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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26
BY JOHN ARCHER CARTER.

consolidated Press Correspondent
Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Newport News, Va, May 26.-To
the town where she was born the
Lizzie of the Navy" came back to-
day not as a heroine but as an Or
phaned pauper. In the early '90's
she steamed for the first time out
through the misty Virginia capes,
flag bedecked, blue jackets ener-
getic and with her proud COM
mander on her bridge waving
acknowledgements to a cheering
mass on the shore and saluting
passing craft Now she is back,
f1agleSs, crewless = cheerleSS -
none to do her honor.
And she is furious in her despair.
Not because she is to be scrapped,
she who always was ready for
scrap. That is the history of the
fighting craft which has made the
fighting history of the American
navy. But she is to be reborn. She,
who made history in the Spanish
war off the southern coast of Cuba,
who combed the seas in the late
Titanic struggle for freedom in
search for submarines who threat
ened Americas troop ships, is to be
reborn a German ship.
Strange Business.
Truly the gunboat Nashville
spills fiamboyant sea parlance upon
the waves as she lies moored at the
southern shipyard pier here. The
strange business Y of scrapping
American war vessels to be sold as
junk to the Germans, and then re-
built for their commercial trade, is
in the hands of ]. L. Bernard of
Bernard & Co. He is a nationally
famous shipbuilder and he will be
gin his experiment on the Nashville,
known throughout the seven seas
as the American Lizzie" as soon
as he can assemble his workmen.
There is a great and increasing
demand for ship plates in Ger
many" he said today. The Nash
vile is well constructed Her
plates are standard in size and so
it will be possible to break her up
in such fashion that another ship
can be constructed from her mate
rial. The prices that the Germans
are offering are very LIBERAL and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26
SEAMEN HURT IN
SUB EXPLOSION
Five Are Injured on Submarine H. -3
OF Coronado Islands; Names
Not Made Public.

Los Angeles, Calf, May 26-Five
seamen were injured in an exrlos-
ion aboard the submarine H-3 early
today while the craft was on patrol
duty off the Coronado Islands, 40
miles from San Diego, it was an
nounced when the vessel returned
to her base here.
The names of the injured men
were not made public by the naval
officials here.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26
EDITOR HARDING
PLAYS GOLF WITH
NEWSPAPER MEN


Washington, May 26.-Warren
y. Harding took his old title,
editor of the Marion STAR, to-
uay In order to tee off with three
scofe Washington newspaper
nien in the first annual tourna-
aent of the Washington News
paper Golf club.
Inc president has 4 handicap
VI zz strokes for play in today's
tournament.
me 10 men turning in the
invest scores in today's tourna-
msnt will make up a team which
A go to New York June IL
play a team selected from
aemoers OF the New York News
PAPER Golf club.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26
M'PARIaAND LEADS
IN TYPO ELECTION

Detroit, Mich, May 26.-(By the
Associated Press.)-With approx
40 per cent of the total mail
vote compiled, John MCFARLAND of
New York, president of the Inter
national Typographical union, is
leading W. W. Barrett by $3.50
votes for reelection, it was an
nounced today by Charles P. How
ard of Detroit, chairman of the
unions compaign committee.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26
TAKEBAD CHECK
MAN IN MOBILE
r. Il. Churchill, Arrested in Ala
bama City, Is Wanted in Urbana,
ILL, for Forgery.

Mobile, Ala, May 26.-R. K
Churchill, alias r. D. ChadGick,
was taken into custody by the po-
lice for the authorities of Urbana,
ILL.,. who charge him with forgery.
Officers are enroute to Mobile for
the prisoner. The police charge
that Churchill is wanted at Cham
paign, ILL.,; Lansing. Mich; Lexing-
ton, Ky; and other cities in con-
nection with the passage of worth
less checks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26
WOMAN. 100. DIES

White Hall, ILL.,, May 26.-Still
yearning for stronger tobacco so
she might fully enjoy her pipe.
Mrs. Nancy Long, aged 100, died
yesterday morning at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. William Fisher,
six miles southwest of here. She
was born in Campbell county, Ten
nessee, June so, 1922
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26
II ARE KILLED
IN Mine BLAST
Five Whites and Six Negroes Meet
Death in Explosion in Ala
bama Mine.

