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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-15
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SORE, LAME BACK
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tisappoints and has been recon-
nended for 60 years.-(Adv.).
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-15

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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-15

TO Cure . Geld In One Day
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bears tn signature Of E. w. Grove.
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-15
BASIS FOR PEACE.

Warrington, March ia new
basis OF negotiations believed to be
acceptable to Costa Rica and Pan
Ima was proposed in a note sent
by tho state department, based on
one Of the Bryan treaties for arbi-
tration.
The New York herald., 1921-06-21

daily over the half mile course at
Wynfromere, and il was over it that
Hobnob. 2.0S, one of the horses de-
stroyed in the fire. received his edu-
cation. The friends of Mr.. BEDFORD
believe he will not adhere TO his
intention, expressed the day after
the fire, not to rebuild his stables.
They say he is to- fond OF good
trotter to remain without a plant for
any length of time.
There is nothing more exhilarating
than a brush through the cool breezes
OF the morning behInu a good gated
trotter, unless it is spin in the late
afternoon when the cares of business
are put aside. 1t clears the brain
and sends the blood tingling through
the body. 1t has played its part in
the business career of e. T. BEpFogp
just as it did in those OF Commodore
VANDERBILT, ROBERT BoNNEE and his
brother DAVID, +. II. HARTMAN, G.
X. G. BILLINGS, BRAyToN IVES, Fl. *.
DEvEREUx and thousands of other
famous pen who have made history
here.
The New York herald., 1921-06-21
Testing the Bomb at Sea.

The bombing off the Virginia coast
to-day will be practised upon a for
mer German submarine and will be
a test of our airmen's marksman-
ship rather than of the greatest
power Of the dropped explosive. It
must be assumed, from what was
done against submersibles in the war;
that they are easy enough prey when
they can be hit.
What peoples and governments are
waiting particularly to learn is
whether the most heavily armored
ships are vulnerable to the bombing
planes assault. When our army anG
navy men have finished dropping
bombs on the destroyer, cruiser and
two battleships that are at their dis
posal the world ought to be close to
knowing whether the art OF sea war
will have to be made entirely over.
II would be great help to the
pockets Of all the Powers II IL should
be discovered that the twenty million
dollar dreadnought Is no more than a
tin can in the intimate and exas-
perated presence of TINT and its
vigorous companions.
The New York herald., 1921-06-21
Allies Halt Greek Advance.

The Greek advance from Smyrna
and the Asia Minor coast against the
Turkish Nationalists in Anatolia. be-
gun a week ago with the display of
considerable enthusiasm on the part
Of King CONSTANTINE and the Athens
Government, has halted. One reason
assigned is the lack OF support OF
Great Britain. the only allied nation
upon which the Greeks felt they
could depend in this military prof.
ect. It is doubtful. however, II the
British, despite their assistance to
the Greeks in patrolling the Black
Sea and the Turkish straits and
other help at the time OF their re.
verses, had promised them support
in an offensive against the Turkish
Nationalists. The more likely expla-
nation is that the Allies are deter.
mined at any cost to end the Greek.
Nationalist war and by this action
to bring a permanent peace to the
Near East.
This war. which has been carried
on with varying success to each of
the combatants and the loss of many
lives and much property to both ever
since the armistice, Is the most dis
turbing factor in the Near East situ-
alton. The fear that IL may involve
other nations. that 1t may form an
opening wedge TO the south and west
for the Moscow Soviet and that IL
may drag Central Asia and India into
the hostilities gives it broad inter.
national significance. To Europe the
war has come to be looked upon more
as an attempt of Greece TO realize
her old ambitious dreams in the dis
memberment OF Turkey than as q
means of reaching a definite settle.
ment Of Near East disputes.
France to-day has no quarrel with
the Turkish Natonalists and has had
for some time French officers at An
CORA, and has there now NJ. FRANK.
LIN BoUnLoN. one Of her able diplo.
mats. The French restored Cilcia
politically TO the Turks and even gave
them some north Syrian territory.
They retained for France the right to
instruct the gendarmerie of the re-
gion, and they also acquired valuable
concessions. At the same time Italy
The New York herald., 1921-06-21
Philadelphia Big Bridge.

