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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-12
take RoSEFOR
EMbEzzLEMENT
Son Of Former Mayor Of Milwau.
kee Arrested in China 900
Involved in Case

Shanghai, March 12.-(United
Press) Earl Rose. son Of the no
ted former Mayor Rose Of Milwau-
kee, is charged with embezzlement
of stock valued at approximately
$85, 900 inaa warrant issued for his
arrest in the American. federal
court of China.
The stock was in Sonn Brothers
company and was entrusted to
Rose as counsel for the company,
it was alleged.
Rose is reported to have disap-
peared and it is rumored he has
gone tt Japan, where he would not
be extraditable except through tn
ternational courtesy.
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native POLICE
STONED BY MOB
EgyptiaAs Stage Demonstration
Agaisst Churchill English
Secretary for Colonies.

Alexandra, Egypt, March IL
ASSOCIATED ress).-The native
police in breaking up . demon
stration against Winston Spencer
Churchill. the new secretary for
the colonaes, who 10 to have charge
OF Egyptian affairs. were stoned
today and compelled to flee. Rein
forcements for the police who came
up fred on the crowd. killing three
parsons and wouhding others.
Mr.: Churchill arrived in Cairo
on Thursday. accompanied by war
once representatives. in connection
With Arab and Palestine Affairs.
He avoided q hostile demonstAtion
By students who were awaiting him
ct the station hy leaving the train
q few miles outside the city and
motoring 70 hiD hotel.
Small sporadic anti i-Churchill
demonstrations took place in Alex
a2dIie on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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HARDING MAKES
NOMINATIONS

. Warrington, D. c., March II
~ president has made the follow
i Nominations: A-
Grl A. Mapes Of Michigan, to be
9lcitor Of the bureau Of internal
Menue.
william Walter Husband Of St
1nsourg. Vt, to be commissioners
Cenl Of immigration.
nary Hilton Billany Of Mary
~. to be fourth assistant post
.ater general.
= raaries c. Madison Of Kansas
~, to be United States attorney
NE western district Of Missouri.
An Bladine, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
collector Of internal revenue
me district OF Iowa.
ne denomination Of Mark W.
aef Of New York as . member
me Interstate commerce commis-
vas confirmed today by the
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TRACE ''b0OzE"
TO WHISKY RING

Chicago, March 12.-Seizure of
"a barrels O; whisky, shipped from
Plymouth, a suburb Of Wilkesbarre.
Pa, and the arrest Of George and
Abe Marco, junk, dealers, the con-
signees, has uncovered a new
whisky ring, prohibition officials
declared today The liquor, la
beled miscellaneous junk, was
found in freight cars behind the
junk yard of the Marco Brothers.
through telephone information CIV
en- Joseph Callahan, chief of the
prohibition agents
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PatrolmaShot.

The trouble, (which started be-
fore midnight last night with the
shooting Of Patrolman Ryan. after
he had ordered group Of negroes
to disperse, was the outgrowth Of
an assault last Monday night on an
u-year-0ld girl by an unknown
negro who escaped. Rumors that
he had been arrested caused =
crowd to gather at the county jan
on Wednesday night and again on
Thursday night. but these crowds
were dispersed when 1t was proven
the negro had not been caught.
Crowds gathered again last night
but had been dispersed when the
shooting began.
Among the peoples $4,000 popu-
lation, approximately. one-eighth Of
whom are negroes, racial feeling is
still strong, and although no fur
ther trouble is anticipated, authori-
ties point out that conditions are
such that anything may occur.
Last nights rioting apparently
came IN three phases The opening
cOnAict between officers and ne
groes came when Patrolman Ryan
was shot three times after he had
attempted to break up crowd of
negroes within a block and half
Of the police station. Ryan is ex-
pccted to recover. Later there was
another brush in which Shirley
Shaffer received q slight scalp
wound, and still later general
fight in which twenty or more shots
were fired between negroes ana
officers, the negroes dodging be-
hind trees and buildings ana The
officers barricading themselves -
hind . CURLING
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CONTINUED on Last Page.)
HOTEL GUESTS
BURN T0.DEATH
y
Fire at Clinton, Okla, Takes Many
uves-Volunteefs Dynamite
Walls u Building.

