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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-04
PAT PRACTICED
HIS PREACHING
ON MOONSHINE

Breckenridge, Mimi, Aug. A
Pat Brawders, 81, last week declar-
ed tine fellows that make moon
shine should be shot, and the fel-
lows that drink it should shoot
themselves.
Today his charred body awaits
burial, following its recovery yes
terday from a burned haystack,
ipto which ne had crawled, then
set it on fire and shot himself. He
is said to have been drinking.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-04
MARINE DECREASE.

;. new York, Aug. 4.-The Interna-
uonal Mercantile Marine company
50 so ITS subsidiaries earned S12.-
sssl7S in 1920-a decrease of s4,-
sso-'fo3. as compared with figures
vi 1918. said the annual report
ssae public today. The company's
g.ad surplus was given as SAP
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-04
SOLDIER BONUS
GETS BIG VOTE

81 Louis, Mo. Aug. 4.-Incom-
pete Official returns from Tues
Va! 5 statewide election, today in
Ics'ed the four proposals voted on
lag carried. 1t was indicated the
MS;a!ority for the $40 bonus for SOL
nefS Tor each month in service
would exceed 100000; for holding
. constitutional convention, $4,000;
Ho r payment of interest on the $780,
.vV'OV0 road bond issue out of the
ausomobile license fund, 100000;
aaQ' TO allow women to hold all
'tate offices. $4,000 The total vote
esst was estimated at 250,000.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-04
GIFT FOR TAT"
SAYS WIFE WHO
TELLS ON'MATE

Osseo, Mimi, Aug. 4.-Statifag
that her husband gave Information
that resulted in her being fined Slso
last week on a charge of manufac-
turing intoxicating liquor, Mrs Ma
thilda Wodtke yesterday expressed
herself as being delighted to tes-
tify against him on charge OF
assault and battery brought by Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Gigley-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-04
EXCHANGE CLUB
HEARS TALK BY
D. A. M'GREGOR

Psychology and Business" was
the subject of D. A. McGregor, rep
resenting the American College of
Scientific Salesmanship in Chicago,
the speaker at the weekly meeting
of the Exchange club at the Rock
Island club today.
Mr.. McGregor told the members
of the club the essentials of good
craftsmanship and pointed out the
requirements of a successful sales
man.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-04
ADAM RICE, AGED
rs YEARS, DEAD;
ILL A LONG TIME
Especial Correspondence

Erie, Ill, Aug. A. Adam Rice
died at his home in Erie at noon
Wednesday as the result Of an ill
ness with which he had been af-
fficteG since February. He was
nearly rs years of age, and is sur
vived by a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Shellhammer of Erie.
The funeral services will be held
at the home Friday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-04
THIRTEEN YEAR
old Bride SUES
Child Wife Alleges in Divorce Plea
That Husband Went With
Other Girls.

Noblesville. Ind, Aug. 4.-(Unft-
ed Press. IA 13-year-old bride in
her divorce suit filed here today
charged that her husband, Floyd
Moore, carried proposals of mar
riage to girls autographed, in his
pockets.
They have been married since
last May.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-04
BYNG To CANADA.

london, Aug. 4.-(United Press.)
lord Byng left London today for
.anada to become governor gen
"a OF the dominion.
ne departed from Euston Station
~ Liverpool, where he was to
"ard the Empress of France for
~ voyage to Quebec.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-04
ADJUSTMENTS
At The Fort Armstrong.

Realart is even hiring stars to
support their stars Local thea
TRIGGERS who follow the films were
surprised when Don't Call Me Lit
tie Girl opened at the Fort Arm
strong theatre last night to see
Ruth Stonehouse in the supporting
cast of this picture. in which Mary
Miles Minter is the star Local
fans" will recall her work in The
Slim Princess" and ''The Crimson
Wing" with Francis X Bushman;
THE Alster Case" with Bryant
Washburn; Darling Dandy" with
Dick Travers; Love Never Dies"
Little Queen of Nowhere Land, ="
Fighting for Love-" Follow the
Girl" 1.-The Master Mystery" and
1.-The Masked Rider" Recently.
however, Miss Stonehouse has been
going in for character parts, not
because she is growing either old
or unlovely, but because she finds
character interpretations interest
ing.
AIa-,-do- +bo Croaf 90 cofd N
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-04
SCRAP OF PAPER
WAS TORN SEVEN
LONGYEARS AGO

