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The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
Production Is Restricted to Keep Up Prices, Union Leader Says, Urging U. s. Probe.
NEEDS REORGANIZATION
General Walkout Hits Steel Business Hard and Is Causing Much Trouble Everywhere.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The coal production industry, which only gives the miners a hundred days of work yearly, requires reorganization to safeguard the public and prevent strikes" today declared John Brophy, president of the Pennsylvania district of the United Mine Workers. He was a witness before the House Labor Commission.
 Pleading for an impartial investiga- tion by the government of the whole coal situation, MT. Brophy declared the uncertainty as to employment and the inadequacy of the earnings of the miners were the causes of the gen. eral strike, and that production was restricted to keep up the prices.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
Silver Bonanza Field to Be Scene of New Building Activities as Soon as Possible.
TRAFFIC GOES ON WHEELS
Jim'' Fairbzorn Is Sent to May to Supervise Railway Business - Many Rushing in.

DAWSON, Y. T., April 7.-The big spring thaw is on in the Yukon. The last White Horse sleigh-stage left Wednesday.
 Until the belated opening of nav igation, the Teritory's increasing trat- fife must go on wheels. Lumber and building materials will go to Mayo in immense quantities this spring. Wharves, warehouses, stores and res- idences will be built in the silver bonanza district as soon as the weather permist.
 James Fairborn, former General Agent of the White Pass Company at Fairbanks, has been appointed to the same position at Mayo and well assume his duties there at once.
 Some remarkable development is forecast for the summer.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
R0b1DiUa Of Priceless JeWels
 x** *** *** 1W0 *Flappers' Turn c Trick

c AN JUAN DE CAPISTRANO, Cal, April 7-Madame
 Galli Curc, the famous grand opera star robbed O here today of jewels valued at than $450OO The goenv6ced diva is ncosoabe and pleads for the cry of My precious jewels"
 The robbery very simply performed. Two girls of the fapper' type 'spotting the ewecase in the hands of Madame Cali Curci's chief maid she entered the rest of ca followed the msuspectng maid and when she laid the iewecase down for moment of them snatched it up and they fled They gone before the maid could make outc1y.
 Police patrols are watching all the roads to Santa Ana San Diego and Los Angeles countless and also all coast route trains
 It was not the intrsc value of the jewels which was orized so highly by Madame Gai Curci but their sacred memories and associaons being priceless herooms
 The police gave to the diva that the should be recovered if they have to comb 'a California; They -oM SunoG oM oTl 10 Al4uop! ol 17AoMo '7no oAe men, who dressed in the height of style and seemed to be 'Fat home''
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
By Spending g Millions Yearly America Can Keep Flag Afloat, Is Word to Congress. PROFITS TO BE INDIRECT
All Governments Doing This on Great Scale and It is Only Way to Meet Opponents.

WASHINGTON, April '. The permanent establishment of a pri- vately owned merchant marine, cap- able of meeting foreign competition with any hope of success, requires. Government aid on the plan proposed by President Harding in behalf of the Shipping Board, and the work ing out of his plan will necessitate a maximum Treasury outlay of $52,OOO,O0O annually, Chairman Las ker of the board today told the Sen ate and House committees which are considering the ship subsidy plan. Chairman Lasker said that while the prospective outlay seemed large, the returns would be commensurate with the investment, because enorm- ous profits would come directly to the American industries.
 The prime need of the country, he said, is to make the people of the in- terior States realize that their pros perity now depends absolutely upon | American success in world trade, in finding a market for the twenty per cent of the industrial products which represent the difference between pro- duction and home consumption. To do this, he said, the Government must subsidize the ships.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
CALL BACK UNION MEN

GLE BLUM, Wash, April 7.-The Northwest Improvement Company, the largest coal operators in Eastern Washington, today decided to call back the union maintenance men, free bosses and superintendents to keep the pump going in the mines.
 The operators and union officials will meet again at Seattle Saturday, when, it is believed, the whole trouble will be settled.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
SEE POLITICAL !. SCHEME IN NEW us. JUDCESHlP
Appointed Mostly in States Where 1ogas
 Are at Stake.