Birmingham, Ala, May 26.-|
Eleven miners were killed last
night in an explosion in Acmar No
3 mine of the Alabama Fuel & Iron
Co, st. Clair county, according 10
reports received today at the Birm-
ingham station of the Bureau of
Mines. Five. of the men were
white, according to the report.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26
SENATE WON'T
APPLYCLOTURE
ON TARIFF TALK
Laurence Predicts
Measure Finally
Will Pass.
BIZ DAVID LAWRENCE.


Washington, D. c., May 26.-Talk
of applying a cloture rule in the
senate to shut off tariff debate and
very far. There is so much to be
done yet on the tariff bill. so many
hundreds of amendments to- discuss
and consider seriously that except
for a general speed-up influence
which might result from a threat
of cloture the progress of the tar
iff bill will hardly be affected.
The tariff situation is troublesome
to everybody. On the Republican
side there is no insurgency, so to
speak, for the farm bloc got what
it wanted in the way of tariff
duties early in the game, but con-
siderable doubt is felt and indeed
expressed by Republicans as to
whether it would be a wise thing
to pass a permanent tariff bill at
a time when International exchange
is disturbed and costs of produc-
ton are subject to such wide f1uc-
tuations due to conditions originat-
ing with the late war.
Repubs Must Decide.
beyond the stage of enacting d
temporary tariff bill to bridge over
the emergency of the next two or
three years. The Republicans must
decide whether they wall pass this
pending bill or not AS the time
Ior vote comes the doubling ones
will probably fall in with the
wishes of the party leaders and the
measure will be passed.
More than 1000 amendments
await action by the senate The
senate has been talking tariff more
than a month and has hardly got
through with a third of the amend
ments. The 1000 more will take
longer than those which have been
considered, as relatively unimpor-
tant items have hitherto been taken
up and the major parts of the bill
remain. There is no telling how
long the important items will take
and the Republicans themselves
will not wish to gloss over them
too hurriedly. ...----
Ties Cp Whole Program.
The tariff bill is tying up the
whole legislative program. Pro-
ponents of the bonus think they can
interject their measure, but they
are mistaken. If the tariff is once
displaced, much of the momentum
behind it will be lost. The bonus
advocates on the other hand realize
that as the fall elections get closer
the tendency of the senate will be
to spend less time discussing the
bonus and quick action can be
expected.
Even assuming that the tariff and
the bonus are disposed of, some
vital questions are bound to arise
and consume time IN connection
with the army and navy bills. The
house voted the army to consist of
133 900 men. Many members of the
senate want to cut it to lis, 600.
In the house after bitter fight the
administration succeeded in keep
ing the strength of the navy at
5000 men instead of $1,000 as the
house naval committee reported it..
Now senators on the naval commit
tee are talking of increasing the
size of the navy to 100000 men.
This means that many differences
will have to be ironed out in con-
ference All these questions will
take a good deal of time. The house
is ready to adjourn within month
and may ask recess while wait
ing for the senate to finish but the
hopes of an early adjournment of
the senate are beginning to fade
again.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26


Paris, May 26.-(By the Associa-
ted Press .)-The French foreign
Office has no knowledge of the re-
ported conviction of Charles R.
Crane, former American minister to
China, by a French military court
in Damascus on a charge of incit-
ing a riot, as reported in press dis
patches, it was stated today.
Troubles in Syria were provoked
by 'injudicious talk" by Mr.. Crane,
foreign Office officials said, but up
to the present moment they had no
information regarding any con-
Thinks Report an Error.
The former American minister to
China today continued his active
discussion of conditions in Syria
with leading Frenchmen, in full
confidence that the report of his
conviction by French military
court in Damascus for inciting a
riot was an error.
Mr.. Crane appears to have ex-
pressed himself last week very
plainly to the mandate commission
of the League of Nations council in
Geneva regarding the disturbed po-
litical situation in Syria. The sub
stance of his declaration was that
the Syrians wanted, first of all,
complete independence, and failing
that, preferred that the United
States take the mandate over tho
country. If the Americans were
unwilling, he said, the Syrians pre-
ferred Great Britain, but under no
circumstances wished to be under
the French mandate.
Mr.. Crane believes that If any
action was taken leading to the
imposition against him of a SEN
tence of 20 years, as reported. it
must have been due to misunder-
standing. He declares he has no
intention of taking the matter up
with the French foreign Office in
the present stage of the affair, pre-
ferring to regard the report as er-
roneous until it is proved other
wise.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26

