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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
RY MARIORIE TAYLOR.

Consolidated Press Correspondent.
Copyright, 1922, by The ArgusD
Washington, D. c., June 23.-The
success of Mrs. Peter Olesen in the
Democratic senatorial primaries in
Minnesota, has brought acutely to
the front the question of what mar
ried women in politics will do with
their husbands when they leave
home TO take up the duties OF Of
fee at state or national capital The
headquarters of the various wom-
ems organizations in this city are
in something of a quandary. Al
ready they have been notified by
several women prominent in poll
tics that their activities cannot ex-
tend to running for Offices which
would take them from home.
Members of the national women's
party declared today that it was
possible in many states for man
legally to prevent his wife from
running for political office if sue
cess required her absence from
home. In these states they say a
man is given the choice of domicile
and should wife refuse to comply
with his wishes in this respect the
law regards her action as desertion
and he may sue for divorce.
Mrs. OIesen Lucky.
Mrs. Olesen seems fortunate in
that her husband has agreed tC
come to Washington as her secre-
tary in the event that she should
prove the first woman ever elected
to the United States senate. 1t is
significant, furthermore, that the
two women who have been mem
bers of the national house of rep
resentatives both have been spin
sters. They had no husband prob
lem to deal with.
Politically ambitious women who
are tied TO their homes and hus-
bands envy the ease with which
Mrs. Olesen solved her problem, but
say not many husbands are as ami.
able as Mr.. Peter Olesen.
There are plenty of ripping WON
en-, leaders in the woman movement
who are handicapped in obtaining
/ the highest political honors be
cause of their husbands" said Mis-:
| Anne Webster, a committee chair
man of the League of WomeI
Voters.
One Husband Interferes.
| At the league headquarters the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
STATE CASE IS
FAILURE, VIEW
OF SMALL SIDE
Court Is CrolUded For
First Time in
Weeks.

Waukegan, Ill, June 23.-(By
the Associated Press)-The last
plea for the acquittaI of Governor
Len Small was made this after
noon by Charles c. LeForgee, of
Decatur, chief of counsel for the
defense.
Three hundred spectators crowd
ed into the little court room to
hear the Decatur attorney and they
overflowed into the halls.
Waukegan, Ill, June 23.-(By the
Press.)-If anybody is
guilty under the theory of the
states case against Governor Len
Small, it is the packers, Werner W.
Schroeder told the jury today.
For the first time since the trial
started nine weeks ago, the court
room was crowded and spectators
overfiowed into the hall. Chester
and several other assist
ants from the Chicago corporation's s
counsel Office, Colonel Perry Coffin,
Gotthard Dahlberg, speaker of the
house; Ben Newark, and 20 to 80
state officials and employees we're
scattered through the room.
SmalPs Family Present.
At, the defense table Governor
Small was Joined by Mrs. Small,
Miss Sue Small, his sister, and
Mrs Jack Inglesh, his daughter.
Within the railing were Colonel C.
R. Miller, director of public works;
w. B. Stratton of Waukegan, state
fish and game commissioner; Judge
Chauncey Jenkins, director of pub
lie welfare; Leslie Small, son of
the governor; Colonel Jack Inglesh
and other department heads and
friends of the family.
Mr.. Schroeder told the jurors
that the prosecution had deliberate
ly placed an evil construction upon
acts which, considered in what the
defense regards as the proper light,
are perfectly innocent. The state
he said. has failed to make a case.
He cited the prosecutions evidence
regarding several transactions and
told the jurors there was nothing
criminal shown them.
Mr.. Schroeder completed his ar
gument at 11:45 a. m, and court
adjourned until 1 o'clock
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
NUMBER OF
VICTIMS IS
UNCERTAIN
May Reach 45; Miners
Boast Openly of Many
Killings.

