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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-20
U. S. CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
HASMUCH TODO
Many Questions Affecting
Business World Will
Be Discussed.

Atlantic City. N. j.. April co.
Many questions at present agitating
the business world will come up for
discussion at the ninth annual meet
ing Of the chamber Of commerce of
the United States to be held in Allan
tic City April ~ to 20. A large at
tendance is expected.
The proposition to change the tar,
IT will be considered in these phases:
Should the tariff not be framed with
due regard to export trade sales or
the protection Of manufacturing in
the United States? Should the fact
that the United States now is a
creditor national alter the American
tartn policy with respect to protec-
ton? Should the United States tar
III offer trading or bargaining poss-
bilities for international commercial
treaties to encourage export trade i?
Should the United States tariff be lib
eral In its provisions in view OF the
American desire for liberality of tar
IN on the part of other countries?
A resolution favoring the holding Of
an exposition in Philadelphia in 1926
to commemorate the 15Oth anniver-
sary of American independence with
proper business, governmental and
foreign support, will be offered for
adoption.
Other Proposals.
Other proposals that are expected
to be acted upon by the convention
are:
Preparation of legislation calling
for an aeronautical code and the nee
essary machinery for its enforcement
PRONUNCIATION Of desirable and eco
nonic methods of adjusting CONNER
/! cial disputes and also offering reliet
! to the courts whose dockets are u.s.
! ually crowded.
Necessity that independent lines OF
communication, cables, ETC., be
promptly developed between the
United States and other countries.
Reconsideration of cuts in appro
export business will be in All-Ameri
can hands.
Adjustment Of laws relating to for
eign trade SO as to give merchant!
and firms competitive opportunit,
with the nationals of other countries
Creation Of federal highway com
mission to lay out and direct con
struction and maintenance. of an in
terstate system of highways
Modification. amendment or repea
OF all legislation that restricts the op
Grafton Of natural economic laws.
Adoption Of national budget sys
Development Of the American mer
1 chant marine and of ports on tn
Atlantic and Pacific.
Insistence upon proper treatmen
and facilities for American ships ii
foreign ports.
! Reduction of freight rates if ut ca,
be done without impairing railroa,
credit or efficiency.
Readjustment Of wages, valuation
taxes, cost Of production and cost o
living d"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-20
FARMERS UNION
SEEKS FREIGHT
RATE REDUCTION
Informal Hearing Held Be-
fore Interstate Com
merce Commission
Head Of Organization Says
Farmers Are On Buyers
Strike

Washington, April 20.-Immediate
freight rate reductions were urged to-
day by representatives of the National
Farmers Union at an informal hear
ing today before the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Members of the union from many
states we're present, headed by Ma
tional Secretary Davis. They told
the commission that besides reducing
the loss now sustained by the farmers
In the sale of their crops lowering
of freight rates would be a big
psychological factor in starting the
marketing Of farm products and a
general price reduction in other
lines.
On Buyers Strike.
Unable to market their own prod
ucts, the farmers, the spokesman
said. are virtually on buyers strike
as there is no prospect of conditions
improving in time to bring better
prices for next years crops. Members
of the commission asked for sugges-
tions that would make possible a re-
duction of freight rates in the face of
high prices paid by railways for
equipment and labor. Commissioner
McChord declared railways had lost
about $8,0O0,000 in operation during
the past year and asked whether the
solution of the present freight rat.
problem was not after all one for la
Dor. capital, shippers and the steeI
industry to solve rather than the
commission.
Money. labor and equipment are
Mr.. McChord asked Secretary
Davis whether with cheap freigh,
rates farmers could market theil
products at a. profit.
Possibly not" Mr.. Davis replied
but freight rate reduction would
be one factor and it would be foolish
to reject any plan that would reduce
the farmers loss simply because i
does not solve their whole problem"
Would Pay Taxes.
MIR. Davis added that il decrease.
in freight rates would not increas,
the volume Of business. of the rail
them, the farmers would rather pa,
1.-The railway deficit in tho form o
taxes than bear, the entire burden o
high rates as at present.
President MacSparron OF tn
Pennsylvania grange. declared tina
the present high labor costs resulte,
from efforts of railway executive
during federal control to prove gov
ernment ownership failure.
Officials of the national farmers
union said the president proba bl
. would be asked to call a conferenc
of shippers. labor and the railroa,
labor board, Interstate Commerc
Commission. steel and other interest
which furnish the, railroads supple
and bankers to discuss a yoluntar
!. readjustment 80 as to restore ~cor
merce to it's accustomed channel an
: give an impetus to business and agri
culture.
Such suggestion was put forwar
at the conference Of the farmers wit
the interstate commerce commission
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-20
PLEBISClTE FOR
ALAND ISLANDS
Is NOT FAVORED
League of Nations Dele.
gates Reported to Dis
approve of Plan.

