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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
THERE'S NO
EXCUSE FOR
IT, He SAYS
Pounds Desk and YelIs
When Asked About
Regular Bond.

Springfield, Ill. Nov. 3.-Pound-
ing his desk for emphasis. Governor
Len Small, before departing for his
home at Kankakee, at noon today,
repeated his demand for immediate
trial and called upon the prosecu-
tion to explain the delay in trans
ferring the records in the case
against him, from this city to the
trial court at Waukegan.
The governors ire was quite ap-
parent. He made no attempt to curb
1t, in answering query regarding
a regular bond to replace the sher-
IFS bond given at the time Of his
arrest.
What bond?" he cried. Who in
this county has the right TO demand
another bond? This case is out OF
the hands of the Sangamo- county
officials and rests in Lake county.
There has been too much dilly-
dallying about this case The delay
is ineXcusable. I'll have an cXpla-
nation or know the reason.
"Th0 county clerk of Sangamon
county has everything he needs to
send the record to Lake county. He
does not need and will not get an
other bond"
Believes Delay Deliberate.
Governor Small indicated he be
lieved a deliberate attempt is be-
ing made by SangamOn county Of
ficials to delay the trial
The trial is having the governors
attention, to the exclusion, it was
said. of a call for a special session
of the legislature.
The governor said he had not
called the session, and that he had
not decided upon the date 1t is
taken for granted here that the
date will not be set for time when
the trial at Waukegan might be
under way.
Governor Small and State Auditor
Andrew Russell were in good con
dttion following yesterdays ordeal
of official signatures, but Secretary
of State l. l.. Emmerson still show
ed its i'll effect. His hand, which
last night was swollen shut after
signing $500 of the hard roads
bonds, was this morning somewhat
better, but one finger was still
blistered and swollen.
From Kankakee Governor Snail
viii go to Chicago to greet Marshal
Foch when he arrives.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03

China Presents Serious
International Problem
For POsUers to UfatQnQIe

Japan was asking for those rights
as her reward for ousting the Ger
mans from kiachow and the far
east.
But that brought the rub. Would
the Japanese be content to oper-
ate as the Germans had? Indeed,
the Germans entering into working
agreements with British and other
European business men in the far
east. 1t was purely a commercial
not a political proposition. Would
the Japanese keep it commercial or
use it to penetrate China POLITICAL
ly and get a hold on the admins
trative independence of China?
Strongly Anti-Japanese.
The Chinese thought so. They
openly said so. That's the basis
for their opposition to Japan's ac-
QUESTION of one inch more of a
foothold in China. It's question
Japanese protest that they never
break their word, that they have
only disinterested motives and
seek merely a place for CONNER
cial expansion for their air lady
overpopulated country. But the
Chinese will not listen. Sharing
the Chinese suspicious are practi-
calIy all the British, French and
American interests in China. They
are violently anti-Japanese. They
expect their respective govern
ments to use their moral and physi-
cal power to keep the Japanese
from overstepping the bounds of
commercial necessity. They insist
that the open door shall mean an
open door and no discrimination.
Powers Must Combine.
Who will keep the open door"
open? Who will enforce the under
standing? The British government
knows it cannot do it alone. Will
the United States help? That's
why the British are not anxious to
announce at this time what they
will do with the Anglo-Japanese
alliance. One school of thought
insists that the alliance be abro-
gated because of the stimulus it
gives the Japanese politically and
commercially, but another school
of thought in the British govern
ment wants to know first whether
the moral and physical help of the
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
CRAIG ACCEPTS
BID TOLONDON

London, Nov. 3.-(By Associated
Press. Sir James Craig, the Ulster
premier. has accepted the govern
ment's invitation, dispatched yes
terday, to come to London and con-
suit it as to listers attitude to-
ward the proposals regarding the
Ulster boundary and other ques
tions involved in the Irish settle
ment
Sir James. it is stated, is coming
to London TO discuss specific plans,
submitted to the government by the
Sim Fein, of such a character that
the government thinks them feas-
lble II Ulster agrees to them. These
plans do not, however, embody any
agreement definitely reached be-
tween the government and Sim
Fein
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
BANDITSSTEAL
$4,000 JEWELS

ST. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 3.-A well
planned robbery netted two men ap-
proximately $4,000 in diamonds,
shortly before d. m. today from
ile store of A. l. Shapiro & Sons, in
the center of the downtown dis
trict
Two men met L. H. Deeny. assist
ant manager of the store, as he was
leaving his home and asked for a
ride down town. After Deeny had
driven several blocks one of the
men pressed a pistol against him
and ordered that he drive quietly
to the store where he was forced to
open the safe and deliver the dia-
monds.
Fifty thousand dollars worth of
diamonds were taken from the store
in a similar holdup year ago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
MINER STRIKE
HITS ILLINOIS,:
1000 WALK OUT
Nesbit u rg IS All
Workers TO Return
to Jobs.
BULLETIN.

