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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-03-12
CHAPTER v
City Finances

The provisions OF the present Char
ter with regard to Disbursements,
Indebtedness. audit, accounting, tax
levy, board of equalization and sink
ing fund are retained with the fol-
lowing notifications:
classified as follows: 1. Interest
fund; 2. library fund: g. sinking
fund; 4. poor fund. 5. musical en-
tertainment fund; s. park; play
ground and recreation fund; z. per-
manent improvement fund; s. pub
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
CouCHL|N BABY
FOUND, BELIEF
Abandoned Child Discovered at
Morristown, Tenn, believed 10 :.
Be Kidnapped Boy.

Morristown, Tenn, Sept. 9-(Uni-
ted Press)-Romping delightedly
in the home of J. B. Neal, busi-
ness man. a blue-eyed baby boy to-
day tried to confide his name to
the man who is caring for him af-
ter his rescue here yesterday
morning from a strange negro wo-
man.
Sheriff Darlington said today he
had information that convinced
him the boy is Blakely Coughlin,
Norristown, Pa, baby who was
kidnapped in June.
He has wired authorities at Nor
ristown.
The baby was found yesterday
morning in the courthouse yard.
The sheriff said the child apparent
ly had travelled some distance and
was worn out for he slept most OF
the day.
From the negro woman who
found and tried to comfort him he
fled in terror but when Homer
Long appeared, all was well.
| "The baby evidently has been
we'll cared for" Sheriff Darlington
said, "but evidently he is not IA
miliar with negroes. 1t was thai
that caused me to think he was not
a southern baby"
| No clue has been found as to how
the baby came to be in the court
yard.
Philadelphia. Sept 9.-(By the
United Press. THAT IL news to
me-" said George H. Coughlin to-
day when informed that baby re.
sembling his son Blakeiy wa<
found in Morrfstown, Tenn.
Il have at all times held Sc
cret hope that Blakely may yet b
found alive" Coughlin said.
| He said. however. that the de
scription Of the MorristOwn bab.
idid not tally with that Of his bahJ
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
JACK PICKFORD'S
WIFE NEAR DEATH:
SHE TOOK POISON?

Paris, Sept 9.-(United Press).
The condition OF Miss Olive
Thomas, movie star, suffering from
mercurial poisoning in the Ameri-
can hospital at Neuilly, was re-
ported unimproved today.
DR.. Joseph Choate, Los Angeles,
who is handling Miss Thomas case,
said that while her condition was
extremely grace he had not aban-
doned hope.
Jack Pickford, film actor and
husband of Miss Thomas, denied
they had quarre1ed. He said his
wife had got hold Of the wrong bot
tie and had taken an overdose Of
medicine containing mercury.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
FIRST TRIP
ISENJ0yED
BY HARDING
Jaunt to st. Paul Expect
ed by Repubs to Change
Campaign Plans.

On Board Senator Harding's Spe-
cial Train, Sept. 9.-On his way
home from his first campaign trip,
Senator Harding, the Republican
nominee for president, declared
himself highly pleased today with
his reception by the people Of Min
nesota, who cheered his speech at
the state fair yesterday on agricul-
tural issues and greeted him in tu-
multous fashion when he rode
through the streets of Minneapolis
and St. Paul.
What the result might be on the
future plans Of the nominee was
not revealed, but speculation as to
tho possibility of more extensive de-
partures from the front porch was
enlivened by expressions of salts
faction from Senator Harry S.
New of Indiana, and Harry M.
Daugherty, both of whom are in the
senator's party.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
SAY JOBS WILL
Be Plentiful

Washington, Sept. 9.-United
Press) There will be jobs for all,
this winter, John B. Densmore, di-
rector Of labor employment ser
vice, predicted today.
Basing his statements on reports
OF 320 field agents. Densmore said
the coming winter will be one OF
the best in years for employment.
excepting the war years, when there
was an absolute general shortage
Of labor"
Densmore's statements were
made in the face OF reports to the
federal reserve board that unem-
ployment was particularly se-
we're" in the Cleveland district,
where $4,000 Akron workers were
out of Jobs, and that in the Maine
canning district $4,000 we're unem-
ployed.
Densmore's reports showed fac
tories which shut down during the
summer were gradually resuming
operation, and that 10000 men dis
missed by the Pennsylvania rail-
road are being absorbed by west:
ern lines.
There has been q slight surplus
in the building trades, but this is
rapidly being reduced" Densmore
said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
M'AD00 AGAINST
beer and Wine
Ready to Stump for Cox. His OPP
poaiHon to Modifying VolsteAd
Act Is Surprise.