Belfast, Ireland, May 26. - (By
the Associated ss.)-Since last
Saturday 2S deaths from violence
have occurred in Belfast, including
six last evening and today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26
PACKING HOUSE
BLAST KILLS 8
Three Buildings of Pennsylvania
Chemical Company Blow
Up; Il Hurt.

Emporium, Pa, May 26.-Nine
men were killed and IL seriously
injured when three packing houses
of the Grasselli Chemical company,
at Sinnamahoning, IS miles from
here. blew up shortly after noon
today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26
RESOLUTION BY
JOHNSON LOSES

Washington, May ga fight by
Representative Johnson, Republi-
can, of South Dakota to force the
house to take up his resolution for
investigation Of charges of laxity
on the part of the department of
justice in prosecuting war frauds.
failed today when Speaker Gillette
ruled that his claim that the reso-
luton was being suppressed did not
constitute privilege.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26
WARD Is REARRESTED.

White Plains, n. Y, May 90
Walter s. Ward, millionaire bakers
son, was rearrested on a charge
that he killed Clarence Peters. a
former navy man, two weeks ago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26
EXPLOSION KILLS 10.

Vienna, May 25.-Ten persons
were known to have been killed and
at least sixty injured in an explo-
sion in a munitions factory.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26

Waco, Texas, May 26.-Harrell
Bolton was killed and Mrs. Maggie
Hayes was attacked by d
negro on a road near here late last
night, according to Miss Hayes
statement to police. Posses are
searching for the negro. The cou-
pie was riding along the road in an
automobile when stopped by the
negro. He shot Bolton dead and
then carried the girl into a secluded
spot in the woods where he kept
her three hours, according to her
statement. He then left her after
attempting to shoot her, she said,
the attempt failing because his re-
volver snapped three times.
Miss Hayes found her way back
to Waco where she reported the
attack to authorities
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26
C. R. Crane
CONVICTION
is MYSTERY
French Foreign Office
Knows Nothing of Re-
ported Sentence.
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
Washington, May ga res
OlutfOn directing Secretary
Hughes to make immediate in
quiry of the French govern
ment as TO the correctness of
reports concerning imposition
of 20-year sentence upon
Charles II. Crane, by a French
military court at Damascus
was introduced today by Rep
resentative SABBATH, Democrat,
OF Illinois.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26
MURDERS MAN,
ASSAULTS Girl
Texas Negro Keeps Girl in Woods
Three Hours After Shooting
Escort to Death.
RULLFTIN.

Waco, Texas, May 26.-A ne
gro believed to have murdered
Harrell Bolton and assaulted
Mrs. Maggie Hayes last night,
was caught today about fifteen
miles southeast of Waco and is
in Jail. A large crowd is gath
cred around the Jail.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26
BRIDGES AND
RAIL LINES
WASHEDOUT
Big Property Damage in
Northern Illinois and
Wisconsin.
BULLETIN.

