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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
u. S. GETS NEW
PROPOSAL FOR
MUSCLE SHOALS
Baltimore Man Sub
T77its Offer to Take
Over Plant.

Washington, May 11.-(By the
Associated PressD-A new pro-
posal for the lease and operation
of the governments nitrate and
power projects at Muscle Shoals,
Ala, submitted by L. Stern, con-
sulting engineer and manufacturer
of Baltimore, Nd, was made pub
lie today by Chairman Norris of
the senate agricultural committee,
which is investigating the various
offers already made.
Mr.. Stern offered to take over
the properties for their operation
for "a term of 25 or so years, or
such other time as was agreeable -
to complete the plants at govern
ment cost, and TO repay all ex-
penditures already made at Muscle
Shoals at the rate of per cent
annually. Power developed at the
Shoals would be used to manu-
facture fertilizers to such an extent
as may be feasible" and other
products.
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CONTINUED On Last Page-)
BALFOUR MOVE
AMAzES LEAGUE
Officials See New Friction Betw >en
England and France on Pales-
tine Mandate Demand.

Geneva, May 11.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press.)-The unexpected In
PRODUCTION of the Palestine mandate
question into the agenda of the
meeting of the League Of Nations
council, which began today, is like
ly to make the session one OF the
most important to be held.
Announcement by the Earl of
Balfour that he intended to demand
immediate approval of the British
mandate, following formal agree
ment on the matter between the
United States and Great Britain,
has amazed league officials. They
see in this action the possibility Of
further friction between Great
Britain and France, unless sorle
agreement, not yet made public,
exists between them over the dis
posal of Palestine.
Zionists are bringing pressure on
the council for settlement of the
mandate question, so that the
plans for a Jewish state in PaleS-
tine can go forward. They are well
represented at the meeting and
will try to obtain a hearing before
the council.
Today's session was private and
was expected 10 be brief, the only
important matter for discussion be
ing the proposed establishment Of
liaison bureau OF the league in
South America, SO as to draw clos.
er Latin-America and the league
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11

UP TO SENATE
Passes House After Hot Fight;
FOrdney Predicts Upper Body
VIII Rush 1t Through.

Washington, May 11.-Passage by
the house of the resolution author
izing a loan by this country of $5,-
100000 to the Liberian republic,
had shifted the issue to the senate
today. Following the vote in the
house last night, 14S to 139, Chair
man Fordney of the house ways
and means committee predicted
the resolution would be put through
the senate speedily and sent to the
president. The final vote in the
house, in which about forty Re
pubIicans joined with a solid Demo-
cratic opposition and many others
of the majority membership did
not vote, was taken after the de-
feat of a motion to recommit with
instructions to amend the resolu-
ton so that no part of the loan
should be used in paying the IN
debtedness of Liberia incurred
prior to August /, 1914.
Debate on the resolution occas-
ioned a bitter partisan fight. and at
the same time furnished Wha'
some members described as the re
markable spectacle of Republican
/ LEADERS insisting that an agree
ment of the Wilson administration
should be carried out, with Demo
cratic leaders asserting that the
loan to Liberia was authorized II
1918 in defiance of the law.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
FARM BLOC
is REVIVED
In SENATE
Comes to Life Under Lead
ership of Senator
Capper.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus-)
Washington, D. c., May 1.-THE
farm bloc in the United States SEN
ate after a period Of comparative
quiet has come back TO life. The
hrst meeting OF the group since the
resignation of Senator kenyon has
just been held under the chairman
ship of Senator Capper of Kansas.
Insisting that their purposes were
non-partisan and solely TO beneht
the agricultural interests of the
country, IL Republicans and IL
Democrats attended the meeting
and endeavored to reach an agree
ment on a bill which would recog-
nize the farm credit machinery Of
the nation.
The group decided upon the ap-
pointment of committee of seven
TO examine the half dozen bills now
pending in congress with view to
working out satisfactory compro-
mise. Practically every farm in
terest was represented at the meet
ing. There were representatives OF
the National Grange, the Farmers
bureau, the Farmers National
council, conservatives and radicals
alike. Eugene Meyer, Jr., manag-
ing director of the war finance cor
poration, took a prominent part II
the discussion.
Move Is Significant.
The move is fraught with great
significance Senator Capper told
this correspondent today that Z
committee OF the American Bank
ers' association favored the plan OF
new credit system for the farmer
and stockmen ana that President
Harding was favorably disposed t6
the idea.
Briefly, the aim of all the bills is
to enable the farmer to market his
crops without depending upon the
middle man and without permitting
the spectators and other interven'
ing interests to take advantage o.
the farmers immediate needs fol
credit to pay his 90-day obligations
The desire of the farm bloc is Il
| establish in America a credit sys
TEN with six months or more a.
| the length of their credit obliga
tions. The war finance corpora
| ton has been performing in tn
| last two years many of the func
tions which it would be expectet
that the new farm credit system
would embrace. Mr.. Meyer in hi
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HARDING LAUDS
JAP ENJOYS TO
ARMS PARLEY
Message From Presi-
dent Is Read at To-
kio Dinner.

