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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
JUDGE TO HEAR
PENNSY CASE
Question of Authority Given by
Law to Rail Board to Come
Before Page.

Chicago, April 3.-The amount of
authority given by law to the Unit
ed States railroad board will be a
question submitted to Federal
Judge George NJ. Page today Hear
ing on q temporary injunction
granted against the Pennsylvania
Railroad company by Judge Lands
against the board will bring the
question before Judge Page.
The Pennsylvania was given a
temporary injunction restraining
the board from interfering with
elections it was holding among
employees to select representatives
TO deal with the company over mat
ters in Gisput~
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03

ASKS FOR VOTE
OFCONFIDENCE
5 e e k s Approval of
British Policy at
Genoa Meet.

London. April 3.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. prime Minister
Lloyd George appeared before the
house of commons this afternoon
and asked for an expression of con-
hdence in the governments policy
toward the international economic
conference at Genoa, of which he
is one of the sponsors. He is ex-
pected to receive a substantial ma
jority.
MT. Lloyd George returned last
night from Chequers Court. He is
sick of Office, according to an as
sertion by his son, Major Lloyd
George, in public speech on Sat
urday, but greatly improved in
health after his three weeks Of
rest.
The resolution which the prime
minister personally introduced to-
day reads:
Text of Resolution.
Resolved, That this house an
prove the resolution adopted by the
supreme council at Cannes as a
baels or the Genoa conference and
tnat 1t Will support his MAJESTY S
government in eaueavoring to give
effect to Them
Notice has been given of seven
amendments to the government s
motion, but that proposed by the
labor party is given priority The
labor amendment reaas:
~WnlIe approving of an interna-
tlonal economic and financial con
ference, this house regrets that the
scope OF the discussions at Genoa
has been so circumscribed that the
conference must fall short of a
settlement of the political and eco
nomlcal evils which affect Europe
and it is of the opinion that the
government, which clearly has not
the confidence of the country and
which is responsible for a policy
whose unfortunate effects are to BE-
considered at Genoa, is not COM
petent to represent this country. ="
Greeted By Cheers.
When the prime minister ap-
peared in the house for the first
tiHesssiacsFeb. %, he was greeted
with cheers from the government
benches.
Mr. Lloyd George said his reso-
luton gave the house an oppor-
tunity of approving or disapproy-
ing the objects of the Genoa con-
ference and the makeup of the
Genoa delegation, and that if the
resolution were defeated it would
be equivalent of a vote of no con-
fldence in the government
The prime minister said the
official opposition amendment
changed not the object, but the
scope of the conference. He did not
believe such a body as the Genoa
conference could properly consider
the revision of existing treaties,
even in the event that this was de-
sirable.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
ASKFARRINCTON,
Lewis TO SPEAK
Rival Mine Leaders Invited to Ad-
dress SUb-Distrfct Convention
at Petersburg, III.

Springfield, H., April 3.-Both
International President John L.
Lewis, and State President Frank
Harrington. of the United Mine
Workers of America. will be inyit
ed to address the miners bi-annial
convention at the Springfield sub
district, which will be convened to-
morrow at Petersburg, Secretary
John Watt announced today.
3fr. Watt said he believed both
men would accept The convention
will last about four or five days. 1t
will afford these two factionaI lead
ers their first opportunity, since the
strike call, he said, of appearing
before an officially constituted body
of the miners. Counties of Menard,
Logan, Macoupin and Sangamon
will be represented by 40 delegates,
and hundreds of unofficial visitors.
Officers of the other sub-districts
of the state have announced they
will attend.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
IT'S Up TO
OPERATORS
SAYS LEWIS
Miners Head Declares
:
Men Would End Strike
at Early Date.

