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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-22
BUILDING WORK
on new STRIDE


- - IT, fnr cnprvinx on
- gy gx 1890 a. ~. rar-
new psileI .ss W. q, ~. rct heinr
~ p - ~ rnmher Of ROCK
ovelsc0. ~ ..M ~. ns.rness
11n. s.A .,;dsr,iv unlicensed
= 49,. $3.50 thesr hn,lainr nlans
not 2 ~ = - 'ne D
lsO I . - ,..t Yvo weeks John
Dunas .as ~. -, s,,s,d;n cfnsnector
a. LnoIo c'.s ..".,.. ~, nev cnn.
nas l.sueo - - IN Ir,rerate
ne q =. JOS . ere ssum1'sc co,sidersbls
Ss,1os' ~ -. $4,000 ri the
D 1917 ;t
pl ns,. -. tat.n ont for ono
sMs,,,rs .rd tvo Temporary
and one ,, nsx store tore. Dul'a IN
ins' inc 4 . v.yIss Tn addition
:. .hss. rrotects nermits were IL
70 me- S ~ 1870 two s,orches.
. sasa -. ~ -.n.,rs X Are Losses. two
ss ~ ~ .tnre buildings. and
Iol 's ."anas,srs rarares
W. i -. sc;nt to Greater con-
aa.no. An The huildin1 situation
noelse .,.. ~ Ia 1nsnector Iindros
poSsipil,ues, cn thst mora and
Is OF lns o pin, ha started in the
n .no ."w weers
next ie" re. 49, ~ wort
u ~ ,eru;ts issued in the
me i'S. o ~ fo1Jows.
M ,ns. w" uurst self 411O
"r rn.r..er,h avenue gar
Fouf'eon'n $50
age ...'..;;.... .. -: ,c,,
william n. S''0e ond.ore-half
foul.eenn 100
sli1er sa. o.. I.coh cold
sam oee Ioo S; ~; stroot gar
s.ean' 'A9 1'' 400
~ ;csr.or Tor n w OIL
n. =" T.htb avenue
sun '''O $50
TT Won N;euvenhuyse.
n. F.. 100, Fortv-third
se1' .. zoo
c s..ses, p McNutt Tor Archie
ueUe Cn~o,d ,vanue
wafu' A'AA N e50
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owemns -; Twantv-
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hrst oaao . t.nnorarv
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-22

done so we'll in such a short time.
Many products are too high, and
many are being sold below cost just
| to get it on the market. However,
the readjustment Of prices will
come II We are optimistic about it."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-22

mastAr preSsnt wiil coupt Is points
for his troop IN the efficiency con-
test which begins the day follow
inx. The tenderfoot investiture
ceremony will also be put On Tor
tho scoutmasters and scout troops
in the city who have candidates
ready for tenderfoot badges are re-
quested to bring them to scout
headouarters that evening. The
meeting begins promptly ct 1880.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-22

Troop No. 3 of the Fifteenth Ave-
nue. Christian church under the
leadership of C. l.. Spaulding< met
at the Washington school last eve-
ming with a large number Of scouts
present.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-22

Troop No. "a met last evening
ut its new club rooms at the Unit
ed Presbyterian church with Scont-
master W. r. Aster and spent the
evening in passing tests. There
will be no meeting Of this troop at
the Legion hall this evening.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-22
PUBLIC NOTICE.

PUBLIC NOTICE.
My wife, having left my bed and
boardtI hereby cease to be respon-
sible for any debts contracted by
her. B. F. CLARK.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-22

Troop No. Is divided into two
groups and praeticed. tracking and
the scout pace on its hike last
night, Scoutmaster A. F. Eichels-
dorfer accompanied the boys and
directed their activities
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-22
Licensed to Wed

Walfred Sunberg ....... Muscatine
Mrs. Dora Anderson ............
......... Fort Armstrong, Iowa
Charles A. Hartman. Taylor Ridge
Sophia Gruske ............. Milan
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-22
Starting Wednesday

Every Pair Fully Guaranteed to
be of all leather and all that
good shoe should be. Prices are
the lowest in years. You should
realize the unusual savings and
attend this event.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18
ASKS CONFIDENCE VOTE
PREMIER BRIAND TO DE-
7: MAND OF DEPUTIES
Debate On the Action of Paris
Council Resumed BY French
Legislators
[Associated Press Dispatch. i

