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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
PR0BE INTO
ROMA CRASH
CONTINUES
Breakdown of Controls Be-
lieved Cause of Ships
Fatal Fall.

Norfolk. Va, Feb. 23.-Members
Of the army investigating board
rOntinuef today their efforts to de-
termine, If possible, the cause of the
Disaster which overlook the giant
army dirigible Roma over the army
base here on Tuesday, in which "a
Of her passengers and crew met
death and the worlds largest semi
rigid aircraft was demolished.
That the fatal crash to earth of
the gerat airship followed a break
down of the controls regulating the
altitude of the craft appears today
to have been established in the tes-
timony thus far given.
Belief that this was the general
cause of the disaster was expressed
BY Major-General Patrick, head of
the army air service, in a state
ment issued yesterday on the basis
Of the initial testimony, and there
had been no further official word
today on the result of the investiga-
ton thus far.
The inquiry is proceeding behind
closed doors and no details were
known Of the testimony given by
the survivors, as we'll as eye-wit-
nesses OF the disaster. experts and
others.
Injured Recovering.
The eight injured in the accident
we're said to be making good pro-
gress toward recovery today with
the exception of Charles Devorack
superintendent of construction al
McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, who
was still reported to be in a criti-
cal condition. The condition of five
Of the injured had permitted then
to be taken from the hospital tc
langley Field.
Meanwhile, at Newport News
ghere the dead were taken. rela-
tiyes and friends continued@to ar
rive today to identify the bodies
and make arrangements to have
them taken to their homes for bur-
ial officers at Langley Field had
Informed city officials there that ar
rangements probably would be
completed today TO hold funeral
services tomorrow for all of the 81
dead in Newport News.
0ficials there and at Norfolk
and Hampton, and the several
American legion posts have ar
ranged to pay tribute to the dead
1t the services and during the quar-
ter hour at noon there will be a sus-
pension of all business on the Vir-
ginia peninsula.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
JOHN SAvANTI is
GIVEN REPRIEvE
Benton, ILL., Man Condemned Il
Hang Friday, is OVeriOyed
at News.

Benton, Ill. Feb. 2S.-John Saw
ant, who was scheduled to be hang
ed tomorrow for the murder OF
Fritz Heick, a delivery boy, on Jan.
2, 1921, has been granted reprieye
until April q. the sheriff was mott
fed today.
When told of the reprieve, Saw
ant appeared overjoyed. but con
tinues playing photograph records,
seeming 10 enjoy jazz and classical
pieces alike.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
CALL MINERSTO
VOTE ON STRIKE
Lewis Sends Out Formal Call for
Referendum on Whether Men
Shall Strike April 1.

Chicago. Feb. 23.-The formal
call for referendum votes by the
United Mine Workers of America
to determine whether there will be
a nationwide coal strike on April
/, was sent out today. il was an
nounced by John l. Lewis, presi-
dent of the union, here today
More than half million men
are eligible to vote in the referen-
dunn, according to William Green,
secretary. Returns are to be filed
at the union headquarters in In
dianapolis by March Is.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
HECKLE
HASkIN I!

He is Il target for the ques-
tions our readers want to ask.
He furnishes facts to those
who seek them.
He does not give advice.
The Information Bureau of
this newspaper is located in
Washington because OF the
incompatible sources of in
formation available there and
there only.
Haskin has spent lifetime
locating and maintaining con-
nectionS with these sources
of information. He does not
pretend to know anything you
ask He does know the peo-
pie or agency of the govern
ment who DO know, however.
Try him and find out.
State your question concise
", write plainly. and enclose
two cents in stamps for the
answer which is sent direct
to you. Address
FREDERICK ]. HASKIN,
Director,
The Rock Island Argus
Information Bureau,
Washington, D. c.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
THIS CHAP HAD A
CONSCIENCE THAT
WOULDN'T SLEEP

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 23.-
sor lS years the conscience OF
man who gave his name as
rank B. Posen, and who wrote
nom Elgin, ILL.,. harassed him
ssecause he had failed to pay
/" cents for a ride from Los
aageies to Pasadena on an
sectric car. So he wrote a
.s'ter to Mayor George E. Cry
la OF Los Angeles. telling about
y and enclosing So with which
s asked the mayor to pay the
ectric railway company the
sssiglnal so cents and compound
uerest for 10 years.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
RESUME TRIAL
OF MADALYNNE

