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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
SANTA ASKS FOR
| MORE MACHINES
Owners Of Cars Are Asked To Helm
In Distribution Of Gifts to
Poor Children.

The Argus Santa Claus commit
tee still needs a number of automo-
biles for the distribution Of the
Christmas packages to the poor
children Of the city. Owners Of
machines who wish to donate them
for this purpose Wednesday will
confer a great favor upon the COM
mittee by informing The Argus Of
flee not later than Monday, so that
arrangements may be completed
for the great task OF getting the
presents to the kiddies.
The machines will start from the
State bank building at 9 o'clock in
the morning and it is hoped to COM
plete the distribution before night
fall. Quarters Of the committee
have been opened in Room 80, State
Bank building, which was gener.
ously donated to the committee BY
F. J. Won Ach, wholesale dry
goods merchant. and the. fina,
work of assembling and wrapping
luS piCUCIllS Will UC uOAo luClS.
Funds Still Needed.
Rock Island, as usual, has beer
very generous in the contribution.
,, to The Argus Santa Claus fund ant
nearly all of the old friends Of thu
city's poor children have subscrib
ed, but the committee stills need
more money, in order to provid'
for the many names which hav'
been added to the list within tn
last few days. The high cost o
everything makes imperative ;
much larger fund than in forme
years, and the committee urge
that the big-hearted goodfellOw'
of Rock Island, who have not al
ready contributed to this fund TO
the kiddies, do so now, that Christ
mas morning will find every youn
face in the city smiling. Contri
buttons received in the recen
mails came from the Norwegia
Willing workers and the ,Hele
Gould auxiliary of the United Span
ish war veterans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
WOMAN sIEUTH? .
MOORE DOESN'T
KNOW ABOUT her

The rumor current in the trl-
cities lately concerning the opera
lions OF q woman sleuth attempting
to detect profteering In women's
clothing exploded yesterday with
the announcement by Deputy Unit
ed States Marshal Moore that II this
is SO he doesn't know about 1t. II
SUCH vas true, he says he certainly
would have been notified.
The story was first told Of . ce--
tain department store in Rock Is
land. Then somebody heard the
same story about q Moline store.
closely followed by = similar
rumored happening in Davenport.
Z 1t sounded possible but not prob
able.
As the story went along the mag
nitude of the offense grew until
finally the store had priced . wom-
ans suit or coat at $3.50 and when
tho cost price was forced from the
manager it was found to have been
$50.
The rum0r goes something like
this, varying according to who tells
the story. A woman enters a store
and also asks to look at coats. She
findes one that suits her taste. The
price 10 800. She argues for
time with the salesman, and flnall,
asks him for permission to SEE
what the coat cost. Upon his re.
fusal she opens the coat she 1.
wearing and displays a star show
ing her Official station. The cost o.
the coat is produced, and, the fig
ure varying according to how thu
person telling the story heard It
shows the store to be making abou
100 per cent on the stock.
No story was ever going that II
easier to get people to believe.
But. if it is true, the deput!
United States marshal in service i,
this territory, with headquarters fl
Rock Island, does not know it, h
says.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
LONG TERMS FOR
CHICAGO GUNNER
TRIED AT DEKALB

Aurora, ILL.,, Dec. 20.-Four auto
mobile bandits of Chicago, who
were run to earth by rural police
and farmer posses Sept. II. last,
at Kanevills, ILL.,. after . running
fight across several counties, were
convicted of burglary in the De-
Kalb county circuit court, At Syca-
more last night. Three Of the four.
John B. Trainor, Frank Kreuger
and Joseph Wheeler, the latter OF
whom is IS years old, were given
20 year sentences. Harold Toomey's
punishment was fixed at from one
t. fourteen years because 1t was
not proved that lie had been con-
victed Of a felony before.
Charges Of assault with intent to
kill, growing out Of the battle in
which several OF the farmers were
slightly injured. have yet to be
pressed. Three Of the gunner
we're wounded in the fighting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
Personal Points

