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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
BONUS WILL
PASS HOUSE
IN 10 DAYS?
Congressman in Uproar
When Gardner Protests
Repub Tactics.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE soldier
bonus will be reported to a Repub-
lican caucus within the next 10
DAYS. "and a Republican house will
pass it," Chairman Fordney of the
ways and means committee de-
clared in the house today during a
discussion over the manner Oh ITS
framing.
The house was thrown into an
uproar during discussion or the
measure after Representative Card
ner Of Texas, ranking Democrat on
the committee, had protested
against the action of the Republl-
can members in calling in repre-
sentative of the American Legion
to advise with them at a secret se3-
sion from which Democrats were
excluded.
Representative Mondell, Wyom-
ing Republican leader, answered
Mr.. Gardner and then Chairman
Fordney joined the debate.
Get expert Information"
THE Republican members of the
ways and means committee have
not thought it proper to call IN
men unalterably opposed to the
bonus for discussion of that
| BILL" the chairman declared. we
had before us today an officer OF
! the legion so we could ask him
/ for expert information and he gave
/ it. The bonus bill will be presented
: to a caucus of house Republicans
! in 10 days, and Republican house
I will pass it. The Republican eau
Gus will either agree with what W.
| have framed or will direct US how
to fix it"
In making his attack on the com
mittee Mr.. Gardner, without men
tioning names, had reference to the
appearance of John Thomas Tay
lor Of the American Legion, ant
Richard Jones, representing veter-
ans Of foreign wars, who were be
fore the committee today.
"Outrage on House.
Declaring there was no objection
to Republicans working secretly OF
the bill, Gardner protested "agains
the action of Republican member:
in having an executive session a
! which witnesses were called to de
termine legislation.
Il say frankly that this. system
ought not to exist and the hous'
should prevent it" Mr.. GardneI
said. eff the statement that thes
men appeared is correct, it is al
outrage on the house. You haV
no right to hold secret sessions ant
invite the legion people to tell yol
the character of legislation desiret
without admitting Democratic mem
bers.'
Mr.. MondeR declared that tn
protest of Mr. Gardner was neithe
moderate nor accurate, adding
that the sa1ie custom had prevail
ed during ts-c Democratic control
and Chairman Fordney declare
that when the Underwood bill wa
being framed Democratic member
called in a man from New Yor
to advise about the tax on lemon
and the Democrats took his advic
and wrote it in the bill''.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE soldier
bonus with its multitude of lives is
dead again.
Whether it will bob up once more
depends upon the agricultural bloc,
which group never had more
friends, politically speaking, than
it has today. For the agricultural
bloc who have from the first oppos-
ed sales tax as a means of raising
revenue are not likely to accept 1t
as the best way to pay the soldier
bonus and President Harding's ulti-
matum to the congress of the Unit
ed States is final-either pass a
sales tax or postpone the payment
of the bonus indefinitely.
The maneuver of the chief execu-
tive is considered one of the
shrewdest bits of strategy Of re-
cent years. 1t was political stu
alton which troubled Mr.. Harding
from the beginning by his own ad-
mission and it is a political situa-
ton which he has created as a
means of extricating himself from
TIC NllCl1llAId HAlSA A4O RoA - AS0N
ers forced upon him.
Objections Are Many.
Mr.. Harding doesn't believe a
sales tax can pass congress-he
feared as much in his letter to
Chairman Fordney of the house
ways and means committee The
canvass of the house of previous
occasions indicated that the sales
tax didn't have more than eighty
votes and the strength of the pro-
ponents of the scheme is not any
greater today than it was. The OBJ
| jections to sales tax are multi
plex. Nobody has ever worked out
a plan for a sales tax on which al
economists could agree. In prin
! ciple, the plan has received en-
| couraging support but in formulas
of application there have been wild
differences of opinion.
In fact. few men in congress o.
in the treasury department coult
today give a definite answer to wha
is meant by 'sales tax" Here ar
the various proposals:
Consumer Is Goat.
First, a general tax on manufac
| turers and producers collected a
the source but admittedly passei
\ on to the retailer and finally th'
consumer.
Second, a tax on retail sales onl.
also passed on TO the consum
er.
Third, a turnover tax on al
things, being a tax of a small pc
.(Continued on Page TenD
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
TAYLOR CASEIS
AT STANDSTILL

