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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
DAUCHERTY
SAYS PACT
is INVALID
Denies Alabama Power
Co. Option on Gorgas
Plant.

Washington, May 25.-(By the
Associated Press)-An opinion by
Attorney General Daugherty, sub
mitted to Secretary Weeks and
forwarded today to the house mill
tary committee, holds that the con-
tract executed by the government
with the Alabama Power company
is invalid" with respect to the
provision which the power COM
pany officials contend gives them
the right of exclusive purchase of
the governments interests in the
steam power plant at Gorgas, Ala
The contract negotiated by the
war department with the Air Nj
trates corporation of New York, a
subsidiary of the American Cyana-
mid company, under which nj
trate plant Number Two was con-
structed at Muscle Shoals, Ala,
also is held invalid" by the at
torney general with regard to the
option of exclusive purchase claim
ed by the corporation in the event
the plant ever is disposed of by
the government to private enter
priSeS.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
STATE MINERS
WON'T ACCEPT
OPERATOR BID
Refuse Imitation to
Wage Scale
ParIey.

Springfield, Ill, May 25.-Presi-
dent Frank Harrington of the Illi-
nois United Mine Workers, an
nounced at noon today that the
district executive board, upon his
recommendation had unanimously
refused TO accept the invitation of
the Illinois Coal Operators asso-
citation to meet them in a district
wage scale conference
Letters will be addressed the
three coal operators associations
in Illinois This afternoon, Mr.. Far
rington said, giving them the an
swer demanded in their letter last
week
The operators" Mr. Harrington
added, will be notified that until
the policy of the International
union is changed, this district is
not willing and is not going to meet
them in wage scale conference. +"
Springfield, ILL.,, May 25.-Execu-
tive board members of the Illinois
district. United Mine Workers of
America, went into session behind
closed doors at 10 o'clock this
morning, to consider for the fourth
time the advisability of a separate
wage contract with the coal opera
tors.
Preceding the session President
Frank Harrington announced he
could not say what action the board
would take, and he declined to tell
what recommendation he would
make. With the exception of one
or two, all the members of the
board are said to be supporters of
Mr.. F'arrington's policies. and what
ever he wishes, it is said, generally
is done
An answer to the letter of the
Illinois Coal Operators associa-
tion, received last week. which de-
manded information as to "just
what" the miners intended doing
to end the strike in Illinois, is the
specific burden of today's session.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
BUNS
WAY TO CHICAGO
Jim Draper Rides Freights in Or
der to Take Part in National
Track and Field Meet.

Chicago, May 25.-Jim Draper,
Georgetown, Texas, high school
lad, who a few nights ago was
bumming his way on freight trains,
today was the occupant of a choice
room at one of the most exclusive
residential hotels of the city.
Jim beat his way TO Chicago to
take part in the National Inter
scholastic track and field meet at
the University of Chicago on Friday
and Saturday. his school not being
prepared to bear the expense of
sending him as a competitor in the
meet. When the lads determina-
ton became known the manager of
the hotel invited him to stay there
without cost and Jim readily ac-
cepted the invitation
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
REP. HERRICK
ACCEPTS Def
FROM AVIATOR
Seeks Title of Aerial
Daredevil of
Congress-

Washington. May 25.-Willing to
take a chance with death to prove
himself the only real aerial dare
Manuel Herrick, Republican, Okla
homa, accepted an aviator's chal-
1enge today to join him in a high
fight with the brakes off.
Herbert ]. Fahy, the fiier, had
promised the Oklahoman that he
would lose more than a neck-tie If
he agreed to go up.
"You will at your earliest con-
venience go with me to the war de-
partment," Mr.. Herrick wrote, "and
make the request for a plane, and
l will back up the request as con-
greSSman."
RidicuIes Congress.
The Oklahoman said he would
make no request himself because
he was sore at the department for
issuing an order that l must not
do any more stunt flying over the
capitol for fear 1 might fall upon
the skylight and fracture pane or
two and thus put some slivers Of
glass in some sleepy enator's or
congressman's nose"
"If you really have any sand in
your craw to make good the chat
lenge," Mr.. Herrick added, why
you just mosey around to my Of
fee and we will go to the war de-
partment together"
Dropping into his own home
made poetry, Mr.. Herrick gave
this:
Gosh! He's a @POte."
eff when we fly away on high we
should fall down and die,
Anyone who wants to cry must rub
an onion in their eye."
Advising Fahy to take out some
life insurance, Mr.. Herrick said lie
had none, adding:
Personally, l don't have to as l
am not leaving any dependents be-
hind me. For 1 have neither fa-
ther nor mother, sister nor broth
er. uncle or aunt, nephew or niece.
nor cousin even in the 33rd de-
gree. Life to me is not sweet and
don't care two whoops in Gehenna
if you go up a couple of miles and
stand her on her nose and let her
hit"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
DEALS WITH
GRANT PARK
BANK CITED
Witness Gives Touch of
Realism to So-Called
Ghost.

