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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-03

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Curtains would be suitable for
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large assortment to choose from
mesh tied or knotted, so that
they will not slip. pull or ravel
on the open edges. Home Craft
Week Price, 49c per yard.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-03
Home Magazine

T HIS store offers to
i home-makers an ex-
tremely interesting and
shelpful service.
We issue every month
a magazine of informa-
ton that women like to
have. It's full of the
very newest news and
pictures of drIperies,
rugs and other things for
the home.
This store sends it cree to
those who request it. Leave
your name and address in
this department.
The Washington times., 1921-04-28
deserts Fiance
For Young Calf
Bride-to-be Proves Tickle
When Offered Live
stock Bride.

CHICAGO. April 2s.-when the
pastor of the Western Springs Meth
odist Church opened the parsonage
door to get his paper from the porch
he found Bobby Rollo and Martha
Jane Allyn sitting on the steps.
holding hands and otherwise indi-
eating that spring and love had ar
rived for the pair.
You want to see me?" the parson
inquired.
"We want to be married. said
Bobby and Martha Jane together.
you have the license, OF course?"
Bobby looked at Martha Jane.
Martha Jane looked at BODY. Then
both walked disconsolately away.
And now the wedding is off. Mar
tina James mother offered to give
her daughter a calf to play with II
she would abandon BODY and &C
company the Allyn family to Wis
consin, where they are to make their
future home. Martha Jane. the
tickle creature. gleefully accepted.
You see. when one is four a calf
seems more desirable than a hus-
band.
Bobby. four himself. was rather
peevish about the "throwdown." He
thinks he should have a calf. too.
The two children have been play
ing together for some time. Last
evening Martha Jane informed Bob
by that she was going to Wisconsin
with her parents to live. After con-
siderable discussion they decided to
elope. Bright and early this morn
ing the pair met at their trysting
place and went to the minister's
home
The Washington times., 1921-04-28

BERKELEY Cal. April 2S-For q
month this summer the earth will
engage in a race with the periodic
comet. Pons-winnecke, and. because
IL will have no chance to viii, 1t
will endeavor, through astral influ-
epces to "trip up" its gaseous rival,
according to a report made public
yesterday by tho observatory of the
University of California. The earth
will not get into the race until the
comet has a lead of between 12.0OO.-
coo and 20. ZOO. 900 miles, but then it
will put everything II has" into its
test with the comet
Tho tripping up" process or per-
turbations caused by the earth's In
fiuence, will pull the comet away
from its course somewhat, but 1t
will continue to plunge along the
cosmic speedway at an undimin!shed
pace. 1t will cap its supremacy
finally when, on juno 2. 1t fiips it's
till so hard against Its terrestrial
rival that the impact will send out
sparks. These will go down in the
re cord as a meteoric shower.
The comet. at last calculation. was
approximately 37.000,0 900 miles from
the earth. Its nearest approach will
me .132 Of an Astronomical unit, or
100000 miles. on June Z, and
shortly thereafter the race will be-
gin.
At the greatest brilliancy observ-
able from the earth the comet will
The Washington times., 1921-04-28
SLUMP CAUSED.
BYPROF|TEERS'
Crissinger Finds Excessive Price
Demands Source of Labor
Unrest and Dull Times.
BY w. H. ATKINS.
international News Ser Sice.

