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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-24

MAJOR Bssssisr G. Damn. head
! ~ Rock Island district, u. s.
nginssrss calls attention to the
1iSws sxpssseed rscentiF by Hal
~ ". Seaman, vics president Of
~ CITY .NAticnal hank Of Clinton,
16NA Sk41s ocnrnssciaI hAviSatiod
fof me upper Mississippi river
INh3t y says are worthy Of care
3fui consideration BY the people Of
jthiS testion. and given wide pub
Mr. Seaman was asked for his
loDintVh1 by the Transportation
elnt 6f St Paul and, placed III
lprtntQd form by the bank Of which
The Ii An Official, they have been
1 roceifed ct the once Of the U. S
yenglnS6rs here and distributed by
~ bank TO : large constituency
a&ected BY the problem OF river
transportation.
In brief. the Clinton financier,
who h also the president OF a re-
Frustrating company In his home
lefty, advocates the promotion Of
upper river traffic by the construc-
!tiOh Of terminal facilities at impor-
liant points at government expense
these to be sold to private con-
Ecerns after a tryout in which sue
sce1s has been achieved.
i The peoples part In the promo
ton plAhs he says, Is to work I'M
Etiringiy for larger appropriations
flor river Improvement and to de-
Imand that upper river be given a
chance to show what can be ac-
cornplished for trade upon its wa
:tsrp. -
| Referring to the Leclaire canal,
practically completed, thus elimi-
mating the Rock Island rapids, and
the lifting Of the embargo caused
by the keokuk rapids, through the
construction OF dam at that point
Mr.. Seaman says that with these
Improvements consummated there
lis no reason why the upper river
traffic should not now take form.
The commercial navigation of the
upper Mississippi he claims will
solve the perplexing problem Of
summer operation at many coal
mines, the car and engine shortage
at crititRltsseason will be relieved,
and the farmers and manufactur-
ers OF the middle west will profit
enormously.
World C0mnerce at Door.
| make the water-level highway"
remarks the banker, from st.
Louis to the Gulf, the line of least
/ resistance, and you have brought
seaborne commerce OF the world to
our very doors. 1t will no longer
be possible, then, for the railroads
to carry freight right past our
doors from Atlantic to Pacific ports
at half the cost Of a similar serv-
ice from mid-western points"
He says he is convinced that in
the solution of this problem lies
the emancipation of an immense
I section of the country from its mos,
pressing fiecessity-1the cheap and
dependable movement Of its traffic
during periods OF acute rail con-
LEGATION.
II Taking the stand that his study
LOT MiSsissippi river transportation
leads him to believe that the river
will ba and should be. improved
lgradually through the ordinary
schannels OF government work, be
says this is limited to funds at the
command of district engineers, fix.
ed BY yearly appropriations.
1T therefore behooves the Mis-.
sissippi valley people" declares MIR
Seaman. ITO do all in their power t
see that these appropriations are am
pie for the purpose. The Illinois
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-24

|snra6 IL - nofunonencY u ~
bnsine1s. I.
RI H6ameds1 ceuffol ftouxltt
.o11as ii s. int eif6ftS should ~
e60cenffnfed On one Of two naAfn
pofuts. and - BE explaiks, .'61t tie
f0yernfuent to furnf1h Dr0fef tef1t-'
anal faciiitles tor : lafee-sEAls try
out, and II successful. prissts en-
tefpfiSeS Will tAke over these got-
ernment investments ana multiply
the terminals 1t Ill feasible potnts- :
THE showing made BY the Dov-
eminent In It's operation o. tfamc
from st. Louis SOUTH 14y9 Mf.
BANKER URGES-0AL TWO =
Seaman, has been 30 good that y
speaks volumes Tor what can De
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-24
MEMS WEAR

Mems Gray Under Shirts-Extra heavy, part wool
riooed and have sateen bindings. These are
slightly soiled and are offered at a big QOc
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-24

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There's no glove material like Chamoisette Thev
have the beauty of kid and softness of suede
Gauntlets. with heavy stitched back pair $1OO
Oluer styiee 6Oc and up
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-04
INDICTED IN SWiNDLE
OF FIREMAN ON HOME
Architect Accused OF Keeping
$500 Savings.

