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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-19
PAGE DIOGENES-
YEP, VIRTUE rs
IT'S OWN REWARD

Had Diogenes and his little lamp
been abroad on the streets of Rock
Island Saturday night, his search
for an honest man would not have
been in vain.
While walking along Fourth ave-
nue. directly in front of the Hens
ley florist shop. John A Young
wirth, who resides at 803 Fifteenth
street. espied a purse. He hest
tated a moment. then picked it up.
not thinking for the time that he
was holding several hundred dol
lars in his hands. But such was
the case.
Youngwirth walked directly in
to the Hensley shop and inquired
of the proprietor whether he had
seen anyone drop a purse in front
of his store. Receiving a negative
reply, Youngwirth left. his name
and address with Mr.. Hensley, re-
questing that should anyone make
inquiry, to direct them to his home
Later in the evening, strangers,
evidently farmers, returned to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-19
SPRINGS FIRST ARRIVAL.

The bluebird is among the first,
often the first to arrive in spring in
the northern part of the United
States from the southern states
where this aristocrat has been
spending the winter, says the Amer
lean Forestry Association, Washing
ton, which is conducting the nation
wide campaign for the building on
bird-houses by school children WAC
are showing great interest in this
movement. Sometimes more hardy
bluebirds viii pass the winter as
far north as southern New Eng
land. The blucbird builds its nest iu
bird boxes, or in craRuie3 about
buildings or in holes in trees, par
ticularIy orchard trees. IL lines the
bottom Of its nest with grass for
the four or five bluc-white egg
which it lays. The female is paier m
color than the male bird
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-19

r. B. Olmsted, an old resident
of this county, VINO lived many
years in the village of Milan, father
oil Judge r. W. Olmsted of this
/ city, died of infirmities. due to old
age, at the home of his daughter,
! DR.. S. Louisa Olmsted, in Clinton,
Iowa, yesterday morning at 9:45.
d. m.
Robert Bruce Olmsted was born
April Is, 1882. at Havensport, Fair
field county. Ohio. Thereafter his
father. Elijah fuller Olmsted. NOV
ed to Lockbourn, Franklin county.
Ohio. at which place the father died
in 1910.
Motherless at 2 years of age and
fatherleSs at S, he went with rela-
tives to Defiance county. Ohio. in
1912, and in addition to being an
orphan. shared the rigors of the
pioneer life of that new and tim
bered country.
On Sept. Is, 1882, James Ohm
sted. of Puritan stock. arrived at
Boston, Mass, from Braintree, Eng
land. in the ship Lyon.
rect descendant of James Olmsted
and was of the eighth generation
in America. He was the fourth
descendant in a direct line, who
lived beyond the age of four score
years.
James Olmsted, together with
others, founded Hartford, Conn,
and it was from the state of Con-
necticut that the Olmsteds came
Corporal Daniel Olmsted. great
grandfather, and Sergeant Daniel
Olmsted. grandfather of Robert
Bruce Olmsted, both served as SOL
diers of the Revolutionary war.
Came to Illinois in 1858.
Robert Bruce Olmsted came from
Defiance county, Ohio. to Knox
county, Ill, in 1855 and to Rock
Island county in 1860. When a
young man he taught school and
later engaged in farming and mer-
chandising. He has been postmas-
ter in both the villages of Reyn-
olds and Milan and was a member
of the board of supervisors at the
time of the erection of the present
court house.
In later life he was in the fire
insurance business at Milan and for
Is years was a deputy sheriff of
Rock Island county, serving under
Sheriffs Hemenway, Cralle, Heider
and Kittilsen.
When Mr. Olmsted retired after
years of service as bailiff in the
circuit court, the bar of Rock Is
land county presented him with a
handsome gold watch as a token of
esteem.
For 80 years he served as secre-
tary of the MASONIC lodge at Milan.
Mr.. Olmsted married Mary Ma
tIlda Linn at Viola, Mercer county.
Aug. "A, 1862, who died at the home
OF Judge Olmsted. her son, in this
city, last September. He is sur
vived by four children: Mrs. Anna
r. Banbury Mary A. Judge Robert
". and DR.. S. Louisa Olmsted. Ho-
race J. Olmsted, of the Woodman
head Office, is a nephew of the de-
ceased.
Funeral services will be held at
the home of Judge r. W. Olmsted,
SIP Thirtieth street, at 2 O'Clock to-
morrow afternoon. 1t is requested
by the family that no flowers be
sent by friends.
Mr.. Olmsted always was genial.
He was very we'll known in this
city and county and he was well
liked by all who knew him.
All the news all the 4:me-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-19
PUBLIC IN YEAR
LOST 10 MILLION
TOU.S. CON- MEN
Crude Devices of Old Give Way to
More Modern and Complex
Schemes of Trickery.

