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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
Louis Smith Breaks Back
Leaping From Second Floor
OF Hospital, Trying Suicide

Louis Smith, aged Is years, Kan
sas City, who was received as q
patient In st. Anthony's hospital
yesterday afterno0n. attempted sui
eide at 6 o'clock last evening by
jumping out Of a second story
window OF the hospital. His back
was broken ana he may not re-
cover. Smith was on his way to
Chicago from his homo In Kansas
City when suddenly he was taken
sick ON the train and decided to
remain in Rock Island.
In order to jump out Of the WIN
dow Smith had to climb over .
radiator in front Of the window In
the room IN which b was foa1lasa
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29

His back was broken by the fall
and his body is paralyzed from the
hips down.
. He was picked up by the nurses
of the hospital and taken back to
his room. DR.. Joseph De Silva to-
day stated that Smith will not re-
cover from the fall. Prom all ap-
pearances the man cannot possibly
recover from the injuries he has
received" !" Or. DeSilva said. From
present indications he may die at
any moment"
Nothing Is known OF Smiths
business nor his family. Hospital
attaches said that Smith seemed to
b rama.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
BHOOTS WOMAN
| Then SUICIDES
life Of Salesman Wounded by Her
Second Cousin; Police Trying
& to Solve Mystery.

Chicago. Dec. GA mysterious
Aooting In which Mrs. Frieda Nor
Pill was severely wounded by her
yecond cousin, Joseph Lang, who
ben shot himself fatally, confront
the police today. Lang died in a
hospital.
Mrs. Morrill, is the wife Of Her
art Morrill,, salesman for the Kan
Is City Medical Supply house. He
bid he was unable to explain the
aooting. Lang, he said. had
nown Mrs. Morrill, in Hillsboro, n
before her marriage.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
BANKRUPT FIRM
WILL CONTINUE
Houston, Fible & Co. to be Opera
ted Under Receiver Pending
Court Hearing.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 29.-The
present. receivership 6 Houston,
Ffble & Co., brokers. will be con-
tinued until such time as the cred
itors and temporary receiver come
into court for another hearing. ac-
cordlng to a decision today by
Judge Arba S. Van Valkenburgh al
hearing in the federal court in
temporary receivership.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
|PREHN SCoRESA
| VICTORY ON MAT

Mason City. Iowa, Dec. 29.-Paul
Prehn of Mason City beat Henry
Karhunsoari, Virginia, Mimi, mid
dleweight wrestler, two out of three
falls in a match staged here last
night. Prehn took the first fall
after 26 minutes of wrestling with
an arm-scissors and deadlock, los
ing the second fall in 13 minutes
on a body overthrow, and taking
the deciding fall in II minutes as
karhunsoari was knocked out when
thrown heavily to the mat.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
TUG" WILSON, j
COLLEGE COACH,
TO TAKE BRIDE

Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. D.
Kenneth t"Tug') Wilson. ath-
letic director at Drake nnisers-
ity, will be married next Monday
10 Miss Dorothy Shale of Bloom
ington, NJ, at that city, It was
|ennounced today. The Wedding
follows = campus roma1cs whan
the two were students Ct the
stats upiversity Of Illinois.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
after MAhkS l..
SEAT'IN HOUSE
Mrs. Wlnlfred Mason Huck, Illinois
COngresswoman, Candidate for
Vacancy Caused by Death.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-Winifred Ma
son Huck, congresswoman from IL
linois, last night announced she
would be a candidate for reelection
to fill the vacancy caused by the
recent death of James r. Mann
representative from the Eighth H.
linois district and Republican lead
er of the house. Mrs. Huck. Illinois
only woman in congress, was elect
ed to serve the unexpfred term OF
her father, the late William E. Ma
son. A special election to fill Con-
gressman Mann's seat will be held
Feb. q in conjunction with the
city primaries.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
Us, ,OO7 MADE
METHODISTS IN
S PRESENT YEAR

Chicago, Dec. 29.-A gain of
.007 members during 1922,
nging the total membership to
$3.50 for 1923, not including
1855 nonresident members,
= announced today by the
ahodist church In Its official
encatfon, the Methodist Year
ok for 1928.
Centenary subscriptions paid
the last three years totaled
b243,3S5.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
FIRE At AGENT
FROM AMBUSH
Prohibition Officer Subject of At.
tack While Riding With Depu.
ties In Automobile.