Robert c. Laffcrty. president OF the
Sunshine Homes Corporation, was in
dicted for grand larceny yesterday by
The Bropx Grand Jury on complaint OF
Fire Lieut. William Siemes Of Engine
Company IS, Webster avenue and Ford
ham road.
The company is "A Connecticut cor
poration and was formed TO construct
and supply concrete homes by unit gee
lions. Complaints were made that GUS
toners money was being taken with
out homes being furnished. Simon
Lake, inventor of the even Reel sub
marine, was connected with tho com
many and came from Bridgeport 20
testify before the Grand Jury. one rea-
sor given for the failure to furnish tho
houses was the increased cost OF build
ing materials, and both Lake and Lar
ferty promised that their clients would
be reimbursed
T.iout. siemes says he invested his
savings of $500 and did not get II
back. Thirty-flve complaints were re-
ceived by Tho Bronx District Attor-
ney. the majority being from police
men. firemen and school teachers.
Lafferty Is an architect with an OF.
flee at 3i35 Broadway
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-04
ALL HE VAMPS BEWARE,
WARNS PASTOR CADMAN
Open Season for Erring Hus-
band, Y. M. G. A. Hears.

Just now seems to be the open season
for erriug husbands" said the Rev. :.
Parkes Cadman. pastor OF the Central
Congregational Church, Brooklyn. speak
ing at the prediction prohibition en-
forcement meeting lust night IN to-"
central branch of the v VI. G. A.. Han
son place. Brooklyn. They are the vie
Tins Of wives I'm che heat Of passion.
Any man who makes 'goo-goo eyes at
another woman may expect TO be shot
by his wife.
1--WE had an example OF this sort OF
thing In Brooklyn OF long ago and the
woman, after coming hundreds of miles
with the deliberate purpose Of shooting
the man and killing him I'm cold blood
after laying for him for days. watching
his way OF going TO his business was
acquitted by jury Of men. They had
a similar case recently in Manhattan.
where the Judge. to his great credit.
severely criticized the jury which freed
the miserable creature who commtte J
the crime"
DR.. Cadman pointed out that 5000
homicldes q year occur in the United
States and declared that az per cent. Of
such crimes are committed by two races
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-04

Edith Quinn, aged IL. became so
frightened yesterday when she acct
dentally lost her lunch box at school
in Bayside, where she lives with har
aunt and uncle. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bouchal. that she was afraid to 90
home and face all the explanations tina.
she thought would be demanded. She
had some money she had saved in the
hope of buying new dresses for her
doll. and this was just enough to give
her courage.
herself. 'Ill go to grandmother's.'
"Grandmother's" was very definite
place in her minds eye. and she knew
that the first thing to do to get there
was to board a train for Manhattan and
then to get on. the subway and get off
near the park. Grandmother's house
was not just on the park, but within eye
sight OF 1t. and once you were there you
simply couldn't help but see it.
That was what Edith Thought, and so
she hurried to board the train, looking.
back now and then to think of the ter
rible thing that would happen il some
one saw her and told her aunt and uncle
that she was running away. But no one
did, and Edith reached Manhattan and
started eagerly for grandmother H."
But somehow things went wrong when
she got out of the subway and none OF
the surroundings looked q bit natural
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-04
DAN O'CONNOR'S WIDOW
DENOUNCES RETDL TALE
Demands Refracfion of Lies
About Dead Man.

Mrs. Matilda o'Connor Of 1915 East
Thirty-fifth street. Brooklyn. yesterday
denounced Louis Reidrs bus inquiry
story that her husband Daniel O'Con-
nor. now dead. had sought $4,000 for
the Big chief"
"My husband cannot defend his char
acter." SAID Mrs. O'Connor. "sa / must
speak for my dead. The story told by
Mr.. Riedl W a tissue OF lios. No one
knows better than Mr. Reidl that In his
mad endeavor 20 get even with the city
administration for his failure TO obtain
bus permit Mr.. Reidl aims to besmirch
the good name of my husband and the
father OF my children
mfr O'Connor's sole interest in the
bus lines was TO get transportation FOR
Flatlands. where he was active In civic
circles. He was not interested in Mr..
Reidl's efforts to run buses in Man
haitian and he was not q politician In
the sense that Mr.. Reid sought to imply.
He never held political office and would
not have accepted one IL II were offered
to him.
"1f Mr.. O'Connor had been the type OF
man Mr. Reidl seeks to paint, I. his
widow. would not have TO 80 to work In
department store every day TO keep
my home and children together I shall
take steps to force him to rctract his
falsehoods
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-04
GIRL TRUDGES MANHATTAN
IN SEARCH OF GRANDMA
Bayside Miss of II, Who Lost Lunch Box at School
Fears to Return Home and Starts Futile Hunt
Found Contented in Police Station.

