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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-15
OLD TIME OFFICER
AT ARSENAL BACK
TO PAY A VISIT

Colonel F. H. Heath, who as q
junior officer served at Rock Is
land arsenal under Colonel Flagler
in the late 70's and early SOS, is
paying a visit to this vicinity. He
is now on the retired list.
Colonel Heath was in command
at Frankfort arsenal when Colonel
Harry Jordan, present commandment
at Rock Island arsenal, was first
assigned to duty there as youth
Just out Of West Point, and the two
officers are close friends.
At the meeting of the Rotary club
today, Colonel Heath told about
some Of the changes in the arsenal
from the days when he first knew
It. At that time the present old
buildings we're new and were only
partially occupied Transmission
Of power by. electricity, had been
barely thought Of and wire cable
transmission was depended upon.
The speaker expressed his amaze
ment at the improvements that have
been made In the years since the
last was here.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-15
ARGUS Is GIVEN
MUSICAL TREAT
BY CANTON BAND

The well known and much talked
of 3S-piece P. & o. band, which the
delegation OF Eagles from Canton,
ILL.,, brought to the state aeries
session here. paraded from the
Eagles home at Twenty-first street
and Fourth avenue this afternoon
to The Argus, where it came to
halt and did a little serenading.
While The Argus was being SER
enaded large crowd on the street
was attracted by the music and
before the band had finished its Sc
lections it was formed the center
Of throng and its efforts were re-
warded with an outburst of ap-
plause and cries for more" The
band was out on its round of SER
enading for the purpose. it is said,
Of stirring up the conventional pep
to less conventional point.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-15

on the downtown streets Of Rock
Island.
With hundreds Of marchers in
line as we'll as dozens OF beautt-
fully decorated automobiles and IL
Illuminated floats the parade prom
Uses to be spectacular affair.
In the parade, probably In the
lead, will be the famous P. & O..
band, which accompanied the Cam
ton delegation Of Eagles to the con-
vention. Elaborate arrangements
have been made by some Of the Wis
iting delegations for their partci-
patton In the parade and among
these is the one from Canton which
hopes, with its 3S-plece band. to
carry of the honors and prize mon
icy Of the parade.
The members Of Rock Island,
aerie. more than fourteen hundred
strong, will march In the parade
carrying flags and emblematic ban
ners and wearing red, white and
blue Uncle Sam" style Of paper
plug hats. Bleuer's band Of RocE
Island will head the local march
ers. William Atkinson will act az
marshal OF the parade.
After the parade through the
downtown section from the Eagles
home and back, the marchers will
return to the convention hall for q
social program which includes an
address by Past Grand Worthy
President A. B. Duncan. competi-
tive drill, music and dance.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-15
S. J. SEBELIUS
Is CHOSEN FOR
PROFESS RSHIP

Professor Sven ]. Sebelius, for a
number Of years professor Of
Christianity at Augustana college.
has been appointed professor Of
theology in the Augustana semin-
airy to succeed Professor S. ]. Sod
ergten, who goes to pastorate and
professorship in St. Paul and Min
neapolis, MINI,
Professor Sebelius received his
appointment through, the Angus
tana synod, now in session at
jamestown. N. Y. He will assume
his duties in the department in the
coming fall.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-15
EAGLES PROGRAM
Tonight.

Tonight.
1880 p. m.-Grand parade.
$3.50 p. m.-Social session.
Address - A. B. Duncon, past
grand worthy president.
Ladies' competitive drill.
! Music and dance.
Wednesday, June 16.
200 p. m.-Business session.
500 p. m.-Banquet for delegates
at r. /. Eagles home.
Compliments lady eagles, aerie
No. $50.
Toastmaster-C. P. McQuaid.
Thursday, June II.
900 a. m.-Business session.
100 p. m.-Tour of tri-cities and
arsenal in autos.
Fish fry at Moline aerie's country
home, Rock river.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-15
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Rock Island commandery No. Is,
Knights Templar, in annual SEES
sion assembled Monday evening,
elected and installed the following
of1cers:
Eminent commander Carl A.
Hallgren.
Generalissimo-John G. schil-
linger.
Captain general Carl L. Ander-
son. "a
Senior warden-John D. Petrie
Junior wafden-Emil A. Elm.
Prelate-Fred L. Smith.
Treasurer Morris S. Heagy
Recorder-JamAs L Hickey:
Member Of board-Harvey. D.
Mack.
The installation was in charge Of
Samuel R Davis, installing ofIacer
and E. H. Ash. who acted as mar
shall.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-15
B. + O. FREIGHT Is
HELD IN EdBARGo