New York, Sept. 9.-United
Press.)-As William G. McAdoo
has arranged to make an extensive
stumpfng tour on behalf Of Gov
erf0r Cox, unusual interest was
aroused in political circles here to-
day by a statement issued by the
former secretary of the treasury in
which he vigorously opposed a
modification of the Volstead Act.
TO permit the sale of light wines
and beer IL to open a crack in the
door OF prevention and once the
crack is open the door is wide,"
said McAdoo. 1T would be impos-
slble to prevent the gravest abuses.
The breweries and the wineries
know this. They know that pro-
hloition would be dead letter
once q beer and light wine law is
passed"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
man KILLED IN
n. Year STRIKE
Illinoisan Found Dead as Violence
Breaks Out Anew-No Signs
of Settlement.

New York, Sept. 9.-With dead
lock apparently reached in the
strike of Brooklyn Rapid Transit
company employees, violence was re-
ported today, the 18th since the
walkout began. The company has
asked for increased police protec-
ton.
Reports were received at police
headquarters that the body OF a
man alleged to have been a strike
breaker, had been found in Coney
Island creek; that alleged attempts
to short-circuit currents had result
ed in several coaches and railroad
ties catching fire, and that the
switches had been pulled near the
Brighton Beach Elevated terminal
in Coney Island.
An Identification card on the
mans body found in Coney Island
creek bore the name of William Os-
terhout, Cicero, Ill. A pay envel.
ope of the company bearing the
name of William Howard, South
Brooklyn, also was found. NJ
marks of violence were on the body
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
SHIP LAUNCHED
BYITAL|AN REDS
Seize Shipyard and Let New De
stroyer Slip Into Sea with
Cries for Socialism.

Leghorn, Italy, Sept. 9.-Work-
men who have occupied the Orlan-
do shipyards here launched a re-
stroyer built there for the Italian
government today Black and red
flags waved above it, however. as
it slid into the sea, and as it grace
fully took the water there rose
deafening cries Of Viva Social
ism!"
Rome, Sept. 9.-Efforts continue
to bring about a solution OF the
situation in Italy as result OF the
movement among metal workers to
occupy plants in many Of the most
important industrial centers. The
government has been called upon
to intervene. but SO far has been
neutral. Reports here indicate that
quiet prevails and that engineers,
foremen and clerical STATS still re-
fuse to Join the workers.
1t is declared the majority OF
the metal workers are controlled
by extreme Socialists, who are de-
sirous of giving the movement q
political character. Responsible
leaders OF the party. however. are
said to discourage such a policy.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
Mexican RAIL
STRIKE ENDED

Mexico City, Sept. "A railroad
strike which virtually stopped traf-
fic on the National lines for eight
hours yesterday, was settled last
evening when Provisional President
de LaHuerta granted three of the
four demands presented by the
strikers. 1t is expected train op-
Grafton throughout the republic
will be normal today.
The strikers secured recognition
of the Engineers and Firemen' S
union, with rs per cent wage n
crease; a promise that all pending
wage disputes would be adjusted
and an agreement the expenses OF
delegates to the recent railway
mems convention here would be
paid.
The provisional president is to
accede to the demand for the remov-
al Of Francisco Perez, who was re-
Gently named general manager OF
the National lines.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
ROCK RIVER IS
DRAGGED FOR
MAN AT DIXON
Cousin of Alton B. Parker
Believed to Have
Drowned Himself.

