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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02

The fire, which started In the
basement Of the building At an early
hour, billowed up in the dum-weit-
er shaft to upper floors. The are
was discovered by young woman
student on the third floor. who
hurled q book through her window
and shouted fire" to the street
below.
The house was occupied by stu
dent artists and professional people.
Flames leaped from cellar 10
roof through an air shaft. trapping
the victims.
Miss Annette Bracy. who discov-
cred the fire. said she heard .
cracking sound and, opening the
door. found the hall q mass OF
flames.
Many of those who escaped had
to dash through a sheet Of fame.
, The death list would have been
higher had it not been for . door
cut through the wall into an adj
joining house. A number Of per-
sons escaped by this means.
List Of Dead
Police said the dead were:
MISS MARJORIE LASCOMB,
motion picture actress.
MRS. G. BOSWELL REID. opera
singer.
DIR. r. M. POTTER, . veterinary
surgeon. associated with the New
YORK Hippodrome. .,------'------1a "a
MRS. JENNIE JENKINS.
One unidentified person.
Miss Marjorie LascCmb came 70
this country recently from England.
Mrs. Reid's' sister and a giri
/, friend are believed to have spent
the night with Miss lAcomb.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02
RAILROAD RATE WAR

Madison. Wis.,. Dec. 2-Prepara-
lions for = legal hattie to 'defsnd
Wtsconsin's right to regulate rail-
road fares within the state" were
begun by Governor Philip and J.
J. Blaine. attorney general and
governor-elect today. Immediately
after they had been infoFmearthat
Wisconsin intra-state rates had
been ordered boosted 70 Sc centa =
mile BY tho interstate commerce
commission.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02
RATE INCREASE.

Washington, Dec. 2. = Railroads
operating in Wisconsin were order
"a by the interstate commerce COM
mission to put into effect immedi-
ately increases in intra-state rates
commensurate with the advances
authorized in interstate tariffs.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02

IlIuuction Blocks Daven
port City Attorney as
Service Is Cut.

fn-City Railway officials and
tninmen were arraigned before Po-
I lcs Magistrate Medcalf in Daven-
~ police court this morning for
violating a city ordinance govern
ins operation of street cars, de-
elared guilty after otwo hours OF
eratory, and near-oratory, between
opposing attorneys, ordered to pay
hnes, and appeal taken to higher
court, all as per schedule.
IN the meantime, Attorney ]. X.
Lane for the corporation, had sue
ceeded In obtaining . temporary in
junction from Judge A. p. Barker
IN the district court Of Scott coun-
" TO prevent the city OF Davenport
from making any further arrests.
In effect this means the company
Will continue to operate under its
eut-seryice program Awhile the
criminal action charged by the city
% fought to a finish In the higher
tribunals. 45
Those who were fined are:
B.J. Denman. president, 500 and
!. costs
John G. Huntoon, general man.
aser, 500 and costs.
i 7. c. Roderick, assistant general
manager, $10e and costs.
!. yarrico, motorman on Fourth
street line, s25 and costs.
s Ben Dietdick, motorman on
Ridge line, SIS and costs.
rsSlp The cases of the three officials,
eppeal bonds were fixed at $500
/ 900 each.
The hearing lasted for two hours
tAls morning In the council room
Il the Davenport city hall. Despite
the large quarters, the place was
| tmmed with curious listeners.
4 Attorney Lane for the defense at
tackled the validity of the city ordi-
nance as 1t affects employees Of the
company who have no alternative
than to do as ordered In the matter
Of operating the cars and asked to
have the charges against the two
trainmen ruled out.# He claimed
that all responsibility rested win
The officials of the company, but In
this respect was overruled by the
court, who followed explicitly the
arguments OF City Attorney Screech-
field.
Attorney Lane also raised the
question as to the kind OF action
that was being taken, whether the
ofense, II such, could be CLASSIFIED
a. criminal action or whether 1t re-
NAMED for the city to seek redress
In the civil courts. The decision NJ
the magistrate shows on which size
be stood.
He held that the action OF dis.
continuing service. on the Fourth
strtt line and curtailing Bridge
lie and owl service, constituted
mtsdemeanor. and as such was pun
lshable 10 the maximum as pre-
scribed by the ordinance. @
Ordinarily the sight OF the patro
wagon on the streets OF q cit!
arouses no more than passing In
terest of the public, but this morn
ing when ii drew up in front Of thu
Lane building in Davenport q larg'
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02
CENTS
PA|DF0R WHEAT


!. Chicago, Dec. 2-Steep upturns
in the wheat market today attract
ed unusual notice. At one time
prices showed an extreme gain of
Nh to II cents . bushel, as COM
pared with yesterdays finish, March
delivery touching $l.66h.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02
LAY OFF MEN.

