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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18
With Islanders
In the Service
In Country of Caesar.

The Rock Island postmaster has
received an interesting letter from
Corporal Lawrence G. Murphy of
Company NJ. Three Hundred Elev-
enth infantry, of the overseas
force in France, and one of the
clerks in the postofiice, in which
he says under date of Dec 10. that
the division to which he is at
tached is putting in much time
drilling and maneuverin5, waiting
for the word to start home. The
company, he says, has had very
many close calls, and at times it
seemed as if the reaper worked at
their sides every minute. ''How-
ever, that is all over now" he
says, land we are all waiting a
speedy peace, and a quick return
home. OF course, there is a pos
sibility that we may be used in
army occupation duty, and in that
case, it will be quite awhile be
fore we set sail for the good old
U. S. A.
81 have not been able to locate
single lad from Rock Island
since l left the states. as we were
all transferred to other units upon
arrival on this side, and / am the
only one from our district in this
company.
Il have been able to DO a little
sight seeing in this village, and
there are some wonderful old
ruins here. Ten miles from our
town. is a very large hill, where
the French say the Calls made
II
from this hill we can observe the
ruins of Roman architecture, and
also part of the old Roman road
we read about in history.
II often wonder, especially in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18
BANQUET
AT OUTING CLUB

The ninth annual dinner of the
Tri-City Manufacturers associa-
ton will be held at the Outing club,
Davenport, Jan. 81. Members of
the entertainment committee are
already securing the services of
speakers of the tri-cities and those
of other cities
The annual banquet of the manu-
facturers has thus far proved one
of the events of the year, each year
the affair being held on more
elaborate scale.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18

the evening. when time hangs
heavy on our hands, just how
everything is going on at the post
office. and how many of the old
bunch are still there. l can pic
ture the business now, just start
ing on the Christmas rush, and
everybody worked to death l
wish l corld be there TO give a
helping hand as of old. but the
best l can do is to wish you all a
Merry Christmas and 4 Happy
New Year"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18
YOUTH REVEALS
TRUE IDENTITY
"GeOrge Kushman7 in Burglary
and Larceny Case Proves Lost
Son of Rock Island Family.
FACTS DISCLOSED ON STAND
Jury Aequits William Suggs, Pa
rolled Negro, and Harold Kirk
camp of Receiving Stolen Goods.

After deliberatiOn Of but one
hour and u half the jury in the
case OF William Suggs and Har-
old KfrkCamp, charged with
receiving stolen goods, return
cd Il verdict Of net guilty for
the defendants. Kirkcamp will
be released, but Suggs, n pa
rOied negro, VIII be returned to
Joliet for violation of his pa
role.
L. W. Shoede represented
Suggs while II. z. Reynolds
appeared for Kirkcamp. This
Is the first case 10 be decided
against the state during this
term Of court, and Su2gs the
first parOled prisoner to be ac-
quilted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18

thoroughly studied and Rock Is
land city officials claim that with
such data brought forward they are
sure to win the fight at the meeting
IA Moline, which was arranged for
that city a. the express wish of the
utility board.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18
CAMBRIDGE

Mrs Cecil Frank and baby left
Guesday for Orion, where they will
make their future home. Mr.. Frank
has secured employment there.
c. r. Johnson spent Tuesday with
his father in Bishop Hill.
Mrs OlOf Krans is visiting rela =
fiveS in Lone Tree Iowa.
The South Side garage owned by
Tyler & Fisher. has been sold to the
Farmers Motor company, with head
quarters at Galesburg. The above
company has garages in Galesburg.
Monmouth, Pennington and Cam
bridge
The directors of the First National
bank held their annual meeting
Tuesday afternoon and the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year. President. B. Hadley: vice
pE6Sdent. William Ringle; cashier,
IFS Ea stman, assistant cashier. F.
n. HadIey: bookkeepers. Miss Edith
Roberts and Mrs. Lillian Bloomgren.
c. b Hulin has purchased the
half interest of his partner Oscar
Dahlgren, in the livery and auto
Class No. 6 of the Baptist church
viii hold an OId-f8shiOned sociable
In the parl0rs of the church Thurs
Say evening. Jan. %.
Frank Hallgren. who has been sta
Toned at Camp Forrest. Ga. has re-
turned to his home in CISCO town
Ihip, having received his honorable
discharge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18
GREEKS TO DEHOHnTZE.

