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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29
SILVIS CRAFT
LEADERS HOLD
CONFERENCES
Strike Affects I,4OO
Men in the Tri-
Cities.

O. C. Hickman, secretary of
the local union, Brotherhood OF
Railway Carmen, today received
telegram from Martin +.
Ryan, Kansas City, president of
the brotherhood, directing the
local branch to leave its work
at 8 o'clock Saturday morning.
The order has $50 members
here.
Representatives of the several
unions of railway shop workers
have been in conference at Silvis
several hours today. No official
information has been given to the
public relating to the object of the
meeting and individual members OF
the unions refer all inquiries to the
chairman of the federated shops
strike committee.
In view of the fact that the Sill
Wis workmen will be under orders
from the heads of railway labor or
CARNATIONS, it is assumed that the
conference today is dealing mainly
with local conditions such as strike
benefits and maintenance during
the strike.
Fourteen hundred men are affect
ed by the strike order. Among in
dividuals the opinion frequently is
expressed that there will be nc
strike.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29
BY HERBERT WAGGONER.
Consolidated Press Correspondent.


Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Hutchinson, Kan, June 29.-"Hell
or Jail for the "wobblies."
That today was the slogan of a
score of prosecutors, sherlffs and
police chiefs assembled in Hutch
inson They came here to devise
methods of coping with the increas-
ing menace of the l W. W. The
great wheat fields of the west are
threatened by them. Their organ
izers are everywhere in the har-
vest lands. Several have been ar
rested following fires that have de-
stroyed crops just about to be cut
and threshed.
Today's meeting followed an ar
rest by deputy state fire marshal.
He found on the man arrested a
box full of glass tubes containing
phosphorus, so designed that the
suns rays would ignite them, thus
giving the man who placed them
a good chance to make a getaway
before the fire was discovered. Re
ported to State Fire Marshal L. I.
Hussey. the latter at once called a
meeting of law enforcement Off
cials to cope with the situation.
And on their arrival here Sheriff
W. T. Clark of this county pro-
claimed the new slogan and an
that he has reserved the
entire second floor of the jail for
suspects.
Officials Aroused.
The officials agreed that the
is a real one and must be
dealt with in a most strenuous
manner. Already II suspects are
under arrest here. 1t is believed
that the new Kansas anti-syndical-
ism law is sufficient to arrest sus-
poets and hold them at least for the
duration OF the harvest. 1t has
been learned that the active mem
bers Of the l. w. W. and the or
ganiZers no longer carry red cards
of membership, apparently having
learned their lesson from last year
when men carrying such creden-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29
UNION AND RAIL HEADS
CITED TO COME BEFORE
RAIL BOARD ON FRIDAY
Action Is Taken on Receipt of Notice From Six
Shop Crafts That Men Will Walk Out
at 10 A. M. Saturday.

Chicago, June 29.-(By the Associated Press) The
United railway labor board today cited the national
craft unions the railway executives
meeting here and the officers of four other railroad
unons appear before the board tomorrow afternoon in
inquiry into the threatened interruption of traffic.
In addition to the shopmen, whose strike order already
has been issued the four other cited taking
strike vote the clerks maintenance of way stationary
firemen and oilers, and signalmen
B. M Jewell leader OF the shOpmen, today served for
notice the railroad labor board that strike call
had been issued all railroad and Pullman operating
department local lodges of the six shop crafts affecting
100000
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29
Wheat Fields of Kansas Are
Menaced by Incendiary Acts
OF 4. w. w.; IL Are Arrested

