davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
VET TELLS HOW
JEFF DAVIS WAS
CAPTUREDN '65
Denies Confederate
President Wore
Female Attire.

Spencer, Ohio, May 10.-Fffty-
seven years ago today Jefferson
Davis, president of the Confeder-
ate States was taken prisoner by
the Fourth Michigan cavalry in an
early morning surprise near Ir-
winville, Ga.
Today, Thomas Miles Hunter. 79-
year-old veteran of 73 Civil war
engagements, sat in an old arm
chair on the front porch OF his
country home two miles from here
and recounted "reminiscences OF
that tragic period.
The president of the Confeder
acy was not attired in feminine ap-
parel when the Michigan troopers
surrounded his little encampment,
Veteran Hunter asserts, historical
statements to the contrary notwith
standing.
MAN Sure Enough"
He wore a gentleman's morning
robe over his regular Clothes" the
aged soldier said. "On his head
was an old striped bonnet He did
not have on any woman's belong
/ ings. There was not even any
strings on his bonnet. He was a
man sure enough"
| The Michigan troopers, 419 of
them, with ten officers, were pre-
pairing to rest after three days and
nights of marching from Macon,
Soldier Hunter said, when they
espied a little camp secluded
amidst a cluster of sapings. An
| advance guard was sent on, few
shots fired, the entire regiment
swooped down and the camp was
taken.
jefferson Davis, his wife and
four children, John H. Regan, his
postmaster general; a staff OF
aides, servants and some others
were found.
Made Davis Mad.
"I am the man you are looking
for" the veteran quoted Mr.. Davis
I'VE all surrounded him." Mr.
Hunter continued. Colonel Pritch
ard did the talking for US. VIZ
were all happy and wanted to eel
ebrate. That made Davis mad ane
he said, You fellows think you are
smart to capture a camp Of wo
men and children. Well you ar
, not. This is vandalism"
"The camp was guarded closel,
, that, night. and once the Confed
: crate president left his tent AM
r attempted to walk away only to b
+ betrayed by his suprs as he trlppe'
lover log" Hunter said.
We took him to Macon two day
: ater," Hunter said. Then % me
escorted him to Washington an
surrendered him to Major-Genera
' Miles"
Mr.. Hunter said the men OF hi
regiment were given a $500 bonu
2 for the capture, it being awarde
/ in 1868 and finally paid 10 year
q later.
= Aside from Hunter, Henry WING
sor of Wayne, Michigan, is said
q be the only survivor of the co
- umn which surrounded the DaVl
O camp.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
BY JAMES r. RECORD.
Press Correspondent

Consolidated Press correspondent.
Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Fort Worth, Texas, May 10.-If
Alec Robertson hadn't been a good
wrestler and athlete he might not
now be attracting national, even
international, attention as the hero
in the romance with the daughter
of United States Senator Charles A.
Culberson in Washington. His
friendships, made here, and which
led to his introduction to the sena-
tors daughter, dated from his ap-
pearance in a state amateur wrest-
ling tournament in this city in
1920.
Young Robertson, fresh from his
hardships and exploits with the
British army, still suffering from
| his World war wounds, arrived in
Fort worth three years ago wher
| the city was the mecca for adven-
| turers, plungers and spectators
generally, all attracted by the OF
strike He entered the wrestling
tournament, distinguished himself
more or less by his prOwess, anC
formed the acquaintanceship @
prominent young men
Known as "Sc0tty."
Among these was Hope Root, sol
of Mr.. and Mrs. R S. Root, residing
in the exclusive section of the city
Hope soon had Robertson at hi
home as guest. He was bes
known as "Scotty" Robertson AM
soon was most popular in the Rive
Crest and Meadow Mere Countr.
clubs. Other well known For
Worth residents became interests
in him and through their infiuenc
the young boy veteran was sent t
the University of Texas, where b
met Miss Mary Culberson, also
ctudent there but who later wa
sent to Washington by her par
entS.
Dexter Scurlock Of William ave
nue. and Ryan place has entertain
ed Robertson at his home man
times, his brothers, Nelson an
Frank, being fellow students.
i "I have only the highest prais
for 'Scotty' Robertson" said Scul
: lock today. He and Hope Roc
= have been my guests many time
= l found 'Scotty' delightfully."- hor
lest man Of the highest principles
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
BONUS BILL
FACES VETO
BY HARDING
More Than Two Thirds
Majority Will Make 1t
Law, However.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

