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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
FLAYS MEN WHO
BLOCK HARDING
BUSINESS PLAN
Petty Jealousies Bar
to Progress, Says
Cooley.

New York, May 3.-President
Harding's plan for more business
in government. less government in
business" is being blocked ''by the
petty jealousies and concetts OF
men in high official positions"
Mr.. Mortimer E Cooley, president
of the American Engineering Coun-
sill, asserted heer today.
His statement followed a recent
conference at the White house dur
ing which he proffered to the presi-
dent his organizations support in
the movement to establish a de-
partment of public works. Mr..
/ Cooley, who also is dean of the
/ University of Michigan, in his plea
/ to members of the engineering
council, said:
'The president of the United
States is endeayoring to formu-
late a program for reorganization
of federal functions according TO
precepts that govern the efficient
conduct of private business. He
| is following principles originally
adopted in the movement of tech
nical men of the country to secure
a federal department of public
works.
| Needs Friendly Aid
"The presidents course was easy
until he began to specify changes
that should take place in the gov
ernment to conform to these cardi
nal principles. He is now encoun
! tering opposition so strong ant
well supported that it is feared hi
efforts may be defeated, even a
were the efforts of former Presl
dents Roosevelt and Taft aloni
the same lines. The president is
therefore, in need of friendly as
sistance Of those who have n
prejudices, no self-seeking an
who have no special purposes t
serve.
Men in high official positions
accustomed to handle large affair
= prior to their official life, an
whom one would suppose to b
above the petty jealousies and COZ
ceits of the average man, are no
exhibiting jealousies and animos
e ties that one might expect to CON
s from a group of children quarre
O ing over the distribution of swe
(, meats. Various organizations
y high repute, led by men OF h1e
# character, are supporting thos
o absurdities with an intensity a
z most unbelievable.
l. Follows Truth.
l; "The president, in this instanc
q ought not TO be supported becau'
/ he happens to be a Republics
e president, nor for any other rea
n on than that he, too, is endeaYo
, ing to follow the truth where's
S ever it leads with respect to go
X ernment organization, and he hi
d been made to fully realize that
l. this effort he has the support OF
n impartial, right-thinking men.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
DAUGHERTY is
FLAYED AGAIN
Senator Caraway Charges Honest
Inspectors Who Wanted TO
Prosecute, Were Fired.

Washington. May 3.-Renewing
his attack on Attorney General
Daugherty, Senator Caraway, Dem
ocrat of Arkansas, charged today
in the senate that Mr.. Daugherty
had fired all the honest inspectors
in his department who wanted TO
prosecute swindlers of the govern
ment and had put back into office
the physician who helped to get the
fraudulant pardon for Charles W.
Morse"
Referring to Mr.. Daugherty's
statement that the attack of the
senator yesterday showed that
cabinet officers should have the
privilege of the floor in the senate
and house, Senator Caraway de-
clared that he waived all immun'
itv personal or otherwise" as tc
what he said yesterday, and today
and would meet Mr.. DaughertS
anywhere at any time"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
SLATE PENCILS
SOLD BY GROCER
AS SOUVENIRS
tBv Cousolidated Press }

(By Consolidated PreSS-)
Ann Arbor, Mich, May 3
Ann Arbor grocer. giving ms
shelves d much needed spring
cleaning today. found a bundle
OF slate pencils tucked away IN
a forgotten corner.
He placed them on exhibition
In show window and within
Is minutes all had been snapped
up as souvenirs of the school
days OF long ago when
Il wrote on my slate. / love
you joe,
When we were a couple OF
kids"
The stray slate pencils caused
little short of a sensation in this
modern center of learning. They
called out memories of the "hick-
ory" stick days of the primary
school system, of red bordered
States, Of heaps of scratching
and badly smudged fingers.
L. A. Butter, superintendent oi
The Ann Arbor public schools
said today that the slate was
gone forever. He outlined three
causes for its disappearance
| First, the stress placed upon
hygiene in the school room.
| Second. too much noise, caus'
ed by the scratching OF the
pencils. =
| Teachers ever on the alert fol
improper moves by the student;
eould not muf1le sounds emanat
ing from half a hundred vicious
y loud states.
Third, the slate has no place
m a business or an estheti'
world In short. this is no long
f the stone age, but one OF pat
and pencil.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
BEvERIDCE
BEATS new
FOR SENATE
Incomplete Returns Show
Former Senator Wins
Nomination.

