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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24
MANY BILLS ARE
SfDETRACKED
ON RECESS EVE
Tax Measure Should
Haze Been Giuen
Right of Way.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial to The Argus


Washington, Aug. 24-Congress
is in jam as usual on the eve of
an adjournment or recess. Agian
it is demonstrated that the house
with its large membership can dis
pose of public business rapidly
while the senate with it's practically
unlimited debate is at the mercy of
small groups.
F1libusters and threats of the
same can tie up legislation at the
last minute in the senate and that's
why administration leaders aban-
doned all hope of passing certain
major bills which they had hoped
to put through before the recess
which begins this week and lasts
until about Oct l. The measure
which President Harding and Sec
retary Mellon requested passed so
that negotiations might be begun
with the allied powers to arrange
for payment of principal and inter-
est on the $4,000, 200, 900 they owe
the United States has been shelved
until after the recess. Men like
Senator Lafollette and Borah want
ed to ask questions about it and
since protracted debate was newt
able, it has been set aside.
The bill to enable the war finance
corporation to handle the emerg-
ency in the railroad situation by
paying large sums to the railroads
which have been due them as war
claims is also sidetracked. The
money was to have been spent by
the roads in buying equipment and
might have given business as
whole q general a stimulus this fall.
Congress, however, Influenced by
the agricultural group which wants
a reduction in freight rates before
helping the railroads, was unable
to get the legislation through. OF
course the house passed the bill and
cleaned up its slate nicely but in
the senate the chances of a fill
buster against the railroad bill
made it seem wiser to postpone con-
sideration of it until after the re-
cess.
Stumbling Block.
The real stumbling block, how
ever, has been the so-called anti
beer bill. The house passed the
conference report substantially as
the anti-saloon league leaders
wanted it. But in the senate great
constitutional objections have been
raised wherein the fourth amend
ment is held to conflict with the
18th amendment The beer bill
Continued on Page Three
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24
Late Bulletins

Washington, Aug. 2i-After
n tWO-h0ur Wrangle the senate
refused today TO SCI aside the
anti-beer bill conference report
for consideration OF other IegiS-
latiOn and gave every indica-
tiOn OF heading toward ii jam.
calculated 10 upset plans fOr ii
30-day recess beginning tonight.
Toxic, Japan, Aug. q -(By
the Associated ICssD-Japan'S
acceptance of the invitation OF
President Harding to partici-
pate IN the conference i'll
Washington on far eastern
questions and disarmament in
November next, was forwarded
to Washington today.
New York, Aug. 24-Judge
Ebert II. Gary. chairman OF
the United States Steel c0rp0-
ration. announced today that
the corporation would meet
price cuts in sheet and tin
plates instituted by independ-
ents.
Washington. Aug. 24.-Unit-
ed Press Harding ad-
miniStratiOn chaIked a clean
diplomatic victory today with
receipt Of final word from the
republic OF Panama that she
tory TO Costa Rica without
further delay.
Shanghai. China. Aug. ga
United Press. .)-GeneraI WI
Pei Fu, commanding a large
force OF Chinese troops is
launching his entire army
against the southern Chinese
force at YO Chow. according to
word reaching here.
Los Angeles, Calf, Aug. "a
United PreSs.)-Alle-ed TO
have been captured, held pris-
Oner for nearly twelve hours
and assaulted by a dozen barly
negroes. Mrs. Myrtle White is
in the receiving hospital today
suffering from complete col
lapse and serious injuries after
a night of terror.
Springfield, Ill Aug. "a
United Press. Hope that the
voters of Illinois will make the
state bonus for ex-War Teter-
ans secure By approving the
S55. 900 o00 bond Issue when it
comes 10 q vote, was expressed
by Governor Len Small today
IN an address before veterans
of three wars at the Illinois
state fair. The governor
pledged himself to exert all his
influence in favor of the bonus,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24
HEAR VIEWS
OF NC CAD0O
ON FUNDING
Former Railroad Director
Gives Reasons for
Opposing Bill.

