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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
INDIANA DEMOS
ATTACK REPUBS
AT CONVENTION
Blame Harding Re-
giy71e For Business
Depression.

indianapolis, Ind, June In
diana Democrats meeting here to-
day in their state convention laid
the foundation for their fall cam
paign with a series OF speeches
blaming Republican management
OF national affairs for a business
depression that had caused much
unemployment
Speakers also attacked the Re-
publican administration as spend
thrift.
In the keynote speech, Frederick
Van Nuys OF this city declared the
failure TO ratify the Versailles
treaty with its League of Nations
covenant, was largely responsible
for our present economic and in
.dustrial difficulties"
I'VE have heard for a year that
prosperity is just around the cor
ner," he said THE people want
some tangible evidence to that ef-
feet"
The Washington conference CALL
ed by President Harding and out
of which grew the four-power pact
and the naval limitation treaty, was
described by Mr.. Van Nuys as 'the
shadow Of the substance" of the
League of Nations.
Campaign Fund Is "Menace."
Coupled with his discussion of
the national administration, Mr.
Van Nuys declared the combined
expenditure of the Republican ma.
tional, state, senatorial and con-
gressionaI campaign committee i'll
the 1920 campaign was sS,100,465
and he asserted that "the collection
of such vast sum by the Republi-
such vast sum by the Republi-
can party is a national menace"
Samuel NJ Ralston, party candi-
date for United States senator,
charged the Republicans with fol-
lowing a blind policy in the work
of reconstruction since the World
war.
The four-power pact was de-
scribed as very short step in the
right course" to end war and he
out as the next best thing" to the
League of Nations.
Woman Candidate Speaks.
Miss Esther Kathleen Okeefe,
making her first speech since win
ming the nomination as Indiana S
first woman candidate for congress.
said she was nominated as a citi-
zen, not as a woman, and if elected
her official conduct would be guild.
ed by the spirit that nominated
me-"
With equal suffrage, women have
new opportunities, she said, to aid
education, stop child labor, reduce
taxation, and say whether rich
ship owners shall be subsidized
with public money while agricul-
ture goes begging"
An unusually large number of
women participated in the conven-
tion as delegates, and in the field OF
candidates for nomination on the
state ticket Miss Ella Crawford OF
/, Terre Haute was unopposed for
clerk of the supreme court.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
SELL $2O,O0O,O0O
WORTH OF WHEAT

Spokane, Wash, June Slight
Iy more than $4,000, 900 bushels of
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
Montana wheat, valued at more
than $4,000 900, were sold through
the Offices of the Northwest Wheat
Growers association during the
fiscal year ending yesterday, Wal
ter Robinson, manager Of the Wash
ington- Idaho Wheat Growers asso-
ciated, announced today. Only
small part of the 1921 wheat pool
remains unsold.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
BY BURTON LEE.

Consolidated Press Correspondent
Copyright, 1922, by The ArgusD
Washington, D. c., June PRO-
hibition enforcement officers work
ing along the northern boundaries
of the United States have reported
that an international convention OF
bootleggers recently was held
across the line" ana that members
of the profession" from the prin-
cipal cities of Canada were present.
The convention lasted three days
and one of its conclusions was a
slight increase in the price of real
imported stuff, despite the fact
that it is recognized that white
liquor from the southern part OF
the United States is proving a real
competitor even in the Scotch fields
of the north.
The international convention in
cluded rum runners, high jackers"
and a sprinkling of moonshiners.
The high jackers" are the real
bad men" of the whisky profes-
sion. They break into residences
and deprive a man of his private
stock, the thieving being known
as high jacking". The private
stock is sold at high rates. for gen.
orally a residential haul nets a lot
of pre-war, or at least pre-prohi-
bition liquor. High jacking is
prevalent in the western part of
both the United States and Canada
Plan Concealment Methods.
One of the objects of the inter
national convention, according to
the dry officers, was to exchange
ideas and methods of concealing
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
PROBE FITNESS
OF MAX AS MATE
FOR MATHILDE
Mother Fears Oser's
MotiUes Are Mer-
cen0ry.

