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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
A PERFECT, GENTLE ROBBERY,

New YOrkS hOId-up men eXecuI-
ed a masterpiece when they held
up and robbed ex-Sheriff Griefen-
hagen of New York county. n
seems to have been a handsome az
fair, rejecting credit on all VINO
participated. The former sheriff
kept his genial temper, the opeEat-
ing young men give promise 10
reaching the higher levels of their
profession, and the spectators be-
nevolently looked on, neutral in act,
il not in thought.
The time selected was daylight,
the modern highwaymen objecuns
to night work. The place was the
crowded vicinity of the Pennsyl
vania station, convenient to street
car lines The pocket rifling was
discriminating. A gold badge pre-
scented to Mr.. Griefenhagen when he
was sheriff was left Undisturbed.
The victim of the stoppage aHer
the episode showed respect for
ity-particularly for Mayor
Hylan The mayor holds it highly
undesirable to publish anything
of such incidents of New York lifee,
because robbers may be induced to
go there if they learn how easy it is
to pull off their little parties. so
the recipient of attention did not re-
port the incident, saying nothing
until reporters who had become IN
formed pushed him for a statement.
Against the inactive onlookers Mr..
Griefenhagen lodges no reproacher.
Il don't blame them" he says.
Clearly an ORDERLY and nOn-hYg-
terial occurrence. Even the bandits
fell under the spell of politeness
and courtesy and avoided rough
ness.
1t was altogether what the late
Chaucer might have called a per-
feet gentle robbery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05

enough coffee to go round. But
there won't be a big surplus and
besides it will be hard to make dis
tribution uniform.
Everybody knows OF the frost in
Brazil a year ago. The cry of a
short crop through weather dam
age had come from Brazil year aft
er year and American dealers
came to ignore it. Last year the
damage was not a false alarm. The
normal crop of 12,000.0 900 bags,
weighing 1872 pounds each, will be
reduced this year to 5000. 600. Some
authorities estimate as low as g..
500, 900. Brazil has a surplus of
1000 900 bags, but the crop of 1920
is also going to be short because of
that frost and the surplus may not
suffice. We have just learned the
true extent of the frost damage"
The retail price of As to SIS cents
a pound for good grades is a few
cents higher than the record price
Immediately after the Civil war
The present wholesale price is
about q cents, it was stated. The
lowest price ever recorded was in
1903 when coffee could be purchas-
ed at 81 cents a pound. The re-
tail price today in coffee-growing
countries is about 10 cents pound.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
ALLIED DOCTORS
STRIVE TO AVOID
PLAGUE OUTBREAK

American, British, French and
Greek doctors are striving with
might and main to prevent an out
break of the plague in the region
extending along the north shore OF
the Aegean sea from Salonica to
| Constantinople. In this work the
British, French and Greek armies
and the American Red Cross are
cooperating.
America and England. as well
as the far-off corners of the earth
cannot afford in these days to ig-
more outbreaks of disease, no mat
ter where they occur" declared a
British sanitary officer IN charge
of the work of cleaning up Con-
stantinople IF the plague is al
lowed to breed here in the near
east, sooner or later it will reach
England and America. And its
ravages, if allowed to spread, will
exceed those of the so-calIed in
fluenza."
Eastern Manchuria, which has
been a battle-ground for centuries,
and which since 1912 has been
fought over again, is today a hor
rfble mass. The early summer sun
is breeding flies and mosquitoes by
the millions, the unhealthy Struma
valley is steaming with malarial
vapors, the streets of Drama, Ser
res. Kavalla, Xanthi and the hun
dreds of other small villages are
filthy beyond belief.
The returned refugees live in
shell-shattered ruins under sani-
tary conditions unspeakable. Their
rags are alive with vermin From
the big Red Cross warehouse at
Kavalla, housing 800 families OF
refugees, from five to a dozen dead
from typhus were removed daily
last month. The refugees were
easy victims after many months of
semi-starvation in Bulgaria.
The American Red Cross is do
ing a noble work. Two OF its mem
bers have died of the disease in the
Balkans in the last month and sew
eral nurses have laid at the doors
of death of the typhus they caugh:
from those they were aiding. Each
day tens of thousands OF loaves of
bread are distributed by the Red
Cross in dozens of Serbian, Mace
DOMAIN and Rumanian cities. Bales
of clothing are given out to the
neediest. Serums against disease
are injected in thousands of peas
ants and "dcIousing" baths are
given to those living in crowded
Ger "rs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
REPORT SHOWS A
MONEY NEED FOR
BUILDING LOANS