Herrin, Ill, June 23.-(By The
Associated Press. )-"Bloody Will
hanson, so-called because OF many
acts of violence in the county in
recent times, most of them accom-
panied by numerous fatalities, to-
day was preparing for what Official
action is expected in connection
with the massacre at the Lester
strip mine yesterday when between
81 and As persons were slain after
striking union miners had stormed
the sixty or more strike-breakers
operating the mine.
Official investigation of the mine
which killed from 27 to As, near
here began today in response to
insistent demands from Governor
Len Small for action by local au-
thorities, when Coroner MCGOWAN
announced that an inquest would
be held Immediately and States At
torney Delouis l. Duty stated that
a special grand jury would be con-
vened following the inquest to In
vestigate the massacre.
Score in MOrgueS-
So far as the number OF dead
was concerned, there still was little
but speculation. A score were IN
morgues; newspapermen previous
ly had counted 26 bodies in the
woods and roads, one man died in
a hospital; Frank harrington, staGe
president Of the miners, announced
that his official reports showed A
killed; citizens still brought in re-
ports of bodies lying around the
country; but, through all of il
there was no way of fixing def
mite number.
Sixteen in Hospital.
In the wounded list there were
16 in the Herrin hospital, three re
ported in the Carbondale hospital
and a number of others-unioI
striking miners-believed to be ly
ing in their homes. There was lit
tie question that the actual mum
. Der of dead will never be known
A dozen or so were believed to b,
at the bottom of a pond. No on,
seemed inclined to drag the pond
No searching parties have been or
ganized to seek bodies in the woods
All reports, whether from miner
I or from strike-breakers or mine op
orators agree that the killings wer
masSacre-that the victims wer
shot down after they had surren
dered themselves and their arms t
! the attacking forces.
"Act of Judgment.
Many persons in the county up
hold the slaughter as a rightful &C
of judgment. Citizens gathering o.
street corners last night and toda
laughed and joked over the affai
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
FAILURE TO
ASK TROOPS
WAS FATAL
Medill Tells Small Send
ing Guardsmen Now
Is Mistake.

Waukegan, ILL.,, June 23.-(By the
Associated Press.)-Governor Len
Small at noon today received a tel
egram from Colonel Samuel N.
Hunter, representative of the adju-
tant-generaI at Herrin, placing the
blame for the rioting which led to
the massacre of more than 25 non
union workers on the shoulders of
the Williamson county officials.
Colonel Hunter, who was sent to
Herrin a week ago to report to the
governor and Adjutant General
Black on the situation, told the
governor in today's message that he
at no time thought the Williamson
county authorities could handle the
situation and that they should have
asked for troops before the rioting
started.
The governor also/received a
message from Sheriff Melvin
Thaxton of Williamson county, say
ing that efforts would be made to
apprehend the slayers, but that no
arrests have been made.
Fears Trouble.
Herrin, Ill, June 23.-(By the
Associated Press "A 'recommen-
dation that orders for mobilization
of Illinois troops at various points
for possible duty here be cancelled
at once. was telegraphed to Cover
nor Small by Robert Medill, state
director of mines and minerals, who
Is here officially investigating the
mine massacre. Mr.. Medill said he
feared the orders would prove to be
"a great mistake" and might cause
trouble.
Chicago. June 23.-(By the Asso-
eated Press. Mobilization of the
l32nd infantry of the Illinois Ma
tional guard, ordered by Governor
Small in a midnight message from
Waukegan to hold itself in readi-
ness for duty in the southern Hi
nois mining region. began early
today.
Governor Small's mobilization or
der was relayed from Adjutant
General Carlos E. Black, at Spring
field to Colonel William E. Swan
son, commandant of the 132nd in
fantry, who set in motion the ma
ehinery for assembling troops.
Arms Distributed.
Battalion commandants and COM
pany captains passed the order or
to their top sergeants, who in turn
called on each corporal to sum
mon the eight men in his squad.
Arms and equipment were dis
tributed to the gathering guards
men at the armory.
The governors order included
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
STAGE SET
FOR GREAT
EXHIBITION
11-Day Display Shows In
dustry of the Whole
Community.

