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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
LEGION LEADER
VOICES PRAISE
OF WASHINGTON
MacNider EuIoeizes
High Devotion and
Splendid Faith.

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 22.-Han-
ford MacNider, national command
er OF the American Legion, today
gave out the following message on
Washington's birthday:
"On the day when every Ameri-
can who loves his country and re-
spects its privileges of citizenship
and its institutions, honors the
memory of the founder of this re-
public. the men and women of the
American Legion draw renewed in
spiration' from the memory of
Washington to carry on our work
and to serve in peace as well as in
war as constructive citizens.
"Firm Foundation.
His high devotion to the prin-
ciples we like to call American and
splendid faith in his fellow men,
particularly those who served with
him in Americas first battles for
the rightful integrity of our coun-
try, form a firm foundation for
our future endeavors to uphold the
government Washington and his
continentals created for us.
THE American Legion stands for
America and for the defenders of
America 1t is our aim to instill
in our organization, and through
it to all America, a vital sense of
civic Righteousness in dealing with
the intricate and ever-increasing
problems before US which shall
guarantee to posterity an unswerv-
ing and exact fulfillment of tie
principles whereof the founder Of
our country gave us such wise and
high example,"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
KLANSMEN PLACE
WREATH ON GRAVE,
THEN DISAPPEAR

Denver, Colo. Feb. 22.-Ffve
white-robed and hooded mem
bers of the Ku Klux klan ap-
peared suddenly at the funeral
OF DR.. Charles +. Locke at Fair
mount cemetery yesterday,
placed a beautiful floral offer
ing on the grave and disap-
peared-
Participants in the funeral
said they were unable TO say
where the FIVE figures came
from or in just what manner
they lost" themselves after
paying their respects. The Of
fering consisted of a white
cross bearing in blue the words
knights OF the ku Klux Khan"
The donors appeared left
their Offering and disappeared
in less than a minute. gpecta-
tors said.
A letter bearing the seal
Denver, Colo. Klan No. J..
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, ="
was mailed to Denver newspa-
pers stating that although DIT
Locke was not q member Of
the organization. they desired
to honor him as real
American"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
STORM GRIPS UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
Dry Agents on Georgia Coast
Haze Difficulty Combating
Heavily Armed Rum Runners

Washington, Feb. 22-Federal
prohibition agents in Georgia are
waging an unequal war on rum
runners operating along the coast,
according to a report TO Commits
sioner Haynes from General Agent
Mack Oyerpeck, and Federal Pro-
hibition Agent w. P. Flinchum at
Ga.
The report described the condi-
ton of the Illicit liquor traffic
along the Georgia coast and the
dangers encountered by prohibition
agents in combating the rum
smuggBers who are declared to be
heavily armed and quick on the
trigger. The report said:
AT least once or twice a week
boats coming from Bimini Island,
or elsewhere, carrying from 200
to $500 cases of liquor are unload
ed on an island in some one of the
numerous rivers along the Georgia
shore. Apprehension of those car
goes is made extremely difficult
because any of the many islands
may be used as base, from which
to unload and distribute the car
goes.
Crews Show Fight
''The crews of the boats will
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
BOWS TO COPS,
CHTNAMAN IS
TAKEN TO JAIL
BLuecOdfS at Seattle
Think Polite Orien-
tai Is Crazy.

Seattle, Wash, Feb. 22.-Louis
Chett, recently arrived from China,
has discovered that in America to
treat a policeman with too much
politeness is to be looked on with
suspicion.
When Louis had bowed courte-
ously to a number of policemen on
the streets here, he was taken into
custody on the possibility that his
mind might be unbalanced. When
he arrived at the police station he
bowed in rapid succession to the
desk sergeant, elevator man, the
city jailer, the Jail cook, to jail
TRUSTEES, prisoners, and even to at
torneys who hard come to talk to
clients.
Salaams to Judge.
Members of the county insanity
board were treated to an elaborate
succession of salaams, the Judge
was rendered the lowest one of all,
and Fong Tai, court Interpreter,
also was included
After Fong Tai had talked with
Louis he explained to the court
that his countryman was merely
listing in China.
Intelligent answers to questions
put to him by the examiners made
Louis Chett a free man, but not
until Fong Tai had explained to
him that Americans do not bow to
policemen"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
WEIGHT OF
SLEET CUTS
ALL WIRES
Lose Touch With Twin
Cities-Cold Wave
Sweeps Canada Line.

