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The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31
BY G. F. MILTON, JR-
Consolidated Press Correspondent
Copyright, 1922, by The Argus-)

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Copyright, 1922. by The Argus)
Chattanooga, Tenn, May 81
Alvin York, war hero, sergeant OF
the A. Z. F., and Tennessee noun
taineer, today is the owner in fee
simple of 400 acres OF the best bot
tom land of Fentress county. A
voluminous deed, in which was re-
cited the sergeant's exploits in the
Argonne for which he was termed
by Marshal Foch the Greatest
Hero of the World War" was turn
ed over to him with appropriate
ceremonies at his home in Pail
Mall by J. T. Wheeler of James
town, one of the trustees of the
York fund
York's struggle for existence
since he was mustered out Of the
service and returned to his noun
tain homeland has been a severe
one. He steadfastly refused to cap
italize the fame which came to
him from his single-handed capture
of nearly an entire German battal-
ion after wiping out a series OF
machine gun nests. He has in
sisted that his success was "an act
of God" and although offered, 1t
was said, 100000 for brief en-
gagement in a vaudeville circuit. he
refused to allow himself to be ex-
plotted.
Weds BOyhoOd Sweetheart
Returning to Tennessee after be-
ing mustered out, York was feted-
lionized and lauded to the skies.
Tho. Rotary club of Nashville de-
termined to present him with fine
farm. A 40o-acre tract of rich
ground on Wolf river was procured
at a cost of about $24 900. An ini-
tial payment of $4,000 was made,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31
take THREEFOR
SALE OFLIQUOR
Rockford, Ill. Men Arrested at
Monroe. Wis; Touring Car
COnfiscated.

Monroe, Wis, May 31.-Bail Of
$500 was required of Elmer Comp
ton, Ronald Walker and Ray John
son, all of Rockford. H.. who were
held to circuit court for trial on
charges of unlawful transportation.
possession and sale of Intoxicating
liuuor. Compton's seven-passenger
touring car was confiscated.
An extra charge Of destruction OF
evidence was placed against Comp
ton because of the breaking of a
gallon jug containing a strong
smelling fluid.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31
DAUCHERTY
NOT ASKED
TO RESIGN
Harding Has Faith in At
torney- General, Law
renee Says.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.
Washington, D. c., May 31.-At-
torney-GeneraI Daugherty will not
resign. President Harding has not
asked him to do so and he never
will. Mr.. Harding has unlimited
confidence in the integrity of his
attorney-general and does not be-
lieve him guilty of anything wrong
in the Morse case.
This is the inflexible attitude OF
the administration as revealed to-
day after the president and his ad-
visers returned from a cruise on
the Mayflower where the impress
sion caused by the attacks in the
senate against the attorney-general
was the subject of informal discus
sion
Practically everybody in the ad-
ministration group admits that Mr.
Daugherty handled his own de-
tense poorly and that the mixup be-
tween him and Senator Watson OF
Indiana was most unfortunate. But
on the basis of what has happened
TO date the administration feels no
less confidence in MIR. Daugherty
nor does it feel that when all the
facts and influences attempting to
injure the attorney-general are ex-
posed in the forthcoming war
prosecutions the public will have an
unfavorable impression of the man
at the head of the department OF
Justice.
More Than Friendship.
There's something more than per-
senal friendship and loyalty in Mr.
Harding's attitude toward his life
time associate and political men
tor. It's true that to Harry Daugh-
erty more than anyone else. Mr..
Harding owes his nomination at
Chicago in 1920, which was equiva-
lent TO an election. It's true that
Mr.. Harding is under obligation to
Mr.. Daugherty, but it is also fact
that Mr.. Harding knew in the fall
Of 1922 everything about the part
Harry Daugherty played in obtain
ing a pardon for Morse under the
Taft administration and that he did
not consider it a bar to the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Daugherty.
If Harry Daugherty had come out
Immediately after his connection
with the Morse case was mention
ed in senate debate by Mr.. Cara
way OF Arkansas and said: Yes
was an attorney for Morse and
helped TO get him a pardon-I was
a private lawyer then and had a
right TO defend my client" no one
would have thought any more about
Continued on Page EHifteen.(
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31
HOOVER TOFIX
PRICE OF COAL
Commerce Secretary Assumes Re-
spOnsibflity for Reasonable Re
turn During Strike

