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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
THROW BOMB AT
BELFAST TRAM
Missile Misses Mark But Explosion
Splinters Car; Man and Wife
Killed by Rifle Volley.

Belfast, Ireland, Jan. 1L-(By
The Associated Press. "A bomb
was thrown at a tram car bearing
rs persons to their work in Crum-
line Road district today. The quick
action of the driver, who put on full
speed when he heard a revolver
shot, resulted in the missile going
wide of the mark. The explosion
splintered the car.
A man and his wife living near
by, who went to the door of their
house to learn the cause of the
commotion, were shot dead by a
volley of rife fire which swept the
street.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
LEGION SEEKS
MISSING VET
MacNider Asks Posts to Aid in
Search of Thomas Dace, Can
adian Official

Indianapolis. Ind, Jan. 11-Han-
ford MacNider, national comman-
der of the American legion, today
issued a bulletin to all legion posts
asking their assistance in a search
for Thomas Dace, vice president of
the Great War Veterans OF Canada,
who has been missing for some
time.
Mr.. Dace, whose home is in Ed
monton, Alberta. Canada, was last
heard of in Winnipeg on December
%, and was believed TO have been
on his way to Minnesota He had
been i'll for some time as a result
of wounds received in the World
war Mr. Dace is described as IS
years old, five feet four and a half
inches tall, weighs 15S pounds, has
black hair and grey eyes
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
BUG GIVES NICE
CUCUMBER TASTE
TO CITY WATER

New York. Jan. 11.-COm-
plants have been frequent re-
Gently of a cucumber odOr in
the water used by New Workers.
Water depa rtment officials said
today that they had tracei the
cause to the synUra, a micro
scopic organism. which imparts
an oily favor TO water. and that
they have killed the bug
which has appeared in large
numbers in the Kensico reser-
Yoir. But they explained they
had not been able To remove
the oil which il contains. Au-
thorities are agreed, however.
that it is not injurious to
health
The Kensico reservoir tam
porarily has been shut on from
the mains which supply the
city, and copper sGlphate is be-
ing used to kill the objection
able bugs" but it is estimated
that it will take at least a
week to get the water back 10
normal.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
DEFENSE OF.
STRAUSE IS
CONCLUDED
final Arguments in Peoria
Banker Murder Case
Are Begun.

Bloomington, Ill, Jan. 11.-Final
arguments in the case of Edgar A.
Strause, charged with the murder
of Berne NJ Mead, were begun in
Mclean county circuit court this
morning when c. E. McNemar, for
mer states attorney of Peoria coun-
ty and retained as a special assist
ant prosecutor, took the floor for
the state.
BY agreement of counsel, there
will be three arguments made by
the state and four by the defense.
Harry Miller of Peoria and Frank
Gillespie of Bloomington, for the de-
fense, will follow Mr.. McNemar.
One of the states attorneys will
follow next and Frank Quinn and
Joseph We'll will present final argu-
ments for the defense, to be follow
ed by the states closing argument.
II is believed that the second states
arguments Will be made by States
Attorney Lester Martin of Mclean
county, and that States Attorney
Galbraith of Peoria county will
close f0r the state.
Defense Rests Suddenly.
The defense rested its case sud
denly and unexpectedly this morn
ing after Offering in evidence the
letter marked defense exhibit So"
This is the letter alleged to have
been dictated and mailed by Mead
TO his father-in-law, Charles l..
Short of Topeka, Kan, which
Strause alleged he wished to show
the board of directors of the bank
to prove that Mead was using the
banks funds for speculative pur-
poses and, for possession of which
be says Mead threatened him with
, revolver, causing him to fire the
latal shots.
But three witnesses in rebuttal
we're called by the state. These
were Officer Gustin of the Peoria
police department. who was called
to impeach the testimony of Frank
]. Heating, and William Gish.
Heating and Gish identified one
Of the bullets as having been taken
from the wall behind Mead's desk
and stated that they had next seen
it in Gustin's possession. Gustin
testified that he had no recollection
Of having shown the bullet to any
one.
Witness Changes Story.
George Shurtleff, former assist
ant states attorney, also was call
ed for the purpose of testifying
that, in a conversation with Keat-
ing prior to the first trial of the
case, the man had said he knew
nothing about the case, but had
later stated that he could identify
the bullets and that the evidence
was opened to allow him to testify
at the first trial, at which time he
had admitted having spoken falsely
to Shurtleff. Objection of defense
counsel TO this testimony was sus-
tained and the jury was excluded
during the lengthy argument which
followed.
Clifford H. Mead, brother of the
slain man, testified that Meady
connection with the bank began in
1909.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
ENGLAND READY TO Fight FOR FRANCI
Destitute Woman Chooses
Queer Method of Suicide;
SUQlIOuUS Scores of Pins

