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Evening journal., 1921-08-17
MUST ERECT BOXES
ON RURAL ROUTE

Extension OF the mail service on
Rural Route No. /. which now in
cludes Colonial Park and Colonial
Heights. was put into operation yes
terday by Postmaster English. act
ing under instructions from Fourth
Assistant Postmaster-General II. H.
Billany.
Mr. English reports that some
Of the families on the new route
have failed 10 erect mail boxes in
accordance with Federal regulations,
but fl is expected that they will
soon comply with the law.
Instead Of extending out Kennett
turnpike. the new route extends out
Lancaster turnpike 10 the old Jack
son Inn. taking in Colonial Park
and Colonial Heights. and then north
10 the Kennett turnpike. About 40
families are benefited by this ar
rangement.
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LODGE TO SIT
in ARMSPARLEY
Recognizes Senate's Claim
TO Voice in Foreign
Affairs
UNDERWOOD MAY
ALSO BE NAMED

WASHINGTON. Aug. The
senatc's claim to a share or rosponsi-
bility for the foreign affairs Of tho
nation was recognized by President
Harding by the designation OF
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. of Mas
sachusetts chairman OF the foreign
relations committee. as member OF
the American delegation TO the dis
armament conference.
Formal announcement OF the
appointment was made from the
White House. where it was Indicated
the President felt ne had formed tho
nucleus Of a balanced delegation by
choosing as the first members sena-
tor Lodge and Secretary Hughes.
whose selection 10 head the Ameri-
can representatives was made known
today. other members will not be
chosen until 10 Is determined definite
iy how many places each nation Is
20 have In the conference.
Entirely aside from Mr.. Lodges
personal qualifications. the view was
reflected IN high administration cir-
cles that the significance OF his Sc
lection lay In the fact that he was
In position 10 act as official spokes-
men OF the Senate committee 20
which are referred international
compacts requiring Senate "advice
and consent" The President was
said TO feel that because Of its joint
responsibility In foreign affairs. Il
would be great mistake not to give
the Senate an official voice while
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the negotiations are in progress.
May Name Underwood

Whether other senator's will be
named on the delegation is a ques-
ion which the President himself
cannot answer. but it has been sug-
gestcd among officials close 10 the
White House that ne might give rep
reseniauon 10 the Democratic as
well as the Republican side OF the
treay-ratifying body. Should he
decide 20 do so. IL IS considered
likely Senator Underwood. OF Ala
hama. the Democratic leader, will be
asked 10 serve. II another Repub-
lican senator is appointed. Il Ia be-
lieved the choice will fail on sena-
tor Knox. OF Pennsylvania. a for
mer secretary Of state.
BY state Department officials a
virtual decision was reached as 10
the place Of meeting here. and al
though announcement WAS withheld
it was indicated the pan-Americar
building. situated near the state
Department and white House. hai
] been chosen. 10 Is understood tina
negotiations with representatives o
| the pan-American Union FOR use
OF the building will be concluded
] within n few days.
Meantime, it was definitely an'
finally disclosed that the America
government has no Intention OF pay
ing tho expenses OF the visiting del
cgauons. a subject on which ther
has been much speculation ahroa
since the official invitations wen
forward. In the highest admins
tration quarters, IL was said thl
/ government saw no reason why
should be expected to pay the entir
cost OF a conference in which all IN
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Is 1T DOUGLASS

Scotland. OF all lands. is blessed
with more so-called national names
than any other. but most OF them
originated in other lands than Scot
land. Various surnames are derived
from the Grecian Alexander. An
drew the well-beloved name OF Scot
lands patron saint, which gives a
group OF peculiarly Scotch last
names.-Anderson and Andrews-is
also a Greek name. Davies and
Davis. as well as Dawson and David
son are derived from David. They
are looked upon as peculiarly
Scotch but are really from the He
brew David. and Archy and Baldy.
giving a score Of usual last names in
Scotland, are from the Teutonic
Archibald.
There is one group Of names.
however. which is distinctly Scotch
not only in use but in origin; that is
the group OF Gaelic names which
were first used by the Scotch TO dis
tinguish men Of direrent complex
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BOOTLEGGERS
Use STEAMER
Slonaker Tells How Treas
ury Agents Fell Into Gun
ningly Baited Trap
SAY EDDYSTONE
is ONE CENTER