Los Angeles, Calf, Feb. 17.-Fol-
lowing a two-hour denomination
of William Davis, chauffeur for
Mabel Normand, investigators, po-
lice detectives, deputy-sheriffs and
others assigned to the task of try
ing to solve the mystery surround
ing the killing OF William Desmond
TAYLOR. motion picture director, re-
sumed their duties today with the
announcement that they had made
practically no further progress in
the case as a result of quizzing Da-
Wis. Though some OF the investigat-
ors have eliminated Edward F.
Sands, former valet for Taylor,
from any connection with the case.
the search for the missing man has
not been abandoned Latest re-
Dorts to the authorities here re-
Iating to him, came from Hartford,
Conn. where Sands was said TO
have been known among navy sail
ors during 1919 AZ Chief" Sny-
der
Another report received by po-
lice detectives was that the missing
butler had fed to Mexico and had
been seen in Chihuahua.
Rockford, ILL.,, Feb. 17.-Mrs. Ma
guerite Snyder, private inyest'gat-
or of this city, said she would tele-
graph States Attorney Grove today
that she knew nothing about the
TAYLOR murder, but that Sands was
in Chicago last September. posing
as able to get girls into the NOV
! les.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
ATLANTA.


Atlanta, Co.; Feb. 17.-Great sue
cess of the Atlanta automobile show
and the fact that visitors are buy
ing as well as merely looking have
convinced business men that condi-
tions in the southeast actually are
on the upgrade. The show has
broken all records for results and
heavy sales of pleasure cars, trucks
and accessories are believed TO
show that business conditions in
general have grown decidedly bet
ter since Jan. l.
Retail merchants here are enjoy
ing a brisk business. Winter stocks
are lower than at any similar time
in years. This is due to the excep-
tionaI values offered in the sales.
Wholesalers and jobbers in this re-
port a better volume of orders than
for many months Rural collections
are improving during the impreve-
ment in the price of cotton. A large
inquiry for farm implements lndi-
Gates a better feeling among the
farmers.
The head of a large commercial
agency here expressed the belief
today that March would see a gen
eral business revival.
DETROIT.
Detroit. Feb. misunderstanding
activity in this section is increas-
ing by leaps and bounds. Many in
stitutions which closed 1921 with
lean results and which laid out
only the most conservative sched-
ules for the present year have been
Obliged to revise their plans to-
ward increased production. The
best evidence of this increased ac-
tivity lies in the reports or the
Employers association. These re-
ports show a stead increase in en-
ploynent since Jan. 1. For the
current week the increase reported
was $500, bringing the total TO ap-
proximately. 1T 900 men. This Is
within 1000 of the highest level re-
nor.ed during the entire year OF
! 1921
The Paige Detroit Motor Car
COMPANY. which has scheduled 49,
900 cars for the first six months oi
I this wear, has been forced to in
/ crease this allotment twice. The
upward trend of the employment
curve is plainly shown by the IN
! creased industrial power load re
corded at the plants of the Detrol
Edison company which furnishes
mower to many factories
Railroad reports show larg'
gains in traffic during February
The Michigan Central, which nan
died an average of 2,3o0 frelgh
cars a day in January, now is nan
ding $500 cars a day and othe'
roads report similar increases.
| ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis Feb. 17.-More stapi
grain prices have stimulated con
fidence and equanimity among tn
warmers of this section. There ar
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
CO-EDS DANCE;
Are PUNISHED
Over 100 Knox Girls Who Attended
Impromptu Party Are Denied
Social Privileges.

Galesburg. ILL.,, Feb. 17.-Over
one hundred Knox college co-eds
who attended an impromptu dance
in celebration of the Knox basket
ball victory over Lombard week
ago, given by the students without
asking faculty permission, today
were told that they will be denied
their social privileges for periods
ranging from this weekend only
to spring vacation.
A college party scheduled for To-
night had to be called off because
nearly all the co-eds who had
dates" came under the rule.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
CHARLES A. RAWS0N SUCCEEDS KENYON
Journalism Students Hear
What Kaiser Said to Hale
But Reporters Are Mum

view And every single copy of the
interview was taken 500 miles out
into the Atlantic ocean and there
burned by a picked detachment OF
German naval officers who spent
the day in the furnace rooms of
warship to do it,
Tells Everything-and Nothing.
Mr.. Ellsworth told how William
Bayard Hale obtained permission
to interview the kaiser and how the
latter spoke freely to him on scores
of subjects while pacing the deck
of a yacht in the moonlight. He
told how the Century people bought
it and suppressed it after requests
10 do this poured in on them when
the London Telegraph printed an
interview with the kaiser that
aroused much ill-feeling in Eng
land, and also in Germany. He
told how President Roosevelt was
given a copy and how all the other
printed pages were placed in a
safety deposit vault and later were
turned over to the German govern
ment which sent warship here to
get them. But what it was all
about he refused to tell for publi-
cation
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
BURIED
FINDS NEWLOvE
Girl Meets "MOst Wonderful Man;
Wife Finds He Is Husband She
Had Thought Dead.

