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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
TODAY IN AI-EDO
AND MERCER COUNTY
BANKERS TALK OF
A NEW BUILDING

Members of the board Of directors
and other officers of the Mercer
County State bank discussed the
new building which is being plan
ned for the bank at regular ses-
sion yesterday. Architect Paul v.
Harland, of Chicago, who has
charge of the drawings, met with
the bankers. Cashier F. W. john
son stated this morning that no DEF
mite information was available IN
regard to the time when the con-
struction would be started. 1t
was previously planned to start
work early in July, but various de-
lays arose, which may make 1t
necessary to hold off until spring.
The present plans call for $780,
900 structure on the corner OF Col
lege avenue and East Sixth street
next to the Bolton electrical shop.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
Chicago Livestock.

Chicago, Aug. II. - Cattle re-
ceipts, 1000; good light and handy
weight steers and best heavies,
strong; plain heavies and medium
and grassers slow; early top, 1925;
bulk choice, 16.10@17; grassy
kinds, 9.50@1475: good cows, 9.25
@12.50; Gamers and cutters, 1000
6.25; steady; medium cows slow;
bulls opened steady, undertone
weak; calves, dull; early bidding
around 1900 for choice vealers;
stockers strong to Csc higher.
Of that big fair, writes.
Hog receipts, 10000; active,
steady to 10c lower than yester-
days average; top 1850; bulk
light and butchers, 14.75@15.5O;
bulk packing sows, 13.65@13.90;
pigs, Csc to SOC lower; bulk desir-
able kinds, 14.00@14.50.
Sheep receipts, $4,000; fat classes
extremely dull; unevenly lower
feeders, firm; top native lambs
1925 to city butchers; bulk. 1900
12.75; choice range lambs, bid
1880; best feeders, 1866; good fat
ewes, $50.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
SUCCESSOR FOR
Dexter NAMED
A. r. Kemp, Chosen As Assistant
Farm Advisor, to Como In
Early September.

A. r. Kemp of Waynetown, Ind.
was chosen assistant farm advisor
from among a dozen applicants by
the board of directors of the Mer-
Ger county farm bureau in a recent
meeting. He will succeed Clyde L.
Dexter, who resigned several
months ago to take up homestead
land in Wyoming.
MIR. Kemp will come to Mercer
county with high recommendations
He is graduate OF the university
of Illinois and has had consider
able experience in club work and
farm bureau work. Following his
graduation he was associated with
]. c. Carmichael, secretary of the
National Swine Growers associa-
ton. in experimental hog feeding
at the university. He enlisted ear
ly in the war and served for sew
eral months. Upon his release
from the army he took charge of the
club work at Veedersburg, Foun-
tain county, Ind.
The new assistant is a young man
26 years of age, married with two
small children. He will move his
family to Aledo soon after report
ing here for duty. He will come
here not later than Sept. Is, prob
ably before that time. County
Farm Advisor p. S. Richey stated
this morning that Mr.. Kemp was
chosen from among a large list Of
applicants. His previous training
and the fact that the state club
leaders have given him high rec
.ommendation was instrumental in
the choice which was made.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
DISCREDIT TALE
OF CAR ROBBERY

Edward Redola of Rock Island,
accused Of stealing an automobile
belonging to Clarence Johnson Of
Moline, declared today that he
would take his case before the
grand jury. The case was contin-
ued to give the defendants bonds
men an opportunity to sign a new
bond.
Redola was arrested in Chicago
several weeks ago driving the stol-
en- car He claims he was hired to
drive the car from Moline to Chi
cago and that he was unaware that
it had been stolen. He was paid
$24 for this service, he says. NJ. J.
McEniry, assistant states attorney,
has his own views upon the ques-
ton and refused to release Redola
without further prosecution. Mr..
McEniry and the police declare the
story is the common refuge of
thieves caught with the goods.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
.CHAS. BARNARD
DIES ON train
Former Moliner and Wealthy Manu-
fscturer, Found Dead While
Travelling in Washington.

