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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
CLOSE VOTE IS
ANTICIPATED
ON LANTZ BILL
Measure Expected To
Be Taken Up Some
Time Today.

Springfield, H., juno MANY
members Of tho F1fty-second gen.
eral assembly and many lobbyists
WERE spectators today following
yesterdays hearing on the Lantz
anti-pit bill to place regulation OF
grain exchanges under the state de-
partment of agriculture. The spec
ulation which began last night was
general today. 1t was speculation
over votes on the bill in the house
of representatives.
It was indicated that the Lantz
bill would be taken up some time
during the day following action on
the prohibition bill which had first
call in the house.
The most optimistic supporters Of
the bill placed the number Of votes
it would receive at somewhere near
IS. Others gave the bill a bare ma
jority. Most OF them admitted
they expected a close vote.
Opponents Count Noses.
Board of Trade members began
counting noses after the hearing
last night and gave the bill 65 sure
votes with enough doubtful ones to
give it more than the necessary u
if they all went in favor Of the
measure.
Joseph P. Griffin, president Of the
Chicago Board of Trade attacked
the United Grain Growers Corpora
ton as lone of the most vicious or
CARNATIONS of its kind in existence
and declared that the movement
which it is behind contains the
same person which brought North
Dakota to ruin and disgrace" By
a vote of 10 for and 26 against, the
senate killed the Cornwell housing
bill, repeating old housing laws and
prescribing new regulations fol
cities OF $4,000 population or more
Representative Frank Ryan!
horse racing bill has gone to thirt
| reading in the house. 1t creates {
commission of three members tt
govern racing and permits the us,
Of pari-mutuel machines.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
SELECTION OF
SHIPPING HEAD
HARDLNG'S JOB
May Solue Problem,
by Naming Standard
Oil Man.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial to The Argus.)

Washington. June l.. President
Harding has had no more difficult
problem to solve since he took Of
fee than the selection Of chair
man of the shipping board-and he
thinks that at last he has it solved.
Mr.. Harding has been able when
q knotty question arose to pass it
over to some member of the cab
met in whose domain the matter
lay, but not so with the shipping
board. 1t comes under none Of the
10 departments of the government,
but is an independent body.
So the president has had to ap-
peal to the cabinet as whole for
advice. Last Friday the subject
was discussed at some length, but
as is the case with subjects that
involve personnel, no conclusion
could be reached except as to the
type Of man who ought to be Sc
lected. All seem to be agreed that
the job should be put in the hands
OF, practical shipping man. The
trouble about that. however, is the
fact that the men who have made a
success of shipping are in the ship
ping business and it is difficult to
pick a man whose firm may be do
ing business with the shipping
board now or in the future This
objection, however, is purely the
result of a fear of undertaking OF
political opposition. Everybody in
the government knows that If the
man selected is a person Of integ-
rity it, doesn't make any difference
with what company he was pre-
viously affiliated. Mr.. Harding
didn't hesitate heretofore to name
A. W. Mellon secretary of the treas
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
GIRL PASSES
BOGUS CHECKS

St. Louis. Mo, June Miss
Walker, Il, pretty Chica-
goan, occupied a Jail cell here to-
day.
Police say she admitted, after
her arrest late yesterday, to hav-
ing cashed $500 in bogus checks
here since her arrival from the
windy city three weeks ago.
According to her story to po-
lice officials she LETT homo month
ago to try living ION her own" A
man friend here told her to forge
checks, received a split of the pro-
ceeds, and deserted her, she said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
BOY WITNESS
TELLS COURT
PAL is KILLER
Declares Cecil Burk-
ett, ii, Shot Be,a.aie
Slauins, z.