Peoria, ILL., May 26.-By the
Associated SreSs.l-A cloud
burst sweeping MOssVille and
Peoria this Afternoon washed
out a large section of the Rock
Island Lines track, a bridge on
the Peoria Chicago hard road,
a block of street pavement in
this city and did thousands OF
dollars damage through Hood
ing of Easements and almost
completed destruction of truck
gardens and newly planted
corn fields along the Up-rtTer
road.
Several up-river cottages are
threatened with destruction and
it is reported 500 automobiles
are marOOned or washed into
fields by a wall Of water which
swept down out of the hills i'm
the MOssVille section. So far
no loss of life has been re-
ported. A heavy rain continues.
Fifty thousand persons gath
cred at Glen Oak park TO see
annual field day exercises,
were caught in the deluge
which was accompanied by a
terrific electrical display.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26

Chicago, May 26.-Toll of yes
terday's rain and electrical storm
in Chicago and southern suburbs
reached three deaths and six in
juries today.
Edward Fridluss and Leo Bum
ski were electrocuted in the flood
ed basement of furniture store at
Hammond When-they stepped into
water charged with electricity.
Their bodies were recovered by
the formers uncle, Samuel Frld-
Iuss, owner of the store.
Joseph Benier, 5S, was found
dead at the wheel Of his automo-
bile in Blue Island Death is be
lieved to have resulted from the
shock of a crash of lightning.
Lightning Kills Cattle.
GAINESVILLE, Wis, May 26.-The
sudden storm of Wednesday after
noon did damage to the extent Of
several thousand dollars in wide
path beginning in northern Illinois
and ending in the neighborhoOd OF
Madison. Roads were washed out,
bridges swept away, cattgB killed
by lightning, nine near OrfOTdvllle
being struck by one bolt.
The storm area extended from
GAINESVILLE west to Monroe.
Train Service ParalNs%-
Clinton. Iowa. May 26.-FTain
service to the north of Clinton, on
the Iowa side of the Mississippi
river. is paralyzed today as Che re
suit of washouts following cloud
burst that covered apparently the
entire northern section Of Clinton
county late yesterday afternoon.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26
THE WEATHER

Unsettled weather tonight and
Saturday, with possibly showers.
Not much change in temperature.
Highest temperature yesterday,
70; lowest last night, 63.
Wind velocity at Z a. m. miles
per hour.
Precipitation last "a hours. .O2
inch.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26

River StAge at d H. ~ q u
of 5 last "a hours.
Sunset today. 1921; sunrise to-
morrow, 4:32.
River Forecast.
The Mississippi river from below
Dnbuoue to Muscatine will rise
slightly during the next "a hours
anS then there will be little change
for two or three days.
ANDREW HAMR1Ck.
Meteorologist
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-26

tom. 7p.m. Z am.
yester. yester. today.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-11
OVERNIGHT AMER
ICANIZATlON

THE CZECHOSLOyAK newspaper. "Svet. -
published in Cleveland. Ohio. asks the
question II am immigrant can be made into
a good American citizen overnight by simply
reading the constitution Of the United States.
Many Of us have wondered about that.
"Svet' answers the question in this somewhat
impressive comment
THE immigrants are urged to read the
constitution Of the United States in order to
become acquainted with American institutions,
briefly to become Americanized easily and
rapidly.
SIS il as simple as thati We do not think
so. II reminds us Of advertisements promising
the speedy mastery of a language or another
subject which normally requires years Of study.
There were many fellow countrymen who. be-
fore their arrival in this country. learned the
language easily and rapidly, but when they
came 10 America they discovered that the pep
Pile did not understand them. And it was not
only the common people who let themselves BE-
caught on the easy and rapid method.
at is not so very long ago since the Belgian
poet Maeterlintk, one of the worlds greatest
geniuses, hired nj a princely honorarium to
make a lecture tour, arrived in this country.
Here the careful managers questioned him
whether he was able 10 lecture in English and
Maeterlinck replied that he enthusiastically.
Mr.. Maeterlinck obtained books promising to
teach English easily and rapidly and studied
them but his lecture tour ended quickly and
we may add painfully. His first lecture was
attended by a large audience. When he be-
gan TO speak. his audience questioned one an
other as 10 what language he was speaking.
Thus ended the lecture tour OF the famous poet
Maeterlinck.
"This somehow resembles the easy aud
rapid Americanization with the aid OF the
American constitution. But will the immi-
al.e 1n.tuaanf
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-11