L<AoooSaceSN +1t*%{{t 1850 ~
Paris, March nterpeIlations
relative to the res]1l of the repafatidn
conference in LQn6 we're resumed ia
the chamber Of 6&&u<les It was ex !
pected they won1 eonfinne until late
this td,,s Afternoon I a'| ssaisT M Bs!s9d s,i.
that communists and nlenb ers Of the
various wings of the socialist party
would continue their attacks during
today's session. SIS
Note Sent to Germany.
Germany is asked in the note sent
to Berlin by the reparations commits :
sion to explain in what form she In :
tends to pay the 10000 100000 gold
marks due on May l under the terms
of article 235 of the Versailles treaty.
The whole amount due the allies was
fixed at 20,000,000,000 marks, put der
liveries having an aggregate value OF
s, 8,000,000,000 marks have been made
by Germany.
There is no intention at present to
call a new financial conference here.
as was reported from Berlin yester-
day, says the Petit Parisien, which de-
clares that the attitude of the Berlin
government "does not allow the hope
that Germany is disposed to give sat
isfaction to the allies" II,
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18
DENIES RUSS UPRISING
TROTZKY SAYS IT'S ALL
- . SILLYsFIc71ON
Declares Petrograd InpregnabIe
Against Any Counter
Revolution
Associated Press DIspatch.l

London, March 16.--Leon Trotzky
Russian soviet war minister, declar-
ed in an interview given in Moscow
that all talk of an uprising in Petro
grad and bombardment of the town
is silly fiction" says wireless from
the soviet capital today. "Petrograd is
just as impregnable against coun-
ter revolutionary coup dictate as II
is to the Kronstadt fortress" Trotzky
asserted
Liquidation of the uprising has
been dragged out because we wish
to avoid severe losses. not only to
our troops but to the insurrectionists
in the Kronstadt garrison. Up to the
present our losses have been insign-
ificant." Trotzky charged Russian
emigrant centers abroad with fom.
enting the revolutionary movement in
order to break up peace with Poland
and the agreement with Great Bril-
tain for the resumption of trade re-
lations
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18
Their Election.


OSSeo, March 1B.--OsSe0 wants to
slide of the water wagon and is go-
Ing to let the whole world know
about it.
Voters of the village went to the
polls yesterday in special election and
decided, 58 to 81, that they are "in
favor of legislation favoring the sale
OF light wines and beer" ~
And now the village council is plan
ming to adopt resolution, inclosing
the results of the election, and send
the euIogy for John Barleycorn to the
Legislature at st. Paul and to Con :
gress, urging that they vote like
WISE" e. ...r
Seventeen women voted. They
wouldn't say how, but they smiled as
they voted, some of them @.~
The plan of A. P. Hechtman, presi-
dent OF the village council and mayor
OF the village, is to create munich
pal monopoly on the sale of beer and
light Wis and turn the proceeds into
the wis., treasury. He is not in
favor OF lne open saloon, he said, but
thought people who wanted to have
a quiet drink should be allowed to
have 1t. o.. !.
The official part of the election
consisted OF selection OF village Of
tioers for the ensuing term. They
were all re- elected except M, La
faard, who stepped out as trustee
and was succeeded by Peter Bennow,
The other officers are A. P. Hecht-
man, president; M. Nenman, record
er; E. P. Killmer, treasurer: Matt w.
Robe, assessor, and Fred Rochat,
Justice of the peace.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18
Diamond Mine Located
hArkansas; It's Wealth
Gems Are Found In the Crater
OF An Extinct
Volcano
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch


Murphreesboro, Ark, March 16-The
only diamond mine thus far discover
ed on the Western Hemisphere is To-
Gated in Pike county, Ark, in which
this hamlet is situated. The mine is
two and half miles south of here.
The diamonds are found in a pipe"
the crater of an extinct volcano which
ages ago boiled UP through the sur
face, had it's terrific heat chilled by
the waters Of an inland sea, and left
bits of carbon scattered thoroughout
the peridotite which now tilis the
crater, TO pc pressed into diamonds by
peridotite forms the original matrix
OF the diamond, and thus far the only
diamonds found in the Western Hem
isphere in their matrices are those OF
IKE county. Diamonds have been
found in some twenty five states, in
Canada and South America, but always
in river beds where, biologists sur
mise, they have been washed by the
waters, or is places where it is pres
umed they have been deposited by
glacial action.
first Arkansas Diamond found In 1906
The first Arkansas diamond was
found in 1906 by John Huddleston
lllCu oWACI vi tlO Ou WHICH, Tile
sixty acre pipe" is located by acci-
dent. Huddlesto1 observed outcrop
,lngs of the gray green rock, since
classed as peridot'te and came to the
conclusion that his hillsides contained
valuable mineral, perhaps copper
After pecking aroufd without finding
anything which looked to him like
mineral, he picked up a crystal, and
then one day showed it to some
friends in Muphreesboro. A little
Rock jeweler pronounced it diamond
and made sure by verification by
jewel experts in New York
The mining operations in Arkansas
for several years at least, will be far
different from those of the South
African fields. the peridotite is
brought to the surface and spread on
drying floors for periods ranging from
six to eighteen months The rock has
the peculiar quality of disintegrating
when exposed to the air. In Arkansas,
however, except for a few places, the
peridotite already has disintegrated to
a depth of about twenty feet, and mix
ed with vegetable matter formed a
sticky clay. called "gumbo" locally.
This over burden of Agumbo" win be
worked before blasting operations are
started.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18
MEET WESTERN MEMBERS
President Will Confer on Legislation
of Special Sessfon.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch

laSSSSidtCu coo L<lSpdlCuJ
Washington, D. c., March 49,
Western members of the house ways
and means committee expect to see
President Harding tomorrow to urge
that permanent tariff legislation be
taken up by the new congress ahead
of revenue revision. At the White
House conference last night with
Senator Penrose of the senate finance
committee and Chairman Fordney OF
the ways and means committee, the
question as to which subject should
have precedence was discussed at
length. Mr.. Fordney is said to have
told the President he did not believe
the west would support the plan OF
considering revenue first, and in view
Of this opinion the President ex-
pressed a desire to talk over the sub
ject with western member.
The members expected to call at
the White House at ten a. m. tomor-
row. The delegation will include Rep
resentatives Green, Iowa, ranking
republican of the ways and means
committee; Young North Dakota |;
rrear, Wisconsin: rimberlake, Color
ado; Hawley, Oregon; and Hadley,
WASHINGTON
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18
PROHIBIT GRAIN FUTURES
THIS BILL / PASSED
SENATE TODAY
Several Members of the Upper
House Would Adjourn Ses-
sion On April -.
Associated Press Dispatch.1

st. Paul, March 1.-THE futures
trading bill passed the senate this
morning, fifty to eleven, after brief
debate. -".
A joint resolution calling for ad-
journment of the legislature April 9,
was introduced in the senate today by
Senators Cumming, Void, Bonni-
well and others, and referred to the
committee on rules. A similar resolu-
tion introduced, in the house last week
is now before the committee on rules
in that city.
With only minor amendments, the
Minnesota senate today passed the
house bills prohibiting trading in grain
futures and declaring all grain ex-
changes open markets. The measures
now go back to the house for con-
currence. The senate also passed the
dill providing for submission to the
voters in 1922 for a constitutional
amosdment establishing state rural
credits system, to permit the state to
make loans to farmers on their land.
oLner bill passed seeks to have
Minnesota grain grades re- establish
ed and incorporated IN the federal
inspection regulations.
Conventions Bill indorsed
Pre- primary conventions to in
dorse candidates for state and con :.
gressional offices are legalized under
an election bill passed by the state
senate by vote of 3S to 25 yester-
day The measure now goes to the
house.
The original bill as presented by
the senate elections committee would
lilve permitted the holding of in
dorsement conventions for not only
state and congressional offices but for
legislative, judicial, county and city
offices. Two amendments were re-
quired to strike these latter offices
from the BILL
As now framed the bill provides
for the party conventions to be held
receding the regular primaries. In
|florsements voted by such conven-
upnS are TO be designated on the rpri-
mary ball ~ primary itself Ifs
not disturbed. IS o1e M g ale
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18

