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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
BY B. F. MILLER.
Consolidated Press Corresponds

Consolidated Press Correspondent.
Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Columbus Grove, Ohio, Aug. 22.-
Primitive methods Of living are in
vogue here today. The oil lamp
and the tallow candle have replaced
the electric light bulb and the gas.
Old oaken bucket and the we'll have
been substituted for the ready flow
of water from the pipes in the
houses. Saturday night is again
the planned night for the bath.
This change in habits was COM
pelled following the shutting down
last night at 6 o'clock of the town
light and water plants. 1t was the
result of the coal strike. Fuel sup
plies available we're. completely ex-
hausted at both places yesterday.
The officials were unable to get a
new supply as bins are as bare as
Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard.
r. First Real Famine.
The shutdown renders this town
the first in Ohio absolutely destitute
of fuel. 1t has compelled the in
habitants to seek kindling wood to
cook their meals.
While the 1000 inhabitants were
making the best Of it two big trains
of coal passed through. One car
ried 100 cars, the other so.
But they didn't stop. They were
enroute from southern Ohio mines
to points on the B. & o. and the d
T. & l. Efforts Of officials to COM
mandeer some of the cars for the
municipal plants failed although
big crowds assembled along the
tracks to watch them whiZZ by. The
spectacle resembled the crowds that
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
Ohio To,un, Entirely Out of
Coal, Hauls Out Cook StOUe,
Lamp and old OQken Bucket

gather on circus day. The people.
however, were not sightseeing. They
had hoped that the trains could b
stopped and some Of the badly
needed fuel diverted to use here.
Can't Get Relief.
Mayor George Luce in answer to
complaints, explained that the
town was helpless. He stated that
the coal was being moved on pri-
ority orders and that he and his as
sociates in the government Of the
municipality had been unable to
get any relief from the state au-
thorities.
Appeals to the state fuel direc-
tor brought back telegram: "See
your local dealers"
They could easily be seen but not
a single one of them had a pound
OF coal to sell. And they said that
orders placed had been turned
down.
Health officers fear the shut
down of the water plant will bring
on an epidemic of disease, especial.
yly typhoid fever, inasmuch. as the
wells, of the old-fashioned kind
have not been used in recent years
Glad It's August, Anyway.
Townspeople, however, are fac.
ing the situation calmly. They re
turn to the primitive with smiles
and a broad community spirit
They say, Mayor Luce says, ant
the officials say:
"The strike may be over as re-
ported, but Columbus Grove.
emergency is just commencing"
And everybody is happy ant
thankful-that it is August and no
January.
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WILL CREATE
FACT FINDING
BODY ON COAL
Congress A cts OF,
Harding Recon-
z7aendation.

