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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29

Pitching is the biggest asset 4
ball club can have.
Some critics argue it is rs per
cent of teams strength.
I Possibly that is putting it a
/ tribe too strong. 1t is conserva-
tive to say that pitching is 90 Per
/ cent OF teams punch
In the spring OF last year, the st.
Louis Cardinals suffered from poor
pitching. Manager Hickey only had
TWO men available for duty For
several weeks the team was a tail
ender.
The hard hitting Of the Cardinals
aValled them nothing. because the
opposition was taking greater lib-
critics with the St Louis pitchers.
Slowly the pitching staff began
to round into form. About mid
season the Cardinals began getting
consistently good work from the
pitching staff. Immediately the club
began TO win During the last six
weeks II was going stronger than
any other team in the National
league.
The experience OF the 81. Louis {
Cardinals during the 1921 season is
proof positive OF the value OF pitch i
ing A similar lesson might be
taken from the record OF the CIeve- /
land club. Inability of Bagby and
Mails to come through spoiled the
big chance of the Indians,
The decision OF Judge Lands
which deprives the New York Yam
tees of two such great hitters as
Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel until
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29
BOOSTERS SWAMP
ALL-NATIONAIS
BY SCORE 44-l2

The Boosters quintet defeated
the All-Nationals of Rock Island at
Franklin school gymnasium last
night, A to II. The Boosters dis
played fine working offense and a
deadly defense. They leave TODAY
for Cambridge, to meet the legion
team Of that place tonight. To-
morrow night the Boosters will
play the Princeville Independents
at that place.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29
B OWING
TWIN CITY LEAGUE.

Tuesday nights games resulted
in three wins for the Island Citys
over the Regulars while the Harms
and n. & s. teams also made q
clean sweep Of their series, the Illi-
nois Roofing company and 300
Block quintets being their respec-
tive victims.
(Note-The secretary of the
league was unable to get the scores
ready for publication this week.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29
Municipal Matters
Regular Meeting Held December
10 1921

City council chamber, Rock Is
land, Ill. Dec. 10, 1921. The city
council met in regular session at 3
O'Clock p. m, Mayor Schriver and
all commissioners present.
The minutes of the regular meet
ing held Dec. IL, 1921, were read
and approved.
Commissioner Rudgren submit
ted the following weekly pay roll
for week ending Dec. IT, 1921,
which on his motion was allowed
bv unanimous vote:
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29
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| CADTEI
RweA By
IN - - b o r
- G r . " az

Joie Ray has been suspended
from amateur athletics. Now he
can eat.
Nowadays we can't tell whether
the football season is coming or
COINS.
He rolled the bones on the Yukon
stones,
In Maine and Timbuctoo,
In rain or shine on the Dixon line,
As they in Georgia do.
But he stayed most on the Frisco
coast,
1t was his dieey heaven
For there he got the whole derned
pot,
The earthquakes rolled out seven.
Boxing and wrestling to be per-
mitted in armories." That's good
idea. Now, if they only will.
We think P1ayfellow is a lot of
fun
A wrestler and the public are
soon parted.
Hickory, Dickory, Dock,
The pug wound up the clock,
The cock struck one
The sOn-Of-a-gun,
Thought it was the bell and went
to his corner.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29
MAKE HOCKEY A
MINOR SPORT AT
U. OF WISCONSIN

Madison, Wis. Dec. 2s-Ice
hockey will be tnaugurated az
minor sport at the University Of
wisconsin this winter. r T.
Jones: director of athletics is
planning schedule to include
the Michigan School of Mines 49,
other teams of the northwest
Two years ago the athletic conn
Gil voted TO make hockey minor
sport, but with unfavorabIe va.thl
er conditions it has not preyious-
ly been possible to carry out tenta-
tive schedules CT games. This sea
son an artificial rink is to be ynada
and a coach selected.
While 1t has not been possibla
TO line up available material. the
athletic authorities believe that a
team of strength can be built dur
Ing the present season.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29
REHABILITATION.