Indianapolis, Ind. Nov. g.
In answer TO the accusation Of
Frank harrington, president of
the Illinois miners, that officers
of the international union were
trying to pass the buck" on
calling a strike. President John
l.. Lewis of the United Mine
Workers of America today wir-
ed Mr.. harrington that s@de-
tailed instructions" would be
sent him as soon as Illinois
operators declare their inten-
hOn to discontinue the "check-
Off.
than thousand coal miners at
Carlinville and Staunton in Ma
coupin county, went on a strike
this morning, before they had re-
ceived the telegram from state
headquarters ordering them to
stay at work. One hundred and
fifty miners also struck at Hills
boro.
Acting upon the official tele-
grams, however. which arrived
late this forenoon, some of the
miners in each OF these places vot-
ted to return to work tomorrow, ac-
cording to information received by
Secretary-Treasure Walter Nesbit
of the state miners union here.
Two other locals in southern Illi-
nois which struck yesterday, Mr..
Nesbit said, are back at work to-
day.
"CalI AnderSOn's Bluff
Call the bluff of the operators
and Judge Anderson" was the ap-
peal to Illinois miners of Freeman
Thompson, president of the Spring
field district, ''and show them we
can endure without that thing they
have been holding as club over
our heads.
THE 'check-off' system" he de-
sort in the world. No other or
ganization but the miners depend
on operators for such help. We
don't need it, any more than a fra
ternal lodge needs it, and the soon
er we are out from under it, the
better.
Don't Want "Check- on"
illinois miners are 100 per cent
true to the unon. They are not
hiding behind cards, but are ready
to walk up and pay dues as MEM
bers of other unions. All true un-
ion men will pay as freely to their
union as the operators now pay for
them. Union men are not made,
they are born. Conditions won't
change them.
Miners local officials pay dues
and are not under the 'check-off'
system. Rank and file and officials
should be all the same"
Indiana Tied Up
Indianapolis. Ind, Nov. 3.-Prac-
tically every mine in the Indiana
coal fields was idle today as the re
sClt of strike of union miners in
protest against the injunction is
sued here Monday by Federal Judge
A. B. Anderson, prohibiting use OF
the "check-off" system of collect
ing union dues and assessments.
IrpDti1noG on FThirt
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Copyright, 1921, by The Argus.
In this the fourth of a series of
nigniy interesting dispatches giving
the reader a background of informs-
Lion on the coming armament con-
terence David Lawrence the famous
ashnEton correspondent, tells why
China Is an international prohlem-I
Washington, Nov. 3.-China has
always been a problem common to
the SIX great powers-Great Bri-
tain, United States, Germany, ia
pan, Russia and France.
Time and again efforts have been
made to float six-power loans or
nVe-poWer loans among banking
groups of all the major countries
IN an effort to help put China on
her feet. Little by little the ma
tlons of the world have been en-
croaching on her domain. Her un-
developed resources have been
tempting to the alert business men
of other countries.
Concessions have been obtained
in all sorts of ways from the help
less Chinese government which in
recent generations has really had
no strong central government but
has moved along with curious in
difference as local governments
and provincial authorities have
sprung up within the immense en-
pire.
Railways Are Important.
The possession of railways means
a great deal to the nation which
owns and operates them in China
1t insures access to the mines of
the interior for the bringing out of
valuable freights. British, Amer
lean and German capital have been
content to develop railway enter
prises without assuming to obtain
political control for their respect
i've governments of any territory
in China. The much talked of
province of Shantung with its i'm
mense territory, was never ceded to
Japan at the Paris conference but
the port, which is practically the
door to Shantung province, was
given Japan as well as jurisdiction
over the railway to the interior,
including a 30-1nile strip on each
side of the railway. 1t is true the
Germans had that very right and
Japan was asking only for that
which Germany had forfeited
through her defeat in the war
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
CAN'T BASE
WAGES UPON
RAIL RATES
Fallacy to Give I. G. G.
Such Power, Says
Hooper.

