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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
MORE TERRITORY
GOES TO SCHOOL
OF N. HENDERSON

In a hearing by the ex-officio
board composed of county judge.
county superintendent of schools
and county clerk at the court house
yesterday, petitions were granted
which added 14la sections of land
to the North Henderson community
high school district. Eight of these
sections were taken from the Alexis
community high school district and
lie in Kelly township. Warren coun-
ty. Four were previously in the
Alexis district and are a part OF
North Henderson township. The
remaining two and one-half sec
tiops were known as non-high
school territory and lie in North
Henderson township. In recent
meeting of the board, petitions were
granted which added considerable
territory to the Alexis district, SO
that that school need not suffer for
lack of territory.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
The Day in Davenport

Ut. Starbuck Very Ill-Dr. T. D.
Safouck, we'll known Davenport
MUSICIAN. is lowering between life
'l0 Death at Mercy hospital, the
result Of blood poisoning, result
.as from the extraction Of a dis
S.c su Tooth some time ago. Drs.
.mGafthy and Goenne are the at
ending physicians.
a.sies Elect-Henry Hehnke was
NNse!ed worthy president CT the
n..eaport Eagles At the regular
s;s s.as Of the organization last
saS;, al Other officers elected are as
ll sss Vice president. Louis En-
49, w., treasurer, F. c. kroeger: Sec
Hs ny. A. W. Siegel; chaplain, Al
aa ..asf; physician. DR.. c. E. Block !;
~ s'oe guard. August Whipka; in
We guard, Claus Martens; trustee,
IF. Bunk.
rha.pPeiat City Planning Board
~ city planning commission
irs os barewald's pet municipal
,.S.0sement scheme-was made an
AMY d. Wednesday night. when
,ss Guy council suspended rules
d, y ssed an ordinance providing
ni.s ae appointment OF such a COM
q n. 70 supervise the laying on,
mi city and to see that the nat
pnon oesuties are not encroached
Issnr,, no sooner had the ordinance
aonn NIUE : law, than the mayor an.
- so members of his commit.
~. ~ - covering a period of four
H. They are as follows: Fol
a. 's q expiring June. 1921, AL.
CNo,.a eeiler. E. W. kroeger and
yISsse I. Baker; for the term ex.
mr. June, 1892. W. E. Mcintosh
hosrsch and Dr.. H. Nj
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
Kansas City Livestock.

Kansas City, Mo-. May 7.-(U. s.
Bureau of Markets.)-Hogs: re-
ceipts 1900; steady. Top price,
s14.65; bulk lights and mediums,
$14.00@14.65; bulk heavies, $3.50
@14.25.
Cattle: receipts. $500; generally
steady. Calves steady to sc higher;
top steers, $3.50; sales Of she
stock, $4.00@12.00; packer top on
vealers. $11.50; feeders dull.
Sheep: receipts, $500; Arizona
Spring lambs, Csc higher at $19.25;
no sheep offered; Texas goats ar
irving late to killers, $500.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
I|INSIT PLAYS
HAND IN LIGHT
GRAIN TRADING

nicasc, May 7.-Trading in corn
= nts was very light At the start
.,xay. both markets being sensitive
. !. nmmission house buying or SELL
q Tho market was easily innu-
-. the sentiment in many quar-
- beiug bearisn. The transpor-
MON situation was understood to
9 ! factor for this.
t)pening prices Of corn ranged
Am NC to nc lower with July
i7ih to LIN and September 1.62
< l6sh. The downward tendency
- soon checked and there was q
,sIIy On scattered buying. with
Ysy leading the upturn.
oats were dull and about steady
II Yesterdays close. This condition.
however, was shortlived as the mar
ri after opening unchanged to sc
Iisher on the range, showed an in
eination TO advance. July. started
Unchanged to &c higher at ON c
% sc and soon touched 931sc. a
new high figure for the crop.
Provisions were slightly frmer.
Al! deliveries Of ccrn anal July
and September oats sold at new
high figures on the crop as did all
deliveries of rye. The high marks.
however, we're not retained. Lack
Of pressure and short covering and
scattered buying caused the market
to ADVANCE readily, but toward the
close an oyerbought condition de-
veloped in corn and it slumped
more than 8 cents from the early
TOD. The market closed strong. 4 C
To &c net higher with July 1.727s6
l7:h, and September, 1853. May
corn touched 1884. then declined
sharply. closing at 1.91%, whit a
Sale just before the close at 1.92A
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
COMMERCIAL CLUB
ELECTS TUESDAY

