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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-21
GIVE WIENER ROAST.
Especial Correspondence.

NDPNNI0I OOI OS JUIIUUuC6.J
Port Byron, June 21.-The young
men of the Methodist Sunday school
gave an outing which included an
athletic program and wiener roast
The event was held on the island
near Woodward's park Clarence
Tilbrook, teacher of the class, ac-
companied the men,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-21
MRS. MCDOWELL TO
ENTERTAIN G. G,
Especial Correspondence

Sheffield, June 21.-Mrs. Hum
belina Mcdowell will entertain the
members of the c. C. club at her
country home on route l Friday
afternoon. No meetings will be
held during the summer months,
the next meeting being dated Sept.
Is at the home of Mrs. Emily Sears,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-21
UNION SERVICE
THURSDAY NIGHT
Especial Correspondence !

Erie, June 81. - Arrangements
have been made for a union prayer
service and community sing at the
Erie Woman's club park at 7:S0.
The three churches and pastors
VII unite in the service.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-21
SOCIAL NETS A1.

Nop1CIdI CORRESPONDENCE
Coal Valley. June 21.-The pro
ceeds of the social given by the la
dies aid society of the Lutheran
church amounted to SAL. This
amount will be added to the gem
eral treasury.
, 1922-06-22

the mission who last week presented
TO him she Filiplnos argument and
plea for n separate political existence.
The policy OF the administration, Mr.
Harding rtated, would follow ilong
the lines laid down by his predecessors
in the White House. notably President
Mckinley. under whom the F1lipinos
were freed from Spain.
with every mindfulness Cor your
aspirations. with sacred pride In your
achievements. with gratitude for your
loyalty. with reiterated assurance that
we mean to hold no people under the
flag who do not rejoice in that reia-
tionship. I must say to you that the
time is not yet for Independence" said
h president. ct can imagine a con.
tinued progress which will make our
bonds either easy TO sever or rivet
them moro firmly because you will
II to be 50. We must await that de
veiopment. go
AT this time. IT is not for me to
suggest tho day. distant or near.
I can only renew the prov
en- assurances Of our good Intentions,
our desire to be helpful. without ex-
acting from your private or public
purposes. or restricting the freedom
which men and peoples aspire
achieve. Nc backward step is
No diminuitioa Of your
domestic control is to be sought. Our
to your domestic affairs is
that OF an ~unselfish devotion, which
is borne OF our faith in opening to you
way of liberty which Won dream
Our sponsorship IN international af-
is related in the common nag.
which is unfuried to you as II Is I'M
furied for us. and security is you seal
Of American relationship"
, 1922-06-22

given as Connolly and OBrien.
Policeman Marsh, who was near
Field Marshal Wilson when he was
fired upon. died later in a hospital
from his wounds.
Field Marshal Wilson had been I'M
der police protection for some time. as
the authorities had reason to suspect
an attempt On his life. Policemen
were at the door OF his residence
when his assailants approached and
opened fire.
With the Wilson assassination as
their immediate incentive, the die
hard conservatives will move the ad-
journment OF the house of commons
tomorrow to obtain a statement from
the government Is to what steps It is
taking to preserve life In Ireland and
in England
The arrested men. the Central News
O'Brien. aged "a, no occupation, no
address. and James Connolly. aged "a
no occupation. no address.
Six men are believed to have been
implicated in the attack and a house
to house search by detectives was be
ing made this afternoon in the vicin'
ity of crime.
A civilian who Joined the pursuit IN
a motor car was wounded in the leg
A policeman received a serious wound
In the stomach.
One of the captured men who is
very tall, declared he was an officer.
Blood was streaming from his face
and a cut caused by someone striking
him with a bottle. It, took four men
to carry him to the police station. His
companion is a man OF very short
stature.
Ono Of the two men ran toward
Eaton Square. passing No. 20 Ches'
ham place. which is the residence OF
Ambassador Harvey. Shortly before
this Chief Justice Taft OF the United
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, 1922-06-22