Commissioner Rudgren submitted
the following list of claims against
the general and water works funds,
which on his motion was allowed
by unanimous vote:
Am. LaFrance Fire En-. Cos $3.50
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29

Enroll now. Christmas Savings
club, Rock Island Savings bank.
still open.-(Adverti
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29

All the News-An the Time
The Argus.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29

Possibly that is putting it a
tribe too strong. 1t is conserva-
tive to say that pitching is b0 Per
cent OF a teams punch.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29

May 20, was n severe blow. A lot
OF pessimistic critics Immediately
counted the Yankees out of the run
ming in 1922.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29

The decision OF Judge Lands
which deprives the New York Yam
KEGS OF two such great hitters as
Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel until
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-07

nation wide holidays, except at Easter
and Decoration day which is in May
in the North and April in most south
ern states. AS Good Friday is not
legal holiday in many states, Easter
from an economic standpoint really
does not give an extra day of rest.
Then. August and October have no
general holidays. In all Of these
months, except March, perhaps, wea-
Their is favorable for out-of-door
events-picnics, pageants, excursions
and hikes.
Our prevailing holidays seem to be
clustered in the four coolest months,
with Fourth of July and Labor day to
! furnish recreation for summer. This
| side of the matter has never been
stressed in establishing new holidays,
| but considering the financial cost
when millions of workers are idle for
an extra day, 1t might seem that an
anniversary falling in June, August, or
| October might be given preference
over another mid-winter holiday.
| What holidays cost is shown in a
general way by the governments es-
innate that each legal holiday in the
District of Columbia costs the coun-
try about 100000. This estimate was
based on the average salary of 10000
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-07
More National Holidayso
BY FREDERICK J. HAskIN

of holiday excuses. Out of 355 days
in a year, the Romans set aside 109
as unlawful for judicial or political
business. These days were dedicated
to the gods. We have about half as
many rest days in our Sundays, and
our eight or 10 legal holidays cores
pond to the II other Roman holidays.
But this proportion of almost one
third of the time "off" did not satisfy
Rome when the empire began to de-
cay. At the middle of the fourth
century, there were IFS holidays,
some lasting several days.
Indian Holidays
No country today is in this condi-
ton, but there is an interesting mod
ern example of a people having a
great number of holidays, more than
any of the civilized countries. and
without serious effects. These people
are the Hopi Indians of the Southwest,
whose religious festivals occupy more
than half the year. They arrange
most of their ceremonies for the slack
months between harvest time and
planting
A government scientist says of
them: Although the Pueblo farmer
may thoroughly believe in his cere-
monial system as efficacious, his hui
man nature is too practical to consume
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-07

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov 7
Shall we have more holidays? The
feminist forces have asked congress
to make Aug. %, the day the woman
suffrage amendment was adopted,
WOman's day, and a national holiday.
Admirers of Roosevelt want his birth
day, which falls on Oct 81, added to
the list of holidays throughout the
country.
Columbus has his supporters, too,
who think the day this country was
discovered is of sufficient importance
to be celebrated, more widely than
1t is. Various groups are urging con-
gress to make Armistice day a perma-
nent holiday.
Bills for new holidays are presented
to congress every year, but this year
there seems to be more interest in
them than usual.
Armistice day stands the best
chance of being put on the calendar
as permanent holiday now. Senti-
ment in favor of it is strong, and the
time is Opportune. But lengthening
the list of holidays is a serious step,
and now, especially, there is a tend
ency to stop to consider whether we
have enough holidays already, whether
they are an economic asset or a liza
bility, and what holidays cost anyway.
A large number of feast days is re-
garded by some authorities as a sign
of economic degeneraCy. The evi-
dence seems to be that we have not
too many holidays now. As the diff
ferent states decide for themselves
the holidays they will celebrate, the
number varies from seven to a dozen
or more. The average which is about
10 compares favorably with the holt
day lists of other countries. Scotland,
is is true, gets along with only five
national holidays, but Australia has
16. Rumania has "a. mostly religious.
and while Mexico has only 10 national
holidays. it is estimated that all of
its go local holidays are observed by
more than half the people
Back in ancient times, Roman his
tory furnishes a striking illustration
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-07
MONTENEGRO QUEEN
HOLDS COURT IN EXILE
AT'SAN RENO, ITALY

