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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-25
PRESSURE PUT
ON FAvoRITES
IN STOCK LIST

New York, March 25.-Tradins
on the stock market became more
unsettled with the progress OF to-
DAYS session in consequence OF the
persistent pressure exerted against
favorites. General Motors reacted
10 points in the first hour and this
was later extended to Is points.
Reversals among related shares,
also equipments, steels and the
more representative fndustrlals
ranged from 3 to Z points. One
stock stood out in the general set
back, Stutz Motor rising "a points
to the new record Of 272. Call loans
opened at 9 per cent but heavy buy
ing OF oils and the strength OF for
eign exchange we're factors in the
rally before noon.
New York, March 25.-(10:3O a.
m. The stock market reflected at
the opening of today's session, some
of the restraint imposed by yester-
days furry in call money. For the
most part changes were fractional
and irregular, but General Motors
gave promise of repeating its re-
cent sensational movement at an
early gain of points. Some Of
the other motor shares and allied
specialties were strong, also oils,
while Crucible Steel and Baldwin
Locomotive featured the firmer
steels and equipments. A small lot
of Standard Oil of New Jersey,
which made its first appearance on
the stock exchange sold at $50, 3
points over yesterdays closing price
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-25
Toledo Seed.

Toledo. Ohio, March 25.-Clover
seed: prime. cash, and March, 1915;
April, $500; October, PAS.
Alsike: prime: cash and March,
$500; April, 36.05.
Timothy: prime, cash 1917) and
cash Q91S), 5.S5; cash (1919),
6.02h; March and April, 6.021a;
May, 600; July, $50.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-25
Peoria Grain.

Peoria, H., March 25.LCorn: re-
ceipts, So cars; 1sc to 1c higher
No. 3 white. 1.61@1.62; No. 3 yell
low, 1887 @1.61; No. 4 yellow, LIS
@1.5Sk; No. 5 yellow, 1861; No
4 mixed, 1,57h; No. mixed, 1852
Oats: receipts, Z cars; 1c higher
No. 2 white, 96Ac; No. 3 white, sc
M961ac.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-25
MOLINE BRIEFS

Community Betterment will be the
subject OF Prof. R. E. Hieronymus.
who will appear at the Moline high
school Tuesday evening under di-
rection Of the Moline community
service council. Organizations af-
filiated with the council today re-
ceived notice of the program at the
high school and were invited to at
tend. The program begins at s.
Mayor c. P. Skinner will preside.
There will be musical program in
connection with the speaking.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-25
LEGAL.

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Executors Notice.
Estate of William L. Coyne. deceased.
The undersigned. having been appointed
executors of the last will and testament
of william L. Coyne, late of the county
of Rock Island. state of Illinois. deceased.
hereby gives notice that they will appear
before the probate court of Rock Island
county at the probate court room. In the
city of Rock Island, at the May term. on
the First Monday in May. next. at which
time all persons having claims against said
estate are notified and requested to attend
for the purpose of having the same ad
lusted
All persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate payment to
the undersigned.
Dated, 18th day of March. A. D. 1920.
ROBERT J. COYNE,
MARIA L. BROWN,
Eveoufora
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-25
Kansas Cjtv Cash Grain

Kansas City, Mo. March 25.--
Cash wheat: unchanged; No. ! hard,
2.57@273; No. 2, 255@2.7o; No. l
red, 256@2.57; No. 2, 2.54@2.55.
Corn: unchanged; No. 2 mixed.
1856; No. white. $50; No. yell
low, 1.61@1.63.
Oats: unchanged; No. 2 white,
&c; No. 2 mixed, 94@96c.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-25
Liberty Bonds.

New York, March 25.-Prices of
Liberty bonds at 2:55 p. m. today
were: S1as, 97.42; first As, $3.50;
second As, 1892; first AVS. 1850;
second 4As, 1856; third 4As, $3.50 !;
fourth ANS, 1910; Victory 3As,
$3.50; Victory ANS, 1856.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-25
CHADWICK FIGHTS
ST. LAWRENCE PLAN

New York, March 25.-Disapprov-
al of a project to construct a ship
canal in the st. Lawrence river by
joint action of the United States and
Canada was expressed by Charles
n. Chadwick, chairman of the New
York delegation of the national
rivers and harbors congress.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-25
Potatoes,

Chicago. March 2o.-Potatoes,
steady; receipts, A cars; Northern
Round and Long Whites, sacked,
5.S5@5.95 per hundredweight; bulk,
Round, 100000; Idaho Russets,
sacked, 6.40@6.50 per hundred
weight.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-25

Estate of Johanna SCHNEIDER. deceased
The undersigned. having been appointed
executrix of the last will and testament of
Johanna SCHNEIDER. late of the county of
Rock Island. state OF Illinois, deceased.
hereby gives notice that she will appear
before the probate court of Rock Island
county, at the probate court room. in the
city of Rock Island. at the May term. on
the First Monday in May next, at which
time al! persons having claims against said
estate are notified and requested to attend
for the purpose OF having the same ad-
justed.
All persons indebted 10 said estate are
requested TO make immedi ate payment to
the undersigned.
1920.
ANNA SCHNEIDER.
Executrix.
JOS T. Haas Attorney
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-25
Chicago Produce.

