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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-18
TARIFF DELAY
BY NEW ATTAC1

| Washington, Sept. 18TH
| ference report on the tariff
called up today in the SEN
Immediately was subjected tol
of order by Senator Simr|
| North Carolina, Democratic d
the tariff fight. After more
hours discussion, Senator q
Republican, Iowa, president 4
pore, announced that he vi
take the question under adj
and the Senate recessed unl
day.
Senator Simmons content
that the conferecs had expeal
authority by proposing authd
the President to declare \
valuation as the basis for d
ad valorem duties on any itei
bill when the Senate by dired
had limited such authoriJ
specific items in the two pal
dealing with duties on coal
and other products.
Should the point Of order
tanned the tariff again VI
thrown into conference. n
not be sustained it was expe1
/ final Legislative action on III
ure would come late Mon
| Tuesday.
Senator Simmons argued
Senate had specifically ref
grant the broad authority
| President which the confeTs
posed to give the President
since the proposition had betf
cd by the Senate as new
ment TO the House bill. the q
in reaching n compromise on
ton could not go beyond the
ton fixed by the Senate.
A similar position was "a
Senator Underwood of Alaba
| Democratic leader, who dccl'
conforees had brought in an
mcnt in n form they would
dared to bring in am ON
Mr.. Underwood declared the
ces had gone beyond the
what either the House or seq
proposed and that through
thority proposed for the Pres
! would be possible to "enormd
crease" the taxes on the y
people.
Senators McCumhcr, North
in charge of the bill and
LenroOt of Wisconsin, hoth
cans, argued that the subject
agreement between tho i've
was American valuation ana
conferecs had perfect right
promise their dispute on INA
ton in the manner in WIN
cid Senator Lenroot contenl
even had the Senate not Wrlu
the bill, the amendment ~
authority for the President 70
American valuation under
conditions the conferees Wou
been within their right u,
promising their differences
tween American and foreign
tons they had written in suc'
vision
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-18

Among those returning from Bar
Harbor Saturday after being in at
tendance at the Maine Pharmeceuti-
cal Association convention were Mr..
and Mrs. George Traynor, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Gregoire, Fremont
Fletcher. Mr.. and Mrs. John Cough
lin and daughter. Miss Beatrice. Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Goodrich and daugh-
ter, Miss Irene. Miss Goodrich dane
ed before the gathering while at Bar
Harbor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-18

Mrs. Kathryn Stuart and baby.
Junior" and Misses Kathryn Dillon.
Marjorie Fay, Elinor Frates. Nancy
Donahue, all of Portland were week
end guests Of Miss Grace katon, 295
State street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles f. Quincy
and daughter Barbara who have been
passing the summer at Hammonds
Grove have returned to their home
in Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-18

The combination truck from the
Hartford fire station responded to a
still alarm at 1890 Sunday for a fire
around a chimney at the home of
Richard Kimball, 6 Hillcrest street.
There was no damage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton NJ. Rollins are
receiving congratulations on the birth
of a daughter, Muriel Edith Rollins,
on September Is in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-18

Mrs. Alice Devin returned Sunday
to her home at &c Grove street after
having passed a vacation Of five
weeks in Skowhegan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-18

Mrs. A. B. Champlin and son of
Pittfield, Mass. are guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. George +. Crocker, 81 State
street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-18
AUGUSTA LOCALS

Miss Hazel Sanford who has been
passing a few days in the city has
returned to her home in Pennington.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-18

Miss Ruth Margaret Vose of Carl
bou is visiting in Augusta as the
guest OF her uncle, J. c. Murphy.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
Women Jailed for Contempt
OF Court in Chicago Take
4 Babes With Them to Cells

