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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
4 MEN TAKEN IN
BOSTON MAY BE
PRIEST KILLERS
One Has Watch That
May Be Property
Aurora Pastor.

Boston, Mass, April S.-Three of
four men arrested at gun point yes
terday when attempting to dispose
Of bonds valued at $2S,000. were
being held today as fugitives from
justice at Aurora, ILL.,, pending the
arrival of officers, who sent word
that the men were wanted for the
theft of bonds from the safe of a
Roman Catholic church there on
Feb. Is.
The men gave their names as
Morris koffer, of Cleveland, Ohio
John Russell OF Denver, Colo, and
James Mcguire of this city. The
fourth man, Daniel Shea, said to
be former bond salesman of New
ton, is being held also, although
not wanted for the theft of the
bonds, police said.
Probe Murder Angle.
An investigation is being con-
Quoted TO determine whether the
three were implicated in the muir
der Jan. 27, of the Rev. F1orian
Chodniewicz, pastor of St Flor
ence's church at Hegeswich. killed
while struggling with a burglar.
Other robberies of priests were re-
ported from Ottawa, Bloomington,
and Springfield.
A telegram from police at Au-
rora, Ill, said that a monogramed
watch, found on one of the prison
ers, belonged to the Rev. P. G.
Weber, pastor of the church
Inennprnrc EIa LNorra1I
said that they saw two of the four
men going from banking institu-
ton to another, attempting to sell
the bonds. The inspectors finally
approached them with drawn re-
volvers. The suspects surrendered
without resistance.
On one man a loaded revolver
was found. Russell had a mono
grained watch with the initials
I"P. G. W."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Copyright, 1922, by The Argus

Washington, D. c., April s.
President Harding has become con-
vinced that a single term of six
years for American presidents with
no reelection thereafter, would
better serve the interests of the
people than the present method.
Close friends who have discussed
the subject with him say that one
year in Office has revealed to him
so many phases of the presidency
which would be benefited by a sin
gle term that from an impersonal
basis he is of the opinion that a
constitutional amendment provid-
ing for the change would be good
thing. Representative Wood of In
diana has already introduced a bill
covering such an amendment to the
federal constitution, but it takes a
two-thirds vote of the senate and
house as well as approval by the
Legislators of three-fourths of the
states of the union to make the
change effective.
Who'll Start It7
How would it ever get started
Would President Harding agree not
to become a candidate for reelec-
ton for a four-year term or could
the amendment be made to cover
the present term of Mr.. Harding
These questions have been discuss
ed by members of the cabinet and
constitutional lawyers in inner cir
cles of the government and many
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
BY A, d, MANNING.
Consolidated Press Correspondent

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Fort Smith, Ark, April S.-Dis-
barred forever" from future jury
service in the Arkansas courts be-
cause they insisted upon acquitting
a bootlegger, II prominent business
men OF Fort Smith threatened to-
day to take their "disfranchise-
ment" to the supreme court of the
United States if necessary.
The prominence of the jurors
five OF them being presidents of
large corporations-and the dras-
tic action of Judge Brizzolara of
the circuit court, have created a
sensation and the wet and dry ele-
ments in the state quickly are tax
ing sides.
Defendant Rearrested.
The situation has not been help
ed to any great extent by the re-
arrest OF the acquitted bootlegger,
June Mahan, on charges of drunk
enness and disorderly conduct.
The police say that Mahan and his
friends staged a riotous party in
celebration of his victory in the
courts. Judge Brizzolara, in a
statement after the disbarment of
the jury for failure to convict the
rum defendant, said:
What makes this situation par
ticularly serious is that these men
qualified themselves as jurors after
they were asked plain questions
and would have been excused if
they had said they were opposed
to punishment for liquor law vio-
lations."
The jurors say there has been an
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
FATTY CASE TO
JURY NEXT WEEK
All Evidence and Arguments Ex-
pected to Be Completed by
Wednesday or Thursday.

