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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-05-26

the engine headlight showed us the
remains Of the old saw-mill camp "
ing, in q little pocket-like valley from
the sides Of. which all the mill timber
had been cut. The camp had been
long deserted. There were perhaps a
dozen shacks of all sizes and shapes,
and with a single exception they were
all dilapidated and dismantled, some
with the roofs falling in.
The one exception was the stout log
building which had probably served as
the mill-gang commfssary and store.
The ties at this end of. the line were.
so rotten with age that our engine
was grinding good half Of them to
powder as she edged up, and a little
below the switch that had formerly
led in to the mill, Kirgan gave Gorcher
the stop signal. j
After We had piled of, there wasn't
any question. raised as to what We
should do. Kirgan had taken "A ham
mer from Gorcher's tool-box, and he
was'the one who led the way straight
across the little creek and up the hill
to the commissary. s.s ts4
], When we reached the building we
found the windows all boarded up and
the door fastened with a strong hasp
and bright new brass padlock-the
only new thing in sight. Kirgan swung
his hammer just once and the lock
went spinning off down the slope and
fell with a splash into the creek. Then
he pushed tile door open with his foot,
and showed In; and for just one half
second I was afraid to follow afraid
Of what we might find in that gloomy
looking log warehouse, with its blinded
windows anil locked door. IS II
While I was nerving myself and
stumbling over the threshold behind
Kirgan with the lantern, l heard the
boss voice. and 1t wasn't the voice Of
any dead man, not by a long shot {!
From what he said, and the way he
was trimming it up with hot ones.
1t was evident that he took us for
some other crowd that he'd been
cussing out before. NJ
The light Of the lantern showed us
long room. bare Of furnishings, and
dark and musty from having been
shut up so tight. In the far end there
were a couple of hunks built against
the log wall. On what had once been
the counter of the commissary there
was a lot Of canned stuff and box
Of crackers that had been broken open,
and on a bench by the door there was
a bucket Of water and tin cup. a
The boss was sitting up In one Of
the hunks, and he was still tearing off
language in strips at us when we
closed on him. He recognized Klrgan
first, and then Gorcher. I guess he
couldn't see me very well because
1 was holding the lantern. When
he found out who we were, he
stopped swearing and got up out of
the bunk to put his hand on Mart
Kirgan's shoulder. That was the
only break he made to show that he
was man, like the rest Of u.s., The
next minute < he was the big boss
again. rapping out his orders as If he
had just pushed his desk button to
call us In. s55,
You've got an engine here, / sup
pose?" he snapped, at Kirgan. .Then
We'll get out Of this quick. What day
Of the week Is it?" ..t-
told him It was Friday, and by
his asking that, I knew he must have
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-05-26
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Dods
sy .a4t sonDas.y chsawk. n.pns
snSIs which would
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apart from her
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-05-26
T Kirgan's arms and sort Of half tainted,

klrgan's arms and sort Of half tainted,
It seemed. 80. an.
Because. when I came to, right good
again, Kirgan had me up on, the fire.
mans box, with an arm around me to
hold me there: Billy Gorcher was on
the other side of the cab, niggling at
the throttle; and the light engine was
clicking It OF about fifty miles an
hour on the straight piece Of track
between Portal City and Arroyo.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-05-26

