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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17

'forcs such provision becanss the lows law.
under which the ordinance was drawn, was
unconstitutional
The principle upon which the decision was
made is one well established in the law, being
to the effect that no contract which is con-
nscatory in its nature can be enforced. Even
though the contract is bot connscatory at the
time 1t is entered into. changed conditions may
make it so and then 1t loses force and effect
Presumably the right OF the company to be
protected in such contingency implies also
the right Of the public to relief from extor-
tionate charges in case the situation were
reversed
Dealing with the means Of rectifying the
inequities of the Dubuque case the court de-
clared that "the company is entitled to reason
able and just rates for street car service fur
nished by it and the city is empowered from
time to time to tx reasonable and just rates
for such service, subject to the right Of the
company to have the Responsiveness and JUS
tice OF such rates determined by a court of
|. competent jurisdiction
Issues apparently settled. in the Dubuque
controversy-since there is to be no appeal
are the same as those raised in the quad-cities
BY the wage demands Of employees Of the Tri-
City Railway company and the representation
on the part Of the latter that it can grant no
further increase without still higher fares.
Particularly is it of interest m that it sets aside
the Iowa law which was assumed to bind the
company to the terms of its franchise and to
scent fares in the operation of its Davenport
lines, and opens the way for relief through the
courts, Apparently the strongest weapon is
taken away from the Davenport city administra-
ton which has announced it's determination
to oppose to the limit of its resources any
fare above cents. r
If the courts are called upon to pass upon
the fare question it is to the interests of Illi-
nois patrons that the Iowa end of the COM
panys business be considered separately so
that if any relief is deemed necessary it may
work no injustice On this side of the river. If
| Davenport car lines require higher fares to
meet legitimate expenses and yield fair re-
| turn Davenporters should pay them. 1t is not
! fair to levy on the Illinois lines to pay an
! Iowa deficit, even though il has been done and
| is being done at this moment.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17
James F. Lardner.

To James F. Lardner, more than to any
other individual, the quad-city community
owes the fact that it has one of the best trolley
systems in the country. Coming here under
the Louderback regime he took the properties
of the Tri-City Railway company and raised
them from the horse-car stage to standing
with the most modern and best operated any
where. He always had faith in the growth of
the field and built accordingly.
When the former owners of the tri-city
public utilities disposed of their interests and
took over the Rock Island Plow company to
save it for Rock Island, Mr.. Lardner went with
them and entered the manufacturing game, be-
coming general manager and secretary of the
concern Though he was without previous
training in the business of making farm imple-
ments he mastered the details and made
good.
Mr. Lardner was a man of great energy
and did prodigious amount of work, yet he
found time to cultivate many friendships. He
always was mindful of others. a fact which
made him exceptionally popular, The city and
community has sustained great loss in his
death coming it did at the height of his
usefulness.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17

we leave the girls to gossip and
take in q show?"
Before John could reply, Mary's
crisp, cool tones answered for him.
John has given up the theatre
since we married, and l had hoped
you had TOO, Paul"
Elizabeth's laugh saved the Sit
uation.
Go on, save Paul if you can,
Mary. I've given up" she said as
she disappeared into the kitchen
where Mary soon followed her. In
the old days Elizabeth's dexterity
in the kitchen had been negligi-
BILE quantity and the ease with
which she now prepared dinner
opened Mary's eyes. The dinner
was great success. John was
quite enthusiastic over Elizabeth's
ability, though he again expostu-
lated against her doing her own
work.
"Oh. I thrive on work, John-just
see how fast we will get these
dishes done while you bows
smoke!" Again Mary's crisp, cool
tones informed them that John had
given up smoking since he mar
ried.
! AS the evening advanced it be-
came evident that now John was
married. his pleasures must frs,
be Mary's. The evening was a try
ing one and the Paul Deanes
breathed sigh Of relief when thei,
guests left the next afternoon. II
was more than a year before they
met again.
Then one day, quite unannounc.
ed, John came.
But where's Nary asked Eliz.
abeth. as she welcomed him.
Mary could not come" Eliza,
beth felt a sense of strain as ht
uttered these words.
That evening, at Johns sugees.
ton, they attended a theatre, and
when they arrived home, Elizabeth
retired leaving the men smohns
and talking business until a late
hour.
The day following Johns deper
ture, Elizabeth was surprised BY
Mary's appearance; a white, anx
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17
II the Days News