Chlcago.-The American con-
fldence man reaped a harvest OF
more than $10,000,000 last year, &C
cording to figures compiled by Chi
cago authorities This is the ap-
proximate amount actually col
lected from the credulous public
by professional confidence opera
tors and does not include the mil
lions gathered in annually by the
various tOck-jObbing schemes.
The crude devices of the old time
confidence man, with his she'll
game, three card, monte, gold brick.
green goods, money changing and
lemon games, have given way to
modern methods, more complex
and more profitable.
The really successful confidence
man of today usually have summer
and winter homes, ride in Inn
cuisines and are aided by richly
gowned women. authorities say.
They are educated and. far more
clever than their brothers of old
days, whose favorite trick in Chi
cago was to sell the Masonic tenn
pie to ''rube" for a, small sum, or
agree to make the building turn
around"
Land Schemes Go Big.
Land selling schemes, peddlfng
of worthless mine and oil well
stock, wire tapping and fake"
sporting events are now the hand
maidens of the modern confidence
man, who matches wits with the
banker. capitalist and lawyer, in
stead of dealing with the ignorant
ruralite. Nearly all the victims of
Chicago gang recently sent to
the penitentiary were bankers and
business men. The gangs loot ag-
gregated more than a million dol
lars a year.
- Fear of publicity keeps most vic
tHRs quiet, thus giving the high
class confidence man a certain de-
gree of immunity. authorities say.
They add that federal prosecution
for using the mails to defraud has
been a big factor in breaking up
gangs and recently brought about
conviction of half a dozen leading
confidence workers.
PinkertOn Draws Contrast.
TOW Brown. who came from De-
New York, was father of the pres
ent type of confidence man." said
William A Pinkerton, veteran de-
tective. in striking a comparison
between the old and new swim
dlers. He operated forty years
ago and formerly was a three card
monte man. He was known as a
bunco steerer and won by fake
lottery schemes and other crooked
gambling devices. Then he invent
ed the gold brick with which he
toured the country. The green
goods game came later and Brown
had many imitatOrs who picked up
thousands annually. Wire tapping
and other schemes now used de-
veloped from those old games. The
modern operators don't bother with
small money and often clean up
500 900 in a single deal. The old
timers thought 81, 900 a big job.
Victims are not really honest at
heart, for they often enter into a
scheme to cheat another fellow.
The small town banker and bust
ness man has proved a shining
>mark for swindlers. They cannot
risk their regulations by complain
ing. 1t is surprising how many
shrewd business men fall into the
net"
1t is estimated that 100000
cc the s10,00O,00O total was obtain
ed in Florida, where hundreds of
confidence workers are said to
operate. particularly among tour
lists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-19

Hensley's shop, announcing that
they had lost a pocketbook con-
tanning a large sum of money. Mr..
Hc1siey gave them Youngwirth's
address, and after a hasty trip to
the latter's residence on Fifteenth
street, they we're once more in pos
session of their handsome roll
Sorting through their bullying
pile of yellow backs the once more
happy strangers found a dollar
bill. This they gave to Young
wirth-a reward for several hun
dred dollars worth of honesty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-19
IF YOU HAVE A
BREWERY YOU'D
BETTER CAN TT

Have you little brewery in your
home?
You had better disown it by July
l, warns the internal revenue bu-
reau.
A digest of the prohibition law,
effective July l, is being sent to-
day to all revenue collectors.
The schedule of penalties for vio-
lation of the dry law carries assess
ments of 500 to $1,000 and SEN
fences of six months to three years
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-19
JUST INTERRUPTED.