Miss Florence McConochie ar
rives home from Chicago, where
she has been attending Northwest
ern university, this evening 10
spend the Christmas holidays, with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
H. McConochie, 1911 Twelfth ave-
nue..
Miss Abbie Blakemore. instruc-
tor in Greek and Latin in the Mis-
souri, Valley college at Marshall.
Mo-. will spend Christmas vacation
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.. H.
D. Blakemore, $3.50 Seventh ave
nue..
Miss Margaret Dibbern. daugh-
ter OF, Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Dibbern.
will be home from Northwestern
university this evening to spend
the holidays at her home, 1929
Twelfth street.
Mrs. F. ]. Soule and daughters,
the Misses Dorothy and Margaret.
returned to their home In Tacoma.
Wash, after making an extended
visit in the city. The Misses Soule
have been in Rock Island for over
year and Mrs. Soule for several
months.
George Uhlemeyer, who has been
attending Notre Dame university at
South Bend, Ind, arrived home last
evening to spdnd thel Christmas
holidays with his parents, Mr.. and
! Mrs. George Uhlemeyer, 616 Fortys
fourth street.
Prof. Edward Maurris Of Notre
Dame university, arrived in Rock
Island last night to spend Christ
mas here!
Mrs. W. E. Meek and Miss Beryl
I Meek returned to their home in
Marissa after spending the past
week at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles E. Bryan, 1926 Tenth ave-
nue..
Miss Dorothy cleveland has re-
turned from Wellesley college tc
spend the Christmas holidays with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. H
Cleaveland, sos Nineteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
COLLECTION OF
INCOME TAX TO
Be MADE SOON
Internal Revenue Men 10 Attend
Joint Meet1ng IN Peoria to
Receive distraction.

All deputies in this district Of
the internal revenue department
have been ordered to report to Peo-
ria next Thursday to attend with
the Peoria district men . school OF
instruction on the income tax drive,
which will start soon after Jan. 1.
This school IL for instruction Of
the deputies in regard to the col
lection Of income tax. and the nee
essary information will be given by
W. ]. Ryan Of the local ONCE, J. e.
Houston and T. H. McClugase OF
Peoria.
It is also announced from the
revenue ONCE that the first week Of
the drive will be devoted to check
ing up all cigar and tobacco fac
tories in this district.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
Buddy
BEST name TO
Gen. PERSHING
Advises American Legion In Chi
cago Speech to Keep Out
Of Politics.

Chicago, Dec. 20.-General John
J. Pershing, buddy" came to Chi
cago today. The commander-in-
chief Of the A. E. F., here on an
trip, told 5000 Ameri-
can Legion members that Of all the
titles he has held from captain to
general, he liked the buddy" the
best.
General Pershing arrived this
morning for a two days visit.
which will include inspection Of
Fort Sheridan. He was met At the
station by Major General Leonard
Wood and his staff.
Gets Big Welcome. ~
Tho commander was given a
roaring welcome by the former
overseas fighters, members Of Chi
Cages Aperican Legion posts.
There is unrest throughout the
country, as is always the case
after q war;" General Pershing said
in q short address. 1T is time for
US as q democracy to realize that
we are guardians Of our future.
THE American Legion will stand
up against these revolutionary
ideas being preached now. You
not only will oppose them morally
but physically, If that is neces-
sary."
He advised the former soldiers to
keep the organization free from
politics.
Greets Wounded Men.
Al the procession left the hall he
passed down q lane of wounded
men from Fort Sheridan hospital.
Many were on clutches. The gen.
eral stopped, shook hands with ev-
cry man, and questioned them
closely regarding their service,
wounds, and their progress toward
recovery.
Sergeant Walter Dukes, partially
paralyzed and carried to the meet,
ing in the arms of q husky COM
rade, attracted the generals atten-
ton when . friend shouted the in
formation that Dukes, seated in a
wheel chair, was to be married to-
night.
where is your wound cheyron?
Pershing asked, catching sight OF
the sergeant's undecofated arm
III l had q wound chevron," he
concluded, Il would walk around
carrying my arm out at right an
giles for everybody to see."
Poses for Picture.
Asked by photographers to post
for q picture, the general placed
his arm around Dukes and sup.
ported him while they posed to-
gether.
Another wounded veteran volun
teered the Information that he hat
served in the tank corps. Pershinl
grasped again the hand he had JUS
dropped, shook it warmly, ant
said:
81 can't tell you how much l ap
preciate the bravery and gallantr!
Of you brave fellows who servet
in the tank corps. Your work wa
wonderful"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
MAYOR TOLD OF /.
PR0FITEERS IN
SELLING SUGAR
Hears Nearly 50 Per Cent Profit Ii
Made-Hold Government Can
Not Enforce Set Price.

