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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24

Manager Connie Mack is person.
ally tutoring Hyatt and Halker,
two young catchers with the Ath-
letics. The veteran pilot having
been a star backstop in his play
ing days, he should be able to
show the youngsters a few tricks
in the art of catching.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24
JOE bERCER'S
CLUB OFF TO
A GOOD START
TeNs About the Huge Crowds Out
for the First Exhibition Games
in Wichita,

Joe Berger of Rock Island. man
ager of the Wichita club In the
Western league, is evidently going
to provide that city with another
powerful aggregation, Judging from
recent performances. Joe gathered
his men together early last week
and on Saturday and Sunday he
worked them against the Mime
apolis Yannigans. In both con-
tests Wichita won by scores of S
to 4 and Z to 2.
But while Joe is about his work
Of molding a pennant winner, he is
not forgetting about baseball in his
home town, and he writes to this
department of The Argus with the
following to say:
Sporting Editor, The Argus:
Dear Sir: Just a few lines,
also a couple Of clippings Of
our games played Saturday and
Sunday, March 20 and p, with
Minneapolis. OF course from
the games standpoint, nothing
to brag about; only good for
tune. We won both games and
We were fortunate in having
two lovely days.
The fans are in high here
just as they will be in Rock
Island. Nine hundred paid ad-
missions Saturday and 1000
Sunday. Above all things you
can't beat that and my club
only in training since Tuesday.
l have IS ball players in uni
form now and l have a most
wonderful infield. 1t includes
Beck, man I got from Peoria
to play first base; Washburn,
second base, Just returned to
me by Washington; myself at
shortstop. and Johnny Butler.
third base. The latter l secured
from Salt Lake in the Coast
league.
The most surprising thing is
the size Of the crowds out from
the first games. Two thousand
people is big crowd in mid
summer weather.
l am writing these lines 50
as to stir up interest in Rock
Island: But l am on the square
about the attendance figures,
and our prices are 50 cents for
the bleachers, including war
tax. and grandstand IS cents,
including war tax. Box seats
for two sold for SO for the
season last year and this year
they are SIS, and not q kick
from any of the ones who use
them. You Just can't beat It
Yours.
JOE BERGER.
All Of which tends to bear out
the oft heard prediction that base.
ball is due for the greatest year in
its history from an attendance
standpoint. II Wichita can de-
this, no reason why Rock Island
can't do likewise. And this is the
sentiment expressed by Joe Berger
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24

The New York Yankees appear
to have the best team they ever
had, even better than the Yanks
who broke into the American
league years ago. And that team
was pretty nifty outfit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24

Holt ........0 0 900 900 3 3
White Sox 20 o 2 8 4 l % x-10
Errors-Strickland 2, Browning,
Pitman, Burke, Fowler, Tesar, Mar
Quis. Hits-Off Tesar, in 3 in
nings; of Tabor, none in 3 innings;
off Marquis, 3 in innings. Two
base hits-Burke, Liebold, Brown
ing. Three base hits-McMullen,
Fowler. Bases on balls-Off Tesar,
/; off Browning, 5. Struck out-By
Browning, 2; by Tesar, 2; by Ia
Dor, z; by Marquis, 2.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24

to have championship
eliminated Fulton role The
big pasrer took no particular interest in the that
he is bird pluck Dempsey out of reach ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24

With four or five Of the regulars
absent from the training camp the
White Sox have been up against II
in their efforts to perfect their
team work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24

Manager George Gibson has II
pitchers with his squad of Pitts
burgh Pirates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24

This program would boom general interest
anything yet The A. F. would
Of the sporting shoud
best the would still take
-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24
THERE Is

No better confection than Abra-
hams Pecan Roll. Money or skin
,cAnAot MAXI. i bottes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24

This record shows that
hasn't nipped a pennant in we'll over twenty years.
And yet ST. Louis the
ball. For failures every
which double the burden
ers have had In
the days OF the old Browns which existed
rookie and Wagner had swung a
This St. Louis
picking either club
is such thing being due is the year.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
EYEWITNESS SAYS EXPLOSION
TURNED CITY TOPSY TIJRVY
By HAROLD F. O'KEEFE.
Copyright, 1870, Public Ledger Coz

