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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30

Bandit Bullet Pierccs Hat
OF MikeseH, Oil Station
Manager, Repulsing HOldup

'Giving battle to a hold-up man
who attacked him at $50 O'Clock
yesterday evening in the Penn Oil
service station, 500 Thirty-eighth
street, William Mikesell, 1902 Four
teehth avenue, had his hair ruffled
from bullet fired through his hat
by the bandit. He succeeded il
driving the man off, and then shot
at him as he was crawling under
billboards on the east side of the
street
Mr.. Mikesell had hit the fellow
a terrific wallop with his fist. The
bandit staggering against the wall
near the door.
When the holdup man came in,
Mr.. Mikesell went to meet him,
thinking that someone wished To
purchase oil. They were close to-
gether at the door and the man
ordered Mr.. Mikesell to put up his
hands. Seeing that the fellow had
no gun in his hand the station en-
ploye swung his first against the
mans jaw He said that the ban
dit saw him swing and one of the
mans hands flashed to his hip
pocket. The blow landed before the
gun could be Withdrawn from the
pocket, but as the bandit staggered
against the walk he jerked forth
the weapon and fired. He was
groggy from the blow and al
though within a few feet of Mr.
Mikesell the bullet missed its
mark. but passed through the sta
tion employees hat straight from the
front and ruffled his hair. Thu
bullet lodged in the wall
AS the bandit shot he swung to-
ward the door. Mikesell rushed at
him and as the fellow ran east
across Thirty-eighth street, the sta
ton employe went after an auto
matte revolver, which had never
been used since an accident a year
ago last fall. The gun was not
working properly, but as the ban
dit scrambled underneath bill
boards on the east side of the
street Mikesell fired The bandit
keep going and it is not believed
that the bullet touched him.
Police Make Roundup.
Immediately after news of the
attempted holdup reached the po-
lice station Chief Tom Cox sent all
available men on the chase. The
cells were filled, but none of the
prisoners seemed to fill the de-
scription, that Of a man five feet
six or seven inches tall, weight 175
pounds, clean shaven, dark COM
plected and wearing a light col
ored overcoat and hat The de-
scription is about the same as that
given last Tuesday night by VIII
liam Channon, 1710 Lincoln court,
who was held up and robbed early
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
1888 HURT;
ASK PROBE
BY SENATE
Capper Starts Action
Many Buildings Called
Fire Traps.

Washington, Jan. 30-The death
toll from the Knickerbocker
theatre disaster of Saturday night,
was brought to los TO-DAY with tho
death in a hospital of Miss Mary
A Forsyth, a resident of Washing
ton.
Edward H Shaughnessy, second
assistant poStmaster-general. is not
expected to recover from his in
juries.
Washington. Jan. 30.-Investiga-
ton of the Knickerbocker theatre
disaster by a senate committee is
proposed in a resolution introduced
today by Senator Capper, Repub-
Hcan, Kansas, member of the
senate District of Columbia com
mittee Under the rules the resOla-
ton was referred to the audits and
control committee.
Supporting the resolution. Sen
ator Frelinghuysen, Republican,
New jersey, said the investigation
should be a "widesp pread one of the
entire District government. adding
that he knew from personal know
ledge that many buildings in Wash
ington were fire traps Whlca
might at any time cost scores OF
lives
1t was stated that the audits
committee planned To act today on
the Capper resolution which de
clared the explanation that snow,
although of an extraordinary guam
tity. was the chief cause of the 81
lapse of the roof. appears 70 6e
I, unsatisfactory
Two Pages Killed.
Washington, Jan. 3O.-TwO house
/ of representatives pages We're
among those killed in the knlcker-
booker theatre accident They We're
I.ayerne Sproul, a nephew OF Rep
! resentatiYe Sproul OF Illinois, ana
! Cutler Latin, Jr.. both Of Chicago.
Latin worked at night as . knlck-
erbocker usher
No bodies had been taken out Of
the theatre in the - hours ending
at 10 O'Clock today
! Washington. Jan. SO With to-
tai of I07 deaths, and 133 injured
removed from the ruins OF the
Knickerbocker Motion picture
theatre up to an early hour today,
the rescuers Were. st!ll struggling
with the heavy wTeckage left when
the snow-laden roof of the strHc-
ture collapsed during the Showing
Of comedy feature bill or Sal
/ urday night.
/ Brigadier General Bondhollk.
commandant of federal troops IN
/ the district. who took personal
/ charge of the rescue work, said II
might be another a hours before it
could be definitely said there were
no more dead or injured i'm me
wreckage of twisted steel and con
crete which yet remained to be-
cleared away of the mass that Was
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
FAMOUS TENOR
OPERATION