Stevens Point. Wis, Dec. 20
The second attack of violence in
this section and closely following
the sending of a bomb package to
a prominent county official In
Marshfield, occurred yesterday when
unknown assailants ambushed an
automobile in which deputy sher-
IFS and a dry" agent were return
ing from a series Of rum raids. The
attackers hid alongside the road
and fired several shots into the
machine as 1t passed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
CUTS MAIDEN
Cement PRICES


Chicago, Dec. pa price re-
duction on cement was announced
today by the Universal Portland
Cement company. effective as of
December %. The decrease is Is
cents a barrel from the Chicago
plant and 10 cents barrel from
the Pittsburgh and Duluth plants.
The new price is $1.70 q barrel at
the Chicago plant.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
CONGRESS-
ACT BLOCKS
PREPARATION RI !.
q. s. Must Be on Commis
sion Before German
Debt Is Paid.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus
Washington. D. c., Dec. 90
Settlement of the entire reparations
problem in Europe. even though
the powers themselves agree on 9
solution, may be technically block
ed unless the United States senate
grants the request made first BY
former President Wilson and now
by President Harding that consent
be given to American membership
on the reparations commission
created by the Versailles treaty.
When, the United States senate
ratified the separate treaty ol
peace with Germany a reservation
was adopted requiring the consent
of both houses of congress before
and American could be authorized
to sit on the reparations commits
sion and act under those clauses o1
the Versailles treaty which were
accepted as part Of Americas
pact with Germany.
Careful examination of these sec
tions of the treaty shows that un
animous decision is required from
the allied and associated powers
before any change can be made II
the manner Of payment by Ger
many. While 1t is true that a con
ference OF premiers, or an ,unoffi'
cial bankers commission may make
recommendations which all the al
lied and associated government.
might approve, these steps canno1
be legally put into operation except
by unanimous consent of the inter
Is one of them. Absentation from
is one Of them. Absention from
voting is regarded as a negative
vote. Here is the text of that por.
tion Of Americas separate treat,
with Germany which is identica
with the Versailles treaty on tht
subject Of voting in the repara
tions commission:
/ Rules Adopted.
As to voting the commission will
observe the following rules:
When q decision of the commits
sion is taken the votes Of all the
delegates entitled to, vote or in thu
absence Of any of them, of theil
assistant delegates, shall be re-
ported.
Absentation from voting is to bt
treated as a vote against the pro
posal under discussion.
"On the following questions
unanimity is necessary: (a) Ques
tions involving the sovereignty o
any allied and associated powers
or the cancellation of the whole OF
any part of the debt or obligations
of Germany. (b) Questions deter
mining the amount and condition:
of bonds or other obligations tt
be issued by the German govern
ment and Of fixing the time ant
manner for selling, negotiation OF
distribution Of such bonds. (c)
Any postponement total, or partial
beyond the end Of 1880, Of the pay
ment of installments falling du.
between May l, 1921 and the enc
of 1926 inclusively. (d) Any post
ponement, total or partial, of any
installment falling due after 1921
for a period exceeding three years
(e) Questions of applying in an,
particular case a method OF. meas
uring damages different from tha
which has been previously appliet
In similar case. (f) Questions o
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
Lower PRICES
FOR TExASo|L

Houston, Texas. Dec. ga re-
duction of 2 cents in the price Of
gasoline and kerosene in Texas
was announced by oil companies
today. Gasoline will retail at 19
cents less cents and kerosene at
II cents.
General decline in refined prod
ucts prices was assigned as the
reason.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
Late. Bulletins

Washinston, Dec. sa.-Ad-
visea By aAministration lead
ers that his naval blll amend
MeSt for IN economic confer.
ence would be sharnfup to the
alministration's negotiations to
nd IN tho European economic
conditions, Senator Befah, Re-
publican, 81 Ilahe, late te1ay
said IN the senate that 10
uuuA W1th1rxW n
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29

Chicago, Dec. 29.-The director of
the dairy marketing department of
the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton. announced cooperative dairy
marketing plan tp set up national
sales agency for the collective SELL
ing dairy products. =
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
ElLL READY
FOR NIXON
AT BASTR0P
mor Confessions Inlpi
cate As for kidnapping
and Murder.
BATON Rouge, La, Dec. 90