Washington, May 31.-Secretary
Hoover today assumed the respon-
sibility for fixing a reasonable price
on spot coal during the continuance
OF the present coal strike.
Opening the conference here to-
DAY of union and non-union opera
tors in the producing fields, MI
Hoover declared that any agree
ment between the operators look
ing toward the fixing of the price
Of coal, even though in the interest,"
OF the public, would be illegal, and
therefore, he asked the individual
Operators to agree with him on
Reasonable price for coal In their
feSpaCxiEau udiStEictA =
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31
CUT INTEREST
ON FARM LOANS
Reduction from 6 to Five and
0ne-Half Per Cent.

Washington, May 31.-Reduction
in the rate of interest charged
farmers by federal land banks,
from per cent to 5lz per cent, eff
fectiYe tomorrow, was announced
today by Commissioner Lobdell of
the farm loan board
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31
A.H. KERSTINC,;
CLINTON, DIES
General Manager of Clinton. Iowa,
Corn Syrup Refining Company
Drops Dead in Home.

Clinton. Iowa, May 31.-Augustus
Henry kersting, 62, general man
ager and vice president of the Clin-
ton Corn Syrup Refining company.
dropped dead at his home this
morning Physicians ascribed his
death TO cerebral hemorrhage. due
10 hish blood Qressaraa
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31
13BALLOONS
HOP Off In
GREAT RACE
Giant Gas Bags Leave
Milwaukee Field at
$3.50 P. M.
FLIGHT FACTS,
START: Milwaukee ball pa,

START: Milwaukee ball park
ENTRIES: Thirteen, eight
civilian, two army and three
navy.
CASH PRIZES: $1,000, $500,
$500, $500, 5000 and 500.
STARTING BONUS: One
hundred dollars to each pilot.
GRAND PRIZES: First three
winners will represent the Unit
ed States in the international
balloon race in Switzerland,
Aug. 6.
WINNER: Pilot who stays in
the air the longest and covers
the greatest distance.
PRESENT RECORD: One
thousand one hundred and sew
enty-two miles. Held by Allan
R Hawley of New York City.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31
TROOPS GUARD
LAREDO BRIDGE
United States Soldiers Get on Job
on Reports on Contemplated
Border Attack.

San Antonio, Texas. May 81
United States troops were placed
on guard on the international
bridge at Laredo. at an early hour
this morning, following rumOrs of
contemplated attack upon NuevO
Laredo, across the river, by a rebel
force
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31
CRAIG ACCEPTS
BID T0L0NDON
Goes to Confer on Irish Situation
But Will Not Meet Dublin
Representatives

Belfast, Ireland, May 31.-(By the
Associated Press-)-Sir James
Craig, the Ulster premier, an
nounced today that he and the mar
quis of Londonderry, the Ulster
minister of education, were going
TO London tonight at the British
governments invitation to confer
regarding the situation in Ireland.
He said they were going on the
distinct understanding that they
would not meet the Dublin repre-
sentatiyeS.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31
PLANE CRASHES;
TWO ARE KILLED