tials were severely dealt with in
the courts. But there is no doubt
that the organization is much
stronger than ever before and that
/ a large percentage of the nomadic
roamers who pass through the
fields, claiming to seek work but
seemingly never accepting jobs
when offered, are known to owe al
legiance to the "wobblies."
Find Red Literature.
The men under arrest are all of
the same caliber. They insist they
are seeking work, although in al
most every case the arrests were
made when the men were har-
arguing others unemployed, de-
nouncing capitalism and asserting
that everything belongs to the la
borer-" On several were found
quantities of seditious literature.
All, however, vigorously protested
their arrest and insisted they were
being made martyrs.
Among the organizers of the 1.
W. w. now are men with army ex-
perience. They had been drafted
during the war and now that they
are out of the service assail it at
every opportunity. These men are
for the most part natural leaders
and they are the men who are the
best fitted to cause serious trouble.
With the wheat crop enormous
and the ripened grain dry as tinder
the danger of fire always is acute.
Add to this the efforts on the part
of these enemies of society to set
fires at points where they are sure
to spread and the situation be-
comes even more serious. The as
sembled officials here today took
steps to initiate a complete watch
system that will cover every sec
ton of the state. They believe that
being forewarned they are fore
armed and that they will be able to
prevent any very great damage.
A very few OF the men under ar
rest here were penniless. but most
of them had money. One man had
s410 in travellers. checks, while
others had amounts as high as
$500.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29
.LOANTO wheat
And COTTON men
War Finance Corporation Approves
Advances to Associations in
Southern States.

Washington, June 29.-Approval
of four applications for loans to as
sist in financing the orderly mar
keting of cotton and wheat aggre-
eating $16,50O,00O was announced
today by the war finance corpora
tion.
The applications approved were
from Oklahoma Cotton Growers Co
operative association, $6,000,000
Arkansas Cotton Growers Coopera-
tive association, $7,500,00O; Okla
homa Wheat Growers association
S2,500,000, and the Texas Wheat
Grogers' association, 100000
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29
GREAT ARRAY
OF PROPHETS
IN PACEANTRy
Colorful Parade Dazzles
and Delights Throngs
Along March.

The 33rd annual supreme coun-
Gil of the N. o. V. P. E. R. came
to a brilliant conclusion yesterday
afternoon with the monster review
ing parade which swung through
the business district Of Rock Island
and in which every grotto attend
ing the session was represented.
Brilliant colors of the spectra
clashed and harmonized. bizarre
uniforms of days of wondrous ro-
nance were outlined against the
background of more conservative
but no less appealing costumes as
delegations from every part of the
nation participated in the greatest
pageant of the three days of daz-
zling parade, drill and competition
which marked the session.
Twentieth street, Second and
Third avenues and the connecting
streets chosen for the route were
lined two hours before the parade
began. Thousands swarmed over
the walks, filed Office windows
and sought other vantage points
from which to view the most spec
tacular and stirring parade that the
tri-cities have ever witsnessed.
1t was the big event Of the ses-
sion, and despite the strenuous &C
tivities of the preceding days and
nights, Prophets were stepping
sprightly as they marched along
the route. Grand officers viewed
the parade from a stand on the
court house square, Fifteenth street
and Third avenue, and as each del
egation swept along respect was
paid to the reviewing group.
Cyrus Wins HOnors.
Silver cups were presented to
Cyrus, Hutchinson, Kan, first; Is
lam, Pittsburgh, Pa, second; Ar
yam, Chicago, and the ladies' drill
team and bands Of Alhambra grot-
to, st. Louis, before the organiza-
tions left yesterday evening.
Cyrus first place was for hav-
ing the best appearing band, patrol
and prophets in line The band, a
fine musical organization. was in
black and white hussars' uniforms,
with gray astrakhan cap and the
same fur as trimming on the small
capes. Patrol and Prophets were
in purple and gold oriental Co.'S
tunes and their drilling was an
admirable feature of the parade.
Its perfect-fitting blue Canadian
army model uniform furnishing a
semi-military note, the band of Is
lam grotto, Pittsburgh, Pa, was a
very close second in appearance to
that of Cyrus. The bands drilling
was excellent, as was that of the
patrol. Members of the patrol
wore purple embroidered vestees
and trousers of gold color. Red
cloaks worn over white occidental
clothing was the distinguishing
note of the Prophets line. Prize
Continued on Page Nine)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29
Call STRIKE OF 400, 600 SH0PNEN july |
FIGHTING IN
DUBLIN GOES
ON UNABATED
Fifty Dead or Wound
ed; Rebels Refuse
to Glue Up.

