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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
MORE RARGES PASS
RI-CITIES ON WAY
DOWN MISSISSIPPI

Three more steel barges con-
structed by the United States and
leased to corporations for trans
portation service on the lower Mis-
sissippi and Ohio rivers passed the
tri-cities yesterday afternoon.
Three abreast before the steamer
Ellen and with the Ruth as tow
boat, the barges barely were able
to pass between the piers at the
draw of the Rock Island bridge and
held up traffic for nearly an hour
while they were being edged be-
tween the columns.
Each barge is long and deep, air
chambers being built between the
walls to make them capable of car
rying extremely weighty loads.
Each was lettered ~. 8.
(Leased)" and the numbers of the
barges were 9, II and 10.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
J|T NEY Driver
KILLED BY Fare
Kansas City Crowds Witness MUIR
der in Midst of Heavy Traffic
Jam.

Kansas City, Nov. 15.-(United
Press. in the midst of traffic
Jam with hundreds looking on,
Dewey Morgan, jitney driver. was
shot to death today at the busiest
downtown corner. v. P. Miller, jit-
ney passenger, was arrested and
admitted the shooting. Morgan was
shot FIVE times in the back as he at
tempted to guide his car close to a
traffic policeman yelling for help.
Miller told police he shot Morgan
because the latter had lured his
wife from her home. -
Police had difficulty in saving
Miller from the angry crowd which
threatened fynching.
Morgan owned several livery and
jitney motor cars. Miller drove one
of these cars for Morgan at night.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15

lean Legion to zee the -Jollies Of
1877 last Friday evening q the
Illinois. Tie gallery Was packed
with appreciative youpgsters, Who
enjoyed the show from start e mn.
ish. Scoutmasters were on hand
to. help in keeping order.
The court Of honor will be held
Friday evening Of this week n the
Scout executives once. II is ex-
pected that : large numbef u
Scouts will report to b examined.
The following examiners for the 10
cal council will all be on hand:
Mayer Levi, chairman; Willis
woods. C. Z. Sharpe, O. 2. Cervin.
E. y. Coulston and Frazier Vance.
The meeting will start promptly At
1880. /,
The annual meeting Of the local
council will be held Thursday even
ing of this week Ut Scout headquar-
tiers. Every member OF the govern
ine body is expected to BE- present.
Chairmeli Of Ill the various troop
committees in the city are also TO
be members Of the council and
should be present at this time. The
nominating committee has a ticket
Of officers selected for the coming
tyear and this will be balloted on
Thursday evening. Reports OF the
various committees will also be
made.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
L.ABORER FATALLY
INJURED; CRUSHED
BY ELECTRIC AUTO

Especial to The Argus).
Galesburg, ILL.,. Nov. 15.-John E.
Erickson, a laborer. suffered fatal
injuries Saturday afternoon when
he was struck and run over by an
electric automobile driven by Mrs.
Fletcher Carney, wife Of q pFomi-
nent Galesburg attorney and owner
Of the car. Tho accident occurred
in the heart OF the main business
section at the corner Of kellogg and
Main streets. Reports from the
hospital late last night stated that
hope had been abandoned In his
case and death would undoubtedly
occur within - hours.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
Rock Island Likes
Instant Action

There has never been anything
with the quick action OF slmp'
witchhazel. camphor, hydrastis' e.e'
as mixed in Lavoptz eye wash. ole
lady with infiamed and watefy ~,
repor.s her eyes are bright sno
clear after using LaTophk 'ei'
short time. In another case I'VE ~
plications produced great oeneI..
We guarantee small bottle 70 'o.p
ANY CASE weak. strained OF ~
famed eyes. A. J. Ress. druss.,r.
1906 Second avenue, and Scnies'.'
drug stores, Rock Island ana D"'
enpOrt.-tAdvi
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15

