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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03
David
Lawrence
Says:
Soldier Bonus This Year is
Certain; FOrdney Says the
House VIII Pass Bill in Two
Weeks and Senate VIII Fol-
low Suit; Money May Be
Raised by Selling Bonds to
People; Harding Opposition
Has Vanished.
Copyright. 1922. by The Argus.

Copyright, 1922. by The Argus.l
Washington, Feb. 3.-There will
be a soldier bonus this year. All
doubt on the subject was removed
when President Harding today
agreed to meet the members of the
senate finance committee and the
house ways and means committee
to determine the method of raising
the money.
Chairman Fordney said after
talking with the president, that the
soldier bonus bill would be passed
by the house in two weeks. Sena-
tors at the White house said the
senate would follow suit in fort
night.
How will the money be raised?
The probabilities are by a sale of
government bonds or treasury Ger
tif1cates.
Taxation Idea Dead.
Direct taxation has practically
been abandoned, though Mr.. Ford
ney was careful to point out that
there were many ways of raising
money and that congress had vary
! ing opinions. He would not favor
tax On gasoline. He showed plain
! ly that he didn't think much of the
suggestions made by Secretary
Mellon that money might be raised
| by taxes on second class mail mat
ter, tobacco and cigarets. Mr.. Mel
Ion had not made any recommend
ations" but had listed the ways by
which money could be forced out of
the peoples pockets.
Entirely apart from the unfavor-
able economic effects which might
result from more taxation, the pol
itics of the situation is against the
method. The very listing of posi-
BILE sources of revenue by Secretary
Mellon sent political shivers up and
down the spine of congress.
| The pendulum is swinging again
| toward raising the money out of the
proceeds of the allied debt Chair
man Fordney, who came to the
White house ready to talk about the
bill empowering a commission tc
negotiate with foreign governments
concerning the payment of inter
est and principal on the war debt
said that the funding bill itself nc
longer contained any reference to
/
carry any provision about it at all
Bill Will Specify.
| But the bonus bill will provide
mot only five ways of government
aid to the war veterans but will
specify the exact means by which
the funds will be raised. Although
the treasury insists that the coun-
try cannot stand another bond is
sue without embarrassing the re-
funding operations whereby money
constantly is being borrowed from
+ the American people to pay the
Victory bonds which shortly come
due. the Legislators on Capitol Hill
insist that the capacity of America
to absorb new securities has been
greatly underestimate and that
bonds given by the govern
n 1IryN
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03
OFFER HEDDING COLLEGE LOCATION
FATTY JURY IN
DISAGREEMENT;
IS DISCHARGED
Vote Stands Ten to
TIDo for Con1edi-
ans Conviction.

San Francisco, Cal, Feb. s.
The Arbuckle jury disagrees.
Foreman ]. ]. McElroy announc-
ed that the vote stood 2 to 10. He
did not designate whether the ma
jority was for conviction or &C
quittal.
There is no chance for US to
agree" McElroy said. A poll Of the
jury was taken to determine If they
could arrive on further delibera-
ton.
All emphatically said NO.
Arbuckle seemed downcast at the
disagreement Neither prosecution
nor defense would announce its in
tentions regarding a new trial.
Case Put Over.
The case was put over until
Monday to be set for trial.
After the disagreement the jury
retired to the jury room. Corridor
gossip said that the poll was 1C
to 2 for conviction.
Announcement that the jury stood
10 for conviction and two for ac-
QuittaI was made by Leo Friedman
assistant district attorney. and &
leading prosecution counsel. Harry
McGovern, bailiff, made the same
announcement.
I'VE expect to try the case
again" Friedman said.
Later Nate Friedman, one of the
jurors, announced that the two vot
ing for acquittal were Lee Dollsor
and Glen R BrownSberger.
The first 10 ballots were 9 to {
for conviction. Then it switched
to 10 to and stayed there until
the 14th ballot, which was the last
one TAKEN" Friedman said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03
INDICTMENT OF
SMALL MAY BE
KILLED BY STATE
Case Is Weakened B.,
Trial Sepora-
tions.

