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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
RAIL BOARD
may SIT IN
WASHINGTON
zrding W ants Body
Brought to Capital,
Lawrence Says.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

copyright, 1922, by The Argus.) }
Washington. d. c., July 22.-
President Harding's decision to
esnd for Chairman Ben w. Hooper
Il the United States Railway Labor
board may be the forerunner of a
change in location Of the headquar-
TITS Of the board itself which hith-
srto has been fixed at Chicago by
law.
So close is the relationship be-
tween many activities of the fed
0al government in the national
capital and the work of the labor
hoard that entirely apart from the
numerous problems which have
trisen to complicate the railroad
drike situation the president ii
convinced that the interests of ev.
sfybody would be better served il
the board moved to Washington
Mr.. Harding is considering a re.
guest that congress amend the
transportation act to permit thu
change.
For many weeks, Mr.. Harding
has been trying to keep in toucl
With the rail situation either by let
ter or long-distance telephone. Blu
he lacks Information as to intimat'
phases of the negotiations betweel
imil executives and labor leader
which cannot be gotten except b.
personal contact. The atmos
phere, so to speak, is missing
Is hard to follow the delicate pro
cess OF industrial negotiations from
s.thddsand-mife distance.
4 Could Avoid Mistakes.
Il The labor board has made som,
|mistakes-probably its member,
would be the first to admit it
There are those In the government
Who claim that the mistake.
vpald not have happened il tn,
board had been located in Wash
: ington and had the benefit of tn,
counsel and facts which variou.
departments Of the government
could give.
Au tuO 4uCoSAOA VA SCuAOl H.
rights which arose after the raj
strike was called, the labor board
In the opinion of its critics, pu
itself on record too rapidly an,
made it difficult for the railroad
TO recede on this point. 1t is as
serted that the railroads have il
the past used the threat of forfeit
ure Of seniority rights only in al
extreme emergency and have con
SANITY postponed putting it int
effect to give time for a reconcilia
ton.
Should Confer With /. C. c.
MIR. Harding and Mr.. Hooper flint
themselves compelled now to ar
range some way out Of the presen
difficulty on seniority rights. The,
might have accomplished this man.
days ago if they could have sa
down face to face and talked /
out. The president feels that tn,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
HOOPER ANO
HARDING IN
CONFERENCE
Six Leading Roads Seek
Separate Peace With
shopmen.

Washington. July 22.-(By the
Associated Press) - Chairman
Hooper of the railroad labor board
presented to President Harding in
a four-hour conference today de-
tails of the rail strike situation, re-
porting on the controversy be-
tween the union workers and the
executives from the inception to
the present time.
Leaving the White House after
the conference, the labor board
chairman told newspaper men that
naturally l do not feel at liberty
to discuss details of the confer
ence," and declined to state wheth-
er the president had in mind any
future conferences or give any ink
ling as to what the administration
program might be. He did say
however, that he was returning to
Chicago, leaving here at 6 O'Clock
this evening.
Harding Meets Senator's.
The president, after Mr.. Hooper
left the White house, went into
conference with Senators Under
wood, of Alabama and Pomerene, OF
Ohio, Democratic members of the
senate interstate commerce COM
mittee.
Earlier in the day, and during the
conference with Chairman Hooper
Senators Cummins, of Iowa, Wat
son, of Indiana, and Kellogg, Of
Minnesota, Republican members o1
the same committee, who conferred
here last Thursday night with lead.
ing railway executives Of the East
had been called to the White house
Washington, July 22.-(By thu
Associated ss.)-Chafrman Bel
w. Hooper OF the railroad labor
board, arriving here today in re-
sponse to a summons from the
White house, went into conference
with President Harding prepared
to give the executive a complete
survey of the railroad strike situa-
ton and the recent negotiations
conducted, with a view to bringing
about q settlement.
Chicago, July 22.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press.) AS the railroad
strike today entered it's fourth
week, negotiations for peace took a
new turn and expectant eyes were
turned to Washington, where Chair
man Hooper of the railroad labor
board was called for a conference
with President Harding, and to the
efforts of six leading railroads te
make separate peace with theil
striking shopmen. A conference
between w. L. McMenimen Of the
railway labor board and Secretary
OF Labor Davis, at Mooseheart, Ill.
also was regarded as possible
producer of peaceful gesture.
Canada Faces Strike.
Reports from half dozen cities
that approximately $4,000 clerks
and other railway employees had
voted to walk out, and new indica-
tions that Canada was facing a
shopmen's strike, added to the
weight of President CRADLES state.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
WHISTLE TALK
OUTDOES RADIO
IN CANARY ISLE