Los Angeles, Calf, Feb. %
The health of jurors, attorneys and
witnesses permitting, the trial OF
Mrs. Madalynne c. ObenchaiH for
the murder of J. Bolton Kennedy,
was to be resumed today.
Influenza and otner illness
brought the trial to ( halt a week
ago when a continuance was taken
until last Monday. The same con
ditions then resulted In another
recess until today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Washington, Feb. 23.-Those SEN
ators who are offering reservations
to the four-power treaty are simply
trying to put into the instrument of
ratification itself the meaning and
Interpretation of the pact which
President Harding has given them
in his public addresses.
81 would be willing" said Sena-
tor Brandegee to this correspondent
today, ito attach as a reservation
the speech which President Hard
ing made in submitting the treat
les. He said it did not mean any
alliance or commitment or any in
volyement l want to see to it that
all the nations of the world fully
understand that. There were peo-
pie, you know, who said that the
United States WEIGHED when it
failed to ratify the Versailles treaty
and they said they had dealt with
the president and imagined that
was sufficient | believe the honest
thing to do is to notify the world
now when there is no dispute on
the horizon that if any rights in
relation to insular possessions in
the Pacific are threatened, the con-
gress of the United States will ulti-
mately decide the issue"
Didn't Fight Democracy.
There is no partisanship in the
controversy that has arisen as be-
tween men like Senator Brandegee
of Connecticut, Johnson of Cal
ifornia, and Borah of Idaho, on the
one hand, and President Harding on
the other Anybody who imagines
that these men fought the YER
sailles treaty because it was nego-
tiated by a Democratic president,
has ample proof today of the error
of such a view when the same Re
publican senators are offering res
eryations to a treaty negotiated and
signed by a Republican president
and indeed one of their own former
colleagues
A fundamental conception of con-
stitutional rights has developed
which is destined to have a far
reaching effect on American af-
fairs for years to come.
THE question is entirely unre-
IdI6u W duS pei SOhdA+Ny III SiA
gress or to the occupant of the
White house." explained Senator
Brandegee. 1T is solely a question
of understanding the constitutional
phases of the words United States
government Under the constitu-
ton the government was divided
into three parts-legislative, execu-
tive and judicial. l firmly believe
neither the executive nor the legis-
Iatiye wants to encreach on the 9TH
er. | know that the interpreta-
tions which are placed upon the du-
ties of the presidential office differ
from time to time. A man like
President Harding may have one
idea and Mr. Wilson might have
another. l am not looking at the
question from the personal view
point. for these differing concep-
tions may rise to trouble America
a long while after the present gen.
Grafton is dead.
Sees Trouble With Russia
Suppose, for instance, that ten
or fifteen years hence, Russia has
been restored and encroached on
the northern half of the Island OF
Sakalin. now claimed by Japan
What does Japan do? She calls a
conference of powers under the
terms of the four-power treaty
The preamble of the treaty says its
purpose is to maintain the rights
of Geat Britain. France, Japan and
Continued on Page Ten)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
LACK OF QUORUM
DELAYSCONC CON
Delegates Try to Throw COnven-
ton Into Reverse Gear Just
Before Adjournment.

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. 23.-Efforts
we're made to throw the constitu-
tonal convention into reverse gear
lOday Just before adjournment for
he week.
The convention was unable TO
make much progress today because
q lack of quorum. After two
aoars' discussion of section s of
Ne compromise report on revenue
the only section of the report not
topted-motions were made to re-
aasider three of the seven sec
eons adopted last night:
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
HAVANA, ILL.,,
HAS DRY RAID
Fourteen Agents From Peoria and
Chicago Confiscate Large Guam
titles Of Booze.

Peoria, Ill, Feb. 23.-Fourteen
prohibition agents from Peoria and
Chicago, under the leadership OF
Federal Group Chief AL Curry of
this city. raided four soft drink
parlors in Havana, Ill, and flve IN
Staunton, Ill, yesterday. Large
quantities of bonded whisky, beer.
moonshine and other intoxicants
were confiscated. 1t was the first
raid made in Havana since the ao-
rent OF prohibition
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
COLD WAVE
is HEADING
SOUTHEAST
Duluth Has 80 Inches
Snow; Trains Stalled;
Wires Down; l Death.