Brussels, Aug. Admitted Press-)
Seven years ago today Germany
tore up "a scrap of paper.
A public holiday was declared
Belgium in memory of
the day Germany invaded, to strike
at France.
Church bells tolled all day long
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-04

Browns Business college will
have their fall opening Sept and
6. Send for the new catalogue if
you are interested. Phone r. 1.
1874.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-04

If you are interested in a bust
ness college course, write in to
Browns Business college for their
new catalogue New classes start
Sept. 5 and 6. Phone r. l. 1874.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-04

Alexander the Great Is said TO
have been buried in a gold cof-
fin
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-11
sANAToRIuM NEEDED.

zone of the most pitiable sights that
present themselves TO me as county
physician, said DIR. ]. II. Bickerstaff
yesterday, lis the spectacle of a tu-
berculosis victim who has gradually
spent his vitality trying to get well
and make a living for his family at the
same time. This can not be done. One
must have complete rest for a period
of time if there is any considerable
involvement of either lungs to enable
him to get well. Theoretically one can
get we'll at home just as well as in a
sanatorlum. But actually this is not
so. He will not follow the prescribed
discipline nor will he do many things
he should do and leave undone many
other things he should not do as he
will If in an institution for the treat
ment of tuberculosis. This is evident
from statistics showing that while
about 10 per cent of the known cases
remaining at home get well, ninety per
cent Of those who enter properly equip
ped sanatoria during the early stages
get well and return to work. Escam-
bia county's greatest health need at
the present time is a place where those
having this disease may be treated.
One of the important things pointed
out by DR.. Bickerstaff was the provi-
sion that there must be free wards for
INDECENT consumptives and pay wards
for the ones able to pay nominal fee,
thus instead of taking the patient from
the care of his family physician he
can continue to have the care of his
physician with whom he is acquaintz
ed just as If he had some acute ill
ness and had been taken to the city
hospital. He said further: This is
the first time the people Of Escambia
county have ever had an opportunity
TO secure provisions for the care of
their own people afflicted with con-
sumption. l hope there will be heavy
vote in favor of the hospital. 1t gives
the poor patient his only chance for
recovery and the well TO do patient as
good an opportunity as he can get
anywhere"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-11
TELEPHONE SYSTEM.

The annual report of the Bell Sys-
tenn, the American Telephone & Tele-
graph company is interesting in that
II shows the wide distribution of tele-
phone connections, the growth of the
organization and the return to some
thing approXimating pre-war efficien-
cy. While many exchanges are over
crowded and therefore give poor SER
vice, many others have been enlarged
or replaced and service is now excel
lent. At Pensacola a building pro-
gram which win provide for 20 years
of growth has been prepared and its
delay in being executed is due entire
ly to inability to borrow money az the
present time. This condition is ex-
pected to be remedied soon.
In his annual report, President II. B.
Thayer epitomizes those things which
have made the standards of the Bell
system in instruments, apparatus and
methods, standard tn world over.
The facts presented are of direct In
terest to the millions OF subscribers as
well as to 100000 stockholders. for
they forecast continuing policy of
service and business stability.
1t is shown that the organization
structure of the Bell system has been
the means of saving hundreds of mil
lions in first cost of telephone plant
and tens of millions in annual cost of
operating. besides protecting the serv-
ice from excessive profits that might
otherwise be exacted by manufactur-
ers, promoters of patents and others.
In calling attention to these and
savings, which have resulted from the
functioning of the Bell organization,
Hr. Thayer shows how the Bell sys-
tenn grew along Che only lines possible
for a nation wide utility operating un-
der state laws. The founders of the
business saw the logical and inevitable
need of many operating companies,
with a nationwide outlook and control
provided by a central organization CO.
ordinating the local operating compa-
MES. They planned the business struc-
ture for the nationwide utility which
the company has become and with
out which a nationwide system could
not have been achieved. Within ten
years of the first public exhibition of
the telephone, the working organiza-
ton of the business had taken sub
stantially the form which II has today.
Demands by the public for addition
al telephone service necessitated
large construction program, the execu-
ton OF which during tina arAatAr mart
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-11
By Ahern

