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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
KITTY O'CALLAGHAN.

Kitty Murphy OCaIlaghan, wild
ow OF the murdered lord mayor of
Limerick, is an exquisite person
whose silent heroism wrings your
heart. She is young and slight and
delicately beautiful, with huge blue
eyes that show intense suffering.
| wonder if anyone can realize
the extent OF tragedy which takes
a beloved husband and shoots him
dead in the vestibule OF his own
home, while his wife struggles
helplessly to protect him from the
maCness of two masked assassinsi
That is what happened to Mrs.
O'Callaghan. And yet this irall
Lite woman says:
L shall always be thankful that
l saw Michael die. | knew now
at least how and by whom it was
done"
Before the final tragedy she and
Re husband had been raided week
ly. Always the raiders retired
without finding anything.
But we knew it was only a
question of time. when in their
desperation, the crown forces
would take Michael without cere
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27

the British for this offense, is ore
member Of the Dali who has SUIT
fered two-fold; the tragic loss OF
loved ones and Imprisonment for
her own republican activities.
She was born into the Irish
movement Her father-then a lad
of Twas imprisoned in 1865, for
republican tendencies. When he
came out, he participated in the
Fenian rising of 1887 and was
again imprisoned.
Her husband came to America
first when 10, stayed until 81 and
returned on a revolutionary mis-
sion. In London he was arrested
and sentenced to life Imprisonment.
After serving 16 years at hard la
Dor in Portland prison he was re-
leased, then 81.
Mrs. Clarke met him and they
became engaged. He returned to
New York Immediately, where she
joined him in 1901 for their mar
rage. They lived in New York I'M
til 1907. both taking part in the
activities OF the Gaelic league Cf
New York
'+Then came the first war scare Of
al impending conflict between Eng
land and Germany. Says Mrs.
Clarke "ard my husband thought
we ought to reJ4-1 at once to help
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27

Ireland get ready to take advantag1
OF England's difficulty
Il worked quietly with him until
the Easter risi1g Ny husband WAS
the first signat0ry TO the proclama-
ton. Immediately after the surren-
der of the Irish volunteers my
house was raided and / was taken
to Dublin castle where | was i'm
priscned. When / learned that my
husband was to be shot, asked -
be allowed TO see him.
AT l O'Clock the morning of his
execution / was taken to his cell
as a prisoner, where 1 was permit
ted one hour with him in the pres
ence of guards. That was the end.
At o'clock he was shot The
next night my only brother. Ed
ward Daily, the youngest of all the
16 men executed (25 years. was
shot. l was not allowed to see
him.
In 1918 Mrs. Clarke was again
imprisoned for alleged conspiracy
in the so-called German plot. There
she served nine months. After her
release the British began raids on
her home
In this atmosphere Mrs Clarke
has reared three sons, one of whom
is an American citizen.
Mrs Clarke is the first woman
president of the Court of Con-
science under the Dublin corpora
ton. This is a court which settles
all small debtors cases, and Mrs.
Clarke's decisions are final.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
OWNERS AGAIN
RUNNING ROAD
Rock Island Southern Being 0per-
ated by Old Interests Since
Saturday.

The Rock Island Southern rail-
road is now being operated by it's
owners. Judge FltZHenry of the
United States district court direct
ing his order ending the receiver
ship to take effect midnight Satur-
daY
No change in the personnel or in
the service on the Southern will re-
suit from the restoration of the
road to its owners. The majority
of the stock in the railroad is
owned by the Walsh interests. The
line has been operated by steam
since January, 1920, two months be-
fore the road went into the hands
of receivers.
Abolition of the electric service
has increased the earnings of the
road enough to warrant the court
TO permit the owners to operate the
line again.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
DIR. ADA ENGLISH.

DR.. Ada English of Ballinasloe.
County Galway, is the young, IN
married, direct type of professional
woman with which we are familiar
in the United States.
She is the senior medical Off
Ger of the Ballinasloe Asylum for
Mental Patients. She is president
of the Ballinas,oa Branch of the
Irish Women's council. the organ
ization which assists the volunteers
in non-combata!:t capacities
And so they raided my home in
January Of this year and arrested
me, charged me with having on my
premises discriminating docu-
ments'." she laughed.
What documents were they?"
asked.
"a cony of the constitution and
bylaws of the council. l was held
six weeks in the Galway prison be-
fore any charge was given. Then
l was tried by court martial and
sentenced to nine months. While il
prison I was elected to the Dali"
DR.. English is a graduate of the
National university and the Uni
versity of Medicine. at Dublin.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
FREIGHT RATES
ON FARM GOODS
TO Be REDUCED
Ten Per Cent Decrease Soon Ia
Effect-Har Tax on
Sunday.