To illustrate the German attitude
toward the war as a mere artificial
interruption of trade relations the
following incident is cited by the
chief American censor at Treves:
"A German firm in the American
occupied area writes to a firm In
New York. enclosing the New York
firms letter of June 6, 1914, and be-
gan in this manner: In reply to
yours Of June s, 1914, beg to stare,
etc."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-19

operated upon At the hospital in Moline
Thursday night for appendicitis. Her
parents and grandmother Mrs, Clara Con
ner, accompanied her there. The little
girl had been IN usual health, but was
taken an suddenly Tuesday. A council
Of doctors was called Thursday morning
and II was decigFd an operation was
nerrssary The Liberation w1- success
fully performed and at last report, the su
was doing well.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-19
LAW VIOLATORS
ARE GIVEN FINES

James Kenneth and Tom Byos
were fined So and costs for violat-
ing the motor vehicle law. Byos
failed to provide DINNERS on his
car while Kenneth was charged
with speeding. This was the first
rSffense for either of the men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-19

Kansas has more than one hun
dred women lawyers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-11
j. s. WILL NEED
ARMY OFFICERS
No Provision Yet Made to
Supply Leaders For Flu
ture Military Force.

Washington. D. C.. July l1.-Won-
derful results were accomplished in
the officers training schools. accord
ing 10 Col. Ayres' analysis OF the re-
suits OF the war He calls attention
10 the fact that in the American army
one officer is required for each 20
men. This means that 100000 Off
GERS were required for 100000
men. When war was declared there
we're only 5000 officers in the regular
army. These. with the National guard
officers. made II necessary to secure
10000 from civil life
IN commenting on this Col Ayres
said.
About 200.0o0 commissioned off
GERS were required for the army. OF
this number less than 5000 were in the
federal service at the beginning OF
the war. OF these 5791 were reguiara
and 1888 were officers Of the National
guard in the federal service
The figures show that OF every six
officers one had had previous Mill
tary training IN the regular army, the
National guard or the ranks Three
received the training for their COM
missions in the officers tralnine
camps. The other Two went from
llNllldn lie lnIO lnE army Win Allllt
or no military training IN this last
group the majority were physicians. a
Few OF them were clergymen and most
OF the rest were men Of special BUSH
ness or technical equipment who
were taken into the supply services
or staff corps.
It is certainly hoped that this les
son viii be carefully studied by the
war department authorities and con-
gress. If il means anything il DEM
onstrates clearly that the United
states should have 10000 officers in I
the regular arnF. and reserve corps.
The necessary legislation must be
enacted TO make il possible TO de-
velOp a corps Of officers Of greater !
strength than has ever been main !
tanned and enlisted men and officers /
by the National guard This viii cali I
for an extensive system Of officers ]
training schools, which has not been
provided for by any recomm endation /
that has come from the war depart /
ment. or any bill that has been in !
troduced in this session Of congress
This corps should be built Up around /
tic regular army by the utilization I
OF officers who have had service in 4
the war. Regular army or profes-
siona1 officers should be used as an
instructirk corps to develop an ade-
quate corps of commanders. The re-
serve officers should not be confined
to the grades Of major and below. but
a system of instruction and training
should be provided by which there
should be in reserve officers in the
higher era dee
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-11
THEFT
PLOT IS Barred
American Supplies Stolen
at Coblenz and Sent to
Unoccupied Germany.

Coblenz Germany. July 11.-(By the
Associated Press.)-A plot involving
wholesale thefts of food. automobile
tires and other troop supplies for
shipment TO Germany has been IN
covered By army officers here, it was
learned Thursday. when several Ger
mans. who are alleged to have had
a hand in the plans. were arrested.
Three cars of American bacon and
three cars OF tires and tubes. which
were billed through to unoceupied
Germany as empties, were returned TO
Coblenz from the edge of the bridge
head. Officers say that shipments
under various pretexts have been go
ing on for weeks. and. possibly.
months, and they estimate the loss
to the army at several million marks.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-11
IN
NAVY REVIEWED
No Sailor Executed AS Re
suit of Courtmartial
During the War.