The Philadelphia-Camd bridge
project has passed from the specula-
tive, conversational stage into the
realm OF actualities. and the date for
the opening ceremonies has been
fixed. II issthe Fourth of July, 1926,
when Pbiladelphia's sesquicentennial
celebration OF the Declaration OF In.
dependence occurs.
For something like a century this
bridge has been discussed in more
or less desultory way. The creation
OF the Joint Delaware River Bridge
Commission of Pennsylvania and New
Jersey advanced matters rapidly. In
1919 a preliminary engineering sur
vey was made. The commission an
nounced few days ago that the mat
ter was settled and that work on the
bridge would Immediately begin.
IL will be a date marking event in
bridge construction when this enor-
nous wire suspended highway is com
rleted. II will carry the longest sin
gle span between towers there Is in
the world. The Firth Of Forth
span-f.710 feet-now has that dis
tinction. Next comes the Williams
burg Bridge. with 1.600 feet, and az.
ter that Brooklyn Bridge. with it's
1895 foot span. The space between
the towers over which the Phila.
delphia Camden bridge is to swing
will he 1,750 feet. The cables will be
strung from towers ESQ feet high.
which will give the same above water
clearance as the Brooklyn Bridge
1876 feet.
Instead of four cables--the number
from which the great New York
bridges are suspended Philadel-
phia structure will be hung from two
cables each 30 inches in diameter, as
compared with the 15sl inches diane.
ter a the Brooklyn and the 201a
inchos diameter Of the Manhattan
cables. Thwe will be 1s.5oo carbon
The New York herald., 1921-06-21
An Ideal Summer.

Summer will begin at 1886 p. M.
to-day. Possibly it will be an ideal
summer. There never has been one,
so the laws of chance are in favor of
an upset.
An ideal summer would have a
temperature sliding from 60 at dawn
to ~ at noon, with clear air, bright
sunshine and only those showers
which are necessary and do not in
terfere with picnics.
1t would be summer without an
ice shortage, rise in milk or the
discovery Of a new germ.
1t would be summer when sport
produced a super-Ruth. better-than,
Dempsey and another Man O. War.
II would see the beaches without a
swimmers cramp and the roads
without an automobile tragedy.
There would be sea serpents, but no
sharks except a new and toothless
variety.
1t would be a summer of absolute
silence on the part of divorce prin.
cipals and the Board OF Estimate
1t would be summer without a
harsh word. But there the toe stubs
There is Mayoralty campaign on in
this town this very summer.
Well, let the new season be as ideal
as 1t can.
The New York herald., 1921-06-21
WILLIAMS GIVES HONORS
AT CLOSE OF 127TH YEAR
Some AUards Made for Men
Who Died in War.

WrLLIAMsrowN, Mass, June 90
Williams College at its l27th annual
commencement to-day recognized with
honorary degrees men who have gained
distinction in fields of peace and others
whose undergraduate life was cut short
by service in war. Several of the latter
were posthumcus awards
Judge George W. Anderson OF the Cir
cult Court of Appeals. q Williams alum
nus, and Edgar L. Clark, chairman of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
received the degree of doctor Of laws.
together with Prof Charles J. Bullock
of Harvard University and Frederick
Gcller, a lawyer.
Other honorary degrees conferred in
cluded: Doctor of divinity. the Rev. Ed
gar r. Hill, 'S4. general secretary Of edu-
cation of the Presbyterian Church: the
Rev. John Franklin Carter. rector Of st.
Johns Episcopal Church. Willismstown
the Rev. Samuel S. Drury. head master
of st. Paul's School, Concord y. H. the
Rev. Cornelius Fl. Patton. home secre-
tary of the American Board of Commits
sioners for Foreign Missions.
Doctor OF science: Henry Baldwin
Ward. IS. head of the department OF
zoology in the University OF Illinois.
Doctor OF the more humane letters
Alfred Il. Stearns, principal OF Phillips
Andover Academy Stanley Washburn,
'01, war correspondent.
Master of arts: Alfred NJ. Hitchcock,
go professor OF English in Hartford
High School, Herbert II. Lehman, s?
Arvie Eldred, 90. Superintendent OF
Troy Schools.
The New York herald., 1921-06-21
Secretary Weeks's Business Way.