All is set for the opening tomor-
row morning of the Trans-Missis-
sippi Exposition and Pageant of
Progress in Douglas park
Tomorrow will be "Children's
day" and the Riddles" will be
swarming to see the thousand and
one amusement features provided
for their especial benefit
Art Adair, the famous clown, and
his mirth provoking band will en-
tertain them, and there will be
bears and ponies and monkeys and
trick dogs and mules and merry
go-rounds and real live Indians
and seaplanes and a ferris wheel,
and boys and girls can ride the
whip" and have no end of good
time.
Adair's band is a show by itself
but in addition to all that has been
enumerated 20 splendid free acts
will be staged each afternoon and
evening, and this program which
is given to the people without
penny extra will be continued dur
! ing every afternoon and evening OF
the exposition period. The free
amusement features are scheduled
| to begin at 2 o'clock every after
noon and at s o'clock every eve
ming.
The Royal Scotch Highlanders'
band of 80 pieces will play often.
The aggregation is known from
coast to coast in America and over
seas.
Among the 20 free acts win be:
| the Riding buttons, equestrians;
| Jordan Sisters. Americas leading
high wire artists; the Diving Rim
gems. sensational high divers who
will plunge 120 feet into a five-foot
} tank; Seven Tumbling Demons,
peerless acrobats; the Flying Val
entinos, aerial artists supreme; the
Ferris Wheel girls, expOnents OF
physical grace and daring Gymnas-
tics: Katheryn MurdOck, the so
prano soloist: Art Adair and Frank
, Stout. the clowns, courtiers to the
court of fun; Ida DelnO, the Venus
of the circus, and the cycling Heu-
mems, direct from the ihR York
) Hippodrome.
Then Come
They are only the first 10 o. the
free acts, and the next are; the
, Dallamead troupe, living mousls- :,
reproduction of the worlds master
pieces of sculpture; the Butterfly
Girls, a novel acrobatic and musi-
cal melange; Bobbie Brollier, Scot
lands premier comedy tenor; tht
famous American Clown band
Madame Berzac, who stages a so
ciety circus from the London Hip
| podrome; the Three Lenoirs, art
lists of the trapeze; Lester, Bell an'
Griffin, acrobats who do thrilling
y feats; LaSalle and Vilay, equih
brists; the Fisher Sisters, who ar
dainty and graceful in iron Jaw
II (Contiuued on Page Six
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
PROBE PLOT TO
DYNAMITE JAIL
AT JOLIET, ILL.
Officers Seek Four
Men Who Planned
Deed.

Chicago, June ga plot to
blow up the Will county Jail, Jol-
let, Ill, was under investigation to-
day by Chicago and Joliet authori-
ties. Chief of Detectives Michael
Hughes went to Joliet today on a
search for four men alleged to
have planned to dynamite the jail
in an effort to free three prisoners.
According to information here,
three Chicago men, alleged by the
police to be safe-blowers, were ar
rested by the Will county sheriff
several days ago. The prisoners
were said to be Perry Stead
James Head and John O'NeiI.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
Ready TO LIFT EXPOSITION CURTAIN
Hunter BZames County Officers for Herri1 Riot
H0,U to Dispose of Husbands
IF Wines Get Political Jobs
IsQuestiOn Faced by Women

problem is much discussed and the
case of Mrs. James Paige, OF Min
neapolis, was cited. Mrs. Paige was
formerly a regional director OF the
league but resigned TO run for the
state legislature.
Mrs. Paige would have made
the race for congress" said a mem
Der of the league, but her hus-
band was not quite ready to trans
fer his law practice from Mime
apo1is to Washington She hopes
to make the congressional race a
few years from now and in the
meantime expects to obtain politi-
cal experience nearer her home
town..
Mrs. Thomas Winter is another
Minnesota woman who it is said
would have an excellent chance for
national office, but she has refused
to consider deserting her husband,
who is a grain merchant in Min
neapolis. Mrs. Winter was one OF
the four women appointed by Pres
ident Harding to the advisory com
mittee of the American delegation
to the Washington arms confer
ence. When informed of the presi-
dents decision, Mrs. Winter ex-
claimed: "And what will my poor
husband do without me?"
They Worry About Us.
AS the arms conference dragged
on week after week and month
after month, the four women on
the advisory committee who had
| husbands keeping the home fires
! burning" became decidedly rest
! less and worried over the welfare
| of their families.
Mrs. Solon Jacobs of Alabama
and Mrs Julian Salley of South
Carolina, regarded by women as
prospects for national offices, re-
| fused 70 run because of the break
their election would cause in theiI
households.
Mrs Emily Newell Blair, repre-
senting the women on the Demo
lcratic national committee in thi:
city, regards political activity al
imposing a necessary absence
from home.
4 hope to see my husband oc
casionally on my political errandi
to Missouri" she says, but l dC
not regard separation of man anC
wife for year or two as disas
trous."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
FLAYS forces
OF CREED FOR
HERRIN HORROR
John Walker B[drnes
Profiteers For
Mine War.