Toxic, Japan, May 1.-THE con-
s1derate and accommodating spirit"
shown by the japanese delegates to
the Washington arms conference,
was commended by President Hard
ing in a message read tonight by
American Ambassador Warren at a
banquet given in honor of the dele
gates by the American japanese So
ciety.
The results of the Washington
negotiations, Mr.. Harding's message
declared, were greatly facilitated by
the fairness and moderation" of
the Japanese.
Secretary Hughes also sent a
brief message expressing his own
appr reciation
The text OF the presidents mes
sage. which was sent in the form of
cablegram, signed by Secretary
Hughes, follows:
Text of Cablegram.
THE president of the United
States has been pleased to learn OF
the justly merited recognition which
by this dinner, the American
Japanese society is giving to the
delegates of Japan, on account OF
their eminent services at the Wash
ington conference. Highly appre-
ciative of the great interest taken by
these gentlemen in the success Of
! the conference, the president would
wish that he be permitted to share
in the occasion by making, through
me. his own acknowledgment OF
| their sympathetic cooperation, and
/ of the considerate and accommodate
/ ing spirit with which they partici'
pated in the many difficult questions
confronting the conference Theil
fairness and moderation contributed
much to the teneficent results OBJ
! tanned"
The secretary added the follow
| ing message for himself:
81 am for my own party happy tt
associate myself with the president!
appreciation of the helpful coopera
ton of the Japanese delegates"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
HOPE OF BURCH
RESTS IN ALIbI
Defense in Closing Fails to Offer
Insanity Plea as 1t Did in
First Trial.

Los Angeles, Calf, May 1.-THE
defense in the trial of Arthur c.
Bnrch for the murder of J. Belton
Kennedy, was scheduled to close
shortly after the opening OF court
this morning, after calling one wit
ness, the father Of the defendant
the Rev. W. A. Burch, OF Evans
ton, Ill.
That announcement and another
that the defense would rely on its
attempt to establish an alibi and
not offer a plea of insanity, as il
did in the first trial, were made Dy
Paul Schenck, chief defense coun'
sell
The state was expected to begiI
calling rebuttal witnesses almos
Immediately after the cross-exami.
nation of the Rev. Mr.. Burch.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11

Yankee Skipper Sails For
Spot Where Lusitania Sank
To Try to Salvage Treasure

and Templon and Mckay, all good
men, and all of them, like me, with
their life's blood tied up in the ex-
pedition. There's Newman, my en-
gineer. and George Carter, his as
sistant. more good men. Sure,
they're in on it, too. We have TAX
en- this ship on a bare boat charter
and we'll bring her home loaded
with more money than-more mon
ey than"
He shrugged his shoulders and
grasped his hands in an expressive
gesture. Then, smiling, he gazed
across toward the Virginia Capes
and the tossing sea lying beyond.
I'VE will send our men down the
$50 feet to where the Lusy is sup
posed to be lying" he continued,
there to dynamite passage
through the decks to the purser's
strong room. We will drop over
giant hooks to drag away the
wreckage. Then we hope the NAM
moth steel octopus tentacles of Cur
especially constructed machine will
fasten themselves about the treas
ure and rise higher. higher, higher,
until they finally drop upon the
deck of our ship. They tell US that
our divers cannot succeed. But We
have tested our men and our suits.
One may remain 1000 feet below
the sea level in them and not be
hurt. Levitt, who will have charge
of the diving operations. himself
worked on the Pewabic below the
Lusitania mark in Lake Huron and
recovered a part of the cargo.
"Rich by Christmas
81 tell you We will succeed and
| by Christmas we will all be rich
One officer, Mckay. the third
mate, is after the adventure as
much as the gold.
Il have been gold digging before,
he said. 81 was with the Inter
Ocean people when, in 1916, they
tried to salvage the Ward linel
Mereda outside of the Virglni:
capes. We failed, but We ought Il
have succeeded"
The Blakeley will not stop witt
the Lusitania- She hopes to salv
age the valuables of the Arabic. th'
Geelong, the Oceanic and others
Finally Captain Richards insisted
as his last word that even tn
Spanish galleons sunk years ag'
may give up to u.s."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
BY JOHN ARCHER CARTER
Consolidated Press Correspondent.