WASHINGTON, April 7.-Disposing of the amendments to the bill auth orizing a score of new federal judges, the Senate today adopted the amend ment of Frelinguysen of New Jersey providing for another judge in New Jersey Opponents of the bill declare this is clearly a political move; that the new judges are appointed, with only four exceptions, in States where senatorial contests are on.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
COLONEL SHOT BY DAY WHILE
 L0OKINCAWAY.
X-Ray Photographs of Oklahoma Tragedy
 Reveal Truth.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, April '. photographs today revealed the fact that Colonel Paul Beck, who was shot and killed by Judge Jean P. Day, was shot when he was not look ing at Day, County Attorney Hughes announced.
 Days lawyer previously had said that he Day) had fired when the of ficer lifted his fist as if to strike.
 Day claims that he found Colonel Beck insulting his wife, and Mrs. Day corroborated this statement.
 The X-ray photographs have caused a new sensation.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
TOO MUCH LAWMAkING

PHOENIX, Aris, April 7.-Buried under an avalanche of bills propos- ing new legislation for irrigation dis tricts within Arizona, members of the state legislature, now in special session here, heartily applauded the appearance of ''josh'' bill propos- ing to make further irrigation pro- posals 'felonies," or "captial offens- es" punishable by drowning. The measure was referred to the game warden.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
MRS. OBENCHAIN'S HALF
 SISTER IN LIMELIGHT
Charged With Theft of $240 From Man in
 Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, April 7. Miss Gladys Smart, half-sister of Made lynne Obenchain, the alleged murder ess of her sweetheart, John Belton Kennedy, who is in jail was arrested late last evening on grand larceny charge, made by P. w. Douglas, who declared that the girl was smart enough to take $24O in currency from him.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
MILLIONS LOST
 IN NWILDCAT0IL
 ST0CKSWINDLE
IS Secret Indictments Found Against Get
 Rich Quickly Men.

BOSTON, April "A gigantic oil fraud, involving the loss of millions of dollars of credulous investors money, was disclosed here today, when eighten secret indictments naming men high in financial circles in New York, Boston and HoIyoke (Mass.), were made public.
 The officers of the Petroleum Corporation of America, it is all legged, advertised that it's capi- taliation was $eO,Ooo,O00, and the Standard Oil Company was interested in it's success.
 The investigation is going further. Sensations are expected when the detailed charges in the indictments are revealed.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
ENJOIN STRIKERS

CHARLESTON, w. Va, April T. An injunction was issued today by the Federal Court of the southeast Virginia district restraining the mine workers in District IF from further efforts to organize the non-union fields in Mingo county. The papers were served on Frank Keeney, pres ident of the district, who made the announcement.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
5000 MEN COME
 NORTH FOR FISH
Libby McNeil Plants Are Getting Under Way
 for Big Season.

SEATTLE, April 7.-The move ment of more than 5000 men to the Libby and McNeilI packing plants in Alaska is under way to- day. The Libby Maine left yes- terday for kenai. The barque George Curtis will sail next Mon- nesday for Nushagak. The w. B. Flint will sail April IS for Ekuk, the Abner Coburn on the 18th for Egeg;k. and the Oriental on the 2Oth for Libbyville. A prosper ous season for all is forecast.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
BOURBON CHIEFTAIN
 STRIKES AT C. 0. P.
Cordell Hull Ayers That Republicans Fail to
 Grasp Situation.

S OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, April '. -The Republican Administration has thus far failed wholly to grasp the fundamentals of the postwar condi- tions and remedies" Cordell Hull, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, declared here today in his first address on a speaking tour which will take hin to the Pacific Coast.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
SEES "SMOkE SCREEN"

WASHINGTON, April z. - T. H. Watkins, spokesman for the Penns- ylvania coal producers today told the House Labor Committee that the United Mine Workers was setting up a smoke-screen' in charging the operators with a breach of contract He said the union itself was backing the contract because it refused to meet the operators in the producing districts outside of Ohio, Illinois, h. diana and Western Pennsylvania to fix the scale.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
MINES BUREAU CHIEF
 COMING TO ALASKA TO
 INSPECT COAL MINES
Dr. Bain Sails From Seattle May 1 and
 Stays 2 Months.

WASHINGTON, April 7. - pr. Bain, Director of the United States Bureau of Mines, will sail from Seattle on May i to investigate the naval coal reservations In Alaska. He plans to pass about two months in the Northland. His Itinerary includes Anchorage, Sew ard, Nome, Fairbanks, Chitin1, Gordova and katalla.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07

DEEP PARK, Wash, April 7-The young woman with a violin throat" describes Mrs. Lala Benson, who for several months has been puzzling theatre fans with her imitation of 8 violin. Her violin" voice has a range from G. below middle c. to the third B flat above middle c.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
WOMAN ACQUITTED FOR
 KILLING PROMINENT MAN
Victim Highly Placed Cincinnati Lawyer and
 Public Official.