Secretary of War WEEKS is bust
ness man of sound method, large ex-
perience and big achievement. The
business principles which he has
practised successfully for Il lifetime
in his private affairs are good enough
for such man to apply to the Gov
ernment affairs now under his
charge. So Secretary WEEKS gives
sound business treatment to the
Muscle Shoals nitrate dream.
The Muscle Shoals venture already
has swallowed up S16,000,000, with
nothing yet realized to justify the
expenditure. To complete the prof.
ect would take another $30000,0 900,
with no more assurance of results to
justify it as a worth while business
proposition.
Secretary WEEKS decides, therefore,
against putting another penny of the
public's money into that unsuccess-
full investment, which sucks up mill
ions on millions without getting any
where as business undertaking. He
proposes to mark the cost of the
colossal failure off the books. If any
body wants it and will take it off
the Governments hands at price
he can have 1t. But the Secretary OF
War is done asking for good money
to send after bad. The Secretary Of
War is no gambler in Governments
funds.
The New York herald., 1921-06-21
Oklahoma Organizes.
A Young State, but Ii Is TO Have a
New York Society.

To THE New York HERALD: | wish
to thank you for the publication of my
letter of June about organizing an
Oklahoma Society. The responses were
more numerous and enthusiastic than
anticipated l have received letters
from all over the country and many
from New York. Among those who an
swered in person are Cassius b. Barnes.
son of Cassius NJ. Barnes. a former Gov
ernor OF Oklahoma William Tilghman.
noted in the southwest as the man who
suppressed the outlaws ana the best
known United States Marshal in Kan
sas. Texas and Oklahoma William H..
McHugh. United States post Office in
this city: William C. Bond of Clark &
Williams Glenn Condor. editor Of the
Vaudeville Nc,cs; C. NJ. Weed Of Green
wich. CoG., and many others
IL has been suggested that on ac-
count OF the youth of the State OF
Oklahoma the proposed organization
should include all persons in any way
interested in the growth Of the State
end not confined only to the former
residents.
A meeting has been called at the
McAlpin Hotel for July I, 1921. at
r. NJ ALLEN CARUTHERs.
NEW YORK, June 20.
The New York herald., 1921-06-21
MIR. Bedford and His Trotters.

All horse lovers will understand
the feelings OF e. T. BEDFORD over the
loss OF his trotters, which we're de-
stroyed by fire at HIS Wynfromere
Farm at Greens Farms, Connecticut,
recently. Mr.. BEDFORD was not the
first conspicuous citizen to take pleas
ure in driving fine trotters on his
own private course, as RoBrRT Box.
NEr and others INDUCED in the pas.
time in the '7Os. Nobody has had
more enjoyment. however. through
the pastime than this devotee of the
standard bred. who at 70 has had
few equals az reinsman. One of
his most notable achievements was
TO drive the black team Gillette
2:11A. and Bemay. 2:13A. a mile
to wagon in 2:12h. This made Mr..
BEDFORD known wherever trotting
horsemen gather. for II established
worlds record for half mile
track for trotting teams driven by
an amateur. IL has stood the test
of fifteen years. The trial took
place over the Parkway course at
the junction Of Kings Highway and
Ocean Boulevard
Since making his home in Con.
necticut MIR. BEproRp has driven
The New York herald., 1921-06-21
As to Bonus Billions.