The war profit principle among
middlemen in business is causing in
dustry to lag, putting clog upon the
peoples spending power and causing
discomfort among laboring masses,
and the Government, studying bust
ness readjustment, finds profteering
still at the root Of much existing de-
preston, and inaction in business. it
was asserted today by Comptroller
OF the Currency Crissinger.
MUST READJUsT WAGES.
Labor cannot justly be expected to
make wage sacrifices, II profitaers
among manufacturers and middlemen
and dfstributers generally combine to
keep the cost Of living high by prices
admittedly unreasonable, Comptroller
Crtssinger said.
Comptroller Crissinger' declared
there Is q vital need for reimbursement
unwilling to suffer wage cuts, IL mid
clemens profits. which are eventually
paid by the consumer. are kept at
extortionate levels.
There Is ample proof that no
proper relation exists today between
production costs and consumers
costs" said Crissinger. FOOD, cloth
ing. housing and practically every
thing else people have to buy are af-
fected.
"How can we. as a nation Of bust
ness men, expect wage-earners to
agree to wage reductions while the
middleman not only passes on his
losses to the consumer, but exacts an
unreasonable proit on requirements?
FIND UNFAIR PROFITS.
Comptroller Crissinger said Govern
ment officials, worried over the upsets
to business. and trying to find RENE
dies to boom industry. are amazed to
find such widespread taking of unfair
profits.
The entire combination of manu-
facturers, jobbers, wholesalers. retail
ers, laborers and others, are at pres
laws of supply and demand, CrissinEer
contends.
All along the line, he contends, there
must be cutting away from war
methods and war profits, before the
nation can go ahead upon a prosper
Gus schedule. But the price sacrifices
must be general, he said. and the la
Dor problem cannot be solved by fore
ing laborers to shoulder all the re-
auctions involved by read ustment.
Comptroller Crissinger foresees an
era of great prosperity and business
revival as soon as a better relation
ship can be established between value
and selling prices on products and
commodities of all kinds.
A consumers strike" Of alarming
proportions Is in evidence, according
to the Comptroller's reports. The
wide disparity between cost Of pro-
duction' and cost to the consumer Is
the main reason for the waiting at
titude" Of the public in general.
Crissinger holds that a change In
this attitude cannot be expected until
various "interests' abandon high
profit policies. and make such sharp
reductions that the public will be
stimulated into buying something
more that its absolute needs.
The Washington times., 1921-04-28
REDS SEEK TRADE
PACT WITH Berlin

RIGA April 2s.-Immediate sigma
ture of a trade agreement between
Soviet Russia and Germany Is sought
by the Moscow government through
It's representative, NJ. Scheinmann,
who arrived here yesterday on his way
10 Berlin. II possible, the convention
will be signed before May 1, M
Scheinmann is understood to have
been empowered TO make whatever
changes in the original proposals that
will be satisfactory to Germany.
Leonid Krassin, head of the Boil
shevik trade delegation in London, is
expected to arrive in Berlin on April
81. and together with two members
of the Moscow ministry already OF the
German capital will make a deter
mined EFFORT to rush matters TO a sat
isfsctory conclusion,
II Is declared the .Bolsheviki will
seek to take advantage OF the situA-
ton IN Germany resulting from the
allied reparations demanda-
The Washington times., 1921-04-28
Comet and Earth To Hit
'Er Up in Cosr71ic Race

be of the eighth or ninth magnitude.
Nothing greater than the sixth mag
nitude can be observed by the naked
eye, so the world at large will see
nothing Of the visitor until the tall
Tipping episode, on June 81. How
ever, the earth's attraction for the
comet may be so great that new
calculations may be necessary when
the race gets under way.
Any potential prophecies that the
comet will do great damage to the
earth are out of order, the observa-
tory states On the other hand. the
neteoric shower, II 1t develops as
anticipated. will prove to be a harm
less, II inspiring. spectacle.
The Washington times., 1921-04-28
l9LIVE IN FOUR ROOMS
IN McKEESPORT HOUSE

PITTSBURGH, April 2s.--McKees-
port councilmen investigating hous-
ing conditions today discovered a
fcur-room house in White street that
was accommodating nineteen persons
Seventeen men occupied hunks built
in the four rooms. A foreigner
conducts the house and Is receiving
s1l9 a month in rentals.
The city authorities found another
home in the same district which con-
sisted of two rooms in which re-
sided a man, his wife and six chill
dren.
The Washington times., 1921-04-28