Chicago. Feb. 22.-By the AEso-
ciated Press. THE northwest and
/ the upper Mississippi valley today
were in the grip of cold wave. ac-
| companied by heavy snow and sleet-
| which was seriously hampering
transportation and communication
| systems. Upper Wisconsin and
| Minnesota were cut off from all
telegraph communication with Chi
cago early today and meager re-
ports drifting in over crippled wires
indicated that many towns were
completely isolated. At the same
time a new record for maximum
temperature for Beb. %. in Chi
cago, was set when the thermo-
meter scared to 5S degrees at 10
a. M. with indications that it would
go considerably higher before
nightfall. The highest previous rec
ord was SO in 1877.
Zero in Minnesota
The local weather bureau today
reported that an intense cold wave
was sweeping eastward along the
northern boundary and that below
zero weather already was felt
throughout Minnesota and upper
Wisconsin. All along the Canadian
border and down into Iowa and into
Wisconsin the snow and sleet was
reported to be heavy. In many OF
the central states it was raining
with indications that day or two
would find the rain turned to snow
and sleet. No cold wave for Chi
cago and vicinity is expected by the
weather bureau for several days.
however.
Milwaukee Road Hit.
The Chicago, Milwaukee a. St
Paul railroad reported that all OF
its telegraph wires north and west
were down, and that consequently
there was no indication as to the
extent to which train service was
being maintained in the storm area
Th road reached Minneapolis for
ten minutes by wire early today
and then lost connection.
The Associated Press established
wire communication with Minneap-
oils and St. Paul for 80 minutes by
a roundabout way and then lost
the Twin Cities. At 1890 o'clock
this morning the Associated Press
was unable to establish communi-
cation with points north Of Milwau-
kee, although its leased wires into
Iowa and points west of Chicago
were not affected.
20 At Springfield.
Springfield. Ill, Feb. 22.-While
the northwest fought heavy SNOW
and sIeet today, central Illinois.
clothed in winter garments, swell
tered in what is believed to be the
warmest February day in more than
twenty years. The temperature at
the local weather bureau read 70
degrees. Back in 1890 it once reach
ed 72, in February.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
SPEAKER URGES
PUBLISHERS TO
AID EACH OTHER
Says All Publications
Should Unite to De-
feat Enemies.

Chicago, Feb. 22.-There should
be the same coordination between
the different groups OF pubS ca
tions as there is between the crafts
men engaged in the erection of a
building, Jesse II. Nell, executive
secretary of the Associated Busi-
ness Papers, Inc, told members of
the Inland Daily Press association
here today.
Newspapers, business papers
and periodicals all have their spe-
cial and peculiar functions in dis
seminating information and in
keeping open the great inter-com-
municating highways of intelIi-
gence, which, more than any other
instrumentality, are responsible for
our national unity of ideals,
thought and action" he said
Affects All Alike.
THE things which hurt or help
the trade and technical papers also
affect newspapers. We all use the
same kind of materials, the same
kind of machinery and the same
kind of labor. Fundamentally we
perform the same kind of work
and each OF US has Just two things
to sell, subscriptions and adVertis
ing space.
yet on more than one occas sion
newspapers, farm papers, trade pa
pers and periodicals have stood
aloof from each other while op-
posing forces worked their own
sweet will IN our own interest
and in the public interest, would
it not be the part of wisdom to
find our common points of contact.
and put our united force back of
forward movements and stand i'm
movable in the face of unjust at
tacks
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
STOP BOOST
IN ILLINOIS
HEADS PAY
Supreme Court Rules Sal
ary Increases Can't Be
Put Into Effect.