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17.-Jacob
C. Slonaker. supervising prohibition
enforcement agent for the Pennsyl-
vania district. said yesterday that
bootleggers in this city had estab-
lished a wonderful espionage system
including the sending Of decoy
schooners up the Delaware River to
fool customs officials, while other
schooners with cargoes Of liquor un-
loaded at another point.
When Nicholas c. Brooks. special
agent Of the Treasury Department,
who is conducting the investigation
into rum smuggling in this district,
was told OF Mr.. Slonaker's remarks,
he said:
"Nr. Slonaker has not told me
anything about the decoy schooner.
This is the first 1 have heard Of It.
1t is safe to assume, however, that
the two schooners. II such there
were, probably came from some At
lantic Coast port and not from a for
eign port. II such was the case II
would not be a matter for the Gus
toms men TO handle"
Then Mr.. Brooks said that he had
received word that motorboats were
carrying whisky from a distillery
near Eddystone 10 New Jersey
across the Delaware River at night
He refused to comment further on
the distinery.
But" he went on, "if whisky-run-
ming is going on from Pennsylvania
TO New Jersey river-front towns tho
apprehension OF the runners is not
up TO the customs officials who are
conhnlng their operations to SNUG
rled liquors; It is up TO Mr.. Sion.
aker."
In an interview with newspaper
men in his office at Tenth and Mar
ket streets yesterday afternoon. Mr.
slonaker told in detail Of the es.
pionage system employed by tn,
bootleggers in Pennsylvania.
"They have even gone so far" Mr.
Slonaker said that when a schoon
or loaded with whisky came into
the Delaware River. they notified
the Federal agents by telephone tina
a schooner Of a certain name wa
coming up the river. The voice a
the other end Of the telephone woult
tell where the vessel was 10 dock
the name OF her captain and wher'
the Illicit liquor would be stored
Naturally the Federal agents woul'
become excited and watch for th'
vessel
"Thoy would watch the river ard
sure enough. the schooner whist
was named over the telephone wou;'
heave into view. She would be foi
lowed by Federal agents and he
unloading watched. Then Fedora
agents would descend upon tho shi
and find that the crew were unload
ing crates OF tomatoes or bags O
sand or some other cargo The
would express surprise at the inter
ruption Of their work by Fedora
agents.
What really happened was this
The spies OF the bootcg~ers mad
certain that Government agent
would be at certain spot ant
watch for the decoy schooner The
knew where the Government mo'
were. Then another schooner load
cd with whisky would come up III
river and dock and unload he
cargo without being molested Tn
trick worked just once until IN
Government officials became wise.
Mr.. Slonaker would not go into dc
tails or make public the names O
the schooners or the unloadin
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king found himself still safely IN
possession OF his kingdom. he in
quired the name Of his deliverer.
"sholton- -Dhu-glas. responded one
OF the strangers followers. in Gae-
lie tongue; that is Behold the dark
man"
The king rewarded the stranger
Dhuglas with lands In Lanarkshir
and these lands and the river run
ming through them were called
Douglas in his honor and the family
which the stranger founded was
called the Douglas family.
Copyright. 1921. by The Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
Evening journal., 1921-08-17
POSED As sEpPrEMBER MORN

OCEAN CITY. y. j.. Aug. H.
Howard Lutz. OF Philadelphia, ac-
cused OF taking and showing pic
lures OF a young married woman
posed as September Morn. with the
addition OF shoes and short stock
ings, on the beach at Twcnty-third
street here. was held In $500 bail
for court by Police Justice Ware. At
lee Robinson, a companion. OF Phil
adelphia was held in $500 bail as a
material witness
Police say there arc pictures OF
the girl in various poses. but only
one was exhibited by City Solicitor
Boswell. The girl was taken to tn,
Evening journal., 1921-08-17
NO NEED TO SUFFER
FROM TENDER FEET
Simple pays TO kesp feet
feeling fine