NEW YORK, April Miss Olivia M. P. Stone, who, on August 5, 1921, shot and killed Ellis c. Kinkead, a prominent lawyer and former Corpor- ation Counsel of the City of Cincin- natl, O., was acquitted today by a jury in the Brooklyn Superior court.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
CANCEL STEEL ORDER

YOUNGSTOWN, O., April Fur, ther disastrous effects of the coal strike was felt today, when the Re, publis Iron and Steel Company can celed an order for the resumption of operations of the big Bessemer plant
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
CROWD THROWING STONES

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., April '. - The first disturbances in the New Mexico coal field occurred today at Mentmor, where a crowd of men and women bombarded the non-union mine workers with stones.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
SHIPS COLLIDE IN AIR,
 PARIS-LONDON SPECIAL

PARIS, April 7.-Six persons were killed when the Paris and London aerial express ships collided 70 miles north of here last night.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
TORNADO HITS IN IOWA

DIES MONIES, April 7. - One man dead and thousands of dollars in prop erty damage is the toll of tornado which swept farming district two miles northeast of here last night.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07
MAJOR BREckILL DIES

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, April Ma jor Frederick J. Breckhill, national commander-in-chief of the Naval and Military Order, passed away here to- day.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07

because of strike conditions in the Fayette coal fields. The postpone ment of the resumption of three blast furnaces also was announced. Thous- ands of men are idle, in consequence
The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-07

Be at the Game Club meeting at 7:so and the Legion assembly at s:3o this evening.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15
PERT FRENCH COP
ARRESTS BRIAND
< ON SUSPICION

Rouen, France. Aug. 15.-(By
the Associated Press. Police
headquarters here, following an
epidemic Of petty chicken coop
thefts, recently sent out instruc-
tions for all the commissaries of
this district to be on the lookout
for suspicious characters and to
demand their papers Of identity.
A young ambitious gendarme re-
Gently appointed, hailed a pc
destrian along the high road to-
day who was not SO armed.
The gendarme escorted his
prisoner to the nearest police
station two miles west Of here
for further examination.
"You made a wonderful cap
ture," the prisoner told the
youthful officer. You are Ger
tain to receive a lot of credit
for this arrest"
On arriving at the station
house the prisoner was allowed
to telephone to the public prose
cutor here, who ordered his i'm
mediate release. He proved tC
be one Aristide BRAND, seven
times premier of France, who
headed the French delegation tt
the Washington conference last
November. He had forgotten
his Identity papers and was go
ing fishing a few miles from hi.
summer home in a nearby vii
lage.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15
SHOPMEN HEAD
UNDER ARREST
]. ], O'Brien, Bloomington, Charged
With Threatening c. & A.
Workers.

Springfield, Ill, Aug. 15.-J. J.
O,Brien, Of Bloomington, chairman
OF the Federated Shopcrafts men
on the Chicago &, Alton system.
was brought to Springfield this
morning by federal officers, and
formally charged with threatening
workers in the railroad shops at
Bloomington, in violation OF the
granted the c. & A. soon
after the strike started. .
It is charged that OBrien, in
comnaniy with two other striking
shopmen in Bloomington, accosted
paul Kingston and c. A. Wolfe and
thseatened to get" them. Afiidavits
hy those two men were presented
in in cpurt o'Brien gave $1,000 bond
and was released pending arra1gn-
ment before Federal Judge F1tz'
Henry.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15
FRENCH DEFEND
THEIR STAND AT
LONDON PARLEY
Flay German Scheme
for Economic
Victory.

Paris. Aug. 15.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press. )-The French delega-
tion to allied conference in London,
in. a long statement tosthe Aavas
Agency, defines its position at the
breakup Of the meeting, affirms
that the delegation showed pa
tience and moderation throughout
and declares that Germany is per-
severing in policy calculated to
make Europe believe she is in a
state of bankruptcy.
Germany's plan of action. the
statement said, explained the sys-
tematic depreciation of her cur
rency. She was certaiQ to ruin
her own credit in the operation, but
counted on the allies being forced
to favor an International loan, and
thus restore her credit. She hoped
that the first credit operation fol
her would be made possible ,withou,
coercion or pledges, and if ths
operation produced twenty billior
marks for reparations, she would
consider she had paid enough.
Would Outwit Allies.
Her Situation then would be bet
ter than that of the victorious al
lies, since she would have only ;
small foreign debt and her indus
try would be in full activity. Thu
she would resume in Europe ant
the world, at the expense OF the al
lies, the economic hegemony wrest
ed from her by the four years o
war.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15
3 HONOR men
ESCAPE JOLIET
Authorities Search for Trio Who
Walked Away From Prison
Farm Last Night.