TN just keep going. " she said. 1T
must be near"
So she walked and walked, and hours
later. when she was shaking with fear
and WEAKNESS, she was found by
Patrolman Anthony Stranser of the
West both street station. II want 10
find my grandmother. Mrs. James
Quinn" said Edith, near the park.
Wen find it," the patrolman as
sured her. And then he took her TO
the station house and sent out for some
food. aud Edith was introduced to the
man at the desk, Lieut.. Leith. Edith
liked him right away and told him that
year ago her mother had been killed
by an automobile in Bayside and she
hadn't seen her father in long time,
not since she had gone TO live with her
aunt and uncle, and she was a student
at Public School No. Al in Bayside.
Whatever happened to the lunch box
that disappeared while she was III
classes Edith didn't know.
But ] couldn't go home and say d
lost it," she said.
Edith began 10 sob. because she was
so tired from her wandering, but after
she had eaten she demanded some books,
and made the desk lieutenant read to
her. She perched on the desk while he
did so. The lieutenant was still reading
when Edith's aunt arrived. and never
scolded Edith about the lunch box, but
kissed er and took her back to Bay
side
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-04
Hall Relatives Appear.

II is known also to the authorities
that since the disappearance Of Hall
several relatives of Mrs. Hall called at
the Hall home and that some OF these
relatives were the ones who attended TO
the task of notifying the police that
Hall was missing Despite this infor-
nation one of Mrs. Halls relatives who
lives a few hundred feet from the Hall
home remained unaware of anything
wrong in the Hall household all Thurs
day night and all day Friday and
learned of the trouble, only on Saturday
afternoon when the local papers came out
with the story of the finding of the
bodies.
James Mills declared to-day his be-
lief that the murders were committed
by some one close to one or the other
of the victims.
"That murder never was committed by
a stranger" he declared. The person
who killed my wife and the Rev. Mr.
Hall didn't want their bodies to be hid
den or they would have thrown them
into the thicltet OF locust bushes. They
intended that the bodies should 30
found and that they should be identi-
fed And who could that he but some
body who was Interested in ITEM
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-04
O'BRIEN ACTS TO HALT
INTERBOROUGH'S PLAN
Says City Is OUerridden and S
Cent Fare in Danger.

John p. O'Brien. Corporation Counsel.
served notice upon the Transit Commits
sion yesterday that he Is preparing
papers in support of an application for
reopening of the proceedings under
which the commission already has APP
proved the issue OF certain securities
necessary to the Interborough's plan of
reorganization. Mr.. O'Brien says he
hopes to be able to submit the papers
TO your commission next Monday. 30
vember 5" (Which Will be just one day
before the elcction). Meantime Mr..
O'Brien asks stay TO halt operation OF
the orders sanctioned by the commission
Following is a characteristic extract
from the Corporation Counsers letter
to Chairman McAneny:
THE plan underlying the orders. and
which you are now sanctioning. unjustly
invades the financial rights and interests
OF the city under its subway contracts
with the marlborough company. and
furthermore. lays a foundation. no doubt
deliberately. for an overriding and In
crease Of the five cent fare solemnly
stipulated for in such contracts"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-04
HYLAN PROPHESIES
LOTS OF NEW BUSES
FOresees Democratic Governor
and Legislature That Will
Give His Plan Life.
CITY TO GET PROFITS
Then Says He, Traction
Ring Will No Longer Be Su-
preme i'm State and City,