Washington, d. c. July IA elem
ency board. consisting Of secretary
Daniels. rear admiral George r.
Clark, judge advocate general, and
Commander Frank B. Freyer, assist
ant judge advocate general. now is
engaged in reviewing court martial
sentences imposed during the war
Many punishments involving prison
terms or fines are being mitigated
or set aside by the reviewing hoard.
Secretary Daniels announced today
that not a man was executed as the
result Of naval court martial during
the war. In several cases. he said,
courts martial recommended the
death penalty. but in each the review
ing board committed the sentence 81
Imprisonment
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-11

We have just received a full line
Of pajamas. fashioned Of batiste
and crepe in many styles and as
sorted cciors. Sizes 1 to 16 years.
500.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-11
SERGT. SH0LL, OF Ell PASO,
VISITING IN OGDEN, UTAH

The arrival from overseas of SergL
H J. Sholl. Of the 315th supply train.
90th division. is announced. He
trained at Camp Travis for eight
months. then he was made. sergeant
in the quartermaster depot He went
overseas last June and took par in
the battles at St Michael. also in the
Meuse- Argonne campaign. He was at
the front four months. After the
armistice he was transferred to the
army Of occupation in Germany until
his return. He is nov visiting a sister
in Ogden. Utah. but will return to Fl
Paso to take up his duties in civil
life sfbefore. the war.
Why not get fresh seedss New quar-
tiers. new stock same old location. FL
PasO seed Co.. 523 z. san Antonio ST..
Just East of Court House.-AdV-
can swift Messenger. Phi 1521.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-11
Ell PASO MAN WILL ADDRESS
AMERICAN LEGION AT TUCSON

Fred B. Humphreys, son Of Samuel
G. Humphreys, Of the Paso del Norte
Ariz-. where he wiz address the new
organization Of the American Legion
Of World War Veterans OF that CITY
Fred E. Humphreys recently returned
from service in the United States navy
legion.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-11
HOBBY PROPOSES $500
BONUS FOR TEXAS MEN

Austin. Tex, July 11.=Enaetment cf
a law which will give every dis
charged soldier from Texas a bonus Of
$500 was recommended by governor
Hobby IS in a special message sent
to the legislature late yesterday. Rep
resentatiye Malone. Of Ta-rant. pre-
pared a bill on the subject
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-11
OFFICERS GIVEN NEW
POSTS BY WAR DEPARTMENT

Washington. D. c.. July 11.-Capt
Walter Conway johnson. medical
corps. Camp Kearney. has been trans
ferred to Fort Bayard. y n: First
Lieut. Edwin K Piper. sanitary corps,
San Antonio. to FL i-aso: Second Lieut..
Evers Abbey. air service. Kelly field.
10 Fort Bliss; Capt Joseph Hall
Whitley. medical corps, Camp Pike,
to Fort Bayard.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-11
GEN. ERWIN WILL PRESENT
SERGT. DREBEN WITH MEDALS

a French military cross and the croix
de guerre on Sergt- Sam Dreben TO-
night at the University club smoker
The smoker is especially for summer
grass widoWers"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-11
TWO INFANTRY COMPANIES
ARE SENT BACK TO DOUGLAS

Companies G and H. 18th infantry,
have been ordered to their former
stations at Douglas. Ariz- and will
leave Friday night, according TO in
formation given out at military head
quarters.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-11
Uncle Wiggily Offers
6More MoUie' Tickets

Uncle Wiggily is still offering
prize of six tickets to the 10y or
girl who makes the neatest booklet
from the Uncle Wiggily picture
page in the Weekend edition Of
The Herald The winner of last
weeks contest viii be announced
in Saturdays paper. watch Cor it.
Take three sheets of paper and
fold them in the middle TO make
the book. then take the picture
page and cut out the squares. using
a new page in your book for each
square Take the title and use it
TO decorate your. covers. Put your
name and address on the book and
mail il TO the feature department
care Of The Herald
Do the work very carefully and
maybe your book will be the incest
and YOU VIII get the six tickets to
the Alhambra theater- which you
may use on six different occasions
or you may give movie" party
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-09
PRESIDENT BENTON
HAS RESIGNED
Head Of University of Vermont to At
tend to His Work in Educational
Campaign in France.

BURLINGTON, May 9-Announcement
was made last night by Comptroller Guy
w. Bailey Of the University of Vermont
of the resignation of Guy Potter Benton
as president of the university, to take Ell
feet on July /. The resignation, while
not coming out OF clear sky, was a
great surprise to members OF the faculty
trustees, students and alumni of the in
stitution. President Benton, who in April
was made educational director of the
army of occupation in Germany, mailed
the resignation because OF his appoint
ment to that responsible position
He has 25o,000 men of the American
army under his direct charge in the ed
ucation campaign He has been in y. NJ
G. A. work for nearly Two years, prior
to his appointment to his present posi-
ton. He accepted the presidency of the
university in 1911
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-09
WANT ROADS RETURNED.
Convention Aims to Get New England
Back of Movement.