New York, Sept. I6.-I standing on Broad street
within hundred yards OF the Morgan and
Company The streets filled with and women going
to lunch.
The force OF the explosion terrhc The conclusion
caused me TO unge forward and before recover nv
balance was under terrific shower OF falling glass
Then came panic. Women tainted Bows with their faces
streaming with blood from the flying glass rushed down Broad
street IN the direction Of the Curb OF the girls
the Street screaming
with the arrival Of the ambulances the excitement in
creased The mad OF thousands turned into stampcdc
Livery building pouring people Some OF these had
been injured from glass before they lett their desks
IaXlcabs were commandeered for the wounded 5u thew
were unable to move through the crowds. saw dozens
and dozens OF running with their to their heads
and staggering as they along.
The AR was saturated with smoke and dust There had
been only single explosion but everybody expected more
There were cries OF 1T the Reds The Bolshvists
did It, and wv all street is filled with time bombs"
From the steps in front Of the Wall Street Journal
watched the lam gather force and toward the front Of
the Consolidated Stock Exchange 1t impossible to o1et
the crowd
This wild condition lasted half hour until the arrival
OF the police reserves who formed line across Broad street
at each end Another line OF buecoats established AZ
Broadway and Wall another Nassau street at Pine
street, and still another at Wall and Williams Streets
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
SCHOOL HEADS
HOLDPARLEY
Ballou and Principals Dis
cuss Final Details of
Fall Opening.

Final details for reopening the
schools Of the District were dis
cusscd yesterday by Dr. Frank
: Ballou, superintendent, and the prin-
cipals of the various high schools
in a meeting in the new Central
High School Building
Tomorrow the supervising and
high school principals will call to-
gether the teachers of their respec-
tive schools for d final conference
before the opening Monday. All de-
tails will be perfected at this meet
ing.
stephen F. Kramer. assistant
superintendent of schools. announced
that the first semester pupils at Nc
kinley Manual Training School
should report to Mss Alice Deal at
III o'clock Monday morning. AD-
pliCatiOns are still being received by
Miss Deal from out of town pupils
who have moved to WASHINGTON dur
ing the summer for enrolment in
the Junior High School. he said.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
CATHOLIC CLUB
WILL HOLD FETE.

In celebration of their first an
niversary the Catholic Womcn's
Service Club will hold open house
October IL entertaining with an
elaborate program. Plans were
discussed last night at the weekly
meeting. Miss Elizabeth Bannon.
secretary. presided.
y series Of winter dances for
members and their friends are in
conte mplstion.
Officers Of the club report a
prosperous year. thousands of visl-
tors having been entertained in the
clubrooms at sol E street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS
SPEED TO NEW YORK
TO SOLVE BOMB PLOT
CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE.

CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE
lances speeded to aid the injured
within few minutes after news Of
the disaster was received. \ dis
aster relief service was established
at Broad Street Hospital. the voIun-
tcer Hospital. Gouverneur Hospital.
and Presbyterian hospital
Department of Justice officia Is
here last night said all reports indi-
Gated the explosion resulted from
bomb. and that the outrage was
Of anarChistiC origin.
Recent predictions in the CAPITAL
of renewed bomb oUtraEes as re-
suit of the reduced force of investi-
gators in th- Department of Justice.
were recalled here last night. Pal
mer was forced to reduce his staff
by the reduction in the spproprla-
ton by the last Congress.
Picked Men on Job.
The best trained men of the Sc
cret service were dispatched to New
York, and it was said last night
they were working in conjunction
with the Department Of Justice
chief Moran, of the Secret Service,
held conference with Chief FLYNN
at which arrangements were made
to put the best possible crime in
Nestlgators on the case.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
WARNING SENT
BY BOMBERS
French High Commission
Got Note Telling Them to
Seek Safe Place.