Springfield, Ill, Feb 3.-Fate d
the indictment of Governor Len
Small, whose trial date was to have
been set at Waukegan tomorrow
was to be determined at a confer
ence of Attorney-G General Brundage
and States Attorney Mortimer, held
here this morning Word that the
conference is in session was had at
offices of both men shortly before
noon.
Possibility that the indictment
against the governor may be nolled
was hinted at. The prosecution,
since Judge Edwards action in
separating the trials of the gov
ernor and Vernon Curtis, is dis
satisfied with the outlook it is said,
and the conference today is to de-
eide whether the indictment shall
be polIed, and new indictments
sought, or the trial proceeded with
Separation of the trials, the
prosecution has contended, has ma
terially weakened the case against
, the governor
Interest in Edwards
Waukegan, Ill, Feb. S.@Judge
| Claire c. Edwards will announce
in court tomorrow that if he said
| in his decision last Saturday, grant
ing Vernon Curtis and Governor
Len Small separate trials, that the
! special report of the SangamoI
, county grand Jury contained charge:
that were clearly "unfounded," hs
was mistaken and that what hi
meant to say was that the charges
were "unwarranted."
The official stenographer quote;
I the judge as saying:
"'The grand jury which returnet
! this Indictment saw fit to make
charges that are clearly unfounde6
and unauthorized"
Whether Judge Edwards will
/ grant motion by the state to
nolle the indictment against Cover
nor Small-should such a motion be
/ presented by the state tomorrow
/ is d question interesting Waukegan
lawyers. The supreme court decid-
ed a year ago in the case of the peo-
pie versus Judge Newcomber. oi
| Chicago, that the court was within
its rights in refusing to grant sucE
motion and ordering the state tc
| proceed with the trial.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03
BALLOTINGFOR
POPE IS BEGUN
Two Ballots Taken Up to 1 p. NJ,
With No Cardinal Receiving
Sufficient to Elect

Rome, Feb. 3.-(By the Associ-
ated Press. .)-The third and fourth
ballots were taken by the conciaVe
of the sacred college this evening
in an effort to choose a successor
to Pope Benedict There was no
choice, however, on either ballot
Rome, Feb. 3.-(By the Assoclat-
ed Press. .)-Voting for the election
of a pope to succeed Benedict XIV
was begun by the conclave Of the
sacred college today Two bal
lots had been taken up to O'Clock
this afternoon, on neither of which
any cardinal received a sufficient
number of votes to elect
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03
BODIES OF y
MINERS FOUND
Official Death Toll of Gates, Pa.
Disaster Is 25; Three Men Bur-
ried Under Slate Fail.

Gates. Pa, Feb. 3.-Twenty-five
miners lost their lives in the ex-
plosion which wrecked part of
the Gates mine of the H. c. Frick
Coke company yesterday. according
to an official announcement today.
Twenty-Five bodies have been re-
covered. The other three are bur
led under a fall of slate and can
not be reached from the entries in
which rescue crews have been
working.
Rescue teams were sent to the
Edenborn mine and expected to
work their way through old work
ings to the section of the Gates
mine affected by the explosion
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03
DECATUR SCHOOL
ROBBED BY WOMAN

Decatur, ILL.,, Feb. 3.-An auburn
haired woman, who gives her name
as Miss Florence Atkinson, of Sar-
MIA, Ont, is in the county Jail un-
der a charge OF grand larceny. hav-
ing been caught in the Central Jun
ior high school here Thursday aft
ernoon and having in her posses
sion clothing taken in a previous
visit to the Decatur school.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03
CIOLOTTI MAY
PICK CABINET
Italian Senators and Deputies Ad-
wise King TO Ask Former Pre-
nier to Head Government.

London, Feb. 3-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. THE presidents of
the Italian senate and chamber of
deputies have advised King Victor
Emmanuel to ask former Premier
Giolotti to form a cabinet in sue
cession to the Bonomi ministry, it
is understood. says Central News
dispatch from Rome today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight and Saturday; not
much change in temperature.
Local temperature tonight be-
tween Is and 20 degrees.
Highest temperature yesterday
90: lowest last night 16.
Wind velocity at a m, IA miles
per hour.
Precipitation, none.
lam. 7p.m- am
yester. yester. today
Dry bulb temp "a "a 10
Wet bulb temp. 20 "a 10
Relative humid. "a 90 20
River stage at a. m, 49, a faIi
of a last "a hours.
Sunset today. $50 p m; sun
rise tomorrow, 7:13 a m
ANDREW HAMRlCk,
Meteorologist
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03

SWEPT BY FIRE
School at East Las Vegas, N. M
Almost Completely Destroyed;
Loss Is $150,0OO.

