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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-11
SPECIAL AGENT
CHASES WOMAN
IN AURORA, ILL.
Charges She Tore
Dolvn Railroad In
junction Card.

Aurora, ILL.,, July 11.-Satisfied
that no men were returning to work
the 1900 striking shopmen of the
Burlington railroad today had but
a handful Of parading watchers in
the vicinity Of the shops. Their
reports were that the total men in
the shops including guards, special
police and old men eligible to pen
sions totaled 30S. They asserted
that not more than 35 were actually
working.
There was no violence of any
kind over night but early last eve
ming Special Agent Newcomer OF
the railroad and United States
deputy marshal kicked down the
door of Roumanian family's home
at Root and Pierce streets in pur-
suing Mrs, Demeter Ignott who they
said had torn down a copy of an
injunction notice posted on railroad
property across the street from hel
home.
Foreigners Excited.
Such nests as these have to be
cleaned out" Mr.. Newcomer said
Most every one of them has a still
in the house and about 20 are under
the one roof. They don't realize
that they are striking against the
government instead of the railroad
and when they get keyed up they
lose all sense of responsibility"
Mrs. Ignott denied that she hat
torn down the notice.
Eugene George, the strikers
chief, admonished Mrs. Ignott and {
hundred other excited foreigner.
who assembled after the breakin;
down of the door, to keep off tn,
railroad property, let all notice.
alone and lay hands on no one.
IF necessary" he said through
an interpreter, I'VE will apply fo]
an injunction restraining the rail
road company employees from enter
ing your homes"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-11
BT GEORGE B. NEWMAN.

C Consolidated Press Correspondent.
Copyright, 1922. by The Argus.)
Louisville, KY, July 11.-John
Shell waited for a century, and
then a third of a century more to
become famous. He remained III
obscurity until he had gone 5o
years beyond the biblical three
score and ten. At the advanced age
of 1z5 John may have felt that he
never would become prominent.
But he patiently bided his time and
four years ago the spotlight Of the
nation was played upon him be-
cause it was then discovered that
he was the Oldest man in the world,
Now he is dead and laid in his
grave in the Kentucky hills at the
ripe old age Of 1874.
An illustration of why John re-
mained unnoticed while nations
were born and passed away can DC
obtained from the fact that he was
dead nearly a week before the news
Of his passing reached the tele-
graph wires. On Grassy Creek, ii
Leslie county, where Uncle John,
as he was known to the people
round him, life moves on today
as it did in the eighteenth cen
tury. The dwellers in this re
mote nook Of the Cumberlands arr
as sequestered from telegraph
telephone, motor or rails as wa:
Daniel Boone, WHOM John Shell
claimed to have seen as a boy.
Age Is Investigated.
Four years ago a party Of Lex
ington people who had attempted
a jaunt through the mountains
heard Of the old man who claimed
to have lived more than a centur.
and a quarter. They visited him
skeptical regarding his reported
age. They examined all of the evi
dence that it was possible to oh
tain and returned satisfied that h
was correct when he said he wa
born in 17SS.
When they repeated their stor.
to the outside world they started
controversy that has ragged eve
since. But the weight of the evi
dence was all in Johns favor an
in 1919 the Kentucky state fai
brought the old man to Louisvill
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-11
BULLETS FLY AT BLOOMINGTON SHOPS
John Shell, Kentlckian Who
Liued When Washington Was
President, Is Dead at 134