Temporary reductions of 10 per
cent on freight rates of certain
products OF the farm, garden, range
and orchard VIII become effective
IAN 7, giving the producer aud the
consumer the benefit. The redue-
ton will be in effect six months. 10
give the Interstate commerce. com
mission under the transportation
act, the test OF whether or not
~ per cent return on the roads
investment can be made with til
reduction
Official word of the reduction has
been received by several of the
roads. Traffic departments Of rail-
roads have been busy compiling
tariffs and supplements to tariffs
in view of the decrease The 10 per
cent reduction on these commodi-
ties will cover all Official classii-
cation territory except New Eng
land territory ard will supplement
The reductions already contemplat-
ed as far as western railroads are
concerned in the western live stock
and western grain cases. 1t will
also apply between points in III
nois in Illinois rate territory.
War Tax on.
Patrons of railroads win be
benefited by the abolition OF the
war tax on freight shipments Of
3 per cent and on passenger tick
cts of per cent which takes effect
the first of the year This Will
mean a substantial reduction N
the passenger rates, such as the
fare to Chicago from here will be
reduced from S7.05 to $3.50. and TO
Des Moines, Iowa, from $685. to
$685.
Freight shipments prepaid from
point of origin prior to Jan. !,
which reach destination after this
date must pay tie war tax. Collect
shipments that reach destination
after jan l. put leaving point %
origin prior to that date, war tar
will not be collected
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
NARY MAC SwINEY.

Miss Mary Mac Swiney. Dali
member from Cork, and sister of
Terrence. martyr mayor of Cork.
chatted with me in Dublin.
How | loved America" were the
first words she said. The peopie
were wonderful. They were so will
ing to hear our side. so amenable
even when they differed"
Miss MacSwiney is the directress
of a girls day school at Cork. She
has taught since she was 10.
In 1915 she was turned out of her
post by the British for having been
sympathetic to the rising. She was
arrested and held for one day. But
that was enough to bar her from
the British-ruIed schools. Thare-
after she started her own school,
which has grown steadily in infu-
ence and numbers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
TO OUTLINE STAND
UPON LIMITATION

Cyrus E Dietz OF Moline and Os-
car Carlstrom of Aledo will explain
their attitude on the downstate pro-
posal to limit Cook county's repre-
sentation in the Illinois assembly
at a meeting TO be held in the
Chamber Of Commerce rooms at
1880 o'clock tonight.
The meeting will be attended by
representative of the farm bureau,
Chambers of Commerce Oh Rock
Island. Moline and East Moline,
Bankers association, Woman's club
Manufa cturers' association and 9th
er organizations.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27

Markievics, the first woman elect
ed to the parliament, in Dublin at
the home of "A. E" George Rus
sell, poet, painter, philosopher and
leader of the cooperative movement
in Ireland). England had just Of
fered her first peace terms.
The people adore her. No one
could be insensitive to the roman
tic background of a countess who
has voluntarily abandoned a life
OF luxury and faced the death SEN
tence for her ideas.
Just think" said a stranger
next to me at session of the Dali,
1.-The countess could have all the
comfort OF riches in the family
castle at Sligo. And she chooses
TO fight for us
For generations her family has
held this castle. Her brother still
lives there. Constance Gore-Booth
that was her family name-had
travelled about lie world, being in
trodGced at foreign courts and
dazzling all with her beauty, gay
ETY. and brilliance. But she aban-
doned it all for Irish independence
1t was Dublin's poor who elected
her to the Dahl
AS minister OF labor. she has the
distinction Of being head of the
only deDartment of the government
which has never been raided. She
kept her department always on the
move.
1t was the countess who started
the Sim Fein courts of arbitration
to settle industrial disputes in eth
les rather than cold law. Unionists
have been known to come to these
outlaw courts for redress.
The countess mother was Eng
lish. her father Irish
II did not go to school when I
was Young" she says. 81 had Eng
fish tutors at home. Later I stud
ied art in Paris" She has had a
painting in the Paris Salon. at
was there l met nv Polish hus
hand. Count Morkievics.
after our marriage we come to
ireland TO work togethe- in the
n"h'in theatres. Nv husband mar
"~e' the production Of Shaw's
'Dov'1's D'ecinle'. for instance. in
which 7 rlaved Judith. the lead
''Soon after orr marriage. came
~ first arrest for rebel activity.
T''rr nv highland was c"11e1 hack
To Poland to foht fo- Polish free
1~-' Since tHn0 70 have had very
lit+1o ttrne together.
My last Imprisonment was for
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
MRS. MARGARET PEARSE.