In making a nationwide survey
of building conditions, the United
States department of labor recent
ly sent out missionaries to sew
eraI thousand building and loan as
sociations. These questionnaires
covered inquiries concerning as
sets, the average amount OF loans
made each year, applications for
1919, the possibility of increasing
demands for loans and opinions
concerning the proposed system of
federal home loan banks.
Returns disclosed that more than
40 per cent of the building associa-
tons have not sufficient available
funds to meet the desirable appIi-
cations for loans that are coming
in as a result of the shortage of
houses. and the general revival Of
construction activities. While the
building associations of the country
are reported on a sound financial
basis their present difficulties are
due to the facts that they have
enormous investments and that the
long time mortgages representing
large amounts are not negotiable
at commercial banks.
The movement to establish fed
eral home loan banks is approved
by a majority of the associations
that returned answers to the ques-
Out of 1900 thus far
received less than 10 per cent OF
the associations represented are OPP
posed to the plan. An answer that
is typical of the attitude of associa-
tons that are financially independ-
ent came from the west. Our or
ganization does not need a federal
home loan bank system at this
time" writes the secretary, "but it
will be helpful to those who do, and
the time may come when we shall
be glad to take advantage of it."
According to recent estimates
made by the division of public
works and construction develop
nent, of the departments informa-
lion and education service, there
are now in the United States 1853 |
building and loan associations with |
1aid-in capital stock amounting to |
81 SOB, 770,84S, the investment in |
building association stock having !
last year $145, 100000. I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
CONFERENCES OF
SPIRITUALISTS TO
CONTINUE MONTH

The Mississippi Valley Spiritual
list association will hold its annual
conference at Mount Pleasant park,
Clinton, Iowa, beginning Aug. 8 and
continuing through Aug 81. An
elaborate program of conferences
and lectures has been arranged and
as special feature Mrs. Ella
Weise of Clinton, assisted by 9TH
ers, will furnish the vocal music
during the entire program with
Miss Verne Tyler as piano accom-
PIANIST.
Of1cers of the association are:
President-Mrs. Elizabeth Har-
low Goetz, Baltimore, Md
Vice-president- F. NJ. Bent,
Morrison, III.
Thomas H. Ellis. 500
n. Newstead avenue. St Louis, Mo
Treasurer-A A. Buffum, Edg-
ington. Ill.
Tustees-E. L. Kilby, Ottumwa,
Iowa; F. ]. Kane, Clinton, Iowa;
d. H. Shepard, Clinton, Iowa; Chris
tine Coope Hunt, Clinton. Iowa;
George Dfummett, Prophetstown,
H.; A. NJ Hunt, Clinton, Iowa.
Reception committee-Mrs. F. NJ.
Bent, Mrs. Nettie Stockwell, Mrs. E.
Bogardus, Mrs. George Drummett,
Mrs. X. Clifford.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
NEW FIRE TRUCK
NEAR COMPLETION

Commissioner W. H. Fitzsimmens
expects to reopen station No. 5 Of
the fire department in short time,
due to the availability of the new
hose and chemical truck now in
course of construction.
The truck is nearly finished eT-
cept in the adding of the hose and
chemical apparatus ana ether spe-
cial fire fixtures. When completed
it will be capable of making 80
miles per hour and will contain
l 900 feet of hose and a 40-gallon
chemical container.
This truck will be used in station
No. 4. The present truck at No. 4
will be returned to No. 2 to replace
the one there which has been Dor
rowed from No. 5 and which will
be returned shortly to No. 5.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
FIRE INSURANCE
FIRMS TO Give
RETURN ON TAX
State Orders Illinois Companies to
Refund the 10 Per Cent Sur
charge Collected.