LONDON, June Z5.-Nby Inc ASSO-
GATED Press. .)-Fresh terms were
offered the insurgents in the four
Courts in Dublin today, a Dublin
dispatch to the Evening News says
but they refused to surrender and
after two hours delay firing was
resumed.
The early evacuation of the
stronghold is expected, however, as
the water and lights have been cut
off.
Bublin, Ireland, June 29.-By
The Associated Press. 1.-The ir-
regular Irish forces have captured
II troops of the provisional govern
ment in the Dominick street area
according to report late this aft
ernoon, which could not be officially
confirmed.
London, June 29.-(By The As
sociated Press. AN unconfirmed
report was received here this aft
ernoon that the railroad station at
Foyne, 20 miles from Limerick, oc-
cupied by Irish provisional govern
ment troops was attacked and Set
on fire.
Dublin, Ireland, June 29.-By
the Associated Press)-The battle
between the Republican and the
provisional free state forces con-
tinued all night and firing was
still proceeding vigorously today.
The bombing of the Four Courts
continued at irregular intervals
through the hours of darkness and
morning came with the beseiged
Republicans still in occupation.
The list of casualties is not yet
available, but it is estimated that
at least so have been killed or
wounded.
The insurgents have extended
their operations in other parts OF
the city. Shortly before noon an
ambush of Free State troops was
reported from College Green, and
the irregulars were fortifying vari-
Gus outposts.
Rebels Seize Club House.
One of the outlying places seized
by the irregulars was the Sacks
vile street club, an old-fashioned
aristocratic country gentleman's
club near the Nelson Pillar. In
addition to the various organized
operations of the insurgents, their
sympathiZers in several parts of
the city, acting as snipers, made
many attacks on Free State SOL
diers.
Meanwhile the replies from Rory
O'Connor's men to the firing ON
the Four Courts became feeble. The
garrison, which is believed to num-
Der about $50, is said, however, to
have unlimited supplies of ammuni-
ton and plenty of provisions.
Use Guerrilla Tactics.
The prospect was that the opera
tions at the Four Courts would in
creasingly assume the character of
an investment. The building lends
itself particularly to defensive pur-
poses and it is considered unlikely
that the Free State troops will, at
least for the present, attemp to axe
it by assault.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29
Continued on Page Eleven.)
MPANEL GRAND
JURY AT KERRIN
viii Probe Massacre of Strike
breakers; TO Search Strip
Mine for Bodies.

Marion, Ill, June 29.-(By the
Associated Press-)-A special grand
Jury on July 10 will begin investi-
eating the massacre last week OF
non-union men by union striking
miners near Herrin, Circuit Judge
Hartwell announced today.
/ Simultaneously with this an
nouncement, Coroner MCGOWAN be-
gan excavation of the Southern Il
linois Coal company's strip mine,
where the non-union men were en-
ployed, following rumors that a
number of bodies were buried at
the mine.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29
TRAIN OF ENGINES
NEARS END OF TRIP

Los Angeles, Calf, June 20
Twenty locomotives. said to repre-
sent an investment of $4,000, 900,
will arrive here tomorrow for dis
tribution over the Southern Pacific
Lines on the Pacific coast.
The train of engines has been
termed the Prosperity Special"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29
CHINA TO Get
JAP PROTEST
VIII Send Note to Peking on Burn
ing of Sub-COnsulate by
Chinese Bandits.

Toxic, June 29.-(By the Associ-
ated Press.)-Japan is preparing to
file a protest TO Peking against the
burning by Chinese bandits of the
japanese sub-consulate near Chen
tao. a town in Manchuria just
across the Korean border.
Special dispatches from Seoul,
Korea, report three killed at Chine
tao and the hospital and 80 houses
burned.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29