Waukegan, ILL.,, May 25.-(By the
Associated Press-)-Hcward Rice,
former assistant auditor of the Fort
Dearborn National bank, told the
jury in the trial of Governor Len
Small today that the Grant Park
bank carried a ledger account at the
Fort Dearborn bank The prosecu-
ton claims the Grant Park bank was
a fictitious, non-eXistent institu-
ton.
Mr.. Rice's testimony was brought
out by C. C. LeForgee, chief coun-
sci for the governor, on cross
examination. The witness also de-
clared he had no personal know
ledge OF the transactions of Gov
ernor Small, while state treasurer,
with the bank. On direct examina-
ton he had identified the deposit
treasurer's account in the bank
@In Again, Out Again"
Following the dismissal of Mr..
Rice, James H Wilkerson read into
the record the account of the Grant
Park bank with the Fort Dear
born bank. The account started
with $4,000 early in April 1917.
Thereafter at various intervals
sums of 100000, $500, 900, s4OO, 900
and $4,000 were deposited and
withdrawn. the Withdrawals usually
being on the same day as the de-
posits. In 1918, during the second
year of Governor Smalls term as
treasurer, several credits of $780,
900 were listed, the same amount
being drawn out in each case on
the same day.
At the afternoon session Harry
Tinnins, vice president of Morris
& Co, Chicago packers, testified he
was unable to produce notes sold
by his company to the Curtis Broth
ers as all papers for the years in
question had been destroyed when
Cancelled. .
W. W. LeGrosse, former cashier
of the Fort Dearborn National
bank, was placed on the stand to
continue the identification of pa
pers taken from the banks records.
He identified number of Chicago
drafts" or cashiers checks by
which funds credited to the Grant
Park banks account in the Fort
Dearborn bank were transferred to
the Livestock Exchange bank to
pay for packers notes purchased
by the Curtis Brothers.
The complaint between the jur-
ors and their bailiffs was settled
this afternoon with the appoint
ment of Judge Claire c. Edwards
father, Henry Edwards, as a third
bailiff. Two bailiffs will exercise
the jurors while the third rests,
and in this way, it is believed. the
elderly court officers will be able
to keep up the pace set by their
younger charges.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25

Macon, Ga, May 25.-gfm Den
son, negro, prayed unusually long
in the Bibb county Jail last night
before he threw himself on his
bunk for his first real sheep this
week He prayed for the members
of the mob that broke into+the jail
at Irwinton on Tuesday, dragged
him out and attempted to lynch
him, and prayed for his ultimate
release.
benson is under sentence To hang
on June Is for an alleged attack
on an aged white woman some
three years ago. His case went to
the supreme court of the United
States.
Believing that tDenson's escape
from the mob wassan act of Prov
idence, there are numerous per
sons of this and of Wilkinson
county, it is reported, who will ask
Governor Hardwick to commute his
sentence to life Imprisonment
benson was caught yesterday
morning by posse who did mot be-
lieve in lynching. They turned
benson over to Sheriff L P. Play
er at Irwinton, who asfew hours
before had declared hissbelief that
benson was dead.
AS soon as the negro Acould be
fed and clothed he was rushed to
the Jail here.
jail @LOOks GOOd.7
'eLawdy, boss, looks mighty good
Jail, sho' do" said benson. as the
car in which he was riding turned
into the gateway of the local Jail
Use sho' mighty proud to be here. "
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
ABSEN
IN SENATE
ARE FLAYED
Washington Newspaper
Denounces Republ-
can Congress.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Washington, d. c.. May 25.-Ab-
senteeism in the United States sen-
ate has grown so serious that pub
lie business can hardly be trans
acted and the debates are Iistless.
Even so staunch a supporter of the
Harding administration as the
Washington Post, owned and edited
by Edward B. Mclean, the intimate
friend and chum of President
Harding, can no longer keep silent
about it. More than ordinary sig
nificance is attached to the latest
editorial of the post on the subject
which may or may not have been
inspired but which in truth is a
distinct departure from the lauda-
tory attitude toward everything Re
publican which the same newspaper
has maintained from the very be-
ginning.
MF. Harding has been the guest
Of Editor Mclean on houseboat
parties TO FLORIDA and the entente
between the Post and the White
house is one of the best that has
ever been built up between a chief
executive and the leading morning
newspaper in the national capital
which greets the legislators with
news and views at the breakfast
table.
iiRces No Words.
The Post minces no words in it's
attack on the Republican congress.
thus;
The situation in the senate at
thls moment constitutes an indict-
ment of the good sense of the Re
publican party. Now when con-
gress is under the fire of criticism
ahd the record of the Republican
party is under scrutiny when mil
mons of voters are making up their
minds on the evidence presented,
the Republicans of the senate are
making record of absenteeism
and neglect of public business that
surely will return to plague them.
THE tariff is before the senate.
It should either be passed or de-
feated {. Yet in spite of the ad-
vantage that could be gained by
prompt action-always assuming
that the tariff bill would benefit the
eountry-the senate Republicans
absent themselves from
the debate and the senate. Many
OF them are absent from Washing
ton, neglecting not only tariff max
ing but all other public business.
(Contipued on Last Pape
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
FRENCH COURT CONVICTS C. r. CRANE
Jim benson, Negro, Safe in
Jail Again, Prays for Mob
Wll0setLyncFit,g Bee Failed

