its 5000 employees that
It cOntemplates . revision in
wages, effective June /.
New York, Nay 4.-Supremo
Court Justice Tierney today
ruled that the relations of o
financial ticker service to the
public aro the same as those
Of . newspaper publisher.
Washington, Nay "A seri-
Gus outbreak Of pneumonia
plague ut Vladivostok, Siberia,
d reported In . cablegram re.
coived today 1t American Red
Cross headquarters here. The
message gave NO details.
Washington, May "A bill
allowing farmers to combine In
cooperative associations to mar.
! kot agricultural products with.
out suffering restrictions Of q.
isting antitrust laws, wa
passed. today by the house and
now goes to the senate. Tn
vote was sS4 to -.
Peoria, Ill, Nay 4-Cal Car.
son. aged g years, Blooming
ton. was arrested here TIL,
morning at the request Of th,
Bloenington police, On . eharE,
Of jewelry and fur theft. Wal
ter JeAisen, Wha WaS viii
I'm, WoD alDo ARRESTED,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
FRENCH PAY
TRIBUTE TO
BONAPARTE
Centenary Of Napoleon's
Death Observed With
Solemn Ceremony.

Paris, May 4.-France today be-
gan a two-day observance Of the
centenary OF the death Of Napoleon
At 5:49 o'clock Thursday afternoon
a salvo of artillery at Le Invalides
will mark the passing Of a century
sincethe death Of the great warrior,
and will close the exercises.
The concluding ceremony will be
the granting Of solemn absolution
BY Cardinal Dubois in the chapel
Of the Invalides, adjoining the tomb
of Napoleon. On this occasion,
Marshal Foch, commander OF the
mightiest host in the worlds his
tory, will do homage to the little
Corsican. Similar ceremonies
were planned throughout France
and at Waterloo, St Helena and
at Ajaccio. Napoleon's birthplace
The program arranged included a
series Of addresses treating OF the
epoch Of Bonaparte.
Three Eye Witnesses.
Jamestown, Island OF St Helena
May 4.-Observance of the hun
dredth anniversary Of Napoleon:
death recalls the fact that there arr
still three living eye witnesses o.
the emperor's stay here.
Two of them have reached the ag'
Of 40 years and are silent concern
ing their acquaintance with tn
great soldier. The other, just
little over 120 years old, still re
peats from time to time, the nam
of General Bonaparte."
| The first two are huge tortoise
which shamble in the pond OF tn
superb park surrounding plantation
house, while the other is a little oil
grey parrot belonging to a sail0l
He is called Napoleon"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
FANATIC Slain
| BY C0NSTAbLES
Aaflah Cntong and 50 Followers
AMed on Island Of SVlu
Near TaglibL

Aaulila, P. l., May 3.-(By Asso-
'&ea Press.)-Ninety Moros, in
s.e,us Maharjah Untong, a religi-
Anatic leader, were killed Sun
r. ~ q detachment Of Philippine
,.ouiary 49, in an engagement
s Is. iaslibi on the island of Sulu,
- 80 wv miles from here, accord
" advices received today at
@''aoulary headquarters.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
INDICTMENTS
PR0SSED

Washington, May 4.-Formal no
tice has been sent to United States
District Attorney Walker at Grand
Rapids to nolle PROSE- all pending
indictments against Senator New
berry. it was announced today by
the department Of justice. The in
structions were sent, officials said,
as q result Of the supreme courts
decision on Monday clearing Sena,
: TOR NeWbefry.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
FRENCH CLASH
WITH POLES IN
UPPER SILESIA
Anti German Riots
Result From, PIeb-
iscite.

Oppeln, Upper Silesia, May A.
tBy the Associated Press. .)-Organ-
lied Polish forces, estimated at TO-
900, have occupied all Of Upper Sill
esia south of a line running from
Kosel to Tarnowitz, with the ex-
ception of a few large towns, and
are moving further porthward. &C.
cording to Information supplied by
a member OF the inter-allied repre-
sentation here.
Paris, May 4.-(By Associated
Press. .)-The French government
it was learned today, has strongly
impressed on the government al
Warsaw the grave consequences Il
| Poland likely to result from Polisl
uprising in Upper Silesia. Unres
/ has been reported in this regiol
over the rumor of an allied decision
giving Poland only two district
there as q result of the recent pie
biscite. A mining strike is also Il
progress there.
Serious rl0ung Is reported 10 nav
occurred in some sections an
French troops of occupation hav
had clashes with bands of Polish IN
surgents. The insurgent activitie
yesterday took the form of cuttin
communications with German.
bridges between Breslau and th
Silesian regions being blown up.
French infantry. with tanks. ha,
. succeeded in clearing Beuthen an
Kattowitz of rioters, but the utmo
apprehension exists here as to Il
development Of the movemer
: which, according to official advice
l was provoked by articles in Il
: German newspapers announcer
! that the supreme council had d
: cided to give Germany all of Upp
Silesia with the exception of sma
part of the mining region.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
PERU INDIANS
! COON WAR path
Iny Persons Slain in Attack UpOn
Village OF Juli-SeriOus
Disorders.