Word was received in Moline to-
doy of the death of Charles A. Barn
ard, former vice president and man
day of the death of Charles A. Barn.
featuring company of Moline. HIS
death occurred on a Northern Pa
cific train, in the state of Washing
ton. The telegram telling OF the
wealthy manufacturer death was
sent by Conductor Huntington to
the Moline lodge of Elks.
The telegram stated that Mr.
Barnard boarded the train at Top
penish, WASH, and died before the
train reached Prossor, Mr.. Barn
ards destination. A Moline Elk's
card was the only Identification
found on the body and led the train
authorities to wire Moline.
No reports Of the death have been
received here by Mrs. Thomas Cas-
Idly, 1927 Fifth avenue, or by Mrs.
B. r. Towndrow, 1927 Sixth ave-
nue., half-sister of the deceased.
Mr.. Barnard left Moline in 1912,
going to Portland, Ore, where he
was agent for the Wolf Manufactur-
ing Co., of Pennsylvania He had
resided there continuously since
that time.
MIR. Barnard was manager of the
Barnard & Leas Manufacturing
company for ten or twelve years
prior to 1912. He was son OF H.
A. Barnard, one of the founders OF
the industry.
Lutheran hospital, Moline, is
built on the site of the Barnard
residence, ElsiDore In fact, part OF
the residence is now used for hos
pital purposes.
Mr.. Barnard was 50 or 70 years
old. He was born in Canada, COM
ing to Moline in early youth. In
the early sos he operated a flour
mill at Niles, Mich.
Mrs. Barnard died q number OF
years ago. Two sons, Nevin and
Hughes, and a daughter, Mrs. Col.
G. H. Stewart of Chevy Chase, D. c..
survive in addition to Mrs. Cassidy
and Mrs. Towndrow of Moline.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
MISS MINTEER AND
]. P. RAMSDEN WE'D

Marriage services were held at
II o'clock this morning in the par
sonage of the First Methodist
church, uniting Miss Florence Iva
Minteer and John P. Ramsden, both
of this city, in wedlock. DIR. F. r..
Shut, officiated. The bride is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. L..
Minteer, near Millersburg. and is
well known throughout the county.
The groom is a retired farmer and
has lived in Mercer county most Of
his life. Only the immediate rela-
tives Of the couple were present
Following the ceremony the newly
weds departed on honeymoon trip
through Iowa and to Pennington,
Ill. They will be at home to their
friends on West Fifth street after
Sept. l.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
NOT 4 RobbER,
JUST VISITING
Sheriffs Set Hounds ON Trail Of
Man Who Merely Walked
Through Cornfield.

Sheriff John P. Fleming of Aledo
received a call a few days ago from
residents OF the vicinity of Seaton,
reporting that a stranger, thought
to be member Of the gang that
robbed the Moline Commercial bank
last week, was cornered in a corn
field near the village. Sheriff Hicks
of Monmouth had also been noti-
fled and the two officials arrived at
Seaton almost simultaneously. In
vestigations showed that the Off
Gals had been called out on a wild
goose chase, the man who was
hunted being merely a visitor at
the home of his sister.
Two young men from near Aledo
were diving an automobile to Sea-
ton when they overlook the strang-
er and offered to give him a ride.
He had a small satchel and after
riding for time requested to be
set down as he did not care to go
all the way into Seaton. The youths
let him out of the machine and
their curiosity was aroused upon
seeing him strike through the corn
field at rapid pace. They drove
to a nearby farm house and tele-
phoned to the sheriff, reporting
their suspicious.
The two officers with blood
hounds soon picked up the traces
of the man and followed his tracks
through the field. They finally
found him sitting on the porch of
a farm house, which was owned by
his brother-in-law. The stranger
had travelled several miles to enjoy
a visit in the country with his sis
ter.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
WIFE Is MISSING;
NOTIFIES POLICE

Pearl Leonard, colored, of East
Moline, is searching for his wife.
Leonard told police last night that
he returned to his home in the col
Ored district of the city, to find his
8 months old child lying on the
bed and his wife gone. A search
of the neighborhood revealed no
trace of her. When at nightfall she
did not return, Leonard notified the
police. He volunteered no expla-
nation for his wife's absence, stat
ing there had been no quarrel be-
tween them.
Mrs. Leonard is described as be-
ing about 5 feet tall and weighing
1855 pounds. She wore dark blue
serge dress when last seen and was
20 years old.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
BAKER COMPANY
PURCHASE LOTS

S. Baker & Son of Rock Island
yesterday closed deal with the
owners of the three properties, 1916
1920 Third avenue, Moline, for the
purchase of the 60 foot frontage at
consideration of $4,000. The
Rock Island firm contemplate the
erection of a warehouse on the
Third avenue A frontage leaving
the buildings along Third avenue
unchanged. The Baker company
occupies the western section of the
group. the center building being
used by the Crandall company pend
ing completion of its new ware
house. The eastern front is unoc-
cupied at present.
The buildings were purchased
from the Simon Hersch and
Frankel estates and c. l. Joseph
son, each of whom held at 20 feet
frontage.
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RUMIORS Of Bis !
GRAIN EXPORT
RAISES WHEAT