letter of warning signed * X X"
Upon failure TO heed its hidden mean
ing. his house was burned to the
ground. and the ''firebug'' was never
apprehez~~d-
Not l,ng after. the note of warning
to Mayor Boyle was received. as fol-
lows:
You're Next. We got you chief.
There are seven more on h list
NILS hotel, Boyl., Hunter. Pool and
Barnes, Brakebile, and McGinivray,"
tx. X. k"
Investigation by County Attorney
NJ w. Purcell disclosed a threatening
letter from Florence Mccane in the
files of the mayors desk. The writing
OF Mrs. Mccane on the night of her
arrest was the same In practically
every respect to that Of the letters II
is said
The personal letter sent to Boyle
some time before the mysterious nus
sives reads in part:
"As you don't seem ready to como
and see us, I will tell you the
start you and your bunch have ruined
JUS by placing a $4,000 mortgage on
our property. I will ruiz you II we
don't sell out in a few weeks. This
is not idle talk, either. I don't want
YOUR dad to enter into this. I VIII
swallow my pride n put him where
he belongs and should have been, only
/ was soft enough to let him off. But
! can put him there-it's eve too
late. study this over careful, as you
don't want to act too quick, the
quicker the better. for in a few days
I will turn what I have to say over
TO my attorney" This letter was
dated May rs. 1922.
Authorities are still working on the
case. and no real evidence has as yet
been presented as to the guilt or MI
and Mrs. McCane. The only expiana-
ton now in the light for the whole
affair brings up h recent Mills wa
terworks election at which bonds were
approyed to install a real water sys-
tenn in the town. Tho mortgage mem
toned in the personal letter to Boyle
NAV have been connected in some
way with the land needed by the city
for the installation of pumps n
pipes
The theory that any agents of the
khan may have operated IN the vi
Ninity of Mills has been thrown out
by officials The crudeness with
which the letters were written n
the lack of any sort of seal or stamp
makes such a conclusion ludicrous.
, 1922-06-22
MUTNY.
SLAIN

Ten Thousand troops loyal to Sun Vat
Sen. deposed president Of the China
republic. are reported returning to-
ward Canton from a northern expe-
dition.
Dispatches from Canton dated Mon
day said Developments since Saturday
had been unfmportant. Fighting had
ceased. Suns routed troops were
awaiting endorsements. The city's
railroads and strategic positions were
held by Chen Chiung-Ming, the gen
eral who. in the interest of h Picking
government, drove Sun Vat Sen into
exile and reported capture.
Casualties in the Canton fighting
arc estimated here at 200. The Amer
lean consul and h commander of the
United States destroyer 217, which
was stationed at Canton. boarded a
Chinese cruiser to protest against the
firing near foreign concessions. Suns
wife is missirng and believed a cap
tive
, 1922-06-22

Bodies were spread we an area
fifteen miles square. some Of them
riddled with bullets. others beaten 20
death and three hanging by ropes
from trees.
An Associated Press correspondent,
after ten Intellectual attempts today.
finally persuaded n taxicab driver to
take him through III scene Of the
fight. The strip mine had been fired
and n freight train on a siding also
was burning while miners looted sev-
erai cars OF food supplies.
Out in n road near the mine. SIX
men tied together and terribly man
gied by bullets and clubs were lay
Ing in a scorching sun. while hun
drcds of men and omc laughed at
their pleas for water made in the
name OF God.
One of the men, his face bloody
and one shoulder shot AWAY appar-
emily was within q few minutes OF
death.
please boys, give me a drink he
moaned.
a laugh from the hundreds OF spec.
tators was the only reply.
The correspondent rushed to a
house for water and when he return.
ed he WINS faced by a sword. quickly
When the man begged again for
water. 'for Gods sake a young
woman with a baby in her arms. plac-
, 1922-06-22
Chain Bandit
E~ronerated By
HOIdup Victims

CHEYENNE. wyo., June "a
There's one crime of the long list
with which he Is charged that Fred
Grimes. the Omaha chain bandit
did not commit. Persons who were
held up on a street car on the Fort
Russell military reservation the
night of June IA. while Brown was
in Cheyenne. after examining photo
graphs Of the wounded bandit, state
positively that he bears no resem-
blance to the street a bandit.
, 1922-06-22
Yellowstone Tour of UnerceLLed
Excellence Is Opened This Year
By NOrthUestern's NeU Service

The. dream Of years is at last a
reality.
A southern entrance to the won
ders of Yellowstone park. through
the Teton mountains and the IA
nous Jackson Hole region has been
made possible through the co-opera-
ton Of the Northwestern railroad.
H o. Barber. E. Amoretti, and the
city of Lander.
The tourist engaged in Seeing
America First" now finds himself
awaited of the opportunity to travel
in a straight line from Chicago to
Lander, Wyo.. via the Northwest
ern. Here. without the unnecessary
inconvenience of purchasing another
ticket and making arrangements for
, 1922-06-22

a complete change in the mode Of
travel. the tourist win find a com-
Portable. powerful automobile await
ing him.
A few instructions to tho driver
by the superintendent, a hurried
goodby to new friends made during
the trir. and the party is off
through a country that some call
superior to the great park itself.
Through the great Shoshoni Indian
reservation and the schools at Fort
Washable the buses wind over
roads smooth as glass and newly
named. THE Rocky Mountain High
way"
The tourist is able to follow the
Continued on Page Four.)
, 1922-06-22
THOUSANDS VIEW
KILLING TODAY.