Athens, ian. 1S.-The Greek
army Will begin rehabilitation
late this month when 10000 men
will be released. This will leave
from 10000 to 100000 men with
the colors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-18

justice heaved the dough at him
and bolted for the stairway. He
was caught halfway up, and
treated as, on the whole, he de-
served"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31
Campaign to Save
 25O,OOO Lives Begun

New, Orleans, Oct. 30.-A drive to save 250,000 lives in the United States in 1920 was launched here to- day by Dr. Leslie L. Lumsden, of the federal public health service, in an address before the annual convention of the American Public Health asso- citation. He urged that the cam paign be conducted in the same man. ner the Liberty loan, food conserva- tion and Red Cross drives were push ed to success during the war
 San Francisco was chosen tonight as the 1920 meeting place of the association and Dr. w. s. Rankin of Raleigh, N. C., secretary of the state board of health, was elected president.
 Resolutions were adopted favoring cooperation with the federal govern ment, urging an appropriation of ST., 000,000 by congress to combat plaques, and objecting to the pend- ing bill prohibiting the use of dogs for scientific experiments.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31
ENTERTAINING A MAN.

Prince Leopold of Bavaria went clear out to the coast and back with out meeting an American girl of his own age. When he got back to Washington someone asked him what he thought of the American girls, and the prince naturally replied that he hadn't met any. That seemed to be the first time that anyone who was connected with the entertain ment program for the Belgian visl- tors knew about what had happened. However, he saw any number of tombs and hospitals.
 It seems to us that the entertain ment committee and the girls over looked a bet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31
Man Buys Entire Wyoming Town for
 Sum of $10,0O0

Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 3O.-The whole town of Moneta, Wyo., located on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad in Fremont county-town- site and everything thereon, streets and alleys included-has just been bought by John Goodman from A. Hanson, who founded the town 20 years ago. Hanson threw in the honorary officers of mayor, chief of police and poundmaster, and Good man obtained the entire property and the honors attaching thereto for $10,- GOO. Hanson immediately moved away, leaving Goodman monarch of all he surveyed except the railroad right-of- and the small depot.
 For his $10,000 Goodman received title to the following.
 One townsite of 40 lots and streets and alleys serving same; one 1S- room hotel, one five room cottage one three-room cottag-, two two- room cottage, one large livery barn, one smaller barn, one icehouse, one railroad eating house building, mis- cellaneous assortment of outbuildings all furnishings in buildings aforesaid, miscellaneous assortment of corrals, one town pump; large assortment Of more or less valueless junk, repres- enting 20 years accumulation.
 Goodman, who has faith in the future of Moneta, will modernize the town by erecting garage costing $5000.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31
Baptist Preachers Are Advised Not
 to Go on Strike

New York, Oct. .-"Something must be done immediately for under paid ministers" says the Rev. Curtis Lee Laws, editor of the "Watchman- Examiner" Baptist weekly, who de- clares that unless the compensation of pastors is increased they may have to become window cleaners or street sweepers. Dr. Laws advises Baptist preachers not to strike. The Rev. Charles A. McAlpine, recently said he would form union of clergy men and call strike if he were be- ing paid only $500 a year, which is the salary of the average Baptist pastor.
 "The better paid minister's" Law says, "who had margin for savings, in, the old times, and who even could afford little luxuries, may be able to weather the storm, although $500O is not nearly so large a salary today as it was five years ago. The minis ters and teachers who have been liv- ing on small salaries, and who, to live at all, had to spend their last dollar, are facing the following pos Sible courses:
 "They will choose to suffer prob ably, denying themselves and their loved ones every luxury and stinting themselves in clothes, food and other necessaries. But even then some of them will find decent living impos- sible on their present salaries. t
 Finding it impossible to live on their incomes, they may plunge into debt. They can very easily borrow money and more easily run up bills in stores.
 'The third course open is to quit the ministry and take some job by which they can decently support their families. It may be window cleaning or street sweeping.
 "People who ride to church in au- tomobiles pay their chauffeurs more than some pastors receive" declared Dr. McAlpine. Tt is time that some thing was done by rich people for their poor pastors. Everyone who was not in the service has profited as a result of changes brought about by the war. The men who are just getting out of the army and the min isters are the ones who are up against it these days. A servant girl can dress better these days than the wife Of the average minister
 q know several clergymen who are afraid to get married because they cannot support wives on their present income. If they got mar ried they might have to send their wives out to work. Some women, whose husbands are pastors, cannot even afford a washwoman to do their laundry. Unable to pay the prices charged by laundries, they have to wash their own clothes. These wom- en have to take a prominent part in the religious life of the community. It is they who feel the low salaries most"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31
20,OOO,00O TONS SURPLUS.