I1ouis g; Pfuh, former retail gro.
|csr spd member Of the Rock Island
|eoqoty board Of supervisors, died
let al O'Clock Sunday morning n
EhiSsresidsncs, SOS Fifteenth street.
lie has IN his 6sth year.
MT:. Pfoh was bosn IN Rock Is
Hand June 4. 1851, having spent hts
entire life - . resident Of this
lefty. He was . son Of Mr.. and Mr.,
Charles Prob, the former having
been . pioneer retail shoe merchant
LOT the city. Louis Pfoh and Miss
leila Egan were married In Rock
IIsland In 1880. For Is years he
Trad bssn engaged In the grocery
sbust1sss, his last location having
Sbeen ut Fourteenth street and
Third avenue. Owing to falling
health, seven years ago Mr.. Pfoh
Fretired and had made two trips to
iCalifornia IN hopes Of regaining his
health. Fraternally. he held MEM
sbersh1p In the Modern Woodmen
and National Union. The survivors
iare the widow, . daughter Kather-
line. and two sisters. Mrs. C. W.
sThresher and Mrs. Joseph Krull.
both the latter residents Of Cali
dornia.
Mr. Prob enjoyed an extensive
AcQuaintance In the city. He was
IAN unassuming citizen In all Of his
activities. Though constantly found
performing his part In business and
civic affairs and In the activities
LOT tho fraternities with which he
was identified, he never had sought
personal preferment. A tribute to
his worth and to the esteem In
which he was publicly held is had
in his long service on the county
board, having served as assistant
supervisor and as supervisor over
n period of q dozen years. holding
membership on important commit
tees and giving unstuntingly Of HIS
time to the work involved. MIR.
pfoh long had endured physical Ills,
but he chung tenaciously to his du-
ties, releasing. them only when his
medical advisers convinced him that
II was necessary to 90 so in order
to prolong his life. Mr.. PfOh was
b native son who had made good
among his neighbors, by all Of
whom he was sincerely admired
J hnd respected and to all OF whom
the announcement OF his death will
be saddening.
Funeral services will be held al
the Pfoh home ON Fifteenth stree,
at 2.45 tomorrow afternoon. with
lnterment In the Lutheran GENE
terry. The services will be con.
Quoted by Rev. F. ]. Rolf, pastor Of
the German Evangelical Church o!
Peace.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
STUDENTS WILL
KILL FOOTBALL
If BETS co ON
University Dean Says Inter-Col.
legiate Game Will Die, Unless
Gamblers Go.
Especial to The Argus.)

Urbana, ILL.,, Nov. Is. - within
five years / believe that inter col
legiate football will be thing Of
the past" said Dean c. M. Thomp-
son of the College Of Commerce Of
the University Of Illinois. "Profes-
sional gamblers will kill football
just the way they did horse-racing,
boxing and baseball.
"The worst thing about it is the
constant temptation the football
players themselves would be sub
jected to. Five thousand dollars
would look very big to a player
who was having hard time making
his way through school,"
S2sO.OO0 May Be Staked.
Dean Thompson said further that
il Illinois and Ohio play here with
both teams undefeated there will
be more than a quarter of a mill
lion dollars bet on the game by pro-
fessional gamblers.
The statements were not made
with an air Of pessimism, because
Dean Thompson believes that by
the time college football has passed
the university will be large enough
to furnish inter-mural football
teams for the various colleges.
In concluding. Dean Thompson
said. II hate to see this thing COM
ing because athletics is the only
, co.nmon ground that the students
faculty and alumni have. In any
other thing they begin to be special
lists, but athletics furnishes a COM
mon bond between them. hope
that student sentiment will be
!, strong enough to prevent this fol-
! II would be a catastrophe"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
TO ORGANIZE LIONS,
(CnAcial to The Arxu3l.

Galesburg. ILL.,. Nov. 15.-Gales-
burg stands a good chance of soon
being the location Of q new branch
Of the International Lions club.
Organizers from Quincy were in the
city last week and succeeded in
working up a good deal Of interest
and gaining signatures OF prospec-
tive members numbering almost the
80 required for formation OF q club.
A big delegation from Quincy will
be here "Wednesday evening to for
mally create the Galesburg branch
and At that time \ dinner and meet
ing will be held. for Instructions to
the new Lions and furthcrance OF
acquaintanccship between members
Of the two clubs.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
ARREST CHEWS
FOR STEALING
Army and Society Circles Mt Wash.
ingtOn Stirred by Big Theft
Scandal.