HERRrN. III. June z,.-By The As
sociated Prcssl-Nineteen known to
have been killed in h open warfare
OF union men n sympathizers with
employees OF h strip mino near here
OF tho Southern Illinois Coal company.
An incomplete check up showed is
non-union men inc three union men
dead. Ono of the n%on-union men
was found hanging to tree. his body
rtddled with bullets.
The bodies of the sixteen non-union
mon were found in a woods near the
strip mines six miles east of here. A
man named Mcdowell, foreman Mt tho
mine. was beaten TO death, and the
other fourteen exclusive Of the man
hanged, were shot to death. II was
stated the men were massacred when
Continued on Page TwoJ
, 1922-06-22
ASSASS|MS KILL BRITISH MARSHAL
to Reduce
Navy Personnel

HONOLULU, T. H.. June 22.-Re-
duction OF the Japanese naval estab-
lishmcnt under the Washington trea-
ties viii result In the discharge OF SO
officers and men, according to a dis
patch today to Nippu Jill. a Japanese
language newspaper here. quoting ar
announcement OF the japanese navy
department. The number OF civilian
employees will be reduced by 1,oS7.
, 1922-06-22

decided 10 confer on the matter.
The tentative draft of Representa-
tive OGrady's proposed measure. in
part follows;
Whereas. the public press has re-
Gently given an account OF a so
called giandular operation performed
in the state of Illinois by an nc
credited surgeon, said operation in
volved the cutting away of a vital
Continued on Page Four.)
, 1922-06-22

any part OF their bodies or from
buying tissues or glands from the
body OF another.
Representative o Grady an
to make gland transplantation meg-
al has been drafted and that he will
offer the bin as soon as the general
assembly meets next January.
When the two legislators learned
Of each others similar plans they
, 1922-06-22
FORMER or
BICAMY FAME AND OTHER
CRIMES HELD BY POLICE
whom he i. said to have stolen $500.

whom he is said to have stolen $500.
Reports of operatives of the private
detective agency which arrested the
couple were incomplete, 1t was stated.
as to the charges said to have been
placed against Stewart in various Sec
tons of the country, but they listed
his alleged marriages as follows:
F1rst-To Mary Mitchell. at WI
mingtor, Del, in 1918. A child was
born &c them and Stewart is alleged
to have deserted his wife n baby.
Second-To Ethel Turner Osbaldes-
ton in New York in 1920. He is said
to have deserted her.
Thira-To Bertha Ellen Grannis at
Continued on Page TEal
, 1922-06-22
ALIENS TO GET
PROPERTY BACK

WASHINGTON. June 22.-Legisla-
ton is being prepared with President
Harding's sanction which will return
to approximately thirty thousand
Germans n Austrians property
taken over over during the war by the
alien property custodian in amounts
of 1000 or less, it was announced
at the White House.
, 1922-06-22

he staggered and fell. He vas car
ried into his home. where he died be-
fore the arrival OF physicians.
The two a~ssassins fled. closely pur-
sued by the police. who had been
guarding the field marshal on infor-
nation that his life was likely to be
attempted Both men were captured.
One of them is reported to ave at
tempted suicide and to have inflicted
serious injuries upon himself with his
own revolver. Their names were
, 1922-06-22
TRAFFIC. IN HUMAN GLANDS IS OPPOSED in BILL
MEASURE FRAMED FOR ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE

CHICAGO. June 2a.-Legisfat,on
TO prohibit traffic in human glands
will be introduced in h next ses
sion Of tho Illinois legislature ac-
cordfng to two members Of the gen
erai assembly - Representatives
Thomas j. O'Grady and Lawrence
G.. O,Brien, both Democratic mem-
berB from Chicago districts.
They declared hat persons should
DO prohibited by law from selling
, 1922-06-22

PROVIDENCE. r. l., June es.-sir
Auckland Geddes, British ambassador
TO the United States. WINS awarded the
honorary degree OF doctor OF laws at
the 154th commencement Of Brown
university.
, 1922-06-22
SWINDLERS TO
BE ARRESTED