1
washington, July 22.-Ameri-
Ion radio devices have no chance
a competing with the "whis-
Mns language" of the native on
~ Island Of Gomera, in the
IssAoaries. according to a report
me commerce department to-
I from Consul F. A. Henry, at
Ienerife.
fne Inhabitants Of this is
ad." he said. by use Of Z sys-
a. OF whistling signals can con-
nv bits Of news and informa-
eon over considerable distance
~ great rapidity. The system
- back hundreds OF years
consequently radio teleph-
y practically unknown"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
CLINTON FACES
COAL famine
Power Plant of Iowa Town Has
Only 8 Days SHpplE Steam
Coal Price Rises.

Clinton. Iowa, July 22.-With an
nouncement that the Clinton Gas
and Electric company has only
nine days supply of steam coal in
its bins, and a like amount enroute
by freight, it was reported here to-
day that the price of steam coal is
quoted at SIS ton at the mines,
and almost impossible to secure at
that price.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
CONTINUED on Page Thirteen.)
LEAGUE 0. KS
TWO MANDATES

London, July 22.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press)-The Palestine and
Syrian mandates were approved
this afternoon by the council of the
League of Nations, with the under
standing that they take effect as
soon as France and Italy reach an
agreement ON certain minor details
now under discussion in Paris.
The revised form of article XIV,
which presented the chief difficult
ty, was accepted by all parties
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
WIRTH ACCEPTS
ALLIED DEMAND
Germany Agrees to Conditions On
Guarantees for Duration Of
Moratorium.

Paris, July 22.-(By the Associa-
ted Press.)-Germany has formal
ly accepted the demands of the al
lied committee on guarantees which
were presented at Berlin last Tues
day. In q letter to the reparations
commission received today, Chan
cellor Wirth stated that Germany,
after profound deliberation, had de-
cided to accept the conditions OF
the duration Of the moratorium,
which the German government as
sumed would be soon granted.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22

Dawson, 7. T., Ju1y4 2z.-(By the
Associated Press - Clarence o.
Prest, the Clinton (Iova) aviator,
while attempting . flight across
Yukon territory and Alaska, flew
with his moving picture camera
above a great herd Of caribou and
was forced to land in theft midst.
Tho herd is part of the great body
Of caribou which annually trek
across the region near Dawson and
Eagle. Prest had flown by a
roundabout way from San Bernar-,
dino, Calf, to the far north.
His own story Of his experience
is told in a dispatch from Eagle to
the Dawson Daily News:
Lands Among Caribou.
Thirty minutes out Of Eagle my
engine bucked," he said. Il looked
for a landing place and picked
what looked like a level spot. 1t
was Niger Head Flat, at the head
OF Deer creek, eight miles south Of
Seventy-Mile river. I fixed the en-
gine and noticed couple of Carl
bou. set up my movie camera
SO as to get them. More Of them
were coming SO began to see about
taking-off. Turning, / noticed FIVE
or six hundred caribou all around
the airship and camera and rushed
back expecting to find the camera
ruined, but no damage was done. I
got ready to take-oH, but the ship
went on her nose in the soft going
and broke the propeller.
II had been debating about
! killing one of the caribou, but the
debate ended when the propeller
broke, 80 l killed one with my pis-
tol and butchered him with pocket
knife.
Wind Wrecks Ship.
II was overhauling the motor
when a puf Of wind finished the job
by turning the ship over on her
back and breaking the radiator.
so l deserted the ship, stripped
of the instruments and magnetic,
and started to pack down to the
river. / got down with one load and
saw was not going to make it with
the grub had, SO cached every
thing and went back to the ship
and slept In It's tail that Sunday
night. / had left my compass in a
cache at the mouth OF Barney
creek, SO started without 1t. l
was further out than ! thought I
did not pick up the trail and made
a lot of unnecessary circles, climb
ing mountains for observation. 1t
was raining steadily, but l had
equipped myself with a small can
of gasoline for starting fires.
my shoes and feet were giving
out and l was afraid to lie down to
sleep. Finally on Wednesday l
struck the trail at Nimrod Bar and
shortly after a searching party
hove in sight"
Wrecked Once Before.
Clinton, Iowa, July 22.-"Ollie"
Prest, as Clarence O. Prest, the
Clinton aviator who met disaster
while attempting a fight across
Yukon territory and Alaska, known
here in the days when he was a
attempt to fly to Siberia by airplane
airplane activities. was regarded as
a daring adventuref. His present
attempt to fly to Siberie by airplane
Is his second. Once before he was
wrecked in the regions of the far
north. ~
On the present trip he left Buff
falo ON May 1O'and reached Clinton
on May IL, having lost his way late
| in the afternoon Of the previous
day. After visiting friends here, he
''hopped OF" on May IA to continue
his trip to Siberia. via Nome, Alas
ka. He has had seven previous air
plane wrecks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
BY JACK CARBERRY,
Consolidated Press Correspondent.
(Convr,~ht 1922 nv The Arpusl