BATON Rouge, La, Dec. 29.-
iBy the Associated Press)-
Special Deputy.Sheriff Calhoun
" MorehOuse, will leave here
/ thIs afternoon for Baltimore,
VIII requlsitiOn papers, for the
retan OF DR.. b. NJ. MckOin,
charged with murder In con-
tneetl0n with the MOrehOuse kid.
napings. All precautions are
belng taken in preparing the
| Dapers TO prevent McKoin from
sbolng freed on a technicality
when the hearing on the requi.
tltiOn Is held In Baltimore,
probably Tuesday, January 2,
~ was stated.
Baltimore, Nd, Dec. 29.-Dr
eKoin stated in an interview
= the city Jail today that he
fIould rather die 40 times than b.
vixen back to Mer Rouge" He pre-
lcted that there would be more
ipodshed than ever" If he lever pu
h foot on Mer Rouge soil again.
DR.. Mckoin declared his convic
ion that his life would not be safe
a3rded there despite the presence
Z troops. The jail at Mer Rouge
Ie said, was a one-story dilapidateG
tick building situated outside the
DNnl The lawless element there
said, would not stop at any
Ming. He had had personal. deal
oss with them and knew that there
would be many who would lay
lown their lives just to kill me-"
Governor Parker, AttorDey-Gen-
prll Coco and all the officials there
be added, "cannot--if they tell the
tuth-guarantee my life will be
bpared In that town"
Arrests Coming.
\ Monroe, La, Dec. 29.-Sheriffs
fed Carpenter of Morehouse par
hh today declared there will be ar
ssts in the Morehouse kidnapping
hvestigations upon the return o.
Ae federal investigators who were
New Orleans yesterday attend
"a conference with state officials
II have no official word Of any
sncial action of any kind" said the
Aeriff, but l know that there are
be arrests on the return to More.
louse of federal investigators.
sve no warrants as yet, but these
te to be placed In my hands with
D the next few days, as / under
tand that the chain of evidences
|aas been completed. / have no re-
able information relative to the
leged confession of two persons
Holving As citizens"
Sheriff Carpenter said that while
keitizens might be involved in the
6t he did not believe that this
mber were actual participants ir
kidnapping of the Mer Rouge
tizens and the deaths Of Wat
aniels and Thomas Richards.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
THE WEATHER

g
Unsettled weather tonight and
Saturday, with probably rain.
Warmer tonight.
Highest temperature yesterday.
81; lowest last night, "A.
Wind velocity at Z Z. m, Z miles
per hour.
Precipitation. none.
~ m. IN. N. IAN
yester. yester. Today
Dry bulb .....29 - 26
Wet bulb ......2e "a 26
Rel. humidity IL n S6
River stage 1t Z .. m. ~: no
change in last ~ hours.
Sunset today, 4:40:. sunrise to-
morrow, 1881.
ANDREW HAMRICK.
Asteorologist
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
PAYS MILLIONS
FOR COAL Mine

Boston. Mass, Dec. 29.-The Ford
Motor company yesterday acquired
the coal lands, mining plant and
equipment of the Pond Greek Coal
company. in Pike county, Kentucky,
in a transaction involving about
81. 900. 900.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
EXPLOSION IN DUBLIN.

Dublin. Ireland, Dec. 29.-A tre-
Pendous explosion terrified Dublin,
fecking part OF Dawson street,
passers-by escape serious harm.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
CALL FLEET
BACK FROM
MALTA PORT
British Warships Hurried
to Constantinople Near
East 1mpasse.

Lausanne, Dec. S9-(By the
Associated Press.)-Ismet Pasha
sent a letter to Marquis Cur.e
zcn this afternoon reafflrming |
his demands that the MOsul
district with its valuable oil
fields be turned over to Turkey.
The note denied the British con-
tentiOn that the kurds who in
habit the district are not
friendly to the Turks and want
Mosul to remain under the Arab
government Of Irlak.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
RATIFY TREATY,

Brussels, Dec. 29.-The Belgian
senate ratified the general far east
ern treaty and the Chinese treaty
negotiated during the Washington
conference. The chamber Of dep
uties had approved them previous
ly.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29

Rome, Dec. 29.-Premier Musso-
lini informed his cabinet he would
not attend the conference of allied
premiers in Paris next week.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29
DISCIPLINE PASTOR.

New York, Dec. 29.-Calvary Bap-
tist church of New York revokes
title Of evangelist on Rev. Oscar
Haywood because of his Ku klux
Klanl activities.
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CONTINUED on Page Twelve.)
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NATIONAL DAIRY PLAN.

