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Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-30
IN VERIFYING was going nice
NJ ly Thanksgiving day, at ;

IL VERIFYING was going nice
~ ly Thanksgiving day, at a
- feast where Gabby was one
of the, guests, when through the
front door came two husky fellows
with huskier voices shouting where
is he" Turkey and pie were forgot
ten for the moment when all the
guests lett the table in their excite
ment to learn who these plain
clothes men were after. One guest
thought they were detectives after
someone who had disappeared in
one of the Thirty-eighth avenue
homes. Another thought they were
after spirits there was noth-
ing stronger than coffee in the place.
These. and many other thoughts
were revealed after the young men
were chased through the front door
and out into the street. Finally
their crimson faces and nustache
de militaire were turned to the man
standing in the door.
I'VE must be mistaken. We
thought M. A. Halls lived here and
we are looking for Charlie who
just returned from Russia this
morning. Pardon US. C-c-could
you tell us where they do live?"
And there before the man in the
door &C. S. Connor) stood Harold
Mcconnell and Clarence Peters, not
bandits or culprits or detectives or
anything like that--just good friends
of Charlie Hall The boys were d.
rected to the Hall home on Thirty
ninth street.
M ANY a shoddy character hides
wi behind a sable coat. We have
49, always known this, but fresh
evidences are thrust before us oc-
casionally. One day last week Cab
by was purchasing some gifts in
The Allah Shop. A richly gowned
matron swooped through the brio
a-brac, Tipping the little animal
tails, filling the whole place with
her presence. Carelessly she reached
for something which suited her
fancy and. knocked over a small
vial of oil of roses--not perfume,
but the extract, concentrated and
pure.
"My, oh my!" she biurted out,
my fnrs are so extensive. I'll pay
for that. How much?"
"Nine dollars" meekly CAME the
voice of the saleswoman.
"Indeedr' sneered the befured
inatron.
She turned and strutted out of the
shop without paying one cent The
Allah Shop paid for her clumsiness.
There is always silver lining to
every dark cloud however, so let us
bring forth the lining. Several GUS
toners who watched the proceed
ings drew forth handkerchiefs,
mopped the shelf on which the oil
was spilled and have cut the hand
kerchiefs into bits that they may be
plaeedlin the drawers with biouses
aud lingerie.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-30
Heart Beats
By A. K.

"The power of the press
Is a mighty weapon"
So cries the world
AT large.
To this yoG may smile
Or acquiesce-
Or shake your head
In unfriendliness-
Then play to its favor
Or fight its power.
Scoundrels and knaves
Both great and small
See their vile deeds
HeadiNed in block
Fraudulent deals
Recorded in print
That the world may read
Aud Judge.
From London
From Paris
From Italy
And-Cuba-
From GERMANY
From Switzerland
And gay Hindustan--
Comes world news by cable
Timely and good
A few hours after it happens.
The Press!
A great educator
Promoter of thought
A vast motive power
Behind progress
It boosts and it Stays
And presents to the public
The good
The bad
And Indifferent.
In one hand it yields
A Scimitar that pierces
INSCRIPTIONS tricksters
And dishonest knaves.
The other hand carries
Alms-love and good wishes
So
Some blame
Some fear
Some hate its strength.
But / know the babies
It clothes and feeds
Old people it comforts
The debutantes launched
] know its generous heart
And its courage
I know the charities
1t keeps in the foreground
/ know the labor
Given by writer's
Labors of love
And sympathy.
/ know a thousand
Good turns it does daily
That its heart
is as big as creation.
1t saves the country ~
From hopeless blindness,
So let those who will
Cry Power of the Press"
For l shall sing
OF it, kindness.
SELAH.
Arizona republican., 1919-04-20

These creating lot of enthusiastic interest We getting advertising possible from this Women telling each other about the
 "A friend of mine showed dress she bought for $19 When coming downtown hem' told us.
 This for this extraordinary Four provide really The the pudding good sound idea that is applicable to this offer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19

scious Of the tremendous responsi-
bility It has undertaken IN endeav-
oring to act q mediator and compel
. settlement between miners and
operatofs. There are those who
are urging that prosecutions
against the operators under the
Lever act Tor exceeding war time
prices would have . healthful ef-
feet because It would carry faith
to the miners in the even handed
justice Of the federal government,
but thus Tar the prosecuting branch
Of the government gives the i'm
preston Of not wishing to under
take prosecutions merely for psy-
Geological effect, but Of desiring to
push its case through to . yictori-
Gus verdict whenever enough evil
dence can be gotten to launch such
= campaign in the courts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19