Spripgfeld.-Ill.. JHpe.. .223.-lBy the
Associated Press. )-President John
H. Walker of the Illinois Fedora
ton of Labor, issued a statement
here this morning, blaming the
so shamelessly during the war" for
the mine rioting at Herrin.
What has happened in Herrin,
Illinois," Mr. Walkers statement
said, lis deplorable. Every sim
cere, honest trade unionist regrets
it. Organized labor is against the
use OF physical force in the ad-
justment OF its disputes between
working men and employees.
Would Crush Labor.
However, it is those forces of
greed that profiteered so shame
lessly during the war and who are
at the present time so brutally and
mercilessly trying to crush labor,
so they may exploit them as serfs,
particularly those courts and tbs
elements they' represent in indus
trial and other walks of life, who
have usurped the functions of the
American government and are US
ing the powers they have arbitrar-
lily taken to deprive the workers
of their rights as American citi-
zens, and who have arrayed them
selves on the side Of the operators
that have created the feeling OF
suspicion, distrust, bitterness and
hatred that is responsible for acts
of this character.
"They are the real criminals, and
every honest American who loves
peace and our form of government
that reveres the memory of those
who died to found it, who honestly
wants to maintain and uphold i
and to improve upon it, is very
much concerned for the future, un
less these forces are curbed."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
LESTER CANT
ACCOUNT FOR
MINE MASSACRE

Chicago, June 23.-W. J. Les
teT, president of the Southern II
linois Coal company, owners Of
the Herrin Qll) mine. where the
massacre of Hon-union workmen
took place yesterday, declared
here today be could not account
for the outbreak at the mine and
that his chief concern now was
''to care for the families Of the
victims"
Mr.. Lester said he started for
Herrin yesterday. but was per
suaded it was too late for him
to do anything and returned to
his hotel here. On his return
he found his wife in a nervous
collapse. and he himself today
appeared visibly shaken by the
news of the disorder.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
PROMOTIONS in
ARMY STOPPED
Senate Military Committee Takes
Action on Provisions in AppTO-
priatiOn Bill.

Washington, June %. - Suspen-
SION or promotion of all army Of
ficers below the grade Of colonel.
effective at once, was understood =
have been decided upon by the sen
ate military committee today. Inc
action was taken largely as a re
suit, It was said, of provisions in
cluded in the annual army appro-
priation bill, which places six
months bar against promotions af--
er July l.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
SEEKSLAW TO
ENDLABOR WARS
Rep. Arnold Wants Special Session
to Enact Industrial Court
Law For Illinois.

Quincy, H., June 23.-Aroused by
The fragrant disorders in William
son county. Representative A Otis
Arnold, of this district, will write
letter to Governor Len Small to-
DAY asking for a special session OF
the legislature to enact an indus
trial court law. modelled on the
terms OF the Kansas act and to pre-
vent future conflicts between labor
and capital.
Representative Arnold was one
Of the Republican leaders in the
last legislature and has been re-
nominated.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
BAPTIST MEET
BANS SUNDAY
BEACH BATHS
Nothing, HouDeDer, Is
Said About Morn
ing Tub.
BY JOHN ARCHER CARTER.

B1 JUHN AIAHER CARTER.
Consolidated Press Correspondent.
Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Virginia Beach, Va, June 23.-
Baptists are famed the world over
for their love of water, but there
will be no Sunday afternoon bath
ing here during the summer en-
campment of the Baptists of Vir-
ginia which begins July 6.
''It is agreed that there be no
ocean bathing on Sunday after
noon" says the bulletin to encamp-
ment delegates issued from the
headquarters in Richmond.
No mention is made of Sunday
morning dip in the briny deep, but
it is assumed that religious SER
vices in the morning will keep the
delegates otherwise engaged.
There is also an admonition in
the bulletin as to bathing suit
styles.
Suits Are Censored.
"Encampment guests" it says
are requested to avoid extreme
styles. Christian people are ex,
pected to set an example to theil
unsaved friends"
Ordinarily there are no stringent
beach rules at this resort. Tour.
lists and excursionists who f1och
her every Sunday from Norfolk
and surrounding cities, hop from
automobiles and electric cars anG
make a low running dive for tht
bath houses, emerging therefrom il
startlingly brief space of time
attired occasionally in startlinglN
brief bits of bathing suit material
Some don one-piece suits and 9th
ers forget to put on stockings. Tht
influence of the church encamp
ment on beach styles during thu
two weeks the delegates will be her,
will be watched with unusual in
terest.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
FIND PLOT TO
KILL BRIT0NS
London Police Get Documents Dis
closing Conspiracy to Slay
Prominent Persons

London, June 23.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press. THE police, investi-
eating the assassination OF Field
Marshal Wilson, have come into
possession of documents, says the
Central News today, disclosing a
conspiracy to take the lives of a
number Of prominent persons and
conduct a campaign Of outrages-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
ARMY BILL To
BE AMENDED?
Mckenzie Would Make Wilson Dam
APPROPRIATION Available In
October.