pl0yed In the Kitchen, cell houses
and various other kinds of work nee
essary for carrying on the work of the
Institution.
The prisoners are given wages
which average approximately forty
cents per day. In the farm machinery
plant the men are paid a wage oi
tory thirty seven and six tenths
cents, and other departments 1865
cents. Total wages paid prisoners
during the past biennium amounted
to $188,077.35. - l :
In addition to those wages the
state also has pension system
through which means the families OF
the prisoners are given financial aid
while the bread winner is serving
time. These pensions run from S. to
$50 the month per family. The total
amount of pensions paid these needy
families during November, last, was
ST. 194.50.
Prisoners usually are placed al
work for which they are best fitted and
are changed about more or less as
they develop in efficiency or as other
occasion demands, and only rarely do
they remain at the same work
throughout their servitude. In some
instances. it is reported. inmates de
work in the twine department practi-
cally throughout their whole terms
but never at the same class of work
The same thing holds true in the
farm machinery department. All
prisoners are required to work eight
hours a day. -.
"The modern penitenitary is not
merely punishment along with good
custodial care, but reformation OF
the prisoner as far as possible that
he may be returned to society a good
useful citizen" the rerort states
With this in view, the report re-
commends that men with short
terms be placed in departments other
than the twine department. Men in
this department are taught no useful
trade, which will place them in q
upon discharge from the institution
"The twine plant is good finan
"ial proposition for the state; it is a
good thing for the Minnesota farmers
who secure excellent twine below so
called trust prices: but the work in
the prison plant does not teach the
prisoner a trade which will benefit
him when discharged" the report
states.
As to recreation for prisoners. in
mates are permitted to talk three
moons each week in the dining room
and have three to five hours to them
selves each evening during which
time they are permitted to smoke
read and other similar amusement, in
thair cells.
I Every Saturday afternoon, weather
t.t'ne. the prisoners are given
the freedom Of the yard and have the
nrivi'eee nf talking. nlaving baseball
and i7dulging in other sDorts and
exercises. on all holidays the same
privileges Ore granted In case OF
.rtorr~~ -eather nrisonars arc Given
rermission to talk in the cell honses
md so-ne sn,,cial entertainment is
-f"d Notion pictures arc ~'wer
once earh week and on HOLIDAYS
when other entertainment is not pro-
vided.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18
More Men For Grand Jury.
LASS nciated Press DiSnatnh !

Supe-or, Wis. March 16.-Judge
Samuel Aschuler of the circuit court
of appeals, who convened federal dis
trict court here today. ordered u. S.
Marshall F. w. O'Conner to summon
fourteen more men for the grand
jury, when but fourteen out of a
panel of twenty three answered for
service. Five of the first fourteen
were excused. Court adjourned until
2 p. m.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18
PRISON ROLL ON DECLINE
SUCH IS REPORT OF MINNIE
sofa PENITENTIARY
But Percentage insanity Shows
Biennial Increase; the
r. (" Report
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. ]


St. Paul, March 16.-Despite the
reported increase of crime through
out the country, the prison popula-
ton at the states prison in Still
water has shown a decided decrease
during the past six years, but the
percentage of insanity has shown a
material increase, members of the
state board of visitors of public in
stitutions noted in their biennial re-
port just published.
The population of the prison has
gradually but steadily decreased from
a maximum of 1881 at the close of
the fiscal year 1914. to 755 reported
December IL, last There were 81 in
sane prisoners reported at the in
stitution in 1914; 49 reported in 1916;
20 in 1918; and II in 1920. The II in
sane prisoners reported in the year
include "a prisoners who were trans
ferred to the asylum for dangerous
insane at st. Peter.
Cause of Increased insanity.
The cause for this increased per-
centage of insanity, according to the
report, probably is due to the fact
that many are more or less mentally
unbalanced when committed. to the
institution The rigid discipline and
monotony of prison life, no doubt, the
report adds. aggravates their men
tai .afhictioH. sgss
OF the 755 prisoners reported id the
81 yenr we're employed In the
IS 231 III the various de-
n1aezln lnery In
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18
LEFT FOR NORTHFIELD
Basket Ball Team and Rooters Go to
Fiqht Battles.

Captain Myron Jovaag and fifty
rooters left for Northfield this. after
noon at 1:15 o'clock, expecting to
capture the basket ball championship
of Minnesota at a tournament to be
played there Thursday and Friday
March II and Is. The Mankato team
is made up Of Archie George, Brett
Taylor, Stephen LaDue, Reuben Vos
beck, Harlow Lack, Herman Drill
and Coach C. P. Blakeslee. Should
Mankato get into the, finals for the
state championship two hundred more
rooters are expected to leave here to-
tion games will begin tomorrow morn
ing at eight o'clock. Robert Pfau will
report the games for The Free Press
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18
ONE DEFENDANT AcuITTED.
Jury Instructed to Return Verdict In
Matewan Trial. "A
TAssociate6 Press DFsDatch. :

TASSOClateF| Press USOafrn.T ,
Williamson, W.. Va, March 49,
Taking of testimony in the Matewan
gun fight trial was concluded today
Immediately thereafter on motion OF
the state the jury was instructed to
return a verdict of not guilty in the
case of J. C. Mccoy, one of the sew
enteen defendants. Insufficient evi-
dence was given as the reason.
. Judge r.. d. Bailey, asked counsel
for both sides to prepare instructions
and announced he would receive them
at four p. m.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18
WAGE Gun ANNOUNCED.
Southern Pacific Rn.d Will Reduce
Waves - un-Lii,ed
FaY FAssnciafed Press Disnafch I

