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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
TRY TO Get JURY
! |NMuRDER CASE
Talesmen Examined at Williamson
Six Chosen Thus Far to Hear
Mstewan Evidence.

Williamson, W. Va, Jan. 2S.-
Examination of talesmen in an 81
fort to obtain a jury to hear the
evidence in the trial of 21 men in
dicted in connection with the kill
ing of Albert C. Felts in the Nate
wan battle last May was continued
today in the circuit court here.
Six Jurors were tentatively &C.
lected yesterday and under an or
der Of. the court were placed In
charge of a deputy sheriff.
There have been persistent ru-
mors since the trial began that one
defendant, said to be relative OF
the counsel for the state, would 90
on the stand and tell the whole
story of the battle. So widely was
the rumor circulated that it was
accepted in some quarters but the
inquiry today developed nothing
definite.
A sudden change in temperature
during the night brought bleaA
skies and bitter cold to this noun
tain city. 1t served to reduce tht
attendance at the opening OF cour
to talesmen. witnesses and defend
ants, but they in themselves mof'
than half filled the courtroom.
First tangible results Of the con
troversy between counsel for TIL
contending sides late yesterday a
to whether union miners would fil'
places on the jury, were seen whel
the first .talesman was examine'
today. Asked if he were q membe
of the United Miners of America
he replied in the Affirmative. Judg
Bailey asked counsel for the stat
as to whether they objected. o
receiving the reply that they dl
the Judge ordered the talesman
stand aside. This was taken
mean that neither union minel
/ nor operators would find places j
, the jury box.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
AGENTS
Often KILLED
Mortaaity Rate Among Enforcement
Officers Higher Than That OF
World War.

Washington. Jan. 2S.-The NOR
tality rate among prohibition en-
agents is higher than
that of the World war, wayne d.
Wheeler, anti-saloon league coun-
sci, declared today before a SEN
ate appropriations committee uIg-
ing better pay for the prohioit'on
field agents.
Mr.. Wheeler said their work was
being made more dangerous by
the wet propaganda now in circuia-
ton to encourage law breakers.
"Fewer than one-half OF one per-
cent of the men under arms in
the last war lost their lives, Mr.
wheeler said. "A larger percent.
age of the men who do the neio
work in gathering this evidences
have been killed. :
"When an organized attack Il
made against the enforcement 0,
law, neither money nor enor'
should be spared to uphold tne
law"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
HIGHLAND PARK
PLANT RE0PENS
Big Branch of Ford Concern Calls
Employees Back to Work on
5 Day Schedule.

Detroit, Mich, Jan. 2S.-(United
Press)-The Ford Motor company's 5
Highland Park plant has been re-
opened.
Many heads Of departments
steamftters, foremen and mill
vrights were called back to work.
By Monday it is said the big plant
will be operating at about Is per
cent capacity. Three days week
will be the working schedule al
present.
The plant has been closed fol
more than a month.
The men who were called bacf
to work today will get into shape
for the resumption Of production
The first jobs in the reopening ar
being given to picked men who ar
notified by mail. Gradual expan
sion will bring thousands back u
work..
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
TAXI DRIVERS
TELL OF TRIPS
Investigators Of Lawrence Murder
Told Of Visits to Gem.
etery.

Madison, Wis, Jan. 2S.-(United
ess.)-Omcials investigating the
orange yellow diamond murder
mystery" here were informed to-
day Of mysterious trips by two men
under suspicion to the Cemetery
where Richard S. Lawrence was
buried.
Two taxi drivers told District At
torney Theodore G. Lewis they took
the two men to the lonely Forest
Hill cemetery on two different oc-
casions. both trips being made after
midnight.
The trips, they said, were made
before the body Of Lawrence was
exhumed the first time. Lawrence's
widow claims that ragged stran-
ger" who was killed by a train was
buried as her husband. She did
not see the body because it was SC
badly mutilated, she was told. II
could not be identified. She now
claims her husband was later muir.
dered, and his wealth, including tht
orange yellow diamond. worth $50.
900, stolen. His body, she believes
was substituted for that OF thu
ragged stranger buried as her hus
band and the strangers bod!
thrown in the city dump.
About the time the taxi driver
said the trip to the cemetery wa
made, the substitution Of the bod
les is believed by Mrs. Lawrence t
have taken place.
A piece of the scalp Of the ma
who was killed by the train ha
been preserved in q laborator
here for three years. When tn
body is exhumed again, this VII
be compared with the body an
pcsitive evidence obtained as I
whether the man killed by tn
tain was Lawrence.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
TELLS WHY US.
ESCAPED PANIC
Professor Bullock Says War Loans
to Europe and Federal Re-
serve Presented Disaster.

