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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-14
JOB FOR VET
PLEA FROM
STATE HEAD
Governor Small, Approx
ing Nation Employ
ment Day.

Springfield, ILL.,, March 14.-Exist-
ing unemployment conditions, par
ticularly as they affect World wal
veterans, demand the thought and
effort of every employer, in order
that these worthy men who have
given so much and received so lit
tie in return, shall be restored tC
self-supporting and self-respecting
citizenship" Governor Small de-
.clared today in giving recognition
to National Employment Day,
March 20.
The governor said:
Department Commander William
r. McCauley of the American Le-
gion, department of Illinois, has
called attention to the designation
of Monday, March 20, as national
employment day throughout the
United States. 1t is the aim of the
American Legion that all organic
atiOns of the country, of whatever
kind, should cooperate with the
legionnaires for period of 80 days
from that date, with the object of
securing immediate employment
for the thousands of eX-service
men who are without work. The
amelioration of unemployment con-
ditions, particularly as they affect
World war veterans, demands the
thought and effort of every employ
er in order that these worthy men,
who have given so much and re-
ceived so little in return, shall be
restored to self-supporting and
self-respecting citizenship.
Many Positions Created.
For many months the state de-
partment of labor and the Ameri-
can Legion have been working in
cooperation with civic organiZa-
tions and employers of labor in
general along these lines. Not only
have the free employment offices,
located in 13 cities of the state,
been Zealously working on place
ments, but considerable has been
done to create positions and to
show both general employers of la
Dor and private citizens who have
an occasional job of work that it is
not only patriotic but no more than
just and fair to provide employ
ment for ex-service men wherever
this can be done.
Such activities in this and other
states apparently have crystallized
into the coming national employ
ment day of March 20, and it is
hoped that the proposed campaign
will be instrumental in placing
thousands more ex-service men in
remunerative positions throughout
the union"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-14
HYPNOTIST new
power PASSED
ON MADALYNNE

Los Angeles. Cal, March IA
Arguments in the case of Mrs.
Madalynne c. Obenchain, on trial
for the murder of her sweetheart,
]. Bolton Kennedy, were to be re-
sumed with the opening of court
this morning.
Charles W. Fricke, deputy dis
trict attorney, opened for the state
yesterday, dwelling on the defend
ants relations with Kennedy, with
Arthur Burch of Evanston. Ill, her
co-defendant. and Ralph c. Oben-
chain of Chicago, her former hus-
band, and now member of her
counsel.
He declared Mrs. Obenchain had
used Obenchain as a human door
mat, that she had no regard,
love, affection, respect or anything
else for the love of any man.. and
that she had married Obenchafn
"only because she wanted some one
to take care of her"
F'ricke argued, in referring to the
testimony given by Obenchain for
his former wife, that it was ZAP
parent he was hypnotized. blind
folded and infatuated by this de-
fendant." and that he continued
to do anything she said
Mr.. Fricke will continue his ar
zument today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-14
TOWN IN LOUISIANA WIPED
OUT: SECTIONS OF THREE
STATES IN PATH TWISTEf

Kansas City, Mo. March IA
known death toll of 16 lives was
collected by tornadoes in the south
west last night. Nine persons were
killed at the mining village of
Gowen, Okla, near McAlester; six
negroes lost their lives at Gethse-
meme, Ark, and one man was kill
ed at Sulphur, Okla. Scores of per-
sons were injured and the usual de-
struction of property occurred.
The tornadoes were part of a
general rain which fell throughout
the southwest from Hannibal, Mo,
on the Mississippi river, to Amaril-
10. in the Texas Panhandle. Sections
of this great grain and stock-rais-
ing area, which have experienced
an almost waterless winter, are
now menaced by floods. Streams
throughout Kansas are reported
bankfull. Four inches of rain fell
at Fort Scott, Kan, and part of the
city is already inundated. The Ne
osho river at lola. was reported ris-
ing at the rate of six inches an
hour.
At Gowen, Okla, where the
greatest loss of life occurred, the
path of the twister avoided the bus
mess section of the town, but de-
molished about twenty homes. Red
Cross relief work has already been
started there.
McAlester, Okla, March IA
Twelve Mexicans were killed last
night when tornado swept the
fnrai0D section of GOwen a village
Is miles east of here, according to
relief workers from Hartshornc,
who returned to their homes today.
Hartshorne is six miles from Cow
en-. Wire communication between
here and Gowen is demoraliZed.
The tornado, which was accom-
panied by a heavy rain, struck
about the supper hour as many
miners were returning to their
homes from work. 1t entered the
town from the south and swept to-
ward the residence section, which
is on hill, destroying many homes,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-14
PARENTS PROBE
CHARGE OF VICE
AGAINST YOUNG