Chicago, March 25.-Butter. I'M
changed.
Eggs, higher; receipts. 17,106
cases; firsts, 43hc; ordinary firsts.
40k@41hc; at mark, cases in
cluded. 41@43c.
Poultry, alive, higher; springs,
39c; fowls, 43c.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-25
St, Louis Cash Grain.

St. Louis, Mo-, March 25.-Corn:
No. 8, 1.61; No. 2 white, 164.
Oats: No. 2, LOO; No. 8 white,
99@991ac.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-25
New York Sugar,

New York, March 25.-Raw
sugar; easier; centrifugal, 1879;
fine granulated, 14.00@16.OO.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-25
Silver.

New York. March 25-Bar silver
1.241s; Mexican dollars, 941s.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-25
FIREMEN AT TORONTO.

Toronto, March 25.-The annual
convention Of the fire department
chiefs of the world will be held
here July 25-31.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-25

Jos. L. Haas. Attorney.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-21
Consul.

The word consul is of Latin origin,
being derived from the verb consulO,
I consider. AS the name of an office
1t also had its origin in Rome In the
early days of the republic.
The constitution of, that republic
was democratic beyond anything we
know today. The source of all power
was the people. They elected the ex-
ecutive magistrates aRd the judges,
and they enacted the Nws, not through
chosen representatives, but by direct
action in an assembly of the whole
people called the comitia, They had
two chief executive officers of equal
rank, elected each year, who were at
the head of the work of governing
These were called consuls. In the end
corruption and recurring periods of an,
archy broke down the government.
and an autocracy grew up. but which
for years preserved many of the forms
of the dead democracy. For five CEN
turtles under the empire there were
oonsuls. but they were without any
real power. AS title of an office the
word consul is still in use. Today
consul is representative of his
country's commercial interests in a
foreign country. The political repre-
sentative is the ambassador.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-21
GREATER THAN THE SPHINX
Statue of Buddha, in Western China,
Is Truly One of the Marvels
of the World.

For many years it has been known
that about fifty miles from Jah-ding,
in western China, there is a very large
and remarkable statue of Buddha, but
it was not until a very few years ago
that it was ever described by an occi-
dental.
2 DIR. Sprague, an authority on things
Chinese, visited 1t. At the end of two
days travel he reached the image and
found it to be colossus In size, al
though not so large as rumor had made
IL out. The upper half of the hillside
consists of sandstone cliff and in this
niche fifty feet broad has been cut
leaving a central core of stone that is
carved in the shape of figure seated
in European style, not cross-legged, as
Buddha is so often represented. The
Traveller found the height of the image
to be not less than one hundred feet.
A series of five tiled roofs, descend
ing like flight of steps, built in front
of the image, protects it from the
weather, so that only the face can
be. seen from without. .I.o Am,
~ When the doctor came within sight
of the great Buddha he paused and
rested from his journey at point near
one of the gates to the walled city that
lies in the valley below. AS his eyes
turned to the great face, which has
been gilded until it Shines like metal,
as the. immense ., size and perfect
preservation. of the idol made their i'm
preston the thought came to him that
"this is more marvellous, than many OF
the worlds boosted wonders"
. He thought of the colossi at Thebes
and the Sphinx. Scared AID ruined
and defaced by the hand of man and
the effects Of time, they are little bet
ter than Jumps Of battered rock. But
far In the west of China sits this old
Budtha, unnoticed and almost un-
known, yet greater in size than the
Egyptian colossi, with his proportions
preserved intact, with. temples about
and below him, and with the priests
in attendance to keep the incense
burning at his feet. There he SITS
grimly gazing out over the tiled roofs
of the city that lies before him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-21
Getting at the Facts.

