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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-27
(Cl Wheeler Syn. inc
By H0yECGTd
By T. F. MUIR 'HY
By DOC WILLARD,

When the last verse of the hymn was being sung and the master of ceren1 onies was compl cting his kCw- tows the orchestra ready to begin the guiding march for the farewell pro cessionaI. we Ie-t the temple. The cerem ontes, which began at 3. were completed at ; o'clock
 Ernir Abduush Of Transiordanla has come to London and brought enough settings for q full blown theatrical production of Mecca" or 'Decaner- on Nights All Of the Ennis suits are in their official dress. but the F.nlir is more respIendent chan all. He carries his dagger on a sheath of pure gold. The suite which the Ernir ionabI= London hotels i~ richly hung in golden tapesrrie= and carpetad with priceless rugs The Eni- is strict VI osIern and has two wives. but he left them CT home in nejordauia.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-27

celebrated with solemn rites through put China in the Temples of COnfuC- Jus. under the leadership of the letter cd class of Chinese.
 Just before dawn, in the stiffness or the early morning, the pie -tEresgue ceremony honor-ng Confu- ciu7 began .n the temples Of every little village and city. for the au- -unnal sacrifice 10 the greatest of all -E-1ese ~&5es is universally observ-
 In Soochow one Of the famed liter ary cites or old China. the ancient and impressive ceremony was held in The ornate temple to ConfuCius shortly before 9 o'clock iD the morn ing.
 Americans Attend
 Il small gar-E of Americans from -hanEaa- made their way toward the -e12ll-e about 2 o'clock As We neared me temple grounds We heard the 5lngl-nE of the bells on the donEeys carrying v-a-sl5ppers 10 the temple, the .EIai-,sv-o. Hai-hwo." of the chair -o0lles and the shiucs cf the ina cos tc@rr-aEe drtvers)
 The spacious temple W7E built in me middle of . great fl s-ove-
 Crowds Of Chinese were nOnchalant- Y pDsh-nE their way through the long Holsters of the temple, which contain Aa rRA ran5=s 0f the 12 dlscsnles Of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-27

Hs words puzzled me. The idea they suggested was as. ound1nE. But the most r.-sc-fylng thing Of al was Ralph Lacy's evlden- delight as he repeated:
 So you think the little man 5s the moving sp3-3t in these r-ansC"
 ITO Be CC0-uue5-D
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-05
S54.39 AN HOUR
TO RUN MOLINE
CURRENT YEAR
Yearly Cost 10 Each Person Is
SIZES on Basis of an $476,5sO
Appropriation.
Especial Moline Service,

Every time the clock ticks of 60
minutes $o4.oS is checked out OF
the treasury Of the city OF Moline.
The city's expenditures for each "A
hours during the year averages
$f,305.53. Moline's annual applo-
priation for the current fiscal year
Is $476,520.48. II this expense were
borne equally by the 80, i34 inhabi-
tants Of the city each man, woman
and child in town would be requir.
ed to pay, $12.2S annually, or II
cents an hour.
The yearly cost per person fol-
keeping the waterworks In opera.
ton is approximately s.. The FIRE
department costs each inhabitant
$1.66. The hourly cost for the en-.
tire city is $50. The total appro.
priation for the fire department il
$4,000.
MOline's police department cost
the city $4.09 an hour, or q total OF
$35.875 . year. The cost to each
resident IL $1.16.
Maintenance Of the health depart.
ment costs each resident q cents
annually. The garbage department
costs \45 cents. The hourly cost OF
maintaining the street department
Is IS or about so cents for each in
habitant. The library costs $l.7s
an hour and the total appropriation
is $15,223.12. TNe public hospital
costs about a an hour to operate.
Moline contributes annually Sl1.7e
In taxes for each inhabitant, fol
municipal purposes. That does moi
include school and county taxes
nor the amount paid to state and
federal gOverninents.
The total municipal tar levy fol
the year was $3e1,7l1
Water collections. license tees,
police dnes and miscellaneous col.
lecticns take care OF the differences
between the amount resolved n
taxes and the total expenses.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-05