Rt. Rev. Boyd Vincent, who Gel
ebrates his 18th birthday today, is
bishop OF the southern Ohio do
cese and one of the most widely
known prelates of the Protestant
Episcopal church in America. He
was born at Erie. Pa, and was ed
ucated at Yale, receiving his A. B.
degree from the New Haven insti-
tuition in 1867. He then took up
the study of theology and in 1871
was ordained deacon of the Epis-
copal church. His first duties were
as assistant rector of St. Paul's
church. in his native city. In 1872,
having been ordained priest. he
was made rector of the Cross and
Crown church, also in Erie. After
two years in this position he was
called to Pittsburgh to become rec
tor OF Calvary church in that city.
Here he remained for Is years,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17
Whats I'm a Name?
by MILDRED MARSHALL --
Copyright 1919. by the Wheeler Syndicate. Incl

daughter OF the chief Of the Fir
bolg race drowned herself il the
river Life. and since the Irish
word for river is Amhain, the two
words became, on English tongues,
Anna Liffey, and were supposed to
form the unfortunate lady's name.
There was also a ST. Anna in
Bvzantium for whom the Emperor
Justinian built a church in $50.
Thus Anna became popular name
among Greek damsels, and q daugh-
ter of Emperor Basil married Via
dimir, grand prince Of Muscovy,
Another famous bearer of the name
vas Anna d'Este Of Italy. who
brought her title to the house OF
Guise.
Like Anne, the talisaanic gem
OF Anna is the pearl. 1t promises
her good fortune. many friends,
and extreme afability. Wednesday
is her lucky day and her lucky
number.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17

Anna.
Though coming originally from
the same source, Anna and Anne
are two very different names, To
call a girl bearing the pretty ap-
pellative derived from the Hebrew
Chaanach. Anna or Ammo indiscrirn-
inately is a gross error. They are
separate names and should not be
used Interchangeable
Anna was first known as the
Roman goddess of the circling year
She was confused later with Anne,
the companion sister Of Dido, whose
tragic end is recorded by Virgil in
the "Aeneid' According to Roman
tradition. Anna pursued the faith
less Aeneas to Italy after the sui
eide OF Dido, and there drowned
herself in the river Numicius,
where she became a presiding
deity.
The Irish have similar legend
to account for their Anna, the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

other things--dad and mother, the
church. the Old Home Week cele-
bration, until at last she saw the
shadow which Johns remark had
brought to Paurs face dissipated.
Mary. too, had seen the shadow
and thought Paul already tired of
his bargain. But Mary was wrong.
Paul had been supremacy happy,
confident that he and Elizabeth had
made no mistake. until Johns COM
ment caused him to wonder if, per-
haps, Elizabeth was cheerfuliy de-
nylng herself things that she cray
ed, and no sooner had they reached
home and were alone for a moment
than he turned Elizabeth about so
that he might settle this question
looking in her eyes-those ewes
that revealed her every emotion.
How about it, dear, should we
have waited until l had an automo-
bile income?"
"If We had. Paulus. il would
have brought the first sorrow into
my life" i
Paul held her close for a mo-
ment. The shadow had fed. and
when John and Mary joined them
they were laughing at the antics of
diminutive kitten.
Elizabeth. thai cat. How can
you keep such a pest?'
Pest. Why. Paul adores that
kitten"
Johns voice interrupted.
You children have a pleasant
little home here. but l don't like
the idea OF Elizabeth doing her
own work, or of you, Paul, living
in hired fat"
John did not mean to be patron
izing, it was his way OF showing his
interest in them, but Paul was
finding it hard to take his brother s
ohicious manner lightly. However,
he made no reply, but turned to
Mary asking if she would enjoy 60
ing to the theatre that night-a
most unfortunate suggestion, since
the theatre to Mary was.hut a path
to the Broad Highway Of Destruc-
ton. She thanked him kindly
enough. but reminded him that she
disapproved Of the theatre.
well, John, old man, suppose
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17
Autobabyography-A.
Constfpation.l