Mayor John +. Hylan in yesterdays
daily statement denounced what he
termed the efforts of the Transit Com
mission to discredit supervision Of bus
lines by the city. and predicted that
there would be a Democratic Legislature
and Democratic Governor this winter
who would give the city permission to
buy buses with public funds and operate
them on the streets of this city.
Then said the Mayor. there will
be sufficient buses operated and all
profits will go into the city treasury
and not into the treasury 90 the Fifth
Avenue Coach Company or into the
pockets of private individuals"
When the Mayors statement was
called to the attention of George Nc
Aneny. chairman of the Transit Com
mission, Mr.. McAneny said he had no
comment to make.
1T is merely another twist of mis-
stock story and his endless abuse, "
said Mr.. McAneny. This time 1T ia
too weak and silly to merit serious at
tention. / have answered and correct
ed him often enough"
After declaring that the Democrats
st Albany this winter would remedy
AlC oNtItIOWulIlb III the ouSto ny th
ing authority to the city to purchase
more buses. the Mayor continued:
Mr.. McAnenys is most arxious that
the profits from the surface, elevated,
subway and bus lines in New York city
should go to his friends, the traction
ring. which includes Mr.. Berwind and
Mr. Rockefeller. who control the coal
fields in Pennsylvania. and who do virtu-
ally as they like with their employees.
These coal barons and their assoc
ciates. not only control the traction lines
in this city, but control the gas. electric
and telephone companies that come
under the supervision OF Gov. Miller's
Public Service Commission. The MEM
bers of this tractiou-utilities ring are
among the largest contributors to the
Republican campaign fund for the re-
election of Gov. Miller.
THE chief concern of these utilities
masters is not humanity. but to continue
grabbing all the money that can be
coined out of the sweat of human beings
In the coal fields, on the railroads and
everywhere else. Mr.. McAneny's at
tempt to delude the people with regard
to buses and traction generally will con-
tinue until election day, when he and
his patron, Gov Miller. will subside be-
cause the election will be mandate
that the traction ring is no longer SUI
preme In political affairs In this State
and city,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-04
EIGHTY WAGON DRIVERS
STRIKE FOR LOWER PAY
Demand Union Scale and
Closed Shop Rule.

Forty-four chauffeurs AM th,rty-six
helpers employed by Thomas Roulston,
Inc. bakers. AT 100 Ninth street. Brook
lyn, went on strike yesterday because the
company refused TO declare a closed
shop and adhere TO the union wage
scale, although the wages paid were
more than those demanded BY the union
scale. The union wages are s35 and
$50; the company has been paying S36
and s31.
hood OF Transfers, however. contended
that the company worked It's chauffeurs
sixty hours a week and had asked
that. overtime pay be reduced from 81
an hour to so cents.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-04
MORE DRUNKEN DRIVERS
SINCE PROHIBITION LAW
Magistrate House Says Con-
difion Needs Remedy.

"There have been moro people before
me charged with intoxication while driv-
ing automobiles than before prohibition
went into effect" said Magistrate House
in the Traffic Court yesterday. when
sentencing Jerry Kealey. 80. a chauf-
feur of 335 Marion street. Brooklyn. TO
ten days in the workhouse.
Under the present enforcement. or
rather non-enforcement of the law" con-
tinued the Magistrate" persons are
driven TO poisoned liquor which seems
TO SGT them crazy. 1t Is Really bad
condition and the sooner II - remedied
the better for the life and the safety OF
the citlzens.' He revoked Hesley's
license.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-04
Speech, Speech"

That's the nightly call heard by
Mr.. Percival Knight, author of
the delightful comedy Thin
Ice" Mr.. Knight also plays the
role Of the super-butler in his
play. In his curtain speeches
MIR. Knight thanks Knicker-
booker for the Ice inspiration
Of his title. He says that he saw
so many big, crystal clear,
blocks of Knickerbocker being
brought into his club, saw SC
much finely shaved Knicker-
booker used by the buffers Of his
friends, he got Ice and Buffers
so associated in his mind "he
just had to dramatic them"
n you had such a butler as Mr. knight
AZ your pantry you could srcH do without
q Chesterfield IN your draring- room
ind ao1aiie Mr.. knight makes the second
~an, The Jap, do The actual uork--you
can gather that he knous how 10 use
knickerbocker Ice for Ne good of all
ronCerned
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-04
SAYS WIFE LEFT BED
TO KISS A NEIGHBOR
Elizabeth Man Asks Divorce
for 1918 Incident.