Consolidated Press Correspondent.
Copyright. 1872, by The Argus.)
Emporia. Kan. July 22-The con-
troversy between the two bosom
friends, and closest Of chums, Gov
ernor Henry ]. Allen and William
Allen White, will be a distinct fac
tor in the Kansas primaries on
Aug. 8, politicians declared today.
That was the outstanding develop
ment today of situation that has
created mirth everywhere in Kan
sas and which promises to keep the
state laughing for some time to
come. But whether as result
there also will come an end to the
extremely friendly relations be-
tween the two editors is subject
that is causing serious comment.
For years the pair have been the
closest Of friends. 1t did not take
Whites book, ''The Martial Adven-
lures Of Henry and Me" to show
this. Above their desks hang auto
graphed photographs. On that
framed above Whites chair is the
inscription, ITO a sincere true
friend, Henry J. Allen" while on the
corresponding likeness, hung where
it is in easy view from where the
governor conducts his various tasks
are these words, ITO my best and
truest friend, Henry, William Allen
White"
White Fathered Kansas Court.
The industrial court over which
they have quarreled because White
has insisted ON carrying in the win
dow of his newspaper office a pla-
card announcing I'VE are 81 per
cent in sympathy with the railroad
strikers" and announced the per-
centage of the sympathy would be
increased or decreased according to
the lawfulness with which the
strike is conducted, was their joint
work. 1t is no secret that much
Of the language creating the body
which is designed to relieve Kansas
Of part at least Of its labor trou-
bles, was fathered by White. In
fact there have been many who
have asserted that the whole act
was his brain child" But Gov
ernor Allen has announced that the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
FOSTER IS MADE
MAJ0R-GENERAL
Veteran of 40 Years. Service With
illinois National Guard Gets
Reward.

Springfield, ILL.,, July e2.-Forty
years service with the Illinois Ma
tional Guard and fourteen years as
brigadier-general was rewarded by
Adjutant-Ge Black this morn
ing when he advanced General d.
Jack Foster, Of Chicago. on the re-
tired list as . major-general.
General Foster was commAndant
of the First brigade. Illinois Ma
tional guard. which went to the
Mexican border In 1917.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
IRISH REGULARS
RETREAT TO CORK

Dublin, Ireland. July 22.-With
both flanks Of the Republican in
surgent army broken, through yes
terday's capture of Waterford and
Limerick, the regular troops today
were reported to be retreating in
the direction Of Cork.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
N. &S1.L. GETS
AN NINjUNCTION


Springfield. nj. July Fed
eral Judge NtxHensy last might
granted : temporary restraining or
der. f0rbidding interference with
the operation Of the Peoria shops
Of the Minneapolis Z st Louis rail-
road, 1t was announcod here today.
It was granted q BIoomin&t0n.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
MADALYNNE TRIAL
STOPS TILL MONDAY

Los Angeles, Calf, July 22.-The
second trial Of Mrs. Madalynne
Obenchain, for the staying Of J.
Bolton Kennedy, was adjourned un-
til Monday when counsel will begin
arguments to the jury.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
rTGHT FREIGHT RATES,

st. Paul, Minn., July 22.-Repre-
sentatives OF nine states decided to
wage q cooperstivei fight against
the application of railroads to re-
move the differential In freight
rates between wheat and coarse
grains.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
CAVALRY ARRIVES
IN PENNSY TOWN

Cokeburg, Pa, July 22.-Troops
of the 104th Pennsylvania cavalry
arrived here this morning. 1t was
understood that field headquarters
would be established here.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
MYRON T. HERRICK
SAILS FROM FRANCE

Paris. July 22.-Myron T. Her
rick, the American ambassador to
France, will sail for the United
States on the steamship Paris to-
day from Havre,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
CHANGES FAIR ASSN MAZE.