The annual election OF the Mo-
line Commercial club will take place
Tuesday afternoon and evening
when seven members of the board
of directors for a three year period
will be selected. Polls will open a:
8 p. m. and close at s p. m. Only
one ticket had been presented up
to noon today. Retiring members
are F. W. Shallene, C. B. Rose, G.
A. Shallberg, E. L. Taylor, c. l..
Desaulnier. H. P. Wilson and DR..
Fred Graf1und.
Directors will meet later in the
week to organize for the year.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
CIVIL WAR VETS
WILLIAM CHARGE
ON MEMORIAL DAY

Graham post. No. "a, G. A. r.,
will have complete charge of the
Memorial day services this year in
Moline. The services of the Moline
community service council as an
active factor in managing the cere-
monies was declined by the Civil
war veterans. Leaders announced
that the Graham post was still cap
able Of properly observing the day.
The local post is not expected to
decline the aid Of the American
Legion and the service council in
the exercises to be held May 80.
but members of the G. A. R. will
have active charge Of ceremonies.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
Weather Forecast

Illinois: Cloudy and somewhat
unsettled tonight; Saturday prob
ably fair: not much change in
temperature.
Missouri: Cloudy and somewhat
unsettled tonight; Saturday prob
ably fair with slowly rising tenn
perature in northwest portion.
Wisconsin: Partly cloudy and
slightly cooler tonight; Saturday
fair.
Iowa: Partly cloudy tonight;
cooler in central portion; Saturday
fair with rising temperature in
west portion.
Indiana: Partly cloudy tonight
and Saturday; probably local show
erS.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07

, Decker; for the term expiring June.
1923. Frank B. Yetter. Walter
Kruse and Seth J. Temple; for the
term expiring June, 1924. l.. w.
Ramsey, Roscoe X. Earle and B. G.
F'rahm. In addition to these mem
beers the mayor and city attorney
are ex-of1icio members Of the COM
mission, making a total member
ship Of IA. Appointments are to
be made yearly by the mayer. with
the sanction Of the city council.
Sound Knell Of "Big Four Issue
The death knell of the Big Four"
T, bond issue was sounded and the
requiem chanted by the members OF
thefcouncil informally at the meet
ing Of the committee of the whole
yesterday afternoon, when City At
tofney U. A. Screechfeld asked for
| instructions as to his procedure
in a number of Injunction suits
against the city, and the matter was
laid aside for future consideration.
Seek Convention - Thoroughly
determined to bring next years
convention to Davenport, a big
delegation OF members OF Post D,
Travellers Protective Association OF
Davenport, left last night for Msr-
shalltown, Iowa, to attend the state
convention there. They will return
Saturday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
MILLINERY SHOP
OF CITY PASSES
INTO NEW HANDS

Miss Nellie Rhodes has purchas-
ed the millinery shop owned by
Miss Laura Love and will take pos
session July l. Miss Love has been
engaged in the millinery business
in Aledo for the past II years. The
shop was first established by Miss
Love and Miss Gazelle Wright. The
new owner came to Aledo from At
lanta, Ga. some time ago and has
been employed as a hat trimmer in
the Bassett millinery store.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
Mrs. Louis McKaufSky,

Mrs. Louis McKaufsky. 81 years
old. life resident Of this vicinity,
died Unexpectedly at $50 Thurs
day evening at her home, S2l Fiji
teenth avenue, East Moline. Her
death resulted from an acute at
tack of heart trouble from which
she had been suffering for three
weeks.
Mrs. McKaufsky. prior to her
marriage Miss Ida Swanson, was
born in Moline Jan. II, 1888. the
daughter of John Swanson. ma
tive OF Sweden. She was married
March Is, 1905. to Louis Mckauf-
sky and the couple have since made
their home in East Moline. Surviv-
ing in addition to the father and
husband are one son, Russell, 8
years old. and four brothers: John.
Victor, Monte and Ben, all of Mo-
line. Funeral arrangements have
not vet been completed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
Chicago Cash Grain.

Chicago. May Corn, No.
mixed, 200; Nc. 4 mixed, 1.95: No
yellow, 2.03Q2.05; No. 3 yellow
20392.05; No. yellow, 1.a9; No
white, 200; sample grade, 100.
Oats, No. ] white, lis; No.
white, 1.14@1.16; No. white, liz
CLAY; No. white. LIE.
Wheat, No. 2 hard yellow, 800.
Rye. No. 2. 2.1SN@2.201z. Bar
ley, l60G1.Sl. Timothy seed
lo00@l1.50; clover seed, 25.006
$500.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
Peoria Livestock.