Stockholm, April 20.-League Of
Nations delegates who have been
studying questions relative to the
future status of the Aland Islands
have decided plebiscitc should not
be arranged for the Inhabitants Of the
archipelago, says the Geneva corre-
spondent Of the Dagens Nyheter Of
this city. The correspondent states
he has learned from reliable sources
that the delegates report will be sub
m1tted to the league in few days
The leagues delegates are said by
the correspondent to have based their
decision on several grounds. among
them the following:
Only in recent years has there been
any improvement for union of the
Aland Islands with Sweden and con-
seQuently the desires in this direction
are thought to be Of passing char
acter; even now there is said to he
only a minority among the Swedes
which is outspoken in desire for a
union with Sweden; also the Swedish
inhabitants in Finland do not. it is
declared, wish TO see the number OF
Swc'ies IN that country diminished
which they think would be the case
if the Aland Islands we're joined tc
Sweden.
On the other hand, the delegates
are SAID to consider 1t necessary tha1
certain guarantees be given the popu-
! lation of the islands on the language
and trade questions. and it is forecast
that they will draw the attention o.
the leagues council to what they con.
slider the danger OF a .,xnture, coloni
zation Of Finnish immigrants on the
| islands.
The main object Of the delegates. i
is added. has been to establish {
good understanding among the people:
surrounding the Baltic sea and to les
sen the tension of the relations be
tween Sweden and Finland.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-20
WALKED THROUGH
SNOW 28 MILES TO /.
:. CLAIM HIS BRIDE

Chicago, April 2o.-The wedding of
Miss Catherine Wernie Of Greenville.
ILL.,, was not delayed last night at
Freeport because her bridegroom.
William A. Schneu, was ON train
blockaded by snow in Wisconsin.
Bchneu got of the train and walked
ss miles through the snow to claim
his bride, .--4
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-20
PREPARATIONS
CONFERENCE
NEXT SUNDAY
British and French Officials
Il to Meet at Hythe,
England.
Proposed Penalties to Be
Imposed on Germany
to Be Discussed.

Paris, April 2o.-British and
French military leaders will confer at
Hythe, England, next Sunday with
Premiers BRAND and Lloyd George,
it is said by newspapers here. Mar
shall Foch. General Weygand and
Field Marshal Sir Henry H. Wilson
will be. present, and Earl Curzon, Brit
ish secretary Of state for foreign af-
fairs, will take part in the converse
tons, which, it is declared. will re.
late to military penalties to be placed
on Germany in case she refuses tc
make feparation payments due or
May ]. =
Premier BRAND, it is declared b,
the Echo de Paris, will insist that the
British flag fly with the French tri'
color over the Ruhr district. The
newspaper says that in a letter tt
Prime Minister Lloyd George the
French premier has emphasized thu
Importance of unanimity betwee,
the French and British govern
ments
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-20
IOONIINu4u OH rage l.J
HARDING PROMISES
TO DELIVER ANOTHER
SPEECH IN NEW YORK

Washington, April 20.-President
Harding has accepted an invitation to
deliver an address in New York on
May 90 at an anniversary celebration
Of the New York Commercial one Of
the oldest newspapers in the country.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-20
PANAMA CONTINUES
TO MAKE PLANS FOR
WAR WITH COSTA RIGA

San Jose. Costa Rica. April 20
Panama continues to make war-hke
nrena narations along the Costa Rican
frontier. it is reported here. The
Costa Rican government. 1t is assert
ed. is ready to enter into negotiations
with Panama for the purpose of
reaching a satisfactory solution OF
the boundary dispute between the two
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-20
COVERNOR-ELECT OF
GEORGIA ADDRESSES
GOOD ROAD MEETING

Greensboro, N. G., April 2o.-Ad-
sresses OF Governof-elect Thomas W.
Hardwick Of Georgia, and ex-Gover-
nor +. w. Beckett Of North Carolina.
featured today the morning session
Of the ninth annual convention of the
United States Good Roads Association.
while Senator Charles E. Townsend
Of Michigan. author Of the Townsend
roads bill, was to be hears in the aft
srnoon. The sessions will be con-
eiuded today.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-20
THE WEATHER.