New York, Dec. 2.-Approximate-
y 1900 men employed in the New
Jersey plants OF the Thomas A.
cdison Affiliated Industries at West
vraase. and Silver Lake, N. j.,
wave been laid OF. the company an
aounced today,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02
DRCLLRES MAR

Lond1n, Dec. 2.-Gsbriele dan
nunzit. N command Of the insur-
gents at Fiume, has declared war on
Italy, according to Milan dispatch
to the London Times. The state OF
war will begin Friday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1920, BY the. United
Press.) +
Williamson, w. Va. Dec. a.
Drenching rains put danper to-
day on hostilities between the strik-
Ing. miners and mine guards in the
Tug River valley
The weather also intensified the
bitterness of the miners who have
been evicted from their company
owned homes and who now live in
tent colonies like war refugees.
While federal troops ordered into
Mingo county to stop the bbodshed
and dynamitings that marked the
mine feud were cleaning up the
streets OF Williamson todiy and
putting the Uttered town in spic
and span order, l visited one Of
these tent colonies situated on the
muddy banks of Muddy Lick Creek.
The coleny was in an isolated
place, reached only after . 1erilous
automobile trip over narrow noun
tain roads that had become slip
perry sueaks of yellow and black
clay. Finally the car had to be
abandoned. Then, slipping down q
20-foot clay bank, l landed in the
midst OF the settlement; which
bulked mistily through the West
Virginia fog.
Tents Look Old.
The tents we're raised list june
and last July but they Looked as
though they had seen service f0I
years. They were the color OF
washings that hang from back win
dows of tenements on the lower
east side Of New York. Rusty
stove pipes were thrust upward
through the moisture-streaked
roofs, emitting sickly yellow smoke
that quickly lost itself in the driz-
,zle. The settlement wa $50 laid Out
that there was some semblance ol
q street. There were no people II
sight. Those that we're at home
were seeking shelter from the We,
behind their canvas walls. A few
Of The men were absent working al
the odd jobs they pick up now and
then in wagon mines. For. the mos1
part, however, they are dependent
on meager benefits from the Unitef
Mine Workers, which also furnishes
fuel and clothing. was informed
there were $500 men, women and
childrsn in this tent colony.
Visits Tent Colony.
In reply to q cry OF "anybod,
homer, woman who might hav.
been middle-aged but looked mucl
older. thrust her head out ant
shrilled what do you want?" = =
Finally the tent fastening,
loosened and an overalled man witl
q grey stubble Of beard invited tn,
! correspondent within
Dampness carried q penetrating
chill. The occupants. consisting o
man. wife and i've children an.
four neighbors, were 2huddled a.
closely as possible around a small
| sheet iron stove.
He was employed ut Goody work
tngs, Just across the Tug River II
Kentucky. When the compan,
learned he had Joined the union b.
was notified to vacate his .hous,
promptly. He asked for three day,
to md another place and the com
pany agreed. The next day, how
ever, eight deputies arrived an,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02
BREAD WILL DROP

Miiwaukee. Wis, Dec. 2.-Whole-
se bread prices here will drop
aoM II to 8 cents for is ounces,
aa from Is to l2,s cents for "a
suce loayes in the near future. it
- declared by bakers today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02
THE WEATHER

Mostly cloudy and somewhat ur-
settled tonight and Friday. Warmer
tonight with the temperature above
freex.ng.
Highest yesterday. IL; lowest last
night. -
wind velocity at Z. a. m. miles
per hour.
Precipitation. none.
~. IL m. 7p.m. An.
yester. yester. tc<fAy
Dry bulb temp. 40 10 34
Wet bulb temp. 50 IS 81
Relative humia.., IS So sS
River stage. "A; no Change las,
"a hours.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02
TENT
COLONIES
DESCRIBED
Families Of Striking hin
ers Suffer in West
Virginia Hills.

