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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
Late Bulletins

Dixon, I'LL, April 9-Oficials
Of the Sterling, Dixon 3 East
ern electric railway company
are considering abandonment
of the interurban line between
Dixon and Sterling and the city
lines ip those cities, and also
the line between Dixon and tho
state epileptic colony will be
abandoned.
Washington, d. C, April s.
UNITED Press .)-Senator Cur
tis, Republican senate whip,
says the program to be observ.
ed at the special session Of con.
gress opening Monday will In.
clude legislation rs follows:
Emergency tariff and anti.
dumping bill; tax revision;
permanent tariff; national bud.
get bfll; soldier bonus; army
and navy appropriation bills!
reclassfficatlon Of government
employees and the Colombian
treaty.
Springfield, Ill, April o.
Fear Is expressed for the ILL
nois crops on account of the
freeze. Green and blosseming
growth NAV Suffer Rreatlv to.
night.
Panama City, Fla, April o.
The naval balloon which has
been missing with five men
since It left Pensacola March
g, was picked up In the Gulf
yesterday. No trace Of crew.
Havana, April 9-The BIN.
co National de Cuba suspended
payment this morning. Failure
to obtain q loan In the United
States Is believed to be the
cause of the decision to close.
Dixon, Ill, April 8. - Five
Sioux City men who werc ar.
rested yesterday with 800 gal.
Ions Of alcohol in their posses.
sion, which they confessed they
were transporting to Sioux City
from Chicago, were fined $500
each and sentenced to 60 days
In the county jail when ar.
raigned In county court here to.
day.
Freeport, iii, April A.
Judge Oscar Heard Of this city
was reappointed today rs q
member Of the appellate court,
Second Illinois district, which
meets at Ottawa.
Chicago, April 9-Beforo the
Daily Investigation committee
today q witness testified that .
SO 900 payment demanded BY
labor officials was charged up
to the graft column Of expenses
for the constructor Of tAe new
union depot. b. G. Anderson,
partner IN . .nlll 6rn which
operates N open shop said his
bM Of &70Oo0 On . building was
rejected and the contract let
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
INDIANS CLAIM
VALUABLE LAND
1000. 900 Acres in Texas and Okla
homa Made Subject Of Supreme
Court Suit.

Washington, April 9.-Claims to
100000 acres of land in Texas
and Oklahoma including the cities
of Tulsa and Oklahoma City, and
practically the entire Burk-Burnett
oil field, was filed in the supreme
court today in behalf Of the Chero-
kee Indian nation, supported by a
government patent issued by Presi-
dent Van Buren, and certified as
authentic by the interior depart
ment.
The claim was in the form of a
petition, for permission to inter
vene in the Red River oil lands
case, an original suit between
Texas and Oklahoma involving jur.
isdiction over the valuable oil fields
situated along the common bound.
ary.
The motion was filed by John NJ
Taylor, granddaughter of Genera
Zachariah Taylor. as attorney fol
the Cherokee nation. He said the
patent was discovered accidentally
among the papers of a deceased
chief of the tribe.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
WAS CANDIDATE
OF P0PUL|STS
Wharton Barker, Who Ran for
Presidency in 1900, Dies at
Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Pa, April 9.-Whar-
ton Barker, "middle-of-the-road'
Populist candidate for president OF
the United States in 1900, who died
at his home here early today at the
age of IS years, will be buried on
Tuesday.
The funeral, the Barker family
announced today, will be "as pri-
vate as possible" There will be
no honorary pallbearers. Members
of the family today received many
expressions of sympathy. Mr..
Barker was prominent in the finan-
cial and political life Of Philadel-
phia for more than so years, and
was a trustee OF the University OF
Pennsylvania for more than 40
years.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
ALL CLASSES OF
GREEKS SORE AT
WAR REVERsEs
Kings NesU Army Of
fcers Are Poor
Leaders.