Richmond. Va. May 31.-what is
thought to be an army airplane
caught fire today while flying over
the Country club of Virginia and
crashed TO the ground. killing the
pilot and passenger The iden-
tity OF the fiiers has not been deter
RinAG.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31

before the start of tOday's bal
loon race showed that the banks
of clouds covering this section
were barely 800 feet high. All
of the pilots were planning to
shoot above the clouds and
take advantage of a southwest
wind which would carry them
into northeast Canada
Milwaukee, Wis, May 31-(By
the Associated Press.) - Thirteen
balloons today were tugging at
their moorings ready to get away
at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon in the
18th national balloon race, which
will decide what three entries of
the United States shall enter the
international contests to be held in
Switzerland in August
While the course of flights of the
IS pilots will be entirely depend
ent on the whims and fancies OF
winds thousands of feet above the
ground, indications early toda =
were, so far as the man on terra
firma could judge. that the final
destination of most of the air trav-
elers would be southeastern Can
ada.
AS the thousands of cubic feet
of gas and helium struggled to
tear loose the great bags from their
ground ropes during the day, the
United States weather bureau,
which sent a corps of special
agents here to prognosticate the
conditions of the upper air, report
ed the balloons would encounter a
wind from the northeast at the
start, but that this would change
to a wind from the southwest as
greater attitudes were reached.
Fly Into Canada.
Such winds would mean that the
big gas filled bags first would
start across the state of Wisconsin
in general northerly direction,
but this soon would turn into a
steady fight Nrtheastward across
the Great Lakes and into Canada.
Several of the baskets attached
| to the balloons were of a water
proof, floatable type, arranged by
| the pilots in anticipation of a posi-
Bile forced landing in one OF the
! Great Lakes, but others were just
! the ordinary woven reed type,
| which would fill with water as rap
| idly as a sieve. A few of the men
who are daring the perils OF air
currents thousands of feet above
the earth carried with them outfits
| for camping in case they come
down in the wilds of Canada, but
| a majority were sacrificing such
| factors of personal safety in favor
| of lighter equipment which might
help them lengthen the flight.
Smallest Starts First.
The. first balloon to take the air
| will be the smallest entry-that of
Roy Donaldson of Springfield, Ill.
The others will follow in the fol-
lowing order:
Major Oscar Westover, Washing
ton; capacity $4,000 cubic feet.
! Ralph Upson. Detroit; capacity
| $1,000 cubic feet.
Captain John Berry, st. Louis;
capacity $4,000 cubic feet.
Lieutenant Commander ]. P. Nor
het, Lake Hurst, n. J.; capacity 75,-
500 cubic feet.
Lieutenant F. Reed. Prescott
Fla; capacity $4,000 cubic feet.
| J. S. McKibben, st. Louis; capac,
/ ity II 500 cubic feet.
Warren Rasor, Brookville, Ohio;
capacity 50.00e cubic feet
Lieutenant James T. Neely, Ross
field. Cal; capacity So.160 cubic
feet
Captain Harold Weeks, Langley
field, Va; capacity $4,000 cubic
| feet.
Bernard Won Hoffman. ST I,ou;s-
capa city 10000 cubic feet.
Ward T. Van Norman. Akron.
Ohio; capacity 1900 cubic feet.
II. z. Honeywell, st. Louis; ca
| pacity $4,000 cubic feet.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31
AIRMEN FALL IN LAKE.

Milwaukee, May 31.-Two men
were rescued from Lake Michigan,
after a plunge into the water from
IAN airplans.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31
DAUGHTER Is BORN
TO EMPRESS ZITA

Madrid, Spain. May 31.-(By the
Associated Press)-A daughter was
born this morning to former EN-
nzeSs Aita. Of of-AnstrtarHungaEx,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31

River stage at q H. Tvs Q LHAIL
of 4 in last "a hours
Sunset today 1881 p. m; sunrise
tomorrow, 4:3o a. m.
River Forecast.
The Mississippi river from below
Dubuoue to Muscatine will fall
slowly during the next few days.
ANDREW HAMRICK.
Meteorologist
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31
THE WEATHER

Fair this afternoon followed by
fair tonight and Thursday. Some
what warmer Thursday
Highest temperature yesterday,
So; lowest last night, 81.
Wind velocity at a m. miles
per hour. 40
Precipitation last "a hours, %
inch
I'm 7p-m- lam
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31

Milwaukee, Wis, May 81
(By the Associated Press.)-
Tests conducted by the United
States weather bureau shortly
before the start of tOday's bal
loon race showed that the banks
of clouds covering this section
we're barely 800 feet high. All
of the pilots were planning to
shoot above the clouds and
take advantage of a southwest
wind which would carry them
into northeast Canada
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-31

Continued on Page Fifteen)
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
TRUCK OF MEAT
STOLEN ON WAY
FROM BALTIMORE
Driver Tells Police of
Hold-Up; Purse Con-
tanning STA Snatched.