Chicago, Nov. 3.-Railroad en-
ployes are morally bound to give
the public efficient and uninter-
rupted service and share with the
railroad managements responsible
ity to the people. Ben ". Hooper,
former governor of Tennessee and
member of the United States Rail
road Labor board, declared today
before the Chicago Traffic club
Upon the theory that railways
are public utilities, enjoying under
their franchises a political monop-
oily, the right of eminent domain
and other powers, the government
has assumed the right to regulate
the carriers in numerous partlcu-
lars" Mr.. Hooper said.
Workers "MOralIy BOund.-
'It seems to me this theory is
applicable to the employees also, for
the government has bestowed upon
the employees the highest dignity
and power ever conferred on labor
in any other land. The statute
places the carrier and the en-
ployes in cOntractual relationship.
1t is this recognition of the rights
of labor. coupled with a guaran-
ty of judicial protection against ar
bitrary and unfair treatment which
in my judgment makes it morally
obligatory upon the employees to
give the public efficient and unin-
terrupted service, as it is upon the
railway management"
Mr.. Hooper declared the propos-
al to invest the interstate COM
merce commission with power to
fix wages was unsound. He said
such an idea involved "a glaring
falIacy."
Roads Can Stand Cut.
The fixing of wages can not be
made to depend on freight rates,
he said. Because there has been
a reduction in wages, it necessarily
follows that the carrier is thereby
enabled to stand a reduction in
rates. It does not necessarily fol-
low that a reduction of rates justf-
fes a reduction in wages. 1t may,
or it may not. 1t must be remem-
bered that the carrier gets the di-
rect benefit of every cent of wage
reduction. But the public gets the
benefit of a rate reduction.
IF the interstate commerce com
mission were empowered to fix
wages, it would have to do it on
the same basis on which it is now
done by the labor board and not
upon the basis of freight rates"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
DAN HANNA,
MARK'SS SON,
DIES INEAST
Heart Failure Kills Noted
Editor and Friend
of T. E.

New York, Nov. 3.-Dan R.
Hanna, son of the late Marcus R.
Hanna and proprietor of the Cleve-
land News, died at his home at
Croton- -on-the-H Hudson last night,
according to word received by
friends here today.
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. ,3.-Dan r.
Hanna, publisher of the Cleveland
News and Cleveland Sunday Lead
er and one of Cleveland's foremost
business men, died of heart failure
at his home, The Croft, Ossining,
\. Y, early today, according to ad-
vices received here.
In addition to his newspaper in
terests, Mr. Hanna was heavily in
terested in real estate, owning two
of Cleveland's largest Office build
ings and for many years was a
leading figure in the iron ore, coal
and lake shipping industry.
Was 30 Years Old.
Mr.. Hanna was we'll known in
politics as a strong supporter of
the late President Roosevelt.
A son of the late United States
senator. Marcus A. Hanna, he was
born Dec. &c, 1866, in Cleveland.
and is survived by his mother. Mrs.
Marcus Hanna. of Washington: by
two sisters. Mrs. Medill McCOr-
mick of Chicago and Mrs. Harry
A. Parsons of Cleveland, and by
eight children. The children are
Mark A. Hanna and Carl L. Hanna
of Watertown, \. Y, Dan r. Hanna,
Jr.. of Cleveland, and Misses Eliza
beth, Natalie, Ruth Charlotte and
Mary Hanna.
Funeral arrangements have not
yet been made.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
KIDNAP IRISH
NATIONALIST
John McHugh. Fermagh County
Council Chairman, is Spirited
Away-TWO Others Taken.

Belfast. ireland, Nov 3.-Unitel
Press. John McHugh, Catholic
Nationalist and chairman Of the
Fermagh County council was kid
mapped Tuesday night, it was learn
ed here today. He was understood
to have refused to pay Sim Fem
levy.
Two, witnesses who had been sub
pOenaed to testify in case affect
ing the Sim Fein also were kid
mapped, it was said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
JERUSAL.EMIS
SCENE OF RIOT
Attack OH Jewish Quarter Results
in Death Of Four Jews and
One Arab.