81 wish to marry your daughter"
said the young man to the girls IA
Their, according to the Detroit Free
Press.
"Does she love your asked the ia
Their.
"Yes, sir. And love her"
:Well, that, of course, is the first
necessary condition, but there are a
few more questions I must ask. Have
you made any shopping tours with
her lately2'
tNo. sir"
Ever been In a department store
and asked the present price OF wom-
ems suits and hats?"
"No. sir" II ao.rr
"KnOw anything at all about the
cost of provisions?" nns KS, ,..r
"Only that which / have learned
from the talk of others"
swell, young man, my advice to YOU
Is to make trip of investigation.
don't know what your present Income
is, but after you've learned for your
self just what those clothes she wears
are costing me. IL you come back and
say that you can support her in the
style to which she has been accus-
toned lately, I'll give my consent"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-21

In the southwest corner of France,
between the rivers Adour and GarOn-
ne, are long stretches of pine woods,
green and cool. Where these pines
now stand was barren waste in the
middle of the eighteenth century. Sun
and wind Wed with each other In max
Ing the land drier and dustier. Over
the stormy Bay and Biscay came
winds that set up great sand storms
and sometimes buried whole villages.
But at last there, came along a, man
who acknowledged fate only as some
thing to be overcome. His name was
Bremontier and he was an inspector
of roads.
He began fencing in the desert. He
built fence and behind 1t planted a
handful of broom seeds. Behind the
broom seeds he put seeds Of the pine.
The fence protected the broom seeds
and the broom grew. Then the broom
In its turn afforded shelter to the DEL
icate pine shoots.
Soon the pines spread and their
tough roots bound the sandy soil to-
gether. The first step was accom-
plished. Then canals were made to
drain the wet parts and carry water
to the dry.--New York Evening Post.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-21
! Walnut Stump Worth $3.50.

"A single walnut tree stump. grub
bed out on the banks Of Clark's creek,
will net the Settgast brothers. Geary
county farmers. more than $3.50. ac-
cording to Junction City (Kan.) dis
patch.
The brothers recently purchased all
Of the walnut trees and have been
cutting them down and shipping the
timber to st. Louis and Kansas City
markets, where 1t commands high
prices.
The big stump weighs more than
nine tons land the portion above
ground measures fifty inches across,
while the portion that was under
ground was even larger. 1t is esti-
mated that the huge chunk Of timber
would make gunstocks enough for an
entire regiment.
Based on present prices, the tree Of
which this stump formed the base
will bring In more than $3.50.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-21
The Eppo.

The Times of London announces
the discovery by Captain Phillips In
British Ruanda of a species Of duiker.
The natives know 1t as an eppoy or en-
puyi and regard 1t with good deal Of
respect as the totem-beast Of lMusinga,
the now reigning chief of that coun-
try of Ruanda, the greater. part of
which the peace conference has placed
under the tutelage of Belgium. The
bamboo forest of Mount Sabine and
other mountain forests preyide the
habitat of the eppo. In appearance
the creature resembles a large goat
and is a rufous black with bright
yellow stripe along about half its lack
bone. 1t has a stumpy tail, oribi horns,
and marsh hoofs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-21
Compete With pyramids,

The only competition of the pyra-
mids, says the Automobile Blue Book,
is the famous painted rocks near MARI
copa, Cal. These rocks are what re-
main of the magnificent old Sun Wor-
ship temple where thousands of In
dams gathered each year. The rocks
were discovered by early Spanish ex-
plorers in the seventeenth century,
and it is believed that the group was
nine or eleven dozen centuries old
when the American Indians first
saw Il.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-21
Wonderful Scales

What Is claimed to be the smallest
balance of precision used for impor-
tant work is that of the United States
bureau of standards, little more than
foot tall In its glass case. 1t takes
loads up to two grams, and is accurate
to one-thousandth of milligram, or
about .OOO,0l6 of grain. 1t will weigh
the ink of a signature. The case is
dust-proof. and to avoid influence of
the weigher's body heat the weights
on the scale may be manipulated by a
long rod from another room.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-21
!. WORLDS Strongest Child.

Natalie Owens of Los Angeles, Cal,
aged nine years. is said to be the
strongest child In the world. She
easily lifts a man of f75 pounds. In
her fathers dairy she handles cans
of milk of all sizes. the largest weigh
ing over 100 pounds. with us little
effort and concern as the sturdiest
farm hand about the place. In the
public school she attends. she out
runs all the boys OF whatever age or
size. and can trOunce any two Of them
II the occasion arises. She has done
this thoroughly several times. She
Is slender, not tall for her age. and
weighs but 81 pounds, yet She amuses
herself by lifting burdens that would
tax an ordinary man, as readily as a
woman raises small basket Of eggs
Montreal Herald.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-21
Glass by Themselves.

Stanley is one of large family.
Besides numerous sisters and broth
ers, there are aunts and uncles galore
and many cousins. The only young
people,. however, are those in his i'm
mediate neighborhood., At Thanksgiv-
ing dinner Stanley gazed solemnly
around the table for while and then
announced oracularly: my mother
and the cat seem to be the only people
in this whole family that have any
Children. -'s. E.E.r 81. .s,.r
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-21
FAD NOW is TO RE-CHR!STEN
Slavonic Names Lead in Fashion, and
the lvans and the Sonias Are
81. Numerous.