NorcroSe.
quarters force. He was young fell
low named Tarbell, who looked and
talked and acted like cow-punch just
in from riding line. He was carried on
Mr.. Van BIRTHS payroll as an extra" or
''relief' telegraph operator; though we
never heard of his being sent out to
relieve anybody.
! sized this new young man up,
right away, for Especial" Of some
sort. and the proof that was right
came one afternoon when Ripley
dropped in and fell into chair to fan
himself with his straw hat like man
who had just put down load that he
had been carrying about mile and Q
half farther than he had bargained to.
''Thank the Lord, the last Of those
injunction suits is of the docket" he
said, drawing a long breath and wag-
glng his neat little head at the boss.
'I'fl say one thing for the Hatch pe0-
pie, NOrcrOss; they're stubborn fight
ers." 4
We'll beat EN-" predicted the boss.
They've got to let go. How about our
G. s. & w. friends? Are they still
game?"
"Fine!" asserted the lawyer. ''The
stock Is over-subscribed everywhere,
now, and G. 8. & w. is q going concern.
The building boom is on. I venture
to say there are over two thousand
mechanics at work at the different
centers, rushing up the buildings for
the new plants, at this moment. You
ought to have monument, Norcross..
It's the most original scheme for
breaking monopoly that was ever
devised"
The boss was looking out Of tho
window sort Of absently, chewing on
his cigar, which had gone out.
"Ripley, wonder what you'd say if
should tell you that the idea is not
mine?" he said, after q little pause.
"Not yours?"
mo; 1t, or at least the germ Of IT..
was given to me by q woman; a wo-
man who knows no more about busi-
ness details than you do about driving.
white elephants"
'I'd like to be made acquainted with
the lady" said Ripley, with tired.
little smile. "Such gems are too
valuable to be wasted on mere lumber
yards and fruit packeries and grain
elevators and. the like"
'You'll meet her some day." laughed
the boss, with q sort Of happy Tilt In
his voice that fairly made me sick
knowing what did; and knowing that
he didn't know 1t. Then he switched
the subject abruptly: "About the
other matter. Ripley: know you've
been pretty busy. but you've had Tar
bell; nearly week. What have you
found out7'
Ripley briefed the general situation
as It stood on the night Of the engine
theft In a few terse sentences. Aside
from the fight on Red Tower Con-.
solidated, the new railroad policies
were threatening to upset all the time
honored political traditions Of the I
machine-governed state. An election
was approaching, and the railroad
vote and. influence must be whipped
into line. As the grafters viewed 1t. {;
the threatened revolution was q one s
man government, and II that man
could tbe removed the danger would
vanish. ~ Il X & II 85f M
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$enrp SGud emil Sdld
Sermann
Warmor =:6rauitutrf
Schuch Bros

Sermann, D1 o {.
Iteine uIfp. aus @rnnit unb Mar.
NOR; ebenfaIs einfaiiunsen fir
@rGber ODER SamiIienpIdse. Stets
cine eroBe 4uspubl fertiger Nonu.
mente oil SanO. ghtr Dos bette
MntcrioI miro ecbroudt. Sreiie
nic6rig unb 3ufrieoenbeit garantirt.
6u6 9ros.
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|rasS sr6ftc GisfaGrif

mar bas lebte 3oprnberOrittcl n1o
ben aalt3cn 9e3ember bitlour6 IN
poIlem 8ctrieb: Die MoIbou tlGll'
lid. Scr SIrB mar 3ugeiroren,
nno Ero9 genoB Oie 6reuoen oieicS
8iuter ; Goriduiic$. Die GiS9ofer
uermciicn ibrc 6elOGr auf Dem giS'
ipicgeI ul1n ibIngen SalGlc binein,
i~duurgcrabc, oaB iie ieOem @conte'
ter @brc MAIDEN piirOcn. Die frei'
geitIagencn, id0u redtedigell, lnn'
gen 6clOcr merocn tpie rielige 6loBe
nit Changer Dem rfer 5ugei6obcn,
in ser 01be oes 2an0eplaBes nit
funltgeredten 9eilbic6en in Inter.
feGoer gcteiIt, oieie pieocr in nod
fleincrc stiidc' uno bieie enolid on
2a1lo gc5ogerl, no Die SofeIn iucitcr
serfIeincrt mo auf berettitcGetoe
6itbrlpcrfe geIaben wcroen, Die Die
bod minfomnlenc 2oit - Gistdbrt'
fen in unierm Gimme gibt eS bier
nidt Den GisfeIlern Der Staot
Sufobren. Mon fam iid) oOrItel.
len, mas oieier minterlide Segcn
ocs SIliIeS fir Sen 9etrieb mo dc
@eIlmOhcitSpflege elmer groBen
StoSt beOelttet. gber ollh Sport
uno gcrgniioeu fommen nift 81
furs. Gqllm lit oa8 GiS tragf1big,
10 itedcn .gooenluudercr" riCii9c
Qra6rote oils GisIdufpldte ab, uno
tper sort Iaufen iuia, muB ibrcn eli
ne @ooenrentc fir Die @cnuBltrg
oes TInbcS be5oblcn, Den ite nler'
biies nid)t MIR ein5altuer, ionoern
artd bier uno oo einmal abfcbren,
10 Dab audi elm Scilhcn grbeitS'
rette i'm GintrittsgelO itedt. aotlnlt
gar nod cine 9rebor9eI binBu, 10
lit aud, bier .oes SolfeS wa6rer
Sinmrl". Snbeiicu, pieIe LAUREN
liebcr onBcrbalb. film uno inctii,
gecn9t, ouf Dem pcitcn Gtsfclo oes
StromcS, armperidllm9en nit elmer
@efGbrtin. raraht'S Gleid, brid,f's
Dod) nidt, bridt's gleidL brift's
lid)t nit Dir, iast Der iadperltdn
Otge erobc 8eimarcr BON iolG leid)-
fem Son5 auf Dem giie.
..~ -
Ole bette 8obltdtigfeit 1T oas
Serbiiten ibrer Rottuerbigfeit
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Sdiuei5er SunO seiitiscr Trbeitcr.