Fire insurance companies of Ilii-
nois which collected a surcharge
of 10 per cent during the period
OF the war will be instructed by
the state department of trade and
commerce to return the amount to
insurantS or lose their charters.
This statement was made by Will
liam H. Boys, state director, who
also declared that the notices would
be sent out soon and that COM
length of time in which to comply
with the order.
ss,OO0,OOO Collected.
The action is taken in compliance
with a resolution adopted by the
Illinois general assembly, which
was offered by Representative Lee
O'Neil Browne of Ottawa. The res
olution charges that the surcharge
of 10 per cent added by fire insur-
ance companies during the period
of the war resulted in the collec-
ton upwards of two million dol
lars. The resolution also charges
the companies with violating the
injunction issued some time ago,
enjoining the companies from fix
ing rates. The attorney general is
also requested to proceeds against
the companies charged with viola
ton of the injunction
Forfeit Their Charter.
I'VE have the matter under con-
and notices will be sent
to companies to return the 10 per
cent surcharge or forfeit their
charter" said Mr.. Boys. THE no.
tees will be sent out by Superin-
tendent of Insurance Potter, and he
will also fix the time limit for re-
funding the money"
The rates charged by insurance
of the state are said to
have been fixed by a rate making
A bill empowering the
state to establish a rate making bu-
reau, under the direction of the
state department of trade and com
merce was vetoed by Governor
Lowden. The bill provides that all
complaints against rates should be
filed with the state insurance de-
partment, which is under the direc-
ton of the department of trade and
commerce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
DEATH RESULTS
FROM SCALDING
Veronica Sankers, injured Week
Ago by Hot Water, Expires at
Her Home Yesterday.

Mourned by host OF friends
all who knew Veronica San
kers, year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Sankers of 1116 Elev-
enth avenue, passed away in her
home at PAS o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon. Besides her parents, She
leaves one sister, Rosemary.
Death was caused in an unusual
way. Last Saturday morning about
g. o'clock the little girl fell into
foot tub containing a quantity of
very hot water, which was being
prepared for use. Before she could
be helped out the wat r had scald-
ed her severely. The shock, re-
sultant Illness. and the wounds
combined, proved fatal.
Funeral services are TO be held
tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 in the
Church of St. Joseph, Rev. p. II
Durkin officiating.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05

one-half mile off shore, safely
staked down to insure stability
Eugene Du Pont OF Wilmington,
Del, a man of vast shooting ex-
perience, was my box companion.
When we were comfortably en-
sconced, the colored artist "Coalie''
scattered decoys in a most artistic
manner, where they would attract
the attention of the travelling birds,
finally placing few wooden
birds" on the edge OF our blind,
that it might have the appearance
Of floating log occupied by birds.
The day was ideal for a successful
shoot, snow was Sitting through
the atmosphere, developing into q
light blanket of fakes, which be-
wiidered the birds, driving them
into our decoys, and eliminating
preliminary flights and circles.
They fell in. Early dawn and the
first gun cracked together. The
rush Of birds from deep water was
on; it was busy time in our bat
teries. Congealing snow anchored
us to the sink boxes by ice adhes-
ions. Our guns were freed from
ice by rapid shooting. We were
slightly uncomfortable but abso-
lutely satisfied with our surround
ings. We ceased to be pacifists and
were shooting for meat, much need
ed at the club. While every shot
made did not ring the bell, we
were working fairly well under ad-
verse and cramped conditions. Du
Pont made some wonderful, over
head, pass shooting kills. The ma
jor portion of our work was at
fairly close range, when canvas
back-which We specialized upon
made their swing over our decoys.
Our trapped fingers we cuddled
around a lighted lantern. Chesa-
peake bay ducks graduate from a
night or correspondence school,
where they were taught to side
step hunters camoufiages and al
lurements. Under ordinary condi-
tons they usually get by" They
were lost in this snow storm, mill
ing in every direction, volplaning
to our decoys, when they could To-
cate accurately. No law is incor-
porated in the revised statutes of
any state prohibiting "potting," ex-
cept an unwritten eGict in the
sportsmen's code of ethics, brand
ing a man 'learther boot hunter"
who kills game while at rest-not
moving on land or water.
We had trouble keeping the tran
sients from getting chummy with
our decoys during this storm.
With the rising sun came a cessa-
ion of snow and an accompanying
absence of ducks. Lying on ones
back, with no chance to turn. it |
s the acme of accuracy to pull a |
.ast flying canvasback from mid |
lir. We were brought back to !
Earth by "Coalie" appearing with |
he announcement, You all have
killed your limit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
MOVIE STARTS
SUED BY Girl
Roma Raymond Overcome as She
Testifies Against Earle VIII
lfams 10 Love Iangle.