St. Louis, Mo-, Nov. IA federal
law to prohibit the calling Of strikes
until after every means Of concilia-
ton had failed. was urged In = reso-
luton presented today at the con-
vention Of the American mining
congress here.
The resolution asserted many
strikes were called prscipitAtely be-
fore any attempts were made to
conciliate difference. and said such
law would benefit workmen
more than by striking as it would
prevent the suffering incident to
strikes"
A federal commission was sus-
gested to determine when . strike
legally could be called under the
proposed law.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19
SCOUT MASTERS
TO MEET EACH
SECOND MONDAY
d. B: Beryquist Arranses Series Of
Programs to b Given IN Reg. =
ular Bi.Wcekly Sessions.

Rock Island Scoutmasters are
preparing to hold bi-weekly meet
ings, every second week starting
next Monday. The purpose Ii to
provide such programs for these
sessions that . broader or better
idea Of the Scout movement may be
gained by the men who are leaders
among the younger Scouts. 10 that
the very best ideals of scouting
may be retained.
D. B. Bergquist, Scout executive
in this city, has prepared programs
for these sessions up through the
one OF Jan. s. Each Of them con-
tains instructive features which
should prove Of interest to all
those involved in the Boy Scout
movement.
In the outline for the meeting Of
Monday, which will be held In the
evening at the Rock Island Young
Mems Christian association, one Of
the features il the discussion on
PROBLEMS Of Scoutmasters," when
the problems which arise In the
work from time to time may re-
ceive the advice Of the older mem
beers. and the opinions Of all. p. h.
Preston, Scout commissioner, and
Principal E. P. Lau Of the high
school, are to address the meeting.
The program Is as follows:
Opening-P. r. Preston, Scout
commissioner.
"The Worthwhileness Of the Boy
Scout Movement"-E. P. Ian,
principal Rock Island high school.
"Starting the Boy Right"-Lieu-
tenant R. c. Mitchell, Scoutmaster
troop No. 4.
Business-Formation OF Scout
masters troop, appointment OF
Scoutmastery as. we'll as patrol
leader, scribe, etc.
Problems Of Scoutmasters"
all present
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19
DORpAT MEETING
WASTES NO TIME
ON FORMALITIEs

Dorpat, Tuesday, Nov. 1S.-(By
The Associated Press).-The meet
ing between the bolsheviki delega-
ton and representatives Of the Bal
tic states here was marked by a
readiness on both sides to work for
q speedy understanding and an
agreement was quickly reached in
principal regarding the exchange
Of hostages. 1t was stated that
nothing else was officially discussed
by the conferees.
The status Of the bolsheviki dele
CATION was made clear in q state
ment by Foreign Minister Pip, Of
Esthonia, that the only accredited
delegate was M. Litvinoff, former
soviet ambassador to Great Britain.
The other members Of the delega-
ton were only secretaries. Pip
said.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19

that are being leyelled against the
federal government for its alleged
Partially in invoking q war time
statute against the workers without
once using the law to restrict the
activities Of operators, both With re-
spect to price and diminished pro-
ducti0n.
Ara Quoting LOWS.
Tho operators on tho other hand
have made good use of the state
ment BY John L. Lewis, acting
president Of the miners, at the Buf-
falo convention to the effect that
the operators were not curtailing
production, but friends Of the min
era say such q statement cannot
DO construed ~ applying to the be-
havior Of operators at all times and
they claim that q refusal to take
men back to work Is in itself q
conspiracy to curtail production
at . moment when the country
needs all the fuel It can get. Ken
lucky miners, for instance, have
telegraphed both the departments
Of labor and justice that they are
not going back because the 0per-
ators have increased the repaired
coal price from $2.65 1unaer the
Garfield allowance, to $3.50 and 81,
while the miners are getting no
part Of this. increase. It is argued,
moreover, that the excess profits
reports would show what immense
profits were made by operators in
Kentucky during the year.
All Of these complaints are being
investigated by large STAFF Of spe-
cial agents and they must be ex-
amined in the light of costs of pro-
duction, figures and statistics on
which have been gathered by vari-
Gus government agencies ever since
the war began.
Government Feels Weight,
Public interest In the coal situa-
ton may have begun to lag out
side Of the coal fields as soon az
the strike order was rescinded, but
the government here is still con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19
POUND STERLING
VALUE NEARS -
IN y. s. MARKET