Washington, Aug. "a. - Disap-
proval of the administrations rail-
road funding bill, recently reported
! to the senate interstate commerce
| committee, was expressed by Will
liam G. McAdoO, former director
general of railroads, in a letter
presented to the senate today by
! Senator Stanley, Democrat of Ken
lucky, who requested Mr. McAdoo's
views after the committee refused
to hear him.
The government is not morally
and legally bound" as stated by
President Harding, to fund the
1858, 100000 the railroads owe the
government for additions and bet
terments, Mr. McAdoo asserted. He
declared the president must have
been misled into making such a
statement" adding that the law
provides for the funding OF the
remaining Indebtedness" of the
railroads, which he calculated at
1868, 100000.
Payment on this balance, Mr.. Nc
by the railroads, provided satisfac-
tory security were given and per
cent interest was paid. o.
This is the kind of settlement
the law now authorizes and con-
templates" Mr.. McAdoo said, add
ing that when the roads were re-
turned TO private control they owed
the government $1,144 ,00O, 900 for
additions and bettermentS, of which
1881 ,000, 900 already has been ex-
tended for long period. He urg-
ed that before any further advanc-
es. were made, the railroads be re-
quired to abaTdon the ''inefficiency
of labor" claims, amounting, he es-
timated, at about $500, 100000
Explains Law.
''I suppose you realize that in
addition to the $1,144 900, 900 the
railroads owe the government for
additions and betterments' they
have received additional loans un-
der the Esch-Cummins bill of
about $300,0o0.O00, making a total
of $1,444 100000" Mr. McAdoo's
letter said. Stripped of confusing
essentials, what is now pro-
POoCO 10 IhdI ILlO GLIGhI1
wait 10 years for s773, 100000 the
railroads owe it for betterments
and improvements, and pay imme-
diately $500, 100000 to the railroads
on account of claims for alleged
under maintenance, etc, taking
from the $50 or more railroads in
volved. with their varying degrees
Of financial responsibility such Sc
curities as they may be able to pro-
vide. securities, which in many in
stances, may not be adequate to
protect the government against
loss
This is not a question of legal
and moral obligation on the part
of the United States to lend the
railroads $500, 100000 more for 10
years. 1t is a question of policy
and should be considered from that
standpoint only. For the adoption
of such a policy the administration
must, of course, take the response
bility. but it should be candid about
it. The public mind should not be
confused by Juggling of figures,
manipulation of accounts, or Sc
curitfes or governmental agencies" :"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24
ALLEGED BOND
JUMPER HELD
Former Manager for Montgomery,
Ward and Company in Kansas
City Taken in Chicago.

Chicago, Aug. "a. - Omitted
Press. John d. West, former
manager of the Montgomery, Ward
and Company branch in Kansas
City, who when charged with thefts
amounting to about $4,000 from
the company, jumped a bond of
$500, was arrested here today.
He was taken in the north side
rooming house by the detective
squad headed by Lieutenant John
Norton and will be returned to
Kansas City.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24
PEACE WITH
GERMANY IS
CONCLUDED
War Comes to an End Of
ficially by Signing of
Treaty Today.

Vienna, Aug. 24.-CBy the As
sOciated Press.)-The treaty of
peace with the United States
was signed at one o'clock this
afternoon.
Washington, Aug. 24.-De-
tails of the peace treaty be-
tween the United States and
Germany were laid before Re-
publican members of the sen-
ate foreign relations commit
tee by President Harding and
Secretary Hughes at a confer
ence held today at the White
house.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,
chairman of the foreign relations
committee, announced after the
conference that he would call a
meeting of the committee for
o'clock this afternoon, at which
time Secretary Hughes would give
more detailed information as to the
treaty.
Terms of the treaty were said to
have met with no opposition by
any, of the majority members of
the foreign relations committee
and it was declared that all gave
to Il their cordial approval.
The president, it was stated.
hopes for ratification of the pact
at an early date. 1t was explained,
however. that he would not ask the
senate to forego its 30-day recess,
set to begin tonight, inasmuch as
it was desired that the German
reichstag and the senate consider
the treaty at the same time and the
German executive body does not
convene until Sept 90.
Republican members of the SEN
ate committee attending the con-
ference refused to discuss the
terms of the treaty, but it was
learned that it is a comparatively
short document
johnson Absent.
Senator Johnson of California.
who like Senator Borah, was an
irreconcilable in the fight over the
treaty of Versailles, also was alb
sent from the conference. The
California senator has not been in
Washington for several days.
The official statement with re-
spect to the conference as made at
the White house emphasized that
the treaty was primarily a peace
treaty and that its ratification
would be followed by treaty of
commerce and amity.
An agreement, it was stated, has
been entered into with the German
government not to make the text
Of the peace treaty public until the
Signature of Ellis Loring Dresel,
the American commissioner in Ber-
lin, and DR.. Friedrich Rosen, the
German foreign minister, have been
affixed. This, according to press
dispatches from Berlin, will take
place today. The text of the
Ftreaty, it was said, then would be
made public simultaneously in Ber-
; lin and Washington.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24
AUDACI0US
SWINDLES
UNCOVERED
Activities of French S
Group Are Said to
Total $12, 900, 900.

Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. "a. - Fif-
teen million dollars in notes and Sc
curities were seized in the Union
Trust Safety deposit vaults here
today by John Sawken, department
of justice agent, investigating the
Cleveland activities of Charles w.
French, alleged Chicago swindler,
under arrest in that city. The
seizure came after Elmer Gerber,
Cleveland stock broker and former
secretary to French, confessed his
connection with the French oper-
ations to Sawken, and led him to
the safety vault.
Chicago, Aug. 24.-Federal inves-
tigators delving into the affairs Of
Charles ". French, alleged head Of
a group of swindlers operating on
a. national scale, today estimated
that twelve millions of dollars
might be involved in the swindlers'
activities. Their manipulations, it
is declared, are the most audacious
ever uncovered by federal agents
and include banking schemes, bond
manipulationS, stock transactions
and various business enterprises.
Investigators today were con-
frOnted with a bewildering mass of
late confessions, new evidence, vic
Tins, and more startling revela-
tionS. Seventeen companies and
three banks are thought to have
been involved in the bands ma
nj lot
roads, toll roads, real estate, house
wrecking, electrical construction,
automobiles, accessories, tires, met
al furniture, meat packing and
marketing, printing and lithograph-
ing, cement, lumber and plumbing.
Three alleged confessions barring
the affair are in the possession of
federal authorities today. Federal
agents have also recovered a mil
lion and a half dollars worth of
doubtful notes, have made eight ar
rests and assert today that more
will follow, and have heard the
complaints of a number of alleged
victims.
Release Harschman.
Alva Harschman, for the past six
years F'rench'S secretary, confess
ed yesterday to John V. Clinnin,
assistant district attorney, regard
ing the bands activities. He was
released on $1,000 bonds and is e:k-
pected to be a star witness for the
government
Another alleged statement of the
bands activities came from Ru-
dolph Kohn, head of the American
Rubber company, Chicago con-
Germ, while from others came state
ments which were not made public
by the federal agents.
French, arrested some time ago
in connection with the activities of
John W. Worthington, alleged head
of a group engaged in disposing Of
securities obtained in mail robber-
les, evidently considered himself
free from suspicion regarding his
alleged swindling operations.
A letter, which he had written
to J. H. Leeds, said to be his Cleve-
land agent, was seized when he
was arrested. In it he tells of his
designs on a Milwaukee bank, calls
Mr.. Clinnin honest but foolish"
and asserted that most of the fed
eral operatives could be bought for
''ten dollars.
French is held here under s25,-
600 bonds. Besides French and
Worthington, both of whom are un-
der arrest, Harschman, in his con-
fession implicated a number Of
others.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24
TYPKOON KILLS
TEN THOUSAND
Relief Workers in China Report
Heavy Loss of Life Near Ming
po-Big Tidal Wave.

Shanghai, China, Aug. 23.-(Unit-
ed Press. )-Fear that a death list
running as high as ten thousand
has resulted from typhoons around
Ningpo, on the Cast and on the
Yangtze river were expressed by
relief workers today.
All communication with the dis
trict has been severed.
Two European steamers were re-
ported driven aground on the
Shanghai bar and several hundred
junks were swamped.
A tidal wave was reported to
have followed the typhoon at Ming
DO.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24
DIRIGIBLE ExPL0DES; MANY KILLED
STATE TO TAKE
OVER ANCIENT
COURT HOUSE
Dedication Exercises
at Metdneora To-
T77OFrOLD.