There is surplus of approximate ly 20,000,000 tons of foods in the United States, according to Herbert Hoover. Production in another six months probably will increase the total surplus.
 Unless these foods are artificially withheld, the prices of foods ought to come down soon. We have the legal machinery to do it now and it should be done.
 There isn't scarcity of several foods which now to all appearances are "scarce" The effort of profiteers to hold back foods from the market seems to weigh more than the efforts of the government to release it. The methods of these food speculators are known to the government and t is strictly up to Palmer and his asso- ciates to bring them to time. He will do this if he is given the support oi the municipal, state and federal au- thorities and the people. Unless this support is forthcoming, he cant do much.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31

mean that it was conspiracy of Mexican rebels they are merely stat ing a fact that has been in existence during the whole Carranza regime. The present Mexican executive has shown his unfitness to rule, and 1t is only truth to tell that 1t is wholly his own fault that the list of con- spirators grows greater every day As for the Puebla incident, it is a more exemplification of the obvious fact that the opponents of Carranza have been so emboldened by im- munity from punishment that they are now capitalizing their success by blackmailing their neighbors.
 If the Carranzistas mean to blame any Americans for the seizure and mistreatment of an American they are merely stating what is on it's face a plain falsehood To assert the American friends of Vice Consul Jen- kins engineered his Kidnapping by blood thirsty bandits, in whose hands his life was constantly en- dangered, in order that they would have to pay out a bale of good American money, disproves itself. Any intimations of this sort are too idle for discussion.
 Carranza cannot escape blame for the fact that conditions are so an archie and lawless in Mexico that representatives of friendly govern ments are safe neither in life nor property. Also he ought not to be allowed to escape the obligation of returning to the last cent the amount of ransom that Americans friends of Consul Jenkins had to pay for his life. Washington should make an explicit and iunequivocal demand on the Mexican ruler, touch ing this latter point.-Commercial Appeal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31
OklahOman Wins Wife
 Through Ball Game

Joplin, Mo-, Oct. 30.-A wealthy Oklahoman who visits Joplin ire quently, is wealthy, mlddle-aged, single and lonely and wants wife, and he is in fair way to achieve his desire as the aftermath of the last worlds championship baseball game. On every trip to this city he visits a certain barber shop where Miss Beu- lah Glass, 22 and vivacious, bright ems up mems fingernails. One morn ing, after his usual salutations, he submitted the following to Miss Glass:
 Say, I'll sign my name to blank check and give it to you. You can fill it out for any amount your imagi- nation suggests. It's yours if Chi cago wins, but you must give me your promise that if Cincinnati wins you will marry me-"
 You're on," she replied.
 Cincinnati won and Miss Glass figures that she won a double vic tory. She secured husband and can sign checks as soon as they are married. In the meantime she is waiting for her Oklahoman oil man to return and close the bargain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31
SENATOR'S AND PRAYER.