New York, Nov. 19.-Foreign OK
change again dropped to new low
levels today. The English pound
sterling brought only $4.0sx, which
Is three-fourths Of . cent lower
than the lowest rate reported yes
terday. Francs dropped to $50 for
the dollar, one centime below yes
terday's quotation, the previous low
record.
Lire were quoted ~ 11.40 for
the dollar, IS centfmes below yes
terday's closing prices. and the Ger
man mark brought only 2.25 cents
compared with q and "a cents be-
fore the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19
NEGLECTED COLDS
!. ARE DANGEROUS
0r. Kings New Discovery
soon breaks . cold and
checks . cough

HHnLS-fever sneezes-and
then Z hard cold develops.
- Take q little DR.. Kings New
Discovery when the sniffies start.
i will Boon check the cold, the
cough-provoking throat-tickle. Used
everywhere BY people who know
why It has been ON the market for
half q century. Relieves cold, cough,
grippe Group. No disagreeable
after-efectA All druggists-6Oc.
and $40 . bottle. Give 1t q trial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19
EGYPT Is TORN UP
WITH REVOLUTION

London, Nov. 1s.-The Egyptian
ministry has resigned because Of
dissatisfaction with the mission
appointed by Lord Miner, secre-
tary for the colonies, for the in
vestigation Of the unrest in Egypt
according to of1cial dispatches
from Cairo today.
Rioting occurred all day yester.
day In Alexandria and the military
restored order.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19
MEXICAN DENIALS
VIA BUENOS AIRES

Buenos Aires, Tuesday, Nov. is.
Newspapers here publish denia1s
from the Mexican charge d'affaires
Of advices representing the discov-
ering of a SIS, 900 deficit in the
accounts Of the Mexican comptrol-
lers' Office.
Recent reports that Francisco
Villa was ready to attack Chihua-
hua at the head Of 1000 men are
also denied.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19

ixs . Moline store last night might
BE- the thieves WIN stole tho auto
mobile. The Moline police caught
three negroes IN the act Of enter
ing . store Ii that city through
the skylight One Of the negroes
was captured. but the other two a.
capped.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19
CAR IS TAKEN
FROM GARAGE


Thieves last night stole . new
five-passengef automobile belong
ing to William E. Cameron, 1916
Fourteenth avenue. The machine
was taken out Of the garage at the
rear Of the home. The family was
ct home. but the thieves worked
81 successfully that they were not
detected. The car carries an I'LL
nois license No. 473476.
The police have sent out notices
to surrounding cities In an effort
to intercept the thieves.
Negroes Suspected
Il IL believed that two Of three
negroes who attempted to burglar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19
SIX CHURCHES
WILL ORGANIZE
s FOR new WORK
Presbyterians Of Tri.C Cities and
Coal Valley to Get Started on
New World Movement