expecting another child, and her
sentence is for 60 days.
In the arms of his mother, her
self scarce out of her teens, lay a
white-faced baby of six months
who refused to take his food. He
isn't strong and all night he cried"
moaned the mother. II can't give
him the proper care here but l had
to bring him with me. My SEN
tence is for only Is days but that
seems ages to me-"
In addition to her fifteen days the
mother is supposed to pay fine of
s175.
Another baby, Steve, seven
months old, slept in folded blan-
ket on the bunk, blissfully un-
conscious of it all Steve's moth
er must do forty days and pay a
fine of $50.
Nearby were two other women
who had left older children at
home I'VE have made things as
comfortable for them as we can"
the chief warden of the Jail said,
"and we have ordered an extra sup
ply of milk. The matron will give
the mothers every possible liberty.
but this Jail was never built for
babies" and he tiptoed away smil-
ing at one of the guards.
| All of the women, when arrest
ed, were surprised and several de-
! !clared they had forgotten all about
the trouble.
The difficulty, as explained by
the judge who issued the injunc-
ton, arose three years ago when
the business agent of the Tobacco
Workers union tried to collect
union dues during working hours.
The company objected and the
agent ordered the workers, most
ly women, to strike. About one
half of them obeyed him; the 9TH
lers remained at work.
Il gave them a nominal fine"
said the Judge. land warned them
that Russian methods would not
go over here. They laughed and
went back and attacked those
who were working: / made their
fines heavier next time and then
they appeared with banners an
inouncing that they had rights and
wouldn't have them taken from
them. Finally I imposed the jail
sentences"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
HOTEL man OF JOLIET
PUTS END TO TRIANGLE
WITH PAIR OF BULLETS
e. S. McRoberts and Ma
bel Kerwin Play Leads
in Tragedy.

Joliet, ILL.,. May 8.-Rob-
ert S. McRoberts, prominent
citizen and owner of the
Woodruff Inn, Joliet's larg-
est hotel, shot and killed
Miss Mabel Kerwin, former
ly his secretary, and then
killed himself h ere this
morning.
The double tragedy oc-
Cured in the lobby of the
Eagle flats where Miss Ker-
win lived with her mother.
Miss Kerwin had been in
the employ of McRoberts in
the hotel for the last six
years. A few weeks ago
Miss Kerwin suddenly re-
signed her position. Since
that time, according to her
m O t h er, McRobertS has
called scores of times asking
for her return. She had re-
fused to have any relations
with him.
Saturday McRoberts went to the
rooms of the Kerwins and heated
argument ensued in the hallway Of
the flat according to neighbors,
who said he threatened then to kill
her unless she came back to him"
This morning he again called at
her rooms while she was cleaning
the floor and demanded conyer-
Bation. She refused to speak to
him in the hallway because of the
proximity of the neighbors. He
then told her to come down starts
to the lobby.
Girl Dies Instantly.
They had hardly reached the
ground floor when neighbors heard
two shots. They rushed down and
found the two lying on the floor
with bullet holes in their heads
and a smoking revolver in the
hand of McRoberts. The girl was
killed instantly and McRoberts died
before he could be taken to the hos
pital.
The innocent victims of the dou-
BILE tragedy are the ten-year-old son
of the hotel proprietor and his
widow, who is a daughter of HetEJ'
F. Piepenbrink, one of Joliet's
wealthiest citizens. McRobert7
owned property valued at $500, eco
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08

SEEKS BRITISH
| EMBASSY AID IN
u. S. ROMANCE
Sen. Culberson In
uoIued in Charges
of War Vet.

Newark, N. J., May S.-A request
that the British embassy send an
agent to escort him from the sta
ton tomorrow, so that he would
not be molested, has been made by
Alexander E. Robertson, British
war veteran, who plans to go 20
Washington to press his charges
that private detectives attempted
to railroad" him out of the coun-
try because of his efforts to win
the hand Of Miss Mary Culberson,
daughter Of Senator Charles A. Cul-
berson of Texas.
Robertson is seeking to have the
embassy assist him in obtaining
the arrest Of John Rhuland and T.
G. Anderson, on charges OF 1mper-
sonating federal officers. He al
ready has caused the arrest OF Jonn
F. Ellis, another detective, on a
charge of kidnapping.
Loves Solon's Daughter.
The friendship between Robert
son and Miss Culberson was said
to have started at the University OF
Texas, three months ago, where
they both were students. The two
met again recently in Washington,
where Miss Culberson was entered
in the Holton Arms school.
Detective Sergeant ]. ]. Huddy
who accompanied Robertson here
and went with him in the company
of a Newark detective to the hotel
where Ellis was arrested, de-
scribed how Ellis, after his return
in custody to Bloomfield, called up
the secretary of the senator lii
Washington.
After Ellis talked with this man
in Washington, according to Huddy,
James Nugent, New Jerseys Demo
cratic leader, who is prscticing law
here, got in touch with Ellis, told
him to plead not guilty and give
bail for grand jury action. Court
records show that Ellis did this and
was held in $4,000 bail which was
furnished by j. l. Rush of East
Orange.
Case to Grand jury.
Judge Rawson said that as the
grand jury was busy it might take
several weeks before it could reach
a case of this sort.
Court records show that Ellis
gave his address as 511 Sixteenth
street, s. e. Washington d. c., and
his occupation as detective.
At the British-American War Vet
erans' association rooms in New
York, it was said that another man
by the same name was accused OF
thefts of clothing and war medals,
that Robertson had appeared at the
club and after being examined by
the men whose valuables were
stolen, was exonerated.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
GENERAL WI IS
ATTACKED anew
Chao I'll, Military Governor OF
HOnan, Starts HOsdiitles
Against Victorious Chinese