Indianapolis, Ind, May 3.-(By
the Associated Press.) - Former
Senator Albert ]. Beveridge stead
lily increased the lead he has had
over Senator Harry S. New, as the
slowly counted precincts from re-
mote parts. of the state came in to-
day and with 2,59S out of 1882 pre-
cincts heard from, had rolled up a
majority of 16,445.
The precincts to- come include
679 downsLate, where Beverage
has been showing steady gains, and
LOT in Marion county, where New
is leading.
Indianapolis, Ind, May 3.-(By
the Associated Press when re-
turns from 2,030 of the 1882 pre-
cincts in the state had been Off
cially tabulated former Senator Al
bert J. Beveridge was leading Sen
ator Harry S. New for the Republl
can senatorial nomination by 1898.
votes. Beveridge's total was Ill,
453 and New, 9S,501.
| Indianapolis, Ind, May S.-F'or
mer Governor Samuel M. RalstoI
was maintaining his ratio of abou
| two to one in the Democratic racs
for the senatorial nomination wher
lila of the 1882 precincts in thu
state had been unofficially tabulat
ed at noon today. Ralston's yot'
was 63, ,49S and his closest opponent
Dan w. Simms, was 10,530.
Gain Is Steady.
Indianapolis, Ind, May 3.-(B,
the Associated Press-)-With al
most half the precincts in the stat
reported, Albert ]. Beveridge wa
! leading in the race for the Repub
lication senatorial nomination in In
diana by $3.50 votes. Unofficia
/ tabulation of the vote from 1,52
of the states $3.50 precincts CAV
Beveridge $500 and New 72.911.
Indianapolis, Ind, May 3.--A ne
gain of almost 1000 votes wa
scored by Albert J. Beveridge whe
he received 1916 votes against Sc
for New in Shelby county, wher
the contest between the two can
didates had been regarded as
toss-up. The Shelby county vot
was four-fifths complete and Bey
eridge's lead for the state approx
mately $500 for 1900 of the 3,3S
precincts in the state.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
TO APPEALLAND
LAW DECISION
California Attorney-General Dis
satisfied With Ruling of State
Supreme Court.

San Francisco. Calf, May g.
Acknowledgement U. S. Webb has
announced that the state supreme
court decision declaring unconsti-
tutional certain provisions of the
California anti-alien land law may
be appealed to the United States
supreme court
THE matter is under considera-
ton. l am not entirely satisfied
with the decision" Attorney-Gen-
eral Webb said "a federal ques-
ton is involved which may proper
ly demand a ruling of a federal
court"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
EUROPE HAS
WRONG IDEA
ON U.S.C0LO
American Reserve Can't
Be Used on Foreign
Loans.
RY DAVID LAWRENCE.

downright, 1922, by The Argus)
washington, D. c.. May 3.-Eu-
~o,aan financiers are raising false
honas and are doomed to disap-
nointment if they expect the feder-
al reserve board to permit the two
and a half billion dollar gold re-
serves in American banks to be en-
Moved to purchase any interna-
tional loans.
Positive information to that ell
feet was given this correspondent
today together with the prediction
tbat if Benjamin Strong, Jr., gov
amor of the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York or any other repre-
sontatiyes of the American federal
reserve system attend the forth
canning conference at London the
most they will be able to do VIII
be TO explain the limitations OF the
federal reserve act and counsel Eu-
ropa as TO what steps she he-seii
must take before the commence
and funds of American investors
flow in her direction.
For many days the impression
serve board, by sending a repre-
sentative to the conference OF
hanks to be held as a sequel to the
Genoa conference, whould be able
TO participate in huge consortlun
Tor the fotation of a new loan OF
for the regulation on internationa
exchange.
No Such Power.
Officials here have been examln'
ing the law to see if by some
stretch of the imagination Euro
means had found some powers II
the federal reserve act which per
mitted such participation. There
are no such powers. The mos
that the member banks of the led
eral reserve system can do is II
purchase short time acceptances o
more than 80 days maturity. The!
can use their gold coin for such
purpose and the American bank
are doing more and more OF ina
every day. This process has pee
encouraged by the recent samplln
cation by the federal reserve boar'
Of the rules governing such trans
actions. But the DlliS OF eAcndnS
must be endorsed by at least Nv.
responsible parties and the eVi
dence must be presented to sho'
the existence of contracts cover
ing the expectation or importation
Of the goods which are the basis @
The credit.
An idea, therefore, that the gol
supply of the federal reserve sys
lem can be used to purchase Sc
curies floated by European gov
srnments is based on a misconcep
ion of the limits of the federal re
serve law. The gold resources ar
absolutely mortgaged by the lcsa
requirements concerning domestl
deposits. The gold in the fedora
reserve system belongs to the pee
! pie who deposit it there. If, on tn
other hand, the depositors wish I
ship gold to Europe by purchasin
the securities of foreign govern
nents, the federal reserve boar
has no objection, for every dolla
used in the purchase of foreig
bond reduces the amount of tn
Continued on Page Thirteen.l
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
BY FORREST WHITE.