Conditions under which tie strikes
in Minco county live ere descrihed in,
todays dispatch from Haro4d D.
Jacobs. He was sent W the United
Press into the West virginis hills 70
tell what is going on therS In the
guerrilla war between s&rineru and
mine guards. in which % iives have
been lost. bombs have been. set on
and frequent shooting adrags have
occurred.j
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02
MARJORIE LAsCoMB Of
MOVIE STAGE, AnDMl6
BOSWELL REID PERISH
Trap Victims IN
Apartment House; ons
Still UnidentiAe

New York, Dec. 2-Five lives
were lost today in . fire which
swept through = S-stsry apaxt.
neat hoase this nsrning ct 3
west Fifty.sevepth street.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02
River Forecast.

Only slight changes in the Missis-
sippi will occur from Clinton Il
Muscatine-
AZ a1ERIER sss1sseuaxist
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Continued on Page Three,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02

Frederic J.. Haskin. Direc-
tor. The Rock Island
Argus Information Bu-
resu, Washington. d. c.
I enclose herewith two
ceata in stamps for re-
turn postage ON = free
copy Of 80 Cseful Books
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02

Dublin, Dec. 2.-(United Press.)
British officers continued
today to bring additional Sinn Fein
prisoners to camps here. the situ-
alton was Quieter than In weeks.
In the neighborhood Of Cork
there were frequent clashes. Sew
eral residences in Cork we're re-
ported burned.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-02
BY HAROLD D. JACOBS.

b1 HAkVAD " SAOVDSs
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent }
Copyright, 1920, BY the United
Press.) + !!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-04
THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE

THE distinction which most Americans
= spontaneously draw between political
and national authority was refreshinelv
illustrated yesterday when the President
went out for his first auto spin since the
beginning of his long illness.
Passing through the Capitol grounds
Mr.. Wilson waved his hand to Mr.. Borab
and smiled. The senator from Idaho
cordially waved back There was moth
ing stranger in this exchange of cour-
tesies between political foes than Is in
herent in American character.
The satisfaction of the entire repubIic
over Mr.. Wilson's rapid progress along
the road TO health is something quite
apart from criticism of his methods.
The President Of the Union was seriously
III. He is all but recovered. The relief
experienced is patriotic and nonpolitical.
Probably all the storm and tumult of
paitisanship occasionally give Europe
the Impression that we are in the habit
of repudiating our Presidents. The
grandeur and solemnity of the office of
Chief Executive of these states Is thus
xoefully misconceived, The man Is often
eabject tc eftacks both prejudiced and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-04
TOWARD A SANE FOURTH"

AN ANNUAL complaint of dealers in
: = Fourth of July explosives will be
less convincing this coming summer than
formerly. On motion OF W. w. Roper
Council has passed a resolution asking
the city solicitor to return an opinion as
to whether the state laws and municipal
ordinances are sufficiently taut to pro-
hibit the sale or use of any fireworks.
Traffickers in these dangerous wares
will hence be unable legitimately to claim
that they were not warned of a move
ment on behalf of a safe celebration OF
Independence Day until the "festive"
stocks were all filled.
II is arguable that legal ruling in the
matter is perhaps less needful than a sin
cere and forceful Interpretation Of the
present laws. Independence Day TRACE
dies are largely the result of dsrespect
for existing statutes and inadequate en-
forcement of them. Mayor Moore and
his director of public safety can accom-
plish an admirable reform by the appli-
cation of vigorous methods based on con-
stituted authority.
Discussion Of the subject in Council at
this time does, however, deserve COM
mendation. 1t has significant advantages
over the usual eleventh-hour utilities
and belated warnings" so conducive to
a disastrous Fourth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-04
WOMEN AND THE ELECTION