Springfield, Ill. Feb. 22.-None
Of the salary increases allowed
state department heads by the SIND
general assembly can be paid dur
ing the terms of the present Off
Gals, according to a decision by
the supreme court today. The
sourt also ordered a permanent in
junction restraining State Auditor
Russell and State Treasurer Miller
from issuing warrants against any
part of the 100000 department
emergency fund created by the leg
islature.
Suits for Injunction restraining
payment of the salary increases and
the emergency appropriation were
filed in the circuit court of Sanga-
mon county by Augustus Peabody,
of Chicago, on the ground that the
acts of the general ass embly were
unconstitutional.
In their opinions today the su-
preme court sustained the injunc-
ton issued by Circuit Judge Smith
against use of the emergency ap-
propr.ation and ordered similar
Injunction in the salary case.
The latter decision does not pre-
vent future appointees of the gov
ernor from receiving the increases
in salary, however. The emergency
fund was held unconstitutional be-
cause it was not made for specific
purposes.
Offices Affected.
Offices for which increases were
Authorized and the amounts fol-
lows:
Assistant director of finance, from
1920 to $4,000.
Director of agriculture, from
5000 to $1,000.
Director of labor, from $4,000 to
$1,000.
Chief factory inspector, from
$1,000 to $4,000
Chief inspector of employment
agencies, from $4,000 to $4,000.
Director of mines and minerals,
from $4,000 to $1,000.
Assistant director of public
WOThS, ITOH1 S4,UUU 10 SO,UUU.
Superintendent of highways, from
$4,000 to $4,000.
Supervising architect, from $4,000
TO $1,000.
superintendent of prisons, from
$4,000 to $4,000.
Director of public health, from
$4,000 to $1,000.
Assistant director of public
health, from $500 to $4,000.
Superintendent of lodging house
Inspection, from $4,000 to $4,000.
Assistant director of trade and
commerce, from $4,000 to $1,000.
Fire marshal, from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Director of registration and edu-
cation, from $4,000 to $1,000.
Under the supreme court ruling
present holders of these offices,
which are under the civil admins
rative code, can not obtain the in
creaSes. The court did not prohibit
he increases to future appointees.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
WHEAT CROP IS
CALLED FAIR

Washington, Feb. 22.-The condi-
ton of the wheat crop during the
first half of February ranged from
generally good" in the eastern
section of the country to only fair"
in several of the middle western
states, according to a report today
by the department Of agriculture.
Conditions in the far western states
were said to be favorable. The
state of the winter rye crop was
reported as generally good. Fruit
trees were reported to be in gener-
ally good condition throughout the
country.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
INJURED ON FORD
RAILROAD MAN is
GIVEN A LIFE JOB

Napoleon, Ohio, Feb. 22.-Be-
caose he refused to sue the De-
uoit, Toledo & Ironton rail-
.oad, or to suggest a settlement
.or injuries received last Octo-
YER William PHO has been re-
ssrued by Henry Ford, owner
Of the road.
Fizo was badly crushed and
Iuised in a crossing accident
"niie employed by the railroad.
vi. FORD ordered him taken to
: hospital where he remained
anui fully recovered.
;, representatives of Mr.. Ford
aen sn made a proposition to pay
a. ms expenses while he was
Isaoied. allow him full pay
~. s.ta a bonus and give him a
me Job as crossing watchman
4ere. PHO accepted.
ne begins his new duties on
saFcn Is. at a salary of Sc a
Sss ior an eight-hour day with
sundays off.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
MURDERER TO
Get new TRIAL
Frequette PHrsley, Negro Sentenc-
ed to Hang, is Saved by Su-
preme Court Ruling.

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. 22.-Fre-
quette Pursley, convicted of muir
dering Eugene Watson at Duquoin
Dec. s, 1920, and sentenced to
hang, was granted a new trial by
the supreme court today. Instruc-
tions of the judge in the trial court
were held to be improper, the su-
preme court holding that the trial
should have been for manslaughter,
not for murder.
Pursley is a negro and Watson
a white man. They quarreled while
at work.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
Copyright, 1922, by The Argus