Chicago, Feb. 17.-Donald Camp
bell, believed by his wife to have
been buried with military honors
on last Labor day, a few days after
the casket said to contain his body
arrived from France, was to be
tried by a general court martial
board at Fort Sheridan today on a
grave charge. A girl friend recent
" told Mrs. Campbell that she had
met 1.-The most wonderful man.
A little later Mrs. Campbell dis
covered that it was her husband.
Examination disclosed that the
body sent from France was not
that of Campbell
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
BRYAN GIVEN
HARD SLAM BY
|, PROF. BIRGE
Calls Cor77n7oner's Re-
Egious Teachings
sAfheiSfic'.

Madison. Wis, Feb. 17-E. A.
Birge, president of University of
Wisconsin today replied to asser-
tions of William ]. Bryan, made
here a year ago and repeated re-
Gently, that he is an atheist" and
an unfit teacher for students be-
cause of his acceptance of modern
science, including the theory of
evolution.
Mr.. Bryan had objected TO ex-
pressions Of President Birge that
his teachings were causing injury
to religion because of his attempt
to unite the teachings of the bible
to "discredited scientific hypothe-
SIS" and he had declared that
when the people of Wisconsin had
enough money to pay the salary OF
a university president they expect
to find someone who will not ridi-
cule the religion of the parents and
grandparents of the students"
In a letter to the Rev. Z. S. Wor-
! cester, pastor of the First Congre-
gational church, of which President
Birge has been an officer for 40
| years, he asserted expressions
made to Mr. Bryan following his
speech to students here, declaring
| that he had never found it nee
essary to justify religion TO science
or excuse that religion"
"Wisdom Is Gods.
81 have accepted both as equally
j divine revelations and both as
/ H.
! ton OF the world" President Birge
said. u have believed that wis
dom and might are Gods, and l
have equally believed that science
reveals to us how that might and
that wisdom are expressed in the
/ operation of the world.
Mr.. Bryan seemed to dislike es-
pecially my objecting to his uniting
! religion to a 'discredited scientific
hypothesis. l think that the his
tory of the church gives good
ground for my objection. In the
18th century people were told that
the doctrine of a round world was
atheistic, and a century or so later
the Copernican astronomy was
called 'atheistic' In the 18th cen
tury, evolution, in like manner, was
called 'atheistic' by men of whom
Mr.. Bryan is a belated follower.
did such teachings of religion
held in the past succeed, and is
there any good reason to think that
Mr. Bryan will succeed where MS
predecessors have failed dlsmally
| during four centuries? Another
thing that seems to trouble Mr.
lContinued on Page Ten.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
Late Bulletins

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE
senate today passed the bill
paving the way for the war de-
partment to complete the ac-
quisitiOn of real estate at a
number Of army camps and
supply bases which was taken
over during the extension OF
facilities during the war.
Newark. n. j., Feb. 1l-The
Atlas Powder Works at
Landing. n. j. has been rocked
by a severe explosion, accord
ing to a report received here:
Several persons were reported
killed.
Jackson, Miss, Feb. IL
The MississipPs house OF rep
resentatiyes today adoDted a
resolution declaring it to be the
view of that body that the DAM
age suit brought BY Miss Fran
ces Birkhead against Governor
Russell should be left entirely
TO the courts for adjudication.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
IOWA STATE
CHAIRMAN
GETS TOGA
VIII Take Seat With
Washington Solons
February "a.

Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 17.-tBy
the Associated Press.) A.
Rawson of Des Moines is the new
senator from Iowa
Announcement of the appoint
ment of Mr.. Rawson, who is state
chairman of the Republican state
central committee, to succeed VII
liam S. Kenyon in the upper house
of the congress, was made by Gov
ernor Kendall today.
Mr. Rawson, it is understood,
will serve only until successor
is elected at the general election
in November. He will start serV-
ing, when Senator kenyon's resig-
nation goes into effect. Senator
Kenyon's letter of resignation was
dated Feb. "A, one week from to-
day.
The boom for Mr.. Rawson's ap-
pointment is a growth OF only
few days. 1t started spontaneously
throughout the state, never at any
time having been encouraged by
Mr.. Rawson himself. In fact, Gov
ernor Kendall told one delegation
that called on him in the interests
of Mr.. Rawson, that he had receiv-
ed a message from the state chair
man that day telling of the quail
fications of one of the other candl-
dates for the appointment and new
er mentioned the boom that was
started in his own behalf
Served Overseas.
Mr. Rawson was born in Des
Moines May 20, 1867. His business
besides politics, is the manufacture
of bricks and tiling, with many
sideIines. He was named chairman
of the state central committee IN
1912, and has served constantly
| since During the World war, MT
Rawson served overseas with the
Y. NJ. c. A, being placed in charge
Of organization work in the Paris
bureau OF the association soon ar
er his arrival there. He Is grad
uate OF Grinnell college and mas
! taken an active part in coIIebe
work in Iowa
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
VET GOES AFTER
HUNGRY GHOST;
SPOOK GETS GUN

Waukegan, ILL.,, Feb. IL
When the hungry ghost that
aas been heard about the home
q Mrs. Catherine Milakowich
mere, foiled a shotgun squad
,aat had stayed up all night
looking for it, Lieutenant Ar
noid Nolan. an overseas veter-
an, offered his services in run
aing down the disturber. With
us army pistol he entered the
easement last night and seated
amself near a table where he
paced the pistol.
According to Lieutenant No
'sn, he heard the ghost all
ngol The stairs creaked.
mere was a moan. The door
0pened. A voice said:
i All, now l have you" and a
sand seized his throat. The
aeutenant reached for the pis-
ot but it was gone. The grip
~ his throat relaxed. He
afned on the lights. The ghost
ssd departed, and the mystery
Nnained unsolved.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
HARVEY CHURCH
GETS REPRIEvE
Judge Seaman Grants Stay on Plea
of Counsel That Condemned
Man is Insane.

Chicago, Feb. 17.-Harvey ".
Church, sentenced to die on the
gaIlows this morning for murder
ing two statesmen for the Packard
Motor Car company, was granted
a two weeks reprieve yesterday by
Chief Justice kickham Seaman in
the criminal court less than two
hours after he had been carried
into the death cell to await execu-
ton.
The stay was granted on the pc
tition Of Leo A. O'Reilly and Ben
nison F. Bartel, attorneys for
Church. who contended their client
is insane and asked jury trial to
determine his mental condition.
Selection of the jury will be start
ed Monday morning.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17

Ell Paso, Texas, Feb. 17.-Despite
the failure of Mexican revolution
lists to attack Juarez, opposite here,
as it was rumored they intended
to do, and the assertion of General
Eugenio Martinez, commander of
the northern military zone of Mex
leo, that there was no sign of rev.
olutionary activity in the zone, the
1st United States cavalry, station
ed at Fort Bliss here, still was
held in camp this morning. in read
mess for emergencies. 1t was said
at the camp that this condition
would continue until the rumorS of
an impending revolution in Mexico
ends.
General Martinez. who arrived
here yesterday from Chihuahua,
said that the revolutionary furry
has passed." adding that the lead
ers of the proposed revolt had been
| captured and two of them, General
Arturo Ruiz and Captain J. L. Pc
rez, executed.
Two Are Executed.
General Ruiz and Captain Perez
were captured. General Martinez
said, after they had made an un-
successful attempt to induce Fran
cisco Villa to join the revolution
lists. They visited Villa at his
ranch at Canutillo, according tc
General Martinez, but Villa told
them that he intended to remain
loyal to the government.
Rosalia Hernandez, Villas for
mer chief of staff. reyolted at San
fn
Martinez. He added, however, tha
! Hernandez's small force had dwin
died and his capture on the Goa
hula border was momentarily ex
pected.
San Antonio, Texas, Feb. II
Major General John l. Hines, com
mander of the Eighth corps area
is looking to Brigadier Genera
Robert L. Howe, commander a
Fort Bliss, to protect American in
terests on the border without spe
ciaI instructions. No report from
General Howe on concentrating o
troops at Fort Bliss has been re
ceiTed, Major General Hines saiC
today, and he also said he had sen
no instructions to Fort Bliss. NJ
instructions from the war depart
ment calling for aIertness alons
the border have been received a
the Eighth corps headquarters, h
said.
Report Mexico "Tranqufl."
Mexico City, Feb. 17.-(By tn
Associated Press s.)-Mexico is tran
uufl. except a few places in th'
state of Michoacan, and Jalisco. ac
cording to reports from postmas
, ters in all parts OF the republic t
Secretary of the Treasury de !;
Huerta in answer to his reques
for authentic information regard
|. ing reported rebellions against Ia
. central government.
Disturbances in a few place
were Feported. but these were de
scribed as being directed agains
: organized society in general. rath
!; er than against the Mexican gov
ernment, taking the form of ma
rauding and looting.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
is NOT
GOING TO GENOA
REss Trade Delegation at LOUHS.;
Says 1t Is Unlikely Premier
will Attend Conference.