MO WOMAN need fear that delay in
~ the ratification of the equal suffrage
amendment to the constitution for a
month or two will deprive her of the
right to vote at the presidential election
in November
Ratification might be delayed until
August without preventing the women
of Philadelphia from voting.
The women may not vote in the May
primaries because it is not possible to
make the amendment effective in time
for them to qualify. But the May pri-
maries are merely nominating conven-
tions. The candidates named then have
to run for election in November. The
primaries are party affairs participated
in by the registered voters of the differ
ent parties. The Republicans vote one
ticket specially prepared for. them and
the Democrats vote another.
The real election is in November. The
assessors lists are made up in April and
contain the names of all the qualified
voters at that time. But the law pro-
vides for placing names on the assessors
lists as late as September 1. --.,.
If the amendment should be ratified
before that date every woman of voting
age in this city could go to the registra-
tion place in her voting precinct, pay her
poll tax. or take with her her receipted
real estate tax bill, and have her name
placed on the rolls. Then she would be
entitled to vote at the November election.
This is so in spite of the fact that the
state constitution and the state laws
provide for voting by men only. The
constitutional amendment would SUPER
sede all provisions restricting the exer-
else of the privilege of suffrage to male
citizens. But it would not supersede the
state laws defining how all electors We're
to qualify themselves for voting. 1t
would not repeal the poll-tax law, under
which no citizen who has not paid his an
nual tax is allowed to vote. If we had an
educational qualification, as some states
have, it would not repeal that. But it
would place women on an equality with
men at the polling place and entitle every
woman to the same privileges and immu-
mites enjoyed by the male voters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-04
MARKETING HOG ISLAND

A LOGICAL sequel to the recent acqui-
sition by the government of the title
to the Hog Island ground is the an
nouncement from Washington that
tenders for the purchase of the entire
plant may now be submitted.
The invitation is a unique test of the
resources and enterprise Of private capi-
tai, but there is no reason to believe it
cannot be met. If the state or the city
does not buy Hog Island the genius of
American business organization assur-
edly will not permit the pant to be
serapped
y Responsible purchasers either from
this region or beyond its boundaries will
be enabled to perform miracles in the
field of terminal facilities equal to those
which the plant originally wrought in
shipbuilding Philadelphia will gain bv
such sale, whoever is the buyer, for the
operation of the plant on a peace basis
will inevitably transform and aggrandize
commercial possibilities in this whole dis
trict.
The last Hog Island vessel on the ship
ping boards program is scheduled to
slide down the ways in September. There
are seven months in which to accustom
ourselves to the idea that Hog Island.
vast as it is, will be an inspiration. not
an incubus.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-04
DO 1T NOW

CONTROLLER WALTON denies that
- he ever said that the city did not have
money enough to increase the pay Of the
police and firemen.
"The city's finances are in excellent
condition." he now says, "to make it ad-
visable and proper at this time to render
long-deferred justice to the city's most
faithful servants"
II he is right then there is no longer
any excuse for delay. The pay should
be increased at once and as generously
as the resources at hand will allow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-04

Twelve United States
Cupid COzens Minerva soldiers are unable to
marry their sweet
hearts, Italians, because the girls are un.
able to read and are therefore barred en-
trance to this country by the immigration
laws. The literacy test is an excellent
method Of reducing the quantity Of immi-
grafton: and it is nothing more does not
pretend to be anything more. Good judg-
ment would require exceptional treatment in
the exceptional cases here developed Most
people will therefore applaud the action of
the government in giving the girls sixty days
grace in which TO learn enough to pass.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-04

There is unemploy-
The Lure OF the City ment in the cities but
after army life, says
a representative Of the veterans of foreign
service, men do not want to return to farms.
This in reply to the declaration Of Congress
man Green, of Iowa, that farms in the Mid
die West were suffering from labor short
age. Sooner or later we may have to draft
armies for farm work--or starve
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-04
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PH DELPHIA, I

deserved. But the splendor of his office
and the patriotic reverence due it are un-
dimmed.
They are symbolically akin to the at
tributes of the flag.
Mr.. Borah behaved as an average
American, that is all.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-04
A FoUR.YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

Things on which tho people expect tho
new administration to concentrate Its at
fention:
The Deidtodre river bridge
A drydock big enough to accom- ~ oddte the
largest ships.
Development Of the rapid transit system.
A convention hall
A budding for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the tCdter supply.
Homes TO accommodate the population.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-04
Hone.Lights