Mercury this morning registered
II degrees abUy0 sero ct Z 0ec3eck,
~ coEdsst day this winter. The
hikh winA earlier in the morning
made the day seem colder than the
Thermometers Registered. ~ noon
today ths wind had. somewhat
Ressened, although TIE mercury
give NO evidence d q drop.
The maximum temperature oc-
CARED yesterday afternoon 1t !
O'Clock when the mercury stood 1t
"A degrees above. Along about I
Or s O'Clock the mercury began to
gradually fall as the ny cleared
and the sun disappeared. The tern-
perature today ID a little below the
year average for Dec. 5, which ID
23.7 above zerD.
There have been much lower
temperatures On Dee. s Of former
years. According to Andrew Ham
rich, meteorologist, Dec. 8, 1885,
the mercury dropped to two de-
grees below zero. The coolest day
in December on record occurred
Dec. n, 1856, when the tempera-
ture was - below zero. Records
show that the mercury has Beef be-
low zero on every day in Decems
Der.
The forecast for tonight and to-
morrow is that the temperature
will fall, with the minimum Be.
tween Is and 10 degrees. People
in Rock Island are warned to pro.
tect their w~aterpipes, auto radia.
tors, new cement work or anything
that is susceptible to cold. Fail
weather is predicted for tonight
and tomorrow.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-05
CITY COUNCIL
TO PROBE khan
Chicago Alderman Starts Investi-,
eatacn ef Order; Would ~Firen
City Employees Who Belong.

Chicago, Dec. 5.-Plans for a spe.
cial aldermanic investigation of the
infiltration of the ku Klux Klan
among municipal employees were
made public BY Alderman Robert
J. Mulcahy yesterday.
Alderman Mulcahy, who first
planned to introduce a resolution
at tomorrow's council meeting, or
dered department heads to strike
the names of khan members from
city pay rolls" shifting his STRAIT
cgy In order to render dismissals
legal and in conformity with the
civil service law, which specifies
that, before Dismissal, an employe
must be accorded a trial.
One of the first acts Of the spec
tal committee, II Alderman Mulcahy
has his way, will be investigation
of Rs report, credited by the alder
man. that a city fire station was
used recently az a lodge hall by
the klan, and that candidates were
initiated in the station at an all
night session.
Makeup Of Committee,
II the council endorses Alderman
Mulcahy's plan the special COM
lnittee to investigate klanism among
city Semployes will consist Of five
aldermen. all of different national
nv or descent. The alderman's
tentative committee slate with the
descent Of the alderman ID as fol-
lows: Aid. Mulcahy, Irish; Aid.
Louis B. Anderson, colored; Aid.
Oacat H. Olsen, Norwegian: Aid. S.
8. Walkowiak, Polish, and Aid. U.
3. Schwartz. a Jew.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-05
MOLINE PLANS
new CHAMBER
HOME IN 1924

especial correspenAen1sy

A movement has 6een started IN
Moline for q new Chamber of Com
'merke building to be ready for oc-
'c1pAncy BY Dec. /, 1874 when the
lease on the Leedy building which
is now occupied by the Chamber Of
Commerce. expires. J. L. Simmon
has been appointed chairman of a
committee to take charse Of the
The new building wall be cen
trally located and as planned will
be ATTRACTIVE INTELLECTUALLY. An
auditorium of 6,000 square feet will
be erectsd in one of the upper floors
in the new building.
A tentative plan has already been
found by the committee in charge OF
the movement. They plan to sell
1000 coupon books with each book
having a credit value Of $50. Theme
will be 10 coupons in each book
and if the plan Is accepted, will be
sold for $50 each. In 10 years
they wifi b taken up by the Cham
Der Of. Commerce at theil face value
of S160. This will mean an income
Of 10000 annually on the redemp-
ton Of these coupons for the Cham
Der of Commerce.
It. is expected that mo- definite
steps will be taken On, the move
ment until the fall Of 1928 when, II
plans carry through, the campaign
will be launched f0ELthe new edi-
fee.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-05

ODenchain, Chicago attorney and
man in q million, had refused to
60 through with his promise to
marry.
Each of the Eve trials was hang
drawn out counsel for the defense
bitterly fighting every effort Of the
prosecution to pin the actual STAY
ing on Mrs. Obenchain and her for
mel sutton.
In all of her testimony, Mrs.
Obenchain insisted that the staying
had been done by some unidentified
person, or persons, who fired on
Kennedy with a shotgun, as he was
standing at the foot Of the steps
to his bungalow in Beverly Glen,
near this city, to which she and
Kennedy had driven.
Woman's Story Stands.
Efforts to break down her story
or to prove that Burch had con-
cealed himself in underbrush near
the bungalow, from which he was
asserted to have fred the fatal
shot, we're unavaiiing.
The jury disagreed in all FIVE
trials, the last disagreement being
last week, when the third Burch
jury failed to agree after nearly 50
hours.
Ralph Obenchain, the former hus
band OF Mrs. Obenchain. gave ur
his position as attorney for a big
insurance company in Chicago and
came to this city to help his former
wife fight her way through the first
Of the trials.
Plans for Future.
At that time there were reports
J he and she had effected a reconcil.
iati0n and would remarry.
! On several occasions their remar.
] rage was reported arranged while
! she was in Jail. but he returned tt
Chicago without Indicating wha1
their plans were.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-05
cHReE SIlYIs
RESORT INMATE
WITH ROBBERY