Sn Sern tpuroc fir Die SdJtpcis
cin 9l,no 9ciitigcr grbciter gegriiu.
bet. an Der Spite itcbt BrnfcIIor
&~0tliSbergcr, @crn; "a &ercine nit
10000 Mit9Iicoer bobcu iid ange.
Idlloiien. Ger 9un6 entbGlt 9erufS.
Gcielidaften (Ner3te, Nrhitcftcn.
Stgcuricrlrc, Sdriftitcacr, Sourno.
liitcn, 8iiicniGaitler, 8iinItler
uip.) obne gin5cImltglieSer unO lit
britrcbt, guns oagcmcin fir Die
geiitigcn @rbeiter beiicren 8cdS.
ifuB 81 erInrgen un6 Die SlteI.
lettucller materieQ gu ii6ern. Sic
BreIic tritt fir Den 9un0 Elm ui6
DeM berpor, OnB Die Rot oieies
Stan6es in Ser Sdpri5 5tpor uidt
10 groB lei ais in 9eutiflano trno
Geiterreif, no itd Oie Ginfiinfte
Ger gciitigen 9lrbciter nit ben Sob.
zen unolialifi5ierter Grbeiter nift
meiicn f6nuteu, trobOem iei aud
III Ser Sdtpci5 ser 3uIammertidIuB
n0tia.
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Sermanner soltsblatt,
@raf grintins g., Serausseber.
Sermsuu, IO.

Entered as Second Class Matter Week
ly at Post Office, Hermann, Mo-,
Under Act of Congress, March 8,
1879.
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German 81. 2.

@orgen (Snmstog) miro bic
S6ltlc I'M pberen 2ittle Berger 81.
thrift lire SdGuBfeier abbalten.
Sri, Wortba 2infe, bon Sones.
burg, befinoet lid bier ouf 8eiltf
bei Scr SontiIic Socob aroettIi.
IrnoI6 Seinlein bot feline SGge.
miibIe nod Scr 6orm 6es Noltl
gfotenboller gebrodt, no CT 9ou,
9ol5 iGgcn miro.
Wortin G~necIbrcd)t, bon 9rofc.
mar Iebten Sonntog bier ollf Be-
Iltd bel icineln Sobne SenrD g. On.
9cl6redt.
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Sreitas, ben s. gpril 1921.
San.