Boston, Mass, Jan. "a return
to normal business conditions by
April or May was predicted by Pro-
fessor Charles J. Bullock. chairman
OF the committee on economic re-
search At Harvard university. IN an
address to the Associated Savings
Trust companies of Massachusetts,
last night.
I'VE would have suffered the
worst panic In history" he said.
but for two factors: for the first
time Europe was our debtor to tho
extent Of SIS, ,000, ,oo0. 900 or $50. .00o.-
O00. 900 and we had our federal re-
serve system. Wholesale prices
never fell 20 far nor 50 fast in such
} brief period - nov.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
''JAPS" MAKE 50
per Cent CAIN
Race Increases Largely in Hawaii
-FilipinOs Make Still Higher
Advance.

Warrington. Jan. 2S.-The Japan
ese population of Hawaii in 1920 was
109, ,274, out of the total population
of 255,912, and represented an In
crease for that race Of about 80 per
cent since 1910, the census bureau
announced today.
The only race which showed a
greater increase in Hawaii than the
Japanese was the Filipino with an
increase from 1851 ir 1910 to 21,-
OBJ in 1920. The native Hawaiian
peoples decreased in the last de-
cade from 26,041 to 23,723.
Census Figures.
Washington, Jan. 28.-The negro
population Of St. Louis, Mo-, in 1920
was 69, ,603, an increase of 25.643 Of
$50 per cent, the census bureau
| announced today. The white popu
lation was 702,764, an increase o.
6O,276, or 69.S, and all others 5S1.
The negro population Of Topeka
Kan, in 1920, was 4,297, dereas'
of 241, or 5.3 per cent. Tn, whit
! population was 1856, an increas'
(! Of $3.50, or 1853 per cent.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28

Bed-Ridden Man Il
Burned to Death in
Chicago Fire.

Chicago, Jan. GA bed ridden
man was burned to death, five per-
sons were injured. including two
babies who were dropped from .
third story window and . dozen
others were rescued early today
when fire attacked . boarding house
at Garfield avenue and Sedgwick
street early today. Albion Bryant,
28, nephew Of the owner Of the
house, vas too weak from illness
to get out Of bed and escape. Miss
Katherine Beck. IS. jumped from .
third story window and was severe
ly hurt. The other victims were
Alex Mayer, his wife and two
babies, - months and one month
old. They appeared at q third
story window, heavy smoke swirl
ing around them and the parents
holding the children at arms
length from the sill to give them
air.
Mrs. Mayer was unable to sustain
her burden and Mayer dropped the
younger baby to neighbors. It waa
caught momentarily, then slipped
through the clutching hands to the
sidewalk. Fremen reached the
house and assisted Mrs. Mayel
down q ladder while her husband
holding the heavier child, waited
A burning timber from tine roo
struck Mayer ON the head and h,
collapsed over the sill, the chill,
falling from his arms. Firemel
broke the baby's fall and 1t is SUI
fering slight bruises only. Maye
was carried down a ladder.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
MRS, HARDING
PREFERS BLUE

New York, Jan. 2s.-United
Preas).-Mrs. Harding blue now
takes its place ~ q fashionable
shade along with Alice Roosevelt
blue, Cleveland yellow, Mckinley
blue, TAFT pink and other celebrat-
ed hue6. -.
A firm here announced It had
Mrs.. Harding's permission to pre-
sent the new color in dress goods
for spring.
In nearly every administration .
member Of the presidents family
has manifested . leaning toward
some color which ID thereupon Civ
en- the president's name.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
5,328 ARRESTS
MADE IN SOUTH
S.A01 Illicit Stills Captured by Pro.
hihition Oficials-$SSss IS
In Fines.

Louisville, KY. Jan. 2S.-A total
of Q 4O1 illicit stills were captured
and 5.328 arrests were made dur
ing the year 1920 in the southern
prohibition district which coc1-
nrises the states of Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Ken
tuckv and Tennessee. according to
figures made public today by s. Il.
Brame. supervising agent OF the
district. OF the arrests. Kentucky
had 1882.
Prosecutions, the report said, re-
suited in fines aggregating $8S2.-
55e. and imprisonments totsllins
2.578 months.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
DE- VALERA DID 2.
NOT SEE GEORGE
irkh Question Not Presented to
Premier - Leader Due in
Dublin SO0n.