. New York. Sept. ls.-Evidence
that the bomb explosion which
shook Wall street today was not
unpremeditated was received in the
announcement by the police that
warning Of the conclusion was re-
ceived "a hours before it oecorred,
by the French high commission.
A letter addressed to Lieut.. Ar
maud who is attached to the staff
OF Minister Plenipotentiary Maurice
CaseHava warned the minister to be
out OF his once between 2 and 4
O'Clock daylight time. The writer
is said to have hinted vaguely At
plans for revenge and of persons
with grievances who were about TO
satisfy them.
William J. Burns and others Of
the Burns detective bureau ex-
pressed no surprise at this informs-
ton. Burns said the outrage had
undoubtedly been deliberately
planned and that the Burns bureao
had known vaguely of il before
hand and had sent out warnings to
its clients.
The warning to the French COM
missioner was in a small white en-
Vslope and was dropped through the
slot of the ofice at IS Broadway
YESTERDAY morning. The message
was destroyed, but following the
explosion the pieces were rescued
from the waste paper basket and
turned over to the police.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
CHy's Garbage May Pile Up
Unless Congress Aranges for
Mew D. c. Disposal Plant

port reads, that the law permit
ting transportation by private in
dividusls Of table refuse outside OF
the District Of Columbia to be fed
TO poultry and pigs resulted in the
garbage richest in fats being Sc
leeted by these pig feeders and the
lean garbage left for the city 20
collect"
Authority TO BE Revoked.
Increased receipts from grease
and tsnkase are expected 70 result
however from the clause in the 1891
District appropriations bill, which
revoked authority for transporting
garbage out Of the city limits.
The total cost Of street cleaning
for the year amounted 70 $4l3,lss.e2.
The cost per capita was IS cents.
The net cost Of garbage service was
tl7S.3ll.57. and the net cost Of ash
service. $ll4.24s.3s.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
2mb ND York City Search for Bonbe Mar Thousands Vuo Havoc

minutes ambulance calls had been
put in for every ambulance south
of Fifty ninth street. While the
work Of succoring the injured and
removing the dead went on police
reserves drew stringent lines abIock
in each direction from the scene,
Within half an hour a battalion of
troops from Fort Jay had arrived
These supplemented the work OF the
police. City and government off,
cials were on the scene quickly
These included Mayor Hylan. Po-
lice Commissioner Enright, Chief
Inspector Lahey. Inspector Gray
agents of the Department OF Justica
and District Attorney Swami and
several assistants.
To supplement these. William
Flynn, chief of the Secret Service
and regarded as the country's lead
ing authority on extreme radical
activities, arrived in New York late
tonight.
After two hours investigation
District Attorney Swami and his
chief assistant, Alfred ]. Talley
united in this statement:
This is too much of a coincidence
to regard as an accident Coming
almost on the stroke of noon and
between the assay ONCE and the
Morgan building. it has all the
aspects of an arranged affair."
To which Fire Marshal Brophy
added.
We have gathered up some forty
pounds of old-fashioned window
weights. These weights are not
used in any buildings in this vicin-
ity. 1t looks like a TINT bomb.
Some Of the slugs Travelled high in
the air and landed many blocks
away"
Three men. their clothing blazing,
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17

Washington will be seriously dis
commoded In the matter Of refuse
disposal next year unless Congress
arranses for q general disposal
plant, according to the annual re-
port of Morris Hacker. supervisor
Of the city refuse division. sub
mitted to Engineer Commissioner
Charles W. Kutz yesterday.
THE need for a general disposal
plant for miscellaneous refuse is
urgent" the report stated. This
has come about quite suddenly by
reason Of the acquisition by the
Federal government OF practically
all Of the low land adjoining the
Anacostis RIVER heretofore used fer
general dumping. This land is TO
be converted into a park. and IL is
being filled by dredging so that mis-
cellaneous dumping thereon is no
longer desired.
Would Build Incinerstor.
The solution Of this situation
would seem to be the erection OF an
incinerator located on the water
front where this trash would be
burned and the residual ash towed
away in scows and dumped in
shallow water adjoining the Dis
trict-owned property at Blue Plains
or deposited 10 form an island in
the Potomac River below the bridge
leading to Virginia"
The District must take steps to
obtain another refuse disposal plant
before July l. unleS the one now
used by the city government is
leased or purchased outright.
Decresse in Receipts.
The report states that the revenue
for the past fiscal year from grease
and tsnksgs sold by the garbage
reduction plant was $21e.5se.s5. The
revenue for the previous year was
s227.o46.56. The amount Of grease
produced was 10 per cent less thsn n
the previous year.
This clearly indicates" the re-
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
HYLAN TO PROPOSE
REWARD OF $4,000