James E. Hardman, aged 81 years,
managing editor of The Daily
Times 20 years, died suddenly at 5
O'Clock yesterday afternoon in his
home, 2724 Farnam street, Daven-
port. Death was due to apoplexy.
Associates in his Office had noted
for several weeks his failing health,
but he seldom complained and con-
tinued at his desk until yesterday
noon. Before noon he consulted
DR.. o. p. Sala, who advised imme-
diate return to his home and a
rest Contrary to this advice, he
returned to the office but at noon
he was persuaded to go home. MIR.
Hardman agreed to take a few
hours rest and announced that he
expected to return in the morning.
He lay down and while Mrs. Hard
man was in another part of the
house, rose in answer the tele-
phone. Before he reached the in
strument he was stricken; Mrs.
Hardman heard him fall and called a
physician but before medical aid
arrived Mr.. Hardman had expired.
Graduated from the University of
Iowa, Iowa City, in 1897, he entered
newspaper Office in Sigourney,
serving a few months as assistant
publisher. In the fall of that year
the late a. w. Lee added him to
the OttumWa Courier staff and since
then Mr. Hardman had been asso-
ciated with the Lee syndicate
papers.
Guided Many Now Famous.
He remained in Ottumwa several
years and when Mr. Lee became in
terested in the Davenport Times,
was transferred to the Davenport
reportorial staff. He was advanced
to city editor and in December,
1901 became managing editor.
In the course of his newspaper
career, Mr.. Hardman was guiding
influence and tutor to many who
are now high in various fields Of
literary endeavor. Frederick Hat
ton, the playwright, was a reporter
under Mr.. Hardman; Robert Lee,
city editor of the Chicago Tribune,
received his first training from Mr..
Hardman and among others who
were under his influence at some
time of their career were Harry
Hansen, literary editor of the Chi
cago News; Floyd Dell, whose vol
umes Moon Calf and "Briary
Bush" are reflections of Davenport
days; Charles Lewis, now Daven-
port postmaster.
Was Widely Copied.
AS managing editor of the Times
Mr.. Hardman was well known over
the entire state and his editorials
were frequently copied by state
and outside papers. He was an in
veterate worker, generally being
the first to reach his desk in the
morning and the last to leave it in
the evening. 1t is doubtful if any
other newspaper man in Iowa turn
ed out the volume of work daily
that was credited to Mr.. Hardman.
But by nature he had a fondness
for work and efforts to persuade
him to lessen his daily routine and
take more time for recreation
proved unavailing.
He worshipped his profession and
he gave to it the best that was in
him, even at the cost of his health,
and eventually his life. AS writer
Mr. Hardman stood for high ideals
and righteousness. He had a set
standard and public sentiment could
not sway him from it when once
he was convinced he was in the
right.
Mr.. Hardman gave freely of his
talents in the endorsement of all
enterprises and projects for the bet
CONTINUED on Page Eleyen.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29
NOTED CHINESE
REPORTED SLAIN
ohen Chung Ming, Who Drove DR..
Sun Vat Sen From Canton,
Is ASSasSin'S Victim.

Manila, P. l., June 29.-(By The
NAs,soclated Press. Chen Chung
slng, whose recent coup d'etat
sioVe from Canton DR.. Sun Yet Sen,
Mssident of the southern China re-
ssonc, has been assassinated. ac-
Salng to a cable dispatch received
gse .e today from Shanghai by Kong
81 local Chinese daily identi-
with the adherents of Sun Vat
80 Reuters news agency fails to
e0nnrm the report.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

! Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
! Washington, d. c., June 29-Mine
owners have signified their inten-
tion of attending President Hard
, ing's conference here Saturday in
which the government will use its
good offices to persuade operators
and miners to settle the coal strike.
| John L. Lewis, head of the min
ers' union, has already accepted
the invitation SO that the willing
ness of the operators to come too,
( ends all maneuvering on that point
In past years acceptance of an in
vitation to conference usually was
preceded by the laying down OF
/ conditions for the conference but
in this case the call was issued by
the president of the United States
and neither side could afford to
defy public opinion by ignoring
such a summons.
Sure of Success.
The greatest confidence prevails
that the coal strike will be set
tied and that a precedent will be
established which will go a long
way toward preventing further
strikes in the coal business. The
intervention of the chief executive
incidentally is not merely as pre-
siding officer or as a mediator but
as representative of the public in
terest. The government has hesi-
tated to use a club or to indicate
the source of its legal power in
eventually taking a hand if an
emergency arose but it now is clear
and both sides will understand
when they get in conference.-the
considered a public interest of par
amount Importance, in fact so i'm
portant that the broad constitu-
tional powers of national safety
would be invoked by the executive
if the American people really be-
gan to suffer. Talk of government
seizure of the mines is but a symp-
tom of the gradually developing
feeling that recurrence of strikes
means suffering to the employees,
readjustment of finances on the
part of the operators, a depletion
of coal reserves and a gouging of
the public as prices to the consum-
er are inevitably raised.
Operators Fear Courts.
President Harding has another
reason of course, for presiding at
the coal conference. The mine op-
orators, many of whom are under
indictment for making wage agree
ments with mine unions in the
past, have insisted the federal
courts might charge them with
contempt if they entered into an
other agreement while the courts
were trying cases growing out of
previous agreements. Assurances
from the attorney general that
prosecution would not follow have
not been deemed sufficient. The
president himself is calling the
conference so no federal judge is
likely to interfere; in fact there is
every reason to believe the courts
would not have intervened even if
Mr. Harding had not called the
conference. Yet the action of the
president serves the double pu--
pose of guaranteeing immunity
from prosecution for agreements
made in the conference beginning
here Saturday and brings into play
the government influence as a med
iator and as a representative of the
public which must be protected
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29
PRESIDENT
ACTS To END
MINE TIEUP
Owners and Miners Will
Meet at White House
Saturday.