Inside the Jail he told his expert
ence with the mob.
They tied rope around my
neck" benson said, then they
dragged me into the car. l asked
them to let me pray, and they re
piled that they had no time l
heard them say they would shoot
me Just out of town The knot on
the rope around my neck was chok-
ing me. 1 reached up one hand in
the dark and felt the slip-knot 1
united it The car was speeding
80 miles an hour l says to my
self, Jim, jump or be kilt jump
ed, feet first-flam f1ooey, just like
that. l hit the ground on my feet
and then on my head, and then I
must have Topped over four times
and rolled into a ditch.
Bloodhound Proves Friendly.
when I got out of the ditch
shots were fired at me. 1 crawled
and they kept on firing. 1 got up
and ran. l was barefooted, my
clothes were torn off me and the
gravel cut my feet.
Then l heard b1oodhounds on
my IdCh- fTeIIy SooH a "nlte
hound came upon me. l kept jump
ing from one side of creek to the
other. l couldn't shake him He
got right near my heels, so I stop
ped, snapped my fingers at him,
and, Lawdy,' he curled his tail and
walked right up to me, l took off
my belt and tied him to me-"
The negro had the hound tied to
him, was playing with a second
hound, and was fighting off a third
when the posse reached him
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
DENIES CHARGE
OF 'SHADOWING'

Washington, May 25.-Coincident
with resumption by Senator Wat
son, Democrat, of Georgia, of the
discussion in the senate of the al
legged connection of Attorney-Gen-
eral Daugherty with the pardoning
in 1912 of Charles w. Morse, a
statement was issued at the de-
partment of justice on behalf of Mr..
Daugherty, denying that secret
service operatives ever had been
or were being used to shadow mem
bers of congress
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25

CITY FIREME N

Des Moines, Iowa, May 25.-
Nineteen of 20 fremen overcome by
chlorine gas. while fighting fire on
the second floor of Drake univers-
ity Science hall here last night, are
expected to recover.
One fireman, William Mattson, is
reported to be in a serious condi-
ton.
The fire, discovered in the lab
oratory of Prof. C. W. Kinney, was
extinguished with great loss to the
building. Heat from an open gas
jet is believed to have melted the
cap on the chlorine tank from
which the gas escaped.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
PRESBYTERIANS
HL-TREATED IN
BRAZIL, CHARGE
AUege That Catholic
Church Wars on
Professionalism.

