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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-07

week from Davenport, where he
has been employed for some time.
Mrs. A. Winston and daughter
Gertrude and their guests. Mrs.
Aaron CARRIER and children. motor
ed to Rock Island Thursday and
spent the day with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fritch and
children and the Misses Mary and
Lucy Spicer were GalesbuIg shop
pers Saturday.
Mrs. Ida Pinkerton Of Aledo
spent Thursday with friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McCreight and
son James spent Saturday evening
with relatives in Aledo.
The Misses Winifred and Lurena
Caslin returned home last week
after spending their vacation in
Rock Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Minteer
were Aledo visitors Tuesday aft
ernoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. James McGaughey
and son motored to DonnOn, Iowa,
last week and visited Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Corsepius and Mr.. and Mrs
Strudthoff. 81
Byron McAtee went to Peoria
Wednesday on business.
Rev, c. C. Harper spent several
days last week with his daughter
| and her husband at Danville, Ill.
Mrs. Lena Stitt and daughter
Dorothy arrived home last week
after visit with relatives at Coin
Iowa.
The Misses Anna Schneider, Der.
tina Smith andxEthlyn Johnson at
tended teachers institute in Gales
burg Monday.
Miss Laura Hopkins returned
home from Rock Island Friday
evening, where she had been at.
tending the Knights Templar con.
clavc.
Mrs. L. E. Whitcomb OF kewanee
visited last week with friends here
Mr.. and Mrs. LAC Tary and Miss
Sarah Cash we're New Windsor
visitors Wednesday.
Mr.. ana MRS. Jink Cortland o.
Aledo were callers of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Ashenhurst Sunday eve
ming.
W. l.. B. Jenkinson arrived hom,
last week from visit with rela
tives in Iowa.
! Mrs. Susie Forsythe and daugh
ter Martha left for their home a
Elk City, Neb.. on Tuesday evening
! Morton Carrot of Greenbowe
has recently purchased fine Will
! lys Knight touring car.
Miss Isola Ralston attended
teachers meeting in Woodruff OF
Monday.
/ Mrs. Charles Ashenhurst an,
}. Mrs. R. c. Terrey were hostesse
J to the Luncheon club at the HON
of the latter on Tuesday Afternoon
The ladies enjoyed a very pleasan
afternoon. Refreshments consist
ed of cantaloupe, sundaes and wa
fers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Langford an
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-07

|Q|lS0N
: | ] NOT Mn


+ VIII vim In eyssy congress
y district IN the state and will
Te6sfy Cook county" was the
,0ont prediction expressed late
lor6oy afternoon " Walter A.
opoeld. manager II the anti
pDcn forces IN the state cam
ID. Just before he left for
etQg6eld. after spending the
END in the city.
he campaign Just closing has
~ marked By the worst form Of
l1d singing BY the Thompson
MnAtn crowd" Mr.. Rosenfield said.
Their desperation Is evidenced by
Ao0pS0n's latest TRADE that Gov
E11h0r Lowden Is Z liar and Z
f511ltir. No matter what mistakes
lpNden may have made ~ gov
NDS, no one can rightly accuse
1n Of this.
Al chairman Of the torganiza-
loloa committee Of the anti-Thomp-
1DpR ticket ! want to say that we
yoce ready for the primaries on the
k18th, Every county in the state Is
bloeglnized.
There Is no doubt that the peo-
spl1 do not want to have Thompson
|5oet hold OF our state government.
xEkcago Is too close to US, and we
eean see what he has done there.
We will carry every congressional
district In the state and will also
Win in Cook county.
Gives Warning.
II understand the Thompson
\ Lundin organization in Rock ISL
Eond contemplates the wholesale
voting Of Democrats at the pri-
EnAries on the 18th. The local or
Ee4nt1ation is learning rapidly from
1.-The Chicago crowd and this is just
10 hint Of what would happen
Eohould such . catastrophe as the
Termination of Small and his asso-
ECiafes happen in this state.
rChallengers will be at every
Hprecinct on the 18th and the vote
wtli be scrutinized thoroughly af-
EkeS the primaries and II any irreg-
fttlarities are brought to light the
attorney general will prosecute
them to the limit"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-07