Athens. April 9.-(Associated
Press. )-Reverses suffered by
Greek forces in Anatolia, and the
casualties inflicted on them by the
Turkish Nationalists have caused a
great depression here. Oficial
statements on the situation are
meagre and are interpreted to mean
that the government may be with
holding the truth from the people.
Army and government officials
are mute, but there is decided note
Of alarm and pessimism noticeable
among all classes Of Greeks.
News that the army is retiring
toward the positions originally held
near Brusa, sent the drachma
tumbling, quotations reaching IA
to the dollar.
The first wounded soldiers ar
irving here would not speak, their
lips having been sealed by the gov
ernment. Several large buildings
have been requisitioned as hos
pitfalls and number of the largest
steamers available have been COM
mandeered to bring more wounded
men from Maudania, the port of
Brusa. All available motor trucks
in Athens, including cars owned
by foreigners, have been seized by
the military authorities and sent to
Smyrna.
Threats were made to requisition
American trucks, but when their
American owners said they would
appeal to Washington, the authori-
ties changed their minds.
Burn Kings Picture. r
It is said that in many parts of
Greece, there have been fiat re-
fusals on the part of the reservists
to report for military duty, and
some localities in Greece and in
Crete, pictures Of King Constantine
are reported to have been burned
1t is probable the government will
call five additional classes to the
colOrs this week.
Confidential advices received by
allied legations here indicate the
Greek officers in Anatolia, the ma
jority Of whom are royalists, who
were reinstated in their commands
at the instance ~of Constantine
showed lack Of leadership, re-
source and initiative in the fight
ing. 1t is said their deficiency was
due to the long period the were
inactive and their ignorance OF
modern methods of warfare.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
WILLIAMS
HELD GUILTY
OF MURDER
Verdict Against Planter
in Negro Peonage Case
Asks New Trial.

Covington, Ga, April 9.-John S.
Williams, plantation owner, was
found guilty by jury here today
OF murder in connection with the
Jasper county peonage cases. The
jury recommended mercy.
The verdict carries with it auto
matically a life Imprisonment SEN
tence.
The case went to the jury yester-
day afternoon and the jurors were
locked up for the nigh: after nine
hours discussion had failed to
bring a verdict. Agreement had
been reached, however, when court
convened today. The defense filed
motion for a new trail.
Williams was convicted specifi-
cally of the murder of Lindsey Pet.
erson, a negro farm hand, whose
body, bound and weighted with a
sack of stones, was found with that
of another negro employed on Will
liams' farm in Yellow river in this
(Newton county,, just over the line
from Jasper county.
Bodies of nine other negroes, sait
to have been killed to conceal peon'
age conditions, have been foun(
buried on the farm or elsewhere.
The star witness for the stat.
was Clyde Manning, negro farm
boss, who testified to having thrown
Peterson's body into the river a
Williams order, the farm owner
having driven the automobile il
which the negroes were taken t
the bridge from which the bodies
were thrown. The defense put Viii
liams on the stand, but not undel
oath. which prevented cross-exam
ihatiou. No other witness va
called.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
MEETING
OF DIRECTORS
Business Session Of Heads Of Grain
Market Corporation Gets Under
Way in Chicago.

Chicago, April 9.-The first busi-
ness session CT the temporary board
of directors OF the United States
Grain Growers, Inc. the National
Cooperative Grain Marketing cor
poration set under way here yes
terday, will be held in Chicago
today.
C. H. Gustafson OF Lincoln, Neb.,
has been chosen chairman OF the
temporary board and Frank NJ.
Meyers OF Fort Dodge, Iowa, tenn
porary secretary.
Mr.. Gustafson has had a broad
experience in farmers' cooperative
marketing gained as head Of CO.
operative enterprises in his home
state. He estimated today that the
cooperative companies he is presi-
dent of, with their off-shoots. mar
keted 100000, 900 worth of farm
products last year. Both ofhcers
were members of the committee OF
II. which promoted the Farmers
National Grain Marketing plan.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
union LEADERS
MAKE CONTRAST
British Trying to Persuade Miners
to Do What [. 5. Workers
We're Indicted for.

Indianapolis, Ind, April O.
UNITED ress.)-Officials of the
United Mine Workers Of America
today called attention to the fact
that in the strike Of British coal
miners. the bumpers were called
out, while during the 1919 strike in
America the pumpers were ordered
10 remain at work.
Ellis Searles, editor Of the Mine
Workers Journal, declared that
because the bumpers in America
were ordered to remain at work to
prevent flooding Of the properties,
the union officials are under fed
eral indictment. Searles said.
"The British government is en-
deavoring to persuade the British
miners to do one OF the very things
that members of the United Mine
Workers Of America have been in
dicted by the federal grand jury
for doing, the statement said. 1.-THE
British miners called out the pump
ers who keep water out of the
mines and save these properties
from ruin. This action has caused
an uproar in Great Britain.
How different this is from the
way the miners in America are
treated. The indictment returned
by the federal grand jury at In.
dianapolis against coal operators
and members and officers OF the
United Mine Workers says tha,
when the miners went ON strike
in 1919 they left bumpers and 9th,
ers at work in the mines to pro.
tect the properties and charge.
that this was q criminal act under
the Sherman antitrust Law. The
Indictment charges that this wa,
apart Of the alleged conspirac,
entered into by operators ant
miners"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
JAPAN SEEKS TO
| PREVENT BREAK
Members Of Diet to Make Visit to
U. S.-Friendly Relations
TO Be Cemented,