Chicago, Feb. 23.-The cold wave
that has held the whole northwest
in it's grip for more than "a hours
continued there today and spread
down through Iowa, Missouri,
Oklahoma, Kansas and northern
Texas, as well as east of the Mis-
sissippi river.
In the northwest temperatures
continued to fall, with the mark
reaching from TO IL degrees be-
low zero in Minnesota and the
DakotaS.
Train schedules and wire COM
munication were still seriously in
terrupted. One death was report
ed at Rochester. Mimi, through a
short-circuited electric wire during
the storm.
Northern and southern Mime
sofa were in the grip of the bliz-
zard, as well as western Wisconsin.
Duluth reported nearly 30 inches
of snow, with drifts in many places
more than 20 feet high.
Telegraph Poles Snapped.
Many trains running out of Min
neapolis and st. Paul were from
three to twenty-four hours late and
several we're reported stalled in
drifts. Several hundred telegraph
poles of the American Telephone &
Telegraph company in Wisconsin
were snapped off during the sleet
storm. No estimate of the loss was
available today. Damage was also
reported from many other quar-
ters.
The drop in temperature was
felt early today in Chicago and the
mercury kept sinking as the day
advanced. By tonight the ther-
mpmeter was expected to be how
ering about the 10 above zero mark.
according to weather bureau fore
casts, although yesterday Chicago
had it's warmest temperature of
Washington's birthday since the es-
tablishment of the weather bureau
here in 1871, when the mercury
reached 67 degrees.
SIeet in Texas.
Illinois and Indiana, which re-
ported high temperatures yester-
day. were beginning to feel the
cold snap today and indications
we're that it would move farther
eastward rapidly.
In Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma
and northern Texas the warm,
soaking rains of yesterday had
turned to sleet today with the sud
den drop of temperature to below
freezing. Streets in the cities and
towns of the southwest were COW
cred with sheets of ice.
Z. s. Bureau Forecast.
| Washington, Feb. 23.-The storms
and cold wave which have made the
northwest ice and snowbound will
reach the Great Lakes region, the
Ohio valley, Tennessee and the east
gulf states tonight or early >tomor-
row. and will spread to the Atlantic
/ coastal region by tomorrow night,
according to the forecast issued to-
day by the weather bureau.
The western storm had its center
early today over the upper lake reg
ion and with its progress tending
east-northeastWard cold wave
warnings were issued for lower
Michigan. the Ohio valley, Tennes-
Asee and the east gulf states. Cen
, orally, the bureaus forecast indi-
Gated, the cold wave portion of the
disturbance will be preceded, as in
the northwest by snow or rain
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
TEX RICHARD is
INDICTED Twice

New York, Feb. 23.-Tex Rick
"a. boxing promoter, today was
.1aieted twice by a superior court
sfsnd Jury on charges of abducting
anna Hess and Nellie Gasko, young
Naool girls and his bail was rails
= rom $4,000 to $25.000. The
ever amount was fixed a few days
se when Rickard was charged
.ah criminal assault upon two 9TH
Z girls. both Is years old.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
SPEEDER THINKS
1T WORTH SO TO
MEET POLITE COP

Chicago, Feb. 23-W. H
Clarkson took his three Rus
sian wolf hounds for their
daily automobile tour, but sud
denly speeded for home when
one of the dogs took a chill and
began to tremble violently.
Policeman Robert Mccall
halted him and when CIarkson
gave his reason for speeding
the policeman quickly took of
his heavy coat and buttCned it
about the dog But he arrested
Clarksou. When the latter was
fined SO today he told the mag
istrate that it was worth that
much TO meet a polite police
man.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
COAL MEN Give
LEWIS REBUFF

Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 23,-Thirty-
five members of the Pittsburgh
Vein Operators association, COM
prising a part of the Central Com
petitive coal district in session here
today, adopted resolution that the
coal situation has not changed
since Jan. 6, when they first re
fused to meet with representatives
of the miners and declined to meet
with John l.. Lewis, president OF
the United Mine Workers Of Amer
ica, in Cleveland, on March 2, 70
arrange for negotiations on tie
present wage controversy.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
QUINCY WOMAN
BURNS TO DEATH

Quincy, Ill, Feb. 23.-Mrs. James
Hull, wife of a Richfield township
farmer, in this county, was burned
to death today Her clothing caught
fire from the kitchen stove while
alone in the house. and before help
could arrive in response to her
cries for help, her hair and cloth
ing were completely burned away.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
PORTUGUESE TO
MOVE CAPITAL? +?