Peoria. ILL.,, May Hogs, re-
ceipts 1900; holdovers 500: slow
and uneven; few sales at yester-
days close; other sales Csc to SOC
lower; top price 14.75; lights 1926
@14.75; mediums 14.00@14.5O; me-
diums 13.00@1425.
Cattle. receipts 100; active:
calves opened steady; lower at
noon close; others steady.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
Liberty Bonds.

New York, May Final Prices
Of Liberty bonds today, were: 3!las.
Nso; first IS. $3.50; second as,
S.lo; first AIS. S6.6s; second AIS,
S2s;; third Az S, 1906; fourth a s,
1870; Victory 3As, $500; Victory
MS, 1904.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
Moline Obituary
r. v. Grow.

Remains of r. V. Grow, Rockford
resident. who died yesterday morn
ing in Moline city hospital, were
taken yesterday afternoon to his
home at Rockford, where funeral
services were conducted today
Burial was in the Rockford GENE
terry.
MIR. Grow had been i'll for some
time. his death being due to cancer
of the stomach and liver. He was
born March II, 1867, in Illinois. and
was a retired farmer. One son sur
wives him.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
Toledo Seed.

Toledo. Ohio, May Glover
SEED: prime, cash, $500; October,
$3.50; December, $1,000.
Alsike: prime, cash, $500.
Timothy: prime. cash u010,
s5.45; cash Q91S) s5.45; cash
Q919 $3.50; May, $3.50; Septem-
Der, s5.75; October, s5.521a; De-
cember, $5.5715. - -
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
Potatoes.

Chicago. May Potatoes: firm /;
receipts 36 cars; Northern and
Canadian Round White, sacked and
bulk. $7.25@7.50 per swt.; Mime
sofa Red River Ohio's $8.15 per
cwt. New: weak; Florida Spauld-
ing Rose No. /, $1,000 per barrel !;
No. 2, $500 per barrel.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
New York Money.

New York, May Mercantile
paper. Z; exchange, irregular.
Sterling demand, 3.S4h; cables,
S.84z. Francs. demand, 1896;
cables, 1894. Belgian francs. de-
mand, 1872; cables. 1890. Guild
ers: demand. IS 5-16; cables.
IS 7-16; Lire: demand, 20.44;
cables, 20.42. Marks: demand, 1.91 /;
cables, 1872.
Government bonds, firm; rail-
road bonds steady. Time loans,
strong; 60 days, 80 days and
months, 81.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
STOCKS BREAK
SLUMP AFTER
POOR OPENING

New York, May Prices Yield
ed In all directions before the end
OF the first hour Of trading in stocks
today.
Steels. equipments and oils were
again the center OF attack. sharp
reactions also occurring in ship
pings and motor accessories.
Crucible Steel reacted 6 points
and allied issues l. to 3. Mexican
oils were especially weak on latest
news from that country, Mexican
and Pan-American Petroleums fall
ing 5 and 3 points respectively, but
the European oils resisted selling
pressure.
Tho setback extended to high
grade rails. but losses in that
group were comparatively small.
Moderate recoveries set in before
noon. the per cent money rate
making the shorts more cautious.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07

The first manufacture Of paper
from linen rags has been attributed
to the Moors of Spain, at dates
ranging from before the tenth GEN.
fury to the year 1470.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07

If each man, woman and child in
Great Britain had to pay an equal
share of their country's war debt,
the personal liability would be $7S6
each.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07

Are you a member of the Rock
Island Community club?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
Peoria Grain.

Peoria, ILL.,. May Corn &C to sc
higher; No. white, 1.97@1.9S; No
4 white, 1.95; No. 2 yellow, 200;
No. 3 yellow, 1877: No. yellow
1.9511.96: No. 2 mixed, zoo; No
8 mixed, 1877; No. mixed. 1895; No
5 mixed, 1.SS; sample grade. 1880
1.SS.
Oats: Zee higher; No. 3 white
LA; No. 4 white. 1.12Ha.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
Silver,
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

:, New York. May Bar silver
Lo2h, Mexican dollars 7Sc. -
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
New York Sugar.