Ralph c. French. a Nassau street
broker who lives az Ut Railway avenue.
Elizabeth. y. j.. testified yesterday be-
fore Vice-Chancellor Buchanan in
Elizabeth that one night In 1918 he woke
up at 2:30 In the morning and. finding
his wife. Mrs. Elizabeth Parkman
French. not in bed. started looking for
her and found her In her night clothes
leaning over the railing Of the back
porch and kissing neighbor. Frederick
A. Diehl. Jr Despite the unpleasant
ness OF this discovery. he said. he lived
with his wife until February OF last
year. xhen she went to live with her
mother in westfield. y. J. French is
asking divorce. The Vice-Chancellor
reserved decision.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-04
COMMITTEE RETURNS
FROM ITS MINE INQUIRY
Commissioner Hirshfield De,
nounces Coal Companies.

David Hirshfield and a committee APP
pointed by Mayor Ifylan returned yes
terday from investigating conditions
among striking miners of the Berwind-
White and other companies in the
Pennsylvania coal fields
The committee will present its report
In a week. Mrs. Louis Reed Welzmller.
one Investigator, said they had seen
"the human being reduced to the very
depths OF abjectness through the heart
lossness and inhumanity OF greedy cor
porations." Commissioner Hirshfield
denounced the coal companies and their
officials.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-04

McNaliy ran Up four flights OF stairs
10 summon medical halp. AS ne reached
the top OF the stairs he. too, suffered
an attack OF heart disease and col
lapsed
A telephone call brought two ambu-
lances and three physicians from Cum
berand Hospital. but before they got
there DR.. John Nielsen. fire surgeon.
had pronounced Doherty dead. The
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-04
INQUISITIVE WOMAN
SAW HALL KILLING


quota of activity for about every one
in public life In New Jersey, is the
third.
The confederation eye witness referred
10 yesterday was one of two persons
close 10 the scene Of the shooting This
man. accompanied by his woman COM
panion. was first noticed in the vicinity
OF the old farm house, and later was
seen driving into the lane. The author
tiles learned of this fact when one or
the persons told the story of the nights
experience 10 a business friend in New
ark The identity of this friend is
known and he has been questioned by
the State troopers as to the details or
the story told to him.
The man and girl were both reluctant
to tell their stories 10 the authorizes
because OF the attendant publicity. IL
is inevitable now, however. that they
will both be brought into the case be-
fore Mott concludes his work. IT Is not
known what connection there may De
between the visit of these two persons
to the scene and the story told by MIS-.
Gibson of the arrival of the automobile
that threw it's headlights on the couple
she Saw beside the old fashioned auto
mobile. but the two ends Of the story
fit in very well together.
Mason Interviews Troopers.
Mason arrived in here shortly before
noon to-day and went into conference
with several of the State troopers. lie
would maze no statement as 10 what
progress was being made by either MN
or Mott and refused to comment on the
statements that an arrest was impend-
ing. merely smiling at this rumor.
The authorities are particularly inter
ested in several minor discrepancies IN
the statement made by Mrs Han III
her recent newspaper interview anu
have been checking over several OF her
remarks ever since Wednesday after
noon. They are particularly interest
cd in the information that Mrs Hall
telephoned TO her sisters on Friday ana
that instead OF using her own9 tele-
phone went downtown and made the
telephone call from a public booth IN
the heart Of the city. They are also
checking up on other telephone calls
made from the Hall home during the
hours between the disappearance OF nan
and the finding Of the bodies ana are
unable to understand why Mrs. Han so
mistakenly refused to disclose her own
identity when she telephoned TO the
police to ask if there had been any one
hurt in an automobile accident
Another point that Is furnishing the
authorities with some food Sfor thought
and investigation is the discrepancy
betw cen the statement made repeatedly
by Willie Stevens that he was asleep
in his own bed. undressed, the night
of the murder. while other statements
are that Willie fell asleep in chair
downstairs in the Hall home and slept
there until aroused by Mrs. Hail. who
asked him to help her in looking for her
husband.