Washington, Aug. 22.-While the
senate labor committee was taking
the first formal action toward Gre
alton of the coal fact-finding COM
mission recommended by President
Harding. the president let it be
known today that he was disposed
to insist that the investigating body
be made up exclusively of impair
tial representatives Of the public
without special representation fol
either mine operators or employees
A bill for commission on which
the president would be free tt
choose representatives Of the op.
orators, miners, or the public, az
he saw fit, was favorably reported
by the senate committee.
Bar Coal interests.
At the same time the house in.
terstate commerce committee
working independently, refused tc
strike from its tentative bill a pro-
vision which would expressly pro-
hibit membership on the commits
sion by any person having any in
terest or connection with the Goa
industry.
The house committees bill also
was favorably reported after
number of changes were made from
, the form in which it originally was
drafted by Chairman Winslow. Al
perfected, it provides for a com
mission Of nine members, while the
measure drawn up by the senate
committee specifies that the mem
bership shall be five.
In each bill the commission il
provided sweeping powers Of inves
tigation.
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Chicago, Aug. 22.-Walkouts by
trainmen on the Southern railway,
resulting in tieups in North Caro-
lima; bombings, beatngs and wreck
plots marked the nations rail
strike situation today as the hour
drew closer for-new peace ,nego-
tiations in New York tomorrow.
While the move for a settlement
Of the strike hung suspended pend
ing the New York meeting Of the
rail heads and leaders of the trans
portation brotherhoods, mediators
for the striking shopmen, train
crews on the Southern railway re-
fused to turn a wheel or enter the
yards at Spencer, N. c.. while
troops sent there by Governor Nor
rison remained on guard.
Violence continued to flame IN
various sections Of the country.
Try to Blow Up Bridge.
At Huntington, W. Va, a second
attempt to dynamite a Chesapeake
& Ohio railroad bridge was frus-
trated when a track walker fright
ened three men from the treste
They left a box of dynamite and AZ
feet of fuse behind.
San Bernardino, Cal, remained
! in a high state Of excitement over
renewed outbreaks in the Atchison
| Topeka & Santa Fe yards. A strik,
ing electrician was killed and an
other striker perhaps fatally
wounded in a running gun battle
with a negro waiter employed al
the commissary inside the Santa
4, Fe enclosure. According to police
the negro said he emptied pisto
at five men who followed him from
the shop gates. A strong guard
| was thrown around the Jail where
the negro was held.
| Foil Wreck Plot
Iinemen for the Missouri &
North Arkansas railroad discovered
an obstruction on the tracks neal
Harrison, Ark, and removed it II
minutes before train passed tht
spot. Oil had been placed on eth
er side of the tracks where heavy
iron bar was placed.
H. D. Fought, an employe of tht
Missouri Pacific railroad shops a
Little Rock, Ark, told the polic'
that he and a companion were kid
naped, taken to a grove on riveI
bank and beaten by a party of men
Fought escaped after a struggle
but said he did not know the fate o.
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BLOOMINGTON
GIRL is SLAIN
IN COLORADO
Hold Brother-in-La.u
For Death Of Ed
ma Skinner.

Denver, Colo, Aug. 22.-With the
arrest of Albert ]. Cove, an insur-
ance agent, on a charge of murder,
the police at Greeley, Colo, an
nounced today that the warrant
was issued as result of month g
investigation following the death
there, ostensibly through the ex-
plosion of a gasoline stove, OF
Edna ]. Skinner, 20 year old school
teacher of Bloomington. Ill.
The authorities stated that they
had accumulated evidence tending
to show that the young woman
who is a sister of Gowe's wife, was
persuaded by him to buy an insur-
ance policy from him, naming him
as the beneficiary.
Policy Is Death Warrant.
The policy he sold her was in
reality her own death warrant, fol
he Immediately, the authorities al
lege, began to plot her murder in a
way that not only would enable
him to collect the $4,000 death
benefit, but also an added $500 pay.
able should the insured meet death
through accident.
To accomplish this, the polics
allege, Cove beat his kinswomar
to death with a heavy stove weight
saturated the body in gasoline
wrecked an oil stove'to simulate ar
explosion and set fire to the kitchen
of his home in which the proceed
ings took place.
Crime Is Month Old.
This, the authorities state, oc
| Cured a month ago, but nothing
was suspected until Cove reached
Bloomington, ILL.,, with the corpse
/ and, it is said, objected to the rela
tives opening the coffin prior tt
burial there. Since that time Mis-
SINNERS mother and the police
have conducted an investigation
with the result that the warran
charging murder was sworn out OF
the arrival of the mother at Gree
ley yesterday.
| Bloomington, ILL.,, Aug. 22.-Loca
| undertakers state that Cove mad
requests to two employees asking
that the casket be not opened, bu
without his knowledge it was open
ed and the body viewed. !
was horribly burned.
I Miss Skinner is buried in tn,
cemetery at Leroy, ILL, four mile
east Of Bloomington.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
UNION HEAD
FLAYS RAIL
OFFICIALS
McGrath Attacks Hastily
Patched Up Explana-
ton of M. c.