washington. April s.-United
ffess')-Japan is about to make
number of important gestures"
70 strengthen the relations between
;aat country and the United States,
was learned today. 81.
4 The mikado's government is un-
serslood od to be making these i'm
"f'aht moves to avoid the least
ossioillty of break in the pres
al friendly relations between the
united States and Japan and to
~ ,aphasize the absolute importance
~ lne peace Of the world Of main
suing the strongest friendship be-
~een the two countries.
one Of the important steps to be
n Aen soon by Japan to strengthen
sea~e,ican-Japanese T. relations will
~ the sending Of a mission Of
,sempers n OF the Japanese diet to
S ~e United States. The Japanese
nesessional party will leave early
.sM month. There may be some
xnihcant pronouncement on the
Solect OF American-Jap rela-
vns while the mission is here.
mere are probably no two coun-
ss IN which "jingoism" is more
s'sient than In the United States
En, ~ Japan, it is believed in respon-
.n, J.e quarters. here. Race antag-
ism also is said to have been
o. uavd during the past several
sas oa.as to a dangerous point by
se Two issues existing between
" United States and Japan.
~; ,,I;Japan's protest against the
ss'aiien land laws of California.
i,s,, ,s,America's protest against the
fusion OF the Island Of Yap un-
Japanese mandate.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
SCHOONER
B0WOO|N IS
LAUNCHED
Vessel Which WIN Garry
Macmillan to Far North
Uniquely Built.

East Booth Bay, Maine, April 3.
The schooner Bowdoin, built to
carry Donald B. Macmillan, the ex-
plorer, on his next Arctic voyage,
starting in July, was launched at
noon today from the shipyard OF
Hodgdon Brothers, here.
In design and construction the
Bowdoin embodies all elements OF
special provision for the work
ahead of her suggested by, the long
experience Of Macmillan, VINO was
the chief lieutenant of Peary in his
successful expedition to the North
Pole. Her hull is egg-shaped with
nothing to which ice can cling. Un-
der sufficient pressure from the ice
foes. the Bowdoin, instead OF being
crushed, should lift out of water
and be carried along with the pack
and as safely slip back when the
pressure is relieved.
So confident is Mac MILAN of the
schooners ability to cope with the
frozen channels of the far north
that he plans to pass through the
dangerous Fury and Heckla strait
on the west side Of Baffin bay, where
former expeditions have been lost
or turned back His plans include
also either return by the strait
or the circumnavigation of Bafiin
Land after exploring stretch oi
Loco miles of its western shore on
which it is believed no white man
has ever set foot. 1t is said to be
the longest strip of unexplored
coast In the world.
The Bodoin is of about the sixe
of the Discovery, William Baffin's
ship, which in 1916 vas the first Il.
reach Baff1n Land. She is 80 feet
10 inches in length; - feet, Z inches
beam; and o feet, 6einches draft
with a total displacement OF III
tons. She is Of the Knockaboui
type auxiliary schooner equipped
with 45-horsepower crude oil
burning engine and installation
which the explorer hopes will in.
sure a cruising radius virtually un.
limited by the use of whale oil tc
supplement the regular oil supply
Use Whale Oh.
II the plan to use whale oil proves
practicable, he says the-e3peditior
will have a clear advantage ovel
former ones as the fuel supply haa
always presented serious problem
in Arctic exploration.
The schooner will have a gen
erous spread Of canvas to enable
her to sail home when clear of ice
should the fuel supply give out.
The expedition is planned to cover
two years, but may be prolonged
It will go under the auspices of th&
Mac MILAN Arctic association
largely composed of alumni O.
Bowdoin college, from which Mac
MILAN as we'll as Peary were grad
yates. The ship has cost $25,00'
and her equipment will add SIS, ,O0t
to this amount
The party will consist besides Dr
Macmillan, Of an engineer, thre,
scientists and a cook, all of whom
will be carefully selected.
The Bowdoin will remain at Eas
Booth bay through May and a par
Of June for finishing touches. Sh,
is TO be completely stocked an,
provisioned by the last Of June an,
Twill start north the first week il
July.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
KILLS BAKER IN
ITALIAN FEUD
Third Murder In 10 Days Marks
Section of DetrOit-ViCtim
Marked for Death.