From srepors received by him,
Mayor Harry M. Schriver believes
sugar prof1teering is being prac-
ticed in Rock Island, and there
seems to be no way by which it can
be stopped, he says. '
Various reports of profiteering on
sugar have come to the mayor, and
one in particular was to the effect
that one merchant is selling sugar
at Is cents per yound.
!; Mayor Schriver Immediately got
busy in an effort to find some way
by which the alleged profiteering
could be stopped.
However, after . preliminary in
vestigation he was informed that
the government has suggested a
price on sugar sold at retail, but
this can not be enforced.
Whether or not this il true, the
mayor was unable to say at a late
hour today. but he continued in his
effort to find some authority for
such . statement.
i Profit Is Big.
| The mayor did say that he has
learned that sugar is being sold
here at wholesale for 5000 pei
100 pounds, or slightly over l.
cents per wound.
II With this same sugar retailing al
!. Is cents per pound the merchar;
makes a profit Of nearly 6 cents
per pound or approximately SO pei
. cent profit. ........
Il What the different merchants
: are selling sugar for by the pound
l don't Know" Mayor Schriver said
| "but the information I have OBJ
tanned shows that they can bu!
sugar at wholesale now for $12.0;
/; per 100 pounds. .
whether or not the government
has withdrawn its set price To-
sugar, under which a number @
merchants here were taken to tasl
by federal agent some time ago.
! am unable to say.
From what information I coul'
gain today it seems that some per
4 sons hold that the government onl,
has suggested q price for sugar, au'
= has no authority to enforce It"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
PRICE WAS PUT ON
LIEBKNEUHT HEAD
PAYMASTER AYERS

Berlin, Friday. Dec. 1s.-Ernst
S6nnenberg. former paymaster Of
the government brigade in Berlin
and now fnterned in Holland, al
leges that he was ordered to pay .
reward of $4,000 marks for the de-
livery in the reichstag Of the bod
les Of DR.. Karl Liebknecht or Rosa
Luxembourg, radical Socialist lead
ers. They were killed by a mob in
this city last January.
Sonnenberg's allegations are con-
tanned in a letter to his Berlin at
torney and can be substantiated
under oath and by witnesses. it is
said. The letter is printed in the
latest issue Of Macmillan Harden's
Zukunft.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
READY OLEAVE
WITH ANARCHISTS
4 ON SHORT NOTICE

New York. Dec 20.-The govern
raent steamship Bufford-the soviet
-.sArk"-is ready to leave New York
for soviet Russia on two hours no.
tdce, it was learned, this morning.
She will carry on her holiday
cruise a greater part of several
hundred radicals held for deporta-
ton at Ellis island. Information
vas withheld concerning the exact
hour Of sailing.
Many persons considered among
the most dangerous of those charg-
!, ID with plotting to overthrow the
United States government will be
guests" Of the government during
the cruise. Alexander Berkman
and Emma Goldman's names are
the most important on the passen-
ser list.
Washington, Dec. 20.-The date
TOR the departure from New York OF
raiical aliens ordered deported has
,nbt yet been fixed and will not be
until additional reports are receiv-
ed concerning the movement to sea-
board Of some aliens now held at
various inland ,nnints, Anthony
Caminetti, commissioner Of immi-
grafton, said today.
youngstown. Ohio. Dec. 90
Twenty-six aliens. all sSsd to be
members Of the Union Of Russian
Workers, were sent from here last
night to Ellis island to await steps
toward their deportation.
The men, all steel workers. took
with them their savings Of nearly
t25,000 in cash.
All the news all the time-The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
HERO Is ESCORT
FOR BODIES u. s.
BRINGS RETURNS

Washington. Dec. 20.-Former
Sergeant Willie Sandlin Of Hyden.
Ky. today was, appointed special
escort for the return of soldier dead
from overseas by Secretary Baker
on recommendation OF Major Gen.
eral Rogers. Sergeant Sandlin was
selected for the post because of his
unusual record in the world war.
Unof1icially he ranks next to Ser
seant Yorke in his exploits against
the enemy. being accredited with
killing "a Germans and wounding
and capturing many more.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
DROP PLEBISCITE;
,D'ANNUNZIO STAYS
TO GOVERN FIUME