Chicago, July IA ruling in
superior court made It necessary
Tor the Great Chicago Cook County
Fair association to change its name
70 the Great chi-Cook County Fair
association.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
TO PICK RIFLE TEAMS.

Washington, July 22.-The war
department announced that rife
teams will be selected from citi-
zens' training camps in each Of the
crops area, to compete at Camp
Perry, Sept. to 28.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
TING ON
NINE TIEuP
IS PLANNED
Lewis to Attend; PAIRING.
ton Silent on sepa-
rate Pact.

Chicago July 2a-By the
Associated Press The iii.
in0is Manufacturer association
today telegraphed Governor
Len Small asking him to call
q special session Of the Tegisla.
ture to amend the state coal
mining code to permit operation
Of the mines, and also sent let
tiers to every member Of the leg,
isiatnre asking their support
for the move.
Washington, July 22.-In an ef.
fort to bring about resumption o1
mining operations in the anthracfti
coal fields, a conference in while
John L. Lewis, head of the United
Mine Workers, is expected to par
ticipate, will be held Monday, eth.
er in Scranton, Pa, or New York
John F. Durkan, mayor of Scrap.
ton, announced today after he haG
conferred with President Harding
regarding the situation.
Springfield, ILL.,, July 22.-(By thu
Associated Press.) Presiden
Frank Harrington Of the Illinois
Mine Workers, who arrived il
Springfield this morning, announc
ed that he had not been requested
to confer with Acting Governor
Fred E. Sterling and that no re
quest was on his desk when he ar
rived here.
Ready to Aid Governor.
Mr.. harrington indicated he wa.
willing to aid the governor il
whatever way he could, honorably
as state chief of the mine workers
Regarding the coal situation, ant
the possibility Of reopening thu
mines Of the state, and the prospec
of separate wage conference witt
Illinois operators. Mr.. Harrington
said he had mot word to say"
Indianapolis, Ind, July 22.-Rep
resentatives of Indiana miners ant
operators we're invited today b,
Governor McCray to meet in a join
wage conference here next Tues
day in an attempt to settle the Goa
strike which will affect the Indi
ana .bituminous fields.
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Continued on Page Thirteen.)
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-08
win the oil Men

Harry Mccormick. who is In the
city for the week end, says that ",hc
market Tor refined stuff generally
continues Go Ice weak. with little
rcfrrshmcnt here and there, ON ac-
count OF some moderate export
movement which 10 an extent re
licvcs the surplus Of "a number ui
roftucrs fortunate enough Co have
booked export orders In advance.
open weather conditions, coming
after freezing throughout the
not thorn section, have permitted
better than usual domestic gasolin"
consumption. after an upcu bCccm
Der wherein the roads were muddy
and not much travel Nh. Nc.u b.
mick is with the Chicago office al
the Acmc Petroleum -ompauy
Sam Fitz Patrick of the Prairie
Pipe Line company is back from "a
trip 10 Mcxia ana stopped off yoatcr-
day ON his way to his homo In In
dependence, Kan.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-08
Rate Meeting a
Great Success

The meeting of the traffic men
connected with refiners of the
Western Petroleum Refiners associa-
tion, held in Tulsa Friday, was a
great success. according to +. M.
Mskell, who is one of the most in
fluential of the committee on rates
and transportation of the associa-
tion.
II believe that now the question
Of a rate on fuel oil and gas oil
will he given due consideration at
the meeting to be held in Washing
ton on February ~ said Mr.. Mis-
kell, "and there Is no reason why
fuel oil should not be considered In
its relation to coal, as both come in
competition as everyone knows"
II was announced Friday that the
re-adiustment of rases from the
Continent field to southeastern
states would be taken up by the
Interstate commerce commission on
Tuesday, Jan. 10. in Washington.
This will give but little time for
traffic men 10 arrange to attend:
but Clifford Thorne will be on hand
and 1t Is confidently believed a re-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-08
IN THE OIL FIELDS
Office, 6241 w. II. PECK Residence 2442