again. I simply cannot stand willis
abuse. August will frightened ne
again. How sorry / am / married
him"
Mrs. Stokes said she did not enter
In the diary the incidents Of the
women in the apartment or ether cpl
sodes OF the same sort Smyth sought
to show that she knew all about the
deeds waving her rights in Stokes
property when she signed ,hem. but
the wife denied it fatty.
She conceded that in one or two
instances she understood that he
wanted to sell piece of property and
she consented, being amused some
what by his representations. On the
other deeds she said she feared for her
life IL she refused to sign.
Smyth asked her II she had known
that Stokes brother, Tom, was in
vestigating her past and had discov-
cred one Gladys Dale, now dead, to
which the young wife replied:
II did not know 1t or fear IT, FOR
there is nothing to be concealed IN
my life. never knew or saw Gladys
Dale. You say / spoke to her of my
marriage?
SPOKE TO NO ONE.
IT never did, for spoke to no one.
Mr.. Stokes wanted to marry me,
begged me to marry him Immediately
for financial reasons, and 1 told no
one"
Abruptly Smyth confronted her with
a small. blonde woman of approach
Ing middle age, clad In blue. The
lawyer introduced her as Madame
Estelle." with whom the wife had
said her husband was on more than
friendly terms. Mrs. Stokes glanced
once at the woman and responded:
That 10 not Madame Estelle, and
you know IT. She was tall and
slender. She offered to help me in
this case. You know that is not the
woman"
At this emphatic statement. smyth
retored:
ooh, suppose every one lies in
this case except you!"
Mrs. Stokes. with lip curling, re-
psated the denial. Both sides turned
squad OF handwriting experts on
Mrs. Stokes diary az the recess was
called. Stokes attorneys profess to
believe the book was doctored. MIRA
Stokes insisted on It's authenticity.
The Washington times., 1921-04-28

Our credit terms very liberal-particdarly when
you consider the extremely low prices that plainly
marked on all goods We arrange payments according
to the wishes and circumstances of each individual
tomer-thats what makes your credit real help in buy
ing here.
The Washington times., 1921-04-28
PRESS LEGION POST TO
GIVE COOLIDGE PARTY
May Gathering at Marine Bar
racks to Be Gala Affair.

An open-air May party" in honor
OF Vice President Calvin Coolidge.
will be given by the American Legion
Post OF the National Press Club at
the Marine Barracks May 10. accord
ing to an announcement made today
by Capt. William Wolff Smith. COM
mander OF the post.
In addition to the Vice President,
an address will be made by Senator
Frank r. Willis, of Ohio, who nomi-
mated President Harding at the Re-
publican convention. Previous to the
speaking. the Marine Band will give
concert, and at the concluclusion
Of Senator Willis address the ma
rines will give a dress parade. The
National Press Club Quartette will
sing. and there will be dancing In
the ballroom later.
The MAY party" will take place
on the parade ground of the bar
racks, where $500 people can be
seated.
The Washington times., 1921-04-28

JOHN r. BRYANT, soldier in the world war, now in
custody in New Jersey the charge Of Staying his
father in Orlando Fla is here with his wife and
little daughter 4N1rs Bryant is held as witness
The Washington times., 1921-04-28

MISS BELLE SKINNER,
" Of New York, who recently
sailed for France to supervise
the reconstruction Of the
ruined French town Of Hatton-
chapel. II IL said that her
brother. William skinner,
wealthy silk merchant, will
finance the rebuilding of the
town.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-08
COLD SEASON" A PECULIAR
Jap RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE
God of Fire Honored by Apprentices
Who Take Cold Dip.

A religious observance peculiar to
this, the coolest season of the year, is
that OF bathing in cold water and
wearing to and from the bath single
kimona OF pure white, with white
band about the head The ceremony
is out of respect to Fudo-san, the god
of fire, primarily. Those observing the
custom carry lantern and jingle a
small bell as they go along the street.
The season began yesterday and con-
tinues for thirty days.
The first fifteen days of the season
is called the daiken, or great cold, and
the second fifteen days the sholon, or
small cold. Most OF those who go
through the ceremony are young men,
apprentices in some trade, who run to
and from the bath, repeating the
words, "Rokkon shojo," as they go.
The principal temple and bath is the
one in Fukagawa-ku. The cold water
bath there was recently rebuilt at a
cost of 100000 yen in anticipation of
the cold season. 1t is open for women
only until o'clock in the evening, but
at all hours in the day for men. Among
the women are many young actresses.
who pray earnestly for success in their
profession. Another shrine is near Me-
guro station.-Japan Advertiser.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-08
MITCHELL COUNTY
HAVING A TAX ROW
CITIZENS CLAIM THEY ARE
BEING ILLEGALLY TAXED.
OBTAIN INJUNCTION.