NEW YORK. June 22.-The police
notified the Miami police that they
had under surveillance two men
who were among the three indicted
May 81. by the Dade county. Florida,
grand jury on a charge of swindling
Peter r. Nicholson out Of $3.50, 600 in
a fake horse race scheme.
, 1922-06-22

mutinied and slain thousands" of
persons in Kiangsi province, ccord
ing to reports reaching here
So far. reports OF the mutinies are
vague. but those telling of the broad
extent of the mutineers' ru~thlessness
apparently are authentic Todass
dispatches indicate that the situation
, 1922-06-22

that another speaker will appear on
h program The candidate Will out
Ifne his platform briefly and enter into
need Of economy and efficiency in
management of the affairs OF the
state
The meeting tonight win afford the
voters Of Casper their first opportunity
to hear Mr.. Hay, n Of h leading
citizens Of the state. make a political
, 1922-06-22
bHATH TOLL
IS CLIMBING
of Victims Scattered Through
Woods and Roads Around Herrin Mine
Following Attack by Union Men Upon
Non-Union Camp; Outrages Numerous

HERRIN, Ill, June 22.-(By The Associated Press)-A
check up at noon today, made by The Associated Press,
showed twentysix known dead and indication that the total
would be more than thirty in the hostilities between striking
union miners and nonunion employees of the strip miie of the
Illinois Coal COMPANY near here.
, 1922-06-22
Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, Former Chief of Imperial Staff ana
Prominent Ulsterite, Shot to Death at London by Sim
Feiners; THO ASsailants Are Captured

LONDON June 22-(By The Associated Press)-FieId Marshal Sir Henry Hughes
Wilson, former chief of thu British imperial generals staff and Laay nHtary adviser to the
Uhter government was ssasInated today near the door of his ome near Elton place in
Two men fired upon the field marshal as he was aEshtng from an sutomobH after
attending a war memorial unveiGns whereh ed delivered a speech. Struck by two bullets
, 1922-06-22

in that province is worse, If anything.
than it was last night.
Reports of activities Of h muffin
GUS o received from Hankow ana
Nanchang stated that the mutineers
were led by Gen. Tsai Chen-Hsun.
military commander of Picking. who
was leading his men northward and
, 1922-06-22
New Republic Gipen Fresh Baptism in
Blood With Uprising Against New
Leader in Own Ranks, Report

PEKING. June 22-(By The Associated Press.)-The
newly established republican regime in China apparently is
receiving that baptism of blood, without which few new gov
ernments have fixed themselves power. Between ten thou
sand and fifteen thousand troops of the forces under WI
Pei.Fu. chief military leader of the new government, have
, 1922-06-22

address. his 20 years OF esidence IN
Wyoming have made him very widely
known and unusually convcrsant with
tho problems OF tho commonwealth.
c. A. Cullen. vice president of the
young mems Republican club will pre-
side tonight in the absence Of Harry
Il. Durham. president The meeting
, 1922-06-22
im0is Strikers and Sty1kebreakeys IN Bloody ComfMc
TIME NOT RIPE FOR COMPLETE
INDEPENDENCE, FILIPIN0S ARE
TOLD BY PRESIDENT HARDING

June 22.-Although commencing the
Philippine aspirations to independence and complete self
sovereignty, President Harding today replied to the Philip
parliamentary mission that the time is not yet for indie
The presidents statement was made to the members of
, 1922-06-22
MILLS COUPLE HELD
FOR ARSON, THREATS
Name of Ku Klu1 Khan Inpoked by Sire Bug" Preceding the
Burning of Torvn MarshaPs Home and Threatening Let
ter Sent Mayor; Handwriting Leads to Arrests

Mills Hcas an mcndary fire. ant a Ingstandngh hatred etwee Florence cCane, of
Mills, ad hea uthontesa at Mills caused he arrest and detention of Mrs McCane and her
husband by Sheriff Joe Marqus, Wednesday, night
M events surrounding the Ease ledb Jack to the time of the burning of the residence
of Kirk Walter, tow marshal He had received, a sh@tH m befreth the nfagraho a
, 1922-06-22

ed her foot on the mangied body mt
said:
Tn see you in hen before you get
any alter.
fhe men apparently had been
drasScd down a o O behind an
automobile Their clothes were torn
and pieces Of gravei were inbeddcd In
their mangied flesh.
, 1922-06-22
'John HayN Night"
Plans Completed

Final arrangements for the John Hay night of the
Young Mems Republican club have been satisfactorily con-
cIuded, according to George w. Jarvis, chairman of the pub
lie meetings committee of the club.
In addition to the speech by MIR. Hay, who is a candidate
for the Republican nomination for governor, it is expected
, 1922-06-22
Forgery and Fraud Charges Are Piled Up
against Donald d. Stewart, E1-Epan-
geIist, Now Under Arrest