The three United Presbyterian
churches Of Rock Island, the Nc
Clellan Heights church of Dayen-
port, the Moline church and the
Homestead church Of Coal Valley
! are to be organized this evening at
. committee meeting to be held at
the Oak Grove church Of this city
for putting on an intensive cam
paign locally In the interest Of the
nationwide new world movement
which the denomination has plan
ned.
Plans include the ealisting Of
$4,000 families Of the denomination
IN the United States In the great
effort to revitalize religion in the
home. Rev. ]. L. Vance is chair
man Of the Rock Island presbytery
committee, which includes five
members, each the head OF a de-
partment of the movement. Rev.
A. Campbell Bailey Of Moline Is
heed Of the spiritual life depart
eMent Rev. C. c. Mann of the
Gloria Del church, the publicity de-
partment, Rev. ]. B. Pollock Of
Aledo, the stewardship department,
Rev. r. G. Pinkarton of Sunbeam,
the survey department, and Rev. F..
r. Mclean of Davenport, the can
vass department. There is q SIM
liar committee from the synod Of
Illinois and each local church has
q committee Of FIVE who have
charge of the work of the five de-
partments.
Thet following members Of the
state committee will be present to-
day and will speak at the meet
ing: DIR. J. w. Harsha Of Chicago,
Rev. A., C. Douglas Of Biggsville,
Rev. A. A. Graham Of Monmouth,
! Rev E. F. Hummelshine, of Mon
houth and Rev. H. M. Henderson
OF Little York.
World. Wide Movement. ~
The new world movement in the
United. Presbyterian denomination
corresponds to the movements be-
ing sponsored by other denomina-
lions in an effort to revitalize the
world. The Presbyterian church,
has the new era movement. the
Methodist church the centenary
movement and the Baptist church
has a worldwide movement. The
campaign in other localities was
started in September, but in the
tri-cities It was delayed because Of
ahe Billy Sunday campaign. The
plan as outlined by the national
committee will be carried out here
in spite of the fact that the work
is starting weeks late.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19
HUN TO PAY. FOR
MAKING ARRESTS

Strasbourg. Tuesday. Nov. 49,
French Wireless Service)-Five
thousand Alsatians were, arrested
and interned by German auth0ri-
ties during the war, and announce
ment ID made that the German gov
eminent has pledged itself to pay
to France an indemnity of Is, o00,-
900 francs in PREPARATION.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19
LIE TU RE
CO MIN G
The coming Of
COL 3. SIMMONS

THURSDAY, NOV. 40
At AugustaAa
Is near at hand. No one
should miss this golden OBJ
portunity.
Hear this great chorus Of
negro singers that will thrill
your very soul.
Tickets can be purchased
et Bengston's drug store in
Rock Island and Moline, and
at Blackhawk drug store In
Davenport.
Under the auspices Of the
Second Baptist church Of
Rock Island, Rev. 8. II. Glib.
son, pastor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19

All the news ii: the time The
Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19
puRT.IC NNrYCE-

PUBLIC NOTICE.
After this date will not be re-
sponsible for any debts contracted
! by my wife. Nov. 10, 1919.
BERT RICHARD ELLIOTT,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19
REVOLT Ar VLADIV0SNK.

Washington, Nov. ia revolu-
ton has broken out at Vladivostok.
according to state department in
formation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19
COAL men NOT
COMING CLEAN
IN THEIR PART

CONTINUED from Page one.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-19

Public interest In the coal situA-
ton may have begun to lag out
side Of the coal fields as soon az
the strike order was rescinded, but
the government here is still con-
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-05-26

slIucTs inc isrnclilGs, ~ ncn 80 nave
passed over the Jordan into the land
OF Canaan. their shall ye drive out oil
the inhabitants OF the land from be-
fore you and destroy all their pic
lures. :"
At later periods the Jews adopted
many customs OF the peoples who sue
cesslvely obtained power over them
and In the apocryphal book of the
Maccabees Is found this alluslOn to
the art of decorating, "FOr as the mas
ter builder Of new house must care
for the whole building, but he that
undertaken to set II out and paint It.,
must seek out things for the adjoining
thereof"
Although Homer gives credit to a
Greek for the discovery Of paint, the
illusions to II In the books Of Moses,
the painted mummy cases of the Egyp-
tlans and the decorated walls of Baby
Ion and Thebes fix Its origin at a
period long antecedent to the Greclan
era. The walls Of Thebes were paint
ed 1900 years before the coming of
Christ and 300 years before "'Omer
smOte his bloomin' Tyre"
The Greeks recognized the value Of
paint as a preservatlve and made use
Of something akin to II on their ships.
pliny writes Of the mode Of boiling
wax and painting ships with 1t, after
which, he continues, neither the sea,
nor the wind, nor the sun can destroy
the wood thus protected"
The Romans, being essentially a
warlike people, never brought the dec
grafton of buildings to the high plane
It had reached with the Greeks. For
all that the ruins of Pompeli show
many structures whose mural decora-
lions are In fair shape today. The
colors used were glaring. A black
background was the usual one and the
combinations worked thereon red, yel-
low and blue.
In the early Christian era the use Of
mosaics for churches somewhat sup
planted mural painting. Still, during
the reign Of Justinian the Church Of
Saint Sophia was built at Constantine.
pie and its walls were adorned with
paintings.
In modern times the uses Of paint
have come to be as numerous as Its
myriad shades and tints. Paint Is
unique in that Its name las no syno
nym and for 1t there Is no substitute
material. Bread is the staff Of life, but
paint Is the life Of the staff.
No one thinks Of the exterior Of 9
wooden building now except In terms
of paint coated. Interiors, too, from
painted walls and stained furniture
down to the lowliest kitchen utensil
all receive their protective> covering
Steel, so often associated with cemen
reinforcing, is painted before 1t zoe:
to give solidity to the manufactured
stone. The huge Orders Of the sky
scrapers are daubed an ugly but Ell
cient red underneath the surface Goa
of black. Perhaps the best exampl,
of the value of paint on steel is fount
in the venerable Brooklyn bridge, OF
which a gang Of painters is kept 60
ing continually. 1t Is scarce possbl,
to think Of a single manufactured ar
ticle which does not meet paint some
where In the course of its construc
tion. So has paint grown into tn
very marrow Of our lives.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-05-26