Mrs. Margaret Pearse is the
mother of Patrick Pearse, also one
of the signatories to the republican
proclamation 1T the Easter Rising
of 1916
When her son was executed he
was head of St. Enda's School for
Boys
Since the execution of her son.
Mrs. Pearse has directed the school!
And the Sunday l visited her she
had thrown open the buildings and
grounds to the public for a great
Irish fair. the proceeds of which
wefe to go to the families in dis
tress as a result of the warfare in
Ireland
The republican flag was floating
gaily from the top of the great cen
trail building and the band was
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27

nony, since they could find no
cauee for which TO arrest him.
The night Of the tragedy l was
first to answer the knocking at the
door. My husband had just reach
cd the last step of the staircase
when the door flew open and two
masked men rushed in crying, We
want O'Callaghan tonight
My heart froze. But l pleaded
as ! stood between the men and
my husband. IN twinkling they
threw me aside, shot him dead, and
fed into the night.
- had just persuaded my hus-
band to come with me for little
holiday on the continent Our bags
were packed. We were ready to
start on the morrow. But the NOR
row for him never came"
Mrs. Buckingham is a woman OF
culture and singular ability.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
STATE HIGHWAY
BOARD HEARING
IN ROCK ISLAND
ronmission Plans Visit Early in
yer Year to Settle Controversy
over Designation Of Route Q.

according to a communication
a;,,ad today members of the
s ssa.e highway commission expect to
y visit Rock Island shortly after the
opnd,,ct a hearing of the designa-
ton Of route 3.
II is anticipated that the mat
,sr Of the designation of the route
ever the Turkey Hollow road or the
Monmouth road viii be thoroughly
-one into by members of the conf
S,issiou. as that is in controversy.
Secretary Frank T. Sheets of the
..r,,,ission states that Colonel c..
miller. director of the division of
highways has instructed him to
write that in all probability the
hearing will be held early in the
new year. Advance notice will be
given of the date of their arrival.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
BOAT ASSOCIATION
HOT AFTER REGATTA

officers of the Rock Island Boat
ing association will take no action
10 secure the annual regatta of
the Mississippi Valley Power Boat
association for Rock Island.
Previous attempts to stage the
regatta have not proven successful.
and the members are not interested
in the opportunity now offered.
The power association through
lis executive committee will decide
where to hold the next annual meet
at session to be held in Chicago
Jan IA.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
MErTEPENNINGEN RELEASED.

D. S. Mettepenningen who is al
legged to have been implicated in
the theft of shoes from Emil
Heinze, East Moline merchant. has
been released On $1,000 bonds
This man. Cliff Sandidge. Ed and
Clarence Hansen, are scheduled to
appear for trial at 9 o'clock Fri
day morning before Magistrate A.
A. Niles
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27

playing martial Sim Fem music.
Mrs. Pea.rse and her daughter
have managed, with American
financial help. TO keep the school
going successfully ever since 1916,
when the Crown withdrew all pub
lie grants.
She is ambitious to increase edu-
cational opportunities in Ire
land.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27

free state of Ire
land. These wom-
en- have been in
the forefront OF
Iris b patriots
who have fought
60 hard for indie
pendence.
They are the
Countess Markie-
yics, Kitty Muir
ply O'Callaghan,
Kathleen ally
Clarke, Ada Eng
lish, Mrs. Mar
garet Pearse and
Mary MacSwin ey.
| met Countess
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
TO DISCrSS WAR DEBT.