San Francisco, Cal, April s.
Mrs. Virginia Warren and Mrs
Helen Madelyne Whitehurst of Chi
cago, defense witnesses in the third
Roscoe C. (''Fatty'') Arbuckle man
slaughter trial, were subpoenaed to-
day to appear before the grand jury
on Monday night in connection with
the testimony they gave in the
trial.
San Francisco, Calf, April s.
Rebuttal testimony offered by the
prosecution in contradiction of the
defense contention that an old all
ment caused the death of Miss Vir-
ginia Rape, was expected to be
concluded today in the third trial
of Roscoe c. Arbuckle, on a man
slaughter charge in connection with
the film actress death.
Conclusion of the states rebuttal
in the morning session was to be
followed at noon by adjournment
for the week. The defense's Sur
rebuttal was expected to occupy
only the early part of next week,
with the prospect that the case
would be in the hands of the jury
by Wednesday or Thursday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
SEVENTH MAN
IN FRENCH AIR
CRASH IS DEAD
English Pill Sue
cur7abs to Injuries
in Hospital.

Paris. April S.-(By the Associ-
ated Press. .E-R. E. Duke, pilot OF
the English plane which crashed
into French goliath on the Paris
London aerial express route yes
terday near Thieulloy, died in a
hospital in Beauvais today without
recovering consciousness. He was
the only person in either machine
to survive the crash, and his death
brought the total of those killed to
seven.
Low visibility, caused by low
hanging clouds and mist, is given
as the primary cause of the ca
tastrophe. Both pilots were flying
low at the time, keeping their
tracks in sight SO as not to lose
their way, and this brought them
together head on.
Americans HiIIed.
The French company operating
the goliath, which was carrying
three passengers, has issued a
statement declaring that their pill
OTIS have perfect knowledge of the
route, which they have been cot-
ering for year. The British ma
chine, owned by a new company
had only been in the London-Paris
service three days. 1t seems GER
tain that those in the goliath saw
the English machine at least some
seconds before the crash, as, when
the body of Mrs. Christopher
Bruce Yule was found, hand was
pressed to her eyes as though to
shut out the sight of the impending
collision
Besides Mrs. Yule, the dead are:
her husband, who was a New York
exporter; c. M. Bouriez, another
passenger; Pilot Mire, of the gol-
iath, and his mechanic, and Pilot
Duke and the cabin boy of the
English machine.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
Is Die IN 0KLAH0haA-TExAS T0RNADOES
Harding Convinced Single
Term of Six Years Is Best
For People, Laurence Says

of them suggest that if it would not
be misconstrued they think the
same amendment to the constitu-
ton could automatically prolong
by two years Mr.. Harding's term
and make him ineligible for re-
election to the six-year term.
There are too many i'll effects
from presidential elections" said
one influential member of the cab
met today. There's always let
down in business in a presidential
year. Four years is too frequent
an interval. Six years would give
a president the opportunity to put
through complete program. / be-
lieve also that congressman should
be elected for four years and sena-
tors for six years. We get better
results in the senate where the
term of office is six years than in
the house where everybody is up
for election every two years. AS
for eight years for an American
PRESIDENT is too much.
Cites Wilson Breakdown.
"The health of the average man
elected to high Office will not stand
it. We have already seen one pres
ident break down under the strain
of eight years How much of that
strain was brought about by the
necessity of a presidential cam
paign in the middle of his eight
years? Six years would be better
from every viewpoint"
But what check could be exer-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
PACKING FIRM
SUES BROKERS
Corn Belt Company Of Dubuque
Asks Accounting of s250,OOO,
Alleging Fraud.

Chicago, April S.-Attorneys for
the Corn Belt Packing company, of
Dubuque, Iowa, today filed suit in
the United States district court
against Ernest C. Devine, we'll
known local broker and Henry ].
F'olts, asking an accounting of more
than $250,OO0 which the bill al
leges they fraudulently obtained
from the packing company. The
bill said that the actions of the two
men named had seriously threat
ened the financial condition of the
company.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
TO ExTRADITE
MISSISSIPPIAN
Farmer Charged With Passing Bad
Check in Dixon, ILL, Loses
Habeas Corpus Appeal

jackson, Tenn, April S.-Holding
that the motion for a new trial and
the bill of exceptions were not filed
within the required time, the Ten
nessee court of appeals today af-
firmed the action of the Shelby
county probate court which ruled
adversely to the contentious OF E.
B. Heller, Mississippi farmer and
stock man, who sought through
habeas corpus proceedings to pre-
vent extradition to Dixon, ILL.,, on
a charge of passing an alleged
worthless check in payment for a
shipment of blooded cattle pu~-
chased at a fair held in Dixon sew
eral years ago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
Help Pull Your County Out of the Mud.