The nation which was prepared to
offer all it's treasure to the last dollar
to make this country victorious and
secure could not haggle over the price
of keeping from cruel want its sol
dier boys who came back hopelessly
incap apacitated from earning living
in the country which had been saved.
IL a billion dollars or in the long
score several times billion dollars
we're required to care for our hope
less war cripples and for the needy
widows and orphans of our war dead
the American public would not hesi-
tate to shoulder the load, back break
ing though it might be.
But neither numerous billions nor
single billion can go as an indis-
criminate bonus distribution among
men that may never have suffered
wound or a loss, among men that
now are we'll, strong and self-sup-
porting, among men that may be bet.
ter off to-day than ever they were
before they mustered under the col
ors of their CONTRIBUTIONS cannot
thus go to such men without cry
ing wrong being done to those others
who have suffered so irreparably and
deserve so much that never can be
paid them.
II Congress were on the very point
of handing out unfortunately a
bonus billion 1t would be righteous
and a noble act if the American pub
lie could stand forth and say: mot
one cent of that billion shall go for
mere political bonus, but instead a
billion and a half shall be given by
this country as part restitution to
those who never can be paid for all
they have given their country"
The American public cannot so
compel its Congress thus to change
every dollar it would scatter in heed
less bonus distribution to dollar
and a half for human war wreck
restitution. But the American pub
lie can make Congress understand
how the very soul Of America would
be outraged to have bonus billions
flung out broadcast while single
helpless war cripple remained neg
lected and forsaken.
The New York herald., 1921-06-21
Palmetto for Paper?
There Is Unlimited Raw Material
in the South.

To THE New York IIERAyp: with
the great scarcity OF paper making ma
terial and the ever increasing demand
that, continued, must eventually denude
this continent Of it's forests. is it not
time we take into consideration the
possibilities Of the scrub palmetto?
In Florida. which contains about
thivty-hve millions Of acres, there are
something like fifteen or twenty million
acres where the palmetto is indigenous
and persistent as a pest. The same is
measurably true of some of the other
Southern States.
Several years ago when in Florida
made somewhat careful study OF the
palmetto. Its roots lie near the sur
face and frequently grow twenty or
more feet in length and sometimes eight
or more inches in diameter. In clearing
upward OF eighty acres for citrus fruits
by far the greater cost was the removal
OF the palmetto roots. This was gener-
ally done by contract at a cost Of from
$40 to $50 an acre. Seeing these tre-
mendous log heaps, I recalled what my
father told me when a boy, that God
had made nothing vainly. and that when
we learned how to use His gifts we
would find them good.
Examining these roots closely, put
ting them in my mouth and chewing
them. I found them giving a strong
tannic acid taste. In making some care
full chemical tests I found they would
yield commercial tannic acid that would
permit competition with the products
from oak bark, but not sufficient profit
with the then prevailing price to make
it desirable. / had laid out for an
other winters work a very much more
interesting topic to ascertain il possible
what might be the value of this Iuxuri-
ant growth of scrub palmetto above the
roots, for the thought occurred to me
that In Florida there was enough pal
metto scrub to supply the paper needs
OF all America.
The scrub palmetto has about the
toughest fibre with which / am familiar.
The palm leaf fan Is the leaf Of the
scrub palmetto and any one can test
the longitudinal strength of that fibre.
b. proper maceration believe 1t would
be possible to produce paper rivaling
theN Egyptian papyrus in quality and
afford an annual supply from Florida
alone far in excess Of any present day
demands.
For eleven years I have been an in
valid under the constant care of n
trained nurse and have been unable to
carry out the experiments I had hoped
to- set in motion. 1t may be that tests
have since been made; il they have
not been made, would it not be well
that the American publishers should
cause Investigations to be made either
through private research or through the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture? JOSEPH c. SIBLEY.
FRANKLIN. Pa, June IS.
The New York herald., 1921-06-21
Literature's Future.
War and Reconstruction Have Been
Hard on the Purchaser.