Consolidated Press Correspondent
Copyright, 1922, by The Argus)
Pasadena, Cal, May 3.-An at
tempt on the part of reformers IN
this section to stop gambling and
rum selling at Tia Juana, and 9th
er points across the Mexican bor-
der, has brought the polite retort
from Mexican officials that II
Americans would show better
disposition to respect their own
constitution and laws the effort 10
clean up" the border towns would
be made immensely easier.
Both President Obregon and the
governor OF Lower California have
been heard from and the CORE
spondence in the case clearly dem
onstrates that militant diplomacy IS
not altogether a lost art on the
other side of the Rio Grande.
Americans Back Games.
The barkeepers Of the Mexican
villages, moreover, assure their
customers that the beer, gin and
whisky sold by them all comes
from THE good old United States
of America. There is the further
suggestion that all of the gambling
paraphernalia which has found Its
way into Mexico was imported from
the United States, to say nothing
of the fact that the games of chance
the unwary traveller may encoun-
ter all are backed by Americans.
Various reports as to what has
been going on across the border
eventually reached the Woman;
Bible class of the First Methodist
/ church of Pasadena. Thereupon II
was decided to address formal notes
to the Mexican authorities, without
the mediation of the state depart
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
REDCROSS BODY
PLANS HELP FOR
FLOOD VICTIMS
Need $25O,OOO and
100000 Bushels of
Grain in Work.

Springfield, Ill, May 3.-Organiza-
ton of a permanent R Cross Dis
aster Relief committee for Illinois
here last night was followed this
morning by announcement that the
committee will meet tomorrow TO
outline in details its plans and
policies.
The committee is headed by S. NJ
Merriam of Springfield, and in
cludes Walter Davidson, Chicago
manager of the Central division OF
the Red Cross; c. NJ. Roos, Cairo;
C. C. Garm, Beardstown, and Adju-
tant-GeneraI Black, as treasurer.
They announced that s250,0e0 is
the minimum required to furnish
needed food relief. A preliminary
survey, according to the committee
revealed the fact that in addition tc
the flooding of towns and villages
thousands of acres of growing
crops of wheat, rye and alfalfa
have been destroyed. This land
was chiefly farmed on shares, II
large or small tracts.
100000 Acres Flooded.
1t was also estimated that 200,
900 acres of cultivated land is still
under water, making the prospec
for a corn crop very remote. Sup
plies of food stuffs saved for stool
during the planting season are alst
destroyed, either washed away q
water-logged.
! 1t will be necessary to furnish ;
relief basis, the committee an
nounced, of approximately 10000
| bushels of grain. Feed for stocl
is also required to enable the farm
ers dispossessed by the food to re
turn to the land. More than loo
! families in the flooded area will re
Quire assistance for severa
months.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
BERTHA HANzEY
Held IN JAIL
Peoria Police Try to Determine
Identity of Wandering Woman
Who Claims Residence Here.

Peoria, Ill, May 3-lnvestiga-
ton by police here indicates that
Bertha Hanzey, the woman Of mys-
terv. found wandering around the
city Sunday night, is not the wom-
AN who left her husband at Racine,
Wis. several days ago. The Han
zev woman claims Quincy, Rock Is
land and Ottumwa, Iowa, as places
where she has lived. She Is de-
tanned at the county jail for further
investigation. 1t is not certain that
her name is HanZey, police say.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
FIND SLAIN man
BY DOCS HELP

Chico, Cal. May 3.-A shepherd
dog wandered whining TO a cattle
camp in the foothills near here last
night and led searchers to the body
of Charles c. Conroy, well known
cattleman, in Dead Horse slough.
three miles away.
Conroy, who had been missing
since Monday night, was buried be-
meath the body of his riding horse
with two bullets in his body. The
horse also had been shot twice.
The police today were without
clues
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
Dali EIREANN
ORDERS TRUCE
Adopts Motion of De Valera for
Both Sides in Irish Army Con-
flict to Cease Firing.