The reason why / needed no
physic was because father had seen
30 much harm done babies BY
physics that he wouldn't let any
one give me the first dose Of physic.
and IL a baby doesn't take his first
dose he never gets the habit.
There are occasions, father says,
when q cathartic, even dose u
castor oil, is necessary; but in the
great majority of cases physics are
administered to babies needlessly
and without medical sanction. Con-
trary to the notions of old grannies
and some practical nurses, there is
never any harm done by waiting IS
hours for q bowel movement be-
fore interfering with natures plans.
Father often remarks that if the
busy bodies and the unenlightened
mothers could realize that fact,
babies would suffer far less from
the injuries done them by all kinds
of physics and constipation would
be far less common than it Is.
l do not mean to boast, for l am
only a normal baby But I'm glad
I've never got into the physic habit.
It's expensive, for one thing. Even
at q penny a dose, and q dose or
two a day, that amount Of money,
if banked instead of squandered,
| would become a fortune at COM
pound interest by the time a baby
had grown up. The physic habit
robs a fellow not only of his for
tune, but also of his health.
A baby nursed at the breast
naturally has several bowel move
ments daily OF course this may be
easily upset or prevented by SIM
ply doping the child with some
guaranteed harmless physic every
little while in his earlier weeks, at
the behest of some visiting Sairey
A bottle fed baby is likely &c
have less frequent movements. II
the food is inadequate the baby is
likely to be quite constipated-most
babies fed with condensed milk are
constipated because they do not gel
enough fat in the food. fat being
almost entirely lacking from con
densed milk as we'll as from almost
all of the proprietary substitute:
for aIbaby's proper food.
! The addition of fresh fruit Juice:
raw to the diet of bottle fel
baby at the third month. and thu
addition Of we'll cooked and strain
ed fresh vegetable pulps (all kind
,of fresh vegetables) at the fifth OF
sixth month; and the addition o
stewed fruit pulps (such as apple
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17
JOHN DEANE'S BOAST.
BY Grace E. Riley.
Copyright, 1920, by Wheeler
Syndicate. Incl

SyuuiCdlc, luC.J
John and Paul Deane married
two sisters, Mary and Elizabeth
Paulison, two sisters as different in
tastes and disposition as were the
two brothers, 1t was Johns boast
that from his earliest youth he had
known what his wife should be and
1t was only after long and careful
elaboration that he finally mar
ried Mary Paul, on the other hand.
gay, laughter-loving Paul, fell in
love at first sight with Elizabeth
Paulison and their courtship was
as brief as was their engagement,
for Paul, suddenly transferred to
his firms Boston Office, insisted
upon taking her with him. She felt
that no more glorious lot could be-
fall girl than life with Paul. and
the end of their first year together
found her secure in this conviction.
II was at this time that John anS
Mary wrote that they would spend
one night in Boston on their way
east, John having been called there
on business. In a year of separa-
ton Elizabeth had quite forgotten
-1Mary's prophecy that if she mar
ried in haste she would repent at
leisure-a prophecy that had
ranked when spoken and from
Paul's memory had faded Johns
attitude when he heard of Paul's
hurried marriage, and the guests
received a warm welcome. Paul
called a taxi and soon they were
on their way to the unpretentious
apartment to which Paul had TAX
en- his bride.
This is my first automobile ride
since ] married." said Elizabeth,
her voice expressing delight. yet
not conveying an impression OF
regret.
paul should have waited to
marry until he could give you such
things, Elizabeth" John said with
Z smile on his lips which did not
reach his eyes. Somehow Johns
smiles never did reach his eyes.
Elizabeth laughed gayly and
.enrned the conversation adroitly to
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17

! @. What are Picture Brides?
r. F. N.
A. The manner OF Picture
Bride" marriages in California is
this: A Japanese sends his picture
to his relatives in Japan. VINO select
a suitable maiden and in turn for
ward her photograph to the waiting
sutton in America. II satisfactory,
the relatives Of both sides meet,
hoM . banquet, and the marriage is
considered . fact. The wife then
Joins her husband in this country.
@. What can be done to keep
mullins and small cakes from
sticking to gem pans? B. J. F.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17
Today's Anniversaries