Washington, April 3.-Union coal
miners who suspended work Sat
urday in the nations bituminous
and anthracite fields were declared
today by John l.. Lewis, president
of the United Mine Workers of
America, to be desirous of ending
the suspension OF mining opera
tlons at the earliest possible date"
but the resumption of coal pro-
duction entirely depends upon the
future attitude of the coal opera
tors"
Mr.. Lewis made this declaration
before the house labor committee
which is holding hearings on the
Bland resolution to direct appoint
ment by the president of a commits
sion to investigate the coal indus
try.
Discussing the resolution under
consideration the United Mine
Workers, President Lewis asserted
that his organization would well
come ANY impartial and judicial
investigation of the general cOndi-
tions in the bituminous and anthra-
cite coal industries, and especially
the facts relating to investments
and profits, operating practices,
conservation of fuel resources, ap-
plication of uniform methods CT
safeguarding the life and limb of
the workers and industrial rela-
tions and conditions.
Such an investigating body" he
added, should be clothed with full
power to ascertain the truth, to
send for persons and papers and TO
take testimony under oath. The
personnel of such a commission
should be free from political equa-
tions and the mine workers should
be given adequate representation
thereon"
Against Z. S. Intervention.
"As to the adjustment of contro-
versies between operators and min &
workers, we have been tradition
ally opposed to governmental in
terVentiOn," Mr.. Lewis continued.
We have been convinced by eX7
perience that such adjustments
may be more effectively and equ;t-
ably worked out both in the inter
est of the public and of those en-
gagged in the industry by conference
and agreement between represen-
tatives of the operators and the
mine workers. If the operators had
maintained their contract with us,
the present deplorable condition of
affairs in the soft coal industry
would not have arisen All differ
ences should have been settled by
agreement and a suspension OF
work and a general breakdown in
the industry avoided. Our expert
ence with labor adjustment boards
or commissioners has been that
of the public, not
having a knowledge Of the tech
nique of coal mining Industry and
not being completely informed as
to different conditions, as might be
expected, are not in a position to
reach as satisfactory conclusions
as those who are actively engaged
in the practical operation of the
mines
Miners ~Regret7 Strike.
"The United Mine Workers re-
(COptinued m PAGE SavaD /
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
OLDEST CITIZEN OF
HANNIBAL, MO-, DIES

Hannibal, No, April Spencer
NJ. Carter, Hannibal's oldest known
citizen, and the oldest -four miller
in the Mississippi valley, died at
his home here yesterday at the age
of 96 years.
He had been unable to leave his
home only recently, and, up until a
short time ago, attended to busi-
ness affairs which included the
presidency of the Carter-S Shepherd
Milling company and the Hannibal
National bank. He came here IS
years ago from Quincy, ILL.,, where
he had been engaged in the opera
ton Of the first water-power mill
in that section. He was prominent
for many years in the activities of
the Baptist church in Missouri
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
NEGRO SHOOTS
MAN FOR $3.50;
CALLED CRAZY
North Carolina GoUer-
nor Con1n1ufes SEN
tence of Death.
BY OSCAR ]. COFFIN.
Consolidated Press Correspondent.
(En-:-A.s

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Raleigh, N. c.. April 3.-Insanity
has come to the rescue of state Off
cials perplexed to know what to
do with one-armed Wright Rouse,
the negro condemned to death in
the electric chair, while the white
instigators of his crime got of with
80 years in the penitentiary.
While refusing to take the view
of the situation held by those who
have been contending that North
Cardinals self-respect was involv-
ed in the case, Governor Morrison
has determined to commute Rouse's
sentence to life Imprisonment.
Aged and decrepit, old Wright will
get his "releace" from prison long
before his white associates in the
murder of Will Whitley are free.
Reprieved Four Times.
Rouse has just entered upon his
fourth reprieve. He was to have
been placed in the chair this week.
Before the new respite is ended,
the commutation will be announc-
ed.
Rouse's case recently has at
tracted nation wide interest. At
first the letters reaching Governor
Morrison were from the white peo-
pie of North Carolina. During the
last three weeks they have come
from every part of the union. The
North Carolina letters said that the
state could not take the life of a
negro for doing a white folks
crime"
Studying the case anew, Cover
nor Morrison recently reached the
decision in his own mind that Rouse
must have been crazy when he
walked II miles to shoot a white
man he had never seen before
Furthermore, he did the shooting
on credit. He says he was prom
ised $500. Governor Morrison felt
that a man with any spark of in
telligence would have demanded
cash in advance. Rouse has reeeiv-
ed .cnlg,A$3.6 go r*anz account
Hired by Whites.
convinced or the mental dehc1en-
cy of the negro, Governor Morrison
appointed alienists to make an ex-
animation and they have confirmed
the governors diagnosis in every
detail.
superintendent John McCamp-
bell of the Western North Carolina
hospital for the insane and Albert
Anderson of the central hOSDital
together with W. w Faison of the
asylum for negroes, have all agreed
that Wright at the time of the muir
der of Will Whitley was not men
tally responsible for his actions
Mrs, Whitley and her sweetheart
Tom Hays, who hired Rouse to
shoot the wOman's husband, were
convicted with the negro, but given
penitentiary sentences instead OF
death.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
BOSTON POLICE
OUELL FRIENDS
OF DE VALERA
Noisy Demonstration
Is Staged by Anti
Free SfdferS.