Chicago, Aug. 22.-Declaring the
"real cause OF the Michigan Cen
tral wreck at Gary, Ind, early Sum
day was clearly an unfit locomo-
tive" and characterizing the rail-
roads charges that the wreck was
due to plotters as hastily patch
ed up explanation to place the
blame for the loss of life upon the
striking shopmen instead of on the
railroad, where it belongs" j. F.
McGrath, vice president Of the
railway employees department of
the American Federation of Labor.
today said the wreck did not differ
"a particle from wrecks reported
each day from various parts Of the
country.
Reports are based upon an in
vestigation by company officials
and armed guards" he said. what
can the public expect to get in the
way of unbiased reports from men
who are hired to fight the en-
ployes on strike? What is more
they are not railroad men. and
therefore can not be trusted to in
vestigate an accident which involv-
ed the death of the engine crew
An investigation Of this kind should
have been given over to an impair.
tial body of mechanical experts.
"Real Cause" Covered Up.
II all the derailments which
have been reported to us since the
strike had occurred at 60 miles al
hour, the newspapers would have
had no room for other news. Sucl
wrecks result directly from the de
terioration of equipment, which
goes on at an increasing rate ever!
day the strike lasts. 1t is onlJ
when the wreck is serious enough
TO get into the papers that the rea
cause is covered over. AS matte.
Of fact, it is reported that this yer,
train had experienced engine trou
Bile after it left Detroit"
McGrath's statement came on tn
heels Of the verdict Of the coroner
jury which found that the engi
neer and fireman of the wrecks
express train came 70 their deaf
"as a result of a plot to wreck tn
train"
Foster Not IMPLICATED.
1t also followed an announce
ment by States Attorney Grove
office admitting failure to discove
sabotage plots in correspondence
seized in raids on the offices 9
William z. Foster, radical leade
and head of the Trades Union Edu
cational league.
Federal investigators asserte
that Foster had been under SUI
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
HARDING CALLS
OFF TRIP West
Won't Go to Mooseheart, Ill; Feds
1t Inadvisable During In.
duStrial Crisis.

Washington, Aug. 22.-Defnite
announcement that President Hard
ing had called of the trip he ex-
pected to take to Mooseheart, ILL.,.
the latter part Of the week, was
made today at the White house.
The president, it was said, feels 1t
would be inadviSable for him to
leave Washington during the pres
ent Industrial crisis.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
HAYNES
DISMISSED AS
DRY DIRECTOR

Washington, Aug. 2a-Rep-
resentative HILL Republican,
Maryland, today addressed .
letter to Secretary Mellon TO
questing tho Immediate romov.
al Of Federal Prohibition Con.
missioner Haynes, who Mr..
Hill charged, Sengaged In de-
frauding the United States gov.
ernment In that 10 b using and
causing to - used the o41e1al
mail franks Of the treasury de-
partment for the sending eut
Of personal political prspe.
ganda I'm the interest Of himself
and his associates, IT, anti
ealoon leaguA
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
IS COMMUNISTS
ARE ARRESTED
Department of Justice Agents Take
Alleged Reds at Bridgeman,
Mich, Convention.

Bridgeman, Mich, Aug. EFF
teen alleged members of the Com
munist Party of America were ar
rested here this morning by depart
men of justice agents assisted by
Sheriff George Bridgeman and 20
deputies. Those arrested were
delegates to the party's secret con-
viction in session here.
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JUDGE REPROVES
MALE DANCER IN
GAUDY COSTUME


Long Beach. Cal. Aug. 22.-l
Corduroy trousers. with fiaring
bottoms inset with gaudy gus
sets and garnished with long
tassels were scored by Police
Judge Carl v. Hawkins, when
the wearer. Carlton B. Gilbert.
an oil worker. appeared for SEN
tence on q charge Of improper
dancing in a public dance hall.
"All that is lacking to COM
plete the picture before me- the
court said, ''fs lace fuf1es about
your cuffs, q few ffbbons ii yo1r
hair and . powler pun IN your
pocket. Fhds are fads. but
there Ii . limit.
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WOULD BUY
HUSBAND OF
SICK WOMAN
Former Mrs. Spreckels
Offers 500 Annuity
for r. Kendrick.