to the City Home as a charity pa
tient.
An operation eventually was de-
c1ded upon. The knife revealed that
the hundreds of pins had punctured
her stomach. Some pins were re-
moved, but it was found that to
hunt down and remove all of them
would involve cutting the patient s
body into shreds. She died a short
time after the operation.
The case was reported to Cor
oner W. ]. McGregor as one of sui
eide. At the county morgue the
case was declared to be the most
remarkable of its kind ever record
ed there. Mrs. Hirst, widow, had
been thrown upon her own re-
sources when her husband died and
had an almost irrational horror of
accepting charity.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
TRANSPORTS
REPORTED SAFE

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE army
transport Crook reported to be in
distress 500 miles east of New York,
is continuing to port under her own
steam, the war department was ad-
vised officially today. There was
no danger to the ship or the troops
on board, comprising contingent
from the army of occupation in
Germany, the dispatch said.
A radio from the Crook, trans
mitted to the war department said
the vessel was proceeding "unac-
companied, but ships in close prox-
unity, making nine miles an hour,
danger passed unless very bad
storms are encountered"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
WINDS DO BLOW,
WE'LL GET SNOW
SEE TH' PROPHET

Washington, Jan. 11.-"Heavy
SHOWS" was predicted by the
weather bureau today for prac-
tlcally the entire northeastern
section of the United States,
with the probability the middle
Atlantic tier also would be
marketed tomorrow.
The wide-reaching snowfall
VIII be accompanied on the At
lantlc coast, north of the Vir-
sinia capes, by gales of marked
intensity. the forecast said. and
a general warning to slipping
was issued.
New England, New York,
pennsylvania. West Virginia,
me Great Lakes region and the
upper Ohio valley, the bureau
indicated, may expect condi-
uens which will make shedding
popular among the juveniles"
Considerably colder weather
VIII overspread the region east
OF the Mississippi river within
the next 36 hours" the Official
iorecaster said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11

Pittsburgh, Jan. 11.-With her
body literally loaded with pins,
Mrs. Catherine Hirst, "a years old.
a patient in the City Home hospi-
tai at Mayview, has died after a
futile operation. The woman ad-
mitted she had swallowed nearly
nine ounces of pins.
Mrs. Hirst was taken to the hos
pital Nov 25 in a critical condition.
The physicians were myStified by
her illness. After several days of
questioning the patient admitted
that she had been swallowing pins,
wrapping several at time in roll
of paper to prevent them sticking
in her throat. She had begun the
strange method of ending her life,
she said, after being informed that
as she was i'll she would be taken
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
5-PLY PACT
AWAITSJAP
APPROVAL
Naval Treaty Draft Is
Agreed on Except in Pa
cific Fortiications.
BULLETIN.

