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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-26

and Layden, guards. Substitutes
krasuski for Stetson.
Field goals-Rock Island. Duffin,
4; Herbert, /; Sundeen, Q: Lofgren,
Il. Davenport. Johns, 4: Rodler, 2;
Schick, l.
Foul goals-Duffin, 5 out of 10:
Schick, 4 out of 10; Johns, 2 out
off,.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-26

Wells. New, where Orr went a few
weeks ago to uncover information
on the status of Dempsey during
the war period.
Evidence Found I'm Letters?
That the government since Orr's
visit to Wells has been in posses
sion of IS letters upon which the
charges against Dempsey and
Kearns are based was admitted by
E. M. Blanford. chief for this dis
trict of the department of justice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-26
SHOOTERS RAzz
RED and BLUE
SQUAD, 24-20
Makes islanders Tie With Moline
for Championship-Puts Daven.
port Out Of the Race.
BIZ ~SPHEROD SLIM

school basketball squad defeated
Davenport by the score of "a to 20
in a game that was full Of thrills
throughout. This victory for the
Islanders makes them tie with Mo-
line for tri-city honors and puts
the Ioxans clear out Of the run
ming.
The Islanders showed their su-
periority throughout the whole
game and it was only one time,
when the score was tie IA all, that
the blue and red squad had a
chance to win. This game puts
the locals on edge for the contest
with Moline tomorrow night. Ac-
cording to the latest dope Rock Is
land ought to win. Several weeks
ago Davenport practically mobbed
Moline on the Swedes' floor. Last
night Rock Island gave Davenport
the merry razz and although the
locals were defeated once by Mo-
line they are confident of coming
out of the game victors.
Eliminates Davenporters.
The game last night puts the
Iowans out Of the championship
race altogether and puts Rock Is
land on an equal footing with Mo-
line. The game tomorrow will de-
eide whether Rock Island or Mo-
line shall be proclaimed as the
first team in the three cities. Rock
Island has defeated Davenport
twice and was beaten by Moline
once. Moline on the other hand
has been defeated by Davenport,
once and in return defeated both
Rock Island and the 1owans. The
red and blue squad are clear on,
Of the running having won only
one game of the four played ant
that from Moline.
Following are the percentages o.
the three teams:
4 ". l.. Pct
Rock Island .......2 l .66'
Mollne -. ......... DOT
| DANSAPoAk s[os
| For the locals Captain Duffir
played q whirlwind game through
out. During the first half he wa:
the only one who could sink tn,
ball through the iron, but in tn.
second half he was too closely
guarded to do anything spectacu
lar. During the game he tossed
eight free throws out of 10. Hi.
floor work was excellent and his
playing last night will no doub
earn him a place on the tri-cit,
squad. Lofgren, at guard, did goot
work al advancing the ball ani
played a good game in spite of the
razzing Of his former teammates
| Others Good.
Sundeen last night showed i'm
provement in the last half ant
Milstead, at guard. was up on his
toes throughout. Herbert. playing
at the other forward, did well, but
on account OF his small stature
several times bit the dust.
For the Iowans, Johns ant
Schick we're the bright lamps Of
the evening.
Following is the summary:
Lneups: Rock Island-Dufin
and Herbert, forwards; Sundeen
center: Milstead and Lofgren
guards. Substitutes-Henke TO,
Sudden.
Davenport-Johns and Rodler
forwards; Schick, center; Stetson
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-01-15
POULTRY
FNT1S
BEST FOOD TO FATTEN FOWL
Whistler Young or Old Mixed Grain5
Are Better Than Any One Variety
MIX is Reiished.

MiSed grains are better FOR fatten-
ing fowl. whether old or young than
any one variety alone. Oats and corn.
ground. are perhaps the most fatten-
Ing. Buekwheat and ordinary wheat
are good food and add variety 10 the
rations but they are not so fattenlDg.
Chickens get tired OF one kind Of feed,
the same as people do, but they thrive
on mixed feed. Skim milk is one Of
the best articles Of diet that can be
put on the fowls bill Of fare II is
fellshed. II is healthful. II IS nourlsh-
Ing and II greatly improves the color.
favor and texture Of the dressed
meat. Among the most rapid gamers
for killing purposes are the barred
Plymouth Rocks. the Rhode Island
Reds and the Wyandottes. Fed on
the above rations any Of them can be
made to gain from a pound to a po1nd
and q half in three weeks, possibly
less. This Is profitable feeding
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-01-15