COnSOtlOabeQ fToeS CUiiOS
Copyright, 1922 by The Argus
Newport News, Va, May 1l.-Ine
black wooden ship Blakeley,
treasure hunter, today was well on
her way on the first leg of a trip
that recalls tie blackest tragedy OIL
the great war. She is enroute 10
the Irish coast on voyage that may
make of her hackers, her onlcers
and her crew, millionaires.
Captain Charley Richards is in
command Captain Charley, master
mariner, threw his hat into the
ring of the sea at s. a month 80
years ago and today is gam
bling the meagre savings of life
time against enormous wealth.
The Blakeley will seek to sal
wage the gold and valIables in the
strong room Of the ill-fated Lusl-
tania-
Captain Is Hopeful
Grinning like a happy boy, the
veteran navigator, as the lines
were being thrown ashore yester-
rday afternoon declared that he was
very hopeful of the outcome.
"Laughingly / have told my wife
that when 1 come home we will
build q mansion in Paris and an
other on Fifth avenue" he shouted
to a knot of his old cronies. Now
that sounds good. But l don't want
a mansion. l want a farm, and
cows, and horses and chickens, and
a jitney to go to town to see the
movies"
The Blakeley, of 1,750 gross ton
mage, is on her second voyage
Her first stop will be Philadelphia
On the first voyage she carried
general merchandise to England
This time it is to be adventure, rea,
adventure, for in her glory holes
she carries skilled divers; in hel
cargo hold tons of dynamite; while
on her decks are affixed powerful
derricks to be used in lifting sal
wage from the sea. Adventure in
deed, for on her return she may
carry gold bullion recovered from
the purser's strong room; gold ant
silver coin owned by the men ant
women who essayed the wartime
voyage seven years ago this month
Proud of Men.
Look at my men," fairly begget
Captain Richards. There's Glas
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
DAD OFFERS TO
SERVE TERM OF
THIEVING SON
Judge Can't Get Idea
and Refuses 'RedS-
enable Request
By FORREST WHITE.
Consolidated Press Corresponds

Consolidated Press Correspondent.
Copyright, 1922. by The Argus.)
Los Angeles, Calf, May 11.-San
Gabriel, old mission town, sJill
slumbers in the bygone age of gen
erous acts and deeds of the cabal-
lero days and Salvatore Torres, a
19-year-old youth of the old town,
established a new mark for gener-
osity and flial devotion when he
was arraigned before Judge Far
rel in the police court Wednesday
to answer a charge of purloinIng-
not a horse-but a bicycle.
Salvatore was accompanied to
court by his father, who, although
a lifelong resident of San Gabriel,
has not acquired the tongue of the
Americana. After questioning Sal
vatore at length Judge Farrell de-
cided that his guilt was apparent
and sentenced him to 80 days in
jail.
HFather VIII Serve.7
VERY well, my father will serve
the term for me-" said Salvatore
and, turning to his father, spoke &
few words in Spanish, to which IN;
older man brightly nodded his
head.
He'll do what?" demanded the
! Judge.
He'll serve the term; it is his
pleasure" replied the unabashct
/ Salvatore.
| Salvatore looked hurt. The kint
/ Judge did not understand His ia
! ther, a man growing old. woult
enjoy a term in Jail. Would he no
have excellent shelter and plent,
of food? Would he not be frc
from the probability of work over
taking him? Salvatore, a youn
man, could take chances on worI
and food in the big world so VIII
deny the older man this splendi
opportunity of spending three glcr
ious idle months in Jail with plent
of food and best of care.
Old Man In Tears.
Judge Farrell could not get Sa
vatore's angle at all and Salvador
was just as plainly puzzled at tf
refusal of the Judge TO grant sue
simple and kind request. tn
father also showed his disappoin
ment when Salvatore explaine
. matters to him and there wei
tears in his eyes when he shuttle
out of the court room. The Amer
| canos are past understanding.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
ASK RED CROSS
FOR FLOOD AID

Washington, May 11.-Local
chapters of the American Red Cross
were requested today by John Bar
ton Payne, national chairman, to
solicit contributions for fund to
be used for relief in the flooded
areas of the valleys of the Missis-
sippi, Illinois and Ohio rivers.
At least half a million dollars IS
needed, Chairman Payne said.
The appeal has been endorsed by
President Harding.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
.CROKER'S SONS
CONTEST WILL
Attorneys Win Enter Caveat in
Irish Court, Making Trial on
Competency Necessary.