If, as Shakespeare says, all the
worlds srage, and all the men and
women in 1t are players, then every.
body is entitled to a stage name.
Choose your own to fit the role you
have assigned yourself, and you are
only exercising your professional priv
ilege. For the present, the. CUSTOM
outside the domains of the theater aud
literature--is more general among
women than men. But the fashion
once diffused, there Is no telling where
it will end.
Says a writer in the Daily Mail of
London: Time was when we were
content to abide slavishly by the
names bestowed upon US at our chris
tening, but today there are signs Of
revolt against a handicap such as is
implied by an unsuitable Christian
name. - "a - ','.
what depthaof psychological sugses-
ton abides within name, and what a
dangerous thing 1t is to go through
life attached to one that is antipa-
thetic to ones nature. 49,. ...
Polly is becoming Patricia, and en-
deavOring to live up to It. Daisy is
calling herself Diana and hoping that
she looks like 1t. Human nature pos
sesses curious aptitude for approx
mating to the view formed of and for
II, so the rechristening craze achieves
q wonderful mental metamorphosis in
quite a number of instances. .-..
The rose by any other name might
smell as sweet, yet our feelings In re-
gard to 1t might modify, were 1t
known as stitchwort or mangelwurzel.
Similarly 1t would be risky to be
known as Martha when we long to be
Penelope, and silly to suffer as Susan
when we feel like Sophonisba. The
world seems a different place when
we feel ourselves rightly named for it.
There have been fashions In names
that absolutely date their owners. Dor
othy and Phyllis proclaim their age
to the world at large Just as do the
unfortunate creatures named by mis-
guided. parents after battles, jubilees
and Russian dancers. For such the
business of re-christening becomes
sooner or later a positive duty.
The re-christening habit once ac-
quired, there is no reason why 1t
should not be repeated at intervals,
as we age and develop. Just now the
fashion is for the Slavonic. There
are Iyans who, in long clothes, were
pure George, and Sonias who In their
cradle were simply Ada. Not long
ago favor was with the French, and
Yvonnes and Marquis were every
where. ,.rs 0n...
After all. why not seek the appro-
pirate? 1t may annoy ones relatives,
who are apt to regard the re-christen-
ing craze as an affectation amounting
almost to deceit-but everybody's do
ing it.-New York Times. 49,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-21

Lord Reading is nothing If not orig
inal. His honeymoon was quite
unique. He told his friends that, aft
er being called to the bar, he was
to be married and spend his honey
moon in Spain. That sounded ex-
travagant for a budding barrister,
probably not overburdened with peck.
ct money. But he was businesslike
even then, and it was found later that
a certain firm of solicitors had gwen
him as wedding present a commits
sion to take evidence In Madrid. SO
he took his wife with him and COM
bined business and pleasure.-Ex-
change
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-21
Good Advice.

Crosby" the veteran correspondent
of the Downs News, gives this bit Of
free medical advice to boys and girls
who are troubled with sore lips:
When was boy always had sore
lips. One day an old woman told me
to turn my bread butter side down
when ] ate-every bite ate for three
weeks, ! followed her advice, and
have never had sore lip from that
day to this. 1t doesn't cost a penny
for this drug"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-21
Inventor Of the Income Tax.

The real inventor of our modern
income tax was one of those unbusi-
nesslike dons of Oriel college, at
whom 1t has long been the custom
to scoff for being children" in finan-
cial affairs. This unpopular impost
was suggested to Pitt by DR.. Henry
Beeke, a fellow of Oriei and profess
sor Of modern history at oxford, who
afterward constantly assisted Van
sittart with the budget during that
statesman's long tenure Of the chan
cellorshlp Of the misrepresentation
Times. ...-... -
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-21
Bureaus Good Work.

The bureau of American ethnology,
oy its extensive work, is preserving
much of value concerning the Indian
tribes Of North America-not only
tneir language and customs, but also
their habitations and other material
remains. The annual report is en-
riched every year with the results
or various investigations among the
Indians. giving them an interest, not
only to scientists, but also to the av-
erage man interested in the story of
this once powerful race, which is rap
idly disappearing through being alb
sorbed into the other races.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-21
The Humble Check Book.

II suppose" remarked the plaintiye
person, ''that there are men in the
world who can forget about them
selves and rejoice in the success Of
others"
II should hope So" replied Senator
Sorghum. THAT Is what many cam
paign contributor Is expected to do
after the election is over"