Berlin, Dec 27.-Dr. Fischer.
chairman of the German war debt
commission, has been instructed is
proceed TO Paris for oral discus
sions with the reparations com
mission.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
KATHLEEN CLARKE.

Kathleen DAILY Clarke. widcw nt
Thomas Clarke, the first signatory
Of the republican p-CcIamation at
Easter. 1916, who was executed by
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27

IL months I came out with the
general amnesty OF Dali members
al the time of the truce.
What L regret most is that J
lost several teeth while in prison
this Tune" she said, humanity.
You know they just fall out II
prison, and there is nothing to be
done about it,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
DAUGHTERS OF TRAGEDY GUIDE
DESTINIES OF NEW IRELAND
BY DORIS STEVENS.

Dublin, Dec. 27.-Six women who
SIT In the Dali Eireann will help to
guide the destfnies of the new
, 1921-11-28
TRANSPORTING STOLEN
AUTO DRAWS 0MONTHs
IN CHEYENNE JAIL

CHEYENNE, wyo.. Nov. 2s.-J. p.
Murphy. alias j. II. Niayfieid. said to
be a brother OF n prominent Omaf,,.
man. Friday afternoon was sentencsd
In the United States court here to
serve ten months In the Laramie coun.
u jail for transporting. concealins
and storing a stolen automobile. lie
pleaded guilty. His counsel followed
with a plea for ciemency on the ground
that the prisoner was a veteran OF the
world a The maximum penalty to
shich he might have been sentenced
3 five years in the penitentiary and a
line Of 5000.
Murphy, It Is stated. stole an auto.
mobile at Des Moines, changed its
number 10 conform to thai of an
Identical machine owned by ]. H. May
field of Omaha and drove 1t to chey-
snne. where he represented himself
TO be Mayfield by producing May
IN Is Nebraska registration certifi.
cate and Identification card.
, 1921-11-28
No rRIMMINcs ON THE FLAc.

Amendment to the American flag came before the
United States senate the other day. Senator "aIsh
Of Montana, a Democrat, introduced the matter. he
desired the old reliable banner of the free decorated
with a border Of white, s~ignifying peace, truce or
some other such fool idea. He thought this would
look better during the arms conference than the well
known red. white and blue waving in the gentle Po-
tomac breezes from the dome of the capitol and other
government buildings of the nations capital.
The old emblem stands for peace just as it is and
without additional decorations or embellishments. II
always has stood for peace and always will. The
alternate white stripes Indicating our peaceful atti-
tude are already in our banner, alongside the red of
war. proclaiming our willingness to fight to secure the
peace we love. And the blue of the starry field de-
notes our steadfastness in either peace or war.
No, our emblem needs no additional trimmings to
interpret US TO the world. 1t is perfect as it is. 1t
is known and respected now in every land. Most peo-
pie desire to come under its protecting folds. They
read no aggression, no jealousy, no double dealing or
deception in its colors. Wherever it goes it is re-
garded as the symbol of n people devoted to peace
and good will, to square shooting if necessary and to
square dealing with everybody always.
The Montana senator got nowhere with his amend
ment to the flag, for there was on guard that day u
patriot. One unwilling to permit any change in the
old familiar standard he had looked upon all his life
and loved with all the strength of his American man.
hood, Reed Smoot, who arose in his place and said
The American flag is good enough as it is. Nothing
can be added, nothing taken from it to make it more
perfect. l object TO the waste Of time in c%onsidera-
ton of such folly as decorating the American flag.
Whereupon every American citizen murmure-l
amenl and every American flag waved in sympathy
with the sentiment of Reed Smoot.
, 1921-11-28
A Dream, Almost Fulfilled

