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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03

Reference is made by the archi-
tects to a state requirement in this
matter. 1 have not heard of its be-
ing required in Moline; most like
ly 1t is not required In other cities
of the state, except Chicago; and
if il has not been necessary in the
past it is not necessary now. L
doubt if the architects can pick out
q home in the city, built since the
present building ordinance has
been in effect, that is not absolute
ly safe to live in. / can't recall any
small building in the city b a EVER
collapsed. except the fire station,
which was being built a few years
ago at Seventh venue and Thirty
first street. 1t was designed and
its erection was being supervised
by an architect
A HOME OWNER.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
NOTICE OF MEETING.

Notice is hereby given to the
property holders of South Rock Is
land township that q meeting of the
improvement Association will be
held at the Washington school,
Thirty-thfrd street and Eighteenth
avenue, Monday evening, Dec. 5, al
s p. m, to further discuss the ques-
ton O. annexation aid to complete
the organization and discuss any
thing of interest TO the association
A large attendance is requested.
BY order of Chairman.
ADVERTISEMENT.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
HICKMAN GIVES
UP CLERKSHIP
WON IN CONTEST
Especial to The August

Springfield. ILL.,, Dec 3.-Although
Ora c. Hickman, 140 Seventeenth
street, Rock Island, received the
highest grade in the state civil SER
vice examination for chief game
and fish clerk, the commission, an
nounced today that Mr.. Hickman
has waived the appointment. Don
NJ. Baker of Springfield, the tenn
porary incumbent, who won second
place in the examination will re-
tain the Office.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03

sis" and the roll OF "absent b..
ers" VIII be called.
Peace and Rest will be SIM.
a quartet, and the saxophone
tet will play sabbath Morn
Onward, Christian Soldiers
altar service will be condurfss
the officers of the lodge. 9
The ceremonies Will close
the singing of AUD Lang So.
and the benediction by Rev :
Rolls. +
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03

fReadsrs Of The Argus s-s invited to
exnrcss their views under thas heading
You are at liberty % write On any suolect
~ vour choosing. A newspaper wants TO
hear All sides of . question The columns
Of The Argus are open 20 you All COM
muuicstions must be fully s7gneo wiz
the narue and address OF the writer.
tnoxxh ycur name will not be printed II
YOU desire that &c u0s ro.I
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03

STRIKEBREAKERS PLENTIFUL.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 3.-H. R Muir
ply, general manager of the Cud-
ahy packing company plant here,
said there r enough unemploy-
ed in Omaha TO take the place OF
any workers who might walk out
IN the strike set for Monday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29
LATE TRAIN FROM THE SHORE

The Chamber of Commerce is to be commend
ed for its efforts to secure late train service
from Asbury Park to this city and New York
during the summer season. This is something
that has been needed for a long time. the
wonder is that the public have not insisted on
this accommodation long ago.
To be able to spend an evening at any OF the
Monmouth coast resorts and still return home
that same night would be a great attraction
not only for Perth Amboy, but for all the places
between the resorts and New York.
The train to be of service all along the line
ought to be run on the Pennsylvania railroad
so as to accommodate Woodbridge. Railway,
Elizabeth and Newark. However, a train on
either the Pennsylvania or Central would be
acceptable as all these places excepting Rah-
way could be reached, although perhaps not
so conveniently.
It will be decidedly advantageous to the coast
resorts to carry this matter to the Public Utility
Commission in order to secure this service and
action ought to be taken at once before the
summer schedule Of trains is announced,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

No doubt it is true that the owners are not
responsible for the rubbish being where 1t is'
The fact remains that it is on their property
and the public naturally look to the owners 10
remove it. Lots overgrown with weeds In the
midst of well ~built-up sections are a menace to
all surroundings property. The seeds blow to
ncighboring places and take root on lawns
which people are spending time and money to
keep up and help make the city attractive.
Commendable work is being done by the street
department in having sidewalks put in first
class shape. This work is only the beginning.
1t is to be hoped that it will be carefully looked
after until every sidewalk is properly paved
But the point now is, with such efforts being
made to make the city presentable, every ad-
vantage should be taken Of the present clean
nm" to remove some Of the eye-sores that are
a menace to health as we'll as a detriment to
the city generally.
Now is the time to clean up.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