Senator Sherman of Illinois says that he never prayed in his life.
 Senator Robinson of Arkansas re- minded the Illinoisan that it was about time to begin.
 Whereupon the senator from Hi nois replied he did not think it nec- essary to pray at the appearance of such antagonist as the senator from Arkansas. "I can take care of myself," he says.
 So the senator from Illinois came out best in the verbal tilt, one of the many that occur every day in congress. And the galleries roared.
 At the same time, we can't help but think that there was nothing to brag about in the Illinois senator's experience. If man doesn't choose to pray, all we'll and good. It's his own affair. It isn't anything that he should be proud of, however. Like wise, if there is any good in prayer, it wouldn't do any harm for sena- tor to resort to it, now and then, es- pecially when that senator, like Sena- tor Sherman, is about to cast a de- ciding vote on the future of the world. The future of the world, we believe, would be safer in the hands of men who pray, regardless of whether prayer gets them any where.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31
World Organization
 To Emphasize the
 Brotherhood of Man

London, Oct. 30.-An organization known as the World Brotherhood Federation was formed here at the recent meeting of the World Broth
 erhood congress, attended by dele
 gates representing Great Britain, Canada and the United States. Its purpose was declared to be drawn to- gether the people of the United States to emphasize the brotherhood of mankind, obtain an effective league of nation sand to cultivate an international spirit.
 1 Announcement was made at the election of the congress that it was proposed to hold a world brotherhood convention in America in April, 1920, when the constitution is to be rati- fled. Canadian and American dele gates were instructed to arrange for this convention in Washington, Phila- l delphia, Detroit or Buffalo.
 The constitution adopted provides for a World Brotherhood council, composed of 10 delegates from ev- cry nation which has brotherhood organization. Provision is made also for the election by this council of delegates from every nation which has no brotherhood organization. i Five Ur;ted States members of this council were elected at the meeting here. They were Dr. s. Zane Bat ten of Philadelphia; Dr. Robix Har- Ian of New York; w. E. Weir of New 1 York; Dr. A. S. Taylor of York, Pa, and Dr. Bauchamp of Nashville, Tenn. ,--. The following officers were elect ' ed:
 President, John Clifford, D. D., London.
 Vice presidents, Dr. Robert B. Speer, New York; Dr. T. Albert Moore, Toronto; Premier Jan Shuts, South Africa.
 : Secretary and commissioner, Will liam Ward, London.
 Treasurer, William Heal, London Rev. T. Sykes of London was elected as European associate secretary, and MT. Thomas Howell of Toronto as associated secretary of North Ameri- ca.
 | The congress adopted a message asserting that the sorrows and trou bles of the world, social, industrial and international, are due to "brok- en brotherhood" and that the spe- cial task of men of good will and brotherly spirit is to knit up the strands of broken humanity into a new bond of brotherhood.
 It summoned men throughout the world to exemplify brotherhood in their own lives and to strive for the reconstruction of the peoples upon foundations of brotherhood.
 American and Canadian delegates who met after the adjournment of the congress adopted, as suggestions to the Canadian and American peo- pie that the third Sunday in March be denominated "World Brotherhood Day" and frequent exchange of vis- it's between Canadian and United States representatives. The Can adian and United States delegates promised to dedicate themselves to the work of emphasizing. the broth erhood of mankind.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31
CUT THE THANKING PRIVILEGE

The postal department is handicap ped by shortage of men, and by greatly increased volume of mail in the past five years. One can be remedied by increasing the pay of clerks sufficiently to attract capable people; the other by congress re- scinding the franking privilege, and by increasing postage on third-class mail. We venture this would re- duce the volume of mail 40 to 50 per cent. And by reducing the quantity of third-class mail handled, relief would be afforded over-worked news paper men who are bombarded witt, press agent stories by 'steen hum dred different government depart ments and associations seeking pub licity for the ideas of some person with a pet scheme to "put over."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31
Cholera on Boat
 Carrying Refugees

Batoum, Black Sea, Sept. 5-via Paris Sept. 22.-The Russian barge Dimitri with seven hundred returning refugees on her open deck, is quar- antined in this harbor on account of cholera among her passengers There is not a physician aboard. In an attempt to prevent an epidemic of disease one of the passengers, Major Robert Davis, of Englewood, N. J., a member of the American Red Cross mission to the Kuban district, is hod- ing a clinic open at all hours. Major Davis gives it as his opinion that physicians in civil life would work harder on their patients if they were cooped up with them on plague ship" and could not get away until all had a clean bill of health.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31
ASKS GUARD STRENGTH.