Penn, a North Caro-
lima signer of the decIara-
ton of independence, born in
Caroline county, Virginia.
Died in Granville county.
North Carolina, in 1888.
1S20-"Virginius," by James Sher-
idan Knowles, was first pre-
sented at Covert Garden the
atre. London.
1S4l-About thirty lives lost in a
landslide IN the city Of Que
bee.
lS4S-Fire in st. Louis DESTROYED a
large section of the city, to-
gether with % steamboats,
and their cargoes.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17

gaining a wide reputation for MS
elonuence as a preacher and ais
untiring activity and enthusiasm IA IA
the work of the church. In 1857
he left Pittsburgh to become olsn,
Cd coadjutor of southern Ohio anu
FIVE years later he succeeded W
the bishopric.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17

A. If the pans are iron or tin
they should be heated before using.
Place them in the oven about five
minutes before you are ready for
them. When-the batter is prepared
grease the hot pans quickly. fill
with batter and place in oven
without delay.
9. Is baseball played in the
Philippines? ". T
A. This game is very popular in
the islands and is played from one
end of the archipelago to the other.
Owing to the climate. the game
may be played the year around.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17
wANTED!:. TEN POUNDS.

In the wicked Windy City,
Where someone is killed each day;
Where the air is thick and gritty
And the skies are always gray;
Where food costs mint OF money
And it's mighty poor, at. that.
There are Gosh! It's downright funnyO
Men who have been growing fat!
But the thing that brings disqu1et
To my puzzled, buzzing bean
Is-they've all gone on diet
In an effort to be lean!
Starving, working, exercising,
Their vast p0undage to reduce
That, to me is most surprising;
It's surprising as the deuce!
That nobody loves fat man"
Is libel, and that is fat!
/. For my wife says, "Oh, if that man
Would just take on some fat"
For when stand up before the
Sun no shadow dims the floor
And my wife says she'd adore me
II weighed Just ten pounds more!
ONE learns from the Associated Press
through the medium OF the Davenport Demo
crat that "the president sent mes
sage which was read by Charles Newton of
the United Spanish War Veterans" and in the
same dispatch one learns further what "Presi-
uCoSd6C
dedication ceremonies today by Secretary OF
War Baker" wouldn't that, as the original
Newton observed when the apple hit him on
the coco, disturb your gravity?
THE DEVIL FINDS SOME MISCHIEF
FOR IDLE IDOLS EYES.
(From movie ADD
| Clad in youthful beauty, innocence, a
! wisp of tropical grass and the leaf of the .
tc hao Jflo
| Idol Dancer Even the IDOL lost an eye
! watching The Idol Dancer"
FLY time will soon be with us. Taking
| by the f. |. we nominate for president of thu
Fly SKATERS Society Mrs Charles swatz O.
Harrisburg, H.
The Editor Was Out When the Ladies Caile<
| (From The Port Byron Globe)
The debate given by Mrs. Coda
| Walther. Miss Anna Schwegler affirma-
| tice and Mrs. Lou Wainwright, Mrs. Vera
! Fitch. negative was excellent-each showed
| they had studied their subjects well and
! had spared no time in preparing them.
THE senior class play was given Wednes
day night TO large'and appreciative audience
+, 80 was taken in. Bloomington Paragraph
| Perhaps in Bloomington they don't Minis
+, being taken in.
"Is She Goodl0oking! What Did She Wear
Ny Dear, I'm Dying to See Her..
| From the Milan independently
| Several from this vicinity attended German
Lutheran services in Sherrard Sunday morn
| ing, as Rev. Piehler returned to Sherrard witt
| his bride the last of the week, after an alb
sence of three weeks
IT'S NOW OPEN SEASON.
| (From the Kansas City Starr
| E. Sturges, foreman at the railroad round
house at Osawatomic. Kan says he found /;
school of mnnows in the tender of an engin
brought into the shop for repairs.
| WE can beat that one. A Pennsylvania fish
erman t'other day a trout jump from tn
water and snatch worm from the beak Of
bird flying low over the stream.
"CARRANzA's ESCAPE is CUT OFF,
Davenport Democrat
What? Both escape and whiskers? A sa.
plight, indeed.
UXTRY! The senate has ended the wa
with Germany!
BUT the president will start it again.
| R. E. MEG.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17

Joan of Arc waited a long time for the
honor of being made saint but then saint
isn't saint till all earthly attributes have
faded out which is a slow process.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17