Fiume, Friday, Dec. 19.-The
plebiscite that was to have been
held here to determine whether the
proposals made by General Badog-
lilo, the Italian chief Of staff, for
the settlement of the Fiume dis
pute. involving the withdrawal of
the d'Annunzio forces and the occu-
patton Of the city by regular Ital-
ian troops, has been abandoned.
D'Annunzio made public. an
nouncement today that the plebis-
cite had been annulled. He de-
clared he would himself remain in
command Of the city.
The dispatch does not make II
definitely clear whether d'Annun-
zio has decided against acceptance
OF the Badoglio proposals. A Fiume
dispatch on Wednesday reported
that strong pressure was being ex-
erted against the proposals and
that other elements were demand
ing stronger guarantees Of the ulti-
mate annexation OF Fiume to Italy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
ARGUS CARRIERS
TO START SALE
OF CALENDARS

Your carrier boy VIII greet you
Monday morning with a beautiful
1920 art calendar put out by The
Argus. The calendar will be for
sale as has been the custom in
previous years and the boy sets no
price.
The calendars are of three kinds,
and are unusually attractive this
year. Two kinds are II by II inches
in size. They show finely colored
prints, entitled Awaiting Daddy"
and "The Magic Circle" on dull buff
and gray mountings. The other cal
endar shows q fine scenic print in
autumn colors, mounted in green
and white.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
FIRE CHIEF HAS
NARROW ESCAPE

Fire Chief August Schmidt mar
rowly escaped serious injury at
$3.50 o'clock this morning when his
automobile skidded on the icy pave
ment on Thirtieth street between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues, ran
up over the sidewalk on the east
side of the street and crashed into
the corner Of q brick residence.
Chief Schmidt was not thrown
out of the car, but was badly shak-
en-.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
GIVE $25. 600, 900
BONUS TO CLERKS
/, IN WALL STREET

New York, Dec. 20.-Total dis
bursements by banking and stock
brokerage firms in the financial dis
trict for salary bonuses during the
last year, including Christmas gifts
were estimated today at $4,000, 900.
It 10 estimated that 100 banks
and trust companies will distribute
from 20 to 60 per cent increases of
salaries as bonuses for the year
just past, and in . few cases some
employees will have received 100 per
cent bonuses over the salary Of the
preceding year,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
AGRARIAN RIOTS
IN BRAZIL LEAD
TO FOUR DEATHS

Buenos Aires, Friday, Dec. 49,
Agitation among the harvest hands
Of Buenos Aires province, where an
agrarian strike has been in prog
ress, resulted in casualties early
today when three hundred armed
laborers attacked the police station
in the village of Cascallarias in an
effort to rescue a fellow worker
who had been arrested. The labor
ers were driven of after four Of
them had been killed and q dozen
wounded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
DUPONT COMPANY
OF COURSE NEVER
DID SUCH A THING

Wilmington. Del. Dec. 20.-The
Dupont company denied today that
it has adopted any practices or
methods Of unfair competition In
the Springfield, ILL.,, district, as
have been alleged against it before
the federal trade commission. The
company states that contracts are
not made upon the condition that
coal users shall not use powder
manufactured by . competitor, but
are simply contracts to supply
those producers with powder re-
Quired for their needs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
LAST IOWA VET
OF MEXICAN WAR
Is DEAD, AGED sc

Marshalltown, Iowa, Dec. 90
Phineas Case. 96 years old, of
Usage, Iowa, veteran of the Mex
lean war, died Of infirmities of age,
at the Iowa Soldiers home today.
1t is believed at the home that Case
was the last surviving Iowas vet
eran Of the Mexican war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
LEGION SELECTS
NEW TREASURER

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 20.-Rob-
ert H. Tyndall Of Indianapolis, for
mer commander of the 150th field
artillery, was elected national
treasurer of the American Legion
by the national executive committee
today. Tyndall succeeds Casper
Bacon, of Boston, who was elected
at the convention in Minneapolis.
Bacon declined to serve.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
CHILDREN SAVE
$213 FOR WEEK

Irving. Lincoln and Audubon
were the three leading schools in
the war savings collection made by
State bank OF Rock Island yester-
day.
Hawthorne, Horace Mann and
Irving occupy the first three places
in the regular school savings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
THOMAS LEWIS
WAS VERSATILE
IN OCCUPATION
Touehed Many Lives I'm Career ~
1 Business Man, Sportsnan and
: Clvle Worker.