Copyright, 1917, by The Argus.)
Washington, D. C, Feb. 22.-
World finance is threatening to de-
veIop a vicious circle" involving
not merely the payment of Ameri-
can Liberty bonds but the height OF
the tariff wall being constructed by
the American congress.
France says through former
Minister Loucheur that she will not
be able to pay America the debt be-
cause of the high customs duties
imposed against her.
Italy through Ambassador Ricci,
who is famous economist as we'll
as a diplomat, says the tariff wall
will prevent Italy from paying what
she owes the United States.
Great Britain says she will not
cancel any of the debt owed her by
France unless the United States
cancels an equivalent amount of
British debt
France says she cannot pay Great
Britain until money is forthcoming
from the German indemnity.
America has just appointed a
funding commission and has yet to
speak her policy. But certain funda-
mentals can be taken for granted.
One is that the new commission
composed of Secretary Hughes,
Secretary Hoover, Secretary Mel
lon, Senator Smoot of Utah and
Representative Burton Of Ohio will
not cancel any of the European
debt. No such power is vested in
the commission. The most that can
be done for Europe is to spread
the payments of interest and prin-
cipal over a period of years and
heretofore congress has imposed a
limit of 25 years. This may have
to be changed but there's a subject
for bargaining across the table.
In fact, the appointment of the
American funding commission has
been the signal for pointed express
sions from both France and Italy.
The cry that neither can pay un-
less the tariff wall is removed is
regarded here as having some bas-
is of plausibility from the view
point of sound economics but the
belief prevails that Europe will
look around for many an excuse
to postpone or repudiate payment
until finally compelled to meet the
question directly in the official ne
Eotiations.
The action of Great Britain in
announcing that she fully intends
to pay interest and principal and
that she has already set aside ap-
proximately $110, 100000 to pay six
months interest on her indebted
ness to America has produced a
profound impression here and is an
other evidence of the betterment
of Anglo-Saxon relations.
There are, of course, three ways
by which Europe can pay her debts
to American gold, in goods and
in services such as freight carry
ing. Gold can be transferred only
if America buys of Europe. Should
the American people indulge in the
purchase of securities of foreign
enterprises, this would tend to
help the situation, but Americans
have been slow in the past to in
vest heavily in European bust
nesses.
The export of goods which would
be payment for debts to America
would help Europe. but the tariff
laws under consideration in con-
gress will tend to reduce the
amount that Europe can sell here.
If it ever comes to a question of
permitting foreign manufacturers
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
Two BURIED IN
Street CAvE-IN
Tunnel Under Car Tracks in Cam
ton. Ohio. C0llapses, Catching
Three Men; One Rescued.

Canton, Ohio. Feb. 22.-Three
men were buried when tunnel
being dug under car tracks in a city
street here cayed in this morning
One man was rescued alive and
will recover Two others have
been imprisoned for more than an
hour and authorities fear they
have been crushed to death or suffo-
Gated The tunnel was being put
through the street Under the car
tracks in connection with the lay
ing OF large sewer.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
FATTY TRIALS
COST $4,000

San Francisco, Calf, Feb. 22.-
The two trials of Roscoe C. Ar
buckle on manslaughter charge
arising from the death Of Miss
Virginia Rappe, film actress, have
cost the city of San Francisco
nearly $4,000, it was disclosed to-
day with the filing of expense
sheets. Both trials resulted in a
jury disagreement The first trial
cost S5,953.25 and the second trial
S6,7SS.71.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
H. P. CRANE, JR.,,
TO BE RETIRED

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. %. = The
Illinois supreme court today re-
versed the conviction of Herbert
Prentice Crane, Jr., on charges of
taking indecent liberties with Lou
ise Sturm, a young girl, and re-
manded the case TO the criminal
court of Cook county for a new
trial
The conviction was reversed on
the ground of improper evidence
and insufficient Identification Of
Crane as the assailant of the IL
vear-o1d Sturm girl. Judges Farm
er and Thompson dissented in the
opinion
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
CHICAGO.