THEFT Of e truck load Of meat.
CONSUMED to Northeast Washington
from Ealamere. was reported to
The police yesterday by Otis H.
Clark. driver.
The truck belonged to the Wilson
and 1iartin Beef Company. of Bal
timore. In the loot were $50 pounds
OF scrappie. 100 pounds of bacon
anl fifteen hams. all intended for
Eortheast shops and lunch rooms.
Anticipating sale OF the ssoisn
goods TO, the shops the polic.'
:. rItiriSed counters in the North
east bat n vain.
r. F. Broff, of Clarendon. Va, re-
ported last night the theft of his
aut0mobile from its parking place
on,North Capitol street. just north
Of the Government Printing ONCE.
Manly PeelG 1920 New York ave-
nue. northwest, reported the fourth
evercoat theft to occur at George
Washington University during the
past week, when he told police that
his coat valued at $40 had been re-
moved from the cloak room Of LIS
ner Hall. the university quarters at
2023 G street northwest. while ne
was attending class last night.
Purse snatehed by Negro.
May FIack, 1872 Massachusetts,
avenue southeast, told police that
negro snatched her pocketbook'
containing s74 as she was stand
ing at Eighth street and Nortn
Carolina avenue. southeast yester-
day morning. The robber disap-
peared so quickly, she would be un-
able to Identify him, Miss Flacs
tcld the police.
Pickpockets rified the handbag OF
Florence Thompson. living In Lau-
rel. Nd. taking money! postage
stamps and a foreign money order
fer "a shillings, she repo'ted
James Jackson, alias Tom Wells.
colored. 81 years old. who claims
Baltimore as his residenrt, but has
teen sought by District authorities
ever Eince he escaped from the Dis
trict reformatory at Lawton, Va,
was arrested by Detectives jack
son and Jones and turned over to
William H Meyer. superintendent
Of the penal institution. by detec-
stives Jackson and Jones.
= Serving for EmbexzIement.
Jackson was serving Ihrce-
year term for embezzlement of
$500. at the time of his escape,
police said
Entering her apartment at 1l07
Eleventh street northwest, Miss
Jessie Clayton yesterday frightened
away a thief who had entered the
rooms An investigation Shove d
that the msrauder had taken moth
ing.
Miss Margaret Z. Sheetze, 1145
Connecticut avenue northwest, cold
police that her apartment was ram
sacked by thieves who gained an
entrance by removing the grating
from a rear window. Nothing was
stolen.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
ASKS DISMISSAL
OF $4,000. ACTION
Former New York Police OFF,
cial Denies Owing Sum to
Jesse c. Adkins.

Frederick II. Bugher. former
deputy police commissioner of New
York City. who was sued in the
District of Columbia Supreme Court
for s47.1oi.50 for professional serv-
ices by Jesse c. Adkins, a former
Assistant Attorney General of the
Cmted States. denied yesterday in
a motion to dismiss Adkins bill
that he owed any such sum. He
said he had paid the attorney all
that his services were worth.
Adkins filed suit December 81
last. and claimed that Bugher had
paid $3,661.28 on an agreement to
pay him s5O,765.59. which includes
counsel fees, travelling expenses,
etc, in connection with services
rendered between December 6. 1916,
and June 81. 1914 relative TO Bug
hers claim to an interest in min
ing properties in Illinois and Ken
lucky. Others interested in the
same properties, who were parties
to two suits in Equity Court. are
Mrs. Mildred Mclean Dewey. widow
of Admiral George Dewey. and tho
heirs of the late John r. Mclean
Bugher now claims that his az
torney's services were worth but
$4,000, outside of incidental eX-
penses. and he claims to have paio
that amount. Adkins admits that
he was paid the $4,000. Bugher also
differs with his former counsel
about Incidental expenses-Adkins
placing them at, s765.5s. while
Bugher places them at S661.2s.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
NAVY YARD CUT
. CALLED CALAMITY
BroOkland Citizens Ask De.
> partment Ito Find Means
Is OF Livelihood for Men,"