Des MOines, Iowa, May 25.-
(By the Associated Press)-
Next years general assembly
of the Presbyterian church in
the United States viii be held
at indianapolis, it was decided
by the commissioners here be-
day. 1t will begin on the third
Thursday of May and continue
for ten days.
Des Moines, Iowa, May 25.-By
the Associated Press )-Interfer-
ence with Protestant, especially
Presbyterian, evangelization in
South America. was alleged this
morning in a report by the board
of foreign missions of the Presby-
terian church in the United States
submitted to the 134th general as
sembly on the last day of its ses-
sion.
Attacks on active workers were
charged in the report and also loot
ing of Presbyterian church mis-
sion by mob of 500 men and the
near lynching of the pastor, Rev.
Andre Jensen.
Atheism Is Found. Too.
A sweep of atheism into the ori-
ent, where the educated classes ape
the irreligious attitudes of the oc-
cident, has made evangelfzation
even more difficult than when
strong non-Christian religions are
contended with. the report said
Choice of a meeting place for the
1S5th general assembly in 1923 was
one of the important tasks of the
last days business. Indianapolis
and Atlantic City were both receiv-
ing consideration, with the former
apparently favored, due to ener-
getic campaigning by the c4ty's del
egation
Can Missionaries SSpies.7
The foreign missions boards re-
port quoted from minutes of the
Brazilian mission that the Roman
Catholic church had officially de
clared guerra sem treguas' twal
without quarter) against Protest.
antism in Brazil
Achbishops, bishops and inspired
journalists have launched infiam
matory appeals to national senti
ment against Protestant missioner
les, the report said, citing instances
where they were referred to b,
priests as "spies" of the United
States.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
DALTON HOPES
FOR ACQUITTAL
IN THIRD TRIAL
Boy Bank Thief Says
Money Has Lost
Thrill
BY MARGARET DALE.

CoHSOlludLeQ PreSS COrreSpO pOndenC.
Copyright, 1922. by The Argus.)
Chicago, May 25.-"Money has
lost all thrill for me-"
Blue-eyed Willie Dalton, IT, for
mer bank clerk, now holding a re-
sponsible position with a southside
chemical concern, but admitted
theft, made this declaration today.
He again appeared in court pre-
pared to be placed on trial for the
theft of $772,000 worth of liberty
bonds from the Northern Trust
company. Already he has faced two
juries. Each time the II men, good
and true, have disagreed regarding
the extent of his guilt. The last
time a single juror stood between
the boy and a felon's sentence. This
/ man, j. j. Cunningham, railroad
clerk, refused point blank to con-
vict. He held that the youths own
admission that he had yielded to a
sudden temptation should be ac-
cepted and that he was not a thief
at heart.
The lads irrepressible youth still
hopes that he will be allowed to
continue his career with a clean
slate. The fact that the first jury
voted to 5 for cultivation, and the
second IL to l in favor of his guilt,
has deeply impressed him. But he
still hopes for the best.
~No Criminal" Says Mother.
His mother, worn and gray
through the anxious days and
nights of worry since her son was
arrested, is supporting him in his
trouble. my boy is not a criminal" !"
she declared. He should not be
sent to prison. l feel that God will
see that he has justice"
The defense of the boy has been
money intoxication," due to sud
den exposure to temptation which
because of his extreme youth he
was unable to resist. He was get
ting $65 a month as a clerk in the
Northern Trust company when he
sprang into international fame by
walking out of the bank at noon
one day with three-Quarters of a
million dollars in negotiable lib
erty bonds in little black hand
bag. In his pocket he had just %
cents in cash borrowed from a fel-
low clerk for lunch. At that time
ne Adu HOI 9Ct IuA aCO -.
Sorry He Did It
Willie cashed $500 bond. Then
he bought a secondhand flivver
and proceeded to tour the cities in
the vicinity of Chicago. When the
headlines in the Chicago papers,
and his picture alarmed him he
abandoned the Ford and started to
walk. Two days later he was ar
rested near Bloomington, Ill, icen-
titled by a man who had offered
him lift" along the road.
He was the coolest person l ever
saw" said the sheriff after his lr-
rest. He made no resistance and
even assisted in the proceedings to
return him to Chicago"
Gee, but l am sorry that did
it," he told his captors. Il did not
realize what l was doing. With all
of those thousands of dollars pass
ing through my hands every day 1
must have been sort of money
drunk Then it was so easy to
walk off with it. 1t seemed to me
like a joke. When l saw the head
lines in the paper l came to a real
ization of what l had done.
wanted to give the bonds back But
then l was afraid to try. just
thought would keep going until l
was caught, and 1 did"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
COSTS $4,34O TO
PAY $4,000 NOTE
OF 20 YEARS AGO

Lincoln, Ill. May 25.-Pay-
ment of a $4,000 note 20 years
old, will cost Alexander Niebuhr
of Peoria $4,340, as the result Of
a verdict in the circuit court
here late yesterday, holding that
his sister, Mrs. Adelia Stickel
of New York city, had the right
to collect
Following the first trial the
case was appealed to the su-
preme court and was remanded
for a new trial. The money is
due for money advanced Me
buhr by his father before he
died.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
2 WOODSMEN TRY
TO DROWN BEAR;
THEY REGRET TT