Knox, Ind, June 11.-(United
Press. .)-Freddie Schermann, ner-
vous and timid, told the jury today
that Cecil Burkett, II. had killed
his playmate, Bennie Slavins, z,
with a shotgun
Nine-year-old Freddie, clad In
homespun knickerbockers, q faded
blue blouse, and clutching a
crumpled cap in his hand, was the
first witness for the state which
asks that the Burkett boy be pun
ished for the numbering Of his play
mate.
I'VE were playing in Burkett's
back yard last Thanksgiving" said
Freddie very slowly. I'VE wanted
to 60 hunting, SO Al Burkett, Cecil 8
brother, got a shotgun and we
popped at some birds but didn't hit
any Then we came back to the
yard and Cecil took the gun. He
pointed it right at Elsie. Benny &
sister and said, You better, run,
or I'll shoot you That's Just what
he said. Elsie ran.
Il then went up to clean out a
bird nest. l heard the old gun &C
'pop' and there went Cecil running
around the corner with the gun in
his hand. Al said You'll catch II
now Benny was lying on the
ground shot. His red sweater was
on fire."
Freddie, quite conspicuous be-
cause of a missing tooth in front
was then questioned about ALLEGED
enmity between Cecil and Benny.
"Yessir," said Freddie, "Ceci
didn't like Benny. l saw him slaI
Benny's face once and throw biz
rocks at him one other time"
Stern cross examination by w. J
Reed, Cecils lawyer, failed to shak'
Freddie's story.
Mrs. Anna Burkett, the boy de
fendant's mother, sat with him dur
ing the trial. They were at tn
table for defense attorneys.
She wore a simple gingham frocl
and a shawl was thrown across he
lap: She looked constantly at he
boy. Her eyes were sad and dry
she seemed bitter at all that wa
going on about her.
| Cecil's hair hung in tufts owe
his forehead. He sat unmoved a
Freddie, his erstwhile playmate, tes
titled he killed Benny because Of
quarrel.
Cecil claims Benny's death was a
accident.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
FINDS BUNDLE
ON STEPS
"PICANINNY"

Chicago, June Ralph ]. Eric
son was passing a building at 731
North LaSalle street on his way
home early this morning when he
heard baby crying. He turned and
saw a bundle lying on the steps and
opened it. 1t contained two
months old negro girl baby. Eric
son carried the baby to the Chicago
avenue police station and told them
where he had found 1t.
Take it back there" the desk ser
geant said. THAT was st. Vincent's
orphan asylum"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
RIVER OF COLD
Will Be SOUGHT
Old Prospectors Believe Lost HTsF
VIII Bring Rich Reward
for Efforts.

Edmonton, Alberta, June L.
Search for a lost rivera river OF
Goodwill be undertaken this year
by several prospectors. including
old-timers from the Yukon and
Alaska, who are now here Quitting
for the long journey into the north
country. This lost river bed.
where the Peace river once flowed,
is somewhere in the big bend OF the
Peace, bisected by a line drawn
from Fort st. John to the mouth OF
the Battle river.
Some years ago an Indian brought
into Fort St John . fair sized gold
nugget which, according to the
tale told by old timers of the north.
he discovered In q stream in the
country to the northeast OF the post.
Soon after this an old trapper, a
white man, who made Fort St John
his headquarters, came into the fort
with a quantity Of coarse gold which
he had washed from some stream In
similar direction to that from
which the Indian hailed.
Mortimer, who tell the story Of
the mystic Ell Dorado north Of the
Peace, declare that the gold was
only available after heavy fall oa
snow, with which the old fellow ap.
parently washed his mineral. From
an analysis Of the circumstances
generally. it Is thought that th<
place from which the gold was takez
was some old river bed where tht
Peace once flowed, but whether thu
story Is correct remains to bt
proved.
Prospectors, however, are putting
up good money to test the truth O
the theory that the precious meta
does exist somewhere to the nortl
of Clear hills in large quantities.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
Orphan Girl V1cdn.