Chicago, June Judicial in
Eestigations ef. Max oser,s eligibility
and qualifications as c husband for
Miss Mathilde Mccormick, is the
next step in the international ro-
nance of John D. Rockefeler's IL
year-old granddaughter and the
friction between her parents.
Today Mathilde has a guardian
who is said to be ready to give his
consent to her marriage to the
Swiss horseman, who was her rid
ing master during her girlhood days
in the Alps. Her father, Harold f.
Mccormick, titular head of the In
ternational Harvester company
millions, was accepted by his di-
vorced wife as a suitable guardian
for their daughter, with one excep-
ton. The horseman of Zurich is
the exception, and Saturday Judge
Henry Horner of the probate court
is expected to decide whether Max S
27 years seniority over the age of
his prospective bride and his COM
parative poverty furnish sufficient
grounds to grant an injunction re-
straining Mr. Mccormick from Civ
ing his consent to the international
marriage.
Chance for Intrigue.
Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCor-
mick, Mathilde's mother, expressed
the fear that there were mercenary
motives in Max's courtship of her
daughter, who is heir to part of the
Rockefeller millions as well as
some of the Mccormick wealth. The
marriage, Mrs. Mccormick said,
might subject Mathilde to the
Vaccinations and intrigues of de-
signing persons"
The unusual, if not unprecedent-
ed situation of an injunction peti-
ton to prevent an International
marriage of the Oser-McCormick
sort will likely head Mathilde's ro-
nance to a higher court, it was said
today. Former Judge Charles S.
Cutting. counsel for Mrs. McCor-
mick, intimated as much, if Judge
Horner stamps his judicial 20. K"
on Mr.. Mccormick tacit approval
of the contemplated union and de-
MES the petition.
At the suggestion of the court and
the concurrence of counsel Mr.. Nc
Cormick has agreed to withhold his
consent of the marriage until Sat
urday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
BEGIN HEARING
OF VALENTINO
Jean Aeker. First Wife of Actor,
Says Their Marriage Never
Was Annulled.

Los Angeles, Calf, June 1.-The
preliminary hearing of Rodolph
Valentino, twice married film actor,
opened today with Jean Acker, MS
first wife, on the stand. She testi-
fed that her name was Jean Ackcr
Valentino" and after consultation
with attorneys it was made known
for the record that the legal or real
name of Valentino is Guglielmo.
She testified that she married VAL
entino in Hollywood, Nov. 5, 1919,
annulled.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
WANTS ALL
OR NOTHING,
He ASSERTS
Rejects Counter Proposal
Eliminating Gorgas
Plant.

Washington, June l.
Henry Ford's reply to the
counter proposal drafted by
the house military committee
for development of the gov
ernment projects at Muscle
Shoals, Ala, was presented
today to the committee by j.
w. Worthington, a represen-
tative of Mr.. Ford, imme-
diately upon arrival here
from Detroit.
Mr.. Ford's answer, made
in the form of a letter to
Chairman Kahn, rejected the
provision in the committee
plan which eliminated the
steam plant at Gorgas, Ala,
from the properties to be dis
posed of by the government
with the Muscle Shoals
properties.
Il cannot consent to elm
mate the Gorgas plant" the
letter said, because it IS
necessary to the economical
operation of the Muscle
Shoals properties. If my re-
vised offer for Gorgas IS re-
jected, then l must under
stand that the acceptance OF
my offer for Muscle Shoals
as a whole and not in part, is
refused"
Asks House Vote.
! Request was made by the manu-
| facturer that the committee. send
! his final offer to the house for q
vote nacceptance or rejection.
! IF congress votes acceptance OF
my Offer" Mr. Ford continued. we
will get on the job at Muscle
/ Shoals at once, but if congress re-
: jects it. that will be but the begin
ming of a more determined effort 0u
my part to save Muscle Shoals for
the benefit of the public"
! Immediately on receiving Nj
/ Ford's letter the house committee
went into executive session to con
slider It Members would not fGFss-
cast what action would be taheu
but in some quarters it was believed
that the committee finally would
vote to meet Mr. Ford's demands as
to purchase of the Gorgas plant.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
SCHWAB HAS BEEN
QUITE A SUCCESS
AGED DADDY SAYS

Pittsburgh. June 1.-Mr. and
Mrs. R A Schwab came to the
steel city yesterday. The well
preserved couple, parents of
Charles NJ. Schwab, steel mag
nate, have been married g.
years.
pittsburgh looks right smart
like it used to-" Mr.. Schwab OBJ
served. but seems 10 be grow
ing taller in spots.
Yes, Charles has been quite
a success. as most people guage
such success. but that doesn't
make him let up on work bit
He's hard at it every day IN his
home near ours. up Loretta way.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
TWO PERISH IN
FOREST FIRES
Scores Are Homeless i'm Washing.
ton and Oregon; Damage Esti-
mated in $1,000, 900.

