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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02
WILL ACT UPON
Time SCHEDULE
Question Of A Hour Week fer
Commercial Printers Before
Union Meet.

Chicago, April 2.-Whether the
A hour week is to be adopted in
the commercial printing industry
was today before the Trades Inter-
national conference council which
met to take final action on the hour
reduction, scheduled to take effect
May /.
Union executives were on hand,
ready to back their referendum
vote, taken in 1919, for the shorter
week but representatives of the en-
ployers, although indicating a con-
ciliatory attitude, declared frankly
their dissatisfaction with the agree
ment. Resolutions adopted yester-
day by the council were to be dis
cussed later in the day.
The labor organizations included
in the A hour vote with the Inter
national Typographical union, the
International Pressmen and Press
Assistants union, the International
Brotherhood of Bookbinders and the
International Stereotypers and
Electrotypers' union.
A referendum vote held in April,
1919, favored a "A hour week, on
the present 48 hour wage scale, to
become effective May l, 1921.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02
DRIVEN OUT BY
BOMBS BLAST
Wreck Of Apartment Building in
Chicago Attributed to Black
Hand Plot.

Chicago, April 2.-(United Press)
families were driven to
the streets in their night clothes
early today when a black hand
bomb rocked the North Side Ital-
ian section.
The blast let loose in the front
of a four-story brick building
where four families dwelt. The
front Of the building was demol-
ished and the families, including
18 children, rushed to the streets
after being blown out of bed.
Tenement houses adjoining the
blasted building were damaged
and inhabitants fed.
Rosario Campinelli, owner Of the
building, was handed a black hand
threat recently demanding $500.
Refusal, the note said, would mean
a bomb.
Campinelli turned the letter over
to the police.
None was seriously injured.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02
PRICE CUTTING
WAR OF eR0CERS

Chicago. April Rigid ironing
boards were quoted at $3.50 with
few takers when Sam Hasterlick
and Fred Ruhling, grocers, opened
their stores In Rogers Park today.
The small demand was due to the
spectacular slump in the market
price yesterday.
Hasterlick yesterday placed an
ironing board in the window and
marked 1t $3.50. Ruh1ing. whose
store is across the street, displayed
the same kind of board for $3.S5.
Hasterlick countered with a reduc-
ton to 1915 and the price cutting
war was on. Il %
All afternoon the price Of IRON
ing boards fell, finally dropping to
$z.00. Then the buying began.
Ruhling sold out at $500 each.
Hasterlick went back to SEA
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02
Claim COAL
STRIKE CAN.
NOT WlNOUT
England Expects Quick
Finish to Labor Trouble
Mines Flooded.

Washington April 2-Dwation
Of the British coal miners strike is
expected to be short, according to
the best opinion in England, Com
mercial Attache Dennis, at London
advised the department Of COM
merce today.
Funds of the miners federation
are low, the message said, adding
that the strike was not supported
by public opinion.
Flood Mines
London, April 2.-Six British
coal mines, left to the mercy of in
rushing waters by the strike of
miners and pumpmen, have already
been flooded and some are said to
be in such condition that they may
be permanently wrecked. Several
of the older pits in the Lancashire
district and in the Rhondda valley,
Wales, are in imminent danger,
and in most of the other coal dis
tricts of the island, clerks and vol
unteers are manning the pumps. y
Scores of telegraphic appeals
reached the government yesterday,
asking that sailors be sent to help
fight against the floods of water
pouring into the mines. Various
coal dealers associations are pub
fishing appeals in newspapers call
ing upon volunteers with engineer
ing experience to give assistance.
The government apparently is
taking a grave view of the crisis
and is laying plans to deal with
emergencies.
Cut Train Service.
Restrictions of train service will
begin next Wednesday, and cut Of
20 per cent will be made effective
before the end of next week if the
coal strike continues. Another steI
taken has been to reduce coal con-
sumption for industrial purposes 81
per cent, while domestic users ol
coal will be permitted to purchase
only small amounts. Some of the
illuminated electric signs already
have been voluntarily extinguished
and it is expected that orders will
soon be issued prohibiting all such
signs.
Some of the government is al.
ready planning to impose restric.
tions on shop and street lighting
and the public has been asked te
economic in the use Of gas, cleo
tricity and gasoline.
, The chairman Of the Londo1
coal committee declares LondoI
has supply for about three weeks
but if the present summer -lik,
weather continues, it will last fiv,
or six weeks. There were no re
ports yesterday or last night re
garding disturbances anywhere
dispatches stating that the miner.
were enjoying a holiday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02

'LNDICTS COAL
MEN ON CHARGE
OF CONSPIRACY
Boycotting and Black.
listing Alleged
Also.