East Las Vegas. N M. Feb. g.
A midnight fire, believed to have
started from defective fiue of the
roof of the main building of the
New Mexico Normal university
here, destroyed the top three stories
of the four-story building at mid
night last night and practically
mined the first floor. The main Ii
hrary of the university, containing
3. 600 yolues, has been destroyed.
The loss is estimated at more than
S150,000.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03
ARMS MEET TO
HEAR HARDING
President VIII Attend PIenary Ses.
sion Next Monday; Adjourn
ment Sine Die Expected.

Washington. Feb. 3.-(By the As
sociated Press)-A plenary session
of the arms conference has been
called for 1920 a. IN. tomorrow.
Washington, Feb. 3.-(By The
Associated Press plans wCre
made today for the attendance os
President Harding at plenary
session of the arms conference next
Monday, to witness the signings
of the treaties, to thank the dele
gates for their work and to par
ticipate generally in the activities
marking adjournment of the coli
ference
1t had been planned to adjourn
the conference sine die tomorrow,
but state department draughtsmen
said they could not have the official
treaty text prepared before Mon
day
1t was believed the president
would make an address at the
Monday session, and that heads of
the various delegations would re-
spond before the final gavel.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03
ANOTHER Grid
STAR TUMBLES
Johnny MOhardt, NOtre Dame Half
back, Confesses He Played With
Legion Team at Milwaukee.

South Bend, Ind, Feb. 3-Johnny
Mohardt, star halfback on the Notre
Dame football team, admitted today
to a faculty member that he played
in a football game with the Racine
American Legion team at Milwau-
kee, after the close of the football
season last November Announce
ment to this effect was made by
Rev. William A. Carey, chairman of
the university's athletic commit
tee
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03
BLAZE ROUTS
so FAMILIES
Five-Story Apartment Partially De-
stroyed in Chicago; Woman
Jumps Two Stories.

Chicago, Feb. 3-Fifty families
were forced to flee from their
homes early today when fire of un-
known origin partially destroyed a
five-story apartment building. One
woman became panic-stricken and
leaned from a second-story window,
INIT was uninjured. The loss is es-
timated at $4,000.
Mrs. Mary Flemmer. living on
the fifth floor of the building. car
ried her sister, Dorothy Bennett, ?
wears old, down the fire escape to
safety.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03

Los Angeles, Calf, Feb. "a
half dozen cigaret stubs offer a key
to a mystery which for "a hours has
been deeper than any developed il
his work by William Desmond Tay-
lor, noted motion picture director
yelling his death Wednesday night
at his home here from a slayer's
bullet, according to Investigators
These half-smoked remains found
near the back door of his luxuri
ously appointed residence give mute
evidence that some man apparent
ly waited nervously there on the
evening of the murder.
They link with statements by
Mrs. Douglas Mclean, wife of a mo-
ton picture actor, that on the eve
ming of the murder she heard &
shot fired, and looking from tht
window of her home, which over
looks that of Taylor's, she saw {
man, stranger to her, emerge from
the front door of Taylor's home
look back through and apparently
speak, close the door and depart
Stranger is Seen.
Another link is a statement b,
employees at an oil service sta
tion nearby that within an hou
prior to that time a stranger, whom
they described similarly, asket
them where W. D. Taylor lived AM
they directed him to the plac'
where the killing later occurred
The crew of a street car added in
| formation that at a time Closel!
| corresponding to that which Mrs
Mclean gave as that of the de
parture of the mystery man from
Taylor's house. stranger boarded
| the car at a stop close by from
/ which passengers rarely boarded /
car. They describe him similarly
! These revelations only served T.
deepen the mystery, for Mrs. Nc
! Lean, who knew the former servan
of Taylor, for whom the police ar
! seeking and who Taylor reported t.
the police some time ago, as hav
| ing stolen property and money from
him, said that the stranger was no
this servant The porch light o
Taylor's home was on, and Mrs
Mclean observed him in its full
| glow.
Film Stars Involved.
The movements of this strange
coincide with the visit Of Mabe
Normand, motion picture actress
to Taylor's home on the evening o
the murder. Taylor escorted Mis-
Normand to her motor car AM
talked a few minutes with he
there. The front door to his hom
was open. Investigators suggeste
that the stranger who had bee
nervously smoking cigarets Will
waiting for an opportunity to ge
at Taylor, apparently entered tn
apartment while the door was opel
and Taylor was out talking to Mis-
Normand-
The time Miss Normand fixed a
that of her departure closely CORE
spends to the time Mrs. MacLea
fixes as having heard the shot, a
indication possibly, investigator
say, that the stranger shot Taylo
Immediately after the latter return
ed to the house and seated himsel
before his desk to continue wor
on his income tax statement
Question Edna PurViance.
Miss Edna Purviance, motion pic
ture actress, who occupies two
story bungalow similar to that c
Taylor in the same court or grou
of buildings, informed police tina
she returned home about midnigh
Wednesday and observed light
burning in Taylor's home. She sal
she thought nothing of it, as sh
| Continued on Page Twelve)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03
RAID ST,
CAFE, ARREST so