county the counties having the worst
other sections OF
convincing evidence of this condition
proposed bonds raise
proposition be voted at
the election Tuesday.
bonds be a period of 20
the raised
year will be small
be noticeable by the
will half the of maintaining the county
because of its road system
They bring closer
trading conditions.
Adoption the bonding proposal will immediate be-
OF good construction
employment of large The
will Rock Island
Voting for the bond issue is good contribute the
bring the back Illinois
that built sorry
they did not adopt the plan years
Vote next nd helm
Island the long
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
Jury DiSbarred Forever
For Freeing B00tIegger;
SfirS Storm i'm Arkansas

"unwarranted reflection" upon their
integrity to which they will not
'dumbly submit" They all favor
the enforcement of the prohibition
laws, it is added, but they refused
to convict where there was no con-
vincing testimony against the man
on trial.
I'VE think our disbarment is un-
just" says a statement issued by
the jurors. "In this case we ac-
cepted the law as given US by the
court and we conscientiously
weighed the evidence and found
that the state had wholly failed to
make out case We are not will
ing to stulti2s ourselves, to violate
our oaths and our consciences to
satisfy the whim of any man, and
in justice to ourselves we intend to
have this matter settled by high
er court"
Judge Stands Pat.
Charges that the presiding Judge
had attempted to intimidate the
jurors have been followed by the
continuance of all the other liquor
cases set for this term Of court.
This was done, Judge BrizZolara
said, to show that intimidation was
not his purpose.
Meantime the judge is standing
pat on his disbarment order and
the tempest caused thereby con-
tinues to rage on the streets, in the
court house corridors and in the
churches.
"Ffapnting the law" say the
critics OF the jurors.
Exceeding the law" say the
critics of the court
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

washington, April S--Weather
outlook for the week beginning
Monday, April 10, include:
Region of the Great Lakes: Show
ers and warm at beginning OF
week: fair and cooler after MONDAY
nntiI Friday OF Saturday when 1t
will become warmer with showers.
Region OF upper Mississippi and
lower Missouri valleys: Cloudy and
much cooler at beginning OF the
week. and fair and cool thereafter
until Thursday or Friday when II
will become unsettled and warmer
with probably showers; frost first
part Of the week
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
CARPENTERS IN
WAGE CUT VOTE

Granite City. Ill. Apail S.-Car-
nenters in Madison, Venice and this
city, have unanimously voted to &C
cept a wage scale of 81 an hour IN
stead of the present wage of $1.25,
according to announcements b.
Howard Pinkerton, business agent
of the carpenters local union. He
said the move was made as means
of stimulating building
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
SAYS SEMEN0FF
WAS BUTCHER

Washington, April S.-Deciartng
he had received charges that Amer
lean men, women and children had
been "butchered" in Siberia By
General Semenof, Chairman Borah,
OF the senate labor committee, an
uounced today he would endeavor
to bring about deportation Of the
anti -Bolshevik leader now under
bail in New York, after arrest n
/ connection with a civil suit
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
SEND NO TROOPS
TO STRIKE ZONE
Secretary Weeks Refuses New Mex
lean Governors Request for
Soldiers to Keep Order.

Washington, April S.-Secretary
Weeks today declined to send fed
era1 troops into New Mexico in re-
sponse to a telegram from Gov
ernor NJ. c. Mechem, who said he
might need them to preserve order
in the Gallup coal fields where
martial law was declared yester-
day as a result of disorder Incl
dent to the coal strike
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
CHICAGO GETS
SIX-CENT FARE

Chicago, April s.-After a long
fight over Chicago's eight-cent
street car fare. before the Illinois
commerce commission, that body
handed down a decision today fix
ing the fare after May 1 at six
cents. There will be no extra
charge for transfers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