duction Of rates In that direction
may be had
The suspension, shy the Interstate
commerce commission yesI erday, of
new rate that had been granted
refineries in the vicinity of Shrevo-
port OF i6 y cents for export to New
Orleans and Baton Rouge. Is con-
sidered a good sign, and II Is hoped
that when the rates are finally ad-
Iusted, they will all be on a fair
basis
The excessive and discriminatory
rates on petroleum and It's products
have not been In effect since Aug
ust. 1920. In spite OF the fact that In
handing down its famous decision in
June Of that year, the interstate
commerce commission expressly de-
Clared that some concession should
be made by the railroads to The
petroleum industry, so far as lonH
distance hauls were concerned II
| Is therefore time that the railroads
were brought to- time.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-08
Nep Head of POliyanHd
Kills Self

OKMULGEE, Jan. with a bull
let hole through the head, stripped
of all clothing, the body OF James
II. Williamson, 81 years old, man
ager Of the Pollyanna Oil company.
was crushed into an almost shape
less mass fall from n fitth-story
window Of the Petroleum building
at 9 o'clock this forenoon.
Preliminary investigation indi-
Gates that Williamson shot himself
and then leaped from the window,
but relatives have advanced a theory
of foul play Williamson had RE-
Gently been under treatment for a
diseased condition of the frontal
bone Of the head. He is survived by
a wife and parents. the latter resid-
ing In Mount Vernon, Mo, .
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-08

The John W. See well Of the
Marland OH company In the field
south OF Tonkawa (another pu Vi
that was brought In on geology IL
being recognized now as one OF the
remarkable producers OF the Mid
Continent field 1t came in between
sixty and ninety days ago, and the
production has held up 80 wcll that
on December 2S, when the well was
approximately scvcnty-fivc DAYS Odd,
it made more oil than II 1ld ON its
opening date, or In other words II
made 1,6l5 barrels on December 2S
as against 1854 on It's initial day.
When the See No. came In
there was quite divergence Of
opinion among even the Marlaud
company men as to It's value and II
proved to be subject for discussion
Tor some time, kinally. following
one of those arguments, Gcorgc
Shallcnhcrgcr offered to bet JACK
Clcary and Seward Sheldon S25 coch
that the well would not average 400
barrels n day for It's first year. The
bets were quickly covered aud $lOO
in good money was put up.
Within 73 days the See wall had
produced more than l46,0U0 lartcls
which would have been the total for
an entire year at 400 barrels day
and Shallenberger admitted dcfeat
and paid over the money, IL was q
wager quickly lost. Shallcnhergel
had figured the new well as one that
would go down quickly in produc'
tiOu
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-08
TUenty Wildcat Wells to
BE Started in Poncd and
OtOe Indian Country

PONCA CITY, Jan. THE Poncn
city district Is TO witness in the near
future one of the greatest drilling
development campaigns in the his
tory of the Mid-Continent field. This
became certain this week, when Of
ficial announcement was made that
20 wildcat wells will be started in
the south Ponca and Otoe Indian
reservations within the next six
months, and this is to hbe in addi-
tion to the tests now Hing drilled
in the Otoe by the Gypsy. Mcmahon
& Ossenbeck, and the WatChorn and
Magnolia Petroleum company inter-
ests.
other tests. three Of which Will be
in the territory Immediately west OF
this city, and others scattered
throughout this area which has been
mapped out by geologlsts as ap-
proxlmately 35 miles square. The
Marland oil company has already
made 10 locations. for which the
rigs have been ordered, each one TO
test new community within this
area and each geologically good
II is understood that the drilling
campaigns, now decided upon within
this area. will entail an outlay OF be-
tween two and three million dollars,
In this connection an interesting
story is told of the effort OF the
Marland oil company to locate pro-
ducing pools elsewhere. Trials were
made In Kansas. Texas, Louisiana
and even other states. and then right
at home-"in our own backyard" "
says one of the officials--there was
more oil found than could he eX-
pected to be found elsewhere. And
geology IN given the credit for all
the success attained within this area.