Boston, Mass, April 3.-Police
were called last night to quell an
anti-Irish Free State demonstration
In F'aneuil Hall, where General
Pierce Beaslai and other members
of the Irish Free State commission
spoke at a meeting planned to well
come the visitors.
The meeting was thrown into a
turmoil and a still greater disturb
ance was created in the streets out
side the hall A crowd of several
thousand persons gathered in the
vicinity and set up a bedlam of
booing against the Free State rep
resentatiyes, interspersed with
cheers for De Valera.
No Arrests Made.
Due to the intercessions of Cen
eral Beaslai, no arrests were made.
When the police were about to ar
rest one of the noisiest demonstra-
tors he asked that mo attention be
paid to such persons"
At the conclusion of the meeting
the following cabIegram to Grif-
fifth and Collins was read and ap-
proved:
Citizens of Massachusetts, in
mass meeting assembled in Faneuil
Hall, Boston, the cradle of Ameri-
can liberty, to welcome commission
representing the Irish government.
extend greetings and best wishes
to Collins and Griffith and sincerely
hope that their efforts to build up
free and prosperous nation will
be crowned with success"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
SPEAKER SAYS
CORN IS BASIS
OF u. s. RICHES
Praises as Food: Re.
grets the Passing of
|Mush and MIX.

Chicago, April 3.-Corn is the
foundation of Americas agricultur-
al wealth and is splendid
starchy vegetable DISH" cheaper
than potatoes or rice, w. N. Adams,
president of the American Corn
Millers' Federation told joint
meeting of that body here today.
The history of the country, Mr..
Adams said, is indelibly marked
with corn, from the period it sus
tanned the colonistS, rationed the
revolutionary army, caused men to
cross the Allegheny mountains and
open up the vast prairies, of the
Mississippi valley, saved the South
after the Civil war to the present.
yet the American farmer has
never received the returns from
the crop that its value merits,' he
said, because it has come to be
looked upon as largely an animal
food"
Once Principal Cereal
Not many years ago, he con-
tinued, it was the principal cereal
and breadstuff of the nation, now it
is known chiefly as hog and cattle
food
1.-THE present generation, whose
parents and grandparents consid
cred corn meal as a necessary arti-
Gle OF diet, have never tasted mush
and milk" he said, "and do not
know that corn grits make splen-
did starchy vegetable dish that will
take the place of potatoes at one
fifth the cost and, of rice at one
third the cost for the same number
of calories.
sIt has been said in the past that
it is cheap, and therefore unpopu-
lar. But in these days a combina-
ton of quality and cheapness
should be most attractive"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
THE WEATHER

Unsettled weather tonight and
Tuesday with probably showers
Not much change in temperature.
Highest temperature yesterday
61:: lowest last night, 81.
Wind velocity at z a. m, miles
per hour. o
Precipitation last "a hours, trace
I'm. 7p.m. am.
yesrer. yester- today
Dry bulb temp. SO 81 OIL 61aa
Wet bulb temp. AS 4S 80 80
Relative humidity 43 51 %
of 2. last "a hours.
Sunset today, 6:29 p. M; sunrise
tomorrow, 5:42 a. m.
River Forecast-The MISSISSIPPI
river from below Dubuque 10 MUS
catine will rise slowly during 'he
next 4S hours. 10000
Meteorologist
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
BURCH TRIAL
is REOPENED
Defense to Submit Aftidavits Sup.
porting Contention That Jury
Panel Was Tempered With.

Los Angeles. Calf, April 3.-The
trial of Arthur c. Burch for the kill
ing of J. Belton Kennedy, young
broker, at Beverly Glen, near here,
last Aug. 5, was resumed here to-
day. When adjournment was taken
last Friday, defense counsel an
nounced its intention to prepare ad-
ditional af1davits to support the
contention that the entire jury
panel had been tampered with by
alleged representatives of the dis
trict attorneys office. 1t was ex-
pected these af1idavits would be pre-
sented today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
ERIN CHIEF
CENTER OF
WILD SCENE
Woman Wounded-3,220
Soldiers Repudiate Free
State Regime.