Metamora, Aug. 24.-What is per.
| haps the oldest court house in Illi-
nois, and one of those yet standing
in which Abraham Lincoln engaged
in the active practice of law, will be
formally dedicated Thursday to the
state of Illinois for permanent keep
ing. The county of Woodford a
year ago rendered the court house
to the state, and last winter the leg
lslature passed the necessary legis-
latIon accepting the gift and guar
anteeing its upkeep.
Dedication exercises will be fea-
tured by addresses by former Gov
ernor Joseph W. Fifer of Bloom
lngton, one of the first men to sug-
.gest the preservation of the old
structure, by Frank Gillespie, for
mer member of the legislature, and
by j. Cassius Irving of Metamora.
the latter has been active in carry
ing out the project of the states
taking over the old court house.
AS a boy Mr.. Irving listened to
Lincoln argue law cases in the
building which had been built by
David Irving, his father. The elder
irving cut from the nearby woods
many of the timbers which compose
the frame work of the structure. He
also manufactured the brick and
burned the lime for the plaster.
The building was erected in 184S,
and cost the magnificent sum of
$4, 400.
Visited by Lincoln.
For more than forty years Meta
mora was the county seat of Wood
ford county, and was one of the
towns visited by Lincoln in the days
he travelled the circuit of courts in
central Illinois. Other early nota-
bles of Illinois, who argued cases in
this old structure include Stephen
A Douglas, Robert e. Ingersou,
Adlai E. Stevenson, Leonard SWEET
and others. The county seat of
Woodford was transferred to Eu-
reka in 1897, and that the old court
house has since been used for varied
purposes.
A campanion piece. to the old
court house is the Metamora house,
the hotel in which many of the
Itinerant lawyers of those days put
up. 1t was then kept by Mrs.
Spears. On its wide porches the
lawyers gathered in the evenings
and spun their yarns. CassiuS Irv-
ing still owns the bed in which Lin
coin slept many times in this tav-
ern.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24
VETERANS MEET
AT STATEFAIR
Special Day for Soldiers of Three
War%PeOrians TO Launch
DALEY Boom.

Springfield. Ill, Aug. 24.-Post-
ponement of yesterdays Great
Western races at the state fair
placed six events on the card today.
The day has has been designated
both as Peoria day" and "Veter-
ans day. Soldiers of three wars
will be guests of honor and big
delegation from Peoria was ex-
pected.
Peoria Republicans, it was said,
would launch the boom for State
Senator John Daley for governor
in 1924.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24
HELPED TO MAKE
CANADA POTENT
IN WORLD WAR
Death Calls Sir Sam
Hughes at Ontario
Home.

Lindsay. Ont, Aug. 24.-Sir Sam
Hughes. former Canadian minister
of munitions, and long a figure in
the political life of the dominion,
died at his home here early today.
Pernicious anaema from which
he had suffered since his return
from Europe last winter. caused his
death. Sir Sam had ben reported
several times as at the point of
death, but his indomitabIe will
brought him through the crisis and
he appeared to be gaining strength
until two weeks ago, when he suf-
fered a final relapse.
! As minister of munitions for
Canada during part of the world
war, General Sir Sam Hughes be-
came one of the leading figures who
| helped to make that dominion a po-
tent and effective unit of the mill
! tary forces of the British empire in
the great conflict.
He was appointed minister with
the rank of major general soon aft
er the beginning of the war and
thereafter devoted his energies to
turning over Canada's resources in
men and supplies to the winning of
the ultimate victory. In 1915 Sir
Sam went to Europe where he made
a tour of the sectors occupied by
Canadian troops and was created a
Knight Commander of the Order of
Bath by King George.
Freed of Charge.
His resignation from the Office of
minister of munitions at the request
of Sir Robert Borden. prime min
lister, followed long-continued fric-
ton with his colleagues. An in
vestigation, conducted at Sir Sans
request, into charges that he had
made profits from army contracts,
completely exonerated him.
To lessen Canadian losses in the
war and to promote greater eff
cheney, Sir Sam at one time pro-
posed a Canadian war council or
ganized in England with a deputy
minister of militia at its head. The
Canadian government, however,
held that there should be an over
seas minister of militia. Disagree
ment over this scheme, which
would have abolished much of Sir
Sans power, eventually led to his
retirement.
Was An Editor.
General Sir Sam Hughes was
born in Darlington, Ont, Jan. s,
1853, and received his education in
the public schools and Toronto uni
versity Afterward he Iectured on
English literature and history in
Toronto Collegiate Institute until
1885, when he purchased the Lind
say Warder and became its editor
AS a Liberal-Conservative he was
member of the Canadian house of
commons from 1892 to the time OF
his death. He was always deeply
interested i'll military affairs and in
bringing about the closest possible
affiliation between Canada and the
British empire, and, in many years
before the World war visited New
Zealand and Australia to induce
them to prepare to aid Great Bri-
tain in her wars
During the Boer war he served in
Africa as commander of a mounted
brigade. AS a young man, he took
part in the suppression OF the Fen
ian raid of 1870.
General Sir Sam was married
twice His second wife was Mary
E. Burk, of West Durham, Ont. His
son, Garnet B. Hughes served in
the Canadian expeditionary forces
as major general.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24
MASONIC PICNIC.