North Dakota-Unsettled and
colder tonight with probable rain
or snow In east and central I,or-
tions; Thursday generally fair,
except Somewhat unscttaed IN
east portions.
I Minncsota-Unsctt tonlSns
and Thursday; probably rain IN
cast and north portions; cooler IN
southwest portion tonight ana IN
south portion Thursday; frcsn 10
strong shifting Winds.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-20

Columbus. Ohio, April 2o.-six
hundred prisoners at the Ohio peni-
tentiary were recovering today from
a light attack of ptomaine poisoning
caused by the eating of preserved
parsnips at the noon meal yesterday.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-20
HEROES TWO
AMERICAS ARE
HIGHLY H0N0RED
Harding Delivers Address;
Says U. S. Ready to Fight
For Monroe Doctrine
Statue of Bolivar Unveiled
in New York; Washing
ton Statue in Venezuela

New York, April 2o.-The repub-
lies of North and South America
joined hands across the Caribbean
yesterday in two notable historical
events commemorating their heroes
who showed each continent the road
to liberty.
Amid the roar OF cannon and
plaudits of a distinguished gathering.
President Harding. at the bronze
equestrian statue of Simon Bolivar.
unveiled in Central Park. New York.
proclaimed anew the fundamentals of
the Monroe Doctrine and cited the
desirability Of standing firmly togeth-
er for serve both to the new and old
world.
simultaneously in Caracas. vene-
zuela's capital, President elec,
Gomez and the people of Bolivar'<
native land. gathered around the
statue of George Washington. which
was unveiled with appropriate exer.
cises in Washington Park. a new site
to which it had been transferred.
/ President Harding's brief visit tt
New York gave the public its first op
portunity to greet him as presiden
with the enthusiasm always reserved
for the nations chief executive
From the moment of his arrival unit
his departure. three and a half hour
later. crowds waited good-naturedl,
in the chilly streets through which
he had to pass and cheered a cordia
welcome.
President Harding was generousl,
applauded when he declared. tn
United States is ready to fight in up
holding the Monroe Doctrine.
Renewal of Friendship Bonds.
New York. April 19.--Renewe,
bonds of friendship among the Amer
ican republics with a re-consecratiol
of peace and liberty as an exalnpl
for a war-weary world. were plighte'
by President Harding today at tn
unveiling here of a statue to Simo
Bolivar. the South American pat<pt.
In the example of a prospe!A u
family of states. living together l
peace on the western hemisphere, tn
president declared. the old worl
might we'll find inspiration for the re
construction of its industry and ii
politics along the lines OF progres
and amity. To that reconstruction
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-20
CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS START.

| Berlin. April 20.-A special dis
patch from Essen today says the new
customs control set up by the Allies
in the occupied zone for the collection
of duties under the penalties plan be-
came effective at midnight last night.
Passenger trains are being detained
for the inspection Of the passengers
and their baggage.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-11

tain typically Disciple types OF
character! simply this: that the
Disciple temper appears to slant
1t least toward an emphasis upon
the intellectual and practical rath-
er than upon the distinctly altru-
istic, mystical or sacri6cial ele-
ments in character
Then declaring that personal
loyalty to Christ" was an outstand-
ing Disciple characteristic. Profess
sor Kershner said. lit was this
loyalty which was back OF Garfield's
devotion to his church and OF
Champ Clark's political and religi-
GUS partisanship." OF former
President Garfield. earlier in thu
address, the Professor said, per
sonally Industrious; personally
clean; and personally honest, he
stands as genuinely representative
of a better class Of American ctti-
zenship."
1.-The outstanding virtue Of his
life, we think, may be fairly said to
have been his religious loyalty.
Wherever he went, it is recorded
of him he never failed to worship
with his own people. no matter how
insignificant the church building,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-11
WEDNESDAY, THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS NAY II 1871.