Ing before taking your usual
smoke. walk up three flights OF
stairs at regular pace, then stop.
II you find that you are out of
breath. your heart beat is forced,
trembling or irregular. you may
be a victim OF functional or organ
ic heart trouble. II you feel that
you must smoke, chew or snutf 10
quiet your nerves. you are a slave
TO the tobacco habit, and are posi-
lively poisoning yourself with the
deadly drug, nicotine. In either
case you have just two alternatives
keep on with the self-pofsoninG
process irrespective of the dangers
and suffer the consequences. or
give up the habit and escape the
dangers. You can overcome tAe
craving and stop the habit Ia .
very short time by using the fok.
lowing inexpensive formula CO
TO any drug store and ask for Moo
tol tablets. take one tablet altar
each meal. and In q comparatively
short time You will have no desire
for tobacco; the craving VII haSa
lett you. VITA the esecttnp pokson
out Of your syE4sn ycEI geHsrai
health vii quickly Improve.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-01-15
FEED FOWLS DAMAGED GRAIN
Il is Essential TO Exercise Particular
Care That Birds Are Not In
Jured by Material.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of AgTicuiture)
Although Il is good management TO
allow poultry 10 rustic about in grain
fields and stock yards after the grain
crop has been stacked or thrashed. Il
is essential TO exercise particular care
that the fowl are not injured by feed
Ing on damaged grain. Specialists of
the United States department OF agri-
culture assert that where damaged
grain is fed in limited amounts to the
flock which is on free range, the posi-
bility of serious injury is reduced to a
minimum. On the other hand, they
state that It is advisable not 10 feed
the damaged grain-and never to use
this material II 1t Is moldy or musty
lin anything but very small amounts
where the fowl are closely confined
ali the time There is an inexplaln.
able something about the range which
the birds have as wen as the waste
products which they utilize that ap.
pareutly keeps them healthy. so that
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-01-15
FARO
POULTRY
BOYS AND GIRLS JOIN CLUBS
First Step IN Organization Usually
10 10 Get Support Of Business
Men Of Community.

prepared by tho United States Depart
ment OF AEricufure)
Poultry.breeedlug associations are
usually the outgrowth Of pioneer +1rk
IN organizing boys and girls into poul-
try clubs or Of repeated efforts 10 In
terest producers IN better poultry
methods. In some instances however.
leaders IN communities have expressed
their desire to make an effort to es-
tabllsh for themselves d business or
side line that win add 10 their In
comes as individuals and likewise In
crease the property OF the communi-
~.
In such promising localities. the
first step In organization usually is
TO get the support OF local business
men. In small towns many business
men own farms and consequently are
interested in agriculture. which In
turn benefits the various lines OF busl-
ness. At the same time their assist
ance Is helpful in financing the asso-
citation. In fact this is frequently ac-
compllshed by inducing the business
mems association to contribute a suit
able fund for standardized stock
which is to be distributed among the
farmers who join the association. Co.
operation of that kind IS usually OBJ
talned easily If the business men are
shown the advantages Of the organiza-
ton and how the increased prosperity
eventually win benefit them.
Another plan that has proved TO be
satisfactory in 0yerton county, Tenn,
is direct financial assistance from the
banks. In this case the banks ad-
vnnccd 81 900 to be invested I'm breed
ing pens through the cooperation OF
the poultry club agent and the county
agricultural agent. Each pen consist
ed CT ten hens or pullets and n male
bird which cost on an average $3.50 a
bird. The pens were placed with club
members in The various communities.
Each person who received a pen guar.
anteed 10 return after the first year,
20 fowls in payment for the original
ten hens or pullets furnished him.
Those 20 STANDARDIZED fowls, together
with two selected male birds. were d.
vided into two pens and the next year
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-01-15
GREEN BONE GOOD FOR HENS
Material Can Often Be Purchased
From Local suteher--ls Substitute
for Meat Scrap.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of AEriculture)
Green cut bone can often be pur.
chased from the butcher. This ma
terial when procured fresh makes an
excellent substitute for beef scrap. II
should be purchased In small quanti-
ties, as 1t cannot be kept fresh for any
length Of time and when spoiled may
cause severe bowel trouble. II is best
fed in a trough not oftener than every
other day, allowing about one-half
ounce per bird. Should severe or con-
tinued looseness of the bowels follow
the feeding OF green cut bone it should
be discontinued or the quantity re-
duced.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-01-15
Doctor Tells How to Detect
Harmful Effects of Tobacco
Try These SIMPLE TESTS