n ~ &AAED VANCE,
freu - q discourse Wesid Neseansas
- CAaiFnan Hs1srai couacu q
CAugehee 81 Ansftes-1
what Il your national accent! I
an not speaking 90 much Of what
& on your tongue. ~ what Il in
your mind and heart. when y0u
say: America. " What are our
feelings Is We think Of our ma
tionai life today?
Can We say America. as the
first settlers said II? They were
fleeing from oppression. They were
seeking 1 land where they could
worship God and be unafraia. We
are preparing . Maynower celehra-
ton to mark the 400th anniversary
Of the coming Of that little band
who hailed the winds which greet
ed them a. they landed on . bleak
New England coast Is winds from
the heights Of Cod
Can We say it Is the millions Of
the poor of earth have said it dur
ing the last hundred years? They
were hunting Z place where they
might work and live. Here they
found freedom and opportunity.
They have learned to love the nag.
They call America their mother,
and many Of them have been ready
to die for her.
Or must we say it. as some Of
these people are saying It today ?
The FIRE has died on the hearth
stone Of thSir patriotism. The. light
/ has faded from their faces. There
is no caress in their voices Is they
speak Of America. They are going
away with bitterness. Their love
has turned to hate. They curse
America as the cable HOSTS and
! they sail away.
Shall we say it as bigoted and
untraveled provincialism used to
| say it, when America dwelt in the
backwoods, mistaking bluster for
! power and bigness for greatness
We are not the only nation. We
have virtues, but there are things
to be learned from older nations
Surely, America has lived enough
OF q world life to be saved from
the folly Of overbearing egotism.
How shall we say America:
Shall we say 1T as the allies said
it when our first soldiers landed
overseas to line up in, the World
war? What a welcome they gave
us! We were on an unselfish cru.
SADIE. and as the khaki-clad lads
went swinging through the streets
of London and Paris. the crowds
that packed the pavements cheer
ed and cried: The Americans
The Americans" Their hearts
were on their lips as they cheered
America" was musical then. Il
was the song Of men who were tc
keep liberty alive in the earth
Would that we could always say
America" with the accent o,
those great days!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-07

baby went to Peoria on Wednes-
day, where Mr.. Langford later un-
derwent an operation for ulcers of
the stomach. Word received on
Saturday stated that Mr.. Lang
ford's condition was such that a
special nurse was necessary.
Friends hope for his speedy recov-
cry.
Oral Harrison departed on We'd
nesday evening after visit with
his sister and husband and Mr..
and Mrs. E. l.. Greenwell.
Mrs. Lee Person left Tuesday for
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-07
Period tables $500
Made Of real solid walnut.

These beautiful period tables are made
throughout Of selected solid walnut They
have the stamp Of craftsmanship and careful
finish which distinguish them from tables
Of ordinary quality. Priced this week $500
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-07

Washington Sept How ia like to ride with the president OF
with the president Mrs Will
through Rocky park president the boys
playing park driver and picked three
passengers lilly Facone, Z
Italian barber Marcus Mench 14yearod OF
Austrian grocer Mickey Michael Joseph Dee
gan all of Washington Above
are shown the president
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-07

One variety of Japanese fan is
made of waterproof paper, which
can be dipped in water and creates
GOODNESS by evaporation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-07

a visit with her parents at Carlyle.
Ill.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. A. Barnes of
Monmouth were guests last week
of their daughter, Mrs. Percy Nc
Aztec, and family.
Mrs. c. F. Townsend Of Des
Moines spent the weekend last
week at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wheeler Greenwood.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-07

within the last Is years. the
birthrate has decrelsed in British
and German cities from IS to Is for
each 10000 population.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-07

New York has a bank which lends
radium to hospitals.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-07

In Europe, during. the last &
pears, insanity and cancer have in
creased three times.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-07

IN Japan dresses are frequently
sold BY weight.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26

==-NIGHTGO GOLLWJ============
Handembrodercd habutai silk nghtgown with scaoped neck
line and sleeves
Regularly 1900. Reduced to $50
dembroided nhtgown of crepe de chine with scaoped
V-neckine and unusually lovely embroidery.
Regularly 1900. Reduced to 1880
Hsnd-enbroideed crepe nightgown, eaboatey
broidered.
Regularly $3.50. Reduced to 1900
The New York herald., 1920-12-26