Nine. Curie at this point divefged
from the search Of other chemists.
She went to Carlsbad where pitch
blende had been mined for . GEN.
fury for the extraction Of uranium
in making Bohemian glass and
beautiful dyes. Around the mines
she found so tons of refuse, an an
alysis Of which proved to be four
times % strong in Becquerel rays
as the uranium which. had been
taken from the ore. Nine Curie by
long and tedious process Of extract
ing lead, silver, tin, bismuth and
other metallic substances from the
pile Of refuse dissolved the mass
until the residue was 60 times
stronger than uranium. DR.. Able
says Of this:
This small remnant glowed in
the dark. All but two metals had
been eliminated. These we're known
not to have the slightest radio-ac-
tivity. Therefore, there could be
but one conclusion-Mme. Curie
was facing a mysterious new force. y
Two years later she was able to an
nounce its discovery and her meth
cd of extracting it from the ore.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-11
ILLINOIS CITY
Especial Correspondence.)


Illinois City. ILL.,, May 11.-Miss
Gertrude Moreheed OF Iowa City,
and brother, Frank, and wife, we're
visiting their relatives and friends
In this vicinity Sunday.
Charles Radclin, hired man ON
the Edward Huber farm, suffered
painful injury last week. when
q young colt, which he was break
ing, struck him with his head, snap
ping the bone in the elbow joint.
He vas taken to q Muscatine hos
pital and Is improving slowly.
Frank Morehead. a law student
at Iowa City, surprised his many
friends here last week, when they
received word Of his marriage to
Miss Francis Moran Of Des Moines.
a coed at the university. They
will make their home in Iowa City.
Mrs. Charles Schneer was quite
painfully injured Tuesday when
she was forced to jump from a
straw rack when the team Of horses
became unmanageable. Her son
Charles. had been driving a load OF
straw from the field, when the
horses became frightened and Mrs
Schneer got in the rack to take
the reins. When she jumped, she
sprained an ankle.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-11
ZEN SHOP FOR
BAKERIES SEES
more SETBAckS
1IEut Dplll n DsvsspsFt Rasts q
Dooges CeDes-Twe 6heDs Nay
h Only Hsllsufs.

Contrary to statements Tuesday
1ha1 Davenport bakeries had not
stsned with the bakers union No.
- and would stand pat on the open
ahOp plan, there came . split In the
Sanlu in Davenport. the first since
tho strike, although Rock Island
and Moline owners began back
sliding from the 20 per cent wage
reduction demands q week ago.
Tuesday morning nine Davenport
bakeries were holding pat for the
open shop. Tuesday evening ono
Of thNse shops, the Pine Street
bakssy, bolted from the Master
Bakers association and signed up
With the union.
THIS morning stark's bakery.
Davenport. did likewise. leaving
seven Of the Davenport shops still
holding out against paying the old
ware scale. The Moline Baking
company. ono Federal bakery In
Moline and two Federal bakeries
IN Rock Island are the only hold
outs in these two cities.
With the first break IN Daven-
port there is likelihood that others
OF the Davenport bakeries will sign
the agreement.
Otto Fisher, international union
representative, held hopes this
morning that this would be the
case. 1t was indicated that ap-
pointments had been made with
others OF the shop owners. and
some OF these will probably be
signed up this evening.
The strike is to be narrowed
down practically to the II. korn
Baking company and the five Fed
eral bakeries in the tri-cities.
These will probably maintain a de-
termined fight to keep open shops.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-11
FIERY, ITCHING Skin
QUICKLY S0OTaED
With SULPHUR

Mentho-Sulphur, a pleasant
cream, will soothe and heal skin
that is irritated or broken out with
eczema; that is covered with ugly
rash or pimples, or is rough or,
dry. Nothing subdues fiery skin
eruptions so quickly, says noted
skin specialist.
The moment this sulphur prepar-i
alton is applied the itching stops
and after two or three applications,
the eczem. is gone aid the skin is
delightfully."- clear and smooth. Sui
phur is So precious as a skin rem
edy becaus; 1t destroys the para
sites that cause the burning, itch
Ing or Disagreement Mentho-Sul-
phur always heals eczema right up.
A small Jar of Mentho-Sulphur
may be had at any good drug store.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-11
JOURNEYS 6.OOO MILES TO
AMERICA, FINDS HER MOTHER
AFTER l6 YEARS SEPARATION