Clinton county. Iowa. IS asking bids
10 complete the paving OF the Lsncosn
highway across the entire county.
about miles having been
under actual construction during the
present season. The last ~detour''
signs have come down on the Lincoln
Highway across Illinois. which means
that the Lincoln highway Is now a
continuous paved boulevard from
Citation county. Iowa. to New York
City
Think Of H. A continuous cement
concrete highway. from 20 TO 30 feet
wide. from a point seventeen miles
wesf CT Clinton. fssA. to New York
City. It surely IS n dream almost
come trse. AID It Is n drsan that
means an awful lot to US casperifes up
here on the Yellowstone highway too.
1t means that we have got TO get up
and hustle to get the Yellowstone high
why paved or we are going ~ lose
out on all the tourist travel nom the
hr east. The Lincoln Highway For
UNI. says that half OF the Lircion high
way through Iowa. viii be finished in
the year 1899. and then a lot OF It VIII
be finished in Nebraska too, and then
they viii come TO Wyoming. 1t Is a
dead open and shut cinch that all the
force Of the Lincoln highway officials
VIII devote to tho cutoff a Rawilns
to the south gate OF h park
Here is what the Forum says on the
subject Henry B. JOY. vice president
Of the Lincoln Highway association,
who has spent muc OF his time driv-
ing trails n roads In The west and
who has taken u particular interest
in h gate ways to the Yellowstone
and driven all OF them many times.
says Of the new road now being op-
ened.:
" I looked up this road on one OF
my first trips 10 find the best way to
Yellowstone park and l have pIwsys
boosted 1t rs the natural scenic route
and the shortest from the Grea. cast
for all motorists who follow tho Lin
, 1921-11-28

coin way and turn OFF at Rz-riins. il
is the natural topographic route and
as ono drives west toward tho park
from To-Go-Tee pass one 10 in sight,
for 90 miles or so. Of the most fpectnc-
u,ar mountains In America. This TIE
tons"
Now the question is7 And It T. a
most momentous question too. are we
going TO sit idly by and let the tourist
travel go west from Cheyenne or are
we going TO paw h Yeliowstsn high
way, aad make It 80 good that they
will be enticed by our good roads to
come on up through tho great state
OF wyomlng7 In other words.ri is the
state Of Wyoming, going to let the
Lincoln highway become n second I'm
ion Pacific. and carry all the travel
through Il California without giving
us thu once ovcr7 I want to say TO
o citizens OF his wondN city. and
of all the tovns and cities along the
Yellowstone highway. this is some
thing for you to take under the most
serious consideration. 1t means mil
lions of dollars to Wyoming to bring
the tourists up through the state over
the Yellowstone highway, and it
means the loss OF millions OF dollars
TO let them go through by the other
Which r you going to Sc
Remember the Lincoln highway as
ISOLATION. Is behind the other route.
and they ave already paved the route
from New York City as far west as a
point II miles west of Clinton. Iowa.
and they will carry that pavement on
10 Rawllns. Wyoming. with such speed
that It will take your hat off. 1t be
every mar In Casper IND every
man who lives on the Yellowstone
highway TO get IN OF his hind legs
and yell Pave the Yellowstone high.
II behooves every newspaper
published along the route OF the Vel
highway TO get busy. awful
busy. and stir up the natives rs they
were never stirred before. We must
the pavement.
, 1921-11-28
ARMY COSTS.

The most authoritative data on army expenditures
thus far available indicates That the per capita mill
tary expenditures for purely army purposes Of the five
principal powers is as follows:
Continental: United States, SS.22; Great Britain,
$I2.S5; France Excluding dependeneies). S2252;
Ita.y, 1910; and Japan, $685.. Including figures for
possessions or dependencies for each, the per capita
is. United States, sass; British Empire, Sill;
France, s1o.24; Italy, 1884. and Japan. s2-42-
Actual expenditures Of the five powers on the arm
les, exclusive of the air services. on 4 current basis
are approximately as follows: United States, $685.
0OO,OO5 tbeing the total for the army and ~fortihca-
tions for the fiscal year 1922 British Empire, $780,
100000; France, $3.50, 900. 900, including $4,000
600 in addition 70 the budget for the army of the Lee
want; Italy, s245, 900, 90; Japan, $3.50, 100000, includ-
ing a special allotment Of S50,000,o0 for the ST.
berian expedition
The pay scale for privates per day for men OF the
lowest grade is: United States, 81; United Kingdom,
go cents; France, 5 cents; Italy, 4 cents; Japan, 6
cents. The ration costs per man per day runs about
like this: United States, 20 cents; United Kingdom,
81 cents; France. SO cents; Italy. 60 cents, and ia
pan, II cents
, 1921-11-28
The Petroleum Industry
Has Recently Shown a Decided Improvement

In order that we may find a market price for you that would meet
your wishes it is necessary that W e know what stock you wish to sell
o buy.