New York. Sept l6.-Msyor Hy-
Ian announced tonight that he will
request the board Of estimates to Of
fer a reward Of $4,000 for the per
petrstors Of the outrage.
All public buildings and the homes
Of public officials and others vhoss
lives have been threatened were
under guard tonight Forces o.
private guards in Wall Street were
strengthened although today's traE-
edy occurred only twenty-four hours
after the special bomb squad opera
tives Of the police department had
been withdrawn from the financial
district.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17

fell dangerously injured in front Of
the Morgan building They were
rescued from death by Michael Ker-
win, a salesman.
A veteran of the world war and
member of the Seventy ninth Divi-
sion ammunition train and artillery.
kerwin SAYS he put on his hat by
force Of habit, thinking for the nonce
that it was a helmsf. He ran to
the three men who were being
SCorched and with his penknife cut
away the flaming portions of their
apparel. One of them before laps
ing into Inconsistencies screamed
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
POINDEXTER WARNS
OF JAPANESE ISSUE
IBy Universal ScrviceD

senator Mics PoindeXtcr, chair
man of the Republican Senatorial
Committee, issued warning yes
terday that If Democratic Senate
is elected and the United Stat"
enters the league of nations, it is
more than possible that the Japa-
nese land question in Californj.
VIII he laid before the league by
the Jauanese for settlement.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
Miners Vote to End Strike

Wilkes-Barre. Pa, Sept. l6-The
mine workers policy committee to-
night voted to end the strike of
anthracite miners
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
September Savings in Rugs
Special Values in
Wilton Rugs

As an example of these values. the 9xl2
at $o5.00 is the $I35.00 value A very
attractive assortment of colorinss and a
range of patterns sufficient to meet every
requirement.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
Reversible Wool Rugs

A very p leasing appearing rug that will
answer a multitude of purposes and at the
minimum Of cost
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
Seamless Velvet Rugs

A very good rug for hard wear and made
in a pleasing assortment Of designs and
colorings
A few rugs l.3xl2 at $3.50.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
Windows All Shattered.

| windows All Shattered.
Practically every window in the
stock exchange building was shat
tered.
The swarms of spectators having
heard the great roar of the explo-
sion and divining the general loca-
tion of the catastrophe, gathered
as near the heart of the fnarfcial
zone as was possible. Mounted no.
/ licemen summoned from every sec
ton in Brooklyn and Manhattan
rode up and down shouting hoarse-
ly to the curious and kept them
out of the danger belt.
One of the first duties performed
by the police was to procure sheets
from ambulances to cover the dead,
Some of the latter presented un-
usually grewsome sights. One man
was entirely stripped of his cloth
ing including his shoes and socks
and lay near the Morgan building.
His head had been blown away
above the lower jaw.
Another man. his left leg gone.
was treated at the Broad Street
Hospital. He said he had been
standing near the steps of the Sub
treasury building when he saw a
wagon travelling east on Wall
street. The vehicle went next the
curb on the assay Office side, he
claims and then careened as the
flash came. He was blown half way
up the steps of the sub-treasurv.
Before he could reveal his identity
he died.
One woman hopelessIy mangled
fell in front of the sub-treasury.
her clothing aflame. Women's hats
all but torn to pieces, Uttered the
ground in Wall street. HANDBAGS
and vanity cases were strewn here
and there.
One of the most heart-stfrring
scenes attendant on the explosion
was the discovery of the arm of a
young person, presumably mes
senger boy, near the Morgan build
ing. Near the hand and arm was
a call book such as is used by mes
senSers and a messenger boy .,,p.
No other trace Of the boy could be
found.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17

My bonds. where are they"
Securities. bonds, papers Of many
descriptions and even currency was
noticeable on the walks Nobody
mad time to stop to pick them IN.
The granite columns of the sub
treasury building We're marked bv
fragments of iron. The statue Of
George Washington was untouched.
nut at its baS" woman died. her
skull fractured
1t was l2:45 o'clock that an array
OF khaki clad men. the ranks
bristling with bayonets. marched
through the police lines in Nassau
and Pine streets. From then on
until o'clock the district was
theoretically under martial law.
Commanded by Col: WeIgIe. Com
panies X and NJ. of the Twenty
Second United States Infantry from
Fort Jay. established headouarters
at the Subtreasury building.
1t was understood that they were
present not so much to handle the
immense throngs as to prevent any
possible attempts to loot the gov
eminent buildings and large bank
ing houses. 1t was said that $500.
100000 in government gold was at
the assay uffice of the Subtrcasurv
building.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
Choice, S2.S5 Each