to attend the fair and meet his fell
low kentuckians. 1t was the first
time that he ever had made a trip
by railroad, yet this man demanded
a trip in an aeroplane and enjoyed
it thoroughly.
Proof as to Shells age rested on
two things, the testimony OF ply
sicians and the simple circumsLan-
tial evidence which Shell himself
offered. While in Louisville he pa
tientiy submitted to examinations
by leading physicians, some Of
whom came from as far away az
Chicago to see him. They agreed
that ne was we'll over the century
mark while most of them accepted
his statement that he was born in
1888.
Credit Simple Life.
The extreme simplicity of his life
among the remote mountains was
considered by the doctors to be the
chief factor IN giving him such long
life.
He was born in Tennessee, the
,, son of Samuel Shell, a gun maker
He showed a tax receipt dated 1905
showing he had paid taxes to the
sheriff that year. He was q the
year he acquired title to property
he said, and old neighbors told ol
their parents having known John
before they were born.
In his early manhood he was IA.
nous as maker of flintlOck rifles
He remembered clearly the nation
al mourning after the death o.
| Washington and said he was "tOt
old" to go to the Mexican war.
Left 2 Sons, 50 and Z.
Devotion to the truth is a passion
with the Kentucky mountaineer'
and this fact weighed heavily wheI
his claims were considered. Hi
first wife died when he was NOR,
than 100. He married again whel
he was LES. At his grave were ,
son 80 years old and a son Of Z.
Just before he passed on he toll
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Creech, will
whom he lived. that he was tire,
Of having lived SO long and wa
ready to 60. Thus passed on
whose life had kept pace year b,
year with the nation and who ha.
lived in the administration Of ever,
Il president
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DOWNPOUR OF
RAIN SWEEPS
MIDDLE WEST
Near Cloudburst II,
Kansas City; Chi
cago Flooded.

Chicago, July 1.-THE long over
due downpour which flooded city
streets all over the middlewest has
worn itself out. According to Off
cials of the United States weather
bureau here, local thundershowers
may be expected tonight and tomor-
row morning over Indiana and Illi-
nois, but there is no promise of
gathering storms in the northwest
so there is small probability of
more rain in the Mississippi valley
or Great Lake region until the end
of the week.
Missouri River Rises.
The storm approached a cloud
burst last night in Kansas City.
where two inches Of rain fell in 10
minutes. The stage of the Mis-
souri, river rose more than three
feet in a day, and food warnings
were sent out when it was found
that the stage was only four feet
below the food mark.
In Chicago surface transporta-
ton was interrupted by water
filled streets and one Of the prom
inent hotels was without light or
power as a result of flooded ma
chinery room. Water stood four
inches deep in Michigan avenue near
the loop, for awhile this morning,
and the fire department was busy
pumping out Easements.
No Damage DOwnstate.
Bloomington, ILL.,, July 11.-Bar-
ring the flooding of numerous base
merits and the blocking up of many
of the city's sewers, very little
damage is reported here from the
heavy rains Monday evening and
this morning.
Decatur, ILL.,, July 11.-Practi-
cally no damage resulted from a
heavy rain and electrical storm that
swept over Decatur last night and
early today.
Galesburg, ILL.,, July IA steady
downpour here last night lasted
several hours. There was no elec.
trical disturbance.
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CuARDSMEN
TURN GUNS
ON SHIPPERS
More Than 300 Shots Ex.
changed; None Is Re-
ported Hurt.

DAVVAhAsAS tVhS AsAr> O0AJ nv
(By the Associated Press.)-
Illinois national guardsmen
protecting tine Chicago T. Al.
ton railway shops here dug in
this morning following the ar.
rival Of nearly 100 n0n-uniOn
workmen from Chicago, and
prepared to hold the plant
against any mob.
Machine gun nests were en-.
trenched at strategic points,
while other machine guns and
automatic rifles frown from
windows Of the big plant
Bloomington, ILL.,, July 11.-(By
The Associated Press. More than
300 shots exchanged by state
guardsmen and snipers marked the
first nights control of the Chicago
and Alton shops by troops.
Two men hidden in a gully north
Of the shops fred twice at sentries
shortly before 3 a. m. Three hun
dred rounds from automatic rifles
were poured into the gully.
At daylight the place was
searched, but no trace Of the snipers
found.
Shooting was resumed at 7:15 this
morning when snipers fired on ii
sentry at the northeast edge of the
shop yards.
No one was wounded on the SOL
diers' side during the night.
It was unofficially reported at the
guard camp this morning that two
more companies of troops would
arrive today.
Expect Strfkcbreakers Today.
It is also understood that nom
union workers will arrive from
Chicago today. Arrangements
have been made to meet their train
with two companies Of troops to
escort the INTO work.
Four companies, including the
Delavan and Danville machine
gunners, were stationed in the
shops last night, while the Spring
field company patrolled the union
depot district.
The entire night was a success
sion of alarms. At midnight three
shots were fired at sentries near the
north end of the plant. A lieuten-
ant and detail Investigated and set
up machine gun covering a gro
Gerry store where Is to 25 strike
pickets were congregated. The lieu
tenant then told the pickets the
gun was trained on them and ID
| vised them to leave.
Several shots were fired at
o'clock from the direction Of an
elevated roadway block north Of
Seminary avenue, which bounds the
northern side of the shops. The
sentries responded, with no indica-
ton that any one was hurt.
Four Men Elude Sent1ies. :
At 2:45 Major L. w. Roszell re-
ceived report that four men had
succeeded in slipping past the SEN
try line into the shops on a spying
expedition, and had made their
escape. The north end of the shops
is a vast open tract, filled with piles
OF lumber, freight cars and small
buildings. The strikers, knowing
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-11
WIlkERS0N
Named FOR
U. S. JUDGE
Harding Picks Chicagoan
to Succeed KenesaW
M. Lands.