Soitor S. Sc. Sertel uub @attin
reiIten Ietten Routag 51 einem r1ebr.
tpS6entliden 9eillde ra6 ct. 2ollis
rmb ct. Charles.
Cine i6One lteberraIdung murbe
AM Sonntog bem Srganiiten uno
gboroirigenten Ser ct. 8otls Sc.
meinoe bel 8ap, 500, Serrn Sronf
8ri6nlann uno ieiner @attin, berei.
tet. Sin 0ieiem Gage tuaren es s
Sabre, oIS Serr uno 5ror 9uid.
mann, Sen 8uno fiirs 2eber iGIoi.
fen. gtuBer Ben Gbormitglieoern Ser
@emeinOe, botten iid nod biele
Sreunoe Oes lieben gaares eingefun.
Den, 1lm ouf bieie @eiie ibren be.
liebten, SrgoniItet 81, ebren. Ser
Gbor trug berrli6e 2ieocr Dor uno
70 floB Die 3eit ihnelI babin inter
ben &ldngen frober 2ieber. 8alb
mabntc Die llbr oie @GIte gum gltfs
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School Of journalism In Philippines
Maniia.-A school Of Journalism, the
first In the Far East, has been estab-
iished at the University Of the Philip
pines, In Manila.
Admission to the School of Journal.
Ism is limited to third and fourth year
students who have shown marked
ability in the use of English. The
course is open to both men and wo-
men. A class Of about 80 registered
Mt the opening Of the journalistic
course.
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brltd unb SeOermonn berlieB baS
Seim ibreS licben Sreuuoes nit Dem
@uni6e:
nWf0e' er nod longe le6er,
Sid Ser @enninoe tpcibn;
Soft iegne fem 9eItrebct
lln0 from cs nit @eoeibn!"
ant Somstag bcgaben ii6 bon
bier ans 8icle nod Dem Zone @ropc
S6ulbauie Tim Den S6luBfeierli6.
feiten bei5unobnen.
2ouiS Sod lnD 6ornilic waren
ON Sonntog 5ll 8oit bel Der so.
miIic 8rnnf 8uifmann.
Geo. Stoenner unb Sronf @ol-
oeder untcrnabmen lcbte ISOLDE cine
@ei6GftsreiIe nod ct. 2oltis, bon
mo aus Serr 8oloeder Elm reltes
6orb gllto nit nod Soltie brafte.
Die ct. Souls SonntaeidrIe miro
ant 5. Moi ibr j6brIides Gicnic
obboIten.
Cine a6i6iebs- 8artp 6u Gbren
bon Sbeo. 2atuG fano lebte ISOLDE
in Der @obnlung 6es s. 9. @epcr
Itatt.
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dependence without further delay.
Congressman King is one Of an in
creasing number of Republicans In the
House who are urging quick action
on Philippine independence. Mr..
King is the author of a bill which pro-
vides that within one year the Philip
pine government, under presidential
proclamation, may assemble a conven-
ton and frame a constitution.
After the constitution is ratified by
the Filipino people the President may
recognize the Philippine islands as "a
separate and self-governing nation
The transfer of authority Is to be
completed. within one year. Provision
is made for safeguarding American In
vestments In the Philippines and for
the providing of coaling stations and
submarine bases In the Islands by the
United States.
Word from the Philippines is that
the people expect early independence
anG will be sorely disappointed IL they
do not get It. saH
mo nation has the right" said Con-
gresham King ito hold another people
In peonage, even though it may be
argued by the pro~fessoriate that the
condition is simply one Of 'tutelage.'
"a little more observance Of the
golden rule In national and interna-
tional affairs would soon dlspel that
desire for exploitation, the fiercest foe
Of freedom in the world today.
when we went to the Philippines
we declared before the whole world
that we were not actuated by any self
ish desire of conquest or territorial
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, but solely by humani-
tartan impulses"
Congressman King called attention
to the fact that Filipinos are now
raising funds to erect a monument to
Admiral Dewey, which he said was In
directly a tribute to the American peo-
pie as we'll as to Dewey. He recalled
the cable that Dewey had sem to
President Mckinley, which was as
follows:
"In my opinion these people Gill
pinos) are superior In intelligence and
more capable of self government than
the natives of Cuba, and I am familiar
with both"
Congressman King then recited the
preamble to the Jones law, passed
August 20, 1915, and declared 1t was a
definite pledge of independence. The
preamble stated ut is as 1t has always
been the purpose Of the people of
the United States to withdraw their
sovereignty over the Philippine Islands
and to recognize their independence as
soon as a stable government can be
established therein"
Congressman King stated there was
no question but that the F%ilipinos had
established the specified stable gov
eminent and, therefore, 1t Is the
solemn duty of the United States to
grant the promised independence.
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CONGRESSMAN
FAVOR FILIPINO
INDEPENDENCE

Washington.-"Th
appointed hour Is
here let the Phil
ippines he free"
This was the key
note of a speech by
Congressman Ed
ward J. King OF Illi-
nois, (~Republican)
In which he review
ed the American oc-
cupation of the Is
lands from the first
day to the present
time. He declared
that t U Unite
States was honor
- $1,000
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Discussing Philippine independence,
the governor general said:
II can see in the future a very
beautiful vision. When the flag of
the Philippine republic shall be hoist.
ed, when the Stars and Stripes will
come floating down to the strains Of
The Star Spangled B~anner-that flag,
Old Glory, so rich in happy and hon
cradle achievements, will be made
doubly dear because it will mean that
the United States will have kept its
word to the people Of the Philippine
Islands"
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,Moannbailbfr' Rrftaitnu-
8rn.
Sin yilbdcn ans Oprgei6idtliden
ueitliden Sagen.