New York, May Raw sugar
firm; centrifugal. 1886. Refined
firm; fine graduated, lS.50@23.00.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-02-07
WASHINGTON

Immoral motion picture films would
be barred from transportation in IN
terstate commerce, under bill
passed by the House and sent to the
Senate.
Former service men may reinstate
their war risk term insurance at any
time before July l, 1920, under new
ruling of the bureau of war risk insur-
ance, announced by Director Cholme-
ley-Jones.
War prosperity has doubled the de-
mand for precious stones. American
buyers of diamonds and pearls spent
$50, 100000 for gems with London ex-
porters in 1919, figures of the Com
merce Department in Washington
show.
Repeal of the wartime act giving
the federal government control over
the price and distribution of wheat is
proposed in a bill introduced by Chair
man Gronna of the Senate agriculture
committee to which the measure was
referred Among other things the bill
would abolish the United States grain
corporation.
Operation of the railroads, Pullman
lines, express companies and water
ways, unified under federal control,
las cost the nation approximately
S700,000000, according to official cal
culation, since they were taken over
two years ago. Figures made public
by the railroad administration re-
vealed net loss of S59i 100000 from
railroad operation alone in the two
year period.
The government nitrate plant at To-
ledo, Ohio, built at an estimated cost
of $20,OO0,0O0 could have been dupli-
Gated, land and all, for $5,500000,
Henry G.. Tyrrell, of New York, form
crly an appraiser in the War Depart
ment, testified before House war in
vestlgating committee.
The death rate in the United States
for 1918 was the highest on record, ac-
cording to the census bureaus annual
mortality statistics just issued, which
shows 1,47 1867 deaths for the year,
representing n rate of eighteen per l.
600 population in the death registration
area of thirty states and twentyseven
cities with total estimated population
of 1,S6S, ,104.
The Supreme Court in petitions
filed has been asked to review Fed
eral Court DEGREES awarding judg
ments for 100000 against officials
and members of the United Mine
Workers of America, in favor of eight
independent, non-union bituminous
coal companies in Arkansas. The
lower court sustained charges that the
union engaged in II conspiracy in vio-
Iation of the Sherman antitrust act
to decrease the independent COM
panies' production of coal.
Drastic reduction in the number of
national banks designated as govern
ment depositaries is being made by the
Treasury Department, with the result
than less than 400 of the !, 1,331 such in
stitutions holding funds on June 80,
1919, are expected to escape the prun-
ing knife.
The federal government, it is esti-
mated, has collected Illegally $4,000
900 in taxes in the calendar years 1918
and 1919. This money is still in the
treasury and will not he repaid TO the
taxpayers until Congress orders it thru
legislation
The Colorado statesman., 1920-02-07
FOREIGN

Premier Lloyd George Is about to Of
fer the miners proposition that
referendum of the 2O.OO0,O00 electors
of Great Britain be taken on the ques-
tion of the naturalization of the coal
mines.
The number of children attending
school In Vienna has dropped from
242, 900 in 1910 to $4,000 In 1919 as u
result of malnutritlon, according TO
survey made for the American Red
Crosss.
Col. Avaloff ii. Bermondt, command
er of the Russo-German forces which at
tackled Riga during the autumn of 1919,
has become insane and has been placed
in a madhouse, according to wireless
reports from Moscow.
Jules Guesde, the veteran Socialist
leader, backed by sixty-five members
of the chamber of deputies In France,
has introduced bill in the chamber
which would give women civil, politi-
cal and economic equality with men.
The list of Germans accused by the
allies of war crimes and whose extra
dition is to be demanded, is headed
by former Crown Prince Frederick
William and several other sons of the
former German emperor. The list has
been handed to Baron Kurt Won Lers-
ner, the German representative at
Paris.
DR. Vicard who is accompanying
former Premier Clemenceau on his
trip to Egypt, is quoted by the Excel
sior as saying the itinerary will in
clude Cairo, KhartounI, Il trip up the
Nile and probably visit to Syria,
Persia and India. 1t is also said the
former premier may visit Japan be-
fore returning to France.
Dog teams from many parts of the
northland will start March 18th, ST.
Patricks day, i'm the third annual 100
mile. Hudson's Bay Dog Derby over
the snow trails between The Pas and
Sturgeon Landing and return. About
fifty teams may enter. A purse of ST.
900 and huge silver and gold cup will
be presented to the winning driver.
The cup, which stands over three feet
in height. was given by Frank Burns,
a Toronto sportsman.
The OXfOfu ana Cambridge JnlNer-
sity athletic clubs are considering the
Invitation extended by the University
of Pennsylvania to enter teams in the
events at Philadelphia May l. 1t is
believed they will send teams for the
mile and four-mile relay champion
ships. The combined clubs have in
vited Pennsylvania TO send team to
England, and also Harvard and Yale
to send joint team in JulT for ten
event sports meet, similar to the meet
OF 1911.
The Germans "have only arrived at
the vale of tears through which we are
forced to pass" said Minister of Agri-
culture Braun in the Prussian diet in
connection with the food debate.
"Worse times are coming. The masses
must be told that our only hope is in
creased work" The minister then
made the startling announcement that
| Germany soon would arrive at the
point where she would be unable to
buy anything abroad, but would he
wholly dependent upon home produc-
ton.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-02-07
GENERAL