Los Angeles, Cal, July 5.-Her
soft brown hair, brown eyes and
gentle manner" were what won
Earle Williams heart.
That's what Miss Roma Ray
mond said when she took the stand
to testify in her 100000 breach of
promise suit against the film star.
She said Mr.. Williams told her
that these were her chief attrac-
tions, the first night he took her
to dinner>in New York.
Miss Raymond occupied the wit
ness chair most of the day and de-
tailed, on direct and cross-examin-
alton, her life with Mr. Williams
from 1912 to 1918 The dramatic
climax in her story was reached
when she told of the night in the
apartment of a Miss Ferguson,
when she and Mr.. Williams were
alone together. Her voice fell so
as to be almost inaudible as she
answered the questions of counsel
regarding the events of that even
ing, and several times she paused
to recover from emotion
Becomes q Habit.
Shortly after that, she said, they
began the habit of spending each
Saturday night together at various
hotels, and several months later
they engaged an apartment in
Brooklyn, where she spent three
or four nights each week.
The trial, which is nearly over,
has come down to a plain question
of veracity. Miss Raymond and
her friend, Miss SydeIl, have testi-
fled to direct statements of Mr.
Williams n which he said he was
going to marry Miss Raymond. He
not only denies these statements
fatty, but contradicts the main
points of Miss SydelIs story in re-
gard to time and location, saying
that he only was with her twice
in his life, and that he would not
have been apt to have confided his
personal affairs to a comparative
Gave Her Allowance.
The conversation in which Miss
said Mr.. Williams first
asked her to marry him took place,
she said, at a New York restaur-
ant. She gave it as follows:
10 you KNOW lHdl an very
fond of you. little ~girl?"
You love me? Why??"
you seem so very quiet and
gentle. Would you marry an ae-
tor?"
IF I loved him, yes"
Would you marry me-
Are you asking me to marry
you?"
Yes"
But he told her, she said, that
b, was too poor to marry at that
time and they would have to wait. |
The allowance that Mr.. Williams |
made Miss Raymond during their
life together was brought out in |
iefinite terms yesterday. She said |
hat when he was receiving a sal
lry OF $500 per week he always
allowed her S25 When he got |
1850 he gave her $35. she said, and |
when he got $1,000 he gave her $50 !
md then $50 each week In addi- !
ion to this Williams paid the bills |
II the establishment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
DISCUSSION Of
ROAD BUILDING
Chamber of Commerce COMMITTEE
Meets TO Get Action ON Bond
Issue Highways.

A noon meeting Of the good roads
committee of the Rock Island
Chamber of Commerce. was staged
in the Rock Island club today Nari-
Gus plans were suggested and much
consideration was given the project
of forwarding road building in Rock
Island county, as a result Of the
$4,000, 900 bond issue.
Those composing the committee,
all of whom were present are: H.
H. CIeaveland, chairman; H. S. Ca
BILE, J. L. Vernon, C. J. Searle, w,
A. Rosenfield and F. w. BendeE0N
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05

When canvasback duck owned
Chesapeake bay! Their title was
acquired through the sQuatters,>
right route, continuous meander-
ing of the shores in quest of food
perfected the title. The names
Chesapeake and canvasback are TO
ye oldtimed sportsmen synony-
nous. Means hunting experiences
are never complete unless they
have been rounded out by a try
shooting at canvasback ducks en-
route from a cofin-shGped boat or
sink box on the Chesapeake bay.
The last word in difficult and re-
suit disappointing duck shooting.
A canvasback coming down wind,
has-for speed-the proverbial
''bat out of perdition" backed off
the boards. I was shooting on the
Susquehanna fats, at a point where
the river of the same name enters
the Chesapeake bay. There was a
vast spread of shallow water, where
wild celery could be found in guam
tity, making this the greatest duck
feeding ground in America. We
were domiciled at the Flicker club
on the bay shore, about two miles
below Havre de Grace, Md. The
club membership was limited,
super good fellowship was a requi-
site, with all crab" proclivities
tabooed The club prospered IN
der the supervision of an ebony
hued gentleman. answering the so.
briQuet of "CoaIie." 4 man of
many functions-captain engineer, |
purser, and cook on the motor |
boat; chambermai1, second girl |
and nurse at the club house; de- |
coy distributor, guard, human wa
ter spaniel and retriever of dead |
and crippled ducks on the shoot
ing grounds.
Members of the Flicker club had |
arrived in advance, a canvasback |
evening, followed by the hunters .
pink tea" with personal expert
ence accounting, while seated /
around the open fire place. "Coalie"
was the welcome little human |
alarm clock that PACED US at 4
o'clock the following morning, sum
all members to mess. Sink
boxes, floating batteries, decoys
and accessories had been stored
aboat the motor boat the previous
evening. The engine was chug-
ging and propeller purring, as our
boat slipped out from shore, head
ed for Susquehanna fats, greeted
by the squawk Of many ducks we
disturbed from their rest while
passing up the bay. Two double
sink boxes were anchored about |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
IOWAN, AT COAL
VALLEY ON VISIT,
IN SUDDEN DEATH