CAMILLA, Ga.-An injunction
against the sheriff, the tax collector
and the county commissioners from
proceeding with the collection of GER
tain portions of the 1920 taxes has
been obtained from Superior Court
Judge R. c. Bell this week by Mrs.
]. H. Philips and G. w. and T. E. Pal
mer, OF Camilla Attorney M. A. War
rem, representing the plaintiffs, went
to Cairo and obtained the sanction
of Judge Bell to the filing of
the bill OF injunction, and tempo
rary restraining order was granted by
the judge requiring the commission
ers, tax collector and sheriff to appear
at Cairo on March 20 to answer the
petition and show cause why the in
junction should not be made perma-
nent.
The petitioners claim that the IS
per cent increase in the 1920 tax as
sessments was arbitrary and without
any right in law vested in the COM
missioners, the state tax commission
ers or the tax equalizers. A recent de-
cision of the state supreme court holds
that the IS per cent increase arbitrari-
ly assessed by the county authorities
is illegal, and it is likely that there
will be a great many citizens clamor-
ing for return of this IS per cent
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-08
A WELL-KNOWN NEGRO
LEADER HAS PASSED AWAY
The Presiding Elder in This District
Of A. M. E. Church.

Rev. s. B. Roseborough, presiding
elder OF this district OF the A. NJ. E.
church and we'll known in Dawson,
died at Cuthbert Tuesday night at the
age OF u. He was known as a wise
and conservative leader of his race,
and had the respect of both white and
colored people. For the greater part
OF his life he lived in the southern
and eastern sections OF Georgia.
He had been a pastor and served
as presiding elder from Rome, Ga, to
Savannah, and at Columbus. He held
that his race was best off when they
were making the most of their cir
cumstances at their doors. He leaves
a large family of children. Bishop J.
S. Flipper and President J. H. Lewis,
OF the Morris Brown college, Bishop
William B. Johnson and others con-
Quoted the funeral services Thursday
morning.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-08
New Set of Whiskers
Makes Debut in Congress
Beard of Missouri Representative Falls
Almost to His Waist.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The no.
best set of whiskers since the days OF
the late Senator William PETER, of
Kansas, who represented the Peoples
party in the early nineties, today were
subjected for the first time to the hot
air of the chamber of house of repre-
sentatives.
The whiskers belonged to Repre-
sentative William O. Atkeson, of But
Ter, Missouri, the successor to Repre-
sentative Dickinson, of that state TAX
ing a place on the republican side of
the house, where he will be seen reg
ularly after the extra session opens.
Representative Atkeson promptly
caught the attention of the galleries
and the floor His beard reached al
most to his waist
The Atkeson beard in length, luxu-
rance and forcefulness is superior to
that brought to Washington several
years ago by Representative (Cyclone)
Davis, of Texas. Old-timers about the
capitol had to go back to the PETER
days for comparison, avering that Mr.
Atkeson looked like an elder OF the
ancients. In house comparatively
clean shaver he stood out like a fr
tree on a desert.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-08
TWO QUEENS NEAR Mi
The DOOR OF DEATH
FORMER KAISERIN AND EX-
EMPRESS CHARLOTTE ARE
SINKING FAST.