Clinton, Okla. March 12.-Volun-
teer firemen were dynamiting the
walls of the Grace hotel in an ef-
fort to check q fire which broke out
carly today, and to determine II
any of the Is guests failed to es-
cape. Two men were injured, one,
1t is thought, fatally, but 1t has
been impossible to as yet check up
the casualties.
Several Die.
Oklahoma City, Okla, March II.
Several persons lost their lives
in q fire which destroyed q hotel
at Clinton, Okla, early today, &C.
cording to reports received here.
One man is said to have jumped
from q third story window and was
killed.
The fire Is said to have started
from defective oil stove.
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PAYNE RESIGNS
RAILROAD POST

Washington, March Il. - John
Barton Payne is understood to
have presented his resignation as
director-general of the railroad ad-
ministrstion to. President Harding.
Mr.. Payne was appointed director
general soon after he became sec
retary Of the interior He is now
at Southern Pines. N. C.
The railroad administration is
winding up affairs growing out of
federal control of the railroads.
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RAILWAY BOARD
SUMMONS ROAD
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
Must Answer Query About
Wage Cut and Strike.

Chicago, March 1.-THE United
States railway labor board today
asked the receiver of the Atlanta,
Birmingham & Atlantic railway
and representatives of its striking
employees to appear before the
board on March 81, to determine
whether wages had been cut and
employees had struck contrary to a
decision of the board.
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COMING VISIT
OF.VIVLANA HAS
DOUBLE OBJECT
Hopes To Dra1v u. S.
To League and Can
eel Loan.

Washington, March H.-United
Paess.) THE coming to America
Of Rene viviani, former French
premier. has two main objects, it
was stated in semi-oficial advices
received in Washington. France
desires:
l.. To sound out the Harding ad-
ministration on the question of
French indebtedness to the United
States and determine whether
there is any possibility Of the
French debt being cancelled.
2. To draw the United States
into European affairs, by "modi-
fled" league of nations, or by any
other agreehent which meets the
approval OF this government.
A considerable section of French
opinion, it Is indicated here, be-
lieves the United States eventually
will forgive the allied debt, or at
least part of it. France, which
has received cash from this coun-
try to the extent Of three billion
dollars, Is eager to learn Harding's
loan policy at the earliest possible
date.
The French desire to obtain can
collation. Of the American loan has
been stimulated, it is learned, by
the realization that allied inva-
sion Of Germany and the exaction
Of penalties is doomed to failure
as a means of continuing the Ger
man reparations.
Linked with the reparations and
loan situation is the French opin-
ion. stronger today than ever be-
fore, that some form of American
cooperation is necessary to the sue
cess of French polciy in central
Europe. In order to gain this sup.
port, according to advices reaching
Washington, Viviani is ready t1
c0ncede as much modification ol
the league as the Harding admin.
istration may demand. France be.
lieves, according to the opinion
here, that with American backing
she will meet greater success il
collecting from Germany.
Onicials here pointed out toda,
that recently there had been sew
eral .-distinct,s.-a6oEt -emanatin,
from Europe to persuade the Unit
ed States to take q hand In Euro
pean politics. Viviani's role i,
seen as an effort to supply the per
sOnal contact necessary to such ,
development.
In feeling out the United State
on the loan question Viviani is sait
to couple this issue with imminen
! tariff legislation in this country. H,
will point out, it is understoo,
that the erection of tariff barrier,
by the United States will restric
the importation of French good'
and make it increasingly Difficult
for France to pay her indebted
ness.
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SIX KILLED IN
IRISH AMBUSH
Non Of Republican Army Attack
Soldiers, but Are Repulsed
With Heavy Loss.

Mohill.. Ireland, March 12-Thir-
ty men Of the Bedfordshire regi-
ment. while proceeding from Ca
nieck-on-Shannon to Ballingmore
Friday evening, we're ambushed
and attacked with rife IRE and
bombs. The military returned the
hre with the result that sixs OF the
attackers were killed and one was
mortally wounded. The six men
killed were attired In uniforms OF
tia Irish repuelicAn army
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Harding Resorted to
Roundabout Pro
cess.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial TO The Argus.)