his watch shut, and knew that he had
been timing me.
You certainly stretched that ten
minutes" he said ungraciously, as ne
took the bag from me and started in
the direction of the dining room.
An Unexpected Champion.
My heart sank as we came in sight
of the dining room door, for massed
in front of it was a grun.bling, jostl-
ing crowd Of people In fact, the lines
of men and women waiting for a
chance to get into the dining room ex-
tended far out along the corridor.
"Now just see what your internal
primping has done" Dicky growled
GROSSLY. "Everybody's rushed down
a seat for hours"
why, dear, / wasn't fifteen min
utes in the dressing ROOM" I replied,
my face flushing at his words.
/ looked around nervously, wonder
ing If any one of the bystauders had
heard him. The person 1 saw was an
aggressive looking, middle-aged wom-
an standing directly opposite me. who
was gazing at Dicky with Indignation
in her mien. That she had heard his
rudeness to me, and that she disap-
proved of it on general principles, I
knew from her demeanor.
did not know whether to be amused
or angry, when she lifted her voice and
spoke, ostensibly to her companion,
but, as I knew, in reality, at Dicly.
IL belle eve this is the worst crowd
ing I've ever experienced on this boat.
came down here exactly a half-hour
|ago'-she consulted the severely. prac-
tical little wrist watch on her arm
and" it was as bad or worse then than
it is now
She looked defiantly at Dicl1y as she
spoke, and L knew hat she meant her
little speech to squeIch his pretence
that our delay in getting dinner was
due to me.
Ito Be Continued)
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may enjoy himself. - Chattanooga
ADVENTURES OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

Soon the twins, accompanied by
Flippety- Flap, the fairyman, were on
their way to hunt the circus animals
Mind you, the whole lot of them had
escaped, having been set loose by the
gnomes.
Now, then, let's see," said the fairy
man, sitting down suddenly and look
ing at the sole of one OF his immense
shoes. 81 keep all my notes and mem
oranda here. It's so convenient. And
I've written down the name of every
creature that used to be in the Cir
cus-his address, too. But land knows,
| the names of some of 'en are so enor-
nous there wouldn't be enough shoes
In the world to hold one Of 'em. Take
the elephant, for instance, his name is
Raiah Singh Allah Dingh Moochapoo-
ira Lallahuggarstan."
What did you say?" asked Nancy.
Land O. goodness! 1 only say it
once a day." replied the fairy. ''The
circus people called him Squeak for
short"
"Why?" asked Nick.
"Say," grinned Flippety-Flap, "if
questions were dollars, I'd be able to
start a bank, shouldn't [? don't know
why.
"TIe lives at-well, he lives in a jun
gle near a river in a far-off country.
Now let's be Off"
Flippety Flap jumped to his feet and
took an enormous stride. 1t seemed
as though he must certainly have the
seven-league boots, for he was almost
out of sight at once.
Nancy and Nick told their Green
Shoes to follow the fairyman, and
instantly the faithful little servants
were whisking. the twins through the
air after the fast disappearing fairy,
like comets after the moon. Flippety-
Flap always kept one enormous step
ahead. Over rivers and hills and lakes
he led them, walking over water as
though it were solid ground. As for
the ocean, the. fairyman strobe right
over it, showing whales and icebergs
out of his path with his toes, like so
many pebbles.
Ito Be ContinuedD
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ted. at was a toss-up in my mine
whether to go over to that fat WON.
an there and ask to share her bologna
or to bring you down from the clouds.
Il am glad you decided upon the
latter course, said, rising, for, now
that think of it, am decidedly ready
for luncheon myself. If you'll just get
my small bag for me I'll take it il
the womens dressing room and fresh
en.up a bit"
Across Dicky's face flashed the
quick frown that I so dreaded. II
always shadows his countenance
whenever he is asked to do anything
that inconvenience him.
what under heaven do you need
the bag for?" he growled. 'T'n have
to go way down to the check room
after it and then come back up to the
dressing room. You look all right
What do you want to fix UP for lunch
con for?"
ooh, Dicky!" I protested, Mortified
my hair is almost blown down with
this wind-Tn1 fright 1 know. I sim
ply cannot go into the dining room in
this condition"
ooh, all right" Dicky returned sulk-
lily, suppose I'll have to, but it's con-
founded nuisance just the same"
"PII Be Ready"
AS I followed Dicky's protesting
back over the upper deck and down
the stairs to the saloon. l wished that
1 had put a few necessary articles in
large handbag, a relic of my teaching
days, and had carried it myself. I had
not done so because knew Dicky's
fastidious dislike of large handbags
but 1 might as well have annoyed him
one way as another, I felt, with a
touch of bitterness.
Near the door of the women's dress
ing room Dicky stopped, motioning me
to a chair.
Wait here" he said gloomily, while
I go down to the check room and bring
up the bag
He was back in a short time, hand
ed the bag to me with the muttereG
adjuration:
Now don't be all day primping. I'll
be back here in ten minutes"
I'll be ready" promised. But when
I opened the dressing room door ]
found 1 had my work cut out for me
if kept my promise. Six women and
five children were already in the
dressing room. The only place besides
the floor on which one could rest ones
bag was an old-fashioned walnut bu-
reau with deep drawers, evidently
used by the stewardess for linens. The
top of this was already occupied by
two bags, and the owners of the va
Uses were glaring at each other, as
each endeavored to appropriate all of
the space possible
As 1 emerged from the dressing
room, bag in hand, I saw Dicky snap
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-11
REVELATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY ADELE GARRISON.