Seattle, Wash, June 1.-One per-
son was known to be dead, another
was believed to have perished,
scores were homeless and vast
areas OF timberland in western
Washington and Oregon were blaz-
ing or smouldering wastes today as
result of forest and brush fires
which late yesterday got beyond
control.
Damage in Washington was esti-
mated at from $1,000, 900 to 81, ,000,-
900.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
INJURED BANDIT
IS STILL ALIVE
Howard Fowler. Shot in ~Spooners'
Holdup" Near Hammond, Ind,
May Recover.

Hammond, Ind, June Howard
Fowler, bandit, shot in the spoon
ers' holdup," is still alive at St.
Margaret's hospital. The bullet
plowed through his neck and right
lung, exiting under the arm. The
doctors say he may recover.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
GERMS MULTIPLY
III HUMAN TEARS,
BUNDESON FINDS

!, chicago, June Reports that
human tears contain properties
which kill germs were declared
~ De without foundation by DR..
herman Bundesen, health COM
missioner of Chicago, who today
uaS completed a two weeks lab
ofatory test In three test tubes
eontaining one-half cubic cent?
meter of tears. DR.. Bundesen
paced various germs. The bac-
era multiplied, he said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
FRANCE TO SEND
MISSION To U. S.

Washington, June THE French
government has been informed that
tne American government will re-
eaive a special mission of French
financial experts to discuss that ma
lon's war debt, it was stated to-
uay after the second meeting of the
allied debt funding commission. M
eennlte date for the discussion has
been set.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
PRESIDENT HSU
QUITS IN CHINA

Toxic, June 1.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press.)-President Hsu Shih
Chang, of China, has resigned and
General Ii Yuan Hung. who be-
came president following the death
of Yuan Shih Kai in 1916, has been
restored to office, according to Of
fetal advices from Pehng.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
REED FLAYS HIGH COURT.

Palmyra, Mo-, June 1.-Senator
James A. Reed in speech assailed
the United States supreme court
in referring to the announcement
OF the $157, 100000 tobacco firm
merger.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
ATTACKS PINCHOT CAMPAIGN.

Washington, June 1.-Senator
Harrison attacked expenditures in
the campaign for the Republican
gubernatorial nomination in Penn
sylvania, as a second edition" of
the Newberry case In Michigan.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01

piloted by ]. S. McKibben of St
Louis, passed over Whiteside, Mo-,
at 10 a. m. according to word re-
ceived at the Aero club of Wiscon-
sin The balloon dropped messages
on the city which were sent back
here. 1t was going in a south
easterly direction.
| Decatur, ILL.,, June IA big bal
! loon, believed to be in the race from
! Milwaukee, passed south over De-
catur at $40 this morning. It's
name could not be distinguished.
Another balloon was reported to
have passed over Bement, east of
Decatur at Z o'clock this morning.
| A balloon coming from the north
west circled over Atwood, % miles
east of here at 9:15 this morning
and drifted off northeast. The bal
loon was going slowly and seemed
: TO be coming to earth.
! A report from Stonington, south
west of Decatur, was that balloon
/ flying swiftly but not high, passed
there early this morning going in
a southwest direction.
/ United States army balloon No. l,
Z
\ miles east of Decatur for mere than
an hour, nearly touched the ground
one mile east of Atwood about 10
O'Clock. Ballast was thrown out
and the balloon rose and sailed
away to the southwest
Three Near Springfield.
Springfield, ILL.,. June 1.-Three
balloons in the national ballonnrace
had passed over Sangamon county
flying southwest, according to re-
ports received here this morning
One of them came so near earth al
/ Petersburg that the pilot yelled to
farmers. but the balloons number
was not recognized.
Another flying high in the air
passed over Pawnee at about a,
m. The third was reported from
Anna.
Champaign, Ill, June 1.-Two
balloons passed Champaign this
morning, travelling in southwes-
terly direction The first passed
about o'clock and the second al
no O'Clock. Both were so far away
they could not be recognized.
Two Pass HOOpestOn-
| ftOOp6SIOu, Ill, june "a O4e
red balloon, thought to be one OF
those in the national race from
Milwaukee, Wis, passed over this
city at 5 O'Clock this morning, 60
ing southwest.
At $50 a. m. another bag, slate
colored, passed over, going in the
same direction.
See Five In Michigan.
Detroit, Mich, June Five bal
looms, presumed to be entrants IN
the national balloon race, passed
over south Michigan this morning
Four of the gas bags were observ-
ed about Z o'clock passing over
Adrian. All were passing east to-
ward northern Lake Erie. The
fifth balloon passed over jackson
shortly after daybreak. 1t was
travelling in a southerly direction
Sight One In Ohio.
Cleveland, Ohio, June 1.-One
balloon was sighted over Melburn
Ohio, seven miles west of Bryan
Ohio, at 7:15 a. N. and passed over
BRYAN about 9 a. m, flying very
high in a northeasterly direction
according to reports received by
New York Central railroad com
pany officials here, following In
structions to their offices between
Continued on Page Thirteen.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
PICKFORD DIVORCE SUSTAINED