tueitlidcn Sa9en.
@eitere Soridungcn i'll Den Tia.
den tiinIilifcn @iigcln DER yMpun6
builders" pOrgeidiatIider Bet, i'm
bciltiggt GtittcIweitcn gmcrifas, ria.
den gltte 6orti1rittc. lleber cine
9cgrQbnis' uno 8otteSoienit StGtte
folder Art IN Sflaboma - i~i6rigcns
mir cin cin5iges 8eiipieI - miro
rieleroings II. a. geidrieben:
Gin mittelS 8rGben oiiengelegter
@robIacI 5ei9te Die 9tcitc pom nid)t
tpcniGcr als do iogenunlten 9Inoel.
Seltattungert ln0 MIR 9 "@eltattltll.
gen ilu GIeii6", iopcit ole OurdIiu.
dung 9ebt. 8ei Den 9iinOeI.9e-
%grdbniiien mIlrocn Die Sfelete aus.
elnonOcr9crilien, un0 je 2 bis 4 i'll
elm @ilnoel gepadt. Nile 8iiuGcl
ipilrOen muf Elm iorgidliig bergerid).
teteS Sett bon abmed)icln0en Sd)id).
ten go%lofarbcnen mo bearoten San.
pes gcIc8t, bic obne 3lpeifeI Don be.
inllocrcr 8coelttung bel Den 3ere.
morien luaren. Pile @cbcine taqen
BON Norheu nod Siiocn. 9ieic
Sdid)t mar etpa 10 SUB lang utlo
5 SUB brett. Mallhe aloerc aber
mO9en iif friiber IN Dem Mouno
beflulOen bobcn ln6 Dem Sclter
altSgcieBt poroen fem.
Sings berltm iuaren Die Spl.
rem bon 6cl1er 5obIreidL b~eionoers
anf mcDrcren iteiucrnen alt6ren.
Guf 0ieien iparcn bieIe Sotenopier
gebraft poroen. inter 3eremonien,
iiber Die iid) nid)ts n6beres mebr
feltiteIlen lGBt.
aber bas nift alein, - man
fanO in Der optic Oes Siigels baIb-
nerbrannte Weniheltgebeine in pobl.
erbaltenen &obleu aus GidenboIa;
unO ale In5eiben oeuteteu baraltf
BIN 0aB arnte @cfan9ene bel lebeu.
oigem 2eib perbrannt tporoen pa.
rem, I'M, elmer meitperbreiteten Dor.
itealng Ser &iigelcrbauer entiprc.
6enO, mo aud) pieler anoerer llr.
a1nerifoner uin., Den Seelen Der ee.
falenen Srieeer mo bermitltd nod
nnoerer @eItorbenert, 6urnal oorneb-
merer &laiieu, arf ibrer Meiie mad,
Den rgliidie4igen Sagogcfilben"
0tenite 51 errueiien.
9ie oben ~ertp1bnten 5pei SteIette,
Die lin Sleiid" beitattet Woroell
tuorcn, itammten allen anseifetl
nod aus ip1terer 3eit, oils Die 8e.
beine Der 9itn0el.9 egrdbniiie, oh.
ipobl iie ebenfnas alien 0otlims ma
rem. IS lit oo5 pabrIfeinIid)Ite,
oaB bie 9etreffenoclL p6breno Ole
@rbarulng oes Siigels int @ange
ipor, zines natiirliden Eooes itar'
ben, nesbolb Damn Die 2eiden melt
obcn I'M @itgel fir iif aaein begra
ben tpurOcn. Die 9eine iinO, lpit
bielfah iibltcb geineicn, biz sum ainr
bera4ige8agen.
Nile @ebeine aber 5cigten iebr
meitgebenoc 3eriebun9, - ia in fol.
dem MaBe, ooB iie iofort Bel Der
SeratSbcf6roerung an Die frii6e
2ltft nit tinem @rbdltrngs' unO
GerbGrtrngs s6lui6um bebonoelt per,
Sen mlBten, Inn nod fir 8or'
ihungS3pedc ipeiter bertpenbet per'
0cn 81 f0nnen.
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Nusfnnft in Sentider sprads,

9as ausfunftsbiiro in oeutider
Sprade gibt bereitmilIigIt uno 70.
ltenlos aitsfunft iibcr ollie Die @nn.
DISCRIMINATING betreffenbe angeIe.
genbeitcn, 0ffentli&es @efunbbeits.
peIen, SoIbatcn. un6 Natroienon.
geIegenbeiten, @eietecbune, arbei.
teroerbdltniiie, DECENTRALIZATION, Gin.
panberune, Iustpouberline, Steucr.
fueien, Reiiepdfie, graiebuugspeien,
II. {. IN. anfroeen fino ait riftpn
on @erman9 ipifion Bureau
Of 6oreign Language Snformation
Serbice. american Ne0 Gross. 1874
@oIt, 2Stb Street, Retp gorf, q. q.
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ASKS INDEPENDENCE
FOR PHILIPPINES