Jerusalem. Nov , tBy The As
sociated Press Five persons were
killed and Is others were wounded
in disorders here today which in
cluded the throwing Of d bomb The
trouble, the police report, original
ed in an attempted attack by Arab
rioters On the Jewish quarter
Of the killed four were Jews and
one an Arab There were few
cases Of knitting, and shots we're eX
changed between the factions.
The police frustrated an Arab at
tack Later. while troops patrolIC-
the city. the governor with the Of
fcer commanding the troops and
the principal MosIem notab!es,
walked through the streets ana
restored order
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
II IMPERILED
IN HOTEL FIRE

Denver, Colo. Nov. 3.-Seven-
teen persons were overcome by
smoke in a hotel early this morn
ing when fire broke out in a store
in the first story of the hotel build
ing. Eleven of those overcome
were guests of the hotel, the others
fireIuen.
The hotel guests were rescued
through windows by firemen. the
smoke being so dense the halls and
stairways could not be penetrated.
None was seriously injured
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
WHEAT SKIDS TO
81; FIRST TIME
IN FIVE YEARS
Price Drops IN Wild
Trading; Hits 90 IL
at Noon.

Chicago, Nov. 3-CUnited Press.)
Wheat sold today at a dollar a
busheI on the Chicago board of
trade-the first time in five. years
that it reached that low mark.
Fhe price was driven TO the dol
lar mark in a hectic day of wild
trading in the pit. Scores of brok-
ers made vain efforts to hold the
price above a dollar At noon De-
cember wheat touched .9915.
eff wheat isn't worth a dollar, it
isn't worth a dime a bushel," one
broker remarked early in the day
to the United Press, in predicting
it would never go that low.
December wheat opened stronger
at S1.02& under support given by
the optimistic brokers.
Millers were credited with driv-
ing down the prices. Hundreds of
brokers and traders watched the
price slowly driven down the "a
points until it reached the dollar
level at noon. The price held at
S100% for some time and brokers
predicted that would be the low
mark, but it finally fell through.
Pattea Watches Scenes.
James a. Patten, grain king who
made millions out of the corner in
the corn market, was among those
on the side lines who watched the
wheat price go down
Il haven't got nickel in the
wheat market" Patten told [4-
United Press correspondent as t6
gether they watched the tape AID
saw the steady decline.
Il was afraid OF it." remarked
the man who by his operations on
the corn market, had driven hun
dreds of traders to the wall and
was once the most feared trader in
the pit.
"WilI Go Lower"
Wheat won't stop at a dollar"
he predicted. 1t will go down
much further.
There isn't any consumption de
mand to bolster up the market
nothing to hold up the price.
European credit is shot-so
poor that we cannot look for an
export demand TO bolster up the
market
Farmers once regarded dollar a
bushel wheat as an ideal, Patten
said. "It was their battle cry, but
now it doesn't pay the cost of
growing" he said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
MAN WHO BUILT
.SCAFFOLD SAYS
WATSON MTSLED
Capt. Larner AuolUs
But One Man Hang
ed at CieUres.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 3.-Car-
tain w NJ Larner, quartermasters
corps, Fort Thomas, Ky, who was
camp quartermaste at Gievres,
France, and directed the erection of
a scaffold mentioned by Senator
Thomas E. Watson, Georgia, who
told members of the United States
senate that q soldiers were hang
ed like dogs" from the gallows, is
sued a statement made public to-
uay denying Senator Watson's
claims. He declared that but one
man had been executed at Gievres
during the entire war and that man
only after having been regularly
sentenced by a court martial.
Court Martial Held.
Senator Watson has been mis-
led by persons who have permitte
their Imagination and craving for
publicity to overcome their better
judgment and sincerity" Captain
Larner said.
The scaffold at Gievres was
tItCttu bs me oH VI ucI VI COl-
oEel c. L. Simmonds, Jr., command
er of the camp, for the execution oi
one man. and one man only. This
man, who had been in the regular
army previous to the beginning OF
the World war, had been tried by
court martial and found to be gull
ty of murder in the first degree
His case had sufficient time tO
have been reviewed by the presi-
dent.
Had Charge of Camp.
"As camp quartermaster l was
in a position to know how many
men were executed there, for every
thing, from the building of the seat
fold to the making of the coffin
was under my direction. and was
accomplished by men in the quar-
termaster corps.
in October, 1919, the camp was
turned over to the French author
tiles. Any number of pictures
might have been taken of the seal
fold since then and the scaffOld
may be in existence now.
Il feel it my duty to answer Wat
sons charges inasmuch as | was
one of the officers stationed al
Gieyres- Colonel c. L. Simmonds
Jr, who is now with the Fourth
army corps, will bear me out OIL
these statements as will Chaplain
Albert Evans of Watertown. y. Y
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
DRIVER KILLS
THEN RUNS AWAY
Police Find No Clue TO M0tOriSt
Who Ran Down and Killed
Two Catholic Sisters.