Travelling e,0oo milas across IT,
ocean 70 Rock Island 70 escape IL
atrocities of Bolshevisn. Lsah Du-
bow. aged - years. has found hsr
mother, firm whom she had beea
separated since babyhood.
Early last fall, Leah started for
America from her home in Belarot-
ka, Violin, Russia, with her grand
mother, Mr.. Eta Revn Dubov. by
whom she was reared. hsF half-sis-
ter. Irene Dub0v, agsd Is ysGrs, and
other relatives. After months Of
hardships in Russia in obtaining
passports and vises. the group nn-
ally arrived in Rock Island, Jan. -.
Leans father and mother were
divorced before her birth and the
mother left her when she was two
weeks old They had never met
since.
The mother. who had given her
up because of financial conditions,
did not SEQ the little girl during the
three years she lived In Russia be-
fore coming to this country. Set
Ting In New York. the mother soon
became Americantzed and after
ward married . man Of means.
Leah knew that her mother was
in America and on coming hero had
advertised In papers trying TO ind
her. However, there were no re-
suits. At about'the same time, an
uncle to the girl, Mo is also on his
way to the United States, happened
upon a sister Of Leah's mother, in
Poland and from here obtained the
address Of the mother in America.
Letters were written and yesterday
the mother, who Is in New York,
wrote to Rock Island pleading for
her long lost child.
MY darling daughter, have
searched and longed for you. Please
come to me at once, and will make
life sweet for you, as l have plenty
OF means" the mother wrote.
Not only was the happiness pour
ed upon the mother and daughter,
but also upon the little old grand
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-11
NINE. CURE
Of RADIUM
FAME IN US.
Continued from First paxe.)

tinue her researches along curative
lines when she returns to Paris.
DR.. Robert Able, a New York
surgeon, who worked years ago
alongside of Nine. Curie in her
Paris laboratory, recently declared
that no other woman had ever pur-
sued trail into an unknown jungle
and brought to light such an "un-
suspected new factor which had
had such a revolutionary influence
in science" He said she did not
stumble on radium by chance.
Dominating VIII.
Educated in chemistry and phys
les, she possessed, he said, 1.-THE
dominating will, the zeal in pur-
suit the indefatigable working pow
er, the self-sacrificing bravery. The
same forces which made it posi-
BILE for Peary to reach the North
Pole, carried this explorer into an
unknown wilderness. Every year a
new chapter has to be written about
this wonderful substance"
The discovery of radium came
about in this wise: Professor
Roentgen. German scientist. an
nounced his discovery of the X-ray
in 1895. These rays possessed the
property of emitting radiations' of a
special character which were able
to penetrate through matter Opaque
to ordinary light.
A year later H. BecquereI, a
French physicist, observed that GER
tain uranium preparations emitted
rays resembling those discovered by
Roentgen. Becquerel rays became
the new wonder and by delicate
tests were proved to be electrical.
Thus began the search for the new
element and every form of uranium
in laboratories was tested.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-11

nor how unimportant the .or,.,I
status Of it, membership."
Other speakers today include ~
George A. Miller. Of washinrsc.
D. c.. and Rev. N. L. Pontips !.
Jacksonville. Ill. Editor c. c, Ma
rison, Of Chicago, Professor A "
Taylor, OF the board Of temper,,s.
and social welfare, Of IndianapoIis
Ind. and Arthur Nash. 4 lasn..
Of Cincinnati. Ohio.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-11
Great TRIL
WEIeHED in
BALANCES
Continued from First Pase)

realms of the spirit Lloyd-George
is keen, quick. alert. ready and
vithal loyal to his own lights in
both church and state. He has the
Disciple fondness for intellectual
fencing, the Disciple scent for for
ensic debate, the Disciple practic-
atty in working out plan OF
salvation" for the tight little isle
across he seas. And yet-who
thinks Of Lloyd George as a great
spiritual or moral interpreter: a
Francis, a Cromwell, q Tolstoi.
even q Gladstone of his age?
what then remains to be deduct
ed from our brief analysis of cer-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-11
MISSOURI WHEAT.

(. Jefferson City, Mo-, May IL
Missouri's 1921 wheat crop indi-
Gates a yield Of 1879 bushels to the
acre, a total of 42,262 900 bushels.
Jewell Mayes, secretary Of the state
board Of agriculture. and E, A. Lo-
gan. statistician, declared today in
o tOint statement.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-11

NEW CERTIFICATES.
Washington, May 11.-Issuance
of q new set of treasury certificates
totaling $200,000.000 was an
nounced.