W2en1ngtoQ, March .lI.-PfoSl-
dent Harding has encountered .
phase Of of1cial life that IL perhaps
little understood BY the outside
world but which involves personal
embarrassmehts and murmurs Of
criticism that make the problems
Of chief executive worrisome from
the start.
First and foremost is the pecul-
lar situation surrounding the ap-
pointment Of DR.. C. e. Sawyer, as
. brigadier general in the army in
order that he might served as
White house physician. Every
body in Washington has come to
know in recent years how neces-
sary it is that there be q physician
at the White house not merely to
care for the president in the event
of illness but to see to it that the
chief executive apportions his
time between work and play SO he
will not suffer q physical break
down.
When President harding was
faced with the question, he wanted.
Of course, to retain the services of
his family physician, DR.. Sawyer of
Marion, Ohio, but there was no way
of attaching . private individual to
the White house staff. Admiral
Cary T. Grayson was already in
the United States navy and 1t Was
q simple matter to have him detail
ed as a naval aide to President
Wilson. The controversy over DR..
Grayson. however, has nothing to
do with his selection as White
house physician but Republican
Senators said it was wrong to give
him the promotion to the rank Of
admiral. Since that time, however,
there has been a change of feeling
and the same Republican senators
voted to man to confirm the
nomination Of DR.. Sawyer to be
brigadier general even though the
latter had previously not been an
officer in the army at all. The
democratic senators, OF coursel
feeling that the Graysom precedent
was justified could offer NO OBJ
lection.
Roundabout Process.
But beneath it the fact that the
president of the United States must
resort to the roundabout process
of appointing man either to high
rank in the army or navy to get the
services Of the physician he de.
sires. Mr.. Harding is not unmind.
full Of the fact, too, that there are
lots of army officers who served
overseas feeling pretty blue nova
days because they have just been
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THIEVES take
PEORIA, WHISKY

Peoria, ILL.,, March 12.Iiquor
valued at $4,000 was stolen from
the Atlas distillery early this morn
ing after q gang of seven whisky
thieves had held up two watchmen.
broken open the warehouse door
and removed IL barrels OF alcohol
to a waiting truck.
The men escaped when the police
riot car broke. a wheel while being
rushed to the distillery.
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TO
AMERICA TO.
HELP CHINA
Harding Asks Aid for
Starving; Present Funds
Are Inadequate.

Washington. March IAN ap-
peal to. the American people ito do
everything in their power towards
the relief of famine conditions in
China was issued today by Presi-
dent Harding.
The president declared that al
though the nation already had
given literally to the relief commit
tee, the fund still was entirely in
adequate for the task.
'At this, the earliest practicable
moment of my administration" the
presidents statement said, Il de-
sire to add my own to the many ap-
peals which have been issued here
tofore in behalf Of the starving
people Of China.
II am informed that the Amer
ican committee, the church and
other organizations cooperating
with it, have already remitted sew
eral millions OF dollars to the Amer
ican and international relief COM
mittees in China, and that already
a great relief work has been ac-
complished. Nevertheless, my in
formation is that the means thus far
placed at the command Of these or
ganizations are entirely inadequate
to the task they confront.
Tragic Picture.
"Since the beginning of this re-
lief movement a much more accu-
rate understanding Of the grave sit
uation has become possible. The
department Of state has from time
to time made public information re-
ceived through its representatives
in China as to the conditions pre-
|&ailipg there. The picture oi
|Ehina's distress IS SO Tragic that
Inn moved therefore to renew the
appeals heretofore made and to ex-
press the hope that the American
people will continue to contribute
to this humanitarian cause as gen
erously as they possibly can.
"The cry for succor comes to US
from a people far distant, but linked
to us by manifold ties of friendly
association, confidence and good
will. The American nation has
never failed to demonstrate its
friendship for the people Of China
and that friendship has always beer
reciprocated in a manner which
feel justifies the hope that in this
hour of China's distress our people
will do everything in their power
for its amelioratiOn."
Famine Survey.
New York, March 1.-Two hun
dred seven children have been sold
three abandoned and one killed BY
famine stricken parents in the prov.
ince of Chilli, northern China, &C
cording to a dispatch received here
! today by the American committee
for the China famine fund.
These figures, the report says
were the result Of a famine survey
made in n villages of the province
where more than 10000 person:
| were found destitute.
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PACKERS FAIL
TO DECIDE UPON
DAVIS APPEAL
Reply May Be Sent
Before Night; Situa-
fioJ1 Unclaimed.