st. Louis, Mo. March 14.-The
board of education may not take
any action in its meeting tonight
on the charges made public by
Victor ]. Miller, president of the
board of police commissioners, that
certain vices existed among the
Soldan high school student body
here, according to a statement by
John c. Tobin, president of the
board. Action by that body may
be deferred, he said, until the in
vestigatiOn by the parents commit
tee of the high school is completed.
Late last night a secret confer
ence was held by Charles Cunliif,
president of the Soldan High
School Patrons alliance and 9TH
ers, regarding the Miller charges.
Mr.. Cunliff is the chairman of the
parents committee appointed to
meet Miller and receive the proof
offered by the police commissioner
to substantiate his claims.
Judge William Dee Becker of the
st. Louis court of appeals, who also
attended the meeting, has been
named a member Of the committee
of five, it was announced. Details
of the secret meeting were to be
made public some time today, after
the personnel of the committee had
been completed and informed of
the preliminary steps in the inYes
tigation, it was announced.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-14
FREE COAT MILK
TO AILINC POOR
HOSPITAL PLAN

Chicago, March 1.-THE Evans
ton Goats Milk company will cut
the cost of living for those wEo
use this beverage extensively. The
company, newly formed, follows ex-
periments of two years at tdc
Evanston general hospital. Mrs
James A Patten, who has spon-
sored the experiments. announces
that the price per quart will be so
cents. The average Chicago price
ha sheen So cents.
The experiments were begun in
March, 1920, with one goat. Yeste--
day a herd of % was delivered to
the hospital and the announcement
made that Mrs. Patten would com
bine business and philanthropy. To
those in Strengthened circumstances
who require the milk for invalids
or infants there Will be no charge.
All who can afford it will be
charged so cents a quart.
William Henry, hospital engins n
and goat milk man, makes these
interesting observations from his
experiences:
"One goat will not give much
milk, for it gets lonesome
THE goat can thrive in the city,
while the COW can't
The goat is better than a lawn
mower for keeping the lawn close
ly trimmed.
twenty-five goats will yield an
average Of "a quarts OF milk daily.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-14
FIGHT UPON
MISS ALICE
BY own SEX
Only Woman Member of
Congress May Be De-
feated in Election.
BY CHARLES III. HOPKINS.
(By Consolidated PresS1

| Copyright, 1922, by The Argus)
Muszogee, Okla, March 14.-Are
! the women voters, in the hey-day
of their new enfranchisement, de-
termined to defeat this fall the only
woman representative in congress
Homesick for the community that
knows her as Miss Alice, Repre-
sentative Robertson came home re-
Gently to rest-and found herself
facing the crisis of her political
career. She has returned now to
Washington defiant. She believes
the movement against her by Ger
tain Women's organizations is en-
tirely partisan. Ii Oklahoma wom-
en- want to bring in outsiders TO
help fight, Miss Alice is willing to
meet them The opposition is bas-
ed upon the fact that Miss Rob
ertson voted against the Sheppard
Towner maternity bilI', and it is
further charged has shown a lack
Of sympathy for other measures
designed solely in the interest of
women.
Her friends, rallying to her de-
fense, claim that Miss Alice of
Muskogee" possesses many Wom-
anly sympathies. Her one unOp-
posed political Endorsement, for
postmaster in her home town, was
given to a woman. While herself
, postmaster of Muskogee under
President Roosevelt, Miss Alice ia
vored women wherever possible in
the assignment of postal employees.
In the pioneer days of Indian terri
tory she was an educator of young
| wOmanhood. Yet it is the direct
charge of the League of Women
Voters in Oklahoma, which has in
f1uential chapters in Muskogee and
Okmulgee, in the Second district,
that, Miss Robertson failed to
espouse the cause of womanhood
when the maternity bill presented
the opportunity.
Miss Robertson was frank in her
reasons for opposing the bill. She
is just as frank in saying that the
hostility of most of the league
members is fostered by women who
oppose her for political reasons.
Against Sex in Politics.
Il am against sex in politics, >
says Miss Alice. Il did not want
to run at the beginning. but the
men insisted, and l did what l con-
sidered my duty. The people put
me in. If they want me again they
will elect me.
1T is true that l was head of an
anti-suffraget movement and l was
unpopular with the suffragists. But
why do not these women come out
and work as 1 do? Why do they
not get political positions such as
mine? Why do they not come into
the house of representatives?
why did / vote against the
Sheppar-Towner bill? Because 1
believe, with President Harding,
that's the one outstanding danger
of today's tendency to turn toward
Washington for things which are
the tasks of the duties of the As
commonwealths which constitute
the nation.
Il was elected to congress as a
representative of the people, not as
a woman. When they call the roll
in the house of representatives they
do not use the prefix Mister, but
CONTINUED on Page Seven)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-14
SIXTEEN dead IN SOUTHWEST TORNADO
Famous DiUa
Deserted By
Her Husband