Paris. Jan. 2S.-(By the Associa-
Nd Press. .)-Eamonn de Valera.
wno has been making a brief visit
70 France, will be back in Ireland
within "a hours, it was declared
nefe today by Sean O'Ceallaigh.
wno Is representative in France OF
me Irish Republican movement.
ne said De Valera was expected to
sfrive in Dublin today, or at the
'atest by tomorrow morning.
NO effort had been made by the
lrlsh Republican leader while he
vas In France to see Premier Lloyd
ueorge, now in Paris attending the
supreme council sessions. OCeal-
nlsn declared, nor had any attempt
oeen made to present the. Irish
saestion before the council.
oCeallaigh would not discuss
ne momentary whereabouts Of De
aiefa or his mission in France,
sat said the Irish leader had been
= rafis and several other cities
sIins his visit to this country.
y vas stated by O'Ceallaigh that
.ers addressed to De Valera were
scning him through the round
out route formerly used. and
~ ~ they were being answered
SlOugh the same channels.
Still In Dublin.
ueolin. Ireland. Jan. 2S.-It was
ed here today ON what was
y eeented as the highest author.
mat Eamonn de Valera. the
Republican leader. vas still
~. Usolin, and that reports Of hfi
I 70 France were erroneous
ssseaoiy designed to conceal hi
Aaefeabouts.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
ssFRAMEU TALE
OF ROBBERY BY
BOLD BANDITS
Treasurer of Hard.
ings County Taken
for Theft.

Marion, Ohio, Jan. 2S.-Treasurer
Harry c. Forty of Marion county,
who reported Wednesday morning
that he had been robbed Of $14,303
by two bandits, who knocked him
unconscious in his office in the
court house, was placed under ar
rest early today and confessed to
the theft of the money, police an
nounced today.
Forty was arrested early this
morning, almost Immediately fol-
lowing the arrival Of baby at his
home. He is IS years old. the ia
ther Of three other children, and
was defeated for denomination last
fall on the Democratic ticket.
Wednesday morning a man enter
ing the county treasurer's Office,
found the treasurer lying on the
floor, apparently unconscious. He
called a physician and the police
Forty said two youthful bandits
had hit him over the head with 9
revolver and had walked on with
the money, later found to be about
$4,000.
In his alleged confession Forr,
said he framed the robbery stor!
to cover the shortages he had hat
in his accounts. He said he hi
himself over the head with a ham
mer to make his robbery stor.
more realistic.
Forty said, according to the ON
GERS that he went deeply into del
last fall during his campaign TO
reelection, mortgaging the house
that he owned, and his friend. be
llieve his Lind became derange
over his fall obligations and his de
feat for reelection.
The authorities first became sus
picious when a private detectiv
, from Cleveland told them yesterda
that the finances of the treasurer
ONCE did not appear right. A thol
ough investigation was made. Lat
last night Forry is said to hav
| broken down and confessed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
BIG DIRIG|bLE
ESCAPES Peril
R-34, Helpless on North Sea for 3
Hours, Returns Safely
to Base.

London, Jan. 2S.-tUnited Press)
The R-34. British dirigible, which
twice crossed the Atlantic IN 1919,
returned to her base today after
being driven helpless over the
North Sea for nine hours.
The R-34 was driven 100 miles
out to sea with her engines and
propellers damaged. Several de-
stroyers set out from nearby points.
At S:45 the crew appeared to
have abandoned hope of making
repairs and urgently wirelessed for
relief. At that time she was l,001
feet in the air, holding her own.
Repairs were effected shortly
afterward and the big dirigibls
few serenely back. passing oveI
Tunstall in Stanordshire at IL a. in
and proceeded to her station.
The R-s4 carries a crew Of from
Is to 80 men. At the time Of he
construction she was the larges
airship In the world.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
NIL STUDY
EUROPEAN
SITUATION
saiter Cox Confers With
wilson Before Making
Trip Abroad.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
fcn.c;aI IN The Argu6,)