Lisbon, Feb. 22.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press. THE Portuguese
government is considering moving
the capital to Coimbra, 10 miles
northeast OF Lisbon, as a conse-
Quence to constant disturbances,
says the newspaper Secuio today II
is considered likely that parliament
will be prorogued in view of the
present situation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
The WEATHER

Generally fair tonight and Fri
day. Colder tonight. Cold wave
with temperature between 8 and
10 degrees above zero. Strong
northwest winds diminishing.
Highest temperature yesterday,
66; lowest last night, 29.
Wind velocity at a. m, So miles
per hour.
Precipitation last "a hours, "a
inch.
12m. 7p.m. am.
yester. yester. today
Dry bulb temp. ..65 81 -
Wet bulb temp. go 90 Ze
Relative humid. rs 81 VI
River stage at a. m, SO; a rise
of . last "a hours
Sunset today, 5:46 p. M; sunrise
tomorrow, 6:46 a. M.
ANDREW HAMRlCk,
Meteorologist
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
David
Lawrence
Says:

Senators Offering Reserva-
tiOns to Four-POwer Treaty
Only Want to Put Int Rat
ificatiOn What President
Harding Has Said; No Par
tisanship Between BOrah.
johnson, Brandegee and
Others; Brandagee Ex-
plains His Stand.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
The Argus
Business
Review

(By Consolidated Press.)
Telegraphic dispatches from
nations important centers
giving Business News and
Reviews of Interest and I'm.
portance to Producer and
Consumer.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23

IL m. pm. z am.
vester. yes.er. today
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23

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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23

Continued on Page TenD
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-05
READIN' AND WRITlN'
PLEASANT TALKS ABOUT BOOKS AND
AUTHORS
/ .-.-.- EDITED BY GRANT ONERTON
EDITED BY GRANT OVERTON

other men. The qa:u.e" docs not always
tell you how many times lie tried and
failed But. once IN a while. we hear
something about the authors troublcs-
his failures. trials. and trIumphs.
Sinclair Lewis. we know. wrote Main
Stseet" 10 please himself. and With no
very great expectation Of It's S"''nG
largely. Just how long he took to
writ" Il IS uncertain. as he was writing
popular short stories and At least on"
popular serial and Fave 10 Main
Street" his leftover Tor perhaps Il
would 10 trucr 10 say. his sQucczed-oub
time BIZ: he was i.aker!HS with M"
book, fnv sou era, wears. There IS a; tNaS;
4 years solid. hard work in It: not to
consider TIE wears Of casual taking
notes and careful observation that pre-
red"i The writing.
Anth""y TroIlorc. who writ" dozens
~ novels 4" OF the same STAMP ground
GU; so many words every Quar;er-hour
nc VAS a. his desk.
Fannie Hurst prtd,s herself on work
ing >iN hours a day. Writing. even just
storytelling with n" great artistic aim
IS highly concentrated work Not many
authors ran stick 20 a stN-hour day. day
n md d1v cut The wrll-wrlttcn short
story NAY not take NOR" than a week
- wr.'F. but Nr~' and last. what with
thinking about II" and all good short
story often means months labor.
Carolyn Nc'S who has produced
over 700 hN,I<S detective Yarns. humor-
oas verse. torres for girls, and other
stun-bav1rE mastered wha, she calls
the pSN. h"ioxy or detachment Is
proud OF her ra?id!iy and believes she
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-05
LIFE or ENGINEER
IS ELEVEN YEARS

Editor Iutcingenccr. .....,.
OlyiOuSlN. there - II" "lmlleE N,''"
In other industries with which the 'd'"'r
Of locomotive engineer can pc ''L'
pared: nor should any skilled M"rNcr We
held down t. 4 mere subsistence "HH'p
on the bare cost Of living. Nhdt 'h'"'
are the hazards. the skill ANA tlc re
sponsihil!ty enacted OF engineers We
doubt If the public realizes the r'HhN
daily assumed by every chBlncm"h J."
,r,icc service According IL the NOR
talIty tables. based upon years OF i, u .
atrial cNptricnrr by tho RrotherN""u 81
Locomotives Engineers Insurance I've
uartment the average duration OF ne 81
a railroad engineer is but IL years ana
DAYS No engineer knows when h" steps
into the engine cab whether, thrnNEh IL"
fault OF his, his ltfo will he snufied out
before the end Of the run The safety
appliances which railroad employees nave
secured only after prolonged struEg .
can produce, hut they cannot eliminate
the risks incurred by engine service en-
pl"ycS.
The training skill and physical! per
lection required of an engineer Is Su' II
that the great majority OF engine wipeTS
hostlers and firemen who spend years OF
labor preparnr for the opportunity 10
prasp the throttle fall by the waysidc IN
the thorough elimination OF the lcss ~
Even after rejecting all who cannot
measure M TO tn" stricteSt tests Tor
height. perfect vision. heart aCti"n.hi"o1
pressure. etc. u per cent Of the fircmen
jectcd at the end Of three years because
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Alphabet of American
Authors lConcluded)