New oYrk, Jan. 3O.-Lucien Mu-
ratore, leading tenor of the Chicago
opera company, was taken to Au-
dubon hospital today to undergo an
operation for acute appendicitis.
DR.. c. S. A. Locke. his physician,
advised the operation last night,
but the singer refused to go under
the knife until this afternoon, when
his condition became worse.
Harold F. Mccormick, patron of
the Chicago opera company, was
at the bedside of the stricken tenor
while preparations were made to
remove him from his hotel to the
hospital.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
A Short Delay in
Filling Calendar
Orders.

Because of the fact that
there is 4 calendar famine this
year, the demand for the free
Navy calendar was 50 great
the Director of our Informa-
tion Bureau at Washington
had to arrange for second
large edition.
This second edition will be
ready tor distribution in a
few days. You have this as
surance-if you sent in d cou-
pom for d calendar, YOUR
ORDER WILL BE FILLED.
II is not necessary TO write
in again if you have sent the
coupon. If you have not re-
ceiyed the calendar. it is be
cause your order was not re-
ceivet in time to be filled
from the first supply
Our readers are reminded
and invited TO send in CUES
tions u the bureau. This
service IS free TO you. All that
is necessary IS TO enclose two
cents in stamps TO pay the
postage Oh the answer sent
TO you. address your queries
to
FREDERICK J. HASKIN,
Director.
THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS
INFORMATION BUREAU
Washington. ID. G.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
N0TRE DAME
men ADMIT
PRO PLAYING
Eight Grid Stars Confess;
ALI Barred From Ath-
letic Competition.

South Bend. Ind, Jan. 30.-(By
the Associated Press. )-Eight
Notre Dame university athletes to-
day voluntarily confessed to Fa-
ther William Carey, chairman of the
athletic board, and Knute Rockne
football coach, that they had played
in the professional game at
Taylorville, ILL.,. Nov. q, 1921, with
the Carlinville Gll) team. They
were Immediately disqualified from
further athletic competition al
NOtre Dame.
The eight men were:
Eddie Anderson. Mason City
Iowa; all-American end;
Chester Wynne, Orinoque. Kas.
all-westeTn fulIback selection oi
several football writer's, and star
hurdler.
Roger Kiley, Chicago, varsity
end, captain of the basketball team
and star track man.
Lawrence Shaw, Stewart, Iowa
varsity tackle. and western cham
pion shot-putter.
Harry Mara. Huntington. Ind.
sub-center in football, and regular
baseball player.
Robert Phelan, Fort Madison
Iowa, sub-varsity fullback.
Earl Walsh, Adrian, Iowa, sub
varsity back.
Dick Seifert. Carlinville. H., sub.
end.
The players exonerated Gus
/ Desch, member of the American
Olympic team. and John Mohardt
all-American back, from taking
part in the game, saying that Meth
er was in any way implicated in tht
affair.
Mohardt, Desch Not There.
| Springfield, Ill, Jan. 30.-Offi
cials at the Carlinvilie-Taylorvill
! football game which resulted il
the disqualification of nine uni
versity of Illinois players, thi
morning expressed their belle
/ that Gus Desch, and John Mohardt
/ Notre Dame football players. wer
not in Carlinville's lineup. al
though Hartley Anderson wa
among those from NOtre Dame whI
were there.
! Al Livingston, manager of tn
| American legion football team o
| Springfield, was head linesman a
the game, and Wilford P. Asa, ais
of Springfield, was referee.
! Il know Desch only from the pic
lures l have seen of him." Mr.. Liv
! ingston said, but I'd be willing t
/ swear he was not there. And i
Mohardt was recovering from
broken nose, I'd be willing to sa.
/ he wasn't there, for not one man il
| the Carlinville lineup wore { band
age. =
! THE only man I did recogniz,
was Hartley Anderson. but Ander
son had already been disqualifie'
for playing professional football
on Thanksgiving day"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
CALL RECESS IN
FATTY'S TRIAL