Lima, Peru, May 4.-Indian bands
aitacked the village of JUL, in
psthern Peru, on April 80, and
haay persons were killed and
voanded before the gendarmes
~ civilians succeeded in driving
'N aborigines from the town, says
sAlspatch to the newspaper La
risnia, which is now operated by
'ae Peruvian government.
for several weeks there have
yen serious disorders among the
'auisas In that part of the country
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
FACED Guns TO
STEAL LIQUOR


Chicago, May 4.-When witnesses
described to United tSates commits
sioner hov John Lopata attempted
to break into q carload Of whisky
guarded by four men armed with
sawed OF shotguns, the commits
sioner or1ered Lopata held for a
psychopatc examination.
mo sale man will face four
shotguns to commit q theft OF
BOOZE" he said.
The liQ1or was being shipped in
a sealed car from Canada to Mex
ica vhen Lopata triad to break in
1t Harvey III.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
|NSPECTOROF
POLICE SLAIN
Slim FeinerS Make First Attack ON
Scotch Officials - Wound
Detective.

Glasgow, Scotland, May "A
police inspector was shot dead and
a detective wounded here this
morning, in what is believed to
have been the first Sinn Fein at
tack on the police in Scotland.
The Sim F'einers fired on police
men who were escorting a van con-
veying a man to prison, killing In
spector Johnstone instantly and
wounding the detective. The as.
sailants escaped.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
bORAH STARTS
SENATEF|GHT


washington. May An impend-
ing fight in the senate against the
administration desire to defer
consideration of naval disarma-
ment proposals was forecast today
by the introduction by Senator
Borah, Republican, Idaho, of his
resolution to authorize and re-
quest" the president to call repre-
sentatives Of Great Britain and
japan into . disarmament confer.
enCe.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
JUNIOR lands Will RESIGN FROM BENCH
NEGRESS WINS
LEGAL, BATTLE
FOR MILLIONS
Lucky Won,a, Says,
"Ah Amt Got This
Money Yit."

Dallas, Texas. May 4.-{United
Press.)-A negress sat in a tumble
down shack in the negro quarter
in Hill street here today and
stocially refused to get excited
over the battle involving millions
attorneys are waging about her
claims to oil lands.
Lily Gussie Taylor, the negress,
who explains to visitors that her
health is poorly and All amt no
great hand to talk nohow," merely
shrugged her shoulders when re-
porters told her she had won her
suit in the Louisiana state supreme
court, and proved her title, insofar
as state courts are concerned, to
what her attorneys claim Is the big
gest producing lease in the great
Homer, La, oil fields.
The land, about three miles from
the town of Homer, has already
produced about $5,500,000 worth OF
oil, according to Foster, Looney
and Wilkinson, Shreveport, La, the
law firm representing her.
A suit pending in the circuit
court of appeals at New Orleans
will, with the state court verdict,
complete establishment of her title
if she wins it, her lawyers said, and
will probably make her one Of the
richest negresses in the world.
AT amt got this money yit," she
reminded friends today, who sought
to plan for her what to do with al
that money" She punctuated tn,
remark with cough and drew I
} ragged shawl about her shoulder,
and huddled closer to the flame o
the lamp that behind drawn blind
flickered its feeble light over tn
shabby room.
Louisiana Land.
The suit centers about land i
Claiborne Parish, La, that sh
: once abandoned as worthless, Law
!, yers declared. She moved of
} after inheriting it from her parent
and according to claims in the sui
George West, another negr'
squatted it on alleged pretense {
t title. 1t is West with whom she
: fighting.
e Two Of the greatest oil. cQmpal
: les in the Homer field are mue
a involved by the suit. The Golf r.
timing company leased the lar
s from West and has been produciI
l. oil.
; On the strength of the negres
y claim the Caddo Central has o
) tanned a lease from her and shou
J. she win, the Caddo will claim c
y rights and Lily's attorneys will d
10 mand reimbursement for the oil a
70 ready obtained. The exact amou
r: of money Lily will realize il 81
: wins will be hard to estimate. tt
II lands are variously estimated wor
le from $S,O00,000 to $15,000,000. H
lawyers, finding her in poverty, a
E. cepted the suit on a $3.50 bas
4 getting half the winnings. She b
le also disposed Of a part of her sha
a. a. in the claims, it was announced.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
NEGROES KILL
BOY IN hoLDup

Dixon, Ill.,, May Paul Mortica,
IL year old son ola Freeport gro
Ger, was shot and killed by two
negroes who held up the fathers
stire in that city last evening. The
murdercrs after killing the boy,
took $14 from the cash drawer and
escaped.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
UNDER AMUSEMENT.