Delbert Hall, arrested yest.sa.v
IN a raid upon a dfsordefay hc..s
in Silvts, was held to the erns
jury this afternoon On q cAarss -
robbery, after be With thu ~
women arrested by Sheriff Cisr.
ence L. Edwards had Furnished Ssaa
bond for later appearance il tSs
county court. They were held ~
inmates OF a disorderly hopsa A.
bert Moore, arrested as keener -
the house, has not been arres1.ed
He is in Jail unable to furnish No.
Half q dozen men we're in -.
ference with the assistant ststss
attorney, Edward l. Eagle. ~.
morning. 1t is said that they toId
stories OF being robbed in . ~
Moore house, although they w.
unable to name persons allsesd IA
have robbed them.
Edward Martin signed IL MIN.
nation against Hull. Martin n i.
claimed, lost $40 and a gold watch
while he was in the Moore placs
He said that Hull rolled" hin.
Amy Bowen and Katherine Vii.
son. the two women a~rrestedawin
figure in the grand jury investisa.
tion Of the case. They are not al.
rectly charged with the robberies
said to have been committed in thu
place, but there were witnesses WIN
said they believed the women we're
"come-alongs" for the gang.
There we're hints, too. that efur.
Their Investigations will couple o.
came of a Silvis authority with the
operation Of -the house and that
his Once was used to impress VIC
tins who complained too loudly OF
their treatment.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-05
eRESsSChO0l
Z FOR "kDDlES''
Community Kindergarten 10 d.
Conducted ut Broadway Pres.
byterlsn Church.

81 During this week, known as edu-
sSeational week, special emphasis is
being placed on the kindergarten
xwork. The kindergarten school at
the Broadway Presbyterian church,
4 which was organized In September,
q will begin a new term the first Of
the year. 1t will be known Is the
I Community kindergarten and win
be conducted under the auspices Of
The Mothers kindergarten club.
Z Miss Persis Williams and Miss
4 Mary Louise Beiderbecke. Daven-
! BORT, will be in charge Of the chill
@aren. All mothers In the city are
to send their children to the
.neW kindergarten, school. as 1t Is
! Aimed to make 1t a community
7toroject.
"From the standpoint Of the
4343chool system" P. P. Claxton, for
inner commissioner Of education,
Esspaid. lit Is in the interest of econ
amy to expend q fair portion of its
y available funds on the support Of
sNhe kindergarten"
Educators are beginning to
A1ealise more fully that education in
bfOadest sense includes the
well-founded development OF the
-~andividual, which depends in a
large measure upon the early in
iiuences and habits acquired in the
formative period of life. Our mil.
lions of children Of kindergarten
| age should no longer be deprived
Of the training which the kinder.
garten gives In industry. loyalty
patriotism and the social virtues sc
essential In our political, socia,
and Industrial democracy"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-05
WELFARE ASKING
FOE DONATION OF
u BASKEB

Letters were sent out todsy y
the Rock Island Welfare asso1S...
ton to various organizations Wy.
have cooperated with that bocy
the past by purchasing "Chri'ua..
baskets for distribution by ~'
association. =
These and probably many mois
will wish to have their Chrisuu.s
benefactions take this form .Is
year. Donations in any o ""
be gratefully received by D
ISOLATION. II any are planning
provide q Christmas treat foI Iii Iii
lilies directly they a avoid ~
cation by sending the Welfare M. ~
citation the names Of such lamli'e''
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-05
DEERE PARK TO
BE BOUGHT FOB
SUM OF W.