Dublin. Ireland, May 11.-(By
the Associated Press ).-Solicitors
acting in behalf of the late Rich
ard Croker's two sons in The
United States, served notice upon
Mrs. Croker's solicitors today that
they had been instructed to enter
a caveat in an Irish court against
the will of Mr.. Croker when II was
lodged for probate This, he said
would make a trial necessary tc
prove the will and the competency
of the testator.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
CALIFORNIANS
CONDEMN KLAN

Bakersfield, Cali, May 1.-THE
resignation of every public Official
in Kern county who belongs to the
Ku Klux Klan was demanded in a
resolution adopted by a standing
vote by a crowd that packed Taft
theatre last night.
The resolution condemned the
Klan as ''un-American."
When the chairman said that
some of the public officials who had
Joined the Klan under misrepresen-
tation should be forgiven" the
crowd hissed and booed-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
FIND man DEAD
in HOTEL ROOM
Edward e. Lace, So, Davis Junction,
Ill, Is Victim of Gas; Sus-
pect Suicide.

Chicago, May 11.-Edward E.
Lace, 35, of Davis Junction, Ill,
who is supposed to have come to
Chicago last Thursday with ship
ment of cattle, was found dead from
asphyxiation in a hotel near The
stockyards today.
The police were unable to deter
mine whether death was accidental
or suicidal The gas jet was open
but police said it was faulty.
Yesterday Lace met Policeman
J. J. McEnro, telling him a hard
UP" story. The policeman took hin
to the hotel and asked the proprl-
etor to give him a bed for the night
An inquest will be held tomor'
row.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11

Chicago, May 1.-THE detective
bureau and city jails were crowd
ed today with labor leaders and
others held in connection with the
murder of two policemen here
Tuesday night and the bombing
of two buildings which police at
tributed to labor disorders. Two
men have been pointed out as re-
sembling men in the automobile
from which the shots which killed
Terence Lyons, acting lieutenant,
were fired. Rewards totaling $780,
600 have been offered for the ar
rest of the slayers.
All law enforcement organiza-
tions in the city are united in what
police term "a fight to the finish
with organized labor. More than
100 labor leaders, including Big
Tim" Murphy, Cornelius Shea, ant
Fred Nader, president of the Build
ing Trades council, are among
those under arrest Raids on laboI
headquarters brought in labol
bosses by the scores yesterday
Partly Identify Two.
The two partly ldentned as tA'
slayers are, police say, 1sador'
Braverman, %, and Max Glass, 33
Braverman is said to have fret
the shots from an automobile wheI
Lieutenant Lyons was killed anG
he was pointed out by James A
Mcclellan and Frederick Blank, pa
| trolmen, who were in the car witt
Lyons when he was shet to death
and when Albert Moeller, patrol
man. was seriously injured.
Glass, who is a member of tn
| glaciers union, was arrested in
raid on union headquarters and wa
| pointed out by man who said b.
was an eyewitness as the slaye
of Thomas Clarke, 80, patrolmal
| who was on guard at a building
which previously had been at
tackled.
James Lafferty, a third suspect
who has been at liberty unde
heavy bond in connection with
mail robbery, was partly identifie
by Policeman Blank as the th1r
man who rode in the death car
"OnIy Hirelings," Says Chief.
| Charles C. Fitzmorris, chief c
police, says he believes the me
were only hirelings of the higher
up" forces in organized labor Gil
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
N. Y. CENTRAL
men Get OFFER
Company Would Take Back Former
Employees on Piece Work Basas
in Repair Shops.

Gallipolis, Ohio, May 1.-THE
New York Central railroad today
ofered to take back its former en-
ployes on a piece work basis at
the Hobson repair shops near Mid
dleport. The company is negotla-
ting direct with the unions All
repair work now is being done IN
private shops at Columbus. Sew
eral hundred men normally are en-
ployed in the HObson shops.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
Bill
is INTRODUCED
Senator Ladd Proposes Measure t0
Free Persons Who Violated
Espionage Laws.