Paris, III, Aug. 24.-United
Press Scottish Rite Masons of
southeastern Illinois and Indiana
picnicked here today. The Zorrah
Shrine band and the Danville con-
sistory band furnished music. The
principal speakers were DR.. E B.
Cooley of Danville and Andrew l..
Honn of Paramount
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24
STRIKE BALLOTS.

Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 24.-Strike
ballots for submission to 400 900
members of the Big Four" rail-
road brotherhoods and the Switch
mems union of North America,
were being prepared here.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24
NAN SUICIDES
MSTONE VAULT

.nieago, Aug. 24-(United Press)
,Mter locking himself in a stone
a. slt' Karl Kelley, superintendent
We William Zoeller company
-. shot himself in the head last
Employees found his body
zen they opened the vault for
sss s-sslness today. Keeley had been
ueflng from insomnia.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24
FIX NEXT MEET.

San Francisco, Calf. Aug. "a
Atlantic City was chosen as the
1922 meeting place of the Woman's s
Christian Temperance Union.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24
TOMORROW AT
COUNTY FAIR

Thursday.
East Moline Day.
9:00-BaBd concert.
30-ExhibitiOn in the ring
and Judging of horses
and cattle.
:OO-East Moline band con-
cert.
1:30-Race program st. EIoy
club feature events.
Free vaudeville.
Friday-Rock Island daI.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24
THE WEATHER

Partly cloudy and somewhat un-
settled tonight and Thursday. Not
much change in temperature
Highest temperature yesterday,
70: lowest last night. &c.
Wind velocity at z a. m. today, 9
miles per hour.
I'm 7p.m. 7a-m
yester. yester. today
Dry bulb temp. rs rs 6S
Wet bulb temp. 10 u DO
Rel. humidity ...6S 81 "a
River stage at a. m, II feet;
a fall of 2 feet.
River Forecast.
The Mississippi river from below
Dubuque to Muscatine will change
but little during the next three
days.
ANDREW HAMRICK,
Meteorologist.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-24

Continued on PAGE EleyenA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
CONFEREES DEADL0CKED
 ON FARM RELIEF BILL
By Associated Press

Washington, August 23.-Negoti- ations between the House and Sem ate in an effort to reach an agree nent on the bill which would make s1,000, 100000 available for facilitat- ing the exportation of agricultural products came to an abrupt halt to- day, conferences, deadlocked over two major provisions of the measure, ad- journing without fixing a time for another conference session.
 Senator Managers were reported to have insisted on the retention in the bill of a section, eliminated by the House, authorizing the war finance corporation to purchase $200, 900, 900 worth of the farm loan bonds.
 Objection was also made by the Senate delegation, it was reported, to House amendments which would rigidly restrict government loans to foreigners engaged in the exporta- ton of American farm products. Chairman McFadden, of the House banking committed held that If the amendment was stricken out the section authorizing the loans also should be eliminated. Mir. McFad- den said he doubted whether an agreement would be reached before Congress recessed