To THE NEW York HERALD: In a re-
cant number Of the Saturday Rcri7W a
Iondou publisher says that the publish
ing trade is dead. He then goes on 10
give the reasons for the demise. These
may be summarized thus ]. The
enormous increase (200 per cent. or
more) in the costs of production. ?. The
falling off in the demand for books due
IN the jmpoverishment OF the great read
ing middle class
Conditions here may not be so bad as
they arc in London. but they are bad
enough. Certainly publishers are taking
no chances. I mean by that they are
not handling the works OF new writer's
Here arises the question: What is
going TO become of literature IL this
state OF things continues? The question
ia a serious one. for without good litera-
ture we are bound TO retrograde. No
amount OF mechanical invention can take
its place.
II IS TO be hoped that the costs OF
production will fall materially. so that
publishers once moro can take chances
with Young authors. II that hope De not
realized then 7 sec only one remaining
remedy, which Is that some Of our
wealthy men who arc in the habit of
endowing colleges so munificently found
an institute for the encouragement Of
literature. Nothing, ! am sure. would
rebound more to their fame, and it might
be the means OF rescuing some mute, in
glorious Milton or Shakespeare TO the
nation. f. M.
Nrw YORK June 90.
The New York herald., 1921-06-21
Mexico's Oil Diplomacy.

What the recent reports about
Mexicos oil producing capacity meant
was that by imposing twenty-story
taxes on foreign companies explor-
ing new fields out of money obtained
from oil produced in wells already
drilled OREGON was threatening to
concentrate operations in the fields
already proved and force their early
exhaustion. The published report Of
the Shipping Board investigator dealt
only with present producing areas
and not with the potential capacity
Of fields yet to be worked.
By the estimate of the United States
Geological Survey there still remain
4.500, ,000, 900 barrels of oil under Mex
ico's soil. But oil in the ground, un-
less it can be taken out at a profit.
will remain there forever. So far as
its usefulness goes in furnishing fuel
to ships and land industries and rev.
enue to the Mexican Government it
might as well not exist if the pro-
ducers are to be penalized for rails
ing it to the surface and transport
ing it to loading stations.
Payment Of foreign debts out OF
the proceeds of the new 25 per cent.
export tax on oil, and the ALLEGATION
of the tax for this purpose exclu-
sively, is OBREGoN's declared inten-
ton. 1t is desirable that these over
due debts be paid. But foreign credi-
tors cannot help looking askance at
a scheme to reimburse them by con-
fiscatory tax on other foreigners.
The scheme reduces itself to an
absurdity anyhow, because the ex-
port tax on top Of the other taxes
would reduce oil shipments to a point
where the new levy would not pro.
duce much more than the cost of its
administration, and by limiting new
production the concentrated drain on
existing fields would exhaust them,
leaving nothing but salt water to be
taxed. .
The export tax is not even a sem
sible or practical way of robbing
Peter to pay Paul. Mexico needs an
oil diplomacy but not one OF oily
variety.
The New York herald., 1921-06-21
The City Campaign.
Strong Men Must Lead New York
City to Anti.Tammany Victory.

TO THE New YORK HERALD: The
many shortcomings OF our present city
administration should arouse the voters
| to determination to effect change
at the municipal election next fall. 1t Is
not too soon to begin to prepare for the
contest. which promises to be a bitter
one
We should remember that our city is
in the grasp OF the best organized and
most powerful political machine in OK
| istence. a machine run by practical pol
it:cians, who have thorough under
standing of their business The time
has come for all voters having the well
| fare of New York at heart to cast
aside party affiliations to a certain ex-
tent and to present an unbroken front
to the common enemy.
| New Workers, irrespective of party,
showed what they could do last fall,
when they repudiated Wisconsin and
carried their city for Harding by the
unprecedented plurality OF 440. 900 votes.
They can repeat the operation next fall
II they have mind to. Organizations
OF independent citizens should be
formed in every assembly district and
care should be taken to prevent the Sc
lection of weak or undesirable candi-
dates for the opposition ticket behind
closed doors by professional politicians
and chronic job hunting reformers who
bob up year after year.
We shall need strong men on the op-
position ticket-men of brains, men
possessed OF good common sense and ex-
perience in public affairs. Oh! for men
like the late Abram s. Hewitt. William
II. Grace or William l.. Strong
, GEORGE +. SHRADY.
NEW YORK, June 20.