Dublin, Ireland, April 3.-(By
the Associated Press. s.)-The meet
ing addressed by Michael Collins
at Castlebar, County Mayo, last
night, was stopped by members of
the Fourth western division of the
Irish Republican army after
stormy scenes in which a woman
was wounded by a bullet, accord
ing to accounts reaching Dublin
this morning.
The chief of the provisional gov
ernment and his party returned to
their hotel and the officer who had
proclaimed the meeting at an end
followed, declaring that none would
be allowed to leave until Mr.. Col
Inns and his friends had surrend-
cred their arms.
The accounts received here do
not state whether the Collins party
was disarmed, merely saying that
some people who left the hotel
were searched
Cut Telegraph Wires.
The telegraph wires around Cas-
tlebar were cut, and when the
newspaper correspondents there
boarded train for Athlone they
were ordered by two officers to go
to the barracks. There they found
A. McCabe, member of the Dali
E.reann, with Commandant kilroy
and his staff. The commandant stat
ed that Mr. McCabe had admitted
he was the first to draw a revolver
at the meeting. Mr.. McCabe, then,
in the presence of the correspond
ents, said he believed he was the
first to draw, the dispatches say.
4 Dublin man, said to be Charles
Bryne, a member of the Collins
party, was arrested and accused of
the shooting. Mr.. Collins subse-
quently told the repr sentative of
the Irish Independent, Dublin
newspaper, that he had visited Mr..
Bryne in the barracks and found
him in a cell with only plank for
a bed, and no bedding. He said he
had asked Commandant Kilroy to
parole Mr. Bryne, Mr.. Collins to be
responsible, but that the request
was refused.
Mrs. Fogarty, proprietress of the
Commercial hotel, Castlebar, was
wounded in the shoulder, presum-
ably by the bullet fired at the
meeting.
Sensation Expected.
Dublin, Ireland, April 3.-(By
the Associated Press fig
ures given out today show that 1920
men left the five Dublin battalions
of the Irish Republican army yes
terday afternoon, marching to
Smithfield, where they took an oath
of allegiance to the republic, free
ing themselves from any further
responsibility to the Dali Eireann-
Mullingar, County Westmeath.
Ireland, April 3.-An incident from
which sensational developments
are expected here occurred today
when 100 Free State troops marched
to the gates of the barracks oc-
cupied by Irish Republican army
adherents of Eamon de Valera, and
were refused admission.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
Famous sPenifcnte' Cult
Builds HeaUy Crosses for
Good Friday .'CrucifixiOn'

ness the ceremonies a little more
than a week hence, when they will
take place about 800 miles from
Ell Paso.
The religious fanatics belong to
an order known as Los Hermanes
Penitentes, or ''the penitent broth
ers." They are of Spanish and In
dian birth, and practice the an
cient rites of hagellation.
Flay Selves With Whips.
Every year. on Good Friday, the
members, stripped to the waist, nay
themselves with whips and cactus
thorns. Long professions wind
their way through the hills and
valleys near Santa Fe. the MEM
bers staggering along on bleeding
wrEnNNN n
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
ATTORNEYS
CHALLENGE
WHOLE LIST
Defense Cites Nineteenth
Amendment as Basis
for Move.