copyright, 1922, by The Argus)
Washington, D. c., May 10
President Harding will veto the
bonus bill if it comes to him ID
its present form, which seems GER
tain now. as the American Legion
leaders have expressed themselves
as opposed to the plan suggested
by Senator Smoot and In favor OF
Senator McCumber's proposals
which are in line with the mouse
bill.
Should Mr.. Harding veto the
measure, the chances are II Will
become law anyway as there are
more than the necessary Two
thirds votes available in the house,
and the senate vote, while close, Will
he sufficient to enact the bill.
! There may be a change, of course
by the time the bill comes up Tor a
| final vote following the veto, but
! if the president were to send sucn
a message tomorrow and the vote
! were to be taken Immediately
thereafter the measure would be-
come law over the veto.
Fight After Veto.
! Enough members of the senate
have committed themselves to the
bonus by public speeches or prl-
vate letters to insure majority
Realizing that the real hght may
come after the veto, the propon-
ents of the bonus are busy trying
to line up more strength for the
initial vote. II they can comm
enough members of the senate the
first time they will have little dill
ficulty after the veto as 1t rarei!
happens that votes are changet
after a veto message.
The president, nevertheless, VII
attempt to swing public opinion II
: his direction with the letter he Il
writing to Senator McCumoer
chairman of the finance committee
He will have another opportunlt.
when the veto measure is written
Mr.. Harding hopes that the It'd
will turn in favor of postponemen
of the bonus payments until gov
ernment finances are in better con
dition. He wiA1pnot oppose the bo
5 nus in principle. He feels commit
tied to that because of his campaig
pledge. But he insists that
should wait.
Favor McCumber Plan.
Canvass of the senate by men
hers of the American Legion show
however, that the presidents pie
will not be needed by enough SCI
ators to postpone the bonus Nine
teen senators have lined up DEF
nitely and answered mo" to ii
American Legion's canvass, viii
56 senators have said yes. TweI
=
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
new RULES AID
wheat FARMER
Department of Agriculture An
nounces Changes in Rules Gov
erniRg Grain Inspection.

Washington, May 10.-Plans for
putting into effect the revised rules
governing licensed grain inspec-
tors. Inauguration of a new grain
market, news service, and know
YOUR own wheat" campaign among
farmers in the spring wheat area,
were announced today by the de-
partment of agriculture.
The changes in the inspection
rules. it was explained, were de-
signed to meet requirements in the
northwest without establishing new
grades. They provide for report
ing, in addition to the actual trade,
those factors which determine the
grade in the spring wheat classes.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
ROCKFORD FARE
HEARING OPENS
witnesses of Company Are Called
i'm Effort to Prove Eight Cents
Lowest Reasonable Rate.

Chicago, May 10.-The hearing
of the case of the City of Rock
ford against the Rockford Traction
company was resumed this morn
ing before Assistant Commissioner
Paul ]. Kuhn, when witnesses of
the company were again called to
the stand in an effort to show that
the eight-cent fare. now charged, is
the lowest rate that may be reas-
onably fixed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
TWELVE ARE
TAKEN FROM
465 CALLED
Mortimer to Make Open
ing Statement at 10
A. M. Thursday.

Waukegan. Ill, May TO-
By the Associated Press.)-
The Jury TO try Governor Len
small on charges of conspir-
ing with Lieutenant-GOvernOr
Fred E. Sterling, the late Sen
ator Edward c. Curtis, aud
Vernon Curtis, a Grant Park
, GI.) banker, to embeZzle state
funds, was completed at $3.50
. O'clock this afternoon.
The complete jury includes:
Alexander Smith, farm Ia
b0rer.
George Martin, grain elevator
foreman.
william Barnard, landscape
gardener.
J. b. Field. taxi driver.
Frank ReardOn, steel and
wire emplOye.
W. c. RepkOw, substitute
postal clerk.
Ralph Peterson, hospital
fireman.
George Beckman, bricklayer.
Lawrence Buss, labOrer.
August Larsen. a gardener:
John E. Larsen, a retired
farmer.
Hans johnson, a steel mill
worker.
c. Fred Mortimer, states at
tOrney of SangamOn county,
Will make the opening state
ment tomorrow morning at 10
O'clock.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
BIG TIM is
CAUGHT IN
POLICE net
Twenty Two Other Lead
ers Arrested on
Chiefs Orders.