Madeira hand embroidered pure linen
Tea Cloths. IS and 54-inch diameter. elab-
orate designs. Actual values up to $3.50.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17

Motor cars came plunging through
the ankle deep glass and the work
OF rescue was speedy. The dead and
the injured were picked up and
rushed to nearby hospitals. MANY
Of the victims were either nude or
their garments were in shreds
The tall office buildings stood
Eaunt. Their windows seemingly
stared at the tragedy. Within fifteen
The commonwealth., 1920-07-02
NOTICE

At the request Of the County
Board ofEducation and by order
Of the Board Of County Commis-
sioners Of Halifax County, N. C.,
there is a Special Bond Election
called to be held on July H., 1920
at Braswell's School house in Pal
myra Township. The amount Of
the bonds proposed to be issued
is $4,000 bearing interest at the
rate of 6 per cent per annum !;
said bonds to run from one to
twenty years. The purpose Of
said bonds to build School IN
said township and the proposed
tax rate is Zoe on the on hund-
Ired dollars valuation Of property
and 6Oc on each taxable poll IN
said township.
By order Of the Board Of Coun-
ty Commissioners this the 18th
day of June 1920.
F. T. House, Registrar.
] w. L. Mizelle, j. W. Rebrtson,
! J. III. NORMAN. Clerk.
The commonwealth., 1920-07-02
LYCEUM GUARANTORS COME
TO THE AID OF THE
CHATAUQUA COMMITTEE

The gift mad, by the Lyceum
Guaranto.s Of 1919-'2O of the
profits made by them on the
Seasons program to the CHATEAU
qua Committee to help make Up
the deficit under the contract
price deserves public mention
Their act was public spirited
one and was deeply appreciated
by Messers. c. S. Alexander, j.
c. Riddick, Clee Vaughan and
Ashby Dunn, the members Of the
Chatauqua Committee. The
names Of the Lyceum GuarantorS
are Mesdames A. L. Purringtor
and S. A. Dunn and Messrs. A
l.. burlington, w. E. Smith, Il
A. Phillips, G. F. Burroughs and
r. G.. Shackel
The commonwealth., 1920-07-02
SCREEN STAR PAYS 81. 600
FOR SHADOW

One thousand collars Tor 4
shadow!
That's what it cost Mary Tick
for, "America't Sweetheart 20
throw a shadow Of herself on the
wall Of a scene in her new pic
ture "Pollyanna'' which will be
shown at the Dixie Theatre TO
night ad tomorrow night.
The shadow is called for in a
lscene which takes place in Aunt
Folly's room. Little, Mary, as
Pouyanna Whittier, crawls, lamp
in hand, from her stuffy little at
tic bedroom out on to the porch
Of Aunt Polly's big New England
house, where it. is cool enough fo1
Iher to sleep. AS she goes across
|the porch the shadow of her pa
! jamaclad figure is cast upon the
blind Of Aunt Polly's window
and Aunt Polly, seeing it, thinks
J a man is on the roof
To get the most effective shad
ow it was necessary to buy &
special lamp, one much more pow
erful than any used in connection
with the studio. When the new
lamp arrived it looked like tn,
searchlight for a battleship. T
Twas ten feet high, with a tripoo
base which spread four feet
land it cost $1,000.
The commonwealth., 1920-07-02

Having qualified as admins
traitor upon the estate of Moses
Moore, deceased, late Of Halifax
County, North Carolina, this is
to notify all persons having
claims against the estate Of said
decedent to present them, duly
verified to the undersigned with
in one year from the date of
this notice, or said notice will
be pleased in bar OF their recov-
cry. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make i'm.
mediate settlement.
LOUVENIA MOORE
This Feb. 9th, 1920.
0tuart Saith. Atty.
Administr;x