Des Moines, Iowa. Nov. 3.-Police
today are without clue as to the
identity of the. driver of the auto
mobile that last night ran over and
killed Sister Mary Rosalita and Sis
ter Mary Virginia, o. st. Joseph
academy
A 13-year-old boy was the only
witness to the accident and he tod
the police that he was so frighten-
ed that he did not notice the driF-
er.
Sister Mary Rosalita. who was
Miss Laughlin of Lincoln, Neb.. and
Sister Virginia, who was Miss Aus
tin, of Chicago. were musical in
tructors at the academy.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
Late Bulletins

Halifax, n. S. Nov. 3.-A
large vessel, the identity OF
which is unknown, is on fire
400 miles southeast of Halifax,
according to a wireless mes
sage received today by the Ca
madam naval department from
the British oil tanker SaXOline.
Belfast. Nov. 3.-(By the As
sOciated Press THE Sim Fem
ers who have been under in
ternment i'm the Baliykin,ar
camp have been lnc0ndition-
ally released
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
C0LDIMPORTS
RUNNING HIGH

New York. Nov. 3.-Gold importa-
tions by the United States from
Jan. ! to oct %. tDtaled S593 SOS
SOC, according to the federal re-
serve Loard In the same period
Sf5.85i ,903 gold was exported
Silver imports from Jan /. were
s48 6G6O59 and exports S37-9SI $50.
More than S5,000,050 in gold has
been brought b. ships arriving in
teh last two days
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
OPEN WYOMING
LANDS T0vETS

Washington. Nov 3.-Tracts of
land aggregating 1922 acres in
Wyoming will be thrown open to
cUtr. by oN-sersiCe men for 63
daEs from Dec. 20 1921. the depart
i-.enJ # tie interior announced to-
Gay. Most Of the land was de-
scribed as having practically no
/. agricultural value but as possible
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
FAMILY OF FIVE
BURNS TODEATH
A'lller and Four Children Die In
biaZe When Fruit Store and
Flat Is Destroyed.

.oiedo. Ohio, Nov. 3.-A mother
~ iour children. three girls and a
~ ~ were burned to death this
t.,iI tUisaing when fire destroyed the
a. store and apartment of Wolf
Suourg- The dead are:
u. Is Greenburg; Eva, Is; Anna,
oavld. 6, and Leah, 8.
6,sa father and four other chill
rno,,, VINO were sleeping in another
e.m were able TO escape, bu.
- frustrated attempts to res
e., Tue mother ana smaller chill
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
BRITAIN'S BANK
CUTS DISCOUNT

London, Nov. 3.-The Bank or
England reduced its rate OF dis-
count to per cent from of2 per
cent this morning. The last reduc-
ton in the discount rate was maze
on July 81, last. when was cur
from 6 per cent to 51a Der cant
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
HARDING JOINS
HARRY LAUDER IN
WEE BIT O. GOLF

Washington. Nov. 3.-tUnited
PressD Harding went
gclfng early today with Harry
Lauder. Scotch comedian. Despite
a cold wind, Lauder was in his
usual Scottish costume, with his
knees bare.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03
The WEATHER

Fair tonight and Friday. Some
what warmer tonight.
Highest temperature yesterday,
40: lowest last night. "a.
Wind velocity at Z a. m, 6 miles
per hour.
Precipitation, none.
12m 7p.m. am.
yester. yester. today
Dry bulb temp. AT As "a
Wet bulb temp. Al AZ SO
Relative. humid. so g. SO
Sunset today, 4:55 p. M; sunrise
tomorrow, 6 40 a. IN.
River stage at a. M, 25, fall of
/ last "a hours.
River Forecast.
The Mississippi river from be
low Dubuque to Muscatins will
change but little during the next
few days
UNGER. Observer.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03

Wilmington, Del.-All passengers
but one on trolley car here pre-
ferred to walk when the car hit a
skunk.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03

Copyright, 1921, by The Argus.
In this the fourth of series of
highiy interesting dispatches giving
the reader a background of informs-
Lon on the coming armament con-
Terence David Lawrence, the famous
ashlngton correspondent, tells why
China la
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-03

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