. Baltimore. Nd. June ls.-Owins
to the steady increase In export
freight n Baltimore, the Baltimore
Z Ohio railroad has placed m en-.
barge on export goods. Tho eu-
barge on grain went into effect yss-
terday while that ON general mer.
chandise has been h effect sincs
last Wednesday.
Baltimore Z Ohio omclals ~
their terminals havs becUme con-
gested owing to the limited number
o. vessels coming into port to talno
etay ~ acc1mulation. !.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-15
FIRST EDITION OF
HIKERS' BULLETIN
HAS BEEN ISSUED

The first edition Of the bulletin
Of the Black Hawk Prairie club, In
'stituted for the promotion of out
door recreation in the form of
walks and outings. has been is
sued.
Following . narration of the
founding and an exposition of the
objects Of the club, the copy for
the first edition il concluded with
the detailed announcement Of the
pleasures to be anticipated in the
trip to Starved Rock and the Dunes
planned for July 6. s.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-15
HEMSTITCH SHOP
HAS NEW OWNER

The Rock Island hemstitch shop,
406 Best building, formerly con-
Quoted by Mrs. Lillian Walker, has
been purchased by Miss Blanche
Wilson. Miss Wilson will conduct
the shop and also continue to OPP
crate the beauty parlors in the i'd
joining suite, 405 Best building.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-15
DELEGATES
MEET ARRIVE n
The TRA|NL0ll
CONTINUED from Pare O.,

cial train over the c., BAD ~
road. Having been notified 4 ~
vanca Of their coming, the AoeA n
land Eagles had q large recesa,s
committee with automobiles n n
Twentieth street station 10 -
the visitors. After getting o. ~,
special train the visitors fofmsd i.
line and marched in Z bla,s 3
glory behind their band to "a -
vention hall, reaching there ~ 4
time for the opening program q
the state aerie.
Opening with The Stas ~
gled Banner" the meeting Va A1S
called to order by E. c. Berry, nj.
icent Of the Rock Island aefh q
Eagles No. 956.
Mayor Gives Welcona
Asking the Eagles 70 feel ~
home and enjoy themselves to their,
utmost while in Rock Island, Nay-,
or H. M. Schriver in an address d.
welcome welcomed the visItint.
delegates with warm words a
praise for their order. The mayoe
expressed Rock Islands apprecia.
ton Of the honor of being chosen
the convention site for the ssste
aerie Of Eagles, and pointing Oh
the many spots OF interest and tn
numerous advantages possessed y
Rock Island, he concluded with
saying he felt confident none Of It'd
visitors would have cause to regret
their choice when once they had
! enjoyed the hospitality Of the city
and its people.
Rev. F. ]. Rolf OF Rock Island
after citing the noble principles d
truth, justice, purity and equal,
ity" for which the Eagles = q
! organization stand. called upon III
members OF the order to live Il
to those principles. The speakeI
declared that it was Just for sucl
principles that the American ct
der boys, many of them EagleI
had fought and died for on the hat
tlefield. Because Of the price thosl
who sacrificed their lives had paid
it was the unmistakable duty d
| those living-their brother Eagle
and fellow country men-to know
the full meaning Of those sacre
principles and to live up to then
In closing Rev. Rolf declared ''th
greatest pride of all Eagles-thos
Of Rock Island aerie, the Illinoi
state aerie or the country-shoul
be in being 100 per cent Amer
can"
| Response by Grilk.
For the local and visiting Eagle
and for the order as a whole job
erik, member Of the Moline aeri
No. 1112, and president OF the stat
aerie, delivered a response to III
speeches of Mayor Schriver %
Rev. Rolf.
! The remainder of the pre-arranl
ed program, including an addrea
i, by Past Grand Worthy Presidel
A. B. Duncan and selections by IN
! P. & o. band of Canton, was CA
ried oot, being concluded at moo
with the song America by the Of
chestra and audience.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-15
JOLIET TELEPHONE
PROPERTY BURNED