Detroit, Mich, April 9.-United
Press. THE old Giannola feud
famed anew today when Joseph
Bosco, baker. was shot to death in
Detroit's Little Italy. This is the
third killing in that section within
the last ten days. Bosco's brother,
Peter, was killed by Italian feud-
lists in October, 1918, and his land
lord was slain in a similar man
ner three days ago.
After the shooting of his broth
er Joseph fed to Italy and return
Cd to Detroit only last August.
All the shoOtings, police declare
arose from quarrel for control
OF a secret court of justice where
disputes between Italians are set
tled in summary fashion without
recourse TO American courts.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
ASSISTANT
.PAYMASTER
IS LOCATED
Officer of U. s. S. Chester
Wanted for Shortage,
Will Surrender.

Boston, April 9.-Lieutenant Jo-
seph ]. Lyman, assistant paymaster
Of the U. S. S. Chester, who disap-
peared several weeks ago after, il
is said, a $4,000 shortage was dis
covered in his accounts, has been
found and will surrender himself
TO naval authorities, it was report.
ed here today.
Lyman was traced by a reporter
for the Boston Post, who said, the
lieutenant told him he had been
| robbed OF $4,000 on March 81, and
now is without funds.
The assistant paymaster's hiding
place was not divulged by the re-
ports who quoted him as saying:
Il am glad to return. want to
see my wife and babies. ! know
they will stand by me. l have
been ready to go back for days, but
have no money.
THE amounts involved have been
greatly over-estimated. When l gel
back / can clear up my accounts
and show that the shortage is moi
much more than half the amount
charged.
Pocket Picked.
Il was on my way to Washington
from Boston when lost over $13,-
900 by pickpockets. When ! dis.
covered my loss ! became panic
stricken and fed. am ready tc
take my punishment"
On March 81, warrant charg-
ing Lyman with embezzling $4,000
in government funds was issued
Part Of this sum. it is alleged, was
B taken from the cash aboard the U
$. S. Pueblo where Lyman was sta
toned before his transfer to the
Chester.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
POPULAR CIGARS.

Okmulgee, Okla, April 9.-(Unit-
ed Press.)-Chief Of Police Dick
Carr today knew why a certain
brand of cigars are so popular here.
A friend handed him one. He tried
it, bit the end off-and the cigar
started to leak. The liquid waa
analyzed and declared to be real
"red liquor" The chiefs friend"
is now bemoaning his fate behind
the bars.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
HUGHES GIVEN
FULL CONTROL
OF HIS OFFICE
Secretary Has Free
Hand in Foreign /.
Policy.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial to The Argusl