Still contending that she is a queen,
aged Milena, widow of the deposed
king of Montenegro, exiled and almost
penniless, has set up rueful court in
a pavilion Of the Hotel Miramara, at
San Reno, Italian Rivera. She has
so little room that she and her two
unmarried daughters, Xenia and Vera,
use the same sitting rooms for their
meals and for receiving the few Wis
itors who go to see them.
Of ex-Queen Milena's daughters, the
eldest, not now living, married the
prince who became King Peter of Ser
bia. Two welded Russian grand duk-
es. Another is the wife of Prince
Francis Joseph of Battenberg, and still
another is the queen of Italy, but none
of them seems able to rescue their
mother from her sea of trouble.
When the picturesque King Mich
olas (who had established sort of
court in Paris) passed away, his grand
son, Prince Michael, II years old, was
proclaimed king" by the government
in exile. He is now at school in Eng
land, and his mother, Princess Mirko,
formerly Princess Natalie of Serbia, is
regent
While the regent" is in San Reno
and the king" is in England, the gov
eminent which acknowledges them is
in Rome. Its headquarters is the
Montenegro consulate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-07

of Washington is perhaps limited to
kindly thought or two of George"
who obliged us by being famous
enough to be worthy of holiday
But our holidays are not arranged
to give the best results as days of
recreation. 1t has been shown by
economists that days close 10 Sunday
are the most efficient time for holt
days. When workers knock off to
play in the middle of the week there
is found to be a good deal of the be-
fore-and-after holiday spirit; while
there is generally less when the holt
| day falls at the beginning or end of
| a week
| A holiday that falls on Saturday,
economists show, is followed by rest
| day, and workers are more apt to re
| turn to work on Monday with the holt
day partly forgotten. The atmosphere
| OF office and shop is more normal
| than on a working day directly after
holiday.
Monday Best Holiday
Monday, like Saturday. is desirable
as holiday. Here, again, the week
is not broken up by two separate rest
ing spells. Monday is the best day
in the week for holiday, from the
workers point of view, because it
gives him two days together
Besides this, it has been found that
when a holiday falls in the middle of
the week, factories often shut down
\ for the half of the week following
the celebration Occasionally, the
whole week is given to the workers
without pay.
So far as the people who work are
concerned it would be further desir
able to have our holidays scattered
throughout the year. the pleasant
months being the most satisfactory
for celebrate
As the calendar stands, we have
March. April, May and June without
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-07

S316,000,000 worth of crops.
They support a population of
nearly 100000, and boast 879
schoolhouses and 649 churches.
The thrift and prosperity of the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-07
lNGROWN TOE NAIL
TURNS OUT ITSELF

A noted authority says that few
drops of "OutgrO" upon the skin sur
rounding the ingrowing nail reduces
inflammation and pain and so tough
ems the tender, sensitive skin under
meath the toe nail, that it can not
penetrate the flesh, and the nail turns
naturally outward almost over night.
"Outgro" is a harmless, antiseptic
manufactured for chiropOdists. How
ever, anyone can buy from the drug
store a tiny bottle containing direc-
tons -Advertisement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-07
QUICK RELIEF FROM
CONSTIPATION
Get Doctor Edwards Olive
Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousands
since DR.. Edwards produced Olive Tab
lets, the substitute for calomel.
DR.. Edwards. q practicing physician
for Il years and calomel's old-tirne en-
envy. discovered the formula for Olive
Tablets while treating patients for
chronic constipation and torpid livers.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do not
contain calomeI, but a healing, sooth-
ing vegetable laxative.
No gripping is the keynote" of these
little sugar-Coated. olive-colored tab
lets They cause the bowels and liver
TO act normally. They never force
them to unnatural action.
If you have a dark brown mouth
bad breath-a dull, tired feeling-sick
headaChe-torpid liver - construction.
youn find quick, sure and pleasant re
suits from one or two of Dr. Edwards
Olive Tablets al bedtime.
Thousands take them every night Just
to keep right. Try them Sc and soc.
advertisement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-07

the precious planting time with elab-
crate ceremonials."
The Hopi Indian makes his holidays
fit in with the simple economic
scheme of the tribe. But more civil
lied countries with complicated labor
conditions do not
More and more, holidays are COM
ing to serve as recreation days. Most
of US celebrate Washingtons birth
day by an extra nap in the morning
and then some kind of amusement for
the rest of the day. Our remembrance
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-07

people on Uncle Sans irrigated
lands are shown by 247 banks,
and total deposits Of SLAB, 53S ,856.
Money advanced for reclamation
work is repaid by settlers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-07

During the past twenty years
the u. S. government has spent
$125, 100000 in retaining desert
lands in fifteen western states.
In that time these lands Welded
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-07
Don't Neglect a Gold