London, Feb. 17.-It is coEsid-
cred extremely unlikely that Pre-
mjer Ienine of soviet Russia will
attend the Genoa conference, de-
spite the previous understanding
that he was TO head the Russian
delegation. according to the RUS
sian trade delegation here Reso-
lutions from hundreds Of workers
meetings held throughout Russia
have been pouring into Moscow re
Gently against his going, the trade
representative report.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
HARRINCTONIS
FOUND IN SOUTH
Missing Chicago Spectator Who
Defrauded Thousands is Located
Near Palm Beach, Fla.

Chicago, Feb. II. - Leslie Har-
rington, missing speculator who is
said to have defrauded thousands
of persons in this section out of sew
eral millions of dollars. has been
found near Palm Beach, Fla. ac-
cording to a telegram received to-
day by local police from the sher-
iff of Palm Beach county. He will
be arrested as soon as the neces-
sary papers are forwarded, the tele-
gram said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
CALL new meet
IN WASHINGTON
International Conference viii Con-
slider ALLEGATION Of Former
German Cables.

Washington, Feb. 17.-An inter
national conference to consider the
allocation of former German cables
in the Atlantic will be called in
Washington next week, Acting Sec
ietary Fletcher announced today.
representatives of France, Eng
and, Italy, Japan and the United
States will be asked to meet and
determine the disposition of the
ihree cable lines taken over under
he provisions OF the treaty of Yer
sailles.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
REDS
WILL SWEEP
ALL EUROPE
Augustana He ad Says
Russia and Germany
Remain Menace.

The destruction of all Europe is
hound to follow the deplorable
conditions which exist there now.
Germans. French, Russians and
swedes know it and fear it.
This is the sentiment which the
people of the four nationalities ex-
pressed to Rev. G. A, Brandelle,
president of the Augustana synod
and pastor of the Grace Lutheran
church of Rock Island, who re-
turned last evening from. a seven
weeks business trip in Europe.
"The people of France are
heightened to DEATH" Rev. Bran
dele said this morning. They fear
that the reyolutionists of Germany
will overthrow that government,
and with the bolshevists of Rus
sis will form q combination for
the overthrow of the French re-
public. This condition is realized
BY the French. They see it COM
ing sooner or later, and they live
in fear. There seems to be no
doubt in the minds of the French,
Germans and Swedes but that
Europe will be swept by a mill
tary and political upheaval.
Germany is going from bad to
worse. France is heading the
same way. The people of Germany
are freezing and starving. Walk
ing down one of the main German
streets of Leipsig. one readily rec
ognizes the ghostly appearance OF
the pedestrians. The German
mark is worth only a forty-ninth
Of cent, people can't buy food
and it is only a matter of time be-
fore the revolutionists will rise
and lay waste to the country" he
said -sa5-ss.
The French are down and out.
Rev. Brandelle believes. Espe-
cially in Paris the people are poor
ly dressed, their streets ragged
and there are few automobiles anc
these old and worn. Paris is dark
at 8 o'clock in the evening, where
formerly it was city OF lights
until l o'clock in the morning
There's no money. The French
franc has dropped to cents. and
formerly was valued at 10 cents.
Look to America for SuccOr.
All Europe looks toward Ameri.
ca as the Moses who will leat
the people back to normalcy. the
synod president stated. THE
United States should mot have
jumped into the war. the Euro
Continued on Page Ten.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-17
KENYON BILL RECOMMITTED.

washington, Feb. 1.-THE sell
ate recommitted TO its labor COM
mittee the Kenyon bill TO give the
president power to regulate con
struction of public works a. an aid
to employment conditions.