&. Washington, Nov. Is. - Omitted
Press. Army and society circles
buzzed with excitement here today
over the case of Captain Beverly
Chew and Mrs. Chew, who were ar
rested on a charge of having stolen
$4,000 worth of clothing, linen and
other articles from q furnished
apartment they rented in fashion
able apartment house here. 81
Mrs. Chew is also charged with
stealing q $500 sealskin coat from
the exclusive Army and Navy club.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
MARTIN MANAGER !,
FREED OF CHARGE
OF TAKING MONEY

Albert c. Ollie. manager OF The
Martin Cigar store at l6oz Fhln
avenue, Moline, who was arrested
Saturday on a charge Of enoei-
cling $1,000 from the management
was released today. The charge
was dismissed when the case was
settled out of court. Ohle was TAX.
en- Sunday by Detective Moelles OF
Davenport. shortly after the SNORT
age of almost $1,000 was louna ID
his accounts.
Ohle's operations were SAID 70
have covered a period OF several
months. according to the Davenport
police. \
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
name Winners
ARSENAL GOLF
Number Of Players Take HonoFs in
TOurnament-ANard Prizes
Thanksgiving.

The winners Of the several golf
tournaments at the Rock Island ar
senal last summer. have been an
nounced. The trophies will be
given out at the arsenal clubhouse
Thanksgiving morning. The cups
will be inscribed by Josephson's Of
Moline. Arthur F. Smith, winner,
and Warren c. Skinner, runner-up,
will be awarded the cups for the
mems championship play.
Walter F. Mueller was winner
and George N. Peek runnerup in
the mems championship consolation
while Hugo Schmidt was winner
and Erwin Holbrook runner-up in
class A. In class B, R r. Engle-
hart was winner and William b.
Stark runnerup Ernest Abrams
won, while P. H. holland vas the
runnerup for the class C.
The consolation winners and run
nersup were: class A, William
Hansen and Fred A. Usher: class
B, B. l. Coleman and Colonel G.
Watson French. G. Decker French
made the lowest score OF the sea-
son and also made the choice score
for scratch.
R. W. Lea was winner IN class
A and William Heuer In class B in
the choice score event, while Deck
er French was winner and Hugo ].
Schmidt unnerup for the mems
handicap.
Others who will be awarded
prizes on Thanksgiving day arr
Robert C. Mitchell Of Rock island,
winner OF the Fourth OF July flas
| tournament: Herman Nelson and r
B. Lourie. winners OF the Labor day
foursome Of SO holes; Herman Mel
son. winner OF the Fourth OF july
sweepstakes. and A. J. Faerber
winner OF the veterans cup handi.
cap.
Two women who will receive
cups are Mrs c. D. Waterman
winner Of the ladies' handicap
, match. and Mrs E. C. Roberts
runnerup in that event.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
4. G. FISHER AND
MAHONEY ATTEND
HIGH CONFERENCE

E. G. Fisher, city superintendent
OF Rock Island. and l.. A. Maho-
ney. superintendent o! Moline
schools. leave tomorrow to attend
the Illinois high school conference
to be held at Champaign. Ill. Mr..
Fisher is chairman of the educa-
tional research committee, which
meets Thursday afternoon. Arnold
Ian. principal, and Miss Mae Col
bert and Miss Hazel Parish of the
Rock Island high> school leave
Thursday to attend the conference.
Mr.. Lau is also on the program.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
STOMACH ON
A STRIKE
"Pape's Diapepsin" puts
Sour, Classy, Acid Stomachs
in order at once!

Wonder what upset your stomach
(which portion OF the food did tho
lamage-do you? Well, don't both
Or. II your stomach Is in . revolt;
II sick. gassy and upset, and what
you Just ate has fermcnted and
turned sour; head dizzy and aches !;
bclch gases and acids and eructate
undigested food-just eat . tablet
or two OF Pape's Diapepsin to help
neutralize aciGity and in i've min
utes you wonder what became OF
the Indigestion and distress.
II your stomach doesn't take care
OF your liberal limit without rebel
Hon. II your food is damage In
stead CT q help, remember the
quickest, surest. most harmless
antacia is Pape's Diapepsin. which
costs so little ut drug stores
iAdv.).
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
SANTA CALLS
FOR HELPERS
IN TOY SHOP
Manufacture of Playthlngs for Chi.
dren, viii Be Made Mt Manual
Arts Building.