Chicago. April 2.-Indictments
charging conspiracy, boycotting
and black-listing, were returned to-
day against officers Of the Retail
Coal Bureau, the Retail Coal Mer-
chants association, and several
private detectives.
The presentment charged con-
spiracy to commit acts injurious to
public trade and to regulate and
f1x prices so as t. eliminate COM
petition by Independent coal deal
ers. Those named in this charge,
and held under bonds Of $500
each, were:
Tracy G. Wright, chairman Of the
executive board of the Retail Coal
Bureau; Robert H. Clark, president
OF the Chicago Retail Coal Mer-
chants association; Robert H. May,
secretary of the association; James
H. McQueeney, head Of a private
detective agency; Robert E. Leske,
James Dickman and William E.
Morrison, operatives Of the agency.
The investigation which preceded
the grand jury action began nearly
a year ago. Mortimer B. Flynn,
president Of the Pottinger-Flynn
company, was credited with start
ing the proceedings when he went
to the states attorney and told OF
his experiences. He said he left
the association because it was
holding up the public"
He thought the association price
too high and cut it $1.00 a ton, he
said, and thereafter was subjected
to persecution.
Other retailers are said to have
substantiated Flynn's charges be-
fore the grand jury.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02
USE CHAMPA ACNE
FOR MALADIES
Number Of Sick, People Takes ON
Big Increase Since Prohibi-
ton Began.

Washington, March 2.-Sick folks
apparently are making increasing
use of French champagne since
prohibition went into effect. At
least, it can be imported only for
medicinal use and depart of COM
merce figures show importations to
the value Of $3S4.391 in 1920 against
$l,15S in 1919.
Part of the difference, officials.
pointed out, probably was due to
increased price Of champagne. but
that left notable increase in guam
tity OF. imports, they said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02
MRS. SAPP DYING.

Chicago, April Mrs. Ella Sapp,
the waitress from Pekin, Ill.,, who
was shot In a West Madison street
hotel Thursday, when she was
found in a room with Thomas Ma
fredas of Canton, was barely
hanging on" according to word
from the warden's Office Of the
county hospital this morning.
Oficials of the hospital reiterat-
ed that she has no chance to recov-
er. Mafredas, who was also found
wounded when police burst into
the room, is held at police station.
His injuries were slight.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02
NEGRO LASHED
AND BRANDED BY
kU KLUX kLAN
Masked Men Kid1ap
Reporters as WI
nesseS.

Dallas, Texas. April 2.-United
Press.)-A mob Of Is masked men
last midnight seized Alex John
son, negro, alleged to have been
found in a white woman's room at
a hotel, carried him out of the city
and, after horsewhipping and
branding into his forehead the
symbols of the Ku Klux klan, re-
leased him ON a main street in
Dallas early today "as a warning
to other negroes"
The symbols tx X X" were
painted onto the negro's forehead
with acid after he was lashed with
blacksnake. Upon being released
near the hotel in which his alleged
offense was declared committed, he
was told to tell other employees
what had happened to him.
Fred D. Ball and Paul Jones, two
newspaper men. were kidnapped"
by the masked men, blindfolded.
and taken along with the mob in
automobiles and commanded to act
as press agents for the affair.
Ball and Jones each received q
mysterious telephone call to come
to a department store corner for
an important story" The man
who did the telephoning was SO in
sistent that he finally convinced
both it was not an April fool joke.
They received no intimation as to
what the "story" would be, they
declared, but after appearing on
the corner swere met and taken
into an automobile and blindfolded.
After riding several miles. the
reporters said, they were taken
from the car, the blindfolds snatch
ed from their eyes. A negro, sur
rounded by masked. well dressed
men, stood beneath tree, a rope
around his neck. A trial" was
then conducted after the manner
described in stories of the follow
ers Of the red cross in post-Civil
war times. During this trial.
Johnson was alleged to have con-
fessed.
Question Negro.
The negro, badly frightened, with
the rope still around his neck. was
asked questions. the procedure be-
HWEsf Is your namer"
"Alex Johnson" was the reply.
What do you do for a living?"
II was bellboy at q local ho-
tel
With the space under the tree
lighted only by a flashlight, the
! questioning proceeded until the al
legged confession.
Johnson was not bodily Injured
other than the lashes with the
blacksnake, it was declared. Twen-
ty-five lashes were applied.
The negro confessed intimacy
with a white woman, it was de-
clared.
When the mob broke up, blind
folds were readjusted and a cir
cuitous route was taken back to
Dallas.
The masked men seized Johnson
at his home. He had been released
a few hours before on bond On a
charge of vagrancy after it was al
legged he was. found in the woman's
rooms.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02
VIVIAN HOPES
TO SLDETRACK
GERMAN PEACE
Opposes WithdrauDal
of u. S. Troops from,
the Rhine.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
(Speci2l to The ArguS.1