solidation of bureaus and departments
are as follows:
"City Chamberlain.--Amend the char
ter and make the City Chamberlain an
elected officer and make him City Audi
tor with three votes In the Board OF
Estimate. This would enable the Legis-
lature to abolish the Commissioner OF
Accounts and eliminate:
1.-THE Bureau OF Audit in the Comp
troller's office, the auditing bureaus OF
the Board of Education and OF all the
other bureaus and departments and the
various pension bureaus and the Bureau
of Law and Adjustment In the Comp
troller's Office: also the Bureau OF Real
Estate Awards.
THE office of City Chamberlain could
be filed Immediately by appointment by
Governor Miller to serve until December
81 and a successor to be elected next
fall for six years
"CoIlccter OF City Revenue.-The Col
lector is now appointed. He should be
elected and should. have three votes in
the Board of Estimate.
Governor Miller could at once ap-
point such a collector to hold until De-
cember 81, 1921, his successor to be
elected next fall. and to hold Office fol
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
CLARA SMITH BACK,
RELEASED ON BAIL
Pleads Not Guilty to Staying
Jake L. HamOn, on Return
to Scene Of Death.
BAIL Is FIXED AT $4,000
Counsel for Defence Seek TO
Have Their Case Tried at
January Term.
BAIL IS FIXED AT $4,000
nu tAe Associatee Press

ARpMoRE. Okla, Dec. 25.-Mrs. Clara
smith Hamon tonight is at liberty under
n $4,000 bond following her fight to
Mexico and her voluntary return to Ard
more to face a warrant charging murder
in connection with the fatal shooting Of
Jake L. Hamon, Republican National
Committeeman.
In the office of the Sheriff of Carter
County Mrs. Hamon- who returned at
noon to-day, was released on bond soon
after o'clock. She pleaded not guilty
Relatives, county authorities and few
newspaper men were present.
According to her announced plans.
Mrs. Hamon intends to spend several
days with relatives at Wilson and soon
thereafter may return TO El Paso. where
her parents live, to remain until her
trial in District Court. Counsel for Mrs.
Hamon have announced that they viii
seek to have the case docketed for the
January term. Mrs. Hamon said her
Wait 10 Wilson Is to be of rest from
her difficulties of the last four weeks.
The bond prepared to tender Mrs
Hamon containing the signatures OF
numerous citizens of Ardmore who vol
unfairly offered their services, was no.
entered. At the eleventh hour II wal
decided best to frame a new bond. Th'
four men who signed Mrs. lannon's bono
are Writ Franklin, Max Westheimer, L
II. Love and T. A. Thurmond. The frs
two named are oil men and the other:
are cotton brokers.
Sombre, trifle peaked and white
Mrs. Hamon was next to the last pas
senger to alight when her train arrived
at 1906, noon. She displayed LITTLE
emotion as she was greeted by her rela
tives. Together with Sheriff Garrett
Benjamin Franklin Harrison, her uncle
and deputy sheriff. she was driven tt
the Sheriff's office. Motion picture ma
chimes and q battery of cameras re
corded the arrival and departure of thu
young woman.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26

Moreover. just as the reports have Coulon
doing. she could take her position, and
then IL was entirely up TO her will
whether she was lifted or not.
At one performance, according to the
stage hands. The Georgia Magnet" took
billiard cue and stood 1t on end. Sew
eral men stacked their hands along the
upper part of the cue and pressed down
ward. The woman pressed her open palm
against the cue near its base below the
mems hands. and without grasping il
lifted It from the floor with ease.
One of her most famous performances
they said. was at the old Chase Theatre
now Polls Theatre. in Washington. She
placed her fingertips against the arched
wall of the stage front and sixteen men.
pushing against her with all their
strength. we're unable to fatten out her
palms
An act something like that of "The
Georgia Magnet Is now on a toGr a..
some vaudeville circuit and is know !.
as "Resista.''
The New York herald., 1920-12-26

probably a declining market in real
property. and must lower It's assessed
values. II is certain that unless prompt
action is taken and a proper reorganiza-
tion Of city and county governments af-
fected the time will soon come when the
city will either be obliged TO seek a con-
stitutional amendment permitting
greater amount than per cent. TO be
levied on real estate or face an illegal
tax levy.
Both the city and the counties COM
prising the city are overmanned and
overgoverned. Departments and bureaus
duplicating each others work, trifiing
with important matters. or busy with
non-essentials. are wasting taxpayers
money. This waste is. OF course, imme-
diately reflected as far as improved
property Is concerned in the rents paid
by tenants. The next Legislature must
act. The taxpayers and rentpayers can
not wait.
The budget for 1922 should show a
20 per cent. decrease In comparison with
1921. This committee has definite pro-
posals 10 make, but back OF its proposals
should be strong and united public senti-
ment."
The committees suggestions for con-
The New York herald., 1920-12-26