While visiting at the home of his
brother, Rev. James Warnock, in
Coal Valley, Alexander Warnock of
Thornburg, Iowa, succumbed to an
apoplectic stroke. The end came
suddenly this morning. Deceased
was "A years of age and had been
III Coal Valley for two or three
weeks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
COUPLE DIVORCED
ONE YEAR DECIDE
TO TRY TT AGAIN

Divorced a little over a year ago,
John ]. Mcdonald and Marie Moon,
both of Cedar Rapids, found they
couldn't get along without each
other So this morning the couple
was again united in wedlock. Judge
F. J. Landee of the probate court
performed the ceremony.
Judge Landee also made George
Hartwig, Jr., of Peoria and Myrtle
Mueller of Springfield, man and
wife.
Altogether the judge is finding
his services much in demand these
times for tying the weIl-known
knot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
SECOND VICTIM OF
DRUNKENNESS FINED
SINCE JULY FIRST

George Ryan is the second vic
tim in Rock Island police court un-
der a charge Of drunkenness since
July I. Ryan was fined SIS and
costs this morning by Police Mag
istrate d. ]. Cleland.
DRINKS are getting to be scarce
in the court now. Whenever one
is brought before court now there
are generally spectators hanging
around through curiosity, anxious
to hear how the offender secured
tha uauar 1noEsih1a-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
Obituary
GOunOd LundahI.

Gounod Lundahl, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. F&N&k A. Lundahl, 1140
Twelfth avenue, Moline. died June
10, in Germany, as a result of a
wound acidtNltally incurred May
4. His brother, Russell Lundahl,
who also had been in overseas
army service, is in an army hospital
at Baltimore, ill with typhoid fever
Gounod LundahI was % years of
of age. Surviving are the parents,
five sisters and three brothers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
COFFEE PRICES
SOON TO co UP
Dealers Declare That Frost in Bra
I'll Last Year Was No False
Alarm as Before.

The housewife, already grum-
bling over the price of coffee, may
have further complaint to make in
the next few months, for the out
look is anything but hopeful for
the consumer, according to big
dealers here.
Yes, there are good reasons for
the unprecedented prices of today"
said a leading dealer. "Of course
it is difficult to make the public
understand. 1t is true that there is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
WIFE OF HUNGARY
RED CHIEF BARRED
BY SWITZERLAND

Geneva, Friday. July madame
Bella Kun, wife of the foreign min
lister of the Hungarian soviet gov
eminent, arrived at the Swiss
frontier yesterday, but was not al
lowed to cross by the authorities,
who applied the new lay control
ing the entry of aliens.
Following the refusal of the au-
thorities to permit her to enter
Switzerland, she went to lines
brueck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
George /. Grnnath.

George L. Granath, aged 81 years,
a resident of Rock Island and a
worker in the arsenal for 16 years,
died in ST. Anthopy's hospital at
1870 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Stomach trouble was the cause. He
was born in Smoland, Sweden,
March IA, 1865, coming to this
country in 1889. He accepted a po-
sition as harnessmaker in the ar
senaI. He was skilled at working
in leather. He came to this city in
1902. At the time of his death he
was rooming at 31315 Twentieth
street. The deceased was unmar-
ried and leaves one brother, C. L.
Granath, Dolores. Colo. who has
been notified of the death, and a
sister in Sweden. He was a mem
Der of the Moose lodge of Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
NOT YICIOUS ON HAT.

Red may be the predominating
tint in the radical socialist color
scheme. but it loses all it's sinister
significance when used in a hat.
This ruling was handed down IN
the Yorkville court, New York City.
by Magistrate Charles E. Simms,
when Lizzie Robitch of the Bronx,
was arraigned before him, charged
with disorderly conduct.
Detective Flannery arrested her
in Madison Square Garden during
a socialist meeting of protest
against the Lusk committees raIcs
He testified that she stood on a
chair and repeatedly waved her red
straw hat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
Warren Sersig.

Warren A Sersig, three year old
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Sersig. 4O2
Forty-second street, Moline, died
in the home this morning Sur
viving are the parents and grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. Blackwell
of Moline and MT and Mrs. Nick
Sersig of Rock Island and great
grandmother, Mrs. S. ]. Hunter of
Moline.