Chicago. March 1.-THE big
Five" packers conferred through
out the morning without reaching
a decision as to what attitude they
would take on Secretary of Labor
Davis request that they appoint
two men to meet with two en-
ployes' representatives in q medi-
alton conference with the federal
labor department with the view Of
averting q strike Of stockyards
workers. -,
Another conference was schedul-
ed for this afternoon and it was
said that q formal reply to Secre-
tary Davis suggestions would be
sent him before nightfall. Whether
the packers would act as ! group
or as individuals in making this
reply could not be stated.
Reports that the packers had
agreed to mediate or not to medi-
ate we're said to be untrue. The
packers said they considered the
matter such IN important one that
they could not make their decision
without first considering the situa-
ton from every angle.
Failure of the department Of la
boris mediation offer in the dis
pute to set a definite date for an
arbitration conference and lack of
assurances that the packers would
send representatives to Washing
ton. left the strike situation un-
changed today, according to union
headquarters here.
Ballot On Strike.
The telegram sent by Secretary
lpf Labor. Davis. to the Am2lgama,
! ted Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen and to, the packers las
night offered the departments ser
vices of mediation and requested
two representatives from each side
to go to Washington. No definite
date for the conference was set
and Dennis Lane, secretary of the
butcher workmen. said that the
strike ballot would proceed.
A request that a date be set ani
that the union be given definite as
surance that the packers will have
representatives present will bt
asked of Secretary Davis today, Mr.
Lane said.
Meanwhile the strike ballots are
on their way to every local in thu
country and the vote will be taker
simultaneously on Wednesday
March 16. The results will be tel
egraphed to headquarters and thu
complete returns are expected BY
Thursday night.
Await Reply.
Washington, March 12.-Persona
mediation to avert a strike of meaI
packers employees will be attempt
ed by Secretary Davis Of the labol
department, it was indicated today
il both sides send representative.
to Washington as he has requested
1t is understood that he does no,
intend to delegate the responsible
| ity to the board Of conciliators, but
will himself conduct the negotia'
tions which it was not believed
would require the further attention
of President Harding.
The department is awaiting with
especial interest the reply of thu
packers in view OF the reported
statement by Treasurer Lane o.
the employees that the strike woult
not be called pending discussions
if the packers would agree to sus
pend wage reductions. scheduled Il
go into effect on Monday.
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DIXON.
STATE COLONY

Dixon, III, March 12.-Declaring
the Dixon State Colony to b the
cleanest and best arranged Of any
OF the states charitable institu-
tions, Representative Ryan Of Chi
cago, . member OF the legislative
visiting committee. which inspect
cd the local institutions, said a.
rapidly as new blildings can be
erected here patients wopld b re-
moved from Dunning. which will
eventually be closed. :
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PR0FITEERING
SUITS QUAShED

Washington. March 12.-All dis
trict attorneys were notified today
By Attorney General Daugherty Of
the United StAtes to dismiss profit
eertng and boarding prosecutions
pending IN their districts under
Section four Of the Lever oct. which
recently was held unconstitnttonal
BY the supreme couFf.
s The attorney genereI1 order aS-
fects about 80 indictments, ~
charging pronteesing IN food and
15o charging prontssring in coal
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KILLS WIFE AND SELF.

sektn. ILL.,. March hilary
- snot and killed his wife and
oiew out his own brains, yes-
~ afternoon in front of the
~ o. Mrs. MAus' mother, Mrs.
Nevore. The two had been
esd for -some time.
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MD Ousted by Rey.
jaIists Many Are
1il,d at Minsk.

. uar,ax. March 12.-(By the As
i,eaa Press. )-Petrograd il in
J. 80 Of revolutionary forces
q sls bclsheviki haye been oust-
\ NJ ms declared in q wireless
le1 received here today. The
1aa which was confused and
nnsc4sd, owing to the weak
4 tie sending station, is be-
"a to have been sent out from
Ip1pgrad
4 vas declared in the, dispatch
q focd sent by Colonel Ryan;
IaericoA Red Cross commission
Y to lie Baltic state, had arriv-
y 1T whether it had been receiv-
| Z 4 Kronstadt or Petrograd was
|ul clsar.
"a iispatch from Wilma says anti
! j1hsyiki forces fought their way
- Ninsk, and held control Of the
| u Tor 1--WE hours, but were later
t1Iben out by soviet forces. While
| Idnpying the city, the revolution
| " killed many local communists
|kb said, and when the bolsheyiki
|ntntered the town they execut-
dnore than 200 persons, many oi
|vicm were Poles, who we're &C.
| ~ Of sympathizing with the in.
|m5ents.
Food Supplies.
I radio designed by Professor
|Ikmann Zeidler, former president
|tthe Russian Red Cross, states n:
IL undertaken to regulate foOt
ivplies for the Russian revolu
Diofs.&,
l SRassian members Of the refuge'
|ueny here state Professor Zeid'
u q widely known surgeon ant
~ had considerable experience II
6pcins food administrations.
n Ne reports received In govern
Hntal quarters here say the revo
hionary movement continues t
mad in the region surrounding
lhsk. The soviet authorities ar
il1efibed as making desperate ef
trts to control the situation.
vtsless appeal from the Kronstad
tarrectionists was picked up to
Gby the Polish government radi
i4tton here. 1t made an urgen
~ for food supplies and for out
~ endorsements.
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POLICEMEN and NEGROES
EXCHANGE FUSILADlE . 0F
SHOTS At SPRINGFIELD
Officer and Rioter Wound
State Troops
Mount Guns.