Washington, April 2. = Rene
viviani, former premier Of France,
had a private conference with Sem
ator Lodge. Republican leader, at
the latter's residence. 1t was in
itself an informal chat on foreign
policies, unofficial in. one sense and
Official in another. 1t marked a
change from past policies and a
recognition of the Importance of
the United States senate in foreign
relations. Hitherto an official en-
voy as well as all other ambassa-
doris or ministers have dealt alone
with the executive branch Of our
government. The experience at
Paris when the allied governments
negotiated with President Wilson
only to find that the American SEN
ate under the constitution was a
coordinate factor in treaty-making
has taught the French a valuable
lesson. They are now as anxious
to make plain the facts of the
European case to members of the
senate as they are to the executive.
II Mr.. Wilson were president,
negotiations between foreign diplo-
mats and members of the senate
would have been resented as an
encroachment on the prerogatives
of the executive. But while Presi-
dent Harding is charged with the
responsibility Of conducting the
foreign relations of the United
States, he himself was SO recently
a member Of the senate that he
does not object to a line of informal
communication being established
between the senate and foreign gov
ernments.
Difficult Task.
The former premier of France
realizes the difficulty of his task
and the delicacy which he must
show in handling the situation here.
Some idea Of the gravity of the job
ahead q him was given by the
former premier in a talk with the
writer today. MIR. Viviani is not
trying to force anything upon the
American government. He isn't
trying to obtain the cancellation OF
the French debt as has been erron-
eously, reported. .ssHss iants&r &ryiRg to
set forth q program or set of res
Continued on Page Eleven.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02
PLAN bALLOT0N
REDUCED SCALE
Building Trades Workers Of Chi.
cag0 VIII Hold Referendum
-e0,000 to Vote.
Chicago, April 2-Plans were un-