Washington, July 11.-James H.
Wilkerson was nominated today by
President Harding to be federal
Judge for the southern Illinois dis
trict, succeeding former Judge
kenesaw M. Lands. who resigned
several months ago to become arbi.
TRAITOR of organized baseball.
James H. Wilkerson, successor tc
Judge Lands, has had long ca.
reer here as county attorney, mem
Der of the Illinois legislature, as
sistant and later United States dis.
trict attorney, and assistant to At
tcrney General Brundage Of 1lli
nois.
He was born at Savannah, Mo.
Dec. II, 1869, graduated from De
paw university, Green Castle. Ind
and started the practice of law il
Chicago. -.=
Prosecuted Standard OIL.
As assistant district attorney h,
plOScSuICu, DCAOAC y uu6C AdAuASy liz
Standard Oil rebating cases, il
which Judge Landis announced tn,
famous S29 100000 fine. In 1910 Mr.
! Wilkerson headed the prosecution
Of the antitrust suits against tn
leading packers, and in 1911 he wa
appointed district attorney by Pres
ident Taft
Later he acted as chairman o
the Illinois public utilities commits
sion under Governor Lowden, AM
/ at the close Of his term was ap
pointed assistant attorney-genera
of Illinois. In that capacity, b
was prominent in the array Of lie
gal talent which presented the cas-
| against Governor Small Of Illinois
, who was acquitted few weeks ag
of charges of embezzling interes
on state funds while state treas
! urer.
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DOUCHb0YS
MAY GUARD
! U. S. MAILS
harding Likely to Follow
Cleveland Precedent
of 1894.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Washington, D. c.. July H.
FEDERAL troops may have to be used
BY the government to support the
various marshals and deputies who
have been appointed to see that the
mails are protected and interstate
commerce is not interrupted.
Officials of the department OF
Justice searching precedents today
admitted that a course of proceed
ure similar to that followed by
President Cleveland and Attorney
General Olney in the famous Pull
man strike of 1894 was not unlike
" II the marshals were unable to
secure respect for authority.
The appointment Of United States
uarshals to enter the strike zone
snd see that mail trains are not in
tsrrupted is the first step. 1t is
taken by the department of justice
on the broad ground that the fed
eral statutes make it the duty o'
the department Of justice to see tt
It that there is no combination o
any kind "in restraint of trade.
This is the language of the inter
state commerce act Of July, 1890
and in 1894 the marshals ant
deputy marshals found themselve
unable to cope with disorders AM
called upon the war department fo
support. Two regiments entere'
Chicago and this brought to an en'
interference with interstate com
merce.
Many Marshals Named.
President Harding may find him
self in the same position as hi;
predecessor, Mr.. Cleveland. Con
ferences thus far have led to de
termination to use the full force o
the federal government to secur'
obedience to the federal laws. Sc
we're penalties are provided for thu
punishment of anyone who con
tributes in any way to the inter
ference with Journeys of mai
trains or the destruction of live
or private property enroute fron
state to state. In connection wit
the appointment during the last 2
hours of marshals and deputies
the following status is cited by of
fcials of the department of justice
being section 1888:
"The marshals and their deputie
shall have in each state the sam
! powers in executing the laws of tn
United States as sheriffs and thei
deputies in such state may have b.
law in executing the laws thereof.
Still further explanation of tn
power of the chief executive is Civ
en- in the Neagle case by a decision
Of the supreme court of the Unite,
States which said:
Court Ruling Cited.
$50 if the president or the post
master general is advised that tn
mails of the United States, possibl,
carrying treasure, are liable to b
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-11
CLERKS STRIKE
IS SANCTIONED
Motherhood President o. KS
Walkout Of Norfolk & Western
Employees.