Chicago, Aug. 12.-General belief
that export business on a large
scale was being done under cover
had a bullish effect today on the
wheat market. IInfavorable crop
adyices from the northwest tended
also to lift values. Pit TRANSACT
lions, however, laced volume, OPP
ening prices, which ranged from
1c to &c higher, with December
2.4O to 2.401s, and March 2.43, were
followed by a slight reaction, and
then by decided fresh advance.
Later it developed that the Brit
ish Royal Commission had bought
some wheat and was bidding for
more. The market closed strong,
5Ac to 61kc net higher with De-
cember, s2.44h to $2.45. and March
$2.47B.
Scantiness of receipts helped to
strengthen the corn market. On
the other hand, rains in the west
acted as a check on buying. After
opening 1sc off to SIC up, includ-
ing September at 1.48 to 1.49, and
December 1.24h to 1.2511, the mar
ket scored a material upturn.
Fear was expressed that trans
portation deficiency might make
December an old crop delivery. The
close was from 24c to 4kc net
higher with September, $1.52A to
$1.52k, and December, $1.27A to
S127h.
Oats were firmer with corn, start
ing 1s@Ac to 1ac lower, but soon
climbing above yesterdays finish
Weakness of hogs put a drag on
provisions. Buyers were scarce.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
COUPLE RETURN
FROM BELGIUM

Mr.. and Mrs. Alidor Martin and
son. Frank, 1040 Fifteenth avenue,
East Moline. returned home yester-
day after three months spent in
Belgium. Me. Martini has resided
In East Moline for a number of
years. being proprietor of barber
shop on Fifteenth avenue.
Mr.. Martins sister and her hus-
band, Mr.. and Mrs. liver Wanda
weghe. and Alois vanoluynslagt, a
Belgian pianist Of considerable note,
accompanied the Martins back to
East Moline. where they expect to
make their home.
MIR. vanoluynslagt, the pianist,
10 fetsd among the most promising
of tn younger musicians az Bel
GUM. He p(ans q tsaeA music n
On q AnaE9pa5 1pllsGoG
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
Dime and East Moline
Moline Obituary
Mn. Charles MoCrossen.

Mrs. Charles McCrossens age 81
years, died ct | O'Clock yesterday
afternoon at her home, 221 Sew
enteenth avenue, Moline. after .
three months illness. Funeral ser
Tices will be held at z::30 Saturday
afternoon in the home. The ser
vices will be conducted by Rev. Ed
Ekstrom. Burial will be in River
side cemetery.
Christine Gustafson was born
Sept. Is, 1867. in Sweden and came
to this country half q century ago.
She was married in Davenport In
1902. Beside the widower she
leaves her mother and a brother,
Carl. in Sweden. Three brothers.
Claus and Oscar, Of this city and
August. of Orion. and two sisters.
Mrs. August Newquist Of Moline
and Mrs. Gust Johnson of Colora-
do, also survive
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
Peoria Grain.

Peoria, Ill, Aug. 12-Wheat:
receipts % cars.
Corn: receipts, IA cars; 2c@3c
higher; No. ! yellow, s165; No. 2
yellow. s1.64; No. 6. yellow, $1.60
Q$165; No. mixed, $3.50; sam
pie grade. s157.
Oats: 1sc to 1c lower; No. /,
white, 75A 076c; No. 2 white, 741s
G75l2; No. 3 white, 75A@74c.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
GOVERNMENT MUST
START VAST EWAR,
GRAHAM DECLARES