Santa Claus is to have a toy shop
right here in Rock Island and ne
needs the help Of every man, wom-
an and child who is interested IN
manual training, in painting, sand
papering, saving. in sewing and IN
dolls. The shop headquar-
tiers is located in the Manual Arts
building of the high school where
the woodwork, cut out work and the
,painting Of the toys is to be done.
Cradles, kiddie ears. wagons and
sleds are among the fascinating ar
ticles turned out here, and about
thirty-five workers, who enjoy
painting, saving, etc, are needed
Monday evenings in the shop. The
Santa Claus annex is in the " W.
C. A. dormitory. where volunteer
helpers are busy sewing on mat
tresses, comforters, etc, for the
cradles, and on dresses and making
interesting rag dolls. About TWEEN
ty-five workers are needed here
each Monday evening, and any
woman desiring to help is urged to
be present, and to bring her own
thimble and scissors. Old scraps
Of yarn in the light colors will also
be appreciated. @
The Santa Claus shop is COM
munity project. 1t is backed by
the school, the Y. w. c. A. head
quarters, and has also the hearty
support Of most of the clubs in the
city. And a number Of personal
donations have already been con-
tributed for the affair. a-.
+ The idea for the shop originated
in the Francis Parker school in
Chicago which has been sponsoring
similar shop although on much
larger scale, for the last Is years
The Chicago school supplies all the
settlements, the Juvenile detention
home. and the orphan asylums il
the city, and turns out hundreds Of
toys. And much of the materia
and suggestions for the Rock IslanG
shop have come from the Franci:
Parker school.
Members in charge of the shoT
here are planning to furnish toys t
all children in Bethany home, the
West End Settlement, and to othel
poorer children in the city, ant
they win appreciate the coopera
ton of anyone interested in tn,
work.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
Personal Points

Friends Of Robert Brooks who
was injured about two weeks ago
when he was caught In the revolv-
ing shaft In the electric machine in
his fathers dairy, will be interested
10 know that he is improving and
that he was removed to his home,
Ssl7 Twelfth street, yesterday.
W. ]. Egan Of St Louis, formerly
Of this city, is in Rock Island to
attend the funeral of Louis G. PfOh.
Rev. A. NJ. Bruner. 1916 Twenty
second street. has returned home
after several months absence In
the east.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
TAlpAY ERS Are
URGED TO Use
LOCAL OFFICE |:


The service that is now available
to the taxpayers Of Rock Island
and surrounding territory through
the United States revenue ONCE in
the Rock leland postofice building
was explained to the Kiwanis club
this noon at its regular meeting at
the Y. M. C. A. building by 7. J.
Cavanaugh. division chief Of the
10th revenue district of Illinois.
Mr.. Cavanaugh told how much OF
the confusion and delay experience
ed by local taxpayers in their deal:
ings with the revenue service was
due to the congestion in the Chi
cago Office and urged that taxpay-
ers now take advantage of the re.
division Of the state, which gave q
district Office to Rock Island, ana
make all payments and file reports
through the local oi1ce. He stated
that the amount OF business han
died in the Rock Island division
had increased rapidly. since the CHS
trict Office had been established
here less than a year~ago. There
are now two assistants in addition
to Mr.. Cavanaugh in the Rock Is
land office and two zone offices
have been opened recently. one al
Sterling and a second at Kewanee
Explains G. 0. p. Landslide.
John T. Campbell, chairman Of
the Republican county central com
mittee, was called upon by Presi
/, dent Vernon to explain how he haG
managed to achieve such an over.
i whelming triumph for the grand
old party in the county and Eat ths
same time had kept so many Demo
Gratis smiling" In the course o
his remarks Mr.. Campbell paid
tribute to the ladies as organizers
"They have us men beaten hun
dred ways as politicians" he said.
A. N. Reinhert was chairman o
the day.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
"S0PHS" Leave
NAVAL ACADEMY
Entire Class Walks Out in Body
and Refuses Hazing
Compromise.

Annapolis, Md, Nov. 15.-Refus-
ing to accept compromise agree
ment offered them by the board of
visitors and governors of st. Johns
college, relative to the hazing of
freshmen, the sophomore class
walked out in body today and was
followed by the junior, senior and
freshmen classes, about $50 stu
dents in all.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
Boy Scout News

Troop No. Of the First MethO-
dist church. under the direction Of
Scoutmasser Ray Walker. helped in
services at that church yesterday
morning when the service nag was
lowered. The Scouts showed up to
spfendh advantage and did their
task IN the real spirit Of scouting.
This troop also reported that the
troop good turn fer last week was
the picking UP Of all papers which
they saw In the street. The troop
has q large and active membership.
: Six hundred Scouts took advan-
tage Of the kind ofYer OF the Amer
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
ENFORCE aaOyTE- LAW.