Manila. Fran
els Burton Harri-
son, former gov
n general of
the Philippine Is
lands, offered to
tender his resig-
nation lgh t e e n
months 6 upon
condition that the
Secretary of War
r e o m m e n d to
President Wilson
that a Filipino be
appointed his sue
cessor. He made
the offer while In
W a shi t o n In
101n
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gticunon0 lit mebr SfIabc aGS Der,
Ser iid fir fret 9GIt, obnc ca AT
iein.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-31
YO HO, LADS, HO!
THEY'RE OFF TO
DIVE FOR GOLD

New York, Aug. 31.-Bound
on a quest for more than a mil
lion dollars in sunken treasure,
the steam trawler Ripple was
plowing south today, headed
for Cape Charles, Va, and the
submerged wreck of the Ward
line steamer Merida.
The Merida was sunk in
about thirty-five fathoms OF
water on May II, 1911. in a col
hsion with the steamship Ad-
miral Farragut. Her cargo in
cluded gold and silver bullion
valued at from 81, ,000, 900 to 81
coo, 600 which she was trans
porting from Savannah to New
York.
The Ripple's salvaging expe-
dition is the second undertak-
en-. The first effort was made
in 1916, and was reported to
have been financed by James
A Stillman, banker, and Percy
Rockefeller.
Converse D. West, broker,
who Is one OF the hackers OF the
present expedition, declared he
believed the Ripple had a good
chance Of recovering the treas
ure.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-31
IRELAND T0TTERS ON BRINK OF civil WAR
McCaskrin Appeals to
Commerce Commission
To Stop One-Mau Cars

| fight to bring about final settlement
of the issue.
Company Has Statement
John G. HuEtoon, vice president
of the company, in a statement this
morning relative to the Cne-man
operation of stret cars said:
ut is not through choice, but
necessity that we are seeking td
install one-man cars on the lines
on this side OF the river. A situa-
ton has developed which requires
substantial reduction in operat-
ing expenses or we face abandon
mcnt of the service. That is all
there is to it No ordinary econom-
les will effect the salvation of the
business. 1t would not be a drop in
the bucket in comparison with our
losses.
We are not seeking to oppose
anybody. We have no fight, we do
not want to be forced into the
courts with the people. If we are,
there will be nothing left but to de-
fend ourselves, and judging by the
court action on the Davenport side,
we would have nothing to fear. But
we have not sought this way of
doing things On this side of the
river, because we have always
found the people and their muni-
cipal representative fair, and after
all, the peaceful way to settle all
agreements is the better Just
give US fair deal. We are merely
trying to keep the street car sys-
tenn in operation. We are not at
tempting to install dinky or bob
tail cars, or whatever you may call
them. We propose to use the pres
ent equipment as we are doing in
Davenport.
Poor Mans Carriage.
THE argument that the one-man
car occasionally holds up other
traffic We feel is exaggerated, but
even at that, il should be remem-
bered that the street car is the poor
mans carriage, and the fortunate
owners of automobiles, should con-
cede it some rights on that account.
However, we are still perfecting
and simplifying devices that will
speed up the loading process. One
of these is a ticket scheme that will
afford an advantage and saving to
the car rider and stop the delay in
making change on the platform.
The one-man cars not only mean
the continuation of the street car
service in Rock Island and Moline,
but better pay for the car operator,
and less fare for the passengers"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-31
TWO KILLED AS
train HITSAUTO
Mrs. C. Fl. Keaton, Mrs. Mary Bous-
man Craig Instantly Killed
William Craig, ii, Hurt

Granite City, Ill, Aug. 31.-CUnit-
ed Press. 1.-TWO women were in
stantly killed and boy injured
probably fatally, when the automo-
bile in which they were riding was
struck by Wabash passenger
train here today.
The dead:
Mrs. C. H. Keaton and Mrs Mary
Bousman Craig.
Mrs. Craig's II year old son, VIII
liam. suffered a fractured skull and
may die.
The car was being driven by Mrs
Craig and the women were enroute
to a hospital where Mrs. keaton
daughter was to undergo an opera
ton.
The fagman warned Mrs Crale
Of the approaching train and she
shut off her engine and appheo tne
brakes but her foot slipped on
the car gliding onto the rails. Inc
machine was demolished.