Joliet, ILL.,, Aug. 15.-Prison Of
ficials here are conducting a state
wide search today for three honor
convicts at the state prison farm
who walked away last night.
The men were Leon G. Oberton,
Al, of Cook county, serving a SEN
tence of life for murder; Fred Bur-
dick Of Cook county, serving a sem
tence of one to 20 years for burg
larry, and Nick Prahal5a, of Winnie
bago county. serving sentence of
l to IA years for assault with intent
to kill.
Officials of the prison are work
ing on the theory that the men may
have had automobile accomplfces
awaiting at nearby road who tooh
them to Chicago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15
BY FORREST WHITE.
Consolidated Press Correspondence

Consolidated Press Correspondence.
Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 15.-To-
day for the first time the detailed
story can be told Of what happened
to the hundreds of passengers ma
rooned In the desert of southeast
ern California when the trans
continental trains Of the Santa Fe
railroad we're abandoned by their
crews.
I These passengers today were
slowly recovering from the effect of
their experiences and, while some
Of them are still suffering acutely,
none is in a serious condition.
|. One hundred twenty-five of them
had been held in Needles, Calf, ONE
Of the hottest places in the country
for four days with the temperature
ranging about 120 degrees in the
shade outside and fully ten degrees
hotter inside where the passengers
were cooped up. as the result Of
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15
.ARDINCIS
FlOuTEO BY
BIG ROADS
Won't Abide by Majority
Acceptance of Semi
ority Plan.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
:, Washington, D. c., Aug. 15--The
so-called acceptance by the rail-
road executives of President Hard
ing's proposal that strikers be re-
instated while seniority disputes
are left to the United States rail-
road labor board has been discov-
cred to be no substantial accept
ance after all.
Although the White House was
under the impression at first that
the making Of majority and min
ority report by the rail executives
was OF no particular importance on
the theory that the action OF the
majority bound the minority, the
opposite Is true. President Hard
INK has been informed that the
minority among the railway ex-
'ecutives, which includes such big
systems as the Pennsylvania, will
not be bound by the action of the
other roads and will 60 their own
way.
Dampens Q. s. Support
This discouragement has cast a
damper on what might otherwise
have produced an unqualified mea-
sure OF support for the rail execu-
tiyes.- The reply Of the majority
made 1 favorable impression on
Mr., Harding, who thought the pro
posal fair and equitable. Now ht
| has learned that the large number
i of strikers who work for the min
GRITTY Of the roads would not be re-
instated. This is the stumbling
block of the present situation ane
| is the main reason for the fat ere
fusal given by the strikers to tnt
presidents proposal. :.
| In other words the strikers wait
ed to see whether the rail execu
tiyes would agree to take bach
those who had gone out on strike
and when it becamme apparent
that no general agreement wa:
possible they placed before Mr
Harding their rejection Of his plan
significantly enough, this commun
Iication has not yet been made pub
Sic, which indicates that if the raj
executives are pursuaded to modi
fy their position or rather to In
clude all the roads in their pro
posal the labor leaders will be in
clined to change their attitude Al
we'll
Fear Genefol Tieup.
| The intervention by the broth
erhopd chiefs has brought the sit
uation to a climax. Most everybod,
I in Washington is fearful of gen
! eral tieup of transportation II tn
filabor men are goaded too far. Jus
as the seniority issue arose afte
;! the strike had begun on quite an
other basis, namely, a refusal to &C
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15
OFT COAL STRIKE IS BROUGHT TO end
|ardng Turns to Congress IN Rail Strike
WOMAN KIDNAPPED
BY MEN IN PLANE,
MOTHER ASSERTS

Traverse City, Mich. Aug. Is.
Relatives of Mrs. Myrtle Fort
ney, Is, who disappeared from
her home here on Sunday. con-
tinued today to insist she was
kidnapped by three men who seiz-
ed her, tied her into the seat Of
an airplane and few away. Mrs.
Fortney's mother declared one
Of the men lassooed and bound
her daughter near her home be-
fore forcing her into the ma
chine.
The police discredited the
story, but admitted the whirr of
an airplane motor had been
heard at about the time Mrs.
Fortney disappeared. i
Oscar F. Fortney. husband Of
the missing woman, declared to-
day he knew Of no reason for
his wife's departure and believ-
ed she had been abducted.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15
SUICIDE LIFTS
MYSTERYVEIL
ON OLDCRLMES
Admits 4 Murders>4
Years Ago, Then
Kills Self.