Chicago, May 10.-Orders
for the immediate arrest of
three of Chicago's biggest
labor leaders were issued to-
day by Chief of P olic c e
Charles Fitzmorris, after he
had questioned more than a
score of union workers taken
into custody in connection
with the b o m b in g S and
shootings early today which
resulted in the death of two
policemen and the serious IN
jury of a third.
'sBig Tim" Murphy, out or
bail after being found guilty
of participation in a S4oO,'
900 mail robbery, Fred Mad
er, president of the building
trades, and Cornelius Shea
president of the teamsters
union, were the three ord
cred arrested.
The chiefs orders wer'
Immediately carried out b,
a raid on the building trade
labor headquarters and tn
three named and other lead
ers taken into custody. Al
the records were seized.
Among the % members and oi
ficials arrested during the mornln
/ was John Rafferty,, associated VIII
? implication in the Dearborn Static
mail robbery with Murphy, and
s intimate friend of the latter's.
e Rafferty, was identified by WI
nesses as a member OF a squs
e which bombed buildings early L
day and which is believed to ha'
killed the policemen.
FitzmOrris Flags "HOOdlumS.
Chief of Police FitZmorris,
ordering the arrest of Murpn
Nader and Shea, issued the tolloN
7 ing statement:
7 1.-The slaughter OF the two poll
officers while they were on duty
an inevitable result of tactics Ell
S ployed by Murphy, Nader and She
and the other hoodlums and e
convicts, who have been goil
about as leaders of labor. Nc
that they want war with the poll
they shall have it. They are
guilty of the murder of these poilc
men. killed last night, as were t
anarchists of the police killing
the Haymarket riot.
"They no more represent he
! est organized labor than the a
archists did. Labor does not ne
them and the police departme
will not have them around.
Chief FTtzmorris announced al
o'clock that every important OF
cial in the building trades cont
versy was under arrest
Says Gunmen Rule City.
Judge Kickham Scanlon,
charging the sitting grand jury,
+ clared that labor in Chicago v
ruled by gunner, thugs and
IF conyicts. He called on the city
I'd rid itself of them or become
OF race of yellow men"
IN Bombings during the last y
ro have become so frequent that Il
er no longer attract much attenti
A. unless accompanied my other '
is lences. Numerous laborers, v
ch have attempted to return to W
a. under the Lands award, which '
D. rejected by the trades unions a.
St they agreed to accept it, have b
in slugged
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
DENIES CROATS
FORM REPUBLIC
Serbian Delegation Tells League of
Nations That Report in Rome
Newspaper Is Untrue.

Geneva, May 10.-(By the Asso-
ciated Presa)-The Serbian delega-
ton here today informed the
League of Nations that report re-
ceived by a Rome newspaper yes
terday from Bari, an Italian Adri-
attic seaport, to the effect that the
Croatians had established an in
dependent republic in northern
Jugo-Slavia was unfounded
The legation said the separatist
movement among the croats was a
minor affair and was not likely to
gain headway.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
TEXAS FRIENDS
VOICE PRAISES
OF ROBERTSON
Call Miss CuIberson's S
Suifor delightful
Ly Honest.'

Washington, May 10-Brit-
ish embassy officials, after a
final conference with Alexan-
der E. Robertson, British war
veteran and suitOr Of Miss
Mary CuIbersOn, daughter of
Senator CulbersOn of Texas,
declared action of the embassy
on RObertsOn'S charges of Kid
naping by private detectives
would amount merely to watch
ing court procedure which
Robertson has instituted.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
BOMBS ARE
THROWN in
BUILDINGS
One Policeman Wounded;
All Killers Make
Escape.