st. Louis. Mo, Feb. 3.-Amid the
eln Of crashing bottles and break
ing glasses, policemen and federal
prohibition enforcement agents
shortly before last midnight raided
cafe in downtown hotel and ar
rested GO persons, among them
many young women. The cafe is
'fequented by actors and actresses
VINO stage a theatrical evening
eFery Thursday. Ninety other guests
we're permitted to remain.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03
HIGH STUDENTS
MORALS Low, SAY
DANCE HALL MEN

Chicago, Feb. 3.-Dance hall
managers here don't want high
scnool students as customers
because their morals are SO low
ney have a bad effect upon the
regular habitues of such places,
MISS Jennie Binford, investiga-
tor for the Juvenile Protective
association, said in an address
peiore the Chicago Women's
club.
won't say it's true that
.neir morals are that low" Miss
nnford said, "but that's what
tne managers think. They told
.ne SO when ! suggested hav-
iag high school students attend
series of demonstrations OF
correct dances"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03
film MANS
DEATH CLUE
IN CIGARETS
Stubs Found Near Door of
Taylor's Home Key
to Staying.

Los Angeles, Calf, Feb. s.
SubpOenas were issued by the
county coroner this afternoon
for Miss Mabel Normand, Mary
Miles Minter, Edna Purviance,
motion picture actresses; DOu-
gfas MacLean, actor. and his
wife, and William Davis, Miss
NOrmand's chauffeur, to appear
at an inquest tomorrow at l $50
over the body of Motion Picture
Director Taylor, mysteriOusly
slain Wednesday night.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03
ATLANTA.

Atlanta. Feb. 8. - Basic condi-
tions here are gradually improving
and bankers and business men see
a slow but certain uptuTn in all
lines as compared with conditions
half a year ago. Allowing for nat
ural seasonal recessions, the situ-
alton is on a sounder basis through
out the southeast.
The rural districts are still
slow to recover from the depres-
sion but their recovery if slow is
none the less certain, according to
local bankers. Frozen credits are
blamed for the situation in the
country districts and hope is ex-
pressed that the farm loan bank
will be able to provide sufficient
help to enable the small commune
ties to get on their feet Building
permits issued here last month
passed the million dollar mark. This
is the best record made ia any jan
uary in 10 years More homes were
started than in any month the city
ever has known.
Stockholders of the Georgia Rail-
way and Power company, which
furnishes gas and electric light to
Atlanta, have voted to appeal the
decision of the circuit court OF ap-
peals which upheld an order OF the
state railway commission reducing
the rate for gas from $1.65 to $l.55
per thousand cubic feet. Ten gas
companies in Georgia have been or
dered to show cause why thelI
rates should not be reduced.
DETROIT.
Detroit, Feb. 3.-Attention OF
nearly every business man in De
troit is centered on the sale of the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-03
The Argus
Business
Review
(By. Consolidated Press.)
Telegraphic dispatches from
nations important Cenfers
giving Business News and
Reviews of Interest and I'm
portance to Producer and
Consumer.
ST. LOUIS.

st. Louis, Feb. 3.-Undercurrents
OF the greatest significance are in
evidence in the business of this
section. They show well defined
preparations for heavy production
and distribution and a decided but
unobstruSive increase in buying
power. Indications are not lacking
of vigorous and increasing de-
mand for industrial raw materials
and manufactured products. and it
Is believed that this demand will
culminate in the early spring in a
much greater volume of commerce
and trade. General commerce, for
the moment, is tiding over what is
normally the dullest part of the
year.
A search beneath the surface of
these temporary conditions, how
ever, shows capital ready for in
vestment with plans already ap-
proved and projects financed which
will involve an expenditure of many
millions in this territory. More
than thirty million dollars will be
spent in ST. Louis alone in building
constructions as soon as costs are
adjusted and rapid progress toward
/ satisfactory adjustment is being
made. Railway and public utility
I improvements and repairs are now
! being financed and plans for high
way and street construction will
/ involve tremendous sum Manu-
facturers and jobbers report COM
paratively large orders for spring
stocks. Retailers are buying close
ly and merchants are cleaning out
stocks of all but standard lines.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01
OMAHA BANDIT
BATTLES COPS
Steals Police Auto: Crime
Career Continues