About one person in every $50 in
the United States Is school teacher.
A vastly larger number have at n
time or another taught school. To-
night, $4,000 school teachers have
left their desks. thankful that they
do not have to return until Mon
day morning.
The word teacher" has become
a feminine noun. Four out of every
five teachers are m The men
are largely superintendent, or
teachers of chemistry or manual
training. or the 100000 teachers
O fall sorts, $4,000 are women
Most of them are young women. A
majority of them are under 20
years of age.
OF these young women one-thlrd
are now finishing their first year OF
school teaching, and another third
are teaching school for h last
time. Some of them are going into
business life; but most of them IN
tend to marry. That is just exactly
what they ought to do. They ought
to be keenly on the lookout for
good opportunities to marry: and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

from the products of which some Oh
the common non-alcoholic beverages
are prepared; among them are: the
coffee tree (coffea arabica); the co.
Gao tree (theobroma cacao) n tpe
tea shrub (camellia thea).
O. Was Herodotus. h great MS
torian, a Greek or a Persian
Herodotus, the Greek hlstor-
ian. was a subject of Persia. He was
born at Halicarnassus In Asa MIN
or. At the time of the birth OF Hero
dotus &c. 4S4 B. c. Halicarnassus
was ruled by a queen under the sway
OF the Persians.
O. Is Washington. D. e. south
of the Mason and Dixon hne?-M' Is.
A. Washington lies south of n
Mason and Dixon line. whose latl-
tude is 80 degrees 43 minutes 26 sec
onds 8 N.
O What is diamond dust worth
and what is it used for?-J. V. ).
Diamond dust is worth about
1900 an ounce, and is used for cut
ling and polishing diamonds ana
other stones.
O.. Who originated the name OF
"dreadnaught'' and what does 1t
mean "A. S. l.. .
A.. Victoria C~unlbertl, an llaiian
naval constructor is said to nave
been the originator of the term
"dreadnaught" as applied to naval
vessels. This term is applied to a
type of battleship which carried, De-
sides a numerou battery of heavy
guns, armament of light torpedo de-
Tense guns. The uniform strength
of an armament in a dreadnaugnt
supplies a unity of strength and pro
lection. and a higher speed than is
obtained by other types of battle
ships. A dreadnaught also has an
unusually large displacement in pro-
portion to the rest of the dimensions.
O. What is the difference be-
tween a farce. a comedy and a farce
comedy?-A. r. B.
A.. The difference between a COM
| cdy and a farce is chiefly in the plot.
In a comedy the plot is subordlnated
to the characters while in a farce the
working of the plot makes the char.
acters what they are. Farce comedy
is a vulgarism applied to nearly any
| type of light plays in which the CO.
mic situations go to preposterous
lengths.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

O. Who was the first President
whose mother witnessed his inausu-
ration ?-J. ID. G.
A. James A. Garfield was the hrst
President whose mother saw him IN
augurated. She was known as MO
Their Garfield"
@. How should an ivory ped
room suite be cleaned ?-J. H.. 3.
A. Such furniture should be
carefully washed off with luke warm
soapy water. rinsed thoroughly n
dried.
@. Where is Atlantis supposed to
have been?-R. c.
A.. Atlantis, an ancient mytholo-
gical island, was supposed to lie N
the Atlantic Ocean, west of the
Straits of Gibraltar. and was known
as ''The Lost Continent" Plato re
presents it as having beer ensulfed
in the sea 5000 years previous, as a
punishment for the impicty shown
by the inhabitants in waging war
against Athens.
Q. What is meant by beverage
plants?-M. r. ID.
A. Beverage plants are those
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason.
APRIL DAYS