III AAL live
Washington, Jan. 11.-By
The Associated Press THE
japanese delegates to the Arms
Conference today tentatively
agreed to the withdrawal OF
japanese troops from the for
NOR German kiaO- Chow lease
hold and from the Tsing-TaO
Tsinaufu railway on condition
that China furnish proper
policing.
The delegates did not discuss
the date on which the with
drawals would take place, but
the japanese suggested that the
railroad guard withdrawal
would be treated separately
from that of the withdrawal Of
other troops in the leasehOld.
Washington, Jan. 11.-(By the
Associated Press.) - Delegation
heads of the five powers continued
today their discussion of the naval
limitation treaty to clear up re-
naming details of phraseology
while the full naval committee OF
the conference was called to meet
later in the day to go over the COM
pleted sections of the pact.
Agreement was reached by the
delegation heads yesterday on all
articles of the treaty draft except
for details of the Pacific fortifica-
tions agreement, on which a tenta-
tive settlement was reached sub
ject to approval by the japanese
government This was awaited to-
day while they went to work on the
several annexes attached to the
treaty and also the final drafting
of several of it's articles.
Toxic VIII o. h.
The question arising under the
Notifications article, which pro-
vides for settlement on a status
quo basis, was understood to re-
late to the status quo of certain
small islands lying to the south
west of the principal japanese
group and whether these are to be
included in the area within which
no further fortifications can be
erected. The Japanese delegates
were confident, however, that To-
kio would approve promptly the
delimitation tentatively agreed to
by them in the American draft OF
the article.
Another question still awaiting
final decision today was whether
the submarine and poison gas res
olutions adopted by the five pow
ers would be included in the naval
treaty or made the subject of a sep
arate agreement. On this grow
ing inclination was understood To
have been revealed at the meeting
of the big Five" to adopt the lat
ter course, on the ground that the
covering those ques-
tions did not properly belong in the
same instrument with the provision
for tonnage limitation.
Shantung Peace Near.
Meanwhile the Shantung negoti-
ations held out new promise of an
agreement in the decision of the
Japanese and Chinese delegates to
resume their separate conyersa-
tions on the question today without
attempt to settle other problems al
present except the central disa-
over return of the Tsin-
railroad, but to clear
away other points of difference. II
was hoped discussion OF the less
controversial details might develop
a method of solution for the rail
road problem.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
DIXON OFFICERS
Invade RESORTS
Confiscate Large Quantity of Noon
shine and Arrest ProprietOrs
of Notorious Joints.

Dixon, ILL.,, Jan. 11.-Directed by
States Attorney Keller, special Of
ficers last night raided five alleged
resorts east of the city, confiscated
a large quantity of moonshine
liquor and arrested the proprietors
of the places. All have been held
under bond for hearing. The local
ity in which the raid was conduct
ed has long been a source of trou-
BILE to the officers, and it was in
that vicinity that William Coffey,
ex-service man. was killed in a
black and tan gambling resort last
fall, which Staying nearly precipi
tated a race outbreak here.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11

Copyright, 1929, by The Argus.)
Washington. Jan. 11.-President
Harding will decline to give his
approval to any soldier bonus pro-
posal which does not provide a sure
means of raising the money. And
at the moment the president gives
tho impression that it would be Il
mistake to assume that enough
money will be forthcoming on the
allied war debt to pay the bonus.
The presidents attitude toward
the bonus as revealed at the White
house is one of continued belief in
soldier compensation but of reluct-
ance to associate the foreign debt
question with it. The truth of the
matter is thai Mr.. Harding turned
the tables on those who asked for
his approval to a soldier bonus bill
contingent upon the allied war debt
payment. The president inquired
how it was possible even to talk
about getting money from the allies
when congress is delaying the pas
sage of a bill which authorizes a
commission of five to negotiate with
foreign governments on debt fund
ing
House Acts FaVOrabIy.
In other words if congress will
hurry Ur and pass the funding bill
then some clear idea may be OBJ
tanned as to whether any revenues
may be expected from the allies. Up
to this time, not a single thing has
been done toward fixing a time for
the payment of either interest or
principle No private business
would allow an immense debt to
run along without even a promis-
sorry note fixing the dates of pay
ment. Both the president and the
secretary of the treasury have
pleaded with congress to pass the
bill. The house has acted favor
ably but the senate has failed to put
the measure through. The agita-
ton for soldier bonus may have
the effect of forcing action on the
funding bill though Mr.. Harding
himself is careful to refrain from
promising approval of the bonus
bill even if he has the power to
fund the debt. The funding bill
only authorizes negotiations. 1t
does not insure payment. Then it
will become necessary for the
American commission to discuss
with the allies the assets available.
Indeed, Mr.. Harding is eager to
have this authority to negotiate be-
fore the big economic conference
takes place at Genoa in March. For
the time being he is Withholding ac-
ceptance of the invitation to that
conference because he wants to
show the business men of the
United States and the agricultural
lists and all others who look for
ward hopefully to the effects on
American business of the Genoa
conference that the United States is
poWerless to erfter the conference
unless the funding bill has passed.
No Cancellation Talk.
The president let it be known
that he believes eventually a salts
factory funding of the foreign debt
will be possible He never refers to
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
DOCTOR DENIES
YANKj SOLDIERS
WE'RE LYNCHED
DanuilIe Mar, Says He
Never Heard of
Hongings.