Within 100 miles of each other, in
villages alike as to bleakness and DESC
lation the last acts of two dramas I'M
paralleled in history are being enacted
In the isolated village of Doom,
the ex-empress of Germany is dy-
ing. In a castle near Brussels, Bel
GUM, the aged ex-Empress Char
lotte, of Mexico, the last symbol OF
Europe's futile attempt to impose a
continental monarchy upon the west
ern hemisphere, is near the end.
In the immense house the former
German kaiser maintains an almost
constant vigil by her bedside. He
alone virtually represents all those
millions of people who, few years
ago, would have watched intensely
for the slightest word from the kaiser
ms physicians. An expert from Ber-
lin, summoned to ease her last mo-
rnents, shook his head when asked
what chances of recovery she had.
She is sinking rapidly.
On the other hand, Charlotte is be-
ing afforded the recognition OF friend
ship on the part of Belgian royalty.
The king and queen frequently motor
to her castle and spend an hour or
two with her. She is dying among
friends
There is a strange parallel in some
respects in the lives of the dying kai-
serin and Charlotte. The former has
seen her husband and Oldest son fee
from their country, fugitives from the
people they once led. She has known
the suicide of another son. She has
stepped from one of the most bril-
liant courts of Europe nito the life
of a recluse.
Charlotte accompanied Macmillan,
of what was then the reigning Aus
trian house of Hapsburg, to Mexico
City, where he established his ill-fat-
ed empire. Charlotte reigned with
Macmillan over Mexico, maintaining
a court that was almost fairylike in
its childish grandeur Then, at the de-
mand of the United States, the French
troops, which maintained Macmillan
on his uncertain throne, were with
drawn Charlotte fastened back to Eu-
rope. While she was pleading her lost
cause her royal husband was stood up
against wall and shot.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-08
CHAMP CLARK is
CALLED BY DEATH
IDOL OF CONGRESS DIES Ar
TER BEING MEMBER OF
THE HOUSE 20 YEARS.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Death has
reached out and claimed Champ Clark,
veteran democratic leader and idol of
congress, on the eve of his own and
his party's passing from power.
He died here at 2 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon in his seventy-tlrst year
and within two days of his retirement
from the house of representatives at
ter a service OF twenty-six years.
His death marks the passing of one
OF the most picturesque and best loved
figures in the national public life.
Up to ten days ago, when he devel-
oped a severe cold, Mr.. Clark had
shared activity in proceedings of the
house as democratic leader.
To his last conscious moments the
former speakers mind was engross-
ed with memories of his long legiS-
lative career Just before he lapSed in
to final Inconsistencies those at his
bedside heard him whisper, "the ques-
ton is on the adoption of the confer
ence report"
The body was sent to the old home
in Bowling Green, Mo-, where the
former speaker had expected to retire
after the end OF his congressional SER
vice
Mr.. Clark presided over the house
throughout the world war, relinquish-
ing the speakership after eight years,
when the republicans gained control
last year as a result of their victory
in the 1918 congressional elections. He
then was chosen as democratic leader
in the house.
The former speaker first was sent to
congress in 1892, and after serving
one term he was defeated for re-elec-
ton Two years later, however, he
was again returned to congress and
had served continuously since that
time He soon became national
figure and was chosen speaker when
the democrats gained control of the
house during the last year OF Presi-
dent Taft's administration.
Champ Clark was the leading can
didate for several days for the dem
ocratic nomination in the Baltimore
convention, which finally nominated
Mr. Wilson after being deadlocked for
nearly a week. He had clear MAORI
ty OF all the votes on many ballots,
but was never able to secure the nee
essary two-thirds
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-08
ROOT RIOTS DAMAGE MILLIONS OF
BUSHELS OF CORN EVERY YEAR
Specialists Advise Ger
for This Year

taken out, unrolled and inspected. The
appearance of the sprouts is guide
to the quality of the seeds. If more
than one seed shows signs of infec-
ton the infected ear is thrown out. II
the farmer has enough corn it is best
to throw out an ear for single bad
kernel.
Destroying the Stubble.
Root rot is carried over in Stubble,
and every effort should be made to de-
stroy or plow under as much stubble
as possible. Increasing the fertility OF
the soil and crop rotation have also
been found beneficial. One difficulty
about rotation as remedy is that root
rot affects corn and wheat and in many
localities is always present on the
farm. For this reason the department
is anxious that rag doll germinators
be put into general and intelligent use,
and the season started with clean seed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-08
oLD-TudE COLD CURE
DRINK HOT TEAl

Get a small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea at any pharmacy. Take a
tablespoonful of the tea, put cup Of
boiling water upon it, pour through
sieve and drink teacup full at any
time during the day or before retiring.
1t is the most effective way to break
a cold and cure grip, as it opens the
pores of the skin, relieving congestion.
Also loosens the bowels, thus breaking
up cold.
Try it the next time you suffer from
a cold or the grip. 1t is Inexpensive
and entirely vegetable, therefore safe
and harmless.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-08
RUB RHEUMATISM FROM
STIFF ACHING JOINTS
Rub Soreness from joints and muscles
with a small trial bottle of old
st. Jacobs Oil
Stop dosing" Rheumatism.

Stop dosing rheumatism.
It's pain only; not one case in fifty
reouires internal treatment. Rub sooth-
ing, penetrating :tSt. Jacobs Oif' right
on the ''tender spot" and by the time
YOU saw Jack Robinson-out comes the
rheumatic pain. "St. Jacobs OiP' is
a harmless rheumatism cure which
never disappoints and doesn't burn the
skin. 1t takes pain, soreness and stiff.
ness from aching joints, muscles and
bones; stops sciatica, lumbago, backache,
neuralgia.
Timber upl Get 35 cent bottle OF
old-time, honest "St. Jacobs Oil" from
any drug store, and in moment you'll
be freq from pains, aches and stiff
ness. Don't suffer! Rub rheumatian
away.