April birds are sweetly calling in
the shadow of the wood, April rains
are softly falling where they'll do
the greatest good, April fields are
brighter, greener, than they ever
were before, and the grouchy man
is a than the meanest kind
of bore. One may grumble in No
vember when the winds are bleak
and chill, one may knock in dour
December, when the snow is on the
hill, but when April skies are glow
ing in warmest tints of blue, smiles
ecstatic should be showing on the
whole blamed human One
may kick in sultry summer, sweat
ing in the baking grad, when the
long day is a hummer and the night
is twice as bad. when the cloudless
sky is brassy, and the whole world
pants with heat-one may then
get pert and sassy, and denounce
things and repeat. But when April,
clothed in beauty, shows the finer
curves of Spring, he is nutty and
galooty who declines to smile and
sing. He is fit for foulest treason
and for stratagem and spoil, If he
scorns the finest season that has
been designed by Hoyle. There
should be no grouchy faces in the
surging ranks of men, when fair
April with her eraces, make the old
world young again.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

Dear Luke: Your column keeps me HAPPY
nieht after night, and I get so much pleasure
out of it that I'll forgive you for the tip got
on YOU one day at Sheepshead Bay When you
were supposed to be a stake horse. l happened
into Bob Clarke's at Sheepshead and BOD had a
tip that Tommy Burns, Lew Smith ana Lucien
Lyme had slipped Him. Bob took me IN a oack
room. closed the windows, barred the door, put
cotton in the keyholes, and then whispered IN
nv ear the words: Luke McLuke VIII win
surei" And / dropped my whole roll on you
and absorbed punches of gloom. But l forgive
you because you are making me happy now
Winsor Mac, Brooklyn, n. Y. ~
you've got us wrong, Mac. Luxe Mcluke
started only twice in the East, and he won poth
races easily. His last start before going INTO
the stud was in the Belmont Handicap, at Bel
mont Park, and we won all the way.-Luke.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29
PICKING CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR

Political talk concerning the coming guper-
material campaign has already started. Ihe
various .favorites' are being trotted out Tor
nuhlic inspection and the hackers have thelr
ears close to- the ground to catch the sent-
nient.
few davs ago a meeting was held in Jer-
500 Citv for the purpose of launching the boom
of Prosecutor Pierre p. Garven, of Hudson
county, but it turned out to be more OF a poom
for Senator Mackay. of Bergen county. Some
nrofoss IN the find hand of Senator Walter
e. Edge behind the Mackay candidacy. Another
nerson urged to throw his hat into the ring
is George S. Hobart, of Essex county, who was
sneaker of the House of Assembly at the last
session.
The one candidate, however, who STANDS most
prominently before the people today as lar as
Republican gubernatorial nomination Is con-
cerhed is Senator William N. Runyon' OF Union
coGnty. For certain reasons, not hard 10 ma
senator Runyon is not looked upon with FAVOR ny
kome of the political leaders and there Is no
/doubt that they would like to find an acceptable
man to kill off his boom if possible. All these
other names are being advanced more or less
as feelers in an effort to hit upon the right
one. But there is little encouragement.
Senator Runyon was acting governor u tHe
Astate after Governor Edge resigned to become
Knitted States senator. 1t will be remembered
at the senator then became a candidate Tor
e nomination for the full term, but due to
his sense of fairness in refusing to make use
of the advantage which he had as acting gov
ernor to help his own cause, he was defeated
Tor the nomination by Newton A. K. Bugbee'
1t is now pretty generally admitted that had
Senator Runyon been nominated the state
would have a Republican governor today.
Senator Runyon has won the confidence OF
the people as few men in public office have
TODAY. while no one can question his Republi-
canism, he is not the tool of any "machlne
and has exercised commendable independence
in voting on various bills in the legislature.
His record is absolutely clean; his ability Is I'M
auestioned; he would make a great governor
cliSed to play the game as they would have
It played will find it hard to produce a strong
er candidate that William N. Runyon.
Here is Middlesex with Senator Runyon at
the head of the ticket and with a man of the
calibre of Morgan #. Larson, as a candidate
for state senator, the Republicans would be
able to make an appeal to the people that
would be hard, indeed, to resist.
IF the Republican political leaders are try
ing TO sound out public sentiment in regard to
tie candidacy of Senator Runyon for the gu
bernatorial nomination they will probably ma
that the demand for Runyon as the partys
candidate for governor will grow stronger as the
date for the primaries approaches.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29
FOR A BETTER CITIZENSHIP