Washington, June 29.-Secretary
of Labor Davis announced today
that bituminous and anthracite coal
operators had accepted the invita-
ton extended last night by Presi-
dent Harding to meet at the White
house on Saturday with United
Mine Workers officials to discuss
methods on which negotiations for
a settlement of the coal strike can
be devised.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29
M'CUMBER is
LEADING RACE
Republican Incumbent Appears
Winner Over Frazier in Early
North Dakota Returns.

, Fargo, n. D.. June 29.-(By the
Associated Press. with 22S pre-
cincts reported out of 2,064, the
Republican senatorial nomination
ennfact z+oo5.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29
MOVES TO END STRIKE.

Washington, JuneI 29.-President
~, sung called for a conference
AZ an miners and operators Satur-
sss ~ 70 negotiate for a settlement of
sae coal strike.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29

Washington, June 29.-Mexican
rebels who seized the Aguad camp
of the Cortez Oil company in the
Tampico region Sunday, holding the
property and 40 American employees
tor $4,000 pesos ransom, withdrew
on Monday without damage or in
jury to the employees, but with
threat of a return, Consul Shaw at
Tampico advised the state depart
ment.
The department received a later
message, however, which said the
same rebels yesterday seized a
camp of the La Corona Oil com
pany, a Dutch-British concern in
the same vicinity and were holding
IS employees including about six
Americans.
The dispatch did not indicate
whether ransom had been paid in
the case of the Aguada camp, which
is an American-owned concern. On
the strength of second message
sent last night the state depart
ment directed the embassy in Mex
leo City to make new demands on
the Mexican government for pro-
lection of the Americans employed
by the Dutch-British company.
Bielash Escapes.
Mexico City, June 29.-(By the
Associated Press. )-Escaping from
his bandit kidnapers after four
days of captivity, A. Bruce Bielaski.
former head of the American de-
partment of justice investigation
bureau has returned to Mexico
City.
Covered with dust, unshaven and
showing plainly the marks of his
in1pEssenment in the mountains of
Morelos, Bielaski was taken to his
apartment where his wife and u
half dozen friends greeted him.
Walks 80 Miles.
His friends declared the former
American official had escaped from
his captors at Tetecal, walking 80
miles to Cuernavaca, near which he
was captured last Sunday while
motoring.
Jules Lacaude, head of the Mex
leo City banking firm which is un-
derstood to have furnished the $10,
900 for the ransom on the order of
Mr.. Bielaski's New York company,
said he had been authorized to state
that Bielaski eluded his captors be-
fore the money was paid. Bielaski
suffered no more i'll effects than
might be expected from four days
of roughing it in the mountains.
Many Stories Told.
Dozens of automobiles carrying
Americans who since Sunday have
tried to get in contact with the
bandits returned to the capital last
night, each person telling a diff
ferent version of the affair and
ascribing credit for Bielaskis safe
return to several sources.
Press dispatches from Tampico
quote W. p. Taylor, manager of the
Tampico branch of the Cortez oil
company as confirming the capture
of 40 employees at the company's
Aguada company by the bandit
Gorozava, but do not state whether
the ransom has been paid.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-29
3 CADET FLIERS KILLED.

San Antonio, Texas, June -29.-
Three aviation cadets were killed
and their bodies burned when their
nIane. feu 200 feet,