Dallas, Texas, April s.--Deaths
in the storm of early today num-
bered 13, according to reports from
various north central Texas and
south central Oklahoma points at
l o'clock this afternoon Early es-
Inmates of the property damage
| were that it would be heavy.
Six deaths were reported from
Runnells county and four in Calla-
han county, Texas. Reports from
| both places are meager.
Dallas, Texas. April S.-(By the
Associated Press Twelve deaths
and injuries to an unknown num-
ber were reported early today as
| result of wind storms starting in
west Texas. and sweeping through
north central Texas and south cen
| tral Oklahoma. Six we're reported
killed at Rowena, near Ballinger.
| Texas, three at Oplin, near Fort
Worth. and one each at Cisco, Elec-
ira, Texas, and Lawton, Okla First
reports indicated heavy property
damage was feared Heavy rains
accompanied the wind and at most
| places.
Wire communication was inter
rupted considerably, and the heavy
rains made travel on most of tho
highways slow and difficult
Ballinger, Texas, April s. - Six
persons were killed, seven injured
and six houses destroyed six miles
northwest OF Rowena, near here In
a tornado which swept that section
at 1 o'clock this morning. Com
munication is badly crippled and it
is feared the death toll will be
greater when wreCkage has been
searched. The known dead are two
children of Joe Hohutek. a child OF
Frank Kvatil, an unidentified man
and two negroes.
Fort Worth, Texas, April S.-one
woman was killed at Cisco, another
seriously injured and a dozen
slightly injured in a storm this
morning, according to reports from
railroad officers At least a dozen
houses were blown down, the
Broadway theatre destroyed, plate
glass blown out of business houses
and many stores flooded.
Mother Killed; Baby Hurt
Lawton, Okla, April 8.-One per
son, a Mrs. Sands, was killed and
her baby probably fatally injured IN
severe wind storm which swept
the Mountain Hill addition of Law
| ton. at 8 O'Clock this morning A
number of others were reported in
jured and much property damage
done. In the downtown section or
| Lawton telephone and telegraph
poles were blown down and win
dows and awnings were torn away
| throughout the city.
| Greatest damage in Lawton was
| to wire poles on Fifth and Third
streets.
Report Dead at Lawton.
Oklahoma, City, Okla. April s.
Four persons were reported killed
/ and A number injured in a tornado
which struck Lawton, Okla, early
today. in adVices received by the
American Telegraph and Telephone
| company here Wires between here
land Lawton are down and direct
communication is impossible.
Reports to the telephone com
Dany indicated that a number OF
/ buildings were destroyed. Half "A
mile of telephone poles were leveled
lust this side Of Lawton, the account
said.
wichita Falls. Texas, April g.
Early reports from rain and wind
storm in this locality shows that
one man was killed and several IN
iured in southeast Electra. Roofs
were said to be blown of at least
o5 houses in the same district.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
JAPS o. h. NAVY CUT.

Toxic, April S.-The navy de-
partuient in a public statement
saws a conference of admirals has
decided that the strength OF the
japanese navy as restricted BY the
armament conference is suihcient
for the defense of the empire
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
FIND GALLI.CURCrS JEWELS.

San Diego, Cal. April S.-The
Jewels valued at $4,000, reported
lost by Nine. Galli-Curci at a res
taurant Thursday were found along
a road by an automobile express
man and returned to the opera
singer.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

Indianapolis. Ind, April S.-Idle
coal miners OF the country. start
ing today and continuing next week.
receive their last pay. estimated at
s30,000,000 by union officials and
regarded by them as a strike fund.
The big wage distribution, an i'm
portant factor in the miners abil-
ity to continue the general suspen-
sion of work that began a week
ago on the order of the United
Mine Workers OF America, is for
the final half of March-in all, Is
working days. The big sum is sew
eral times the total cash of the
union organizations, national. state
and local, and comes to the miners
with an indefinite period of idle
ness ahead of them. It is the only
big cash payment that will come
during the suspension, the union
war chest not permitting any gen
eral strike benefits
AS most of the anthracite mines
were kept on full time in March
and the bituminous mines general
~
the time, the miners last pay is
among the best sums the men have
received for several months. The
exact amount and it's apportion-
ment in various coal fields, is not a
certainty, but William Green, sec
retary-treasurer of the union. said
that S3O, 100000 is a very conserv-
ative estimate"
Mine owners here agreed with
this statement
Payment of the wages was begun
in tie Pennsylvania anthracite re-
gion and in parts of Illinois. Mon
day is payday in Indiana and some
other fields, but elsewhere it is as
| late as Friday More than sic, ,000,-
900 will be paid to the men in the
districts, regarded as forming the
stronghold of the spension-the
Pennsylvania anthracite region, the
central competitive field and the
southwest interstate district.
For the anthracite miners. Mr..
Green estimated that 100000 was
due them for work %etween March
Is and 81. The central competitive
field with its 215 900 union workers
he said would receive about TO-
sos, 900, and the southwest inter
state region almost $2,300.00O. In
other bituminous union fields the
wages due were estimated at ST.
900 900, about half being TO the men
in central Pennsylvania and West
Virginia.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
THE WEATHER