Too much praise cannot be given the young
MEMS Christian Association for the valuable
aid being given the foreign-born residents who
desire to become American citizens. With cap
able instructors in charge, classes are main
tanned both at the Y. M. C. A. building and in
the industries where the men are employed
teaching American citizenship, American his
tory and how to speak and write the English
language. Not only are the men instructed
along these lines, but those deemed capable Oh
securing their citizenship are assisted in fling
their papers so that the requirements OF the
government may be complied with with the
least loss of time for the applicant.
Knowing the high character of the Y. M. c.
A.. and the confidence that is placed in it, it may
be taken for granted that foreigners trained I'M
der such auspices are well qualified to become
full-fledged Americans.
This is only one of the numerous services
being rendered the community by the Y M
c.. A., but it is a highly important one espec-
tally in a place where the foreign-born are so
numerous. Such work does not come before
the public very often and therefore is not, per-
haps, appreciated as it should be. On occa-
sions when the naturalization court is in SEES
sion, however, the excellent work in American
ization being done by the Y. NJ. c. A.. is brought
to light and causes a great deal of s%atisfac-
ton.
The high character, the free and disinteres-
ted methods of the Y. NJ. G. A. in instructing
foreigners desiring to become American citi-
yens is a striking contrast to the old method
where the applicant was left to the tender mer-
cies of the politician. the ward boss and the
exp1oiter whose main object was to gain a few
more votes for his political party and incident
ally, relieve the applicant of much of his money
in the way of unearned fees" A more en-
lightened, Independent and higher standard of
citizenship is bound to result.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29
TIME TO CLEANUP

Cleanup week is rapidly drawing to a close
ana there is still much to be done. Judging from
the appearance of some of the vacant lots about
the city. The owners of this idle land are being
enriched year by year through the increased
value of their property due to the development
of the city. These property owners surely owe
something to the city in return for this In
creased wealth that they did nothing to earn.
The least they can do is to see that the lots
are kept presentable.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29
HATS OFF TO HERR.
BY DR.. W. E. BARTON

young men ought to take a good
look into the school room when they
are seeking for a wife.
These girls who teach an average
of not much more than three years,
are for the most part intelligent,
and with two or three years OF
training beyond the grammar school
Their experience in teaching is a
good review of their own work in
the classroom, and a good prepara-
ton for the care of a home and the
training of children of their own.
They are for the most part selt-re-
liant, dignified attractive, and are
capable of being good home maxi
erS.
We need more teachers: We need
more mature teachers; we need
more men teachers. But this Is not
hat we are now talking about.
We are considering the value to
the United States of more than half
a million young women. who give
an average of three and one-half
years of their young womanhood to
our public schools.
Hats off to the great American
school ma'am!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening New Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin. Direc
tor, Washington. d. C. This ner
applies strictly to Information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal
medical and financial troubles. II
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject Write
you. question plainly ana brieiIy.
close two cents In lamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

I'm sure to get 1ost!'
Said a Pin to his brother;
I'm pointed one way,
And I'm headed another!'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29
BITS OF BYPLAY
BY Luke McLuke.
Copyright, 1920, by The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Such n ~Jangwidge!
BY Luke McLu

If you'd avoid pain and Distress
just study this a bit:
Don't sit down on a man., unless
You're sure he'll stand Tor IT,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

The world sure hates a chesty coot.
When all is done and said
We'd rather have a swollen foot
Than have a swollen head.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

It's easy to get rich these days,
It's simple as the dickens;
III plant some chickweed. and Ill raise
About a million chickens
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

"Can an inanimate tning have a shrinking
disposition 2" asked the old Fogy' as ne looheu
IN from the newspaper he was reauihs; ~
f"Sure." replied the Crouch. There's the
'ar-wool suit for instance"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29
ANNOUNCEMENT!

I wish to announce to my many
friends and contractors that l have
started the metal ceiling business
| doing general sheet metal work.
Give me a trial and be convinced.
I. A. Petersen,
$50 Laurie Street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

"snith is an awful liar" said Brown. -,
"He sure is" agreed Jones. About the only
he ever tells the truth Is when ne talks
in his sleep"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

Cincinnati bootlegger is said to have cleaned
IN 500, 600, 900. He must have sold as much as
ten gallons.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29
Things To Worry About.