has happened in New Mexico. The groups
must he brought together. The demands Of
individuals must be subjected to party necessi-
ties: provided, of course, that the rank and
file of republicans want and expect TO win
elections.
II follows that a get-togeiher dinner, where
matters of party organization may be discussed
frankly should accomplish something for the
republican party. If republican leaders un.
derstand that the public service is more import.
ant than the claims, ambitions or leadership of
any individual, and that all such individual
claims and personal selfishness must be sub.
ordinated 10 the public service the party is com
petent to provide and maintain, then a fair
start has been made toward a successful
campaign.
II is obvious, from the personnel Of the
speakers, that this dinner has as one of its oh.
jects the harmonizing Of difference among re-
publicans in Bernalillo county. Here, in par.
ticular. personal selfishness needs to be elm
mated before much progress can be made by
the republican party. 1t may be said with
complete candor TO the republican leaders OF
the state that the people of Bernalillo county
Just at present are far less Interested in who
rules the republican party in this county, as
in provision Of a stable, competent county gov
rnment. The people Of this county, in the
last analysis, want a competent county govern
ment and they do not greatly care whether II
be republican, democratic, or fusion.
II should be perfectly plain to republican
leaders who seek party success in this county
that personal claims, personal demand for lead.
ership. wherever it may arise, IL II sets itself
up ahead Of efficient county government, II
bound 10 endanger party success here.
''what is best for the people Of New Mex
leo THAT should be the question foremost IN
Inc minds of republican state leaderghip-and
ahead of any question Of the rights" Of any
seeker after office or any claimant fer party
leadership.
''what is best for the people Of Bcrnalillo
countyf'kr,Tha should be the question upper
most infke minds of those who seek TO com
pose I'd ,ublicau differences and restore re
~publicat party supremacy in this county. IN
less th9 question is uppermost efforts OF the
kind rctsrred 10 will make little Roadway.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-11
Taxation of Mineral Reserves
Dol hIs lelter of iranamIsnIon.
(From the Mining Congress Journal)

In his letter OF transmission, !
Flniay states as follows:
Taxes nre a part OF tho pre'
productive energy OF the peo'
the bvli1ing Of roads In 1899
not be accomplished by work
will not be done until 1919. peril
not then. n one will carry /
line OF argument far enough
will perceive that II ~ Just; SUPP
for Instance. there were only !
people In the state. how muchI
could they levy on the proball
that IL would some day bec|
worth miillons7"
Again MIR. F1niay states:
Thus l think that N you |
these lands, wherever they arol
yond the area OF established Il
operation. your tax II n presumul
OF value which may not be therl
The Mining Congress Journal
lieves That an entirely diffeI
theory should be applied To
taxation OF wasting resources
In applied to any other charnI
OF property. The application I
different theory Is working I'D
TO the fIture lumber supply oil
country. The taxation OF stand
timber upon It's full present vi
yields 10 much Of revenue IA I'd
Nclop extravaganza In handllnl
municipal business In lumber |
tions. II forces upon the lurI
owner the necessity OF marks}
his lumber at the earliest poSJ
time In order to take n away 4
the taxing power and thus derlI
larger total amount for his lurj
than can be done after yearI
taxation, II II tending toward
llnquishment OF ownership in
cut over area In that the ow
are not Justified in attempting
~rcforest these lands because ofI
fact that the tax upon growing
her value during the seventy
years more or less necessar1
grow timber large enough for A
citing purposes would with theI
cumulated Interest thereon ID
excess of the final value 81 |
timber which might thus be- grdI
This system therefore stlmul'
waste ~ our present lumber
sources add destroys all incer,
Tor the reproduction Of timber
on these cut over lands for IA!
use This process has resulted
the devastation 81 timber II
some Of our western states nn|
allowed to continue will In !
time leave us entirely depend
unon Importation to meet
country's requirement for lumI
The Mining Congress Journal
heves that the ,rue system or |
alton ns 10 wasting resouI
should be n nominal tax upon
surface area and a fair tax u
improvements and n fnil tax u
tho output NJ tho time II In al
able for market A had syster{
taxation ~ wasting resources
easily create conditions "a
which local governments may !
Themselves entirely without
porting Income.