6 Is for wilbur Daniel STEELE. proni-
nent in shorter fiction.
Failure 20 do novel Is, to date. his
graveSt devclictson.
TaRK1NGToN's T. He's c'nched the
place by din; "c writing Alice
Adams"
a book Young ladies' oush, 20 read to
aid them IN becoming madams.
L. Allan PDEGRAFF' t'second
Youth: ~.'Straycd Reyel!crs' 49, and
nothing lately.
Or mavhc Mrs UNDERWOOD. the
sophie Kerr" some Ike so greatly.
Fer V. Deme;ra vAKN seems 70 stand
as well as any.
And It's the truth. the candidates FOR
V are far from over-ulany.
WHITE. Stewart Edward, Edward
Lucas: and William Allen. But this
Harold Bell WRIGHT haEs noub'e-U.
being BY heaps the fastest seller.
X Is unknown. the Great Unknown
who'll outlast Shakespeare silence
Homer:
HsErettabiy We have - stats the over
dueness Of this Conner.
rs for the Younger Generation. Jumped
for the present. all together:
It's time enough TO sort them oGt when
melting leaves n finer feather
For T. Zowie. No author. he: we merely
vent grand elat!on
To think were through this Alphabet
OF Awk%ardness plus Information
fought to a Fniss.)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-05
"The Dark House

Ida \ Y 'WNlie is an CNCCpti'naIlN
, charming woman born In Australia, ana
- remember correctly. ~ Scotch par
ertogc. She was educated in AustraIt'
and in England, later teaching s"ho"! IN
. Germany. Her first novels were not
brought out In America but IN Eng
,Iand' and she attracted no special
attention here until the war. when her
novel "Towards Morning" appeared
e.riolly I'm saturday Evening Post.
This picture Of life N Germany in war
,Inc made possible to some extent ny
The authors experience as q SCh"''-
teacher In that country lwhlch. IN Ger
tain respects. she very much loved anu.
In others. heartily detestedl-thls novel
D commanded attention at once from nose
Americans best oualihcd to judge whe'h-
~ new writer has "srrived'. Tho
verdict was IN Miss Wylir's favor.
Sine. then she has become more gem
. orally known In this country. or rather
her work has become "ine'E hn"" 1"
ami distinctly appreciated. At least one
,a,,, and a series Of sort stories
havs appeared In Good Housekeeping.
Md Won read her "Childrcn Of Storm?
- van did. YOU know what she can do.
Tba, ,e. YOU partly know! Her new
royel The park House" is 80 decid-
cdIv the hest writing Miss WYhe mas
dnne that even her established readers
v,iu be nstonished by her performance
:, This book Those who read snort
story appearing some months ago IN
nr.oo5 housekeeping" have already
tasted THE Park House. Gyp l+ahele'
tho heroine Of that story. Is one or me
hSures In the new novel lndcen' inc
story was carved out or the noVei ny
tho rele-,ion OF certain detachable ana
coherent passages ana C"ap'e'S ''"a
the close Of the hook.
Tho Dark House" - the story or
h,y.-hls growth to manhood and HIS
! .sroo. from the prison Of his spirit.
,ye Goa Robert StonehOuse for the hrst
limo an his eighth birthday. His mother
ia dead: his fathers new wife IS AZ
,urnuprohensihle to him as he IS TO hcr;
his father IS bankrupt both IN money
and morals Robert has only CHRISTINE
. woman who served his mother and
Who loves him as II no were here own
son And toward Robert and Christine
ufs showseand continues 10 show re-
Icntless cruelty. Nevertheless. Chris
tire starves herself and Robert goes
without that no may study medicine.
Erancev Wilmot ~ also medical stu
dsn, and shs and Robert are profoundly
in love with each other But they dis
,gra. She tells Robert that nothing
iha has suffered Is the least use II Il
hasn't taught him. pity. Pity! What
has he 70 do with pity: When has
m. over shown her face OF pity 10 him
Certain characters in this fne novel
ara deeply drawn: they live and clutch
your heart Christine. wretched Mr..
ricardo: Gyp I.ahelle. SO vicious and so
courageous: Rufus CosErav~. who was
always finding his ideal in soma un-
worthy woman-thess are characters
Won con't close tho book upon. They
! e,av IN YOUR mind There are some
iloya,y ras$ases notably tho picnic
where all .he principals Of the story
are brought together. There Is irony,
deem emotion. deer tenderness in thu
story's telling. II Is grirn story and
may leave you discounted at times.