Nev York: Doctor Conner. for
rnerly OF Johns Hopkins hospital.
says. Many men VINO smoke, chew
OF snuff necessarily ana who are
seemingly healthy are suffering
from progressive organic ailments.
Thousands OF them would never
have been afflicted had II not been
for the uss Of toSaceo. and thou
sands would sooE get well If they
would only stop the Use OF tobacco.
The chief habit-forming principle
of tobacco Is nicotine. a deadly
poison which. when absorbed by
The system. slowly Affects the
nerves, membranes. tissues and
vital organs OF the body The
harmful effect OF tobacco varies
and depends on circumstances.
One viii be afiicted with general
debility. others with catnrrh Of the
throat. indigestion. constipation.
extren1e nervousness, sleepls-.,s-
meas. loss OF memory, lnek Of viii
power. mental confusion. etc. 9th
era may suffer from heart disease.
bronchial trouble. hardening Of the
arteries. tuberculosis. bltadness OF
sven cancer or the common ef5io-
sion known IS tobacco heart y
you use tobacco IN any form you
een easily detect the harmful ef-
feezs hy making the following sim-
pie tests. Read aloud one fun
pass from book. II. IN the ecvTse
Of reading yoaT voice becomes
Duf5ed. hczTse ard indistiDet. AMI
yeR nnst frequently clear your
throat. the chances are thai your
throat Il affected b. eatnrrh and q
may BE- tbs beginning Of more So
Ftsns tzoSble. Nest. IN the morn
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-01-15
Club Members busting a Hen With
Insect Powder.

were given under the same conditions
to two additional club members. One
Of the requirements Of the plan was
the continuance of this "endless-chain'
system for five years, or until every
member possessed at least one pen Of
standardized fowls. Thus the origin
al pens have been multiplied by many
hundreds, and the entire county has
become well stocked with one breed
Of fowls.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-01-15
TRAP-NEsT ALL LAYING HENS
Tends to Tame Birds, Thereby IN
ereasing Egg Production and
Permits Clear Record.

When possible it IL advisable to
trap-nest the layers for the following
reasons: ID To tame the birds, there
by tending toward increased egg pro-
duction. ~ To furnish definite knowl-
edge concerning traits and habits Of
individuals. Cd 10 furnish the only
satisfactory basis for utility or other
breeding ca 10 eliminate the non
productive hen. 90 To add mechanical
precision TO Judgment and experience
in developing and maintaining the
utility Of o flock.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-01-15
CONDITION OF LAYING FOWL.
Body Of Her Is Deeper In Rear Than
at Front Of Keel-Pelyio Bones
Well Spread.

A hen that is laying has an enlarged
abdomen, due to the enlarged intes-
tines, ovary and oviduct The body is
deeper in the rear than ut the front
Of the keel The condition is reversed
when q hen stops laying. The pelvic
bones are well spread in the laying
hen. As production decreases the ear
lobes contract.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-01-15
MINERAL ELEMENTS FOR HEN
It Pays to Burn Refuse and Brush
Heaps Near Poultry Range for
Bits Of Charcoal.

Hens seem to obtnin certain mineral
elements chat they crave from wood or
coal ashes aud 1t pays To burn refuse
and brush heaps near die poultry
range SO that the birds can clean up
the ashes and bits Of charcoal that re-
main after the FIRE.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-01-15
Chickens Having Free Range Utilize
Much Waste Product.

they are able to handle small amounts
of grain which are not too seriously
damaged. 1t is especially necessary
to watch corn and cornmeal, as these
feeds are inclined to spoil rather
easily.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-01-15

Eoie-fSAs.l gzksd abSsf Huzes1l esA.
lets. on - esr F.8di1s druggists sid. ~
& tfGll wonderful remedy TOR re 70
bseao hsbE. a~ay ahesd 81 ensrhfnS ~
have eser eeld before. We aas RrtheStzaS
b tbs manufacturers 70 refgHd ehs utc7sy
70 etery disssti<ied customer. and us
svzid hci permit The use q cur nnsns 90
less the remedy possessed paHsasJ risrif~
Nieotoi Is sold b. druggists eseFysbsrs.
usder ~ iron-slsa iDcnss back guarantee
Your druggist hss d " coz - h eeT yor
frea ang sh0isss1S druggist
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-01-15
WHITE BIRDS GAINING FAVOR
Rocks, orpingtons and Rhode Islands
Coming to Front Fast as Egg
PRODUCERS