The trouble is reported to have
been the result of the arrest late
yesterday Of Dick Rowland, negro,
for an assault on an orphan girl in
an elevator. Crowds gathered
about the Jail and fighting soon fol-
lowed. The negro was spirited away
from the Jail early this morning BY
deputies from the of6ce Of Sheriff
Mccullough.
Early in the evening armed
negroes appeared in the principal
streets, headed for the county court
house. on the upper story Of which,
ia the Jail. Shortly after about two
hundred negroes had surrounded
the building, armed white men be-,
gan to appear. The first known DR.
ing occurred shortly after dark,
when an officer reported to have
stopped and disarmed a negro. A
shot from somewhere, it is said,
resulted in the ofhcer shooting the
negro. Thereafter clashes were
frequent and the excitement In
creased.
Whites Stop Firemen.
The first attempt to fire the negro /
section was made about 1:30 o'clock
this morning, when white men
openly threatened to destroy the
locality. Two houses at Archer and
Boston, used by more than fifty
negroes as a garrison, were set
etire at that time, and an alarm
was turned in. Efforts of the fire
department to lay hose we're stop
ped by a crowd of armed white men
and the department returned to its
station.
The attempt to lay the negro
quarter in ashes was resumed at
$40 o'clock this morning. when al
most simultaneously fire began TO
burst forth from the doors and win
dows of frame shacks along Archer
street. Soon dense clouds Of black
smoke enveloped the location. I'm
der cover of the smoke screen arm
ed men in motor cars and afoot
threw a Gordon about the place
where the negroes were stationed
and occasional shots gave warning
that the conflict still waged.
! ~DOn't ShOot!" Cry Of Blacks.
As the fire enveloped the houses,
negroes were seen to dart out from
flaming doorways with upraised
hands, shouting, don't shoot" As
they dashed through the smoke they
were ordered to surrender and
quickly were removed to the pfiS-
on camps.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
Continued on Page Four.)
Gators ROAM
FLORIDA LINKS
Five Potential Travelling Bags
Ganb0l on Green, Protected
by Police Chief.

Clearwater. Fla, June 1.-Chief
Of Police Joseph Russell has Is
sued q warning that the first hunt
er who takes a pot shot at any one
Of the five alligators that roam at
Will over Clearwater's golf course
Is going to Jail. for the chief. who
also is boss" Of the course, is de-
termined that his pets shall not
be disturbed.
IL golfers cannot get along with
tle gators the golfers will have to
play their COW pasture pool else
wnere, that's all there is TO it," the
Chief has declared.
Az least five alligators are known
10 De making their homes on the
eoufse. Russell recently discovered
= iittle shaver about two and one
uaii ieet long. How many more
sre In the vicinity he does not know
Dut The old rule that where there
Is much smoke fire will be found.
nolds good with gators and he be-
lleSes there are several who have
not registered.
Joe" the largest one, named
.or the chief, is seven and one-half
;se. ~ length. Russell says Joe
isa secluded sort Of cuss" because
No IS seen only in the late after
Ioon or when high tide raises the
e,ei In the water of the creek
waicn Joe" inhabits. The creek
slosses the fairway of Number 3
aole' The other four are from
,so and one-half to four feet in
saeth. Two Of them occupy the
week near Number 3 green while
W otner two are near Number
sleen. The two near Number
sa.e become so accustomed to tbs
s s0Aers that they pay them onl,
passing notice.
Charles Livingston Bull. the art
discovered the gators the frs
s sMe recently while playing a rount
S'a Sewell Ford. the writer, whel
~ - walked almost upon a four-foot
4 u ssnning himself.
" WHAT'S the idea, trying to Civ
p"r D.. @artst player q thrill?" aske'
rartly." Ford replied, but 1 be
.s.e Russell intends to train a fe,
ss"fs to act - caddies during tn
sasn next season."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
ELCIN PAPERS
ARE SUSPENDED
Printers Walk Out Without Notice,
Demanding Increased Wages
Contract Violation Alleged.