Carson, New, June MARY Pick
ford's divorce from Owen Moore
was sustained by the Nevada su-
preme court.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
SMALL HIT
BY MILLER
TESTIMONY
Indicates Governor Feared
Probe of Treasurer's
Office.
BLLLETIN.

Waukegan, Ill, June 1.-(By
the Associated PreSs) AT
the resumption of the hearing
in the trial OF Governor Small
this afternoon. State Treasurer
Edward E. Miller, testifying as
witness for the state, pro-
ceeded to tell of conversation
With Lieutenant Governor
Sterling in January, 1921, about
two weeks after he had taken
office.
Mr.. Sterling asked him, Mr..
Miller said, what he intended
doing about the $9,9O0,000 in
packers notes and he told the
lieutenant gov ernOr he intended
to collect them.
@Mr. Sterling said,7 according
to the witness, ed, be careful
what you do. Remember we
are all good friends of yours
and you can't do anything with
out hurting some of u.s."
Waukegan, ILL.,, June 1.-(By th'
Press. - Edward E
Miller, state treasurer, took tht
stand today for the state in tht
trial of Governor Len Small.
He testified that Governor Small
advised him to obtain persona
bondsmen instead of giving
surety bond. The governor. Mr.
Miller said, told him suret!
bond was unnecessary and "migh
lead to investigation" of the offic
by the surety company.
Identifying a receipt presented t.
him by his predecessor, Lieuten
ant Governor Fred e. Sterling, 70
his signature when he took owe
the office, Mr.. Miller said he de
clined to sign it on the day he tool
office because he had been unabl
to check two items. One was SIS,
900 deposited in a bank then in tn
hands of a receiver, and the othe
was S10,00O,000 in securitie
marked as held in Chicago 70
safe-keeping.
Small Had s10.OOO.00O.
Mr.. Sterling told him. he testi
fled, that the S1O,000,000. was i
the custody of Governor Small.
The following day, he said, h
asked the governor for the securi
ties and was told he could go |
Chicago and inspect them, or tn
governor would get them and brin
them to Mr.. Miller's office q
Springfield. He asked the COVER
nor to bring them to the cap
tol. he said.
The following Saturday he me
the governor and Vernon S. Curt
at the depot by appointment an
drove to the governor offic,
when Mr.. Small delivered $1,000
900 in packers notes.
"I called his attention to the fat
that the list was 100000 short
Mr.. Miller testified. THE governc
turned to Mr.. Curtis, and as 1 tt
call it said something about tt
other securities being too bulky
bring down.
Verne he said you'll have
give him something else in plac
of them"
Loans Curtis 100000.
after some conversation. II
governor loaned Mr.. Curtis $4,000
in notes and mortgages and /
gave them to me-"
WAS any other securities mel
iContinued on Page Thirteen
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
THE WEATHER

Unsettled weather tonight and
Friday with probably showers Fri
day. Somewhat warmer tonight.
Highest temperatures yesterday,
so; lowest last night, At.
Wind velocity at Z a. m, 6 miles
per hour.
Precipitation, trace.
Iam. 7p.m. lam
yester. yester. today.
Dry bulb tenn. SO 90 90
Wet bulb tenn. So 54 81
Relative humid. so IA IL
River stage at a. m. ST, a fall
of 0.3 last "a hours.
Sunset today, 1882 p. M; sunrise
tomorrow, 4:29 a. N.
River Forecast.
The Mississippi river from below
Dubuque TO Muscatine will fall
slowly during the next few days.
ANDEEW HAMRICK.
Metsorologist.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01
State FOLK
SEE RACING
BALLOONS
Pass Over Illinois Towns
McKibben Seen in
Missouri.
BULLETIN.