THE fairest lights on earth are lights Of
l. home:
So common are they, oft We fail to know
The peace, the beauty in their quiet glow
Until afar from them our footsteps roam.
From homeless one, sad hearted, wandering,
There came the sweetest song Of home we
sing ...' =. ..--.
In city highways or lone country lanes
/ love to watch the home lights through the
storm; ...
Catch glimpses now and then past streaming
panes
OF curly headed children safe and warm,
Of her whose love is heart Of home and
charm,
or him who lives to guard it with strong arm.
Though fortune tarries late, do not repins,
If through the rain the dear home lights you
sec
And say, rejoicing, "One of them Is mine;
There peace and love and soace wait for me-"
Our God is good: His own who homesick bids
Shall not forever, wistfu, stand outside!
MAUDE FRAZER JACKSON.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-04

CAN any actor play Shakespeare, this
" greatest genius in the world?
Obviously not
II is presumption for any except the great
est to try.
And when one does, all the critics read up
and tell him the next day how far short of
Booth and Kcau and Macrcady and Garrick
he has fallen.
Shakespeare is sacred.
People cannot go to sec him presented as
they go to see the latest Broadway success.
They go in somewhat the mood they 70 to
church.
They go because it is duty they owe to
greatness.
It is not that they would not enjoy
Shakespeare If they could forget that he was
the worlds greatest poet and think of him
merely as a show.
And the producers cannot overcome the
difficulties of his language and the huge
length of his plays,
II they do they are guilty of proclamation,
and you must show your respect for great
ness not by going to see Shakespeare but by
staying away from him as thus profancd
TF YOU would enjoy Shakespeare 20 to
J. Paris.
The haze Of awe and claptrap with which
the commentators have succeeded in sur
rounding Shakespeare in England and the
United States disappears in Paris.
The French have never conceded, in face
of the German commentators, that Shake.
speare was the worlds greatest poet.
They do something better for Shakespeare
in France to rank him; they play him.
Shakespeare production is an event in
New York.
In Paris three or four OF Sbakespcarc's
plays are given every winter.
The crowd goes to see them. not 10 do
homage, but TO be amused or thrilled
And it is
Nobody is inhibited by the sense that he is
assisting at religious ceremony.
Translated into modern French and crt
to fit the hours of public which dimes late,
Shakespeare loses his remoteness.
He is not duty.
He is pleasure.
And in the hands of Gemicr. the ,re,t
actor of the Theatre Antoine, he becomcs
a great pleasure.
But then in Paris you eau forget that ro,
are paying homage, which is dun buoinoso
and only remember that you have gone 70 .
show.
The Parisians probably put il differently 70
themselves. "
They probably say that they have ,ono J..
see work of art. '"
But then Latin can 20 TO see n vorL :,
art without the bllghtins self fsconsciousno :.
OF an Anglo Saxon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-04
THE GOWNSMAN
Poor Old Ennllsh

THE Gownsman not infrcuuently receives
letters of expostulation and protest as to
the awful state into which the English Ian
guagc has fallen of late, expatftions on the
degencracy of our poor newspapers and thYir
American" and on the general and unmis-
taxable trend. or rather gallop, of all things
linguistic direct to the dogs.
What can you expect of people who are
taken red handed with these kind. or them
there or Il amt got it on their lips?"
asks one. ..
My son habtually msuscs will and
shall. " writes an anxious mother. What
tciH do about it?'
To which the Gownsman answers politely /:
Madam, l am sure that / do not know !;
unhappily, some Of these troubles are con
genital, and she seems consoled.
On the other hand, there are still "young
ladies' who look swcctly." and an occa
sional "old maid obsolete expression for
an obsolescent old thing-who, holding over
from fastidious age, has employed her
limbs" not her legs to carry her thus far.
The Gownsman knows of people who would
rather break two commandments than one
rule Of grammar. and there are some who
would gladly split the Republican party
rather than split an infnitivc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-04

The launching of ships at Hog Island
mas become commonplace, but each snn
ceedlng event is really as important os r..
predecessors, "S us