washington, Jan. 11.-Army Of
ficers were called in today by the
senate committee Investigating
charges that American soldiers had
been hanged in France, to check up
on testimony of former service man
as to the alleged illegal executions.
DR.. H. E. Ross, of Danville, Ill,
battalion surgeon, with the 18th
Infantry, declared he heard of no
lynchings at Gondrecourt, and that
he never heard of any hangings IN
that locality. Robert Harrison of
Wilmington, n. c., had testified
that he saw a Mexican lynched near
Gondrecourt and that the body
was taken to a hospital, with rope
marks around the neck.
"If a man in the 10th Infantry
had been hanged as charged would
you have heard of it?" Chairman
Brandegee asked.
"UnQuestionably," he replied.
WAS a body with a rope stub
around the neck ever sent to your
hospital?"
mo. SIR
Watson Has Affidavit.
Senator Watson presented to the
committee an affidavit by J. A. Nc
Donald of Youngstown, Ohio, set
ting forth that he was at the. Bas-
sens prison in France when Private
Fitzgerald was shot and killed "by
Sergeant Cooper or Kuippa of
Newcastle, Pa"
Mcdonald said he was ready to
tsetify in support of recent testi-
mony to that effect by Edward
Duner of San Francisco.
Details of the execution of SOL
was given by Colonel Charles j.
Symonds of Camp Sherman, Ohio,
who was in command there at the
time. The gallows, he said, was
erected the night of May 10. The
execution was secret and was not
known generally until the next day.
Il saw no reason for making it
public because the crime was not
committed at Gieyres," he added.
Il directed that nobody should at
tend, but a certain number of wit
nesses."
Was there any other gallows at
Gievres?" Chairman Brandages
asked.
Not while I was there, from Feb
ruary, 1918, to July, 1919"
Say Dozen Hanged.
Some witnesses heretofore had
testified that guards had told them
of the hanging of upwards Of a
dozen soldiers at Gievres.
IF other hangings had occurred
there would you have known it,"
Il most certainly would"
Colonel Symonds was shown a
picture of a gallows at Gievres, as
submitted by a former service man.
1T corresponds closely to the
one at Gieyres; I believe it is the
one l ordered erected there" he
said.
Questioned regarding testimony
that two negroes were lynched near
Gievres, Colonel Symonds said he
could not conceive of anything of
the kind happening without a re-
port of it reaching him.
Senator Watson, Democrat, of
Georgia, whose charges of illegal
executions led to the investigation,
sharply cross-examined Colonel
Symonds concerning the secrecy
surrounding the execution at
Gievres.
WAS the soldier hanged in a
uniform" Senator Watson asked.
Yes. The body was taken down
and buried in the regular way. The
grave was in a separate part OF
the cemetery"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
SHRINE HOSPITAL.

st. Louis, Mo.-Ground has been
broken for the Crippled Children's
hospital to be erected here by the
Shriners of North America. Grip
pied children, irrespective of creed,
will be treated free at the institu-
ton when it is completed. Shriners
the country contributed
to a fund for hospital in st. Louis
and other cities. Golden plated
tools were used in breaking the
ground.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
TEST GRAIN SALES ACT.

washington, Jan. IA brief
supporting the act assessing a tax
OF 70 cents bushel on certain con-
tract sales of grain for future de-
livery was filed by the department
OF justice, in the United States su-
pfeme court, in the case of eight
members of the Chicago Board of
Trade, seeking to test the validity
Of the act
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
MENNGER INDICTED.

st. Louis, Mo, Jan. 11.-Arth1r
Q. Meininger, fugitive cashier of the
Night and Day Bank, was indicted
on charge of making a false re-
port of the affairs of a corporation.
bis alleged defalcations are said to
be 1854 900.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
BUREAU WARNS
OF COAST GALE
Washington Sends Message Advis.
ing Caution to All Vessels
on Atlantic Coast.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE wealth
er bureau this morning sent the
following message TO all district
stations:
Advisory storm warning chang
ed to whole gale warning 9 a. m.
Atlantic coast at and north of Vir-
ginia Capes. Storm of great in
tensity central near Virginia Capes
moving northeast. Shifting gales
this afternoon and tonight. Cau-
ton advised all vessels"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
SITES CEMENT COMPANIES.