Dixon, ILL.,. Sept. 9.-Dragging Of
Rock river all night and a search
of groves and cornfields have
failed to bring any trace Of Alva
c. Parker, retired farmer, who dis
appeared from his home early Sun
day morning after he had told his
wife and daughter he intended to
take his life. The search is being
continued today.
Parker is a cousin of Alton B.
Parker, at one time Democratic
nominee for president Of the Uni
ted States, according to the wife's
statement. A son of the missing
man suicided several years ago at
Black Hawk, Iowa, where the fam
lily was then living.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
QUEER DEATHS OF
TWO WIVES START
SEARCH FOR MAN

Chicago, Sept 9.-The Chicago
families of two women who died
under mysterious circumstances
after marrying Ernst Ewald Stein
house, a chiropodist, who formerly
lived here. joined today in asking
Chief of Detectives Mooney to in
vestigate the recent death Of the
second Mrs. Steinhouse. who was
found dead a week ago. in a swamp
near her home in Tampa
Reports from Tampa indicate
that Mrs. Steinhouse was dead be-
fore her body was placed in the
swamp.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
GIRL, 13, SPENDS
DADS SAVINGS TO
BE MOVIE QUEEN

Chicago. Sept. 9.-The call Of the
cinema became too strong for An
nunciata Ceaser, 13-year-old daugh-
ter of Herbert Ceaser, who works
In the Gary Steel mills. She took
$40, her fathers savings, and
headed for Los Angeles, but first
decided to ride limousine into
Melrose park. her birth place. She
alighted in front OF the hotel there.
and registered as ~Miss Eleanor
Philips, motion picture actress s
Her identity Was discovered and
AAnunciatia returned 70 Gary With
16 eenf1 = ~ latAa ! sestpe 81
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
INDEPENDENCE OF
F1UME DECLARED
BY D'ANNUNNO

Fiume, Sept 9.-(By The Asso-
c'ated Press.)-GKabriele dan
nunxfo today proclaimed Fiume an
Independent state.
DAnnunxio declared he had re-
ceiveo private news from Paris
which forced him to declare Fiume
70 De Independent today and that he
could not wait until Sept. IL, q he
had intended.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
GETS "HOOCH" IN
MELON; TRIES TO
BUY WHOLE LOAD

Nashville, Tenn. Sept. s.-(Unit-
cd press. )-Bullish influences were
at work in the melon market TO-DAY
A farmer carted q load into La
banon and sold the wrong one|a
long striped variety intended Tor
an exclusive clientele. The custom
er who paid 50 cents refused TO
retnrn at thrice the price, though
unaware it had been plugged and
the gurgle at its heart was IN .
quart bottle.
An hour later the stranger re-
turned and tried to buy the whole
load. wagon and team included.
Prohibition oflicers also were ac-
tive in the market
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
WOMAN BROWNS
HER own CHILD

Cleveland, O., Sept. 9.-United
Press)-While temporarily unbal-
anced over worry over illness and
financial difficulties, Mrs. Katie
Michlovitz. "a, drowned her five
year-old child in the lake and at
tempted suicide, in the same man
ner here today. Fishermen saved
the woman.
Fishermen saw the woman carry
the child into the lake and when
waist deep place it in the water:
They said the woman then walked
out until the water was up to her
neck.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
lew EARTHQUAKE SHAKES ITALY Will I
.|FE TOLL MOUNTS IN FIRST DISASTER
SHARP TREMOR
is REGISTERED
IN CALFOR
San Jose Severly Shaken !;
People Rush Into
Street in Panic.

San Jose, Cal. Sept. 9.-(United
Pressl.-The sharpest earthquake
shock felt here in many years
shook San Jose shortly before 3
a. m. today.
Hundreds Of people rushed into
the streets. No heavy damage was
done.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial to The ArguS).


st. Paul. Mimi, Sept. 9.-Senator
Harding off the front porch, ming
ling with the folks in the crowd,
exchanging jests and telling stor-
les, is as likeable a personality as
has ever leaned over the rail Of .
private car.
:. His trip from Marion was inter-
rupted by. two back platform
talks. Perhaps they should be cal
led conversations. They weren't
speeches. They were not about
campaign issues but about general
things like the wonders of Ameri-
ca and the opportunities of our
country, about rural life. and boy
hood "reminiscences awakened by
the sight of rural folks-a sort Of
rustic anthology.
Enjoys Experience.
Anybody travelling from Marion
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
WANT VROURKE.

Springfield, Mo-, Sept. s.-Steve
ORourke, manager Of the Spring
field Western Association Baseball
club, has been offered the manage
ment of the Des Moines Qowa)
Western League club, it was an
nounced today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
cox ASKS THAT
HAYS BE FIRED
AS G. @. p. HEAD
Methods and Testimony
of Repub. Chairman
Hit By Nominee.