If you include all the various movemehtS ol
YOU take a three-mile walk.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

A man can get into trouble all by hlfnseiI put
II takes six or eight Of his friends to get MN
out.-Luke McLuke. ur
And il usually takes a good bit of jack to pry
him ont. CONTAMINATION News-Journal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29
Paw Knows Everything.

for? s,nnose
my son.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

She'll walk ten squares, no douDt Oh that'
For homemade bread;
But she won't wear a homemade hat
Ipon her had.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

What has become OF the o. f. man who used to
have to act as a dummy. while his wife fitted
her dress on him?
Some men are such buffers that il they kept
four hens and a hog in a back lot they Wouiu
refer to themselves as Ranchmen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

Some of the dear things are nicer than othel
But what we started to tell you was that Tru
Divine lives in Bristol. Va.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29
Wow!

Perhaps they didn't christen her until they
had listened to her for u while When she was
a baby. But. anyway, Mary Jane Howles lives
in Memphis, Tenn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

Most of the firms reported among business
failures never were anything else.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29
Our Daily Specie
Luke McImke Says

Some Men Try to Liquidate Their Debts I
Paying Compliments.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

Propose to her and if ~perchance
You wed another maid,
Believe me, then she'll make you dance,
Till all her claim Is paid.
Riverside (Cal.) Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29
q I'm To His
Bless Her Heart!

Living Up TO Ills NAME -,
B. Free is suing for divorce in Nashville
Tenn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29
The Blessings OF Prohibition.
Woman.

Anyway. ONO, hasn't hau q IIUou S1rIVe III
state went dry.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

She'll give her hand to you, ahem.
Her feet as well, / swear:
And you must buy swell shoes Tor them
At fifteen bones a pair.
San Diego (Cal.) Union.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29
When You Propose.

Propose to her and she will sing,
She'll him you're simply grand;
When She sees the engagement ring
She'll give you the glad hand,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-29

give her hand to you, great Scott;
But she'll reserve, with art,
Proprietary rights in what
She's pleased to call her heart:
Newark Advocate.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-10

nouncing a decision to refuse to Slgn the peace treaty is also denied by the Japanese peace delegate The deI- egates of all the powers represented, says Viscount Makino, had no other idea than to secure the best peace possible and such guarantee as would make secure the peace Of the world, and anything in the nature or threat from anyone could not pc toleraed.
 The question regarding ShanHung and that regarding racial eqoanty cannot be treated in the same light, he says. The statement made by MT. Lansing in this connection -s probably only his own misconcepuon' as he was not present at the meet!ng at which the final decision regarding Shantung was arrived at
 The Japanese delegates had twice interviewed President Wilson in this matter between April and April 5e, and, after the matter had twice been sub omitted to the Four Power Confer ence the agreem ent regarding Shan- tung was arranged.
 MT. Lansing, not being the highest repreSen tative of Am dld not take pant in these meetings and ms statements regarding Shantung are only his own ideas of what LOOK plaoa''
 Viscount Makino denies fatfy that 1 he and Coune Chinda had an inter view with MT Lansing, while the V1s-
 count denies any Knowledge Of an.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-10
ENCUMBRANCE
 CENSUS NEXT

All property owners either have re- ceived, or will receive within a few days a form letter, with accompany ing blank lines, from the Department of Commerce. Bureau Of Census, Washington, D. C. This letter must not be thrown aside for there IS penalty for failure to comply with Uncle Sam's request, which may be enforced if the bureau does not meet with satisfactory results during thls encumbrance census.
 For an encumbrance census IS what it is Five questions appear in the form letter. all but one of which should be very easy to answer. The one query that is a stumbling block at the present time is as to the present market value of your home, or words to that effect
 The inquiry is made in compliance with the Act of Congress approved March 3. 1919, in an effort to ascer- tain the number of homes rented, and the number occupied by owners, and the importance of the information sought by the government is greater than some may realize at casual glance at the letter. or a quick thought of the subject All questions are fol government use only and answers are treated strictly confidential.