San Francisco, Calf, March IA.
Margaret Matzenauer, famous
diva, apparently had lost her
chauffeur-husband, whom she term
ed 100 per cent man" The hus-
band, Floyd Glotzbach, has come
back to his job at hotel here driy-
ing tourists about.
A year ago he took Nine. Matzen-
auer out 70 ra drive-for hire. she
sat on the front seat with him, bet
ter to enjoy the scenery. Later
came the engagement and marriage
and GlotZbach left the driving
wheel. The San Francisco Ex-
aminer today gives Glotzbach's ret-
sons for leaving his bride in New
Yorw:
I'D rather be chauffeur in Cal
ifornia than to dwell forever in the
palaces of Babylon" he said.
1t would seem Glotzbach was
forced TO let another man drive
his wffe's automobile.
1T would drive any man crazy TO
sit back among the cushions and
squirm every time he felt the back
lash OF the transmission, when all
that was needed was a real me-
chanician," the reporter quotes.
Neither did Glotzbach enjoy
breakfasts in bed. Nor did sitting
up night after night through the
made scene of Lucia" appeal to
an ear attuned to the hum CT 9
smooth-running motor.
The reporter says Glotzbach told
him there had been no friction !;
that the hauffeur-husband just
escaped" when his bride was not
looking; that he will not go back.
Madame MatZenauer, it is said,
wants her husband back. There is
talk of compromises from New
York, but uniistened to, say GIotz-
bach.
After this marriage Matzenauer
said her first marriage to Ferrari
Fonti failed because of the ar
lists temperament She wanted .
man." she said The antithesis of
her temperament theory is hinted as
responsible for the wreck of the
new romance.
Glotzbach, six-foot westerrer,
comments: Orchids will thrive in
hot houses, but wild mustard
needs the California sun"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-14
HAYWOOD Gets
PERMIT TO RUN
RUSSIAN PLANT

Moscow. March 14.-William D.
C"Big Bill'O Haywood heads a
group of American l. W. W. men to
whom Premier Lenine has granted
a concession to operate the big
Nadejdsky iron works in the Ural
mountain region, part of the coal
mines in the Kosnetz basin and
auxiliary factories.
Haywood disappeared from the
United States last year while under
565,000 bail after he and about so
other l. W. w men had been con-
victed of espionage and conspiracy
against the government in the war.
He has since taken some part in the
deliberation of the Third Interna-
tionale at Moscow.
1t is stipulated that 4,S00 fully
qualified American workers with a
technical personnel shall be
brought into Russia to operate the
properties.
New York, March 14.-H. S. Cal
vert, one Of the men associated
with William d. Haywood in obtain
ing a concession to operate an iron
works and coal mines in Russia,
says that a party of engineers and
technicians will soon leave for Rus
sia to prepare the way for 6,0OO
American workmen.
Calvert, like the other conces-
sionaries, is a member of the l. w.
w. and was formerly a foreman in
the Ford automobile plant in De-
troit, Mich.
Under the terms of the conces-
sion, Calvert declared. the soviet
government will collect revenue
of seven per cent from the proper
ties and reserves the right to com
mandeer approximately 50 per cent
of the colony's output of coal. iron
and machine products, for which 1t
agrees to give the workers credits
with which they can purchase other
supplies. The remainder, he said,
is to be left to the workers to dis
pose of as they see fit.
The Nadejdsky iron works are
about 1900 miles east of Moscow
and the Kosnetz Basin is about g.
900 miles east of Moscow in the
Tomsk district of western Siberia.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-14
KINGS FORCES
CLOSING IN ON
REVOLT BANDS