Tired. aching feet arc a needless
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from constant nervous strain and
annoyance, from smarting and ex-
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A refreshing. deodorant bath with
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& Black, Chicago.
Your druggist has
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Keeps feet feeling fine
Evening journal., 1921-08-17

participating nations are as vitality
Interested as the United States and
that there never had been any in
tention OF doing so.
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police chiefs Office from her hons
and questioned Later she was ~
leased. she Is said to have come
from Camden.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
Changes in Mexico.

Mexican psychology has always been prob
lem to the Anglo-Saxon American The fond
ness for revolution puzzles a people in
stinctively conservative in things political We
have been accustomed to credit it to Latin
temperament and let il go at that Now, how
ever we learn with some surprise that the
Mexicans do not run true to form. They do not
appreciate tourist trade do their Nnsmen OF
the romance countries overseas. For genera
lions Paris has run its underworld for the
beneft OF travellers rather than in the interest of
the Parisans. The Italians have not been
unappreciative of the picturesqueness of beg
gars. The Spanish know the worth of a bull
fight. The Mexicans. it seems, do not
Only last month Mexico City narrowly es-
capped going dry, despite the obvious advantages
of Havana's weiness Now the chamber of
deputies entertains proposition to prohibit
bull fighting within the federal district which
includes the capital. and there is real ikeli-
hood that it will pass. One cannot but wonder
what the hotel men and the souvenir dealers
think Of all this not to mention the railway and
steamship ticket agents.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
Books for Children.

writer in eastern newspapep, taking
special note of Children's book week, gives a
list of fine books of adventure, exploration,
woodcraft and so on. These he refers TO as
boys books. Then he adds:
In contrast with these thrilling stories of
adventure which are written for boys the sub
iect matter of the girls books seems meagre.
We have first and foremost for the girls the
school story. Boarding school has been the
great adventure in girls lives, and it has very
frequently been written about" There is no
more reason for thus classifying and separat-
ing boys books from girls books than there
is for so treating the worlds great literature
for grown-ups. No one speaks of the great
novel, biography, history or drama as a mans
book a woman's book. If it is truly good
its appeal is universal. So it is with books
for adventure loving childhood. 1t is rare that
in group of children listening to stories the
girls ask for less adventurous stories than the
boys
Girls and boys both read fairy tales, Indian
stories, yarns of trapping or hunting or explor =
ing nature stories and even the boarding school
story. There will be individuals, either boys
girls, who will prefer some one type of
story and will lack interest in others. Also
acquired early if unintelligent adults furnish
only variety of books to the growing boy
or girl. But the normal reading appetite OF
children of the same age demands pretty much
the same volumes, just as children play the
same games and enjoy the same toys-until
convention causes a separation of interests.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
Explaining the Climate.