Washington, Jan. 2S.-James M.
~ Of Ohio, editor Of the Dayton
xsvs and Springfield News-not de-
,..tsd candidate for the presidency
= politician-dropped in at the
vtite house to .,,et some ideas from
.president Wilson on the European
situation which he plans q thor
oueh study lasting perhaps a year.
Mr. Cox feels that Europe con-
t,ins the answer to economic inn
nroyem, 1t in America and that for,
he mex. generation at least an in
timate knowledge Of European con-
ditions is essential to an editor and
! business man. The president and
.Nr Cox talked for nearly an hour.
M. vii on gave his visitor various
,usgest.ons based upon his own
stpdy Of European affairs and par
tieularly recommended some trust
worthy sources of information.
iueh Of the conversation turned
mon the future Of Russia where it
] " Mr.. Cox's hope that he can make
d extensive study and investiga-
ton.
The former governor wants it un-
lerstood that the mission Is entire
y private and he hopes that he will
e.cape the banquets and dinners
which always crowd the calendar
q American visitors who have been
i the public eye. MIR. Cox doesnl
look on his trip as a pleasure 1aun'
Int a business investigation. H'
belie ed dufing the campaign tha
he POLITICAL and economic fortunes
Z America were tied up with thos'
| d Europe and while the nation
,yutsrs didn't asrsasxith him, MI
d is sure that the day will come
vhen the American people will re
vsse their judgment, not by elect
II him for he says he is "on tn
Icarts on politics" but by eLgag
ing in closer cooperation with Eu
rope than was promised by the He
publican candidate in the last cam
paign for the presidency.
Has No Rancor.
Mr., Cox reveals no rancor or bl,
tsrness over the election resul
even in private conversation. ID
hopes for Democratic success ne,
time but he makes it plain that b
doesn't want to see the Democrat
win "at the cost of human disas
ter" In other words while he doe
not think MIR. Harding can make
success on the basis of the plan
announced during the campaigl
be wants to see success for Anne
ica's sake and IL there is to be
change in parties next time |
hopes the verdict of 1924 will NJ
be the consequence Of suffering ar
hard times but the natural chant
from on political party to anothe
Continued from P:.ge Four.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
TAKE STEPS
LEGkLIzE sale

Washington. Jan. 2S.-Steps 70
insure the legality Of sales oe in
toxicating liquor from bonded ware
houses were taken today BY Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue VIII
liams, who issued regulations ~
curing warehouse proprietors and
customs ofYicers to confirm the au-
thenticity Of permits to purchase
before making shipments.
The new rule directs references
Of such permits to the federal pro-
/, hibition director purporting TO have
| approved them for confirmation.
Shipments OF un-sax-paid spirits
Of wines In bond from one bonded
! warehouse to another. howevef.
viii mot require such evidsnee y
1AuthAnticlky.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
freak UP OF ALLIED COUNCIL IMMINENT /
ADVOCATES TAX
EXEMPTION FOR
NEW BUILDINGS
Purdy Presents Plas,
to Stimulate Con-
struction.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-Tax ex- !
Tor all new dwellings for |
4 period of at least Is years as . T!
means Of stimulating building was
advocated by Lawson Purdy. for
mer president of the New York city
board Of taxes and exemptions, in
an address here today before the
housing conference called by the
Chamber of Commerce of the Unit
ed States. Such an exemption
would be q substantial inducement
to builders, Mr.. Purdy said, add
ing that it was fully warranted by
the present housing shortage. He
advocated that it should apply to
all homes built in the next three
years.
Remission Of taxes on new con-
struction could not be regarded as
discrimination by owners Of exist
ing property, MIR. Purdy declared
in view of the fact that construc-
ton costs are now 100 per cent
above normal.
Phillip H. Gadsden, president OF
the American Electric Railway as
sociation told the conference that
the lack Of capital required b,
public utility companies to equiI
the new homes and apartments
needed in the country, presented
one Of the most serious problem.
in connection with the housing sit
uation. He estimated the utilities
would require $825, ,000, 900 to prop
erly equip the million and quar-
ter dwellings needed, and said thi
J could be secured only through es
. tablishment of utilities rates tha
would attract investment capital.
Homo Loan Banks.
: Expansion OF private building Is
, sociation operations throughout tn
/ country as means Of increasin
= opportunities for home buildin
: was advocated by X. v. Haymakel
l former financial advisor to tn
Y United States Housing corporation
: Mr.. Haymaker, urged trade an
business association to aid in d
verting capital into building ASST
0 Citations and so advocated estal
+ lishment Of the proposed feder'
|. home loan banks to provide
b greater source Of credit for hon
d builders.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
sOUAW PAYS FINE.

Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 2S.-Jonn
Priest, Sioux Indian, 110 years old,
who was struck by street car and
seriously injured 10 days ago, lett
the hospital yesterday. Today he
was arraigned in police court
charged with being drunk. He
pleaded not guilty. but the court
fined him $40. John didn't have the
$40, but it finally was forthcoming
from the bankroll carried IN the
stocking of his gaudily dressed
sQuaw.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28

SUBMIT CUT
/ TO WORKERS
Propose 10P Per Cent Wage
Reduction for Ship
yard Employees.