London, March 14.-(By the AS
sociated Press. .)-Pretoria govern
ment forces are closing in on the
revolutionaries from the east and
west, according to late advices from
South Africa. The main centers of
resistance are now at Fordsburg
and Peppestown, where the govern
ment forces are opposed by heavily
armed rebel commands.
Johannesburg, which on Satur-
day and Sunday was the center of
the battle area, resumed its normal
appearance yesterday, according to
Reuters correspondent there. The
streets were filled with the usual
shopping crowds and the fashion
able tea rooms and stores were all
doing business.
johannesburg, Unon of South AT
rica, March 14.-(By Associated
Press. s.)-Government forces have
captured Brakpan, entering the
town yesterday afternoon.
Brakpan is a coal mining center,
% miles east of johannesburg, and
has been a revolutionary strong
hold. A Capetown dispatch last
night stated that Major General
Van Deventer was marching on
Brakpan after having captured
Benoni.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-14
Women Hold
Naked Youth
Poor Virtue

New York, March 14.-New York
club women and leaders in civic
affairs today sent out what may
prove TO be feminine battle cry
against Sculptor Frederick Mac
Monnis' depletion of Civic Virtue
as a nude and thoroughly muscl ed
young man enthusiastically kick
ing the PROSTATE forms of two
sirens representative Of urban
temptation and vice.
Protest was voiced by Mary Gar
nett Hay and Mrs. James Lees
Laidlaw, champions of women's
rights, at the announcement tha:
the MacMonnis sculpture was about
completed and was soon to be erect-
ed in City Hall park. The money
for the monument to Civic Virtue
was left to the city in the terms of
Mayor Mcclellan.
Mr.. MaCMonnis has depicted the
spirit of his theme as an onward
marching youth, mighty cldb
slUng across husky shoulde",
spurning with either foot l. recum-
bent and alluring female, symbolic
of all that isn't nice in civic aspira-
ton.
Il think it is a trif1e ridiculous" ;"
Miss Hay declared Perhaps the
true symbolism lies in the fact that
Civic Virtue is depicted as naked
That strikes one as reasonable,
after thinking of what civic virtue
has had to undergo from the city
hall politicians. No wonder TIE
poor thing hasn't any clothes.
why should MacMonnis have
used male figure trampling dowd
tempting women? Why not reprA-
sent Civic Virtue as a man aid
woman, hand in hand, mounting
confidently and happily a difficult
path %
Mrs. Laidlaw agreed with Miss
Hay.
Women stand with men," -
said. The spirit of the times, t
seems to me, is against a discrimi-
nation, symbolic or otherwise"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-14

Thence its path was westward
through a small valley, where more
than 20 homes were destroyed. The
business section of the village was
not damaged.
Relief parties were sent at once
from Hartshorne and Wilburton,
nearby. The Red Cross has relief
work well in hand, according 70
Miss Helen Clark, secretary of a
Red Cross organization at Wilbur
ton.
A committee has been organized
to help to relieve the homeless.
Pine Bluff, Ark, March 14.-At
least six negroes and four whites
were killed in a tornado which
passed through the northern part
of this county early today.
The storm passed through north
eastern Jefferson and southeastern
LonOke counties about l a. M,
wrecking farm houses and build
ings, according to passengers ar
irving on a train from the storm
section this morning. Wires in the
are meager.
ne SSIlieAcut Ol d6luSGuIduS,
near the Lonoke county line, was
the scene of the worst damage.
Bodies of six negroes had been
found in the wreckage there up to
9 a. m, and reports from the sur
rounding county said that at least
four whites had been killed.
The storm started near Swan
Lake and travelled northwest. The
storm left trail of razed farm
buildings for more than 20 miles.
One building on the state farm
near Tucker was blown down, but
no one there was injured. Several
buildings at Haywood were blown
down and several white persons
hurt, none seriously.
Baton Rouge, La, March IA
Sunrise, La, in West Baton Rouge
parish, was practically obliterated
this morning by a tornado. Two
persons were killed, 16 injured and
a number of dwellings were demol-
ished.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-14
BRIDE II IS
CAUSE FALL
PLURAL HUB
Gay Repeater Arranging
for Twelfth Marriage
When Arrested.