yesterday over their back stage adven-
lures and recalled that twenty years ago
there was a woman known in vaudeville
as "The Georgia Magnet and that she
possessed most of Coulon's tricks, with
a few of her own.
The stage hands. being back of the
stage and not on it. declared that their
names could not be used, but their de-
scriptions OF how The Georgia Magnet
baffled her audiences are fresh and con-
vincing in detail. Their memories do not
tell them, however. whether the woman
attributed her powers TO the use of some
law of physics. hypnotism or to a
psychic gift. Whatever IL was. they
say. she did a vaudeville act for sew
eral years which consisted OF a display
of her powers.
"The Georgia Magnet" they said, was
slender little person. almost frail, but
that no one could lift her when she
placed one hand on the lifter's neck and
n finger in the hollow back of the ear.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Increasing
cloudiness with slowly rising tempera-
ture to-day tomorrow rain or snow AMI
warmer; fresh northeast and east winds
For New Jersey-lncreasing cloudiness and
warmer to-day; tomorrow, rain In south.
rain or snow In north portion. warmer mod
crate TO fresh northeast and east winds
For Northern New England-Fair and con-
1inued cold to-day; tomorrow probably snow +,
with rising temperature: fresh northwest
winds. becoming easterly.
For Southern New England-Fair and con-
tinued cold to-day: tomorrow. snow. with
rising temperature; fresh northeast and east
winds.
For Western New York--Unsettled and
warmer to-day, with by afternoon or
night; tomorrow, rain or snow and warmer;
fresh. possibly strong, southeast and south
winds.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 25.-Pressure was
high to-day over the eastern States and the
Pacific States and low and falling from the
Mississippi Valley westward to the Rocky
Mountains Light snow fell in the upper
Mississippi and Missouri valleys and the
northern Rocky Mountain region. while fair
weather prevailed over practically all other
regions. Colder weather overspread the north
Atlantic States, while there was reaction
to higher temperature in the Central valleys
and the west Gulf States
disturbance which was central over
northern Texas last night VIII move north
eastward, attended by snow IN northern
rain or snow in middle and rain in southern
sections east of the Mississippi River to-nnor-
row and Monday. except that fair weather
VIII prevail In the Atlantic States to-nor-
row. The temperature will rise Tomorrow
except in New England, and IL will rise In
the Atlantic States. the upper Ohio Valley
ana the lower lake region Monday while
colder weather will overspread Michigan the
middle and lower Ohio Valley, Tennessee and
night. 1"' VI "'"u"y
observations at United States weather Bu-
reau stations taken M 2 y M ves,.rdsS
seventy-fifth meridian time:
The New York herald., 1920-12-26

six years, the Legislature TO abolish
the Department of Licenses, the Bureau
OF Weights and Measures. the License
Bureau in the City Clerks office, the
Water Revenue Bureau in the Depart
ment of Water supply. Gas and Elec-
tricity. Department of Ferries and the
Department of Markets. The Legislature
could transfer the collection of taxes.
assessments, water rates. ferry revenues.
dock fees and rents to the proper de-
partments of city revenue.
"Tenement House Department.--The
Tenement House Department should be
consolidated in part with the building
bureaus and in part with the Board OF
Health.
"Public Works. - The Legislature
should create a Department of Public
Works TO take over all public work, in
Guiding docks and bridges. building of
school houses, and abolish the Depart
ment Of Plant and Structures and all
Borough Public Works departments"
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Alma Simpson VIII be the soloist and Con-
Rferrman Isaac sregel the speaker at Com
missioner Frederick A. wallis's Christina =
party for immigrants and employees of
Ellis Island AT r. NJ.
yAtnal O'Byrne and Hans Kronoid will
participate IN concert IN the Knights O..
Pythias Hall. Walton avenue and i49th
street, The Bronx, B.i5 y. NJ
Stereopticon views OF Palestine will be
shown AZ the Harlem Forum IN wadieiFh
nue., 3 =. NJ
Margaret Sanger will lecture on what
every Man Should Know" At tho Hunts
Point Palace, 1881 street and Southern Bou-
ievard, The Bronx. . 80 p. NJ.
Comito Unionista Centronmericano. meet.
inR 200 Broadway. 3 y. NJ.
on Christmas Eve story hours for chill
aren, conducted by Anna g. Chandler at the
Metropolitan Museum ot ART, and p. Ai
The first public meeting Of the Society for
Mutual Support - Iugo. slav Students IN thr
United States viii be held nt sohol Hall y.
East Seventy-aecodd street. this evening
clement Hea'ol 81 lecture on The t;sa
~ Color IN Medieval Life ~ the Metro.
politsy Museum Of Art, p. NJ
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
S27,OOO,OOO SAYING
PLANNED FOR CITY
Coatmued from First Page.