Philadelphia, Pa. Jan. 2S.-The
Atlantic Coast Shipbuilding Indus
trial board, representing compan-
les and workers, announced today
that the Union Labor group has
agreed to submit to the workers .
proposition to cut wages 10 per
cent. Except in the case OF the
Bethlehem Shipbuilding company,
not date has yet been fixed for the
referendum vote by the unions.
The cut, if agreed upon, will AZ
feet between 10000 and 50, 900 men
in Atlantic coast yards, the major
ity Of them being in the Philadel-
phia district.
Bethlehem Cut
Elixabethtown, N. J., Jan. ga
proposal to reduce production costs
Is per cent by lowering wages has
been submitted to the employees oi
the four shipyards Of the Bethie-
hem Shipbuilding corporation.
This was learned today wher
Eric Ewertz, general superintend'
ent of the local plant, began hold
ing conferences With representa-
tives of the union employees.
The ship plants Of the corpora
ton to be affected by the wage re
duction are located here and q
Fore River, Mass, Sparrows Point
Md, and Wilmington, Del.
1 Calls Bills sVieio1s."
Washington, Jan. 2S.-Opposftiol
of organized labor to antt-lobbyinl
bills introduced by Senators Over
man, Democrat, North Carolins
and Kenyon. Republican, Iowa. wa
indicated today in the monthly re
port Of the legislative committee Q
the American Federation Of Labol
/ Both measures would declare
unlawful Tor agents representa-
pers6ns or organizations to appea
personally to congressmen. Q
otherwise attempt to influence LEI
islation.
The committee declared the bill
most vicious" in character. an
that they might be interpreted I
the detriment of labor"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
battle OF
SUGAR. ON
IN SENATE
Senator Harrison Leads
Filbuster on Emer.
gency Tariff Bill.

Washington. Jan. 2S.-(Assoc:at-
ed Press. THE direct charge that
a filibuster was in progress in the
senate to defeat the Fordney emer-
gency tariff bill was made by Sena-
tor Ashurst, democrat, Arizona, to-
day, when the senate resumed con-
sideration Of the measure.
Tariff Fight.
Washington, Jan. 2S.-(United
Press.)-The battle of sugar" con-
tinued today in the senate on the
twelfth day Of the Harrison fill
buster against the emergency tar
i'll bill.
The fight on the measure centers
on its provisions putting a tarin
on sugars. These provisions, sena-
tors opposing them say, will mean
16 to 20 cent sugar to the Ameri'
can consumer. The proponents o1
the bill insist this is absurd and
promise the price won't go above
eleven or twelve cents and ther
only for a short time.
They concede that in year th'
proposed tariff would cost TIN
American public $3.50. 100000. Foe!
of the bill say it would be neare
half a billion dollars.
Planters Lose.
The sugar tariff, which is to ap
ply only until raw sugar goes u
5 cents a pound and refined to te'
cents Wholesale, was put in tn
bill BY the senate finance commit
tee on urging Of Senators Gay an
Ransdell, Louisiana. They ga
Louisiana sugar planters lost heaV
lily and say the tariff is intende
to let them recoup their losses.
Western senator's are opposed I
tho sugar tarih but say 1t 10 necel
isary to include it to pass the bill
They claim Michigan and Uta
senators want it, too. Smoot an
King of Utah, and Townsend
Michigan say they won't chang
their views on the bill as q who'll
no matter what happens to the *
gar provision.
Senator Harrison, Mississippi
! had much filibustering material
hand today. Penrose and McCun
ber, in charge Of the bill, say thu
would continue to let Harrison ta'
for the time being. No dispositlt
: to apply cloture exists, despite !:
ports to the contrary.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
TO START NEW ROAD.

Warrington, Jan. 2S.-The Gen.
trail Wisconsin Railway was au-
thori1ed today by the interstate
commerce commission to &C. Lire
and operate . 65-mile road In Eau
Claire and Clark counties. Wis.,.
under lease from the Fairchild and
Northw1stern. with an option OF
purchasing later.
About $SS,000 would be needed to
equip and start operation Of the
kpeW lins, u Was stated
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
Save Money
ByUsingPaint

Although paint makes
great improvement in the ap-
pearance Of property. 1t Is far
more useful fo- protection
than for ornament.
A small amount OF money
expended in keeping a build
ing or y piece Of machinery
painted adds greatly to the
length Of its life.
Moreover, buildings and
outhouses are rendered much
more sanitary by the use OF
paint
Dirt works into an un-
painted surface and sticks. 1t
slides of q painted surface.
It's use makes for economy.
sanitation. and attractiveness.
You can learn all about the
use Of paint II you send today
for q government publication
on this subject which our
washington Information Bu-
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VINO sends 2 cents IN s.A1Mps
for return postage.