Chicago, April 2-Plans were un-
der way today for referendum of co.
900 building trades workers of Chi
cago on . reduced wage scale pro-
posed by the contractors Of the
city.
Decision to submit the PROPOSE
ton to the men was reached by
union chiefs after the employers
had promised that contracts for
projects totalling $100, 900 900 would
be let if the wage scale is reduced.
At present the industry is practi-
cally at a standstill here. The pro-
posed reductions range from 20 to
rs per- cent. The cut, if adopted,
would be effective May l.
Call Strike.
Springfield, ILL.,, April 2.-CUnit-
ed Press. )-Strike Of union paint
ers. was called today when con-
tractors refused to continue the
scale of 81 an hour.
Workers Quit.
St. Joseph, Mo-, April 2.-(United
Press.)-Several thousand plumb
ers, metal workers, electricians and
painters struck today rather than
accept a decrease in wages.
100 Idle.
Des Moines, Iowa, April g.
Omitted Press).-Many building
trades workers walked out today
because OF 20 per cent reduction
in pay.
At. Standstlll. ..--.-..-
st. Louis. Mo-, April 2.-(United
Press. )-Blilding was a standstill
today following refusal Of workers
to continue after their wages had
been slashed 20 per cent.
Painters Out.
New Haven, Conn, April g.
UNITED Press. 1.-Two hundred if
ty painters were on strike here to-
day as the result of their refusal
, to accept a 20 per cent wage cut
The proposed scale was for ~
cents an hour.
Return to Work.
Boston, Mass, April 2.-(United
Press. The building trades strike
! which had practically tied up con-
struction work here for foul
months, ended today. The mel
voted to return to work at theil
old wage scale.
nnn-O. vhAkAnt
Denver, Colo. April 2.-(United
Press. .l-Several hundred carpen-
ters. bricklayers and plasterers
were idle here today as the resul'
of a 5-day lockout by contractors
against the unions because the lat
ter refused to accept wage reduc'
tions of 121s per cent.
Topeka Tieup.
Topeka, Kan. April 2.-(Unlted
Press. ALI building operations
were tied up here today as result
of the open shop war between tht
workmen and the contractors. The
contractors, however, announce
that they expect to resume opera
tions with non-union men at ar
early date.
Indiana Strike.
La Porte, Ind, April 2.-Cunitet
Press. s.)-Union painters today wen
on strike rather than accept re
duction in wages. Employers have
given them until Monday to call i
off, when an attempt will be made
| to run open shops.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight and Sunday. Not
much change In temperature with
the lowest tonight above freezing.
Highest temperature yesterday,
60; lowest last night, AZ.
Wind velocity at Z q m, Z miles
per hour.
Precipitation, none.
I'm 7p.m. Tam.
yest.r. yester. today
Dry bulb temp. "a Sc II
Wet bulb temp. AZ 46 43
Relative humid. "a 45 20
River stage. 5.S; . rise Of 2 last
"a hours.
River Forecast.
The Mississippi from Davenport
to Muscatine will rise about i've
feet during next two days. North
ward to- Dubuque it will begin to
fall by Sunday.
H. C. TRANSMITTED.
Neteorologist
Washington. April 2.-Weather
predictions for the week begin
ming Monday, Pril 4, are:
Region Of upper Mississippi and
lower Missouri valleys: Cooler
Tuesday and Wednesday; normal
temperature thereafter. Rains Al
beginning. followed BY fair.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02
fire DESTROYS
MANILA HOMES
Three Thousand Houses Consumed
in Native Quarter - Two
Bodies Found.

Manila, p. l., April 2.-(By the
Associated Press) - Fifteen thou
sand were rendered homeless here
today by fire last night, the most
destructive here in more than 20
years, which destroyed 5000 homes
in the northern section of the city,
a native quarter known as the San
Lazaro district. Two bodies were
found today in the ruins.
Police estimate the loss at $3,-
100000. The razed area consisted
mostly Of native structures occu-
pied as dwellings and stores. 1t
extended over 80 acres.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02
neSALD INJURED.

usfeussaeld, ILL.,, April Wv. ].
q ,s ii,;na.N o. this city, chief counsel
a 0'a ~. United Mine work
~ W.. seriously injured last
-. va ss. NE automobile in which
~ ar,g ,s.ng was struck by an
iston '.sn by woman. ". ".
IN ~ s.,s ssanounced this morning
- Be- aa,e ;s,.;th At the hospital that he
- n sIass.aally 1T injured. No one
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02
LAUNCH YACHT
At SH|P.YARDS
Delphine Floated at Detroit lis
Largest Vessel Of Its Kind
Ever Constructed.

Detroit, Mich, April The mo-
tor-driven yacht Delphine, the
largest vessel Of its kind ever con-
structed, was launched at the
Great Lakes Shipyards today. The
yacht was built by the late Hor-
ace E. Dodge, automobile manufac-
turer. and named after his daugh-
ter, Mrs Oliver Cromwell, former
" Miss Delphine Dodge. The yes
Sci will be driven by oil burning
engines and is just q few feet mar
rover than the st. Lawrence river
locks. which will allow passage to
the ocean.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02
j
MILL SPEED
Ex-K|NC TO
SWISS HOME
A1I,d OdHcers to Form
,cort for Charles on
Road From Hungary