Joliet, ILL.,, June 15-The Chicago
Telephone company's warehouse
here. was destroyed by fire last
night with a loss estimated at $780,
900. The building was struck by
lightning.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-15

: : ! J ! | |
- 1900 - That scores Of
n pathetic
~ Rock Island
= en- heard The
p Eagles cry for
nests "a .
q n clearly evi-
n denced BY the
~ avalanche Of
responses rer'
ceived BY both the accommoda-
lions COMMITTEES OF the convention
and 1t the Argus. Dozens OF let
ters and phone calls offering
rooms for the use Of the visiting
Eagles as nests during their stay
in the city.
Hardly had the Eagles appeal
for rooms for the visiting dele
gates gone out, until the telephones
Of William A. Smith and Frank
WITCH, who compose the accommo-
dations committee. began to Jingle
right merrily. During the re-
ma,nder Of the evening they were
swamped with calls.
Besides the ready response OF
the city's residents In offering to
take the visitors into their homes,
another thing that was pleasing to
those In charge Of the convention
was the general spirit Of generous
hospitality evidenced. While in a
few instances it was apparently
the intention of the person with the
rooms for rent to get all they
could while the getting was good"
there were many offers at most
nominal figure and some insisted
on letting their rooms out free. re-
fusing to accept any pay from the
occupants whatsoever.
The visiting Eagles as well as
those of the local aerie In charge
Of the convention are appreciative
Of the hospitality shown by Rock
Islanders in general and have ex-
pressed themselves accordingly.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-15

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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-15

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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-15
EAGLES STAGE
GRAND PARADE
THIS EVENING
Hundreds of Marchers to
Take Part in Street
Demonstration.

Tonight at 1880
D ok the
grand parade,
which is re-
. garded as the
big event of the
entire conven-
ton. will be
held by the IL
linois Eagles
Evening journal., 1920-01-16
For Tornorrow-Saturday

There is an important sale of Oriental Rugs gons
on at Gimbels-the richest of fioor-coverings, and
because of their long wear the cheapest $50 to S11OO
Evening journal., 1920-01-16
Store Hours-9 to $50

Monday-the important Gmbel sale of FUSED"
pianos and payer-pianos. These sales have grown
famous-two year: August and January
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
DELEGATES FROM
 MANY STATES HERE IN ATTENDANCE AT
 RAINBOW REUNION

tcontinucd from Page Fivc)

will join the New York delegation at Washington. and will arriv here this afternoon at 1:45 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
LABOR DETERMINES
 FACTORY LOCATIONS

London, June 1-Reciprocal News Service )-There is not the competition between chambers of commerce of Brit isll towns that makes the location of fac tcries such an exciting game in America Instead of looking for the biggest bonus a British factory promoter looks chiefly for available labor.
 To assist concerns to locate new works in areas where the labor supply is suit7 able the ministry of labor employment department has just instituted a new service.
 Government employment exchanges all over the country report to the ministry of labor regularly the numbers, skill ano qualifications of all work people out of employment, the information being print eG on statistical maps.
 When the employer writes the ministry Of labor, giving the character of the fac tory he is about to erect or rent, he makes a statement of the number and necessary skill Of the operatives he needs as well as, of course, his requirements in coal anu 1aterial
 His information is treated with fullest confidence by the government depart nent, which promptly supplies him with charts of areas best meeting his require rnents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