Government action to reduce
taxes and ban extravaganza was
advocated by Congress-
man w. ]. Graham, in his address
to members of the Moline Rotary
and Wiwanis clubs yesterday after
noon.
The war;" he said, has intro
duced a spirit Of extravaganza and
wastefulness that is haunting US
now, but the housekeeping must
start with the government"
Reestablishment of government
securities at par, refunding Of out
standing Liberty bonds and reis-
sue of bonds at so years maturity,
guaranteed by sinking fund, were
few Of the methods suggested by
the congressman to reduce taxes
and solve the economic problems
now facing the government.
Failure Of the president to join
with congress in formally ending
the war, Congressman Graham de-
clared, was extremely disastrous to
the country and had an apparent
effect upo nthe psychology of the
people. To prove this statement
he cited the fact that business is
unsettled and that merchants, Job
bers and manufacturers are now
taking profits that would be I'M
.. reasonable under normal condi.
tons to afford protection agains,
the time when they will be buying
on a falling market.
In speaking Of the government
control of the railroads which he
declared was q demonstration OF
the error of autocracy made neces-
sary after the United States de.
clared state of war existing with
Germany. Congressman Graham
stated:
1T was disastrous for the rail
roads. a bad thing for the country
and destructive to the morale Of
both the roads and the men. 1t was
a thing congress must make good
The government must put the roads
on their feet, threw them on their
own resource and let competition
resume"
0. B.. Swayze, national represen.
tative Of the National Warriors
was the first speaker at the joint
meeting. Mr.. Swayze made his ap.
peal for 100 per cent Americanisn
doubly effective by first appearing
in the role OF an agitator and start.
ling his audience with charges
against the government and Other
bolsheyik Dropaxanda
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
Toledo Seed.

Toledo. Ohio, Aug. 12.-Wheat:
cash, $263.
Glover seed: prime, cash, $19.25;
October, s1s.25; December. s19.25;
March, sl9.75.
Alsike: prime. cash, s19.75; Oc-
tober. $19.75: December, $19.75:
March. $1,000.
Timothy: prime. cash (l917)
A.45; cash t1slAl $3.50: cash
(1s19) $4.So: September. A.7Q: Oc-
tohers 4.45: December, $3.50:
1laRqn
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
Weather Forecast

Enthusiastically fair to-
night and Friday, preceded by
thunder showers this afternoon or
tonight in southeast portion; much
cooler tonight and in extreme
southeast portion Friday.
Iowa-Generally fair tonight and
Friday, preceded by thunder
showers this afternoon or tonight
in southeast portion; cooler to-
night; slightly warmer Friday af-
ternoon in west and central por-
tons.
Illinois-Showers and cooler to-
night; Friday generally fair and
much cooler; Saturday fair and
continued cool.
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
Funeral Of Frank Manning.

The body of Frank B. Manning,
511 Twenty third street, taken from
the Mississippi river yesterday
morning near the west end of DAY.
export, will be sent to Liberty,
Kan, for interment~ Manning fell
from his launch above the rapids
near Thirty-eighth street, Moline,
Monday afternoon. and was drown
ed. A message from his widow, re-
ceived today, directed the under
taker to send the remains to the
Kansas town. A brother arrived
this morning and will accompany
the body to Liberty.
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Kansas City Livestock.

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. 12.-Cat-
tie: receipts $500; beef steers,
steady; top, $3.50; she-stock
steady. bulk, $6.5o@S.5O; calves
strong; top, $3.50; odd sales,
$14.00@1450; all other classes
steady.
Hogs: receipts 1000; lights and
mediums and lower; heavies weak !;
top, $15.35; bulk light and medium,
$15.OO@15.30; bulk heavy, s14.50@
1900.
Sheep: receipts 5000; sheep
weak, best native ewes, s7.75; lambs
lower; natives, $3.50; lambs
$12.75; feeding lambs active;
Idaho's $12.25.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
st. Louis Cash Grain.

st. Louis, Mo-, Aug. 12.-Cash
wheat: No. red, s2.5S@2.60; No.
3 red winter, $2.57@2.5s.
Corn: No. 2 white, s1.70.
Oats: No. white, 77@771ac; No.
8 white, 76M77c.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
Liberty Bonds.

New York, Aug. 12.-Prices at
noon. today, were: 31zs, 9O.5S; first
As, $50; second As, $40; first
Ans, $500; second 4As, S4.4S;
third Ans, 1896; Victory 3%s,
1854; Victory ANS, 1856.
Final prices today were: 3hs,
$3.50; first As, $50; second As,
S4.4S; first ANS, $500; second Az
SAP; third Ans, SS4O; fourth AVS.
S4.S6; Victory 3&s, 1862; Victory
4As, $3.50.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
Funeral of Mrs. Brunswig.

Funeral services for Mrs. Lena
Brunswig, pioneer resident of Rock
Island county, who died at her
home on a farm near Barstow
Wednesday morning, will take
place Saturday afternoon. Ser
vices will be held at the home at
1 D. M, and at the German Luther
an church of Hampton Bluffs at 2
o'clock. Rev. John Schnack will
officiate and interment will be in
the Hampton Bluffs cemetery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
Potatoes.