Hankow, China, May 7.-(By The
Associated Press.)-The Peking
Hankow railway north of Kwang-
shut has been cut, and it is reported
that Chao Tt, military governor OF
the province of Honan, has started
WI Pei Flu.
Fighting was proceeding today
at Sinyangchow, 100 miles north ol
here, and some occurred yesterday
at Cheng Chow.
The above dispatch would indi-
cate that WI Pei Flu, while success
full in his campaign against the
Manchurian general. Chang Tso
Lin, in the vicinity of Peking, Wa
being attacked from the south.
Cheng Chow, the northermost poin-
mentioned in the dispatch, is III
Honan province, about 400 miles
southwest of Peking.
Chao I'll has been governor Of
Bonan since 1916. He was born H.
1870, and educated in the Pei Vans
military academy.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
GET THREAT TO
BLOW UP SOFIA
U. S. LEGATION

Sofia, Bulgaria, May S.-(By
the Associated Press.)-A threat
to blow up the American lega-
ton here unless the United
States brings about the release
of Sacco and Vanzetti, tcommun-
lists under conviction for murder
in Massachusetts, has been re-
ceived at the legation.
The threat is contained in an
article in a clandestinely pub
lished anarchist newspaper,
which encased in red wrapper,
was sent to the American minis
ter, Charles s. Wilson.
'The second bomb will not
fall" the article says, referring
to the explosion of an Internal
machine at the legation on
March II. The building is being
watched day. and night by spe-
cial agents.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
BY MARGARET DALE,

Consolidated Press Correspondent.
Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Chicago, May S.-Happfly un-
aware of the discomforts of their
surroundings, four babies, varying
from six months to two years of
age, opened their eyes this morn
ing in a cell in the Cook county
Jail. Two other babies are expect
ed from Mr.. Stork in a few days.
Beside the four babies were the
mothers, arrested at the supper ia
BILE to fill an old sentence of con-
tempt of court incurred in March,
1919, when, as employees of the
American Cigar company, they vio-
lated an Injunction against picket
ing the plant They had thrown
pepper, it was claimed, in the eyes
of the workers and made threats
against these who refused to strike.
The sentences were from fifteen
to sixty days with fines, and the
babies were too young to leave be-
hind
Wrapped in blankets on the hard
Jail hunks, or held close in their
mothers arms, the babies blinked
Iunconcernedly at the feeble rays
of the bright spring sun which
filtered through the barred window
of the cell.
Annie, the eldest of the tiny pris-
oners, rolled to the floor and press
ed her chubby face curiously
against the bars of the cell. Her
mother, Mrs. Annie Buchart, 2S
years old. is afraid her next child
will be born before she has finish
! ed her fifty day sentence.
Philip, husky boy of Is months
wriggled his way across the flool
and shouted with glee, as he push.
ed his breakfast of mush and bread
through the little square holes il
the cell. wall. His mother, also. Is
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
MEN Beaten
WITH CLUBS
BY GUARDS
Prisoners Drop Flaming
Blankets to Ground
Floor; Wreck Bunks