countries, &C. .slr.,tcu rude nuts Ot
wood TO shelter them. The perlshaDle
nature of these structures caused rapid
decay, and It Is probable that the oc-
cupants, seeking some artificial means
of preservation, hit upon the pigments
of the earth in their search. 1t Is per-
haps natural to suppose that 1t was
the instinct Of preservation that led
men to the search, although the glorles
of the sunsets and the beauties OF the
rainbow may have created a desire to
initiate those wonders in their own
dwellings.
The earliest record Of the appllca-
ton of preventative to a wooden
structure dates from the ark, which
was according to the Bible, "pitched
within and without" The pitch was a
triumph Of preservation whatever 1t
lacked us a thing of beauty.
Decoration applied to buildings first
comes to light with ancient Babylon,
whose walls were covered with repre-
sensations of hunting scenes and OF
combat. These were done In red ant
the method followed was to paint the
scene on the bricks at the time o.
manufacture, assuring permanence by
baking. Strictly speaking, this was
not painting so much as 1t was the
earliest manifestation Of our own fa
miliar kalsOmining.
The first Hebrew to mention paint
ing Is Moses. In the thirty-third chap
ter of the book Of Numbers he in
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-05-26
Election Notice

Pursuant to an order Of the Mason
Fiscal Court, special election will
be held in Mason County, Kentucky, on
SATURDAY, JUNE IA, 1919, between
the hours of six a. m. and four p. m,
at which election there will lie submit
ted to the voters of Mason County the
following question:
ARE YOU FOR A PROPERTY
TAX OF TWENTY CENTS ON EACH
500 WORTH OF PROPERTY IN THE
COUNTY TO BE LEVIED EACH
YEAR FOR THREE YEARS FOR
THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING OR
CONSTRUCTING, EITHER OR BOTH,
THE ROADS AND BRIDGES OF MA
SON COUNTY, :,
Voting booths will be opened in the
}aiious precincts of the county on
said day.
CHARLES e. GALBRAITH, Sheriff
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-05-26
ANTIQUITY OF
DECORATIVE ART
Strange Sources From Which
Pigments Used by Modern
Painters Are Derived.
PRESERVATION OF SURFACES.
Crude but Effective Processes Employ.
ed by the Egyptians and Greeks OF
Pllnys Day-Noah Prudently
Waterproofed the Ark.

Whether paint was invented In an
swer to d need for a preservative or TO
meet q desire for beauty is question
fully as knotty as the ancient one about
the relative time Of arrival of the
chicken or the egg. 1t was invented
though, and 1t serves both purposes
equally; so whether it is an offspring
Of mother necessity or an adopted son
of beauty remains forever disputed
question.
The first men, covering under the
fierce and glaring suns Of the biblical
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-05-26

Austrians are said to be demanding
the restoration of Emperor Charles
Toledo Blade