B,dapest, April 2.-Former En-
,.ror Charles, his move Tor res'ora-
t,ou 10 the Hungarian throne
.lAxsrted by the government, will
.lsave tonight or tomorrow morning
ia m automobile, on his way back
a SWITZERLAND, according to semi
of,clal information today.
Paris, April 2. = tAssociated
Press. s.)-Dispatches received by the
/ French foreign Office today indi-
cate that Former Emperor Charles,
vho in the belief Of official circles
ire. has been successfully blocked
Il his efforts at restoration to the
throne OF Hungary, will be escort
"a back to Switzerland by allied OF
hcers. =.
This guard will be given him, IT
Is said, to protect him against mani
festations while he is enroute.
Switzerland is expected again 70
extend hospitality to the ex-mon-
arch, but with stricter limitations
Is to his place of residence and
movements.
Dream is Over.
Vienna, April q ASSOCIATED
Press)- Newspapers of this city ap.
par to be certain that the episode
resulting from the attempt OF for.
ner Emperor Charles to reestab-
lish himself as king of Hungary is
ended. They today printed alleged
details Of the manner in which
Charles would be taken across Aus
TIA 10 Switzerland, and some de-
elared that the former monarch
had left Steinamanger last night.
Reports from Hungary, however
JAILED to show matters have reach
I'd Neh final stage 1t has been
learned that arrangements were
completed yesterday for Charles
siturn ffom Hungary to Switzer.
Aud. and that he would be escort
q BY, British, French and Italian
emy officers, who would be in COM
nand Of picked forces of gen
trmes.
viii Hurry Treaty.
The attempted Hapsburg coup
Which at one period last week, i,
y admitted, had nearly a chance
q success. promises to have a very
anerent effect. The Social Demo.
tfats plan to introduce in the ma.
tonal assembly resolutions de.
nanding that the government take
eeps to hurry ratification BY
rance and England of the Trianor
tfaty, providing for the surren.
d8 Of West Hungary to Austria
and making provision for the pro
!ectlon Of Austrian frontiers by
1e entente.
Iney declare this action is Ger.
aln to prevent further royalist at.
hmptS at restoration.
FORMER Emperor Charles will
ave Steinamanger for Switzer.
ana sunday evening or Monday, i
= reported here. 1t is planned fol
s sl% 70 make the trip by way O.
.uiy. and the delay in his startins
~ switzerland has been occasion
" negotiations with the Italiar
s"elnment for permission for hin
!" pass through that country.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02
Late Bulletins

Belfast, Ireland, April "A
constable was killed at London.
derry last night, two bombs
thrown at electric light station
and soldiers and civilians
wounded.
Collinsville, ILL.,, April g.
William Fletcher, father of Art
Fletcher, captain of the Phila.
delphia Nationals, will be bur.
led here tomorrow. He was IS
years old and president of the
local bank.
Oklahoma City, April 2.-The
legislature has voted to acquit
Governor Robinson of cOrrup-
ton charges, and has rejected !.
Impeachment proceedings.
Milwaukee. Wis.,, April g.
Mrs. Ethel Pickard Of Kansas
City and Stephen d. Coleman
are held here under the Mann
act. Coleman has refused to
marry the woman.
Chicago. April Mrs. Mary
Louise Brundage, S., mother Of
Attorney General Bruadage,
died here today.
Washington, d. C, April g
The impression gains that My.
ron T. Herrick is to be named
ambassador to France.
New Lork. April Frank
T. Anderson of Brooklyn today
won the national indoor tennis
championship by defeating his
brother Fred.
Odell, Ill, April 2-Bailey A.
Cover, member of the Illinois
legislature, 1892. 1896, dropped
dead here last night.
Pittsburgh, April 2.-The
Pennsylvania railroad has pro.
posed to cut signal men from
ls12 to 20 cents per hour.
Chicago. April 2.-Judge
Grove today resented the ap.
pearance Of Attorney General
Brundage at the legislative in.
vestigatiOn Of Chicago building
conditions when Brundage sat
with the joint committee. and
said he would withdraw the
two assistant states attorneys
from the case II Brundage kept
up this ~usurpation Of power"
Chicago. April 2.-Alleging
errors in the trial, Mary Cham.
bliss, colored. today filed . Pc
titfOn for . writ Of habeas cor.
pus for the release Of her hus.
hand, Dorsey, from the peniten.
tiary. He Is serving . term for
kseping . white giri IN = ccl-
ore1 reGork