That the climate of the United States is
changing, that the severe winters which were
supposed to develop the strong constitutions of
\ the fathers, are today considerably modified, is
the contention of old weather observers who
have been long in the service of the govern
ments weather bureau. f. B. Dunn, perhaps
better known as Farmer" Dunn. declares that
anyone who says that our climate is not
changing has not been earth long enough to
know. Not only does he make the assertion
but he has the figures to back up the statement,
and he points out Che reason for the change.
Mr.. Dunn finds the first indications of a
change in the course of storms across the con-
tinent and. consequently, of a change in the
climate, was in the eighties. when it found
that the low pressure areas. which entered the
country from the North Pacific ocean. and
which usually followed track eastward to the
Atlantic close to the northern boundary line
began dipping southwark after reaching the
eastern slopes of the Rocky mountains. These
storms needed moisture to keep them alive, and
the reason for their changed course was a
puzzle until the extensive irrigation develop
ment in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and Kansas
and Nebraska taken into account. The
settling up of the country the irrigation pro-
tects, the turning of the sod and the sub
sequent retention of the surface water TO a far
greater extent than formerly provided sufficient
humid attraction TO draw storms or areas of
low pressure out OF their old courses Thus
man was unconsciously changing the climate
by his work.
When the Dalrymples first came out to look
over the wheat growing sections they visited
western Canada before finally settling down in
North Dakota, and decided that Canada was
too far north for successful wheat growing
Today western Canada produces hundreds of
millions, of bushels of wheat. The Dalrymples
were, perhaps, right at the time they made their
Investigations. but with the lapse of time the
wheat growing area has slowly but surely ex-
tended north. From the ffties to the eighties
the climate OF Illinois was called harsh, but il
is hardly fair TO use this adjective today. 1t
has been considerably modified and is still
changing for the better.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28

other interests and with the youngsters at
tracted by fraternities and societies that keep
them away from home almost every night IN
the week IL looks as il presently all that VIII De
found before the home fireplace until midnight
viii be the family cat.
These observations are not made TO discour-
age legitimate activities OF the members or the
family but are given merely to impress on the
average citizen who is permitting himself to be
carried away with lot of foolishness that Is
not getting him anywhere to call a halt, gather
his flock about him and practice some OF the
deside customs that were such an attractive
part of the home life of the olden days In
other words the place for father and his son
to get acquainted and talk plainly to one an
other is at home. It's pretty good place TOO
for mother and daughter to get acquainted. III
more of the fathers and sons and mothers ana
daughters got together in the home oftener
there would be less of the heartaches and sor-
rows that come to our notice every day as a re-
suit of the 1oosening of the ties that should
bind the parent to the child. What we need in
this country is not more recre cation and inter
est outside the home, but more OF the OLD
fashioned family circle activity that our anees-
tors were nourished and strengthened upon In
other words. what is most needed right now is
a back to the home movement We-have been
wandering from home too long.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
Restraining Gossip.

Down in Houston, Texas, a woman and her
three children were talked about by a neighbor
The neighbor happened to be and she
had serpent-tke tongue. She scattered broad
cast stories derogatory to the character of the
woman and her three children. There was no
foundation for the gossip that she spread
So the woman who had been scandaized
appealed to the court for protection. An in
junction was issued restraining the offender
from ndulging in further gossip concerning the
complainant and her children. This is an
unusual proceeding. but the wonder is that it
has not been resorted to before now in seeking
relief from evil that rs viewed too lightly by
most persons. The harm that gossip will do
is incalculable. 1t has meant moral death TO
numberless persons II is so easy to start a
story in a neighborhod about some individual
The more vicious it is the faster it will travel.
1t may or may not have a foundation of fact
Victims of these attacks have been known to
have been so crushed by the stories told about
them that they have permanently Lefty their
homes and in some instances suicides have re-
suited.
You may argue that a falsehood never hurt
anyone except the one circulating it. That may
be true in case the one made the target of the
falsehood is strong enough to ignore
the music But not all of humanity is blessed
with that strength that refuses to be en-
barrassed or discouraged by gossip. Character
is an asset that is priceless. We know the value
we place on our own, and therefore we should
hesitate before We cast a shadow over that of
a neighbor.
The good citizen viii refuse to listen to
gossip. None of US is perfect. We are all prone
to the making of mistakes. 1t is human to err
The next time you are tempted to spread
gossip about neighbor or inclined to listen
to friend with a tale rejecting upon the
character of acquaintance remember the
biblical injunction about the mote in thine own
eye.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28