New York. Nov. IA crusade
for ktricter enforcement Of the city
ordinance forbidding motion pict-
ure proprietora to sell tickets to
minors unlcss accompanied by par
ents or guardians Was started by
the police today - . result Of the
panic on the lower east eide last
night when nix children were
trempled to death In . mad rush
following . false IRE alarm.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
SEXTON NEXT
JOB May TAKE
HIM FROM CITY
Headquarters Of Minor Less,. 1.
sociaiIon, Of Which He Il H..1
VIII Probably Ie In Chle,e.

NJ. H. Sexton Of Rock Island ~.
one Of = group of minor leasa, q.
flcials who called on Judse r =
lands in Chicago Saturday 70 NJ
respects to the noted jur:st 4. 4.
new chief of baseball
Mr.. Sexton speaks Of judge La
dis as q wonderful character 4.
logical man for the position -
chairman of the new national cos
mission. The minor leaguers ~.
greatly impressed by tho per,os.
atty of Judge Lands.
Mr.. Sexton approves judge Ia.
dis decision to remain on the -.
eral bench. because it place, HIM
above baseball politics and lay.s
him in q position to employ fedsr,l
laws against baseball offeadefs i
it ever becomes necessary AMIN
Judge Lands is bound to command
the respect Of official and plsye
alike, asserts the Rock Island man
Relative to his reelection to the
presidency of the National Associa-
ton of Minor Leagues, with eyecu-
tive powers, during the convention
at Kansas City, Mr.. Sexton states
that the nature of his new duties hA
not vet been worked out or deA
fined. A special committee has
been put to work to settle this ques-
ton and it will probably be thirty
days or more before Mr.. Sexton
will assume active work as the
/ president. Chicago may be decided
upon as headquarters for the minor
/ leagues. in which event Mr.. Sexton
will have to leave Rock Island,
much to his regret.
| Denounces Crooka
While much has been written and
said about the Kansas City coaven-
/ ton, there was one thing Of In.
! portance IN particular that did mot
receive newspaper attention. This
was the unanimous adoption o.
resolutions of condemnation against
all ball players who were found
guilty of questionable playing. The
original resolution was prepared
and presented by Mr.. Sexton and
was adopted with slight modifica'
lions. In effect it takes the nee
essary steps to guard against an
of these players from ever beeon
ing identified with organized base
ball again. either as player, umpire
off cial or owner.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
RELATIVES NOT FOUyn.

No relatives Of Robert Alger, the
aged man who died At St Anthony's
Saturday morning as q result Of be-
Ing struck by an angry bull 10 days
ago ON . farm in Presumption, have
been located. Alger vas about 70
yeaB Of age.
The body Is being held at the
Hodgson undertaking parlors,
awaiting word from relatives. II
none are located the funeral win
b held probably tomorrow morning
At the parlors with burial in Chip
paannock cemetery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
Obituary
Funeral a Peter Beselin.

Funeral services for Peter c.
Beselin were held from the home.
1924 Fifth avenue. at o'clock this
afternoon. Rev. F. J. Rolf, pastor
OF the Evangelical Church OF Peace.
was In charge Of the services and
burial was In Chippiannock Gene
terry. Pallbearers were Jasper Slew
ers, Fred Bans. Fred KOltz. Jud
Haas, Edmund Lincke and James
Bostick.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
EXAM ON ARSENAL.

Examination leading to the selec-
tion OF Z messenger boy for duty on
the Rock Island arsenal will be
held at the arsenal on Dec. &. The
saiafyefor the position Il $3.50 per
aannm Plus q bonus of $40.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15

GROVES IRON TONIC SYRUP.
For Pale Children They love to
take 1t and /: 10 better suited to ten
der little stOmachs than iron Tab
ie'e or ron Pills. Absolutely
harmless 75c.-(Adv.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-15
PVRL.JC NOTICE.

After this date, l will not be n,
sponsible for any debts contract@
by nv wife. b. A. SCHlEbERL'
Nov. IL, 1920.