San Francisco, Calf, Aug. 22.-
What seemed yesterday to be So
luton of the eternal triangle for
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney Kendrlck and
Mrs. Edith Huntington Spreckels
Wakefield Of San Francisco and
Sausalito, today did not seem quite
SO likely to work out.
Mrs. Wakefield, who was the
first wife of the late Jack"
Spreckles, son Of John D. Spreck-
els, Sr., Pacific coast capitalist, ac-
cording to her published admission,
made an offer Of $500 a month for
the rest of her life" to Mrs. Ken
drick if she would divorce Ken
drick, newspaper artist, so that
Mrs. Wakefield could marry him,
that is, as soon as Mrs. Wakefield
herself secured a divorce.
Hitch in Negotiations.
! The offer yesterday, it was un-
derstood, would probably be &C
cepted, but early today the artists
wife intimated she might take some
legal action other than divorce, and
that at any rate she would consult
an attorney before d9ng anything.
/ According to the version OF the
unusual case, which all of the per-
sons involved give, Mr.. and MIS-
Kendrick had separated. Mrs. Ken
drick is ill and has spent much OF
her time in sanitariums. MIS-
/ Wakefield and Kendrick fell In love
with each other and finally agreed
they would marry if they could gel
their freedom and that Mrs. Ken
iKendrick and her baby could live
with them if she wished to be TAX.
en- care Of"
Wife in sParchaser's'', Home.
/ Mrs. Kendrick, the persons agre<
in saying, was brought from san
l!tarium to Mrs. Wakefield's home IL
SausaIito, across the bay from SaI
francisco, where she remained fol
several weeks as guest, receiving
care and medical attention.
1t was while in Mrs. Wakefield''
home, the three persons aver. tha
Mrs. Kendrick revealed she NJ
longer loved her husband, and tn
revelation that Mrs. Wakefield did
= together with her offer, followed
Gives Up Wedding Ring.
1t also was admitted that Mrs
, lKendrick gave her wedding ring t
Mrs. Wakefield, saying that unde
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GERMANY WON'T
Give UP MINES


Berlin, Aug. 22.--(By the Asso-
ciated Press. s.)-Minister OF Finance
Hermes was reported today to have
left NO doubt in yesterdays delib-
erations with members Of the rep
aratipns commission that the pledg-
ing Of state forests on the left
bank of the Rhine and state mines
In the Ruhr district rs guarantees
for the payment Of German reparar
tioRs was tmrossihlA
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
.CALESbURC RAIL
men ARE Beaten
Civic Organizations Pass Resolu.
tions Condemning Lawlessness
Of Past Weeks.

Galesburg, ILL.,, Aug. 22.-Follow-
ing a small riot here last night In
which several Burlington railroad
employees were beaten. the Gales
burg chamber of commerce and
other civic organizations today
adopted resolutions condemning
the present lawlessness and numsr-
ous brutal attacks which have oc-
CURED here in the past few weeks.
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BURGLARS BLAMED
FOR FIRE IN HOME

Chicago, Aug. 22-Burglars who
looted the summer home of Will
liam Brown McIlvaine, at Winnetka,
last night, were blamed today for
the fire which destroyed the upper
part Of the house. Enough of the
structure was saved to permit a
partial inventory of the stolen
goods.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
FORD PLANT BEGINS
USE OF OIL BURNERS

Detroit, Aug. 22.-Owing to short
age of coal, the Ford Motor COM
pany's Highland Park plant has
been equipped with oil-burners.
The change was made without loss
of time to any Of the $4,000 en-
ployes.
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HINTON LEAVES
BAHAMA ISLES

Nassau, Bahama, Aug. 22.-(By
The Associated Press. 1.-The Amer
ican seaplane Sampaio Corriea,
piloted by Lieutenant Walter Hin
ton, left here for Haiti at 10:40
O'Clock this morning. It arrived
here yesterday afternoon ON the
way from New York to Rio do
Janeiro.
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US. STEEL co.
BOOSTS WAGES
Announces Rate of Day Labor at
ALI Plants Increased 20 Per
Cent Sept l.

New York, Aug. 22.-(By the AS
sociated Press. THE United States
Steel corporation today announced
That the wage rate of day labor at
all its manufacturing plants would
be increased 20 per cent Sept. l,
and that other rates would be equi-
tably adjusted.
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THE WEATHER

Thunder showers, probably this
afternoon or tonight. Wednesday
partly cloudy and continued warm.
Highest temperature yesterday,
20; lowest last night, So.
Wind velocity at a. m. IL miles
per hour. :.
Precipitation last "a hours. .os
inch.
Il N. 7p.m. am.
yester. yester. today
Dry, bulb temp. ...72 Is q
Wet bulb temp. ..67 ~ So
Relative humid,e .7S 73 81
River stage at Z q. m. 1.5, . tall
Of L last "a hours.
Sunset today, 6.53 p. m; sunrise
tomorrow 5.19 q. m.
River Forecast
The Mississippi river from BE-
low Dubuque to Muscatine VIII
change but little during the next
few days. unless heavy rains occur
ANDREW HAMRlCK.
Neteorulogist
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DEAD man May
Be NOMINATED
Failure to Certify Two Precincts
May Give Padgett Victory
In Tennessee.

Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 22-The
fact that returns from the Demo-
cratic congressional primary in
two precincts in Wayne county
were not certified may change the
result of the Seventh district con-
gressional race between Lemuel p.
Padgett, deceased, and Judge W. C.
Salmon. his opponent, and may
make the deceased congressman
the victor after all.
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SIDES
FIND BASIS
FOR PEACE
Agreement Is Reached
Between Operators and
Miners at Chicago.

Chicago, Aug. sa-Dy the
Associated Press AN axree-
ment to settle the Illinois coal
strike was reached this after.
noon BY tho subcommittee Of
Illinois operators and miners
scale committees, the Ass0ciat-
ed Press learned this afternoon.
The settlement plan Is simply
. renewal of the 19sl.l922 wage
contract, which Is i'm accord
with the recent Cleveland
agreement for settlement OF
the nationwide coal strike,
which began ON April I, last
Although the settlement plan
had not been signed. the leaders in
the subcommittee conference were
agreed that the ratification Of the
agreement would not be long de-
layed.
II am going home tonight" w.
X. Kavanaugh. president OF the
Fifth and Ninth District Operators
association, in emphasizing the
fact that an agreement had been
reached.
The draft Of the agreement
reached by the subcommittee was
not expected to be long. Its exact
form was said not to be ready for
publication and was expected to
be signed promptly at a joint con-
ference Of the full wage scale COM
mittee of operators and miners at
2 D. m. The ratification appeared
to be little more than q formality,
according to leading operators who
agreed that the settlement had
been decided upon.
The joint session for ratification
was delayed while the operators
members of the subcommittee re-
ported to the operators wage scale
committee.
Kavanaugh Confirms.
The announcement of the SUBJ
committee agreement was confirm
ed by W. X. Kavanaugh, who said
the affixing of signatures was
merely a matter of a short time.
1.-THE agreement is simply a re-
newal of the old contract which
expired April /, 1922. when the
strike began" Mr.. kavanaugh said.
"It is of course. based on the re-
cent Cleveland agreement"
With the signing of the settle
ment agreement, leading operators
s6id they expected hoisting of coal
in some mines to start some time
tomorrow.
Order Miners Back.
Signing of the peace pact was to
be followed by mine workers dis
trict officials sending kilograms or
dering the miners back to the pits.
Unless the signing should be too
long, mine whistles in some dis
tricts were expected to be blown at
6 o'clock tonight calling the first
shift men to the pits.
There are 375 mines in Illinois
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SOUTHERN
TRA|NMEN'
Walk OUT
Refuse to Work Under
Guard; Violence in
Strike Continues.
Washington, Aug. 22.-Pres-

Washington, Aug. 22.-Pres-
ident Harding, although hope
full OF success for the New York
rail strike settlement, was said
at the White house today to be
unready to take any other steps
than those stated in his recent
address to congress.
The declaration to congress
that the laws would be enforced
and the rights of workers to en-
ter railroad service guaranteed,
it was added, it will remain as
the final government statement
until there is change in the
situation.
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KAISER'S MEMOIRS
SELL AT 100 MARKS

Berlin. Aug. 22-Former En-
peror Williams forthcoming mem
ories are being widely advertised
in Germany at 100 marks in paper
cover, which is slightly less than
Is cents American money, at the
current rate Of exchange.
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Sues ATHLETE FOR DIVORCE.
st. Louis, Aug. 22.-Suit for di-
vorce against Loren Murchiso1. /.
star sprinter for the Illinois Ath-
letic club, was filed by Geneva
Murchison, who said her husband
was more devoted to athletics than
to her.
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