Washington, Jan. 11--Institution
of a suit in Denver under the Sher-
man antitrust act against the Ce-
ment Securities company, and its
six subsidiary cement manufactur-
ing companies, was announced by
A.tcrGey-General Dsugehtry.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
Late Bulletins

Tampa, Fla Jan. 11.-San
Francisco today was awarded
the 1922 convention of the
American Bar association, by the
executive committee Of that or
ganizatiOn, in session here. The
convention will be held daring
the week beginning Aug. +.
Washington, Jan. IL. With
provisions for the air mail SER
vice eliminated, the annual
post0ffice appropriation bill,
carrying approximately $55f,-
600. 900. was favOrably reported
today by the house appropria-
tions committee.
Washington, Jan. 11.-An
agreement to transport grain to
Russia in shipping board ves-
sells mt cost was reached today
ut q conference of Secretary
Hoover and Chairman Lasker
of the shipping board with
President Harding.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
CALI FRENCH CABINET.

Paris, Jan. IA special session
of the French cabinet was called to
consider the French position at the
allied supreme council at Cannes,
following meeting of the cabinet
in which considerable criticism of
Premier BRAND is understood to
have developed
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
ASK GOLD EXPORT BASIS.

Chicago, Jan. 1l-ResoIuUOns
urging that prices on exports from
Germany and Austria be placed on
a gold standard basis were for
warded TO Washington. by the di-
rectors of the Illinois Manufacture
ers' association. in convention here.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
THE WEATHER

Generally fair tonight and Thurs
day. Slightly colder tonight. Lo-
cal temperature tonight, 20 degrees
or lower.
Highest temperature yesterday,
43; lowest last night, "a.
Wind velocity at a. m, 10 miles
per hour.
Precipitation, none.
yester. yester. today
12m. 7p.m- z am.
Dry bulb temp. 40 81 "a
Wet bulb temp SO 35 23
Rel. humidity ...66 81 81
River stage at 7 a. m, 81; fall
of 1 in last "a hours.
Sunset today, 4:52: sunrise to-
morrow, 1880.
ANDREW HAMRICK.
Meteorologist
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
BY /. V. SHANNON.

New Orleans, Jan. 1.-THE for
eign commerce of this port increas-
ed IL per cent last year in spite of
unfavorable shipping conditions
and showed a gain of so per cent
over the totals of 1919. The i'm
portations of coffee and oil and the
increased trade with South Amer
lea were largely responsible for the
gain. The activity in shipping has
been large factor in maintaining
stable commercial and labor condi-
tions here during the past year.
Retailers here have reduced
prices in many cases and have met
with a ready response from the
public. Sales are running only
slightly behind the totals of the
best month the merchants ever ex-
perienced. Mild weather, however,
has resulted in a slackening of de-
mand for clothing. Purchases for
spring by retailers have been con-
servative and there is a marked
disinclination to carry heavy
stocks.
Wholesalers and jobbers in some
lines are marking time temporarily
until farmers complete arrange
ments for next seasons planting
and dispose of the crops they now
are holding for higher prices. Col
lectionS are slow.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
David
Lawrence
Says:

Harding Won't Approve Amy
Soldier Bonus Plan Which
Doesn't Provide Sure Means
of Raising Money; Puts 1t
Up to Congress to Pass the
Debt Funding Bill; Senate
Pr0craStinateS.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-11
BY FRANK ID. MLEAN.

Philadelphia, Jan lit has be-
come evident that the wedding out
OF the firms unstable was pretty
thoroughly accomplished before
Jan. 1 as there have been no bust
ness fatalities of consequence here
this year. Local untilities COM
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-24

Mortgage X Trus: Company of New o-l, pust lssreG for 1922 The fig ures are of exceptional Interest in that 1922 marks he tooth year of trust company service in the United States
 The total resources for the year ending June 30 were $12T3S620,7 against SIP. .323, ,430,513 last year, and aggregate deposits for the first time exceeded $10,e00, 100000 Connectcut reported combined as sets of S1S6, ,416.S .SIo.
 President John w Platten of ths United States Mortgage & Trust Com Pany, 3R commenting on the yeay's