Announcement of the death Of
Thomas c. Lewis Of this city in
Bentonyille, Ark, which was re-
ceiyed here yesterday, was a mes
sage heard with sorrow by q great
number of friends and acquaint-
ances In Rock Island and the coun-
ty. Mr.. Lewis was a man of nu-
rnerous activities, and because Of
this he came in contact with the
lives Of many persons. For about
forty years . travelling salesman
for q st. Louis construction firm,
he always found time to deliver
Instructive lectures at various oc-
casi0ns, to take part in shooting
tournaments, at which he was re-
garded as a crack shot with the
rife, and to fill vacancies at times
in pulpits Of Rrotestant churches.
He was . staunch believer in the
scriptures. He was also an apt
student Of astronomy, and had
written for The Argus and other
publications on the subject. In the
latter years Of his life he had en-
gagged In newspaper work.
Thomas Lewis came to Rock Is
land from Pennsylvania when a
young man. On July 5, 1868. he
married Mrs. Emily o. Cline, who
survives him. Early in his career
he became a member Of the Ma.
sonic fraternity, and advanced to a
knight Templar degree some years
ago, being a member Of a lOcaI
lodge and an active participant ir
club work. He concluded a Ions
period Of travelling for the st. Louis
firm, the Pauly Jail Building com
pany, in 1905. going to Muscatine
where he assumed charge of thu
advertising department of the Mus
catine Journal. After four year
there he accepted q position at thu
same post with the Daily Times o
Davenport, where he remained To-
two years. He was later with tn
Ottumwa Courier. the Des Moine'
Capital and a newspaper in L.
Claire, as advertising manager. II
health overtaking him in the latte
place and forcing him to retir'
from business five years ago.
Modest Worker.
Seldom during his useful life di'
Thomas Lewis come strongly int
the public eye. He was active il
politics and is said to have been
force in securing local option TO
Rock Island. However. this wa
done In a modest way, as all hi
good works were done. They wer
seldom reported outside Of an in
innate circle. He never conducte'
a church Of his own. but was salts
fled to hold sway now and then in
denomination given up by one paste
and not yet taken in charge by tn
new one. And so went the eve
tenor of his life, not his words bu
his works speaking for him, an
often their character being tn
small and commonplace things tha
others would have left undone.
The funeral was held today l
the Arkansas town where he pass
ed away. Bentonville, and thos
who had known him as a lecture
and author, others who had know
him in business. or as a goo
sportsman, or newspaper man {
. scholar. all feel keenly his deatf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20

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Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
Funeral of George s. Ellis,

, Funeral services for George S.
Ellis, who died Thursday at the
municipal tuberculosis sanatorium,
were conducted this morning at 10
O'Clock at the Knox chapel. Rev.
w. G. Oglevee officiated at the
chapel. Services at Chippiannock
cemetery were in charge of the
Spanish war veterans.
Mr.. Ellis was Al years Of age.
He had resided at 1924 Twenty
sixth street. He was born in James
town, N. Y, Dec. Z, 1872. Mr.. Ellis
served in the army during the
Spanish-American war. He was q
member Of the carmen's union.
Left to mourn his passing are the
widow, his father, B. S. Ellis OF
haywood, N. Y, sisters, Mrs. Hen.
ry Clark of Flint, Mich, and Mrs
Mary Root Of Lakewood, N. Y, and
brother, Ed Ellis Of Flint, Mich.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20
sATURDAY-THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUs-DECEMBER 90 1919
Obituary
Funeral Of Anna L. Fender.

IUUCK61 VI ANNA IL euUCfs
A large number Of friends, to-
gether with relatives, paid final
tribute this afternoon to the mem
DRY Of Miss Anna l.. Pe1der, whose
death occurred in Denver, Colo,
Monday.
Funeral services were conducted
at the family home. SCI Twenty
first street. at 2 o'clock. At 2::3O
services took place at st. Joseph's
church. Rev, P. H. Durkin officiat-
ing. Interment was in Calvary
cemetery.
The pallbearers were: ]. T. CAT
fey, P. J. McHugh, J. T. Shields, T.
Slattery, John H. Murrin and John
J. Devine.
Miss Fender was Of a sweet and
beautiful character, and gave her
life in the interests of humanity
devotion to which in her mission as
4 trained nurse it is believed may
be attributed as the cause of her
death.
During the influenza epidemic a
year ago she exposed herself in car.
ing for the afflicted, thus seriously
impairing her health to an exten,
from which she never entirely re-
covered. Sc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-20

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