oare-headed and in silence, in memory of the dead O. the division.
 All wounded men who wish to take part in the parade will find cars wait Ing Tor them at Capitol park at II Q clock Wednesday morning. At 11:45 these cars will move to the formation or the parade on the Southside.
 The automobile section of the pa rade, consisting of the wounded, Gold star mothers the division sponsors will form for the parade on Avenue H east and west of Twenty first street. This division will head the parade immedi- ately following a band.
 PARADE DIVISIONS
 The First division. containing vet erans from New York. Ohio, Iowa, lii nois, Indiana Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Georgia, will form on Avenue G. east of Twenty first street
 Ihe Second division, consisting ot veterans from Maryland, California. south Carolina, North Carolina Mis- souri, Kansas, Texas, District of Colum- bia, Nebraska. Oregon Colorado. New Jersey, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Michigan, Virginia and Louisiana will form on Avenue G west of Twenty-first street.
 The Third division consisting of Ala bama men, will form on the north side or Avenue east of Twenty first street. The Fourth division. Alabama men. will form on the north side of Avenue G, west of Twenty first street The Fifth division. Alabama men, will form on the south side of Avenue F. east of Twenty first street The Sixth division will form on the south side of Avenue F, west of Twenty first street. The seventh division. Alabama men. will form on the north side of Avenue F, east of Twenty first street. The Eighth division. Alabama men, will form on the north side of Avenue F, west of Twenty-first street
 START ON TIME
 The parade will start strictly at 12:30, Colonel Smith says.
 Upon arriving at Capitol park the automob bile division will continue west on Park avenue to Nineteenth street and thence to Eighth avenue where
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
MEMORY OF THE DEAD

Boy Scouts stationed at every block will pull string which releases two large banners on each block, These banners are 50 feet by 3 feet and cor tain apnropriate wording. The people are asked to stand for few moments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
GERMAN FARMERS
 WANT FIREARMS
By Associated Pres,

Berlin. June 1s.-There is a reluctance on the part of some German farmers to surrender their firearms, due to the legitimate desire to protect their homes against marauders." Minister of Agri- culture Braun said to a Tageblatt rep resentative. He added, however, that number of farmers have been storing arms deliberately for subversive pur- poses,' but he said these were not as numerous as generally believed.
 ''If the people only will keep their heads" Herr Braun said, "I do not be- lieve there will be any organized out break in the near future. The rural st- uation at this time inspires confidence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

Last year 1t was foolish wire dog that trembled violently-legs. tail. head and spine-at the slightest provocation. This year we have. ladies and gentlemen, the wonder of the age. the mechanical wire walker. Wa--a-aatch him,
 We will Standing erect he glides pre- cariously over the wire between two American flags, which stand upright where the toy dealers thumbs hold the wire. Sometimes he pauses wavers q bit. then gets his balance and goes on.
 The wire walker is becoming the rage of London with children and those other folk who like to pick up these thingsa- maJigs for the mantelpiece. The Amer lean flag comes with them, so the dealer IS sure the toy is made in America. They sell for shillings over here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
AMERICAN |S TO0 BLUNT WITH TRUTH
 ID SUIT RUSSIA
Engineer Made Investiga- tion for Soviet, But They Arrested Him For
 Telling Facts
By AssOciatsd Press