for local purposes outside OF the debt
service TO two per cent. This makes IL
necessary to raise by other means s27,-
100000 admitted to be required for the
maintenance of the public school system
OF the city.
THE assessed valuation of real prop
erty raised arbitrarily, for no other rea-
son than that additional moneys were
needed TO support government, Is l,5o0,-
000 900 higher than in 1919. and $4,000
objections have been filed to it's confir-
nation.
MANY of these objections, although
denied by the Department of Taxes and
Assessments. viii be reviewed success
fully by the courts and the total assessed
valuation greatly lowered.
"The city will also next year face
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
GEORGIA MAGNET
DID COULON'S FEATS
Palace Theatre Stage Hands
Recall Vaudeville Act of
Twenty Years Ago.

Tive veteran stage hands at the Palace
Theatre after reading accounts OF how
Johnny Coulon. former bantamweight
champion, has the wise men OF Paris
guessing by what mysterious power he
can resist the efforts of strong men to
lift him when he so wills it, looked back
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-01
Famous Soldier
To Speak Here
Colonel Dan Morgan Smith of bar
talon of Death" to SPEAK Her.

Colonel Dan Morgan Smith will
speak at the Central Methodist church
thursday evening, Dec. End, at 7;3O
o'clock.
Colonel Smith was born in Viz
ginla reared in Florida and was well
known as a lawyer, having practiced
law IN Savannah, Ga, and Chicago,
ILL.,, before the war and became known
as the leader of the Battalion of
Death" during the world war. He
will speak of his experiences in the
recent> war. While in service over
seas, Colonel Smith took part in the
st. Mlhiel, drive at Faye-en- Have,
and his battalion was part of the
American forces which advanced on
Hill No. 1904 Les Quatre Chemins,
where the battalion was surrounded
and was given the nanfe of "Battal-
ion OF Death" His subject will be
the Worlds War and the Fields OF
France"
Colonel Smith is touring under the
auspices OF the Anti-Saloon League
of America and his lecture here
will be- given under the direction of
the State League.
Community singing will be a feat
ure of the meeting at which Col.
Smith will speak. Mrs. R. G.. Shan
nonhouse, president, and Mrs. J. M.
Mcneil secretary, have urged all
members Of the Community Chorus
TO attend the. meeting and join the
singing.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-01
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TODAY
Vaudeville & Pictures
ARMAND MELNOTTE

| A Triple Voice Singer and Imper-
senator of Characters Feminine.
Pictures:-"THE POOR SNIP"
Featuring Owen Moore. When q
man is simp and everybody knows
it, it's only natural that he should
act like one. Anyway this fellow did
and that's the reason for the stefy.
Rolin. Comedy & Ford Weekly
Thursday
= Musical Comedy Rad Show
-"FHE RAINBOW GIRL"
One Nf the Biggest and Best At
fractions of tht Season.
Tickets at National Drug Store
Prices:-$l.00; $3.50; $500 and
Tax
THE POINT OF VIEW Feat
uring Elaine Hammerstein. A story
of modern girls struggle to elevate
her family from enforced poverty to
their old plane of wealth. She took !
the step she dreaded-regretted it
and then she was made happy.
THE LOST CITY" Episode No. I
II.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-01

hereby announce myself as candi-
date for the office of Justice of The Peace
for the 1887 G. M. district.
have been resident of FITZGERALD
for 7 years and have always been for
justice and right; and equal rights to all
special privileges to/none. am not
aligned with any faction and if elected
will discharge the duties of the office to
the very best of my ability.
will appreciate your vote and in
auence, and thank you for your con-
sideratiOn.
J. e. REECE
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-01
DOES ADVERTISING PAY?
THESE FIGURES SHOW II

ATLANTA, Dec. docs advcr-
Using pay? Always, and sometimes
it makes fortune for the man who
toots the bill. An Atlanta SOFT drink
concern, with its modest caDita,,za-
ton 81 $4,000, in creased its assets BY
Sl,572,oH. 1t has $3,2S3,OOO in real
estate and 1924. 1913 surplus, all
built on advertising An automobile
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-01

The stockholders of the Fitzgerald
Hospital reached no decision on the
project of selling the hospital to the
Georgia Baptists at special meeting
Tuesday afternoon in Carnegie Hall.
A difference of opinion arose over
the terms that should be offered the
Baptists and it was impossible to
center a majority of the stock around
any one proposal. The matter is be-
ing held under ADJUSTMENT.