Indianapolis. Ind, March Il
Isaiah Moore's 18th marriage was
to have taken place in Minneapo-
lis today, according to local author
tiles, who arrested the man yester-
day on a charge of bigamy and em-
bezzlement. Moore is alleged to
have had several aliases.
He was arrested on q charge OF
embezzlement preferred by his last
wife, Harriet Evans. Hoosier
school teacher, and his 18th bride
He is said to have embeZZled $500
from her and deserted her after
they had been married less than a
week.
Miss Evans said when Moore de-
serted her she reported the case
to a detective association, who
traced George Melrose," the name
under which she married him. to
Logansport. Ind, and then back TO
Indianapolis, where he was ar
rested.
Made Several Proposals.
According to the story Moore
told the police. he had proposed TO
several indianapolis women since
his arrival here last week. or the
II girls he said he married, he
could not remember the last names
of two. His first wife was Flora
Dolf of Wyoming, Pa, who he
married Il years ago. They had
one child, he said. He is said to
have confessed to marrying the fol-
lowing other women in the order
named:
Amelia Werner of Detroit, Mich.
Sue Harris of Houma, La,
Bessie - the could not re
member her last name) of Wilson,
n. C.
A woman whose given name was
Gertrude, but whose last name he
could not remember. OF Findlay.
Ohio.
Laura Shields. whom he mar
ried at Spokane Wash
Florence Johnson of David Neb
Helen Hardgrayes, at Augusta,
Kan.
PeOrian Victim.
Up to this time. it IS alleged. he
courted his brides in person and
deserted each within a few weeks.
As Howard wilson," Moore is
said to have married Irene Hale
three years ago in Chicago lie
took with him $500 when he de-
serted her.
In June of last wear he is said
to have married Laura Hertzberg
at Peoria. H., under the name "S
George Churchill His last matri-
monial venture was that with Miss
Evans OF Vincennes, Ind, whose
father is said 10 be in the news
paper business at CoIdwater. Mich.
Moore is 80 years of age. He will
be arraigned in city court as soon
as detectives check up on minor
details of the confession he is said
to have made
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-14
YOUTH is ALIVE
after A SHOCK
OF 10000 VOLTS

Berkeley, Calf, March 14.-Ed-
ward Johnson, IS years old, is alive
today, but University of California
scientists say that theoretically he
should be dead They declare the
boys living is a miracle of human
endurance.
Edward climbed an iron tower
last Saturday to recover a kite
from high power electric wires
carrying $4,000 volts of electricity
He came in contact with the wires
and their full shock knocked him to
the ground. Neither the shock nor
fall caused him to lose conscious
ness.
He was taken to a hospital. To
day he was home, practically recov-
cred. Severe burns on his hanGs
and feet showed the current pass
ed completely through him.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-14
HARDING PLANS
DEPARTURE FOR
HOME ON FRIDAY

West Palm Beach, Fla, March II.
-tBy the Associated Press. y
RAINING to make this port the
terminus of his houseboat cruise
down the coast, President Harding
and his vacation party were sched-
uled TO arrive here early today, and,
according to announced plans, re-
urn to st. Augustine late in the
oay by train.
Before leaving Pierce, where he
stopped yesterday for a game of
soiI, the president let it be known
mat he intended to be in st. Au-
Sustine on Wednesday, rain or
salhe," and that he probably would
rave there for Washington on Fri
SSey. He was undecided as to what
US program here today would be.
Sut 1t was understood that it would
trip.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-14
BELFAST RIOTS
FATAL TO SO IN
Recent WEEKS

Belfast. ireland, March 14.-(By
the Associated Press s.)-Belfast's
casulty lists from the activities of
gunner and bomb thrower in the
last 10 weeks totals So dead and
I57 seriously wounded, according
to the Northern Whig, which de-
clares this is relatively more terri
BILE than for the whole year OF
1921"
Belfast, Ireland, March 14.-(By
the Associated Press THE Ulster
parliament reconvened today. The
kings speech opening the session
stated that the legal process OF
transferring the various services in
northern Ireland from British con-
troll to that of the Ulster govern
ment was now complete, but re-
GREETED that the transfer of the staff
and the ALLEGATION of property and
records to the government depart
ments had not proceeded as expe-
ditiously-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-14
IOWAN FOUND IN
RIVER THOUGHT
MURDER VICTIM

Peoria, Ill, March 14-With a
deep scalp wound and a crushed
skull, the body OF Martin Faarde-
hooper OF Keokuk, Iowa, was recOv-
cred from the Illinois river here
today.
The county physicians believe the
man may have been robbed and
murdered He is reported TO have
come here about six weeks ego with
considerable money. Identity OF the
body was made through a bank
book and five cancelled checks from
the Citizens State bank al Watseka,
Ill. where he worked for some
time and has q bank balance The
body was badly decomposgl and
had been in the water Z long time