San Francisco, Calf. Jan. 80
There was no session today of court
before Superior Judge Harold Lou
derback. where Roscoe c. Arbuckle
is on trial for the second tina on
a charge of manslaughter arising
from the death of Virginia Rape.
Gavin McNab, chief of the defense
counsel. is in Nevada appearing
in the Mary Pickford divorce pro-
ceedings, and the court declared 4
recess until his return tomorrow.
1t is expected the case will be in
the hands of the jury this week.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
OIL STATIONS
ROBBED OF S2O5

Lincoln. Ill, Jan. 30.-Automo-
bile bandits drove up TO a Standard
Oil company filling station here
this morning, forced the manager,
George Dowuey, to open the safe,
and escaped with $205
After the robbery the bandits or
dered Downey TO the basement ''un-
til he was called" He remained
under cover until James Paterson,
a motorist, arrived and called for
gasoline.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30

Copyright. 1922. by The ArgusD
Washington, Jan. 30.-This is
city of dreadful mourning. 1t
reaches into every home-from the
White house to the dwellings Of
the lowly. Everyone is grief
stricken. The government is vir-
tuafly paralyzed. Officials and the
people generally tackled their work
today with heavy hearts.
investigations galore will follow
the disaster at the knickerbocker
moving picture theatre, but out of
the emotional expressions of a city
of nearly a half million persons
there crystalizes one view, one
thought which may be the lesson
all the board of aldermen or COM
the form Of government of the
District of Columbia. the parsi-
mOny of a congress which is after
all the board fladermen or com
mon council of this city. For
Washington residents cannot vote.
They have no mayor of their own
choosing. They have no voice in
what shall be done with the taxes
they pay. They have scant means
Of persuading or reaching con
gress of 531 individuals whose
main object is to satisfy the peO-
pies of other constituencies who
after all have their own municipal
government, their own basic ser
vices.
Study in Efficiency.
l. Of VI F,r- Ii rR,,Ff
want better police protection, if
the fremen need more pay, the
district commissioners who are ap-
pointed by the president of the
United States must camp on the
doorstep of congress and plead for
attention. The bureau of building
inspection, the fire, police and
street cleaning departments are
efficient or inefficient according as
congress appropriates funds for
their employees and management
! Is a congress of such varied
makeup and of such diversified in
terests a good body to which tC
Aentrust the affairs Of a city? Would
a city government responsible tC
the people directly dare to leave
( Washington without a single penny
to clean the streets after a snow
! storm?
! AS much of the paralysis of this
/ city is due to the snow storm as any
other factor The street car com
panies have plows to clean the
tracks but nothing that will clean
the broad avenues too. Consequent
/ Iy automobiles clog the tracks and
while a few hundred WOrkmen
/ hardly scratch the surface of {
snow-cOveTed city
| Theatre Most Popular.
! The Knickerbocker theatre dis
| aster is all the more horrible tC
! the people who survive it because
Continued On Last Page.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
GUARDS Patrol
NEBRASKA CITY
Packing Plant Employees Go To
NOrk Under Protection OF
Martial Law.

Nebraska City. Neb.. Jan go
Militia in motor patrols were on
duty to preserve order this morn
ing as packing plant workers went
TO their TASKS in Nebraska City
parts OF which were declared under
martial law Saturday by Governor
5lckelyie. following disorders last
week as the result Of the strike in
the packing industry
Lieutenaut-C0lOnel Douglas. in
commsTG 0i H-ti1aal guzrdsueu.
reported that quite a number OF
men who have been afraid 10 % 20
work in the past, returned TO Their
tasks today
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
FLEES FROM COP,
TAKES REFUGE IN
POLICE STATION

Chicago. Jan. 30.-Fred Miller is
in Jail today because he made
costly calculation while trying TO
escape from policeman who was
pursuing him. He ran into a door
way to get away from his puTsUer
and found himself in a police sta
ton. where dozen patrolmen
awaited him.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
MAY POSTPONE
MEET At Genoa
Italian Government Considers De-
lay May BE Necessary Due TO
Postponed Conference.