How Strange Woman Indirectly Re-
proved Dict<y.
Would it be quite useless to ask
you to stop admiring the view and
think of anything so material as
luncheon? ?"
Dickys merry voice recalled me to
myself with a start. For fully half
an hour 1 had sat spellbound, so alb
sorbed in the brilliant autumn color
fngs of the wood crowned heights bor-
dering the Hudson that 1 had almost
forgotten Dicky's presence beside me.
Il do beg your pardon, Dicl1y,' / con-
tritely. Il am afraid I have been fear
fully remiss, but 1 can never resist this
view at any time, and as 1 have never
happened to see it before in the au-
tumn after the leaves have turned,
you can imagine I am not quite re-
sponsible."
Never are, are you, where scenery
is concerned?" Dicly returned, smiling,
but I thought I detected a thread Of
resentment running through both smile
and words. / had had enough ex-
perience with Dlcky's rather exalted
sense of his own Importance to know
that he resented my absorption in the
scenery but meant 10 give MN no
hint of my knowledge in my manner.
So to his query returned only a
noncommittal smile, and then, moving
my chair slightly, 50 that 1 could look
at the people seated along the side of
the rail. observed eareIessly.
81 don't wonder you feel hungry with
that array of lunch baskets before
YOU
Makes me ravenous," Dicky admit
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-11
The Horrors OF Prohibition
CHARITY
Rv eerton Braley


There's a poor little woman Just over
the way
Who sits in her window and sews
the whole day.
From dawn until darkness she sews
and she sews
Embroidering patterns on daintiest
hose.
She's pale and she's thin and she
doesn't look well,
And she's weary with work. ! can
easily tell
Eor life must be anything rather than
gay,
The poor little woman just over the
way.
Her form is anemic; it's evident that
Her foods not the sort that makes
anyone fat.
And think. as watch her. how fine
1t would be
II she could be sent to the mountains
or sea
To bask in the sun and to rest in the
air
And get back her color and comeli-
ness there.
IL rest would do marvels. you mark
what 1 say,
For that little woman just over the
way.
It's sad to glance over and watch her;
my eyes
Grow misty with tears as / sit and
surmise
How harsh life must be for that poor
little thing:
zer toll and her poverty just seem
To wiring
MY tenderest heart-strings. And since
that Is true
My course is made clear. there's but
one thing to do;
So I'm packing my stuff and I'm NOV
ing. today,
Who're / won't be seeing her over
.he wayl
Copyright, 1891, ". {. A.
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Of them have drifted to violence and
crime Certainly the newspapers, which
have been with and for the service
men always, are farthest from desiring
to throw any undeserved stigma upon
them and will further actively support
any campaign to prevent such injus-
tice.-St. Petersburg Times
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-11
FEARS ARE FELT
FOR OVERDUE BARK
(sy The Associated Pressi