A tanners boy, who was born in
a two-room house on the banks Of
the Ohio, was named at his birth
Hiram Ulysses Grant. Although
simple and modest by nature, he yet
preferred classical Ulysses to
homely Hiram, and so he parted
his name in the middle AS ne
was starting for West Point he be-
came fearful that the hazers would
nickname him Hug, and he turned
II. Ulysses around, making it
Ulysses H. On his arrival at the
military academy he found that his
name had been changed again by
the congressman who appointed
him to the cadetship, this neigh
Dor Of the family having guessed
that Ulysses middle name was
Simpson, because his mother was
a Simpson. Since the government
never corrects a mistake, U. S.
Grant he had to remain ever after.
Cadet William Tecumseh Sher-
man was struck by those sugges-
tive initials when he first read on
the academy bulletin board the
name Of the newcomer, and all the
cadets straightway hailed the shy,
stumpy, freckledAace, blue-eyed,
brown-haired; big-headed plebe as
Uncle Sam. until familiarity re-
duced it TO Sam. And Sam he was
to them always after, even when
some of them grew up to be gen
erals with him or generals en- the
other side in the Civil war. Not
being a prophet Cadet Simon Boil
war Buckner OF Kentucky had no
idea that one day this still little
fellow from Ohio would arouse ad-
miring millions to rise Up and call
the writer Unconditional Surrender
Grant.
Before becoming a cadet the boys
schooling had consisted mostly OF
hard work-hauling and saving
wood, blowing, harvesting, tending
horses and cows and driving stage
Yet he insisted in after life that ii
was better training than West Point
gave him. 1t taught him to see q
thing through. to stick to a job till
he had finished it. And that was all
Grant ever knew.
When his father obtained for him
his unwished-for appointment to a
cadetship, Ulysses never had seen
an algebra, and he said that eff the
class had been turned the other end
foremost | should have been neal
the head" That was hardly fair
for he graduated from West Point
21st among the 50 in his class.
Grants first conquest, after en-
tering upon a military career. was
Of the heart of .7-year-old julia
Dent, sister of one of his class.
mates. But he did not reveal his
conquering powers in the Mexican
war, which interrupted the court
ship. Going in as lieutenant, ht
/ came out as a lieutenant.
After the war there was wed
ding and then a parting, with thu
young husband exiled 10 barracl
life in far off Oregon and Califor
Copyright, 1920, by James Morgan
with the Mcclure y
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Argus Information Bureau


ton Frederic Hakin
confidential the replies being sent
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Nn-u1o~sou Difflo

Complexion PlMle.
Will yeast improve the complex
ion and make the skin softer and
whittier? Miss J. K)
Answer-No more SO than bread
and butter or potatoes and gravy.
More Grandmology.
I am a girl IS years old. When
I was AL suffered an attack of
acute multiple arthritis, or "rheu-
matte fever" or ''infammatory
rheumatism" as it was called then.
Following the attack I developed a
heart valve leakage, which is per-
manent. Now grandma and mother
both insist l should take all my
recreation sitting on a chair, but
that seems pretty tedious. They
warn me I am likely to drop dead
if l exercise any. Am ! doomed to
be a lounge lizard? &C. u
Answer - Tell grandma and
mother to tell it to Sweeney. Per
sons with valvular heart disease
seldom succumb to heart disease.
1t may be that properly graded ex-
ercises are precisely what your
heart requires-but, the only hui
man being who can determine
whether and how much exercise a
given subject of valvular defect
,, should have is the patients own
physician.
Accent on the ell.
Is skinned milk which you pre-
scribe in the karell regimen to be
skinned by hand? tMrs. Y. a. ID
Answer-Skimmed milk is milk
from which all or nearly all the
cream has been carefully skinned
off-but don't use your hand for
this. This refers 10 cows milk.
Milkmen's milk comes in bottles.
Cream from bottles may be removed
by means Of small dipper tChapin
'dipper) which goes into the bottle.
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Look who's on top in the Three-Eye league.
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ONE YEAR AGO

United States naval airplane NJ,
4, in transatlantic fight, reacheo
the Azores.
Champ Clark was elected leaoeI
of the Democratic minority N tne
house of representatives.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-17

One gallon of paint should De
distributed over an area OF oe"
square feet.
An old owl will catch more mlee
than a dozen cats.