Cincinnati, O., July IA strike
of railway clerks, freight handlers,
EXPRESS and station employees on the
Norfolk and Western railroad has
been sanctioned by Grand President
E. H. Fitzgerald. according to l. D.
Mumby, assistant to Fitzgerald at
the headquarters Of the Brother
hood Of Railway Clerks here today.
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WABASH TAKES
0FF54 TRAINS
Officials Say Curtailment is Due to
Lack Of Coal and Not to
Rail Strike,

Danville, ILL.,, July 11.-Fifty-four
trains, six Of them entering Dan
vile, have been taken OF the Wa
bash railway, it was announced
here today. Officials here said the
curtailment was due to lack of coal
coming from Kentucky and not due
to the strike.
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GOVERNOR HYDE
CALLS TROOPS
ASsouri Executive Sends Two
companies to New Franklin to
Queu Strikers.

~ seuerson City, Mo-, July 11.-(By
ae Associated Press. THE two
mpanies ~ Of national guards were
.s.s sut 70 New Franklin because the
suon Of the strikers committee in
Gsslnins three shop officials Of the
t'ssouri, Kansas & Texas to re-
..n from repairing airbrakes was
clear abridgement of the right
xork by intimidation" Governor
sue asserted today.
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DEMPSEY, WILLS
SIGN FOR FIGHT

New York, July 11.-Champior
Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills,
through their managers, today sign
~ contract to box for the worlds
.a.eaVywelght championship at a
aaae and place to be named later.
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GUARDS ARRIVE
AT HER|NGT0N
Two Hundred Kansas State Tro0ps
Go On Duty at Rock Island
Lines Shops.

Topeka, Kans., July 1.-Two
hundred men Of the Kansas Ma
tional guards arrived at Herington
today to guard the Rock Island
shops and the water main leading
from the city pumping station to
the shops.
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c. & &E.L.SEEkS
AN INJUNCTION
II Granted, It VIII Cover All South.
erl Illinois Points. Includ.
ing Herrin.

Chicago, July 1.-THE Chicago &
Eastern Illinois announced today
that 1t was preparing to ask an in
junction in East st. Louis to cover
all points in southern Illinois. This
would include the mining towns in
the Herrin district. where the rs-
cent mine troubles occurred,
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SMALL STOPS
AT MUSCATINE
6overnOr and Party on Steamer IL.
lincis Which Docks to Take
on Supplies.

Muscatine, Iowa, July 11.-Gov-
enor Len Small of Illinois and his
party were visitors here today
when the steamer Illinois docked
nere to take on supplies. The
steamer proceeded up the Missis-
slppi after short stay.
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GIRL KILLS DADS SLAYER.

Mexico City, July 1.-THE l5-
year-old daughter of Jesus z. Ma
reno, editor of Ell Heraldo De
Mexico, avenged the death Of her
father, who was slain last May by
Deputy Llorca. After killing
Llorca in front of his home the girl
surrendered to the police.
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CHILE, PERU
RESUME MEET
Joint Sessions Are Renewed 70
Complete Agreement on TacuA.
africa Dispute.

Washington, July 11.-(By tho
Associated Press)-The Chilean
Peruvian conference resumed its
joint sessions today to complete
details Of its agreement for arbi-
tration Of the dispute over TacnAr
africa
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STATUE FOR BUFFALO BILL. :.

Cody, Wyo., July 1.-THE Buffalo
Bill memorial committee commits
STONED Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney
of New York to design a statue Of
w. F. Buffalo Bill" Cody to be un-
vei.ed at the annual Cody STAN
pede in 1924. 8ttt8
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PENNSYLVANIA Is
CHOSEN EIKS' HEAD

Atlantic City. N. j., July Ill
Edgar Masters Of Charleroi, Pa,
was unanimously elected grand ex-
alted ruler of the Elks at their an
nual convention today.
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remain
At The HAGUE
Officials Say Experts win Stay
p Until End Of Conference on
Russ Affairs.