Dublin, May 3.-(By Associated
Press. )-On motion of canon de
Valera, the Dali Eireann late today
adopted a motion ordering the op-
posing sides in the Irish republi-
can army conflict to cease firing
Immediately and arrange a truce.
In urging the necessity for a
truce today, Commandant Sean
OHegarty of Cork said he had
heard reports that Is men had been
killed in the fighting at Kilkenny,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
WAR CONTRACT
PROBE NEARER
House Rules Committee Gives
JohnSon-WOOdruf Resolution
Privileged Status.

Washington, May BY a vote
of to 5, the house rules committee
decided today to give privileged
status to the Johnson-Woodruff
resolution calling for congressional
investigations of charges Of alleged
Iaxity in the prosecution of govern
.ment claims arising out of war con-
tracts and settlement thereof.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03

Stop Vice on Border, Yank
Women Ask Mex Governor; Go
Thou Do LikelUise' Is Reply

ment at Washington. These letters
in due time reached their destina-
ton and have borne good fruit as
shown by the replies just received
letters well worthy of broadcast
ing for the edifcation of the public
and of being preserved as gems OF
literary effort and diplomatic po-
litical ingenuity.
Obregon Replies.
From the national palace at Mex
leo City came the following:
ITO Mrs. Luella d. Kimbal and
the rest of the signers,
First Methodist church,
Pasadena, Cal,
Esteemed ladies': The pres
ident of the republic gave his
attention to your courteous
| communication and in reply he
instructed me to say to you
that the executive in charge is
| disposed or ready to evict and
| destroy by as many means as
are in his power all those
spectacles which appear i'm
moral, like gambling, in the
frontier cities of Lower Cali
fornia. Without other COM
ment, / subscribe myself as
your affectionate and attentive
sincere servant,
| THE PRESIDENT.
by his secretary"
1t will be noticed that the presi
dent of the republic squarely put
the problem up to the "executiy
in charge, who happens to be Hi
Excellency" Jose Inocente Lugo
governor of Lower California AM
when Jose takes his pen in hand n
has the esteemed president OF tn
republic suffering from writer
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
SHARP FIGHTING
NEAR KILKENNY

Kilkenny, Ireland, May S-.CBy
tho Associated Press )-Sharp
fighting with machine guns raIthhg
in all directions, was IN progress
here today. Free State troops Try
ing to recapture Ormond castle
still held by irregulars, who yes
terday were driven out OF other
pIaces they bad captured
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
GENERAL WUIS
REPORTED DEAD

Peking, China, May 3.-(By the
Associated Press. 1T was an
nounced at General Chang Tso
Lin's headquarters today that Cen
eral WI Pei Flu, the Central Chi
nese leader, had been killed in &C
ton. The announcement has not
been otherwise confirmed. The
foreign legations here are investi-
eating. )
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03

Paris, May 3.-(By the Associat-
ed Press)-The French govern
ment has decided to stand by Bel
GUM in her opposition to the
terms of the Allied memorandum
to Russia on the private property
question, it was officially an
nounced after today's cabinet
meeting, attended by Vice Premier
Barthou, head of the French dele
cation at Genoa.
Genoa, May 3.-(By the Associ-
ated Press)-Interest in the plen-
ary session of the economic con-
ference today was overshadowed
by yesterdays developments, when
Belgium bolted the subcommission
framing the final draft of the Rus
sian memorandum and the French
announced they were obliged to
withhold final approval of the docu-
! ment until they heard from Paris.
The Belgians' action was because
of their dissatisfaction with the
clause in the memorandum dealing
with the restoration of foreign
owned property in Russia, nation
allied by the soviet government.
SOyietS Have Memo.
| The memorandum is in the hands
| of the soviet delegation. 1t con-
tains Frances amendment to the
property clause, which the French
men hope will satisfy the Belgian's
objections to the articles original
/ ly compiled, but it was delivered to
/ the Russian plenipotentiaries with
| a covering letter carefully explain
ing eflat the French delegates re-
served final approval of the entire
document until they obtained di-
! rect authority from their govern
ment.
Prime Minister Lloyd George has
also announced that Great Brit
aims approval depends Oh Frances
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
PROBE ANTHRACITE PRICES.