Showers probable tonight AMI
Sunday. Warmer tonight
Highest temperature, 70; lowest
last night, Al
Wind velocity at z a. m, miles
per hour.
Precipitation, none
I'm. 7p.m. am
yester. yester. today
Dry bulb temp. SO IS 49
Wet W bulb temp. 5S So A
Relative humid. 50 81 "a
River stage at a m, 90, rise
of A last "a hours
Sunset today, 6:S6 p. m; sunrise
tomorrow, 5:32 a. m
River forecast-The MISSISSIPPI
river from below Dubuque to Mus
catine will continue to rise during
the next 4S hours.
ANDREW HAMRIC,
Meterologist-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
s. Inch RISE
WILL FLOOD
BEARDSTOWN
Belief Crisis Is Past Is
Doubted; To Go Higher
Monday.
BULLETIN.

Beardstown, Ill, April s.
(By the Associated Press.)-
Breaking of three levees along
the Illinois river, north of
BeardstOwn, between Havana
and Peoria at noon today had
lesSened the pressure on Lost
Greek levee, which is protect
ing BeardstOwn, and gave May
or Wesley Perry a fOriOrn hope
that the Ieyee might stand.
but even the slightest wind,
or a further rising OF the wa
ter" the mayor said. will spoil
our hope"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
STRIKING COAL
MINERS TO GET
LAST PAY DAY
Last Half of March
Total Placed at
$50, 900, 900.

Pittsburgh. Pa April S.
Pushing their way into the
heart of the CenneIsvilIe coke
region OF Fayette county. or
ganfzers Of the UniteL Mine
Workers of America today clos
ed three more mines OF the II.
C. Frick Coke company. and
one Independent mine.
Operations at four other
mines were cartailed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
SCORES ARE
HURT;HOMES
BLOWN DOWN
Wire Service Crippled;
Death Toll Is Greater
Than Reported.
BULLETIN.

Fort Worth, Texas, April s.
A long distance message from
Baird this afternoon said ply.
sicians had been sent 10 0phn
from there In response to ap-
peals. IL was aIs0 said at Baird
that four had been killed and
So hurt in this mornings storm.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

Continued on Page Fifteen.)
Washington Journal., 1922-10-06

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if10igung fir 0as Woliofer bon 900
Sapane. ! geleiitet iei, 8e0ug genOm'
men prroe. Serr Motiuoniro bat Die
Srage all Sofio b%ernieien.
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S6Gnoen elmer oerontmortlifen RE-
gierung bleibt, Ole Sopons 4n-
pride auf @ntiddoieung fir oas
9ifolaietpst Maiiafer 3ul6Bt, eiiter
grflGrlng Der Yolitif 5ufolge, Die
bon Serrn MntIuooiro iest Dor
Ser aonferen3 abeeseben turroe.
Sapan mill 0oun ueoen Oes Be
trags ieiner Iniprii6e unterbonoeln
unO Safbalien a~iifgeben.
Soffe erpioerte, OaB Sapans &b-
Iihten nibt unnebnIbor ieien, in.
Dem er erflGrte. oaB &uBIano ent.
i6ieoen abIebne, irgen0 melden
Nniprii6en 5u5uItimmen, Die aus
Der 9ifolaiewsf -6roee entlteben,
uno beltanO oorauf, ooB elm frelno-
idnftlifes Mbfommen 5piiden Sa.
pan uno fuBlano unm6glih iei, TO-
LANCE Sapan ruiiiides @ebiet beiest
bolte. @r fubr fort: nSapan, nit
elmer 8ebolferung BON 58,000.000,
berilidt oie 6ebler Der Militariiten
at redtfertigeu uno DergiBt, OaB Der
0otionalltol3 BON t50,000,000 3ui-
fen inpolOiert it,"
NDtenOrmf in 1lnsarn fOItet mtbr
als NOteniuert.
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len ser &rone bat i'm Crude bon
9anfnoten Die bon elmer ihpei5er
6irma angefertigt per0en, cine
groBe 9riiis Oeruriadt. aIeine SO.
ten foiten iest mebr, oIs ibr Nenn-
merit betrdgt. Sic 8esierung miro
oober bonn golfe i9arf setoOelt.
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cine aen0erung gu MAIDEN, aber
oa ole idwei8er Girma elm 9erlaes.
reft auf Die 8anfnoten beiitt, miro
es n0tig iein, tie bon neuen 8ei4-
nungen gu orufen.