Washington, April S.-Charles
Evans Hughes has assumed the
leadership in formulating Ameri-
cas- foreign policy. There is no
longer any question about the di-
recting force behind the new ad-
ministration-no longer any doubt
about it on Capitol Hill where re-
servationists, irreconcilables and
bitter-enders have had their own
way during the last two years and
no longer any doubt at the execu-
tive end of the avenue where Mr..
Harding, true to the pledge he made
in Florida, has given Mr.. Hughes
complete freedom of action in the
conduct Of foreign relations.
The significance of what has been
going on more or less under the
surface-or rather on the quiet-in
the last fortnight is just beginning
to be fully understood. The pro-
cess Of making each personality in
the situation understand that after
all the executive is charged with
the conduct of foreign relations un-
der the constitution and that the
secreary of state accepted the
portfolio with that idea in his
mind has been accomplished with
out friction or dissension. There
is no trace of discord above or be-
low the surface of things. Practic-
ally everybody concerned recog-
nizes that Charles Evans Hughes
is a dominant mind and that he
means to do the best he can with
the tangle in which he found
Americas foreign relations and
that while the senate's foreign re.
lations committee will be consult.
ed, the initiative must rest as il
always has with the department OF
state.
Already Senator Lodge, who's
difficulties as Republican leader
we're multiplex when his party was
on the offensive in congress is US
ing his talents as a conciliator il
bringing the party into line bacI
of Mr.. Hughes from. a defensive
point of view. OF course, a hand
full Of senator's may never play bal
at all but the Republican majority
is sufficiently large to put through
any Harding-Hughes policies tina
come before the senate or house il
respect Of foreign relations.
Hughes Decides.
+. Most of the talk about the kno,
resolution must be accepted witt
the knowledge that Secretary
Hughes will determine the exac
moment when it is discreet for con
gress to act. This is no mere seiz
ure by him of the reins Of powe
j because of personal or officia
pride. 1t is due to the practicali
ties of the situation. Mr.. Hughe
has embarked on the boldest. i
not the most difficult policy tina
has ever before confronted al
American secretary of state. Ever!
day he is negotiating with foreigl
governments, listening to the ora
conversations Of foreign diplomat
or examining carefully the conf
Dental memoranda from our am
bassadors and ministers abroad. H
must have a free hand. Presiden
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
WOMEN SPENT
YEARS ALONEM
ROOM AT HOTEL
tuberculosis Victims
Lived Hermit
Liues.

Hoboken, N. j., April 9.-CUnit-
ed Press. )-The two weirdest her
mits ever discovered ended
their strange isolation today in a
hospital, where both are suffering
from tuberculosis.
The recluses-Miss Carrie Sun
derland, 60, and her niece, Miss
Fanny Miller, 40, both of Kansas
City, Mo.-had spent the last three
years and three months in a room
of Meyers hotel in absolute seclu-
sion.
Surrounded by the teeming life
of busy city, they were as iso-
lated as though they were living at
the North Pole. They never saw
anyone, and were never seen until
the police removed them last
night. A dog was their only COM
panion.
The women came here from the
Georgian hotel in New York City.
They ordered all their food by mail,
the letters being showed under the
door. Canned goods, fruits and
newspapers were left outside their
door, which was opened only when
no one was near. The rent, $50 a
week, was paid regularly by check.
Recently the fire department
complained because of the great
mass of tin cans and other refuse
piled on the fire escape outside
their window.
When John Mole, the proprietor
sought to remove them he caught
. glimpse of the interior from the
fire escape, and notified the health
department. The police and health
officials were admitted only after
they threatened to break down the
door.
Found In Bed.
They found Miss Sunderland in
bed and Mrs. Miller clad only in a
faded kimona and slippers. There
were great piles Of cans, bottles
newspapers and decayed fruit
about the room. There were also
/, a number of bottles of medicine.
The only explanation Mrs. Miller
would give of their strange life
was that her aunt had contracted
tuberculosis, that she had caught
the disease from her and that they
wished to be alone.
! Mrs. Miller told rambling story
of her life. She said they both
came from Kansas City and that
her grandfather was Judge NC
Clum of Chicago. She said she
married Frank J. Miller, a broker
but that the estate he left her was
taken by lawyer. They had been
living off trust fund of 5000 a
month, she said. handled by Frank
K. Lott, a real estate broker OF
Kansas City.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
BOTH WANT HARDING.

Washington, April 9.-Railroad
men and railway employees joined
in a proposal that President Hard
ing Join with them in conference
in an effort to settle the dispute
over wages and working condi-
TONS
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
ADMIRAL BAILEY DEAD.

FL Paso, Texas. April 9.-Rear
Admiral Frank Harvey Bailey. re-
tired, 69 years old. died suddenly
at the Union Station here this morn
ing while waiting for a train. He
was on his way to his home, which
is in Towanda, N. Y. He had been
in Ell Paso a week.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
BOND PLAYERS.

Chicago, April 9.-(United Press
Carl York, St Louis. and Claude
Williams. Joe Jackson and Buck
Weaver, former White Sox'baseball
players. indicted by the Cook county
grand jury. charged with conspiracy
to throw" the 1919 world series
gave 5000 bonds here today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
CASE CONTTNUED.

Denver. Colo. April 9-The case
Of Judge Ben B. Lindsey. charged
with contempt Of court. was con-
tinued today until next Saturday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
MAY CARNIVAL.

Chicago, April 9.-Military ath-
letic carnival for war veterans was
set for May 30.