Chicago, May 10.-Two
policemen were shot and
killed, another wounded and
two buildings bombed early
today in disorders police at
tributed to labor warfare.
The shootings were followed
by a running pistol fight IN
which the killers eluded
police.
Charles C. Fitzmorris,
chief of police, Immediately
ordered every policeman on
duty and directed that all
labor leaders of whatsoever
calibre be brought in
81 have ordered detention
of everyone who may have
any information of the work
ings of labor attacks" he
said.
The dead are:
TERENCE LYONS, 30, act
i ing lieutenant.
: THOMAS CLARKE, 80,
{ patrolman.
The wounded man is Pa
trolman Albert Moeller.
r Blame Landis Award
: Although the killings and bomb
: ings were in different parts of the
e city. police believe they were di-
S rected by a single band, desiring to
" exnress resentment at enforcement
d of the Lands award, a decision
r handed down by former Judge X M
'r Lands, acting as Arbitrator IN long
lie drawn out dispute between mem
bers of the building trades council
'e and contractors.
le The buildings bombed were the
II garages of Tyler and Hippach' and
lie the Henneberry printing plant
Id Patrolman Clark, who was guard
ing a building previously bombed
10 and under police protection was
E. notified of the garage bombing aho
IS a few minutes later taxi driver
lie notified police that three men were
re lighting with Clarke.
|
G. wounded. He had been sho
r through the head and died on tn
way to the hospital Police beleV
iClarke was killed by men who OF
Monday night shOwered the bus
ing with bricks and escaped in a.
automobile.
Men in Car Kil Lyons
Later Lieutenant Lyons, seeing
/ car speeding past trafnc corhe
@ commanded it TO halt The occupant
answered with a volley OF shot
which killed Lieutenant Lyons an
on commanded it to halt The oCcl
pants answered with volley
shots which killed Lieutenant LyoI
and wounded Patrolman Moeller.
Police believe that the bomb e
< nIoded in the Henneberry prlntlI
| nlant was intended for new bult
ing nearby, which is being erect
. nv that company under the Land
= wage award. One hundred uni,
nrinters were at work when Z
9 bomb exploded, but none was !
jured.
The bomb at the garage "
MIC thrown through a window IN |
eiY rear of the building and expIod
; of on the cement floor.
-o- Since the labor war began inc
to sands of dollars worth of proper
No has been destroyed and scores
oF persons injured
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
1913 Days Consumed.

Selection of the jury consumed
1Olb actual court days. Seven
venires, totaling 465 men, were
called and 18S actually examined.
Mr.. LeForgee' proposed that con-
troverted propositions of law be
threshed out Immediately to estab-
nsh we'll defined theory upon
which the case would be tried. rms
uroposaI included the motion Ior
a ruling on the constitutlonallty OF
the 1908 treasury law. :,
When Judge Edwards denied all
the defense motions, the jury was
brought back.
Waukegan, Ill, May 10.-(By
The Associated Press.)-Resump-
ton of the trial of Governor Len
Small this morning was postponed
until l o'clock this afternoon. Inc
delav was taken on the advice o.
Judge Clair C. Edwards physician
who recommended that the judge
rest another day in order fuIly u
recover from the infection IN one
arm. The court compromised o!
taking a half day off.
Before court met in the after
noon, it was rumored the detens'
would ask to reopen the case o
Charles Melville, of Highland Park
in an effort to recover the per
emptory challenge used to get hin
out of the box after he had beei
sworn in.
Reopen Melville Incident.
The defense contends Melvill
should have been discharged 10
cause by the court after the gov
ernor's lawyers produce an am
dayit charging he had talked aDou
the case in the jury room. IN
state has been conducting a qule
Investigation of the Melville inc
dent, according to reports, and
the affair is reopened it is under
stood that c. Fred Mortimer, state
attorney of Sangamon county, WI
/ demand that Melville and othe
4 discharged jurors who were in th
loom on the night in question, Q
recalled and placed on the stand.
The Il men who have been col
1 fined on the jury since court r.
4 eessed last Friday are beglnnln
10 grow restless. This morning the
relieved their pent-up spirits
moving the court house lawn an
cleaning the court house scree
Doors OF the accumulated dust OF
winters storage.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
BOOSTS PRICE
OF GAS | CENT
Standard Oil Company Announces
Increase on Gasoline to 70
Cents a Gallon.

New York, May 10.-The Stand
ard Oil company of New Jersey to-
day announced an increase OF one
cent a gallon in the price OF gaso-
line. The new price is 26 cents.
Similar advances were announc-
cd earlier in the week by the Sin
clair Consolidated Oil corporation
the Texas company. and other in
dependents.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
UNTITLED STEEL
ORDERS INCREASE

New York, May 10-The monthly
tonnage report of the United States
Steel corporation, made public to-
DAY showed 5,096,917 tons of nm
hiled orders on hand April 30. This
IS an increase from March's untlil-
Cd orders, which totaled 4,494 ,14S-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
IRISH EFFORTS
FOR PEACE FAIL

Dublin, ireland, May 10-tBy the
Associated Press)-The peace com
mittee Of the Dali Eireann, whlca
has been making efforts TO IND
ground on which the factions in
ireland could unite, has failed 10
reach a basis for settlement, it was
ofhcially announced this afternoon
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
DANvILLE, DECATUR
ADDED TO THREE ]

Auburn, n. Y. May 10.-Secre-
tary John H Farrell, of the Natlon-
al Association of Professional
Baseball leagues, today announced
that the territory of Danville, and
Decatur, Illinois, has been added
to the Three-Eye league.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
TRATNMEN HEAR
BEN HOOPER AT
TORONTO MEET
Exact Justice Is Aim
of Rail Board, He
Asserts.
BULLETIN.