Especial 0Otthe Se5ssc@ "A
Deer park, which for the lass ~
years has been a part 81 Mos'.
park system, will be formally a..
cepted by the city as soon "
mayor and Mrs. William buus.
worth have affixed their signatures
to the contract. .,.v
The tract was offered to the ciG
in 1912 for $4,000. The cou. "a
last night authorized the mayop
~consummate the deal with MT.
terworth that will give the Guy.
solute ownership Of the land; "a
city will pay $24,10s. Is, which X,
cludes interest on the $l6,ovV N
the last 10 years. Payments
be made at the rate OF $1,000 ayG
Three houses which ARP situates
the park property viii be so"
he city Dec. 49,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-05
NO. settlement
OF Mine WAGE

Chicago, Dec. 5.-Coal operators
from IA bituminous producing
states today again held lengthy con-
ferences in an effort to agree upon
some basis of negotiating future
wage scales to present tomorrow
to the adjournment meeting of Sp-
orators and miners.
AS the conference broke up for
luncheon. leading operators said
there were no statements to be
made and that there PROBABLY would
be no announcement until tonight.
While some operators said that if
the operators themselves coulG
find a satisfactory basis of dealing
with the miners, an agreement with
the union men could probably be
made, others were Of the belief that
the present series OF. -cofarences
which began last month would ac-
complish nothing.
"If the present difficulty in get
ting together Is any criterion, l be-
lieve another national strike is not
improbable" Charles UNeill, rep
~ressnting the central Pennsylvania
operators, said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-05
Held On Insanity
Charge; Madalynne Given
Ovation On Leaving Jail

Los Angeles, Cal, DEC. 5.-Afthur
C. Burcn Of Evanston, H., tried
three times foe tle murder q j,
Bolton Keanea3, was in the psychic
pathic ward Of he county hospital
today awaiting IN insanity hearing
Thursday before the Los Angeles
lunacy commission.
He was taken there las. night
from the county Jail after tie dis
missing Of the tndictnent charging
him and Mrs. Modalynne C. Oben-
chain, also. OF Evanston, with the
murder of her former sweetheart,
and after the fling OF insanity pro-
ceedings against him by his cniei
counsel, Paul Schenck.
Meantime it was said, Mrs. Oben-
chain, would be q guest for . short
time at least, ct the residence Of
one Of the Jail matrons, to whose
home she was escorted last night
by her chief counsel, Jud Rush
She declined to discuss her plans
f6r the future.
When she left the jail it was IA
the applause Of the prisoners with.
in and q crowd estimated at thou
sands that had gathered without to
get a last glimpse. Of one Of Los
Angeles county's best known pris-
OFers.
The murder charges against both
were stricken off late yesterday by
Judge Shenck, on motion Of District
Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine
who said there was insufficient evi'
dence to convict either.
Basis Of Prosecution.
During the two trials Of Mrs
Obenchain and the three Of Burcf
the state sought to prove tha'
Burch, a former admirer Of tn,
young woman, had plotted with hel
for the death OF Kennedy.
The state based its case on tn,
charge that Kennedy, for whom
Mrs. Obenchain had divorced RALPH
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-05
bEHbEFEnDs
S~TIIEchlKIER
1t CLUB MEET


An intefpretation and explana-
tiod q the proposed nsw constitu-
ton Was sivenSby Attorney Cyrus
z. Dtets last night 1t the 7. w. g
A. beforeIto members Of the Bust
ness and Professional Women1
club. The talk followed the regu.
lar suppef meeting.
MI. Dietx, who was . delegate to
the constitutional convention. was
introduced by the president, Miss
Velma Hickman. In concise,
clear address, Mr.. Dietk made CLEAR
many see the points In the proposed
new basic laws which were not
fully understood BY the women. Mr,
Dietz contended that all changes
made in the constitution were ask-
ed for by the majority Of the peo-
pie. 'The constitution" said Mr.,
Dietx. .s-is merely an agreement by
which the machinery Of the govern
ment is outlined. The new constr
tuition is planned to meet the grow
ing needs Of the state that could
not be lawfully taken care Of be,
cause the old laws prevented 1t
The chief changes made effect
equal suffrage, revenue and the
Limitation of Chicago"
After his talk, Mr.. Dietz en-:
swered numerous questions on the
effect and power of the new laws
Each was answered in . manner
that made the situation clear to the
women. He corrected many false
Impressions. including that Of the
teachers' pension question. In con
clusion he urged the women, il
they believed in the limitations o.
Chicago to take advantage of the
opportunity and ratify the constitu.
ton. 1t was decided not to have q
meeting with an opposition talk as
several public meetings Of that ma
ture were scheduled for the week
As the next meeting falls or
New Years day it was voted tC
change the date until Jan. 8, sec.
ond Monday in the month. Mem.
bers Of the nominating committee
named to prepare a ticket for the
session we're: Miss Josephine
Peard, Miss ALA Smith, Miss lone
Burns, Mrs. Esther Mcdowell and
Mrs. Cora Blodel.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-05
new ROAD
Work. TO OPEN
BIDS ON DEC. u