EnrOute With Governor COX,
Great Falls, Mont. Sept. 9.-(Unit-
ed Press).-Will Hays, chairman OF
the Republican national committee,
should be discharged as result OF
testimony before the senate cam
paign expenditures committee yes
terday. Governor James M. Cox
said here before leaving for Helena
to open the second days stump
campaign in Montana.
Governor Cox referred to state
ments of Dudley Blossom, Cleve-
land, who admitted he had been
asked to raise 100000 in Cuyahoga
county, Ohio-the quota Cox gave
in his Pittsburgh speech.
Cox challenged the committee to
call Chicago Republicans, who he
said have been raising the quota
there.
THE testimony OF Mr. Blossom"
Cox said, "is just another evidence
OF the fact that the Republican
party ought to see the necessity Of
discharging Hays, because he has
not only stood for unethical things
in politics, but he did not tell the
truth under oath in Chicago.
Plenty Of Proof in Chicago He Says.
If the committee will dig down
in Chicago alone it will find enough
to keep it busy for a week. / am
sure other Republican city chair
men who should be called also
would under oath substantiate my
charges"
Referring to testimony of Blossom
that paid agents of the Republican
national committee assisted in the
Cuyahoga county quota, Cox charg-
ed that these workers were receiv-
ing salaries Of from 5000 to $500
q week. ss ~ ..s,s.ss.z, :.
Adapts League to West.
Helena, Mont, Sept. e.-Argu-
ments in behalf Of the League OF
Nations adapted to affairs of the
west were presented here today by
Governor Cox, Democratic presi-
dental candidate. He outlined what
he declared were practical mater
ial benefits to flow from the league
1T has recently been figured
said the governor, that the cost OF
, one battleship would reclaim two
million orroS nf 1ond
Multiply this by 4S, the number
OF states, and you have a stagger-
ing total, and, if properly applied
the answer to the problem of hous-
ing In our cities, the answer to
the question OF increased produc-
tion for sustenance Of human life
The expenditure required in total
would reclaim 1000 square miles
OF waste land. 1t would build IL
permanently paved arteries entire
ly across the United States.
Means Great Saving.
/ Think of this in terms of recla-
nation Of arid and waste lands, il
you will, and think what 1t would
mean to have one million men
turning their activities to the pro.
duction Of the necessities Of life.
The governors speech here, aftel
a few rear platform addresses en-.
route. opened the final day Of his
Montana campaign. He came here
from Great Falls and was sched
uled to speak today at Anaconda
and at Butte.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
SAY BABE RUTH
IS HURT; YES;
HE GETS HOMER
To Prove To World He.
Alright He Gets 47th
Circuit Clout.
(BULLETIN),


Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. g.
SBabe7 Ruth knocked his 47th
home run OF the season in the
first game of the New York.
Cleveland series here today,
His drive came in the third in.
ming. There was no one ON
bases. e.
Rumors widely circulated by
news tickers and special dispatches
that players Ruth, Meusel, Pratt
and Lewis were injured in an auto
mobile accident near here today
were denied by officials OF the New
York American league baseball
club.
Cleveland. O., Sept. 9.-United
Press)-Miller Huggins, manager
Of the New York Yankees, here fol
a series Of three games with the
Cleveland Indians, today laughed
at rumors that Babe" Ruth had
been injured in an automobile ac.
cident.
Ruth got in here with the rest
Of the team last night and hes
right here and in good shape" Hug.
gins said at his hotel.
Among other rumors carried OF
broker wires was one stating tha
the Yankees were in train wreci
while on the way from Pittsburgh
Sport writer's here believe that al
attempt is being made to force bet
ting odds.
While the sky was clouded a
noon, indications were that thu
first game will get under wa!
promptly at o'clock. Light raini
fell during the morning but tn
grounds were reported in goot
shape. -. ......s4-s..-.a--
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
Abundant Sugar
Plenty of Fruit

So everybody is canning in
these last weeks Of the summer
season.
A FREE BULLETIN ON
THE COLD PACK METHOD
Completes the circles Of fav-
orable circumstances which
should make September days
busy days for the provident
housewife.
OUR WASHINGTON
IMPORTATION BUREAU
Offers this bulletin, which
explains the modern. improved
method of putting up fruit. It
also gives recipes for preserves,
jellies, fruit juices, elders, soups.
ACT NOW.
.-
(Use the coupon. Write plainly.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
FREE BULLETIN on
THE COLD PACK METHOD
OUR WASHINGTON
IMPORTATION BUREAU

(Use the coupon. Write plainly.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09
Felt Fine RiftA Day.