Austin, Tex, Oct. 30.-Adjt. Gen. W. D. Cope said tonight that he has asked national guard units in all sections of the state to give him in formation as to the number of men they can furnish for duty in order that he might have this data on file in his office. He continued that the asking of this information from the Wichita Falls unit was routine matter of business and that he IS not expecting conditions which would necessitate the calling out of guards men.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31
LODGING RESPONSIBILITY.

The effort of the Mexican federal authorities to attribute the kidnap- ing of the American vice consul of Puebla, Mexico, to a conspiracy against the Mexican government, is but weak attempt by those noinin- ally in control to shift responsibility for their own inconpetsncy. If they
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31

Officers went into New York bar announced they were revenue officers and were greeted by volley of shots. A few years ago this might have have happened in the west and New York would have been mortified. Now we have no saloons in the west and what once was foreign to New York is now New York's own.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31
TENNESSEEAN NAMED.

Washington, Oct. 3O.-Normal H. Davis of Tullahoma, Tenn, who was one of the financial advisers of the American peace mission at Paris, was nominated today by President Wilson as assistant secretary of the treasury to succeed L. s. Rowe, re- signed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31
Pastor Uses Gas
 Mask at Big Fire

Providence, R. l., Oct. 3O.-When St. Joseph's Catholic church at Bur rillville was burning the Rev. John s. Dunn, pastor, with a gas mask over his face, tried repeatedly to approach the altar to rescue the ciborium, but was driven back by the heat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31
HAUBER CELEBRATES.

], o. c. ,Hauber yesterday announced that the. admission fee will be waived at the Hauber theatre today, in cele- bration of the seventh anniversary of o. c. Hauber as a Pine Blufiian, Anyone will be admitted free of charge as guest of the theatre. Harbsr came to Pine Bluff from Cleveland, 0.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31

It must be blind egoism that en- ables some men to accept as Gospel truth all good things said about them but they resent as unfounded any hint of their shortcomings. And yet the world has record of only one per feet man.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31

One profiteer doesn't want to knock another profiteer's game. So we don't have sentiment" against profiteering.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31

Hats off to the telegraphers. They have the only union We know of that decided to wait on anybody before striking.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31

A $7 eight-hour day has been es- tablished in Wichita, Kan, for mem bers of the Carpenters union.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-31

We'll see whose running the II. s. A." says the governor of Okla homa, Eff the governor isn't careful he's likely to find out.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-10-21
LEXINGTON BOYS ARRESTED
HERE YESTERDAY.

When the 1885 Louisville & Nash
Vile train from Lexington pulled in
to the Tenth street passenger sta
ton in this city yesterday afternoon
Patrolman George w. Judy boarded
it and took in charge four Lexing-
ton boys, whose ages ranged from
eleven to fifteen, apparently. A mes
sage from Lexington asked the Paris
police to apprehend and hold the
boys, who were out on sight-see-
ing trip.
The boys were plentifully suppl
ed with cigarettes, apples, cakes and
other articles, and were as happy
and contented as could be. They had
tickets reading from Lexington to
Cincinnati, and told the officer they
were going to Cincinnati to go to
work in a factory. They were held
here until one of their relatives came
from Lexington on the interurban
car and took them hack home, much
to their regret. Their names were
not given.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-10-21
MAMMOTH NEW VAULT DOOR
ABOUT FINISHED.

The mammoth new steel safety
vault door which has been in process
of installation in the Peoples Deposit
Bank & Trust Co., in this city, is
nearly ready for use. The door,
which is a monster of fine mangan-
csc steel. required many days of
prepare ton before it could be taken
into the building, the workmen hav-
ing to cut a hole in the side Of the
house to get it inside. 1t required
two men six days to chisel through
the concrete covering of the Vault in
order to get the door, which weighs
$4,000 pounds, in position.
The door makes the safety deposit
vault absolutely burglar proof, thus
guaranteeing safety to the funds and
valuable papers belonging to the
bank and it's patrons. With this de-
vice in position it is impossible to
get in the vault until the time-lock
mechanism reaches a set hour. The
installation of this safeguard pro-
vides patrons of the Peoples Deposit
Bank with a sure protection, and is
a stroke of good business for this
popular financial institution.