LINCOLN. Neh.. June I--Fr.1
Brown. Omaha bad man. who
chained and assaulted two Omaha
women and escaped. again fooled The
polien last night when he stole a
Ford car from the horne Of John c.
Broadly and drove from town.
Broadly II chief Of the National DE.
teciive bureau. A search for Brown
followed an exchange OF shots be.
tween Brown and Walter Schroeder
probate officer. last night at II
o'clock.
Brown again escaped and wa. still
nj large AT daybreak when the forces
81 the law increased their efforts tc
capture him. dead or alive. At IL
=. m he had not been found.
The story OF Browns reappearanc,
IN Lincoln after his sensational
crime. presented an fiction. would
not be plausible enough 10 pass ths
EDITORS Since Monday Brown has
drawn $500 from bank. struggled
with a woman who tried TO hold him
In Main ~. in daylight, entered res
iaurants. twice getting food and
newspapers. held n iodger captive In
= fun rooming house In day time and
watched crowds on the streets below
searching for him. shot al and elud
ed officers while hundreds were cen
tered around few blocks wunnlns
for him, and escaped In a car stoier
from a detective.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01
CEREMONY
FOR AMUNDSEN
Departure for Pole to Have
Festive Air

A ceremony In which army officers
and military band. q detachment OF
marines and a large delegation of
members of the Chamber of Com
merce are scheduled TO participate,
will mark tho departure Saturday eft.
ernoon OF the Maud, which will take
Capt. Amundson and his party Of
scientists into the Arctic.
The band. which will be provided
by Col. Oscar Charles. commandant
OF Fort Lawton. win play the star
Spangled Banner" during the raising
Of an American flag at the dock.
The marines. under the command
OF Sergeant Charles Adams, will re.
lease the hawsers that hold tho boat
to the dock, and as the vessel sets
saii the band will play the Norwegian
national anthem
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01
School Head Held
as Child DeserteY

Arrested by deputy sheriffs on a
tslegraphed warrant. Clark IL.
Grunewaid. 81. head OF n chiroprac.
tic school In the Economy building,
First ave. and Pike 81. was held In
the county Jail Thursday for author
ities In Stearna county. Minnesota
Grunewaid is charged with deser.
ton. lie is alleged 10 have failed q
support his 7-ycar.old son. Clark
Russell Crunewald.
on December II. 1880. Grunewaid
IL said TO have been divorced from
his wife, Eta. A. Grunewald. and
TO have been ordered to pay $50 q
month for the support OF the child
Later he came to Seattle and mar.
ried again.
Grunewaid, according to his attor'
ney. Ralph II. Higgins. admits that
he was behind In paying the ali.
mony. but declared that until bust.
ness was better he would have to
pay Just what he could.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01

COURT FIGHT?
McCormicks May End Their
Battle Over MathiIde

CHICAGO. June i.--comprcmlac
in tho fight between Edith Rockofel.
Ter Mccormick and her divorced hus.
band. Harold r. Mccormick. over the
marriage or their daughter. Mathiids.
to Max oscr. Swiss groom. doomed
hers today.
aIra. Mccormick rushed 10 the Of.
flee OF her attorney, Charles Cutting.
just before the latter was 10 appear
in court 10 present additional reasons
why the l7.year MathlIde should
not marry O~nr.
Mrs. Mccormick lcft for her Lake
Forest home after n brief conference.
wherrupon Cutting FASTENED 10 tho
office Of Edwin Caascia. attorney for
Mccormick.
The petition may never b. fIled''
was NIL that Cutting would ray before
he went into conference with Cassels.
The fight between the Mccormicks
started following the appointment Of
Mccormick as his daughters guar.
dian.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01
City Ready to Buy
Greenwood Ave. Line

The council utilities committee
made final arrangements for the pur-
chase Of the Greenwood ave. car line
Thursday. The five-mile stretch OF
railway Is In tho Ballard district. The
city will pay the Puget Sound Light
q Power Co. approximately $4,000
for the lines.