The White Rocks, White Wyan-
dottes, White "Reds' or Rhode Island
WILTSHIRE fast coming to the front
as high egg producers. The achieve
ments Of the White Leghorns seem T.
oyershudow all other white birds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-21
SHOOTING AT ST. ALBANS
SHROUDED IN MYSTERY
Oliver Lovely Claims He Doesn't
Know Who Fired the
ReNolYer

ST. Albans, April 20.--0lived Lovely.
aged "a years, was taken to the St Al
bans hospital this morning with ser
ious bullet wound in his neck caused
by a revolver shot and as a result
Mrs Kate Ives Is held as a witness
in the case.
Neighbors in the vicinity OF John
Irycake hill. where 1t Is said, Mr. Love
lly lived with Mrs. ives. heard ravol
lyer shots about i2;45 O'Clock This
morning and upon investigation Mr..
Lovely was found with a revolver in
his hand which apparently he had just
fired and he asked the neighbors to
get a doctor as he had been shot. The
lneighbors telephoned to Sheriff G. p.
Catlin who, accompanied by Chief OF
Police J f. Mahoney, soon arrived on
the scene The officers on arrival at
The house Immediately summoned DR..
II. II Johnson and Lovely was taken
to the St. Adams hospital where Doc
| tor Johnson and Dr. T. A. Hyatt dress
ed his wounds The bullet entered
ther left side el the mans neck. pass.
GU lliiuu6ls anu tHAllb bhl VII ANf Vff$
poste side
Shecitl Catliu upon questioning the
neighbcrs learned that their attention
was called to the shooting by Mr..
Lovely himself when he fired two or
three shots in order to attract atten-
ton Mr., Lovely has not accused any
one OF shooting him but said that he
went TO bed and fell asleep but soon
woke up and began to choke. He dis.
covered the wound in his neck and at
once fired the revolver TO get help.
Upon further inquiry 1t was learned
that Mr.. Lovely was going to Spring
field. Mass. today and Mrs. Ives was
coming to this city to work. The
furniture had been sold and all be
longings were packed ready to move.
1t is alleged that Mr. Lovely had
$50 in money in his clothes, which is
now missing and that he also had
$40 in his trunk which was not talk
! en-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-21
GE ERMANY ASKS
MODIFICATION Of
PEACE TREATY
Wants Permission to Maintain
Larger Regular Army
WOULD ALSO KEEP STAFF
German Government Says That II VIII
Be Impossible TO Enforce Order
II Army Is Dsbanded.

Paris, April 21.-Germany has asked
fer modification of the military
clauses Of the peace treaty 80 as to en-
able her to maintain la. ger army
forces than was permitted by the pact.
The request is contained In note
handed the French Foreign Office last
evening with the demand that it be
sent to the supreme council at San
Reno.
The note set forth that an increased
force is necessary for the maintain.
ence Of order IN the interior and that
furthermore the army would not ac-
cept an order for dissolution.
Further requests are made that
Germany be allowed to retain entire
the general staff and corps officers
which means the entire framework OF
an active army.
Two other notes were presented at
the same time. The first referred to
the disbandment of civil guards and
the second embodied requests that the
Reichsteir forces in the neutral zone
be fixed according to the number OF
men instead Of units, and that eleven
instead of two batteries of artillery be
allowed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-21
OVERALLS AND GINGHAMS
GROWING MORE POPULAR
New York Sets Fashion Both in Den
i'm for Men and Cotton for
Won1en

New York, April l9.-With the sup
port of many prominent men and w6-
men, the overalls and gingham move.
ment continued to gain converts here
tonight. Heads of business concerns,
officials and actors donned blue den
i'm or calico and announced their in
tention of backing the campaign.
Jacob Luft, president OF the Gethol
Chemical company, declared that 1900
employees of his concern have agreed
to wear overalls and that he will en-
courage workers in six other fac
tories in which he is interested to join
the movement.
Several hundred hackers of the
movement this evening marched
through the theatrical district, sing
ing and urging spectators to don blue
denim and join the parade.
The paraders included $50 boys from
the Jamaica high school, l20 students
from Dewitt Clinton high school and
I76 girls of the Girls high school,
Members of the Rotary and Cheese
clubs also were in the procession.
Men who have refrained from join.
ing overalls clubs because of the
styles prevailing in the loose garments
will have an oportunity of purchasing
suits of denim in the latest fashion,
according to announcement by firm
of theatrical costumers,
Girls employed as stenographers,
clerks and secretaries by the Serbian
Child welfare association today or
gan'zed MILDLY" club. The girls ex-
pressed the intention of replacing
.orgette and other expensive waists
with MILDLY blouses and of wearing
cotton skirts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-21