LOS ANGELES, June 22-(By The Associated Press -
Donald d. Stewart, the unfrocked clergyman who is held in
the city Jail awaiting the arrival of officers from Boston,
where he is wanted on charges of bigamy, grand larceny and
has met interviewers with this comment: 81
can't live down my past; the public won't let me-"
, 1922-06-22

OF more than 200 organizations
which maintain Washington, d. C.
headquarters, nearly one-half are bus
mess bodies.
, 1922-06-22

approaching Changshu XII. q city
about 100 miles north of Kianfu and
so miles south OF Nanchang.
The British gunboat Cockchafer en-
tered Poyang lake, a large inland
body OF water in the northern end Of
Kiangsi province, to pick up foreign
ers in danger at Nanchang. The
American gunboat Monocacy probably
viii follow the Cockchafer. Northern
r-einforcements of WI Pei-Fu's forces
arc arriving at Kfukiang and pro-
ceeding to Nanchang. The American
gpnboats Isabel, and Quires and the
British gunboats Bee and Foxglove
are being held in readiness and win be
dispatched via the Kan river to
Poyang lake should it become neces-
sary to protect nationals in Nachang.
CONTINUATION OF
FIGHTING PREDICTED.
AMoY. China, June s2.-By The
Associated Press.t-More fighting is
Anticipated in the region of Canton.
, 1922-06-22

With Stewart when he was arrested
Tuesday night was Mrs. Ethel Turner
Osbaldeston Stewart. the second OF thu
four wives he is said to have married.
, 1922-06-22
Weather Forecast

Partly cloudy tonight and Friday.
somewhate unsettled northwest por-
ton. not much change in temperature
, 1922-06-22

No other game scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
, 1922-06-22
BALL SCORES
NATIONAL LEAGUE

UNDERSTANDINGS, Osborne an
Wirts; Cooper, Carlson and Gooch.
, 1922-06-22

No other game scheduled.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-08-24

York County. go,
| have no doubt of my ability
tG fill the position, and since l
have entered, l naturally want to
win; so to THAT end want to ask
for the help of every friea4 IL
have who feels that he or sh&Sah,
help me Without injustice fo'
themselves or to. any or the Ger
candidates.
VI course l am not in posi- So&
to make promises; but al to
whether or not 1 am eapabH oil
dscharging the duties Of thSof-
flee along the same efficient 3hes
OH which they hive been disclHrg-
eel heretofore, mosi readers OF this
are in position to judge for them
selves, and others will have no
i'll finding out by MAX
mg inquiry Ot th)s, who are IN "A
position to know.
1t it were so that l could |
would be glad to talk this matter
over with each of you in person;
but as this is not practicable l can
only leave the case with you. If
YOU see proper to give me the
recommendation such an evidence
of your confidence and esteem
will make me the proudest" wo-
man in the State; but if, on the
other hand, You cannot see your
way clear to favor me with this
high honor, | shall continue to
consider myself rich in the mem
Ory of the courteous considera-
ten that you have always been
according me heretofore.
Respectfully,
LUCIA EWART QUINN.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-08-24
How "Oil Shooters" Work.

In Oklahoma and other dis
tricts where there are oil wells,
the "Oil shooter is person of
great Importance, especially when
Il well Is opened and sometimes
III the renewing Of Il flow from
wells that have become clogged
or partly exhausted. For this
last ease nitr6glycerine is often
exploded at the bottom of the
we'll, and the man who takes this
dangerous product from one well
to another is called Shooter -
He carries his explosive in u
wagon. a square box under the
seat is carefully padded and when
1t has been sOlidly filled with
cans of explosive he fastens OH
the cover and drives slowly to
the we'll which he is going TO
shoot He usually has from
So to 40 quarts of explosive in
The wagon. .
When the Shooter" reaches
the well that Is going to be treat
ell he places long tubes within
The casing of the well and pours
Tie nitroglycerin carefully into
them. This well may be 1900
feet deep and is seldom less than
LOO. 49, When one of the tubes is
filled, it is lowered with the ut
host care to the bottom of the
we'll. This operation is repeated
,Etil the shooter is satisfied that
tie load is. heavy enough to ac-
complish the purpose. When all
Is ready bar of iron is dropped
into the well. The instant it
leaves his hands the shooter"
takes to his heels, seeking a place
OF safety. ..
The earth trembles, there is a
crash, followed by a snap, muf-
fled sound arises and. becomes
louder and louder until a column
OF oil and water shoots from rs
10 100 feet into the air. When
this subsidies the well is in opera .
ton. The shooter receives his
fee and drives away.