Washington, May IA Dill
granting amnesty to parsons
held in all federal prisons for vio-
lation of wartime espionage laws
was introduced in the senate today
bv Senator Ladd, Republican, OF
North Dakota, who estimated that
113 prisoners would be affected.
He said the bill will not cover
cases of spying or of communlcat
ing with the enemy.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
HARDING'S HORSE
ENTERED IN SHOW

Washington, May 11.-One OF the
most prominent entries in the ma
nonal capital horse show opening
here tomorrow will be President
Harding's saddle horse "Harbell-" ;"
announcement of the entry was
made TO a committee of the Horse
snow association yesterday. Har-
oeil will be ridden and put through
MS PAGES at the show by Sergeant
Joseph Nicholson.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
SYLVIA THORNE DIES.
WASHOUT FORCES
382-MILE DETOUR
FOR 76-MILE RUN

Forth Worth, Texas, May IL.
The Sunshine special Of the
Texas & Pacific railway, after
making a detour of 3S2 miles
in order to reach a point only
76 miles away, and consuming
II hours in doing it, dragged
itself into the Forth Worth de-
pot yesterday. having left FL
Paso on Sunday afternoon.
The train was held up by a
washout near Mingus on Mon
day. The passengers were dis
| charged at Fort Worth.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
BOXERS SKULL
is FRACTURED
Robert Turney, 21, Reported Dying
From Injury Received in
Bout ut Frisco.

San Francisco, Cal, May IL
Turney, 21-year-old boxer, was re-
ported early today dying from a
fracture of the skull. suffered in
the fourth round of a bout with
William Hickman, billed as Al
Mccoy" before the Association
club here last night.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
Alleged CHICK
rs MOTHERED BY
QUADRUPED HEN

Meserve, Iowa, May ia 4
legged hen mothering a chicken
Iof like foundational equipment
is a freak that is attracting
widespread attention on the farm
lot. F. A. Lemke, two and a hall
mlles northwest of here. Both
lne mother biddy and the chick
len use only two of their four
lsppendages, the other two hang
Ing from near the point OF the
tail.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11

here today.
Omaha. Neb.,. May 11.-(By the
Associated Press with all wire
communication between Omaha and
Lexington, Neb., interrupted, de-
tails of the tornado that struck
near that village last night and
caused damage in other parts OF
Dawson county were still meager
early today.
Reports from several sources re
ceived last night before telephone
and telegraph wires went down
said no trace had been found OF
the farm home of Ben Berman, near
Lexington and nothing had been
developed to indicate whether BeF-
man, his wife, and three children
had met death in the tornado.
A dispatch TO the Associated
Press from Lexington, dated last
night, said that the Berman home
had been carried away in the
storm and that all members of the
family were believed to have been
in the building at the time.
Many Doctors Called.
Efforts to communicate with the
authorities at Lexington today
proved futile, the telephone com
i pany reporting lines down as far
east of that place as Grand Island
Calls for doctors from points Il
miles from Lexington indicate the
path of the twister. but details Of
| the number injured were lacking
Sioux Falls, S. D., May IL
Heavy windstorms that swept cen
traI South Dakota late yesterday
damaged numerous farm buildings
and wrecked small structures Il
several towns. The wind was mos
severe near Pierre, where many
buildings were unroofed, stacks o.
hay scattered broadcast and many
outbuildings demolished.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
COOPER PICKED
0NFARM BOARD

Washington, May 11.-Selection
of Governor Robert A. Cooper or
South Carolina, to fill the vacancy
IN the federal farm loan board
caused by the recent resignation
of Asbury F. Lever is understood
to have been made by President
Harding.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
DAVIS AGAINST WAGE CUT.

New York. May 11-Speaking be-
fore the National Association of
Manufacturers, Secretary of Labor
Davis urged industry to curb ex-
cessive wage reductions. declare az
armistice with labor and support a
more rigid immigration restriction.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-11
FINISH STEEL
MERCER PLANS

New York, May 11.-Moses Tay-
lor, chairman of the Lackawanna
Steel company, announced late to-
day that his company had complet-
ed negotiations with the Bethle-
hem Steel corporation for a mer-
ger of the two corporationS-