Continued on Page Eighteen.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-29

james COnnOr of Rock Island
dies suddenly at Biloxi. Miss.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
NEW PHONE CENTRAL
'CUT-IN IN BROOKLYN
BERKSHIRE One of the Largest
in the Service.

Brooklyn's newest telephone central
ofIlce--to be known as Berkshire. which
will serve q portion OF the Flatbush
section--was placed In successful opera
tion last night by tho New York Tcle-
phone Company in its new building at
Fourteenth avenue and Forty first
street, Brooklyn. II required only a
few seconds 60 complete the work OF
many months, and IL was done with
practically no interruption In service.
The "cutover" Of tho Berkshire Office
was probably one OF the most extensive
ever made with respect TO the area
covered and the amount OF construction
More than s1.00o,00o was invested by
the telephone company in land, building,
central Office equipment and outside
plant.
The new ONCE came into being by the
transfer OF lines from the Sunset central
office. where they were previously served
Additional lines will be transferred TO
the new Berkshire exchange from the
Blyshebourne and Irlatbush central Of
fees I'm the immediate future.
The transfers make IL necessary to
assign new telephone numbers and
designations TO the lines transferred and
the Forthcoming issue OF the telephone
directory will contain the revised num-
bers.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12

found to-day and the captain of walters
suggested that perhaps he was In New
York investigating the advisability of
instituting classical dancing with the
music. They believe that music with
meals" has a soothing effect on the
digestion of the student. Some of the
irreverent ones who are subject to the
fare in commons suggest the music is
to take ones mind off the food, or to
give the student something else to
swear at.
Prime movers in this renaissance of
music are members of the freshman class
and the orchestra Is entirely composed
of first year men. Not to be outdone.
men who are working their way through
college by acting as student walters for
part of the time have organized sec
ond orchestra, which will also play in all
three dining halls in the course Of a
week. The organization that gets the
least number OF vegetable bouquets wins
the game.
General approval OF the plan has been
registered, except that some of the
students desire more music. In ac-
cordance with the general desire Of the
university to keep men in town over
the week end it is probable special
program will be prepared for Sunday.
Next to Sunday movies 1t is probably
the greatest attraction the town could
offer. And the movies are not in view
even in the dim distance.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12

them of sl,coo worth of cash and jew
elry.
The thieves escaped in an automobile.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
MINISTRIES AND DANCE
OF VETS OF THE 106TH
Boys of Company G to Glue
ShoU on February IS.

The Veterans Association Of Com
pany c, 106th Infantry. will hold its
second annual minstrel show and dance
at Prospect Hall. Brooklyn, Wednes-
day evening. February 10. For the last
two months the members have been
rchearsing under the direction OF Vim
cent 1. Barrett and Raymond Hennessy.
The cast viii include Messrs. Horsley.
Tailey. Haffey. Johnston. Henncssy.
Mcclure. Barrett. Barr. Tomlinson.
Doolcy. Neylan. Christensen. Tomasso,
e. Johnson. Fisher. Frederickson, Tcw.
o'Hare, Nafey. Harrison. Black. Grif-
fin. Janodet. Knott, Di Giovanni and
Kahn.
The association is unique in that the
organization is patterned after the adj
ministrative government of French
towns. John c. Tew. is town mayor;
John Green. chamberlain; Edwin
Schneider, town crier. and Edward Gil
christ. Ernest Perton and Jerome Tew.
the three musketeers. Arthur ID. Mud
dell is historian. The welfare commit
tee is made up OF William Talley, Ed
ward Horsiey and Frank Gibbons. The
publicity committee II composed OF Ar
thur ID. Muddell, Joseph Tracey and
Gordon Burrows.
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
DINING HALL MUSIC TO AID
DIGESTION NOFPRINCETONMEN
Or Perhaps Student Orchestra Is to Keep Minds Off
the Food or the Men Away From Broadway
Cabarets-Anyhow, the Undergraduates
Will Eat to Music