New Orleans. March 1e--An-
rn,lr rccment was ro~5a tOdav that
effartiua Anril fe. the-e wn,sld he a
reduction of wrres OF unstilled en-
nlnvee and rla-ic,l and station work
n~s ard rrts,-.r TO the wcrhin@ con-
d'.'orss oe 1917 bv he Southern Pa
ciec Lines ir Louisiana ars, Texas.
ro-farorcas. -'ts, e.ronloves to
d;-rlss thats-csss,~ficns were arrarg-
ed as required by the transportation
act
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18
Suit For Divorce

La Crosse, Wis, March 17-Suit
for divorce has been filed by Mrs.
Emma Atkinson against Frank At
kinson. The couple were married in
Blue Earth, Mimi, in 1888. Atkinson
1911 r..- .. -....
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18
Births Reported

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Alden, 316h
State street are the proud parents
of a boy born March s. A girl was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Edmond Trem-
bley of Delevan at one of the local
hospitals, March IL.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18
supner at $3.50 o,clock.

The joint meeting of the Civic and
Commerce association and the XII
wants club will be held tonight at
the Masonic Temple at $50 o'clock.
DR.. G.. A. Prosser of the Dunwoody
Institute, Minneapolis, will be the
speaker of the evening, and will use
as his topic Community Vision" 1t
is expected that the meeting will be
through with at $3.50 o'clock.
Milwaukee Closing.
Milwaukee, Wis, March 16.-Wheat
No. / Northern, $1.59 to $1.65; No.
Northern, $1.57 to $162. Corn No. 8
yellow, CSC to 64c; No. white, CSC
@1-2; No. 8 mixed, 81 l-2@3-4. Oats
No. white, 42hc to 431ac; No. 8
white, 41%c to 42Ac; No. white,
41c to 42hc. Rye No. 2, $1.45h to
Wisconsin. u In 7sc to SOC; feed and re.
jected, 60c to 72c. Hay unchanged;
timothy No. $1,000 to $2l.00:
standard Timothy. $500 tn $4,000.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18
ADDRESS BY MORRIS
He win Speak Before The Mankato

Voters
~ tuOa snn sa9sn,. oS sg99,. Instructor
- school. will
give a talk under the auspices of the
League of Women Voters, at the
public library Thursday evening at
eight o'clock. Mr.. Morris will speak
on Primary Election Municipal Of
ficers, Their Duties and Responsible
ities." Both men and women are in
vited to be present.
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18

Continued On Page Eight
The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18

Continued On Page Elghto
Arizona republican., 1921-03-04
TWO COMMISSIONERS WILL BE VOTED O|v AT TOMORROW

Votes will be cast tomorrow for the purpose of filling the offices of two city commissioners whose terms will expire soon. Only two names will appear on the official ballot. They are Luke Hen
 derson and Fred o. Adams, present commissioners, who seek reelection. In case these candidates obtain a ma jority of all votes cast tomorrow the
 city will be saved the expense of a gen eral election in April. Although only two names appear on the official ballot 1t is generally be- lieved that other candidates will be- come evident at the polls tom morrow. These may be voted for by writing their names on the ballot. Because of this fact an independent and perhaps generally unknown candidate may De elected if only a few cast votes. Elec- ton officials point out that lack of apparent opposition may bring surpris- ing results.
 Following is a list of precincts and voting places.
 First Precinct-west of Central ave-
 nue and north of Roosevelt street vote at the Wentworth school. Second Precfnct-Between Central
 avenue and Seventh street, north of
 Roosevelt street, vote at Sutton's ga-
 rage, corner Third and Willetta streets. ! Third Precinct-East of Seventh street and north of Roosevelt street
 vote at the Harris Grocery, 1906 North 1 Eleventh street.
 Fourth Precinct-Between Washing
 ton and Roosevelt streets east of Elev-
 enth street vote at Santo J. Marcheses 6
 store. Fourteenth and Van Buren streets.
 Fifth Precinct-Between Fifth and Eleventh streets and Washington and
 Roosevelt streets vote at the Monroe street school
 Sixth Precinct-Betweenl Centra'
 avenue and Fifth street and Washing
 ton and Roosevelt streets vote at the
 Blue Bird dancing hall, 339 North First
 street
 Seventh Precinct-Between Centra avenue and Seventh avenue and Wash | ington and Roosevelt streets vote al
 the Second Avenue Garage, 10S North i Second avenue
 1 Eighth Precinct--Between Seventf