London, June 19.-Royal c. Keely. an
 American engineer, recently arrested
 by bolshevik authorities as he was ecuted an industrial commission for the
 soviet government, incurred the dis pleasure of the soviets because he told the truth. plain and unvarnished, Nic- olas Isnard. chairman of the all-Rus- sian central council of trade and in- dustry. said upon his arrival here. Is- nard fled from Russia, where he de- clared, "the misery and dislocation of life is complete"
 The fate of the American has not been learned. According to Isnard Keely went to Russia in September, 1919, at the invitation of the bolshevik govern ment, and as an expert on technical and industrial organization was asked to make a complete report to the soviet government lon ways and means to save the Russian industrial situation"
 ''On his arrival in Russia, Keely was received with great honors and excep- tional facilities were afforded him to travel all over the country" Isnard said. He visited the industrial con- cerns of Petrograd and Moscow, trav- eled to the great textile center of Ivanovo-V -Vosnesensk, and to the coal mines of the Donetx. and completed his trip by tour in the Urals.
 Upon his return to Moscow in Jan uary 1920, Keely was lodged in the commissarat of foreign affairs. in the famous palace, whther other distin- guished visitors later found a sumptu- os welcome and the Kremlin intimated its great desire for his report. Here the American committed his first and greatest mistake. In his report he told the soviets the truth, plain and unvar- nished. The gist of his report can be resumed as follows:
 The industrial cocnerns of Petrograd and Moscow are ruined completely, and it will need years to get them into some sort of'working order. The machines and tools are in disorderly condition. rapidly deteriorating, and many vital parts are lacking. All skilled labor seems to have disappeared completely. The Donetz coal mines are in very bad position also, and will need two or three years to put them straight The work in the Urals are in better con- dition and could be tuned up quickly. But nothing useful can be achieved un- til all decrees against property and per sonal security are annulled."
 Isnard declared Keely, in an explana- tory note, gave extraordinary examples of bolshevik administrative incompe- tence," one of which was that boilers of the electrical station in Petrograd were kept going for some time by stok- ing them with all the great stores of accumulated in the car build Ing shops there.
 After this report Keely's position changed completely, Isnard continued, T ,1f ,oy, hn 1od sign commissariat to give a permit to cave the country, he was arrested at he frontier, and since then nothing 1as been heard about him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
OPIUM GROWN IN
 FUKIEN PROVINCE
By Associated Press

Shanghai, June 7.-Opium is being extensively grown in ports of Fukien province despite the law against it, according to a mission worker sta- toned at Yenping. He writes to the Anti-Opum Society:
 "At the city of Yungan, the head quarters of the southern forces, found they were growing opium extensive ly, even in the grounds of the ya- men itself the ground was white with poppy. I was told there were over 100 opium shops in the city licensed for $1 per night marled places for the breaking of the opium habit.
 ''The military are forcing the peo- pie to plant the drug land no matter what the value of the crop may be, they are to be taxed definite amount"
 An automatic weighing machine for parcel post packages releases the correct stamps when a package is laid on a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
League to Meet
 NoU. IS Under
 Wilson's Call
By Associated Pres,

Washington. July 10.-The first meeting of the assembly of the League of Nations will be held on November 15 under the call which soon Is to be issued by President Wilson.
 While the place for the session has been selected, 1t was said mt The state department today that this would be announced by the allied governments. The President is understood to have favored Geneva, but most of the allies prefer Brussels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Hail Damage Heavy

Davenport, la, July 10.-A hail. storm that swept this region yesterday did a quarter of million dollars dam age to crops, it was estimated today. Large fields of corn were virtually de- stroyed and many orchards were stripped of fruit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

f they will unload at the rear of the park The First and Second divisions will continue to march east on Park avenue and to the rear entrance of the park. The remainder of the parade will di- vide east and west at the park, going around to the rear entrance. A watermelon cutting has been ar ranged for the men, several carloads of genuine Alabama watermelons being secured for the purpose. It is with these watermelons that the committees hope to give the visitors the best im- pression of the state
 DECORATE HOMES
 T want to call upon every citizen to decorate his home with flags" says Sol Caheen, chairman of the decoration committee. We want to show the boys that we don't welcome them in spots, but in every part of our city"
 Information booths have been estab- lished in three of the busiest spots in the downtown district to serve the peo- pie during the convention. These booths will be in charge of people that are well informed about Birmingham and the surrounding country
 Harry Carter, secretary of the Ala bama division of Rainbow Veterans. re- ceived his victory medal yesterday. This medal is one of the first to be seen in Birmingham. It contains five battle clasps, indicating service in the Champagne -Marne offensive the Aisne- Marne offensive, the St. Mihiel drive, the Muese- Argonne offensive, and in a defensive sector.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
LONDON'S TOY RAGE
 IS A WIRE WALKER

London, July 1.-(Reciprocal News Serv- ice.)-Each summer silly season toy is introduced on the streets of London.