~On the nth day / felt better
than ever and I hadn't had q bite in
AL those i've days.
II had . feeling Of exhilaration
and had NO desire for any food or
water
7. At the end Of the nth day DR..
Lighthall won her strike. Her case
was called and dismissed becanse
!of lack of eyidenca
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09

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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-09

river stage, 2.6. q fall Of 4 IN
last ~ hours.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-03-06
DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY. MARCH 8, 1920

,. Being disciple of the immortal
Roosevelt, he believes in the principle,
"AIl men up and no man down."
6. His successful and fearless cam
paigns in the colonies proves he is
not man to parley with an issue.
Had he shown the least weakness in
his government of the colonies much
would have been lost to the country
and he would not have been able to
receive the hearty support he is re-
ceiving throughout the nation.
I. Because of his fearlessness for
right he was obscured for time.
There is too much real man in him
to be cats paw.
He is Il man of firm and decisive
policies and not easily swayed by the
winds. Such man the nation needs.
Thus Leonard Wood fulfills the need
of the people and of the nation, and
becomes II man for the nation and n
man for all the people.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-03-06
RACE TO HAVE DELEGATE AT
CONVENTION.

st. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 21.-The move
ment set on foot a little more than two
months ago by the Citizens Liberty
League to get more political recogni-
ton for the Negro at the hands of the
Republican party in this city and
state, was rewarded by the fulfillment
of one of its important principles
II delegate TO the national convention.
This honor fell upon Rev. 5. a.
Mooseley, pastor of Tabernacle Bap-
tist Church of this city. This is the
first time Negro has ever been elect
ed delegate from this, the Tweltth
Congressional District of this state.
The people are congratulating the
Citizens Liberty League for the stand
it has taken for the advancement Of
the race, and, according to II statement
by one of the officers, many other
good things that the Negroes have
never enjoyed before are coming
Stick together
Price McGinnis was the Negro
elected alternate.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-03-06
NATIONAL HEALTH WEEK.

Tuskegee Institute, Ala, Feb. 2S.-
al Health Week was established by
the late DR.. Brooker II. Washington,
bringing about remarkable change III
health conditions among colored peo-
pie throughout the country and meant
a greater economic saving to millions
of them and the country, the last ses-
sion of the annual Tuskege Negro con-
ference, appreciating the vital import
ance of this movement, was again in
spired to action.
Since DIR. Washington so splendidly
achieved along this line for the best
interest of humanity, n resolution was
enthusiastically adopted at the 1913
meeting of the annual Tuskegee Ne
gro Conference, that in connection with
the observance of the 1919 National
Health Week, the week of the anniver-
sary of his birth, be annually observed
as Health Week.
Inspired with the spirit of the
founder of the conference and seeing
that this phase of endeavor would be
a fitting recognition of his apprecia-
tion of the things for the conservation
of the Negros health and wealth, the
annual Tuskegee Negro Conference,
held January 21 and %, 1920 passed
n resolution, which said in part:
"Therefore, Be it resolved, that the
annual Tuskegee Negro Conference ac-
cept this suggestion and urge upon the
colored people throughout the South to
annually make this observance, and, be
it further
"Resolved, That the week of April
4th to 10th he observed as the Nation
al Health Week"
The following agencies and organi-
cations, as in previous years, are be-
ing invited to observe the National
Health Week and exert their influence
in helping others to do so. Daily and
weekly newspapers, health journals,
National Medical Association, National
Association of Graduate Nurses, Ma
tional Association of Colored Women's
Club, National League on Urban Con-
ditions Among Negroes, National AS
sociation of Teachers in Colored
Schools, National Negro Press Associa-
ton, the bishops and other officers of
the religious denominations, state
medical associations, annual church
conferences and associations, secret
society organizations, colOred insur-
surance companies, farmers confer
ences farmers Improvement societies,
churches, schools and other local or
and city health officers.