Washington, June 25.-Represen-
tative Mckenzie of Illinois, acting
chairman of the military commit
tee, announced today that he would
offer an amendment to the army
bill, when it comes up for final ac-
ton in the house, by which the ST.
500 900 appropriation for expendi-
ture on the Wilson dam at Muscle
Shoals, Ala, would be made avail
able in October rather than on July
1. beginning the next finance year
as the senate proposed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
COAL STRIKEI
CABINET TOPIC
Secretary Davis Has Long Confer
ence With President Harding;
Statement Expected

Washington, June 23.-The coal
strike situation, and particularly
the mine disorders in southern Ifli-
nois, was understood largely to
have occupied the attention of the
cabinet at today's meeting. Secre-
tary of Labor Davis conferred with
President Harding for some time
after the meeting and it was indi-
Gated that the department of labor
would have a settlement to make
soon with regard to the mine disor-
derS.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
THE WEATHER

Fair and continued warm to-
night and Saturday. Cooler by
Saturday night
Highest temperature yesterday,
IS: lowest last night, 20.
Wind velocity at a. m, 8 miles
per hour.
Precipitation, none.
12m. 7p.m. Tam.
yester. yester. today.
Dry bulb temp. rs 81 ~
Wet bulb temp. So % 65
Relative humid. 4S AZ 80
River stage at a. m, AS, fall
of L last "a hours.
Sunset today 7:42 p. m; sunrise
tomorrow 4:2S a. m.
River Forecast.
The Mississippi river from below
Dubuque to Muscatine will change
but little during the next two days.
ANDREW HAMRICK,
Meteorological
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
MINERS UNION
is NOT LAWLESS,
LEWIS DECLARES

Cincinnati, Ohio, June 23.-(By
ne Associated Press John l.
Lewis, in a statement here to-
eay, declared the United Mine
workers of America is not to
any degree responsible for the
ul1ortunate occurrence at Her
m, H." He said the organiza-
Won Of which he is president
leFer encouraged or condoned
avlessness.
sinister influences, he declar-
~ had been at work among the
MIXERS to incite and initiate the
sp.rit OF violence" Coal COM
anies. he asserted. had en-
ss"yed thousands of detectives"
= work among striking miners.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
VAN FLEET GETS
o. K. IN SENATE

Washington. June 23.-The nom
ination of Vernon W. Van Fleet of
Indiana. to be member of the fed
eral trade commission, was report
ed favorably today by the senate
interstate commerce commistee.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
TORNADO KILLS
| IN MANITOBA

Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 23.-
One person is known to have been
killed and others are believed to
have. perished when a tornado
swept the city of Portage La Prai-
rie. west of here, early today,
wrecking many buildings and do
ing other property damage.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
CONVICT 'PUG'
AS MURDERER
GSaiIOro Friedman and "Redn
Cohen Get IA Years in Pen in
Chicago Court.

Chicago, June %. - William
("Sailor') Friedman, pugilist, and
William C'Red") Cohen, taxicab
driver, were convicted of murder
and sentenced to IA years each in
the penitentiary this morning be-
fore Judge John R. Caverly. David
Edelman, brother-in-law of JudE> :
Joseph Schulman, and Max Miller,
brother of Hersche Miller, were
found not guilty.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
TCHITCHERIN
REPORTED ILL
Berlin Dispatch Says Soviet For.
eign Minister'S Condition Is
Rather Serious.

London, June 23.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. "A Central News
dispatch from Berlin reports that
Foreign Minister Tchitcherin, of
soviet Russia, has been taken i'll.
His condition, the message says, is
regarded as rather seriou.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
TWO ARE KILLED
BY NITRO BLAST
Oil Well Shooters Are Blown to
Atoms and Three Houses Wreck
ed by Explosion.

East Liverpool, Ohio, June %
Two men believed to be oil well
shooters. were blown to atoms and
three houses in the outskirts of
Weilsville were wrecked early TO-
day when nitroglycerine, being
transported by automobile, ex-
ploded-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-23
ROSS HEADS KTWANIs.

Toronto, June 23.-George H.
Ross, Toronto, commissioner OF
finance, was elected international
president of the Kiwanis clubs.