Paris, July 11.-(By The Asso-
ciated ess.)-France has decided
to keep her experts at The Hague
until the end of the conference oa
Russian affairs there, it was an
nounced in official circles today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-11

Chicago, July 1.-THE Brother
hood of Railroad Signalmen will
not strike, for the present at least,
according to a statement issued
this morning by D. W. Helt, presi-
dent of the organization. The de-
cision was arrived at after a con-
ference between the executive board
of the union and the railroad labor
board.
Mr.. Helt's statement said that the
signalmen would take up all ques-
tions of disagreement with the
roads separately and in case an un-
derstanding could not be arrived
at the matter would be taken up
again with the railroad labor board.
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THE WEATHER

Thunder showers probable this
afternoon or tonight. Wednesday
partly cloudy and somewhat un-
settled. Not much change in tenn
perature.
Highest temperature yesterday.
70; lowest last night, 67.
Wind velocity at Z a. m, miles
per hour.
Precipitation last "a hours. .S3
inch. ---.-
yester. yester. today
IL m. Ppm Tam.
Dry bulb temp. .73 II 20
Wet bulb temp. .6S 68 So
Relative humid. 80 64 "a
River stage at a. m, ~; no
change last "a hours.
Sunset today. 7.39 p. M: sunrise
tomorrow, 4.38 a. m.
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yester. yester. today
River Forecast.

The Mississippi river from below
Dubuque to Muscatine will change
but little during the next few days;
the changes generally will show a
rising tendency.
ANDREW HAMRICK.
Mefeorolo8i3t
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HAGUE DELEGATES AGREE.
The Hague, July 1L-European
delegates decided to adopt a united
front on all questions before the
Russian conference.
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-26
Question. md Answers.

Canker Sorcs--Can YOU suyvcs, any med j.
cine or diet or preventive treatment for cank-
or sores in the mouth? suffer n great deal
from these painful sores,-M. r. X
Answer-Tou"h each canker daily with
half tincture of iodine and half glycerin on
wisp Of cotton on tnothpiok. Rinse the
mouth freely and at least four times daily
with solution OF all the boric acid powder
freshly boiled water will dissolve. using the
solution at tepid heat.
Picking the Far Spots--Will slccpinE on a
pine pillow help out Il catarrhal condition NJ
the nose and throat? | understand that the
climate OF San Bcrnardno and san Diego, tai.
and Tampa and Petersburg, Fla. Is good for
a general catarrhal condi,ion.--H. J. D.. New
Jersey
Answor.-No. even hickory pillow won't
cure catarrh, whatever that may be. Only
inquired about the climate Of New York-the
bronchial "catarrh." Climates all seem good
when far away.
Fine scheme for Fat Husbands.-plcasc
send me some reducing exercises My hus
band Is rs years old. sixty-six inches tall and
weighs 2l0 puunds.-MRS. M. j.
Answer.-Frienh husband will have to take
the medicine himself. and even at that. exer-
else won't do the business. He must shave
the intak" with ruthless hand As wise old
Luigi CornarO said: He who would eat much
must eat little" Quote that tn friend hus-
band and watch him tremble My dear
mndam. why work yourself to death prepar-
Ing eats for the man. when by n hrm bu,
gentle pruning OF the menu. you can keep him
so much longer?
Copyright National Newspaper ServiceD
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-26
TEACHES WAR ORPHANS
IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY
ny Associated press.I

AUBURN, n. Y, July 25.-To teach
youthful French war orphans and
Russian refugees tho ideals OF true
democracy is the object OF trip Of
william G.. George, founder OF the
George Junior Republic at Freeviile,
who sails August 10 for France.
where he will establish similar re-
public colony al Chavoniac. the
former home Of Marquis Lafayette.
His enterprise is backed by lead
ing Americans ard French groups in
terested In his work for the small
est republic In the world" here in
the Finger Lakes region.
Many OF the young people who will
make UP the colony in France come
from the best families OF old Russia.
but are lacking in an appreciation OF
what real republic is and how IL
functions, Mr. George says. Some
citizens of tho Junior republic may
accompany Mr.. George.