Hibbing, Mimi, May 25.-Two
wood haulers were today treat
ing numerous sores and scratches
as the result of a tussle with a
GEAR. The men, Ole Hendrick-
son and James Kinney, while
oading wood at a point near the
surgeon river, 20 miles north
III here, saw bruin start to swim
me river. They grabbed his
f'egs and tried to drown the ami
Lai. After a 10-minute strug-
sne they were willing to let go.
,ne bear resumed swim, while
ae men came here for treat
nent.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
PITCHER IS HURT
BY BATTED BALL
Wilbur Hubbell, Philadelphia Ma
ti0nal League Hurler, Probably
Has Skull Fractured.

Philadelphia, Pa, May 25.-Wfl-
bur Hubbeil, pitcher, was severely
injured in the first inning of the
first game between Philadelphia
and Brooklyn today when he was
struck on the head with a ball bat
ted by T. Griffith of Brooklyn. The
Philadelphia twirler was rushed to
hospital. where it was said he
had concussion of the brain and a
probable fracture of the skull.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
CANAL PROJECT
UP TO CANADA
c. S. Tells Dominion Government
of Willingness to Begin st.
Lawrence Negotiations.

Washington, May 25.-The state
department today announced that
it had communicated to the Can
adian government its willingness
to begin negotiations in connection
with the ST Lawrence canal pro-
ject to permit ocean going vessels
to reach the Great Lakes. No an
swer has yet been received from
the Canadian government
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
MAID GETS RICH
HAUL IN CHICAGO
LO0ts @Gold COAST Home and ES-
capes With Clothing and jew
efry Worth $4,000.

Chicago, May 25.-Police today
are searching for the model maid"
who authorities believe looted the
home of Owen W. Brewer. located
in what is known as Chicago's
Gold Coast and escaped with
clothing and jewelry valued at ap-
proximately SIS, 900.
The maid was employed three
days ago after showing references
from Pasadena, Cal, and gave her
name as Agnes Swanson.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
4DEAD,27H HURT
IN BELFAST RIOT
Disorders Sweep Ulster Capital
During Night; Wounded Includes
Only Those in Hospitals.

Belfast. Ireland, May 25.-(By the
Associated Press 1.-The total cas-
ualties in the series of disorders
which swept Belfast during the
night were placed at four dead and
81 wounded today. The wounded
included only those cases treated
in hospitals.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
TRAIN HITS CAR;
81 ARE INJURED

Birmingham Ala, May 25.-Thir-
ty-two persons were injured, num-
Der of them seriously. today when
a crowded interurban trolley car
was broken into two parts by a
freight train. Confusion in follow
ing signals of a crossing f1agman
was said TO have caused the arci-
dent
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
SHELL KILLS 3
ATCAMP BRACE

Fayetteville. N. c., May 25.-
Three enlisted men were killed and
three men and one officer wounded
today when a projectile struck q
tree and exploded prematurely dur
ing target practice on the Camp
Bragg range. Captain NJ. A Daw-
son of battery E. 5th field artillery.
was the officer wounded. All the
victims were members of Battery
E, fifth field artillery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
Ny. G. MAKES MONEY.

New York May 25.-The annual
report of the New York Central
railroad shows the financial re-
turns for 1921 were larger than
those of other systems covering
the anne territory.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-25
SLAYER OF Wife
MAKES ESCAPE
Former Galesburg Man Held IN
Kansas City Hospital Makes
Getaway.

Topeka, Kan. May 25.-Ben-
jamin r Rowland, formerly OF
Galesburg, Ill, confessed wife
slayer, who escaped from the
Kansas City general hospital
yesterday where he was a men-
tai patient, was arrested here
today. Rowland was found
wandering about the pOstOfflce
looking for a letter.
Kansas City, Mo, May 25.-Ben-
jamin r. Rowland, 80, formerly of
Galesburg, ILL.,, confessed wife
slayer, who has been a mental pa
tient at the general hospital here,
escaped yesterday.
Rowland admitted. the authorities
said, killing his wife while on a
picnic here last fall. He is alleged
to have loaded her body in his au-
tomobile and to have driven around
an hour or more before going to the
home of a brother and telling him
of the deed.
Rowland later attempted suicide
by swallowing broken glass.