BOSTON, May 9.-Public sentiment
throughout the United States IS almost
unanimously opposed TO government
ownership or government operation Of
railroads, in the opinion of E. G. Buch-
land, president Of the New York. New
Haven and Hartford railroad, as ex-
pressed in an address at a trausporta-
tion convention held here yesterday un-
der the joint auspices of the Associated
Industries of Massachusetts and the
Massachusetts, Board OF Trade
The convention, attended by officials
of the New England states, members of
congress and railroad and business men.
was called, it was announced, to get
New England - solidly behind a plan
for the return of the railroads of the
country to private management
If ownership and operation of the
railroads Is TO be in private hands. Pres
ident Buehland said, remedial 1egsla-
ton must be had to provide sufficient
revenue. He advocated the establish.
ment Of a federal department of trans
portation and the adoption of a govern.
ment policy of consolidating the rail
roads into a limited number Of
strong and efficient systems to preserve
competition in service and eliminate IN.
necessary Implications and promote
economy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-09
NOMORE PAY
FOR TEACHERS
Mayor Hylan of New York
City Vetoed Bill Making
Increase Possible
SAYS TAXPAYERS
CANNOT STAND 1T
Would Increase Their Burden from Ten
to Twenty Million Dollars-Rsorgani-
zation of Educational Work Would
Furnish Enough Money.

NEW YORK, May 9.-Mayor Hylan
yesterday vetoed the bill to amend the
city charter to increase the salaries Of
teachers. The bill he asserted, III a
memorandum to Governor Smith, was
mandatory legislation, and if approved,
would place a burden upon the taxpay
ers of from $10,000,000 to 100000, 600,
which would result in an increase in
the tax rate of from - to so points
Large owners Of real property, he said
had admitted that any increase in
taxes or carrying charges on real es-
tate is passed along to the rentpayer
by increasing his rent. The mayor also
said:
q The rent PAYERS seem to have their
hands pretty full just now, and | can
not forget that | am the mayor for
them also If this bill to raise salaries
indiscriminately becomes a law, it will
pile from ten to twenty million dollars
wear on the already heavy tax bur
den which is now carried by the rent
payers.
'tTherc are some teachers who, | be-
lieve are entitled to further considera-
ton. but the board of estimate and APP
portionment rs empowered to compen-
safe them adequately for any service
rendered. and | believe the board of
estimate and apportionment has treat
ed the teachers fairly, and that it is
| unfair to all the people of the city Of
New York to attempt to force such
mandatory legislation upon them.
The board of estimate and appar-
| tionment has endeavored to investigate
the accounts Of the auditor of tho
| board of education. but was refused
this privilege BY Superintendent Et
| finger No doubt if the expenditure OF
from forty to fifty million dollars pro
vidcd yearly for educational purpose
We're investigated, a saving of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars could b.
made. which would be distributed
among the poorly paid teachers, there
| by giving them a greater compensation
i with no greater burden TO the tax
1 payer.
There is an argument being use,
BY some who favor an increase tina
they cannot get teachers. If the an
tiquated board of examiners were dis
/ pensed with and the students. who haN
been graduated from the high schoo
and the teachers training school wer
allowed to teach, without further cS
animation. there would be thousands o
additional teachers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-09
QUICK RELIEF
FROM CONSTIPATION
Get DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousands
since Dr.. Edwards produced Olive Tablets,
the substitute for calonlel.
DR.. Edwards, practicing physician for
II years and calor,ei's cld-time enemy,
discovered the formula Cor Olive Tablets
while treating patients for chronic con.
stipation and torpid l:vera.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets 90 not
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No gripping is tho s'key,iote" Of these
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unnatural action.
II you have a dark brown mouth now
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feeling-sick headache torpid liver and
are constipated, you'll find quick, sure and
cnly pleasant results from one or two lit
tle DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets at bedtime.
thousands take one or two every night
Just to keep right. Try them. 10c and
Csc per box. All druggists.