The allotment Of TIT counties OF
1913 miles Of pavement advertised
for bids by the state division Of
highways yesterday. includes 81
miles for Whitcside county and 5
miles in Henry county. Henderson
county will receive IA miles under
the new allotment.
The Whiteside county paving
will be on the Hillsdale-Morrison
road. connecting the Lincoln high
way with Rock Island county. The
ive miles allotted to Henry county
10 for . stretch east of Galva.
Twenty-seven counties will share
In the improvement. The bids will
be opened Dee. q and work will
be started early next year.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-05
SIkISTORYIS
LIE: DEScHAMPS

Paris. Dec. k.--(By the Associat-
ed Press.)-" 1T il an infamous lie.'
said Francois Deschamps, manager
Of Georges Carpenter today when
shown the declar alton by Battling
Sikh that his championship match
with Carpenter was to have been
q "frame-up'.
81 was sure Carpenter would
knock this negro out fl the first
round,' Deschamps declared. "Do
you suppose T. would let this clum-
BY fighter stay four rounds with
my champion!
deputy piagne is making cleo.
toral propaganda of this stun. II
will 60 big at the next election
with his Senegalese electors ba.
1t may not 60 80 big In the courts
when the deputy Is asked to prove
his charge.
II absolutely defy Diasne to
show the slightest atom OF proof
connecting me with this alleged
'frame-ups."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-05
PHILIPS
ESCAPESFR0M
HER JAIL CELL
CONTINUED from First Pags.)

discovered the sawed and twisted
bars and notified the TALLER.
The former chorus girl who three
weeks ago was found guilty Of what
prosecution officials declared to be
one Of the most brutal murders
they have. had Airy, effected her
liberty with al. sgic suddenness
equal to thajE~lich the hammer
Staying was revealed last July. 1t
is believed she escaped in an auto
mobile.
Close examination of the cell win
dow and the sawed bars failed to re-
veal any trace Of the saw filings.
This led to opinion by Investigators
that the bars may have been sawed
through several days prior to the
escape today.
Had Head Start,
Orders were issued by Sheriff
W. /. Traeger to bring into his Of
nee all persons connected with the
hammer murder In order to trace
all plans of the Jail break. All
sheriff deputies were called in and
posses rushed out.
Mira. Phillips had several hours
start before the shErif's office
placed a dragnet throughout south.
ern California. All southern Cali
forllia cities have been notified and
authorities at the border warned in
time. the sheriff believes, to pre-
vent the fugitive reaching Mexico.
Deputy sheriffs we're sent out to-
day to interview Madalynne Oben-
chain, released from fail last night
after dismissal of the case inyoly-
ing the charge of murder of J. Bel
ton Kennedy. She occupied an adj
Joining cell to Mrs. Phillips. OH
GERS also were dispatched to inter
view Ola Weaver, and Eta Jackson.
sisters of the escaped chorus riri
slayer, and to locate II possible. her
husband, Armour Phillips. ,
A depdty-sheriff notified the
sheriff's office today that he saw
a woman resembling Clara Phil
lips and a man answering the de-
scriptiOn Of her Husband in Any
toinobile at 10 O'Clock III the south.
west residence section about five
| miles from the jail.
Deputy sheriffs reported THAT
! Phillips packed up all his belong
inss yesterday and left the place
where he had been sleepfnx.
Three steel bars acfoss the win
dow in Mrs. Phillips celI were
found to be neatly sawed through,
There were evidences that She
climbed through the window ana
walked across the roof IN bare feat
! Last Seen at 2 1Osclooh.
She was last seen at 2 a. m. when
the matron, Mrs. J. D. Fisher. en-
tered the cell on the round Of az
animation just before she retired
! Tor the night. She said that ali VA
quiet at that time and the prison.
ers we're apparently asleep.
Mrs. Meadows was slain July -
! last. on a lonely drive in the out
spirits OF Los Angeles where She had
driven In her own automobile with
Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Peggy Caffee
both ex-chorus girlx Her head had
been beaten in with . hammer and
: large rock had been hurled upou
her body.