Fort Wayne, Ind, June l.
Balloon No. IL, in the National
Balloon race, pilOted by Lieu
tenant Bernard Won Hoffman.
with Ralph n. YenZill as aid, of
the Aero club of St Louis, land
ed six miles north of here
shortly before noon.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01

Milwaukee, June 1.-The balloon
piloted by ]. S. McKibben of St
Louis, passed over Whiteside, Mo-,
at $40 a. m. according to word re-
ceived at the Aero club of Wiscon-
sin. The balloon dropped messages
on the city which were sent back
here. 1t was going in a south
easterly direction.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-01

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-14
HOW CAVES TELL HISTORY

We have often spoken of digging
in caves" to find the bones OF PEG
pie and the tools they used, and 10
learn what animals they killed ior
food. ,,
Very likely you have wondered
"How does this digging tell US HIS
tory?"
To answer that question we are
printing a drawing Of the ground
LAYERS underneath the bottom OF
one of the scores Of caves which
have been examined.
This cave once had much more
room in it than now. 1t appears
that the floor was at first about 81
feet beneath the top of the cave
AS time went on, the wind blew tiny
idustlike particles through the en-
trance. Chunks fell from the cell
ing now and then. People lived
there and. left things lying around
Thus the level of the floor kept get
ting higher and higher and higher
as the ages past The difference
in any persons lifetime was slight
but after thousands of years, the
difference was great.
Examine the drawing closely-it
shows nine; layers beneath the pres
/! emit scave, floor. The cross lines
stand for levels at which ashes of
hres were scattered about.
Scientists have figured out fairly
closely how many years it took for
each of the layers to be built UP.
The lower layer (No. y was
made first. No human bones were
found in it, but there were remains
of fires.s and some crude. stone tools
Bones GA rhihbeeTos, and q hyena
were found in that layer.
Layer contained many traces OF
. charcoal and- disturbed fires.
= IN laIer we're the skeletons of a
woman aobut 5 feet inches tall
and youth an inch shorter. Bone
tools as we'll as stone tools were
found in this layer. Of animal
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-14
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bones, there were those of the deer,
the wild horse, and the hyena.
In layer was the skeleton of q
man who must have been feet 4
inches tall. Bones of a leopard
were nearby.
Layer 5 contained the remains Of
fires, as well as bones of the deer,
The next layer above is notable
because it contains a large number
of stones which fell from the cell
ing of the cave. The cave seems to
have been deserted for a long time
after that happened.
In the uppermost three layers e
to 81 were stone tools which showed
better workmanship than those in
the layers below. That proves men
were improving in ability as time
went on. The skeletons of two ba-
bies were found in layer 9. They
are said to have been buried there
more than fifteen thousand years
ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-14
VIRGINIA NEWS
Photographed

Charlottesville-"Pat Shitlett, OF
Nimrod. Greene County, styled by
local police as the king OF Boot
leggers," has at last been captured
He was taken into custody by OH
GERS Creaver and Marsh, of the To-
cal police force, after sensational
five-mile run on the new concrete
road to ScOttSville. Shltlet made
strenuous efforts to escape after
being hailed near the southern end
of the city limits By the officers who
saw him in the act of handling lq-
nor containers. He sped wagGp a
Ford car in the 6neption OF Scots
vile, with Officer Maurice .Greaver
hot ON MS trail. In the flight lsPat
undertook to tighten ship by 'thtow-
ing out numerous half gallon lpgs
Of new-made liquor, and Officer
Marsh got out to salvage the cargo,
to be used as evidence against the
Greene County flier. The officer,
however, only secured four hall
gallon Jars, the balance of the Jet
sam being broken. Officer Greaver
finished the chase at Goss' tivemile
post when he forced Shitlet to. SUR
render by covering. Him with q ,Pis-
ton. Upon his smrendering ne
searched his person and found that
he bore no arms and then ordered
him TO drive in front to the police
st9Gon. Shiflet was turned oyer to
the county authorities and a; war
rant charging him with transport
ING liquor contrary TO the, Mabp act
was served on him 2, fF9mrthg Office
of Justice Claude 3. YardleH Hq
was admitted to bail in the sh m Of
$500, Tor bis appearance before the
Justice Friday.