New York, May "a contempla-
ted investigation into the anthra-
cite coal prices, and charges that
operators and miners are purpose
ly prolonging the strike, was re-
ported.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
THE WEATHER

Partly cloudy and somewhat un-
settled tonight and Thursday. Not
much change in temperature.
Highest temperature yesterday
rs: lowest last night, So.
Wind velocity at a. m. one mile
precipitation last "a hours, .os
inch.
yester. yester. today.
Dry bulb temp. ...1Z 90 90 90
Wet bulb temp. 81 oO 90 90
Relative humid so IS 1oo
River stage at Z a. NH, lz'4' a
fall of .o6 last "a hours
River Forecast.
The Mississippi river from below
Duhuoue to Muscatine will continue
to fall for the next two days at about
the same rate that it did during the
last "a hours
ANDREW HAMR1CK,
Meteorologist
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
ADA JONES, MUSICAL
COMEDY STAR, DIES

Rocky Mount. y. G.. May 3
Ada Jones, musical comedy star,
died in local hospital last night
following a sudden Illness
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
DoyrS Up To HARDING.

Washington, May 3.-The senate
finance committee Republicans de-
cided to put the soldiers bonus
problem up to President Harding
again.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
NCnRMACK SAILS.

New York, May 3.-John McCor-
mack, famous Irish tenor, sailed on
the AQuitania to recuperate IN Eu-
roma.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
FRANCE BACKS
BELGIAN BOLT
AT CONFERENCE
Approve Opposition,
to Terms II, Note
to Russ.
BULLETIN.

Genoa, Italy, May 3-(By
The Associated Press.)-A re-
port was circulated here today
that the American state depart
ment state department had
Instructed Richard Washburn
Child, American ambassador to
Italy to protest against the con-
tents of article six of the econ
0mic conferences memorandum
to Russia as affecting Ameri-
can holders OF property in Rus
sia.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03

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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03

Continued on Page Thirteen.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
WELSH AGAIN IN TROUBLE?
Man Arrested at Sioux City May Be
Kansas Safe Blower.

Federal authorities were advised
saturday of the arrest at Sioux City,
Ia, of man supposed to be william
Welsh, alias Joe WEIGH, and two other
men on an attempt to blow the safe in
a, coal company's office at that place.
The trio We're caught Thursday night
in the act of blowing the safe, accord
ing to reports, and are now being held
for trial.
Welsh was arrested early last fall
in Omaha and charged with blowing
the safe in the Hamlin, kan, Brown
county, postoffice when stamps, bonds
and other property of the office were
found in his car. He was Immediately
brought to Kansas, where he was in
dfcted by a grand jury and released
under bond of $4,000. Appearing in
court at Kansas City, Kan, in January,
Welsh, and his attorney, Ben Endres,
of Leavenworth, asked for a continu-
ance, which was not grfated by Judge
Pollock until Welsh had paid the costs
in the case amounting to 5000. The
case is now scheduled to be tried at
Topeka in April.
Postoffice inspectors will go to Sioux
City Immediately to identify the man
held there as Welsh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
TOO MANY LAWYERS IN STATE
Supreme Court viii Be More Severe
in Its Requirements.

Lawyers are increasing faster than
litigation in Kansas. Consequently
the supreme court and the state bar
examining board will put on the
brakes. 1t won't be quite so easy to
win admittance to the state bar in the
future. Requirements for attorneys
who come from other states will be
more severe than in the past.
The supreme court announced to-
day that written examinations would
be required of lawyers who have
practiced Elm other states five years
or more. Heretofore lawyers with
five years practice in other states
have been admitted on motion
Usually there is a somewhat cursory
oral examination. But the test hasn't
been serious or severe.
Lawyers are being turned out too
fast said an attache of the SUI
preme court today. THE field is
becoming crowded, there are too many
lawyers for the amount of business
purpose of the court is seemingly to
weed out those who are less qualified
to practice"
There has been a big increase in
the number of persons admitted to
the bar in the last few years. Many
lawyers have also been admitted on
motion from other states. The prae-
tice is strictly informal.
Now the supreme court is to make
the course a bit harder for the lawyer
from other states By 1924, under the
new law and requirements a. resident
candidate must have completed three
years in college and three years in
law school or the equivalent.