Litchfield. ILL.,. Aug. dissolution
of three murder mysteries which
have remained unsolved for forty
years, was seen today in the alleg-
ed confession Of Silas Foster, aged
IS, broom-maker, of this city,
who took his own life August 6
after failing iR an attempt on the
life Of Mrs. Charles Barner, of
Sorrento. Foster claimed response
bility for four murders.
The story in which he asserted
that he had committed the -four
murders was made to Martin Nc.
Calvary, a-bFUoh 1EeT Of .Sofen.
to. In relating it to police, Nc
Gillvary said he discounted it a,
first, thinking the excessive use OF
liquor had unbalanced Fosters
mind, but when the attempt upon
Mrs. Barner was made Immediately
afterward, and later Fosters body
was found, he decided to tell.
The four Foster claimed to have
killed were as follows:
Those He Killed.
A Mr.. Bellwood, Of Carlyle. Ac-
cording to Bond county records
Foster was arrested for this and
later acquitted. Bellwoods head
was crushed with a club.
A Mrs. Ernst, of Mt. Olive. The
records of Christian county shows
she was murdered March 20, 1882
at her home, but that no one was
ever apprehended for the crime.
Two brothers, McClelland, al
Centralia. Records at Centfalia
show that Alexander McClellanl
was mysteriously murdered forty
years ago. No mention of broth.
er is made.
Further investigation of the de.
tails of the alleged confession o.
the eccentric bro6m-maker is be-
ing made by the states attorney.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15
Go to Hcllr Strikers Told
Heat Stricken Passengers
On Deserted Santa Fe Train

cumulative effect from steel and
iron and glass.
These passengers, ranging in age
from a grandmother of "a to q baby
Of Is months, and including the sick
and weak, as well as the strong.
came back with a new appreciation
OF the word marooned, a new ex-
perience Of battling with heat and
discomfort almost too great to bear;
came back with bitterness in their
hearts.
Throng Ereets Relief Train.
Word that the relief train was on
the way to this city with all Of the
passengers who had been abandoned
in the desert brought an enormous
throng to the station. Weary to ex-
haustion, unkempt, with their eyes
Redeemed from the heat and lack Of
sleep, taa passengers that stag
gered and were aided from the train
were greeted with a hysterical re-
ception by relatives and friends.
They were welcomed as rescued
from a very grave peril but they
smiled bravely as they started for
homes and hotels to recuperate.
Even Grandma" Malissa Wooden
"a years old, Of Berkeley. Calf.
conjured up a brave smile as she
was lifted tenGerly from the train
and placed in a wheel chair. But
that was nothing.
Grandma" had, smiled through
the ordeal until at last the extreme
heat had caused her to collapse ant
it was only due to the liberal us'
of fans and ice that kept her altv'
j through the sapping heat OF tht
desert town. She could not tall
much when she reached here bu
- fTonfinnod N, paHo Eone
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15
MOLINE PLAYER
in NET TOURNEY
Ce1EUy Goes Into Semi. Finals for
Central State Title at
S Decatur.

springfield. ILL.,, Aug. 15.-First
eunds in the Central Illinois ten
us tournament here today, were
sen BY Peoria, Moline and De-
sLur players.
sConrey, Of Moline, defeated Dey
= horrisonville, 60, ga, which
~ him into the singles semi-fin-
- tomorrow with Doherty of De-
osur. who downed Dryfoose. of
p1nsfield, 6-1, and 60, and Harth-
- OF Bloomington, GA. 60.
tucker Of Peoria defeated Coog-
OF Lincoln, Us, 7-5, in the last
alch in the first round. West
Decatur beat Rogers, of Taylor
Me. 60, 6-1; and Schlipf OF
fHsfield. GA, rs. These two
etestants send Tucker and West
@ the semi-finals to face each
0ss tomorrow.