waukegan, ILL.,, April s.-(By
The Associated Press.)-Governor
Len Small today demanded that
women sit on the jury which is to
try him on charges of conspiracy
to embezzle state funds.
Through his attorneys, he chal-
lenged the entire jury list Of Lake
county because only men had been
called
Attorney Werner Schroeder
read an affidavit charging no wom-
en- had been called for the jury
thereby depriving said women vot-
ers of their inherent right" to serve
on the jury.
The demand of the defense that
women be permitted to sit on the
jury was an unexpected surprise.
No effort has been made in Illi-
nois to use women jurors in i'm
portant cases.
Law Gives Rights.
Mr.. Schroeder cited the Nine
I66uIn " AlG LCACA "A
constitution and argued that under
it the county supervisors were
bound to place names of women
voters in the jury box. The act OF
the last legislature, signed by Gov
ernor Small, April 8, 1921, repeal
ing a former law permitting women
to vote in presidential elections,
gave women full rights, including
jury service, the governors atto9-
ney said.
Admitting the question Of their
right SO to serve had not yet been
passed on by courts of Illinois, he
cited decision in other states where
the courts have decided that all
persons qualified to serve as cleo
tors were qualified as jurors.
Mixed Jury Is Problem
If Judge Claire c. Edwards
! should uphold the governors con-
tention and order women called for
the jury, a new problem will be
raised, as he has already announced
his intention of keeping the jury
locked up throughout the trial.
which is expected to last anywhere
from three to five months.
Lake county has a large bedroom
on the third floor of the court
house with II single beds, where
jurors are kept during trials. Tho
laws of Illinois would prevent seq
regation of the men and women
| jurors, lawyers in the case saia.
The defense's contention that the
jury panel is illegal is based on the
law requiring the county board OF
supervisors to place the names or
10 per cent of the qualified electors
in the jury box. Even though
women should be held unqualified
to actually sit on the jury, the gov
ernors attorneys claim, the Ven1ro
would still be illegal because it was
compiled from 10 per cent of the
male voters, instead of 10 per cent
of all the voters, including womeE-
May Mean More Delay.
Mr.. Schroeder resumed the argu-
ment at the afternoon session and
Indications are that the argument
will continue through tomorrow
Assistant Attorney-GeneralJ James
H. Wnkerson dispatched a law
clerk to Chicago to obtain opinions
bearing on the case from the attor-
ney-ganeral's office.
If the defense claim is upheld.
lawyers say it would operate TO
postpone the governors trial At
least until fall, as the board oa
supervisors can not meet 10 create
a new jury list until September.
The defense completed its argu-
ment at 2:15 O'Clock and court re-
cessed while lawyers for the state
held a conference.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
MILLION LOST IN
ARKANSAS FIRES
Hope Blaze Takes Theatre Worth
S4OO. O.O0O-Big SawmilI Worth
S5O0,OO0 Is Destroyed.

Texarkana, Ark, April Slope
Ark, was visited by a disastrous
fire early this morning. The Alice
theatre, said to be one of the most
magnificent in the southwest, and
valued at 100000, was totally de-
stroyed. Other buildings will bring
the total loss to over a half million
dollars.
Pine Bluff, Ark, April 8. - Fire
burned the main sawmill of the
Arkansas Short Leaf Lumber COM
pany here early today with a loss
of $500,0O0.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
PROHIBITION rs
NOT CRIME CAUSE,
HAYNES ASSERTS


Buffalo. n. Y, April 3.-Roy
Haynes. federal commissioner,
declared here today that the
enforcement of the federal pro-
hibition law is going on better
than the most confident proh1-
bItonist could have expected.
He declared there are 80 or
CARNATIONS working to convince
the country that prohibition en-
forcement is a failure. He de-
MED that any crime wave is
due to prohibition, asserting
1t would be as logical to attrib-
ute such to woman suffrage.
The chief difficulty in enforc-
ing the law. he admitted, is the
apathetic citizen.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
BY ALDEN A. EVANS.

Consolidated Press Correspondent.
Copyright, 1922. by The Argus.)
Ell Paso, Texas, April 8. The
strangest religious cult in America
to-day began the building OF the
heavy crosses its members will
bear to their ceremonies OF the
cruciflxion on Good Friday. To one
of these crosses ''penitent broth
er" will be lashed until he has been
washed of his sins.
In years agone several members
OF the cult actually have died upon
the cross. Only last Good Friday,
the man tied to the cross begged
that he be nailed instead.
A large number of tourists as
wen as settlers In the southwest
are making arrangements to wit
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
'MARSE HENRY
IS TAKEN HOME
Rody of Famous Kentucky Journal
ist Is Brought to Louisville;
Funeral Tuesday.

Jacksonville, Fla, April 3.-The
body of Colonel Henry Watterson,
vbo died here Dec. %. is on its
homevard journey today after hay
ing reposed in q vault here for more
than three months because OF the
iIIness of Mrs. watterson.
Accompanied only by close MEM
hers of the family, the body Is ex-
nected to arrive at Louisville, KY,
ister today, Funeral services there
will take place Tuesday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03
HEARST PAPER
BOOSTS PRICE
Before Midnight Edition Now Costs
a Nickel; Springfield, Mass,
Daily Cuts to / Cent

Chicago, April 3.-Increase from
3 to 5 cents in the price OF its
early edition sold on the streets
here before midnight was an
nounced by the observation-disclosures
iner.
Springfield, Mass, April 3:-Be-
ginning today the Springfield Union
reduced the price of its daily issue
from 2 cents to 1 cent The Eve
ming Union, which has been sell
ing for 2 cents, also announced
cut to 1 cent