Elgin, ILL.,. June l. - This city's
two newspapers were forced to sus-
pend publication today, due to a
walkout of printers. The men
struck without previous notice.
Publishers claim a violation Of the
union contract which provides for
30 days in which to negotiate a new
scale after May 81. 1921 The men
are demandig Increased wages.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
PUSHING BAR ON
BEER FOR SICK

Washington, June 1.-The house
judiciary committee agreed today
to report out the Volstead bill,
which would prohibit sale Of beer
on physicians prescription for use
by the sick
Passage OF the prohibition
amendment served to annul various
internal revenue laws covering the
LIQUOR traffic; the supreme court
held today. Congress did not in
tend to preserve the old penalties,
the court says.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
HON. JAP GETS
TANGLED IN HON.
ENGLISH TONGUE

Washington. June LA Japan
ese official. knowing a we'll known
correspondent to be in touch with
sources Of information. cabled him
to find out who would be American
ambassador to Japan, just before
the appointment of Richard Wash
burn Child. Cable rates to Japan are
high. so the correspondent cabled:
Child probable" The answer came
promptly: Congratulations to Hon,
Wife and Self"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
RAIL WAGES
SlASHEO BY
.. S. BOARD
cut; of IL Per Cent At
fects lo4 Roads-Edct
Operates July lst. \

Chicago, June 1.-Approximateiy
.vc-thirds Of the wage increase
,ranted railroad employees last
iuly BY the railroad labor board
49, 49, ordered deducted, beginning
Iuly l. in the boards decision an
ronpced TO-DAY. From the increase
last year of $500, 100000 year IN
saIaries of railroad labor, nearly
aOC 900 900 will be cut, it is estl-
mated, by the reductions directed
by the board. -,
In the case Of the general class
Of maintenance Of way laborers, the
increase of Shs cents an hour was
withdrawn. while in others OF the
classes having the larger number OF
employees, the cuts ranged from IL
10 5, and 10 to S cents an hour, as
compared with the award OF last
July.
Although the wage cuts are to
apply only on the 104 roads which
mad nled petitions for the decreases,
the boards announcement said that
application Of other roads would
ouse the same reductions to be
plsced in effect on those lines. The
decreases, it is estimated, eventual
u will affect 100000 men. The
feneral average decrease is placed
u II per cent, as compared with ar
Wsrage Of Il per cent granted last
July.
Union leaders withheld comment
a the boards decision but it hat
been freely stated at sessions Of thu
nilway employees leaders here dur
| ING the boards hearings on the de
ereases that cuts of 10 to IL pc
esnt would meet little opposition.
To Discuss Award.
Leaders Of the four big brother
hoods have called q meeting her
Ar July l, when the wage decrease
IRE effective, to discuss the award
H. E. Byram, president of tn
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul, an
g. N. FELTON,, president Of the Chi
caso, Great Western. declared tina
the reductions granted were "nC
sufficient to meet the demands {
the situation"
In a supplemental memorandum
the board points cut that durin
government control the wages {
nilway employees were increase
from an average Of $78 month.
December. 1917, to $116 in Januar.
1870, and to $141 by the increase {
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01

BIG Navy BILL
Measure Carries $500 600 900 Ap-
propriation-Au Efforts to Re.
duco Amount Defeated.

Washington, June 1.-United
Presso-The senate today passed
the $500, ,O0O, 900 naval appropria-
tfon after defeating virtually every
effort Of senators advocating econ
omy to reduce the appropriations
carried. The bin carries the Borah
amendment authorized and re-
questing the president to invite
Great Britain and Japan to q con-
ference in the United States on a
five-year disarmament program
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
Crew !;
REACHES PORT
Survivors Of Esperanto Brought to
Halifax By Elsie u-Seh0onef
Sank In Is Minutes.