Chicago, Aug. 12.-Potatoes:
steady; receipts Is cars; Eastern,
$5.0O@6.25 per barrel; Middle
Western Early Ohios, s3.00@3.20
per swt.; Jersey Cobblers, $500
$40 per swt.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
Irene Peterson.

Irene Peterson, age II years,
died at 1:4O yesterday afternoon at
a Moline hospital. She had been
in Moline only a few weeks, COM
ing here from Davenport sanitar-
ium. Miss Peterson was born Feb.
10. 1903, in Clinton, Iowa. Both
parents preceded her in death. A
half sister, Jenette Bronenkaut,
and an aunt, Mrs. John Sheridan,
of Clinton, survive. Funeral ser
vices will be held at 3 o'clock Fri
day morning in st. Mary's church.
The services will be conducted by
Rev. J. S. Kelly. Burial will be In
Riverside cemetery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
EARLY LOSSES
N STOCKS ARE
OFFSET LATER

New York, Aug. 12-Pressure
against the market relaxed follow
ing q slump in the exchange this
forenoon and there was gradual
upturn which practically cancelled
all Of the early losses. United
States Steel recovered to 86A
Bethlehem, Crucible. Vanadium and
Replogle steels and American Wool
ems sold / to 2 points above yes
terday's final figure. Some of the
low priced oils and motors i'm
proved sharply, Including Pierce
Arrow, Texas company, and Sim
clair. Erratic fluctuations fea-
tured the dealings in foreign remit
tances. Demand sterling opened
III cents higher at 3.67A and then
reacted to 3.65A. Rates for CONT
mental bills did not vary much. Call
money was supplied to early bor-
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Sc. Louis Futures.

~ Louis, Mo-, Aug. FIXTURES:
heat: December, $2.45h; March.
a1&
Corn: September, $1.Ss%; De-
Der tl.27A.
Oats: September. 72Xc bid;
|tnUher. Tic bid.
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New York Sugar.
New York, Aug. 12.-Raw sugar;
nominal. Centrifugal, $14.00. Re
fined: dull; fine granulated, $21.00
@22.50.
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Arizona republican., 1920-02-24

surveys of the centennial movement Of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mir. Diffendorfer in characterizing the movement said that it was, first of all, a movement seeking to get practical results. It is fu1rtional in it's nature and fits into the present day American mind. It seeks to know the fields, describe the forces, count the costs and get the results. It is engaged in making a survey of the whole world, country by country. These needs it proposes to budget in terms of money leaders and policies. Then through a thorough organization and publicity IL proposes to acquaint the people with these needs and budgets. It will pro- ceed with it's activities until the money is raised the men found and equipped and the administrators secured to do the work. These administrators are the boards themselves.
 The movement is not to be confined to America, the speaker emphasized. The whole Christian body throughout the world is to be made effective for Christian service. The American church alone is not sufficient founda- tion for the world task It will take the whole world church to do this thing efficiently. The service to man. kind which America is to render can not be done through commerce, or science, or politics: it ta e. religion, the speaker declared The Inter church movement is inter-racial also, he emphasized.
 Also Church Movemec4
 This is also a church movement, said Dr. Diffendorfer. Tt is organized and financed by more than 90 of the great mission boards of the several de It is also 'inter~ It has nothing to say about the question of organic union. It is mt ct1nar-rbfrrab r,7Ovoroept f. nm dertal1es to coordinate and thus to secure the cooperation of the various units in professionalism. Coordination and cooperation are big words for our day"
 Dr. I. NJ. McCash, president of Enid Oklahoma, then addressed the conference on American Educa- tion.'' He stated that a monarchy can survive without popular education, but for democracy it is impossible. We must educate or perish. That which is to be put into the national life must be first put into the schools.
 He then proceeded to illustrate by the experience of Germany, that a nation is the result of its educational system, and that Germany in 40 years developed materialistic imperialism that set out to enslave the world. He showed the need of Christian colleges, nasmuch as the secular schools are unable to use the Bible. which is the foundation of our ethical and spiritual fife. He spoke of one denomination where only one per cent of its chil- lren are sent to the colleges of that yet these furnish S3 per ,ent of it's preachers. He stated that he askings of the protestant foreign missionary boards today are for 1920 nen to serve as missionaries, while he ombined enrolment of students or Christian service is only 1900.