A Chicago theater has announced it
had opened n smoking room for women.
The manager said the "women drove
him to it," He said he found girls We're
smoking in the washroom, the boudolr
and even in the lobby.
A widow, her four children and two
men We're burned to death i'll three
story tenement house in Newark, n. j.
The fire started in the lower part of
the building, cutting off escape by the
stairway Members of three other
families jumped from windows into
nets held by firemen.
Five hundred Spanish laborers, said
to be the vanguard of thousands await
ing opportunity to come to this coun-
try, have arrived in New York from
Bordeaux and Corunna. They declared
that they had been attracted here by
stories of the scarcity of labor and
high wages.
Forty thousand Poles have applied
for passports for return to their native
country, according to word sent to
steamship agencies by the Polish con
sulate in New York. The message said
no more applications for passports will
be accepted until action can be taken
on those already received.
Sharp increases in premiums paid by
automobile owners for insurance
against theft and accident are to be
announced shortly by the eastern con-
ference of the National Automobile
Underwriters, it was stated in New
York in insurance circles. The under
writer's were said to be wavering be-
tween an increase of 40 per cent and
30 per cent.
Foreign seamen hereafter may have
their liquor with their meals while
their ships are docked in American
ports, according to announcement by
Assistant Secretary Shouse of the
treasury After numerous foreign gov
ernments had protested against the or
der sealing stocks of liquors on ships in
American ports, the question was laid
before Attorney General Palmer. He
was said to have held it could not be
enforced except in the case of Ameri-
can owned ships.
Fire at pittsburg destroyed fifteen
homes of Carnegie steel company EN-
ployes at Clarion and, according to
the police, seven bodies have been tax
en- from the ruins.
Aliens are departing from Chicago
chiefly the steel mills district, mt an
average rate of 300 day, thereby ere
ating n labor problem that threatens
to become acute.
A bill providing for the granting OF
statehood 70 the territory of Hawaii,
under qualifications to be determined
by Congress was introduced by Ha-
waiian Delegate Kalanianaole.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-02-07

w
Governor Campbell has issued a call
'or special session of the Arizona
Legislature TO convene Feb. 12th to
consider and ratify the suffrage
amendment to the constitutions of the
United States.
A gust of wind hurled Edward Skar-
ng, mason, from the top of smoke
stack 125 feet high at Milwaukee.
rope on the inside of the stack broke
ais fall He landed at the bottom with
ais legs fractured in two places.
Mayor Couzens' S15,OO0000 municipal
ownership street railway plan, includ-
ng use of Henry Ford's gasoline street
rar, was approved unanimously by the
Detroit City Council and is now ready
FOR the vote of the people April 9TH.
Nelson Blnckhall. 81. was killed at
his home in Portland while taking a
both. He started TO use an electric
vibrator while in the bathtub and doed
Instantly. The water apparently sent
The voltage of tie VIBRATOR through
Blackhal's body.
BY practically unanimous vote
Lincoln, Neb., taxpayers ut special
election authorized the school board 10
grant Il uniform increase of S4OO n
year to teachers in the public schools.
Present salaries range from S96I in
The grades to S1,1O0 in the high school.
Seventeen of the leading wholesale
groccrs of Chicago have been indicted
by the federal grand jury on charges
of making Illegal gains by profiteering
in sugar. Indictments bring up the
total of sugar profiteers caught in the
federal net to twenty-four and more
Indictments are expected in few days
The Colorado statesman., 1920-02-07
LATEST NEWS
EPITOMIzED
from rELEoRAPHic REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
EVENTS.
Of MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON THE IMP oRTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
WESTERN

Western Newspaper Union New. Service.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-02-07
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts of
Colorado

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Denver Automotive Show will be held
in Denver. March 2 to s, at Stock
yards Stadium.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-12-23

ROME. Dec. 23.-Popo Benedict
has decided to celebrate midnight
mass on Christmas eve In the p%ontino
chapel, thus rcsuming "A custom
abandoned while Leo XIII was pom
Illl.