Terming the action of the Navy
Department in furloughing 1850
employees from the local navy yard
Jas "a public calamity and an eco
nomic loss to Washington" men,
bers of the Brookland Citizens As
adopted a resolution call
ling upon the Navy Department to
|ssprovide a means of livelihood for
these men," at a meeting in the
|Brookland Masonic Temple last
might.
Approval was voiced for the Cap
|per bill to furnish free text books
Ito high school students in the Dis
|trict, and the Ball-Focht bill max
hing the removal of snow from side
walks compulsory.
A memorial "of a useful nature"
lin honor of the late Henry B. r.
|Macfarland was approved Resolu-
|tions calling upon the chairman of
1.-The associations committee on
streets and pavements to confer
with the District Commissioners rel
ative to needed improvements in
the Brookland section were adopted.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
Depicts Beauty
OfU. S. Scenes
National Park Director Lee.
lures Before Geographic
Society.

Photographs of Secretary Albert
B. Fall. of the Interior Department,
on horseback. climbing fences, ca
noeing streams, and otherwise
"roughing 1t" during his recent
tour of the national parks in COM
pany with the speaker were among
the views shown in connection with
a lecture by Stephen T. Mather,
director of national park service,
before members of the National
Geographic Society last night.
Mr.. Mather showed illustrations
of the snow-covered heights of
Mount Rainier and concluded with
a remarkable motion picture, in
colors, of the Lake of Everlasting
Fire, at Kilauea Park, Hawaii.
OF particular interest to men,
1ers of the National Geographic
Society was the reel which showed
the society's president. Gilbert
Grosvenor and Speaker Frederick
II. Gillett in Sequoia National
Park, where the society recently
bought large tracts and turned
them over to the government
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
DIR. G. c. SAMSON
SUCCUMBS AT 73
Was Prominent Member of
, District Medical Society
For Fifty Years.

DR.. George Clement Samson, re-
tired physician. died yesterday at
his home, 2423 Pennsylvania avenu.
-northweA. DR.. Samson was rs
years old. His death was due to
natural causes.
For nine years DR.. Samson was
physician in charge of the Soldiers
and Sailors Orphans Home He
was a member OF the Medical 80
ciety of the District for fifty years.
Recently he, was made, deacon
emeritus and deacon for life of the
First Baptist Church Born April
1, 1888. son OF George whiteheld
Samson. president of co.umpia.
College. DIR. Samson received de-
grees from Columbian College. Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and the
University of Edinburgh. Scotland.
In 1872 he married Marianne Polk
inhorn in Washington.
surviving him are his widow.
Mrs Marianne P. Samson, one son.
Henry W., and two sisters. Miss
Nettie Samson. of New York CITY.
and Mrs. William A. Dayton, of
Livingston Heights. Va.
Funeral services have not been
arranged =
Dr.. Samson was a member of 81
Johns Lodge No. IL, F. A. A. NJ:
board Of trustees of the public
schools from 1873 to 1882; board oT
managers. Y. NJ. c. A. ISs1-1se7.
board of mahagers. washjnrton
Bible Society. 1ssS-1s90; the execn-
tive committee of the District SIM
day School Union, and EpsIIon
chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
Parents Ask Police
To Find Missing Boy

Police are securing the city and
Maryland roads in their search for
Edmund Leger. 12-year-old pupil at
the Thomson School. Twelfth and l.
ktreets northwest. who failed to re-
kurn to his home in Glen Echo, Nd,
hfter school yesterday.
The lad Is feet tall. weighs rs
bounds. has light hair and blue
Eyes, and was wearing an aviator
zap and a gray chinchilla over
eoat when he left home, his parents
old police officials.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
Struck BY Billiard Cue.