Birmingham, Ala, April 2O.--A
death lis. which tonight stood at more
than $40 and a rcperty loss OF many
millions Of dollars was the toll exact
ed by a tornado which today swept a
score of towns, villages and isolated
fa.ms in eastern Mississippi, north
western Alabama and the southern
counties OF Tennessee.
Communication with, many of the
stricken districts was difficult but
fragmentary reports agreed that the
tornado swept dcwn with deadly sud
denness. obliterating everything that
lay in its path In at least one case
that of Rose Hill-practically the en-
tire town is believed to have been de-
ssroyed, and in seve al instances all
members OF a family were reported 70
have been killed.
Striking first apparently in Lauder
dale county, Miss, about 10 O'Clock
this morning. the storm swept a mar.
row path across the State, ca rying de
struction tc a dozen or more com
munities. Abou the same time death
and damage from the same or SIM
lar disturbance was reported for coun-
ties In the northwestern co.ner OF
Alabama, the extreme force of the
wind being expanded before the Ten
nessee line was reached in William
son and Maury counties.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-21
SENATE PASSES
NEW ARMY BILL
FOR 100000 MEN
Also Provides for National
Guard as Reserve
A REVISED COURT-MARTTAL
Bill D ffers from House Measure and
It Will Have to Go to Con-
ference.

Washington, April 20.-By vote Of
46 to 10 the Wadsworth Army Reor-
ganization bill passed the Senate this
afternoon. 1t provides for regular
army of 2S0000 enlisted men and H.
043 officers and, as part Of tile same
Federal establishment citizen army
comprising the present reserve forces
and the reorganized Nationa Guard.
The National Guard is placed un-
der the army clause of the Constitu-
ton, whereas heretofore it has been
under the militia clause. Thus the
regular army and National Guard
aro unified.
The Senate bill includes also a
plan for training men between the
ages Of Is and Il who volunteer for
it; provides for reconstituting of Tight
ing units that earned fame in the
great war, establishes a single list
from which to make army promotioas
and includes n revised and less rigcr-
Gus code of military justice governing
cou martial procedure.
Before passage the Senate measure
was substituted for the House bill, so
that it wild go at once to conference.
The difference between the two are
so great that a long conference is ex-
pected The House provided fer 3l0,-
900 enlis ed men and 1900 officers
in the regular army It estored the
National Guard to its former status
as a S,ate force. trained by the States
serving them, aud only subject to Fed
eral service when called by he Presi
dent in time Of war Whether the
House will accept the yolunta y train
ing provision is uncertain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-04-21
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Mrs Davis will hold a rummage
sale at 31S Pleasant street on Friday.
Adv S3t2
Beginning next Monday the Rut-
land railroad will send a branch train
to North Bennington every morning
to connect with the northbound train
on the main line, This train will
leave Bennington at S,25, standard time
(9.25 local time) Sundays included,
About 100 women registered with
the listers to pay a poll-tax and vote
next spring. This is more than double
The number last year but not up TO
that OF two years ago when no poll
tax was required. Under the law the
books closed last night for the registra
tion of women.
Mr. and Mrs. f. NJ. Wilson have
purchased the Shaw property at Old
Bennington through the efforts of II.
N. Williams and the VIM. II. WiAs
agency Mr. and Mrs. wilson will
make this their home until the house,
which is under construction on the
property they recently purchased
of Philip T. II. Pierson and E. h. Bot
tum, is completed.
Under the new train schedule Of the
Rutland railroad which goes into eff
feet next Sunday trains to Troy and
Albany will leave Bennington at Gas
a. M, except Sunday; 11:10 a. m, eX-
cept Sunday; 2:25 p. m, daily; $3.50
p. m, except Sunday; 1;55 a. mi,
daily; 9:2O p. mp Sundays only; go
ing north trains will leave at S;25 a.
NJ, daily; 2:25 p. M, daily; 12:45 a.
M, daily; 6:05 p. m, daily Trains
will leave here for Chatham at $40
and 2,S5 except Sunday, and will ar
live at 1902 a, m, and 5,25 p. IN,
These trains will run by standard
time tone hour slower than local
time.)