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, March ~
Fears are entertained here for the
safety of the Norwegian bark Fiorino.
one hundred days out from Christian
send. She is commanded by Captain
Knudsen and has on board the cap
tain's wife and crew Of "a.
THE Fierino, bound for Newport
News in ballast. is said by shipping
men to have been due for several days
to load a general cargo for Norway
No word has been received from her
since she sailed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-11
PRESS COMMENT
Jealous Or Jokine?-

Jealous Or Joking7-
We can hardly make up our mind
whether the Los Angeles Times is jok-
ing or jealous, when it speaks of Mr..
Harding's visit to Florida. In an "ad-
visory manner" it tells him to beware
of rattlesnakes, red bugs, fleas,
sandflies, horseflies, mosquitoes, the
grampus, or mule killer" alligators,
the cotton mouth noccasin, and the
deadly coral snake!"
1t may be possible that Mr.. Harding
refusing to take the advice and do the
bidding of that California would-be
political whip, Hi Johnson, has mere
ly had thrust upon him the gratuitous
ignorance and misinformation Of a
writer who believes that knocking
your competitor boosts you.
The California papers know too
much of the truth about Florida to be-
lieve any of the rot said in the arti-
Gle referred to; but it may be they
hope to give the state a black eye in
the estimation of the more timfd ones
who will thereby become California
visitors.
The article concludes with this IF
Mr.. Harding will keep in urban sur
roundings he will not be much exposed
to these traditional infirmities of the
Florida sub-tropical welcome. Yet
should he venture into the country
side, as he doubtless will golfing, or
hunting for gophers, let the secret ser
vice men circle him on every side to
bear the brunt of the vermin attacks
so apt to come"
Some of the stuff in the article reads
like a bad attempt at humor., for in
stance: Then there are the red bugs
infinitesimal animals that travel in
groups Of millions out of the black soil
and up into the wayfarers leg, where
they burrow under the skin and smart
like the mischief. This can be amel-
iorated by rubbing the afflicted parts
with piece of salt bacon rind.
And the fleas. florida is noted for
its fleas. 1t is worse in this respect
than Mecca or Afghanistan. For the
heas, kerosene oil anointed on the body
at bedtime is said to be effective.
I'm addition. there are the mosqui-
toes, the sand flies, the deer flies and
the horseflies to be reckoned with, ac-
cording to the region and lateness of
ones stay. A Florida horsefly is about
the size OF a bumblebee, but it's sting
is ten times as poisonous. The deer
fly is not quite so bad. If it bites ybu
ON the brow, your brow and face win
only swell up to about eight times nor
NAL proportions, yet without pain, and
the bloating will wear away within
few hours. -
1.-THE sand flies are merely form of
stocky mosquito. and like the latter
can be subdued by smoke screens and
copious netting. A shotgun is a great
help when they come on in flocks,
out in the open. Moreover, there is a
grampus, or mule killer to be watch
ed out for. This is a sort Of crippled
tarantula, which is all the more saw
age from the deformity. The gram
pus has been known to kill a mule
simply by gnawing at it's hoof. Fortu-
nately it does not roam much fur
ther. north than Jupiter"
Ye gods! And to think our next
president braved all that merely to get
away from the more dangerous har-
assing pest, the California senator.
and those of his ilk who dared not,
for politics sake, venture into the
solid South!"-Tampa Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-11
Service Mans Good Name.

An appeal has been issued to the
newspapers of the country by secre-
tary OF War Baker, asking them to
guard against designating as 'ex-ser-
vice men burglars, hold-up men and
other criminals. without proner inves-
tigation. Mr.. Bakes declares that the
expression is becoming increasingly
common and that in many cases inves-
tigation would show that the criminal
had never been connected with the
nations armed forces.
Such an appeal would not have been
issued without circumstances to war
rant it, and if carelessness has devel-
oped along this line. 1t should be-
checked promptly. No greater wrong
could be done to the soldiers of this
or any country than to create the i'm
preston that any appreciable number
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-11

company on December T31, 1920, was
1S9,44S. an increase of 1888 during
the year. To this number should be
added some 10000 employees of the
Bell system, who are paying for stock
at the rate of a few dollars per month.
Approximately $4,000 other employees
are already stockholders of record.