Chicago, Feb. 22-The farmer of
the midwest has put aside his long
face and is whistling over prepara-
tions for this spring work. He can
set plenty of money at the bank if
he wants it, but sees little need for
credit with the price of wheat and
farm products going up. Perhaps
he would have less reason to be op-
timistic if higher prices were the
only basis for his elation. Many
observers think wheat has adyanc-
ed more rapidly than it should, but
that is only one item.
Conditions on the farms are bet
ter generally and the farmer is be-
ginning to get the breaks again.
Although some country banks are
still struggling with frozen cred
its, many of them have solved their
problems in whole or IN part. I'm
mediate reflection of The improved
/ condition of the farmer is found in
the tone of business in general in
this section. In the large centers
teh advance in European exchange
is interpreted as portending freer
! buying of American foodstuffs with
prospective increase in the farm
er's buying power.
The situation outlined may or
may not be permanent. Many ups
and downs are probable before per-
manent and prosperous activity ar
rives but conditions accord with the
regular operations of the big credit
cycles. Despite threats of great
strikes the belief persists here that
labor organizations simply are lay
ing foundation for negotiations.
NEW ORLEANS.
| New Orleans, La, Feb. PA sur
vey made by wholesalers here
shows that retail merchants
throughout this entire section are
greatly in need of stocks of spring
and summer goods. They are han
dicapped, however, by a large car
ry-over of winter goods which prov
ed almost unstable because of the
unseasonably war mweather which
has prevailed in the south. The
bulk of their purchases of under
wear, blankets, sweaters and ready
made winter clothing still is on
their shelves. Notwithstanding this,
most lines report steady improve
ment and everyone seems anxious to
reduce old debts.
Retailers who are seeking to
place orders for spring and summer
goods are finding credit rather diff
ficult to obtain. The disposition of
the jobbers seems to be to restrict
credit to those who have not paid
and to extend new credit only to the
amount of what is paid on old
debts. The outlook, however, as a
result of the liquidation of last fall,
is so much better that optimism is
returning and it would take but lit
tie more assurance of future stabil-
ity to cause a loosening of credit.
This would go far toward restoring
business to normal as most of the
crops of this section are produced
on credit.
PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia. Feb. 2.-The textile
mills and the glazed kid industry
appear 10 be in a more our1sh1ng
condition than nearly any other
lines of industry in this section. The
strike of the textile workers in New
England has had tendency TO in
crease operations in the mills mere
which so far have been unaffected
by labor troubles. The demand for
fancy footwear has been stimulat-
ing to the leather manufacturers
AS soon as the weather permits a
number of public work projects
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
SHOT FIRERIS
KILLED IN MINE
Three Others Badly Burned From
~Windy Shot Near Taylor
vile, Ill

Taylorville. Ill. Feb. 22.-Joe
Bertucci. a shot frer. was killed
and three other shot-frers badly
burned in a Peabody mine here
Tuesday evening. 1t is saiu that
an explosion was caused from
windy shot" An hour after the
accident one of the injured men
crawIed to a telephone and noShed
the men at the top of the mine.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
COURT HITS
CORPORATIONS
Eaiing of State Body Holds Pre-.
ERRED Stock Shall Have Same
Voting Privilege as Common.

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. 22.-Upset-
ing the practice of thousands of
corporations in IllinDis, the su-
peme court this MOI ming held that
Preferred stock shall have the same
'oung privilege in corporations as
wmmon stock. The constitution of
.ae state, the court rules, provides
Hat no corporate stock shall be de-
ned the right to vote.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
THE WEATHER

Rain turning to snow tonight and
Thursday, Much colder. Cold
wave by Thursday night. with tenn
perature 10 to 20 degrees. Gales
becoming north TO northwest
Highest temperature yesterday
AZ; lowest last night, 50.
Wind velocity at z a. m, miles
per hour. 20
lam. 7p.m. am.
yester yester- today
Dry bulb temp. .S5 3S %
Wet bulb temp. .S5 3S "a
Relative humid. .9S 100 81
River stage at a. m. SO;
rise of 2 last "a hours
Sunset today. 5:44 p. M; sunrise
tomorrow, 6:47 a. m.
ANDREW HAMR1Ck.
Meteorologist
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
6 men RESCUED
FROM SEA RAFT

Galveston, Texas, Feb. 22.-Si1 OF
seven men who were picked up at
sea from a raft by the Morgan line
steamer FL Oriente, were brought
into por: by that vessel this morn
ing. One of the men died after hav-
ing been picked up, and was buried
at sea-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
new OUTBREAK
HITS BELFAST

Belfast, Ireland, Feb. 22.-(By
the Associated Press.) - Several
persons were wounded today in
fresh outbreak of firing on the east
side, said to have resulted from
vendetta against saloon keepers of
that section having Sim Fein sym
pathies.
Military guards were stationed
at all the saloons in the York street
district.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
FIFPSFATHER
DIES SUDDENLY

Richmond, Va, Feb. 22.-James
Brown Potter, father of Mrs Fiji
potter Stillman. of New York, died
suddenly today at the home OF
Frank Powers, in West Hampton,
a suburb of Richmond. Mr.. Potter
came here from New York last
night.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
NO WOUND. No BONUS.

New York. Feb. 22.-The Nation
al Republican club recommended
opposition to granting a bonus to
any soldier who can not show a
wound or who was not disabled in
the service"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-22
SEIzELIQU0R
WORTH 100000

Kalamazoo, Mich, Feb 22.-ln
the largest liquor raid ever made
in Michigan. federal and local ofh-
GERS early today seized intoxlcants
said TO be worth 100000 on the
farm of James 1. Day, near Law
ton.