e Announcement is made that Minnie Madden
FTske has been forced to close her theatrical
tour because the expense of carrying her
company about the country exceeded the box
Office returns. It is also reported that Neil
O'Brien minstrels, which were seen in Rock
Island earlier in the season, have closed, and
that the organization will resume its tour after
if has been made smaller in number. The
travelling theatrical enterprise has been almost
put out of business this season by the high
cost of travelling with the attendant loss in re-
ceipts incident to the hard times But managers
complain that the greatest obstacle is the high
rates charged by the railroads; that il they
were given the rates that prevailed before the
war they could get through. The complaint has
become so persistent that 1t is understood the
railroad companies are to make attractive con
cessions to theatrical companies after the
first of the year. This. it would seem, the rail-
roads could easily afford to do. 1t seems
great pity that some of our leading theatrical
artists must remain in idleness and the
country denied the enjoyment of their plays
becauseof the prohibitive tariffs of the rail-
roads
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
Back to the Home.

Among the more recent of the freak enter
prises that we annually read about is the father
and son week. These affairs planned to
bring fathers and sons together at the banquet
beard. Here father extols the sterling virtues
Of the son and sonny returns the compliment
to father. These affairs staged either in the
public hall, the club or the church. Any effort
20 bring father and son closer together should
not be criticised or condemned. but as one
looks over the drift of recent years one won
ders where these enterprises directed at the
home are to stop. Evry adult and young per-
son should have a variety of interests in keep
ing With their, ages. They should have time
for work and time for play and for study but
it does seem that some of their time should be
spent in the home. The chief aim of tiday
seems 10 be TO conceive schemes that will drag
the members OF the household away from the
home This is an wiring and while directly it
may not undermine the homo institution still
it will inevitably result in a weaving away
from the home of those who belong there with
mother busy with her club aid the lodge and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
The Diet of a Nonagenarian.


| Old Man from Missouri writes:
II will be 81 years old in few
months. Can you give me a few
hints about food what kind of food
/ should eat in order to enjoy and
prolong life? What food and drink
would you take il you we're in my
J place in respect to age?"
II I were 90-odd I'd enjoy
But, see here, my good friend
from Missouri, wouldn't it be more
logical, first. for you to tell me
what kind of food | should eat in
order to attain the age of 80. still
in possession Of all my senses like
yourself? I'd like TO hear from a
few who have actually done it,
What their views and practices
Lave been, what the state of their
physical and mental powers may
be now.
If l were 80 I think Id enjoy a
light breakfast OF some kind of
fruit, raw fresh fruit in season,
stewed or canned fruit out of sea-
son, with a slice of buttered toast
and cup of unboiled coffee. Then
I'G eat nothing more until Z p. m.
when | should indulge in baked
potato, with some meat or fish Or
! egg cooked to taste, three days a
week only, a relish or salad or
fresh green vegetable from the gar
den, and a pint of milk with a
cracker. cookie or piece of cake, or
cup of tea instead of milk some
times. That amounts to one and
a half meals day, ample for a lad
o. 90.
The late regcred Sir William
Osler quotes with approval the
thirteenth aphorism of George
Cheyne. Cheyne was born in 1871
il Scotland. bat in spite of that he
ate so much that he weighed AS
pounds at so and was istless.
lethargic and short of breath Then
he began to have better sense and
dieted on milk and vegetables. He
even began to exercise freely-the
exercise being free and Cheyne be
ing Scotch. you know-and will
you believe it, I don't myself,
though Cheyne vouchcs for il. the
man reduced TO $50 pounds, retain
ed his pep and vigor. and lived to
the, for those days, extraordinary
age of 70 years, long enough to
write a classic on health and long
life The thirteenth aphorism
therein, which Osler endorsed, is
this:
Every wise man. after so. ought
to begin TO lessen at least the guam
tity of his Aliment. and if he would
continue free OF great and danger
GUS distempers and preserve his
senses and faculties clear to the
last, he ought every seven years
GO on abating gradually and sensi-
bly,. and at last descend out of life
as he ascended into it, even into
TIE child's die
Do not be confused by that idea
Of "abating' every seven years
Things generally went by sevens
in those days, nearly everybody
having the itch.