Struck by a billiard cue, welded,
to the police. by a person
who had been refused the loan of a
Iuarter. Joseph Smith. colored, 20
FEARS old, 2029 Eighth street north
west, is suffering from probable
|racture Of the skull in Freedman's
Hospital. James Jackson. colored,
Is years old. 232S Eighth street
northwest. was taken into custody
md is being held by police pending
he outcome Of Smiths injuries.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
Babe Sets Room Afre,
But Cral1Ls to Safety

Seated on a pile Of clothes in a
closet. playing with matches, Carl,
Holiday. 3-year-old son of John E.
Holiday, 1916 Sixth street north
west, started fire yesterday morn
ing which caught in several rooms
and caused damage estimated at 5000
before it was extinguished.
According to the firemen of two
companies, the baby was able to crawl
to safety without a burn.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-09
PRODUCTION Of
Pic IRON LARGE
Figures For May Show Small
Effect Of Coal Strike On
Iron Industry.

,'ic.eIanG. o.. June S---rhr Iron Trade
Review Will say: with Tho receipt of
new tonnage Sull In excess Of ship
n,,uts as miscellaneous business cX-
lands and production is under restraint
hccauS" of the coal strike situation.
growing congo stion In steel continues
10 develop. While certain of thr larger
producers including the steel corpora
,'ou. a~c holding TO minimum quotations
their deliveries are steadily extending
land 4 growing portion Of the going bus
mess of the market is being taken on
Ia higher basis.
After a week "f manouverinE and con
ference between shippers and railroads.
the seasons lake ore prices still remain
unsettled hut may he announced this
week. Railroad executives finally have
refused 10 make Il voluntary reduction
Of the upper lake rates. y clarifying
action IN this matter is tn" order Of the
Interstate commerce con- mission. grant
Ing railroads perm; Ssinn to put In effect
within Nyr Gays tho n per cent re-
durrious on lower lake frcights and not
wait until July !.
Mas production in pig iron went for
ward sharply cmpha sizing the small
.,iirc; &c the Goa strike on operations
during that period The gross increase
over April was 2a?.1Ai tons. making a
total - 9."043iF tons. This Is the larS-
rSr monthly output s:rro january l22l.
.uHl represents an Increase Of lh' per
cent over tn" low point ui activity last
,luIy The number Of furnaces IN blast
ca the last day Of the month was IN
creased To rs. MT gain OF ~. Tho
Junc outlook for continuing increases
of iron production is loss promising as
cumulative efforts 81 dragged out coal
strike more clearly are beginning to DO
Celt.
Small changes continue in The Iron
Trade Reviews composite average al
II iron and steel products. The average
lis $751; this week compared with
$3.50 las, weck. E%6.G" TWO weeks ago
$3.50 three weeks ago and go the
recent low NAH.
cars AWARDED IN May number @lS'"'o
las COMPARED with %l.A9o in April. hut
we're larger than any o. the first three
months of the year. The total for the
,ur,' i've months was Ss.%s". or NOR"
than three times that &C all 1871. SiruC-
lrlr;tl steel Awards arc keeping up IN
fair volume although they are not up
to the Arril or early May level. New
icuntrar.S reported this week total ~
, nur tons. l'ic iron buying IS on much
smaller scale al around. I'rlncinaI
ljt.r, In In, cxro-' market ia the pur-
chase nC ST. O00 boxes of tin plate by
inc Nippon oil Co.. Of Japan. equally
divided between the steel corporation
and the Weirton. steel SO.