Special Dispatch to The New YORK HERALD.
PRINCETON, Feb. 11.-University au-
thorities at Princeton have authorized
the institution OF student orchestra in
the university dining halls. This or
chestra will rotate. playing in freshman,
sophomore and upper class commons two
nights a week. Inquiries have failed to
divulge the real reason for the orchestra.
The verdict at the office OF the con-
troller OF the university was; "Well. we
thought it would be a good thing"
When asked whether it was for the pur-
pose of keeping the boys away from the
cabarets Of New York and Philadelphia
the powers that be smiled and admitted
it might help to do that.
The programs of the orchestra will in
clude for the most part popular music
but classical selections will also be in
serted. and there is a rumor afloat the
orchestra Is propaganda on the part of
the university music committee to ele-
vate the taste of the modern undergrad
uate by a process of gradual evolution.
reaching the point. some years in the
future, perhaps, where their meals will
be ushered in with the wedding march
from "Lohengrin' or the ride of the
ValSyries" and the dessert will be con-
cluded with Beethoven sonata and the
melody in +.
Howard Opie. known as the "king Of
the commons who has the operation of
the dining halls in charge. could not be
The New York herald., 1922-02-12

the program for the celebration of
March 0. the sixtieth anniversary of the
battle between the Monitor and the
Merrimac. Four tablets Will be un-
yelled in the afternoon. The first.
erected by the American Society of
Swedish Engineers. will be at s6 Beach
street. the site of Capt. Ericsson's
residence; the second. by the General
Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen.
will be at go West street, the site
OF the Phoenix Foundry; the third.
by the Associated Veterans of the
De Lamater Iron Works. will be at
Cunard Pier No. 81. at West Thirteenth
street. where the De Lamater Iron
Works was located, and the fourth.
by Thomas +. Rowland. proprietor, will
be at the Continental Iron Works. West
and Cayler streets, Brooklyn.
Mayor Hylan will accept for the city
the tablet at the Cunard Pier. The
others will be accepted by DR.. George f.
Kunz for the American Scenic and His
toric Preservation Society. The Navy
Department will participate In the ex-
ercises. which will be closed by dinner
at the Waldorf-Astoria at which repre-
sentatives of the United States and
Sweden will be present
The New York herald., 1922-02-12
PUBLIC 'DISGUSTED'
BY STILLMAN CASE
Justice Morschauser So De-
clares in Permitting a
Final Delay.

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
PouoHKEEpsrE, Feb. 11.--Another ad-
journment of the proceedings in the
James A. Stillman divorce suit was
granted to-day by Supreme Court JUS
tice Morschauser under protest it would
be the last. The Justice said he would
insist upon speed from now on as "the
public is becoming dlsgusted with this
case and the way IL is dragging on.
LAWYERS for both sides indicated. how
ever that there will be an appeal no
matter what decision Justice Morchauser
hands down on the application OF Mrs
Stillman for a commission to take tes-
timony in Montreal and for $500 to
defray the expenses of the Canadian end
of her defense.
Application for the adjournment was
made by Outerbridge Horsey. who rep
resented Mr.. Stillman at the proceed
ings, so he might have time to examine
and answer afiidavits served on him
Friday by John f. Brennan of Yonkers,
chief counsel for Mrs. Stillman. Mr..
Brennan protested against the delay,
saying a set OF affidavits were served on
Mr.. Stillman's lawyers Wednesday AFTER
noon and that the one served SATURDAY
had to be obtained in Canada.
you lawyers don't seem to under
stand the public clamor to have TINS
case disposed Of" Justice Morschauser
said in conclusion. There should either
be a commission appointed to take tes-
timony at Montreal or the matter ought
to be brought to conclusion before
the referee. II should deny your ap-
plication for the commission. Mr. Bren-
nan, your other motion Of course falls
right down.
While Justice Morschauser made 1t
clear he wished to dispose of the motion
which has been tied up in the courts
since early in January, Mr.. Horsey and
Mr.. Brennan said afterward 1T does
not matter what way the jurist decides
The New York herald., 1922-02-12

on the application as the matter will be
carried to the Appellate Division OF the
Supreme Court.
Mr.. Stillman's lawyers have decided
they will not only fight the application
for money but also the commission it
self, deeming the trip to Canada unnec-
essary despite allegations of attempted
bribery that have been made.
This is a complete reversal OF their
position, as they consented to the COM
mission when 1t first was applied for
in December. They fought the grant OF
1850 additional expenses to Mrs. Still
man because they did not want to pay
the freight" but now they hold COM
mission is not necessary, asserting tht
evidence to be adduced before it is
pure hearsay and OF no value. The
bribery charges. they say. are too flimsy
to even consider seriously.