United Mine Workers of Amer
lea. each month during the
continuance of their strike,
was made from the floor and
placed in the hands OF special
committee for consideration
and report before the final ac-
ton of the delegates to the
convention of the Firemen and
Enginemen, it was learned
learned today.
Toronto, May 10.-Combined COM
mon sense and justice to all per
sons concerned in railroad LABOR
disputes will be the means OF
solution of every problem affect
ing the relations of railroads and
their employees, Ben W. Hooper,
chairman OF the United States rail-
road labor board, said today be-
fore members of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, in trlennlai
convention.
II am increasingly impressed
with the dominant Importance OF
the human element in all labor
controversies. he said. There
can in reality be no such thing a<
conflict between capital and Ia
Dor. Capital is only the accumu'
lated results of labor. The capita
/ of today is the labor of yesterday
| There may be controversy be
tween the man who furnished thu
labor of yesterday and the maj
who contributes the labor of today
| This is merely a contest betWeel
man and man, and not between tn
laboring man and some giganti
ogre, as the soap-box orator so OBJ
viously explains.
Need Labor and Capital.
LAS l sit upon the railroad laoo
board I see before me men ANNA
ted by the selfish interests OF hu
man nature. On the one hand ar
the men who represent the owner
of the labor of yesterday, and no
typified by dollars, trackage an
general equipment. On the otn'
hand is the living, pulsating labt
of today. Both are essential to Il
= efficient operation of railroads.
: The only thing for which y
can reasonably hope is that, as Il
years go by, the benetcent splr
/ of Christianity will soften Il
=. hearts of men into a finer al
deeper sense of brotherhood.
"A railroad organization can
a itself no greater wrong than to b
: come so engrossed in the pursui
of it's own ends as to forget Il
rights of the employe and igno
=. the interests of the public The o
o iect of our organization is to
? cure all that belongs to the labo
. ing men and no more"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
BABY FALLS IN
TUB, BROWNS

Sterling. ILL.,, May 1o.-Maurice.
saine-months-old son of Mr.. and
mrs. Leonard Knox, farmers re-
salng west of here, fell into tub
y y Water on the rear porch at the
1rn home, and was drowned.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
JUDGE PROBES
CONTEMPT CASE
Sullivan Starts Own Investigation
In Case OF Six Women Pardon
ed by Governor Small

Chicago, May 10.-The six
women held in the county Jail
on contempt of court charges
despite the fact that they were
pardoned by Governor Len
Small. today were ordered re-
leased by Judge Sullivan or
the superior court
Chicago, May 10. - Judge Denis
E. Sullivan today ordered the sl2
women, held in Jail for contempt OF
court despite the fact that Cover
nor Small had pardoned them, to
be brought before him. He said ne
would conduct an investigation o.
his own, to determine what course
could be pursued legally.
Judge Sullivan's action was TAX
en- on his own initiative.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
uACOMR BANKER DIES.

Macomb, III, May 10. ALBEIT
Eads, so, for many years president
of the Union National bank here,
and prominent in Republican poll
tics. died at his home here last
night
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10
SEE END OF COAL STRIKE.

New York. May 10.-Coal opera
tors predicted the strike in the Bit
luminous industry would be smash
ed before July l.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-10

CONTINUED On Last Page.)
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-01
MAKING TEST WITH PEANUTS
Government Farm at Heltsvliie Ex-
perimenting With Coolers az
Feed for Hogs.

Is a soft, oily fat on a hog, produced
by feeding peanuts, a characteristic
that can be inherited and that will
persist regardless OF the nature Of the
ration fed the offspring? That Is one
of the interesting questions to be In
y~estigated by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture at the expert
ment farm at Beltsville, Md. Both the
bacon and lard types will be used.
the former TO be represented at the
start by 4 Tamworth gifts and the
latter by 1 Poland-C China gifts.
From weaving time until their first
filters are weaned these eight gifts
Will be grown and fed on a peanut
ration. From the time of weaving
their pigs Will be fed on some harden
ing ration. such as corr and tankage,
and will be compared with IA check
lot of pigs whose dams were fed on
hardening feeds instead of peanuts
during their development and gesta-
ton periods. When the pigs have been
grown out and finished, some Of each
lot win be slaughtered to determine
whether there is any difference In the
%carcasses; that is. If the peanut ration
fed to the mothers has made 1t more
difficult to put n hard flesh on the of
spring with corn.