Halifax, N. S., June 1.-tUnited
Press. Captain Behman and his
crew Of Is from the sunken fishing
schooner Esperanto arrived here
today aboard the Elsie II under
command of Captain Geel. AL the
survivors were we'll.
The Esperanto. which won the
international fishing boat race last
fall, struck q sunken wreck In .
dense fog OF Sable island and sank
in Is minutes, Behman said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
Late Bulletins

fokio, Juno 1-Great Britain,
tho Niehi Niehi declares today,
has suggested that Japan permit
the AngloJapaaese alliance to
continue another year. The two
nations aro negotiating for . re-
visisa Of The alliance, the news
paper says
Washington, June 1@Seo6 C.
Bone, = ferHer Seattle publish
@, and who was publicity man.
ager Of the Republican Nation.
Il committee in the 1870 cam
paign, was nominated today BY
President Harding to ho cover.
nsr Of Alaska.
Washingtsn, Jane 1-Michael
J. Kelly of Oakland, Calif, was
nominated today BY President
Harding to be superintendent
Of the San Francisco mint.
New York, June photo.
engraving plants Of II New
Yefk newspapers were tied up
today By . strike Of engravers
for . fiat increase Of s. . week.
No commercial printing estab-
HahAe1ts-Aere affected.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
KELLY HITS HIS
NINTH HOME BUN

New York. June George kel-
" Of the New York Nationals to-
day made his ninth home run OF
the season, tying with Meusel OF
the Philadelphia Nationals. who
knocked out his ninth circuit clout
yesterday
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
PRENIERS MEET.

London, June The imperial
premiers Of representatives, OF
India are assembling for an import
ant conference, especially ON the
Auglo-Japanese treaty.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
strawberry DROP.

Kalamazoo. Mich. June 1.-The
favorable weather has glutted the
Michigan strAwbsrry market, psiees
droppdmg N4o . crate to $4.60 With
Iproanaefa.2 AUkAer JdeelinAk
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
VETS LOSE
IN VOTE ON
PROHIB BILL
Threaten. to Eject F. Scott
Mcbride, State Head Of
Anti-Saloon League.

Representatives, Abbey and
McCaskrin voted against Harfs
amendment to tie prohibition
bill to submit It to . referen.
dunn. Representative W. c.
Maucker voted for the amend.
ment
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01

River stage at Z a. m, 6.5. q rise
of i in last "a hours.
River Forecast
The Mississippi river from be-
low Dubuque to Muscatine will rise
slowly during the next three days.
FLOYD d. YOUNG,
>NsfAoeoloG3st
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
SIXTY.FIvE KILLED.

!. .Annaborg. Silesia, June Fifty
soies and Is Germans were killed
: battle for possession Of Anna
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
NEWBERRY HEARING.

Washington, June Hearings
in the Ford-Newberry election con-
trovsray we're set tor Iune &
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01
THE WEATHER

Probably showers and warmer
tonight. Thursday unsettled and
warmer. Highest Temperature yes
terday, 81: lowest last night, S..
Wind velocity at Z = m, ; miles
per hour.
f4m 7nm Tam
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CONTINUED on Page Seven.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-01

II m pm. am.
vestAf. y0staf. today
The New York herald., 1921-03-03

he continued I'VE want some board
somewhere with authority TO clean up
the situation and let the city do some
thing to give the people a chance to
get uptown and downtown. We had
enough of government operations of
utilities during the war. / represent
one of the 1000. 900 people of the city
Of New York that we are talking about
here, and there are many others be-
sides myself who are in favor of this
bill The people are not plkers. nor
welchers. and they want to stand by a
contract"
Former State Senator Martin SAKE
told the legislators not to get alarmed
by the talk by the people on the other
side," for there are many, many thou
sands Of people in New York who are
thinking strongly and standing strongly
for Gov Millr's BILL Speaking of the
much complained OF exercise of the
States police power, Senator Sake said
that 1t is used through private corpora
tions when children are abused or
family pets maltreated. He referred to
the societies for the prevention OF
cruelty to children and animals.
"And / tell you the people OF New
York want you to come down there and
take away the power from the Board of
Estimate and put 1t in the State They
are pleading for 1t. just as some pleaded
to take it away from the Board of
Estimate before and put 1t in the Public
Service Commission. So don't he alarmed
about the situation whatever There are
plenty Of thinking people in the city Of
New York with you and they believe
you have the courage of your convic-
tions and that you will stand by them
to the end"