Chicago, May S.-Ringleaders in
a riot in the Cook county jail last
night were taken from their cells
early today and whipped by War
dem Wesley Westbrook, and 80
guards, armed with clubs and
blackjacks, before the disturbance,
which lasted for more than four
hours, was stopped. The riot start
d because of an order limiting the
prisoners' right to receive visitors
10 once instead of twice a week.
The riot started on the fourth
tier. Flaming blankets set afire by
prisoners were dropped to the
ground floor. Dense smoke almost
suifocated many inmates. With
steel strips torn from their hunks,
the prisoners beat on the bars of
their cells, the bedlam being heard
for blocks. Crowds gathered at the
Jail entrance and police were called
to beat them away.
Lasts Four Hours.
Efforts of the guards to Quell the
riot, which began at $50 7. N. and
lasted until after midnight, failed,
until Warden Westbrook took
charge of the situation. Thirty
minutes later the Jail was quiet.
81 am sorry that L had to beat
the men," the warden said, after
the excitement had calmed down,
but they were destroying public
property. There was but one thing
to do, and that was to beat them.
had reasoned with them, explain
ing that the Jail was SO large We
could not give them as many yis-
ting days as formerly They re-
fused to obey, and there was moth
ing left to do but to hammer in the
fact that they were not to destroy
public property to gain their end
Blame S-Hard Boiled Guys"
The fourth tier prisoners are
men who are about to begin terms
in Joliet penitentiary and they are
Known as hard boiled guys"
The women's ward is just above
the fourth tier and close to the cen
ter of the disturbance. Four ba-
bes, who we're locked up when
their mothers and two other wom-
en- were committed last Thursday
on a contempt of court sentence
three years old, became hysterical
and jail physicians were called to
quiet them. One woman about to
become a mother was reported to
be suffering a severe nervous SHOCK
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
TEXAS NEGROES
SEEK REVENGE
Governor Orders Rangers to Fair
field. Where Uprising Of Blacks
Is Reported Imminent

Austin, Texas, May S.-Governor
Neff today ordered two detach-
ments of state rangers to be sent
Immediately to Fairfield, county
seat of Freestone county. to pre-
vent an uprising of negroes which
Sheriff W. NJ. Mayor of Freestone
county said was imminent. The
sheriff requested the rangers in a
message this morning. He said the
negroes in the county are threaten
ing to avenge the death of three
negroes who were burned at kir-
vim on Saturday morning for al
legged attack on a white girl.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08

St. Louis, Mo-, May 8.-(By the
Associated Press-)-Referrlns tn
United states Senator James A
keeu as a ''marpiot", former Pres
IuenJ Wilson, IN a letter 10 former
Governor Stephens, asked the de-
feat OF Missouri's senior senator to
redeem the reputation" OF the
Democratic party.
II was Mr. Wilson's third letter
on the race for the Democratic
nomination for United States SEN
ator between Mr.. Reed and Breck-
inridge Long, former third assist
ant secretary of state in the Wilson
administration.
The letter was in reply to one by
Mr.. Stephens, in which the former
governor referred to a letter the
tormer president recently wrote the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat, attack
ing Reed. Mr.. Reed replied to this
letter in which he questioned Mr.
Wilson's memory.
My Dear Governor Stephens:
Your letter of April 22 has
gratifed me. l am glad to be
sustained in my own judgment
of Reed by your own closer
knowledge of him, and / shall
hope and confidently expect to
see him repudiated by the
Democrats at the primaries.
Certainly Missouri cannot af-
ford to be represented by such
a marplot, and it might check
the enthusiasm of Democrats
throughout the country if their
comrades in Missouri should
not redeem their reputation of
the party by substituting for
Reed a man of the true breed
of Democratic principle. l am
sure your own great influence
will contribute to the desired
and expected redemption.
please accept assurance of
my entire confidence in the
: Missouri Democrats and believe
me, with best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON"
(Signed)
Reed Hits Wilson.
In a letter last week to John {
Higdon, a local lawyer, Mr.. Wilson
asked MI Higdon not to compli
cate the contest in Missouri by be
! coming a candidate for the nomi
nation"
Mr.. Long recently opened hi
campaign at Cape Girardeau AM
Mr.. Reed opened his Saturday a
Moberly. The primary is Aug. l..
In his opening campaign address
Senator Reed defended his cours
and asserted Mr.. Wilson was tn
''boy who is conducting the cam
paign in Missouri for the othe
side.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
YECCS GET
S125 FROM
COLA SAFE
Nitro Workers at Bottling
Plant Secure Days
Receipts.