Dubuque, Iowa, May 4.-Federal
Judge Henry T. Reed has taken the
case of Speeding against Lars Bla-
dine, collector of internal revenue
for Iowa, and others to restrain the
government from attaching a bank
account under advisement.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
FIND BODY.

New York. May 4.-The body OF
Mrs. Annette X. Rankine. wealthy
widow who disapDeard April l, was
found floating in New York har-
Dor. -
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04
IRISH APPEAL.

Dublin, May 4.-Eamonn De VAL
era issued an appeal to the Irish
to vote for Sim Fein candidates Soe
nArliAmant In thA cnnning e1nekanna
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-04

Continued on Page Five.)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-30
INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP
FraternaI Organizations Are Doing
Good Work.

At the meeting of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in To-
ronto this month, reports showing a
/ decided increase in membership are
| expected To be made. Information
| from the largest of the fraternal or
ganizations is to the effect all of them
| are taking on new members in great
| numbers The Masonic order through
out the United States is growing in
numbers with each passing month,
and the Knights of Pythias reports 4
membership gain in 1920 of S2,4Ol
Fred f.. Wheaton, supreme keeper of
records and seals, gave the order =
membership of S2S,421 at the close OF
the calendar year.
The newer frateraal orders also are
making records from a membership
standpoint and, along with increases
i'm tire number OF individual members
and new lodges of the order temples
and homes for aged and invalid mem :
bers, as we'll as dependents of these,
are going up over the country or are
being improved as to facilities. At
COrsicana, Texas, is the largest Odd
inmates, of which 35 are aged persons
and 294 are juveniles. Those in
charge of the Florida Odd Fellows
Home point TO the fact that while 1t
10, h., IN, ia nI
States maintained by this ordcr-that
it is fast being improved and lessons
in management are being worked out
from which other similar institutions
may benefit.
The suggestion is made that the
only criticism which might be made
far enough into the future and take
into consideration the fact it may not
be long before still further additions
to provide space for new members will
be necessary. Now that excessive
costs Of building are being reduced
somewhat this is expected to prove an
impetus to construction work gener
ally and particularly of buildings.
Members of the Knights of Pythias
of North Dakota are discussing plans
for the erection Of a home for aged
Pythians and for widows and orphans
of Pythians. Plans looking to the
same have been given the approval Of
the Grand Lodge. Members of the
order in North Dakota, as in other
States, are busily engaged i'll an effort
to raise the membership in America
to one million before the Suprem"
Lodge meets in California next year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-30
FEWER MAIL ROB6ERlES
Arming of Employees Results in Big
SAVING.

Armlng OF Employees Results IN Big
Saving.
Mail robbel.ies have been reduced
"35 500 per cent" in the five months
since the postofficc department pro-
mulgated an order arming its employees
and Offering a reward of $4,000 for Il
mail rohber, dead or alive" Post
master Hays announced today. For
the year Immediately preceding April
s. 1921. when the order became effec-
tive the amount stolen from the mails
was $6,3464O7 with Il recovery of $3,
2SG. Mr. Hays said. Since then the to-
tai amount stolen was $SS,5S0 with 4
recovery of $7S,555, he added.
The mails must he protected Mr..
Hays said and we propose TO pro-
tect them even if we have to resort
to the methods of the old Well Fargo
days"
For an example of the manner in
which the depai tmCUt proposes to
deal with bandits. the Postmastc :
NiNINl'l NINN' Nl' 'tNNNllll'N w wv a. ii'''''
train near Fort Worth, Texas, Sep
temh"r "A, when two bandits were shot
dead by government officials. For
his part in setting the trap that re-
suited in the death OF the robbers, AL
vim =. Page, assistant chief clerk of
the railroad mail service at Fort
Worth, has been ordered to Washing
ton 10 receive a reward.
Reports to the department showed
that although he had full knOwlcdE"
that tho bandits intended tO Kill him,
Page volunteered To act as messenger
on the train To be held up and went
through with his part until the bandit
who had entered the car and hcli
I him up was shot dead by officers con
( cCilcd in the car. He also participated
! in the killing Of the second bandit who
was to receive the mail as it, was
thrown from the train. \ large sum
/ in currency was carried on the train
/ and the bandits had advanced inior-
nation of the fact. Page. however
was tipped off the plans OF the rob-
I bers and was able to lay his IlaEs ac-
. cCrdinglV