Springfield, Ohio, March H.
James White, . young negros
caught shortly before noon By
y posse Of farmers, several
miles north Of Springfield, AFT.
er = running fight, confessed
to police that he was guilty
Of the shooting Of PatrOlman.
Joseph Ryan In last nights ra-
cial disorders, they announced
this afternoon. White was
brought to this city and lodged
I'm the county jail which Is
strongly guarded by y GORDON
Of national guardsmen.
Springfield, Ohio, March 1s-
Sheriff David Jones, Of Clark
county, was placed in complete
charge Of the situation hero
growing out Of racial disorders
which eliminated in the she0t-
ing Of a patrolman and q negro
last night, at a conference Of
military and civil officials here
today. An order was immedi.
ately issued f0rbidding all pub.
Lie gatherings after six o'clock
this evening and ordering stop.
page of street car service and
automobile traffic after Z p. m.
The order means cessation Of
all traffic ON the streets and
closing Of ah moving picture
houses, theatres and all places
for public gatherings.
Mayor B. ]. Westcott m.
nounced that It was the 0pin.
ion Of tho conference that the
situation could be handled BY
the sheriff and he was placed
IN charge n preference to put.
ting the city under military q
martial law. !,
Springfield, Ohio, March IL
Springfield was quiet this
morning following u night 0f
disorder in which PatrolmAn
Joseph Ryan and q negro were
wounded in interchange Of
shots between policemen and
negroes.
Three companies Of Ohio m.
tional guardsmen, consisting Of
1sO Ofiicers and men. under
command of Lieutenant Colo.
mel HOrner, were on duty to.
day with headquarters at the
city hall. Military law has not
been declared, 1t having bee.
announced that the troops
would merely aid the local IN.
thorities in maintaining order.
The entire 4th Ohio infantry
was mObilized today In antici.
patton of further rioting here,
but Colonel H0rner said he did
not think 1t necessary to call
for the other units Ut this time.
Although the situation was
quiet early today and no fur.
ther trouble seemed imminent,
both military and civil author.
tiles said they would not relax
their vigilance and are taking
all precautions to avoid . Re.
currence Of the riot trouble.
Machine guns are mounted ut
the county jail, and although
the militiamen are not patrOll.
Ing the streets, they are under
arms and ready to answer riot
calls. A truck with . machine
gun mounted on It Is available
to make hurried trips.
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G. O, r. CONFERBNCE,

Warrington, March 13.-Stnat0R
Penrose announced pla1s Tor . con-
ference Of Republican leaders Mon
day to reach IN agreement - tax
measures In the special Sessioa Of
congress.
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The WEATHER

Fair and much colder tonight and
Sunday. lowest temperature tonight
about % degrees.
Highest tmperature yesterday.
So, lowest last night, 4S.
Wind velocity at Z 4 m, s miles
per hour.
Precipitation last a hours. .es
inch.
I'm. 7pm. Tam.
yester. yester. today
Dry bulb temp. SIS 65 ~
Wet bulb temp. As 50 4S
Relative humid. As So 80
River stage g., . rise Of 2 last
- hours.
FLOYD d. YOUNG.
Meteorologist.
Warrington. March 12.-Weath-
ef predictions for the week begin
ming Monday include:
Region Of upper Mississippi and
lower Missouri valleyD:., Cold and
unsettled with SHOWS Arst part Of
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I'm. 7p.m. Tam.
yester, yester. today