Yeggs secured s125 from the safe
of the Coca-Cola Bottling works,
2434-2436 Third avenue, Saturday
night, after blowing the combina-
tion.
The robbery was not discovered
until yesterday morning at $3.50
Hofstetter, Sala apartments, enter
ed the Office for the first time since
the closing hour Saturday. Police
say the robbery must have taken
place between 10 and II O'Clock
Saturday night.
Entrance was made at a side
door, from which the lock had been
broken. Pieces Of fuse and soap
Uttered the Office. The safe COM
bination and door were shattered
by the nitro-glycerin which had
been used to break the door. The
police today were working on the
case, but had practically no clues.
Days Receipts
'The loss is about S125," said
Manager Hoffstetter today. 1T was
the amount of our Saturdays re-
ceipts.
Besides the money, cigar box
containing the sales slips for the
day was taken. 1t is probable that
the robbers will discard this as ii
is of no value to them. I wish that
anyone finding the box, or the sales
slips alone, would return it to this
Office, for the records it contains
are valuable to us"
Saturday nights safe looting was
the first in three months, the police
ending a series of such robberies
by the capture of a gang WORKING
on safe in the Rock Island FueI
company office.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
DANvILLE MAN
is SENTENCED

Danvil1e, lii, May S.-John F.
Corder, general yardmaster for the
Big Four railroad. was sentenced
to 40 years in the penitentiary by
a jury in circuit court yesterday
morning for the killing of Jane
Hardy, Nov. II of last year. Miss
Hardy died six days later
The trial occupied the attention
of the court all last week and went
to the jury late Saturday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
Will Give ROAD
PLEA TO SMALL
Committee Presents Petition Block
Long for Paving Between Gales
burg and Pennington.

Galesburg, ILL.,, May S.-A COM
mittee, having in charge the circu-
lation of a petition recently asking
Governor Small to use his infu-
ence with the state highway de-
partment to pave from Galesburg
to Pennington, to connect there
with a paved road to be construct
ed from Peoria to Pennington,
went to Springfield today to press
the petition to the highway depart
ment. The petition contains near
ly 1900 signatures and is nearly
a block long.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
FOREIGNERS
ASK CITIZENSHIP

Chicago, May S.-Nearly 1000
foreigners living in Chicago have
applied for naturalization papers in
the last 10 days, according to state
ments issued by Fred ]. Schlot-
feldt, chief of the federal bureau
of naturalization for Illinois, In
diana, Ohio and Michigan today.
The unusual record is believed
to have been caused by American
ization work Russia with 223 ap-
plicants heads the list by nations,
with Great Britain second and Can
ada, third.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
MANS JUGULAR
VEIN PUNCTURED,
BUT HE'LL LIVE

Dixon, ILL.,, May S.-Taylor
hand of Sterling is recovering
nom a punctured jugular vein
a the Dixon hospital and that
ae Is alive today is due entirely.
according 10 surgeons, to his
presence of mind. Driving his
aatomobile on the Lincoln high
way, east of Dixon, last night,
lee crashed into two cars which
aac collided and blocked the
pad, and was thrown through
sae windshield. Glass punctur-
ia his jugular vein, but Hand
matted his handkerchief, and
sosced it into the cash in his
seck and was rushed to the hos
.ltai by motorists. The attend
ls surgeon predicts he will re-
cover.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
WILLIE DALTON
Goes ON TRIAL

Chicago, May S.-Willie Dalton,
f-year-old high school student,
who turned bank robber while
working as a messenger for the
Northern Trusts company, appeared
before Judge Philip L. Sullivan in
the criminal court for trial today.
The youth has had several con-
dnuances for various causes. He
ran away with s772,000 worth Of
Liberty bonds. bought an automo-
bile and was arrested two days
later, near Heyworth. Ill.
The trial was continued until
Nay l5.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
TORNADO KILLS
| IN OKLAHOMA

Ponca City, Okla, May S.-One
man was killed early today when
a tornado struck CERES, IA miles
southwest of here. The Christian
church was demolished and much
damage was done to other build
ings in the town. Several persons
are reported injured. A heavy
downpour of rain accompanied the
Storm
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
HANGS SELF IN OLD
HOME OF THOMPSON

Chicago, May S.-John Kleinman,
Il, despondent because of i'll
health, hanged himself late yester-
cay in the Thompson one-time man
son, where Mayor William Hale
thompson spent his boyhood days.
he building is now a tumbied-
aown rooming house. The pro
pnetor said Kleinman had lived
nere for five years.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
TO ASkI0AN OF
LIBERTY BELL

Chicago, May S.-School children
of Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Mis-
souri,, Wisconsin, Indiana and Mich
igan, will be asked to sign a petit
ton asking the mayors of Phila-
delphia to loan to Chicago the Lib
erty Bell for exhibition at the PaS-
cant of Progress. to be held here
on July % to Aug. IA. The petition
was placed in the schools today.