London, Jan. 30.-IBy the AssO-
ciated Press The Italian govern
ment, which has the arrangements
for the Genoa economic conference
in hand. considers that slight
postponement OF the conference
may be necessary, says an Ez-
change Telegraph dispatch from
Rome today This belief. II is IN
dicated, arises from the postpone
ment of the conference at PaT-s on
near eastern questions between the
British, French ana Italian foreign
ministers originally fixed for Feb
ruary l.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30

Washington, Jan. 30.-CBy The
Associated Press. 1.-The Shantung
issue still remained the big queS-
tion of the arms conference today,
and although there had been no out
ward evidence of change in the sit
uatiOn there were indications of
increasing pressure being brought
to bear for a settlement. There
was a possibility that the Japanese
and Chinese would come together
later in the day to attempt to clear
away the remaining points of dis
agreement
Meantime the five power naval
treaty had been brought one step
nearer completion today by the
Japanese delegations receipt OF
further instructions from Toxic re-
garding the Pacific Notifications
clause, the one unfinished portion
of the treaty. Japan was said to
approve definitely the plan of list
ing by names the islands to which
the agreement against further for
tification shall apply, although she
has made one or two reservations
as to the language of the article
necessitating further discussion.
Whether the armament commits
sion would meet some time later
today to take this up, had not been
announced
Final disposal of one of the few
remaining far eastern questions
also had been brought nearer today
/ by receipt of approval from Rome
I by the Italian delegation of the pro-
/ posal to prohibit importation of
arms and ammunition into China.
Although approval of the Neither
! lands government was still awaited,
/ it was predicted by some of the
delegates that the far eastern com
mission might meet before night to
take action on the arms export res
olution.
China FavOrs u. s. Plan.
Peking, Jan. 27.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press )-The government is
understood to hold that the final
! Shantung proposal at the Washing
ton conference, as framed by the
British and American delegates
should be accepted.
While it was felt to be important
that the problem of the port of
Kiao-Chow should also be adjusted
| il was realized that this could not
be done without a settlement OF
| the Shantung railway question,
/ and that therefore it was unwise to
refuse the proffered adjustment.
A refusal, it was realized, might
ALLEVIATE the Englishspeaking ma
! tions, who were considered in gov
ernment circles as likely to hold
! China unreasonable, to the detri-
ment of their future relations with
| her.
The decision, it is pointed out
may throw a damper on the efforts
of the commercial and other organi-
cations to raise funds for the cash
redemption of the, Shantung rail
! way, but the funds subscribed it is
argued, can be used in redemption
of the treasury issue at the first
available opportunity and thus eff
| face the last trace of the dispute.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
HOLIDAY SEEKS
CANNON'S SEAT

DanviIle, Ill, Jan 30.-William P.
Holiday, Republican leader in the
state legislature. today announced
his candidacy for congress from
this district at the forthcoming cleo
ton. The district is now repre-
sented by Uncle Joe" Cannon
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
YEGGS BREAK INTO
SAFE, GET $1,000

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. So
After overpowering the night
watchman, three bandits broke into
the safe of the Franklin Coopera-
tive creamery here early today and
escaped with $4,000.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
AGREEMENT
in SHAN
ROW is NEAR
Completion of Five-Powel
Pact Awaits Word
From Toxic.
BULLETIN.

Washington, Jan. 30. = (By
the Associated Press.)-Furth-
er Indications htat "A settlement
of the Shantung controversy
was imminent developed today
when the Japanese and Chinese
delegations were called tOge:h-
er to resume their cOnVersa-
tiOns.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
UNION CARPENTERS
IN GALESBURG CUT
OWN WAGE 10 CENTS

Galesburg, H.. Jan. so - Union
carpenters of thsi city voluntarily
agreed to reduce their wages from
81 to 80 cents per hour to stimulate
building. The reduction goes into
effect at once.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
David
Lawrence
Says:

Washington is City of Dread
fuI Mourning; All Express
siOns Crystalize in Criticism
of District Government; City
Must Wait for Congress to
Clean Sn0w-BlOcked Streets;
knickerbOckcr Disaster May
Teach Lesson.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
THE WEATHER

Probably snow tonight and Tues
Hay. Colder Tuesday. Local tenn
perature tonight about 20 degrees,
- highest temperature yesterday
lowest last night, "a.
WIND velocity at a. m, miles
per hour.
Precipitation in last "a hours,
hone.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30

NEGRO ATTACKER KILLED.
Pontotoc, Miss, Jan. 30.-Will
Bell, a negro, accused of attacking
a white woman, was shot to death
by a mob.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
FORT WORTH.

Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 30.-Jan-
uary has proved itself a period of
business readjustment in the south
west. A few failures of business
houses have occurred but many
firms have undergone rehnancing g
with eastern help. Many more
have consolidated and a still great
er number have sold out 20
competitors. As a result of all
this shifting the feeling is general
here that 1922 will be a year of
steady, although not startling i'm
provement.
This January in general has been
better than the corresponding
month last year for department
stores and dealers in mems and
4till complaining bitterly and are
taking steps for an educational
campaign to convince the public
that prices are justified by present
production costs.
Hardware retailers unanimously
agree that 1922 will be better year
for their business than was in 1921
and the volume of orders received
this month 1uStlfleS their Deile1. Oil
jobbers and refiners have not been
discouraged by the price war now
in progress between some of the
larger companies and independents.
This competition has demoralized
the sale of gasoline and kerosene
to a great extent
SAN FRANCISCO.
San Francisco, Cal, Jan. 30
The falling off of prices for farm
products and heavy damage due to
frost in the citrus fruit belts OF
southern California and the San
Joaquin valley have been factors
unfavorable to business in this sec
ton in the last week. However
while the movement toward bust
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-30
SAN FRANCISCO.

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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1922-12-14
STANDARD OIL
DISSOLUTION IS
ACTUALLY ENDED
President OF New Jersey Cor.
pOratiOn Says Matters are
Finally Concluded

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee. II
The Standard Oil company of
New Jersey, constituting the su-
preme court S dissolution decree
by which it was cut off from
the former corporate holdings
as a final expression of public
will on the subject of monopohs,
tie control has conducted its bus
mess under conditions of free
and active competition, W. c,
Tagle, president, declared in a
statement prepared for submis-
sion to the senate manufacturers
committee on the resumption of
its investigation Of the oil in
dustry.
81 want to say with all en-
phasis the Standard Oil com
pany of New Jersey is not a par
ty to any combination or agree
ment of arrangement to fix or
maintain selling prices of its
products" he declared.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1922-12-14
NAVAL LIMITATION IS
OPINION OF HARDING

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. ii
Request that President Harding
seek to broaden the scope Of the
naval limitation agreement to
include the limitation on con
struction of the smaller types OF
war vessels and on military and
naval aircraft, is included in the
annual naval bill reported by
house appropriations commit
tee.
Under the bill the president
would be asked to open nego-
tiations with Great Britain.
France. Italy and Japan for an
agreement which would limit the
future building of all surface and
submarine types and war craft
having a tonnage of 10000 or
less and on all classes OF army
and navy aircraft.
In its report the committee
pointed out that the arms con
ference did not limit the num-
ber of types of smaller war YES
sells and added the information
had reached congress that alrea,
dy large programs are planned
Of vessels up to the maximum
size permitted under the agree,
ment and that larger types OF
subsurface craft have began 10
mt in their appearance.
In other words, the report con
tinued, competition is on again
in A single direction to which the
nnratified agreement does not
extend. and if it be allowed TO
90 unchecked the purse strings
again must be relaxed and TINS IL,
Government. like all Others VIII
he constrained to launch upon a
new program to extend what Is
necessary to keep us at Ieosl ,, st
abreast of any of the other
powers.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1922-12-14
GIRL WITNESS
IN BAD Charge
AGAINST MATER

MOUNT HOLLY, n, ], Dee.
14-Hazel Brunen, l7-ycar-oId
daughter of John T. Brunen, cir
Gus owner, who created sensa-
tion yesterday by testifying
against Mrs. Doris Brunen and
Harry c. Mohr, charged with
plotting the death of her father,
was cross-eXamined today by W
Keown, counsel for defense. She
repeated the story of her eloPe-
ment with William Parks from,
lion tanner. and how her step
mother. Mrs. Doris Brunen, sided
with her against her father.