Mothers, don't let colds get under
way; at the first cough or sniffle rub
Musterole on the throat and chest.
Musterole is a pure, white oint-
ment, made with oil of mustard 1t
draws out congestion. relieves sore
ness, does all the work of the good
old-fashioned mustard plaster in a
gentler way, without the blister.
Keep a jar handy for all emergen-
cies, it may prevent pneumonia in
your home. 35c and Csc in jars and
tubes; hospital size, SO.
Better Than Mustard Plaster
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-07

government clerks in Washington. II
does not show the cost in delays IN
work, or what the gain or loss in eli
ficiency due to day of rest may be-
1t shows only the dollars and cents
outlay for a days work. Last year
the holiday bill for the District was
little more than $4,000 900.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
Night Riders
Warn Against
Tobacco Sales
Band of 80 Masked Men
Threaten Kentucky Farm
ers With Violence Unless
Crop Is Held for Increase
Ban ON Raising More
Growers. in Night Calls,
Told They Will Not Be
Permitted to Ship ANY

LEXINGTON, KY, jan. %. - Night
riders Saturday night visited farmers
in Bath and Fleming counties and
warned them not to haul any more
tobacco to market until prices were
higher, according to reports received
here tonight. The reports received
from Mount Sterling, Carlisle and Flem-
ingsburg said that the growers were
warned that their barns would be
burned and that they would be dealt
with severely unless they complied.
The band, consisting of twenty-five
or thirty masked men, visited farmers
near Sherbourne, IN Fleming County,
twelve miles from Fleming sburg, and
Bethel, in Bath County, twelve miles
from Carlisle. In all about fifteen
farmers were visited, although the
names of only five were disclosed bv
the authorities :
T: s. Robertson, wealthy farmer neay
Bethel, was called to his door at 12:3(
O'Clock Sunday morning. according to
report from Carlisle. Four men Stand
ing with their backs to him warned hin
that he was not to haul away any more
tobacco, neither was he to rent any Of
his farms for tobacco raising nor raise
any himself
The warning was accompanied by
threats of violence to himself and his
property, if he failed to obey.
Thomas Croath, Jake Boyd and s
farmer named Stevens were then visited
end the warning repeated The band
next showed up near Sherburne, in
Fleming County, and warned two farm
ers named Shields and Tomlin. They
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
Hundreds Flee Gas House
Fire in South Brooklyn
Tank Emptied and Torpedoes
Moved to Safety, but Blaze
Is Out in Half an Hour

Fire broke out about 4:15 p. m. yes
terday In a pile of fifty trays, each
8 feet by 4, coated with tar and coal
oil, In the plant Of the Kings County
Lighting Company, which extends from
Flfty-fourth to Fifty-lfth Street, on
the Brooklyn shore of the Bay. The
trays were part Of the new gas making
equipment bought by the company.
In a moment flames were towering
seventy-flve feet into the air and
pillows of smoke cast that part Of
south Brooklyn into darkness. Close
to the blazing pile OF trays Is a bic gas
tank. Across the street Is the plant
OF the K. W. Bliss Company, and eight
naval .torpedoes lay close to the fence
N full View. On the other side Of
the column Of fire WAS the plant Of the
Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company.
Residents Of the ncighborhood fed
from their homes. fearing an explosion.
Residents OF other ncighborhoods. so
ing the thick clouds Of smoke. rushed
to the fire, and tho reserves OF four
precincts were called to hand the
crowd. The gas tank was cmptied Of
its 100000 feet Of gas in four minutes
after the fire was discovered.
The torpedoes, which contained only
the propelling charge of compressed
air. were carried out of sight ana
danger, and in half an hour firemon
called by two alarms had the nre out.
Inc damage was estimated at 5000.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
Three Men Dig Way Out
Of Maryland Prison
Fourth Delivery Within Eight
Months at Ellicott City;
Widespread Search On

BALTIMORE, Jan. 2S.-Three men
escaped through the wall of the Ellicott
City Jail last night and had not been
caught at late hour. This makes
four men who have escaped from the
Jail within the last eight months and
are now at large. Three negroes es-
eaped in 1913 also.
The men who escaped tonight are
Arthur Jackson, Of Lynchburg, Va;
Stanley Harding, negro awaiting
trial on charge of criminal assault.
and Frank Douglas, negro AWAITING
trial on minor otfense.
Police of Baltimore and Washing
ton and surrounding towns were noti-
lied of the escape, and given full de-
scriptions of the fugitives.
Mystery surrounds the affair,
although the method and means of the
mems escape is clear. They simply
dug the mortar away from a big stone
in the north corner of the Jail wall.
using ten-inch piece if iron buggy
socket ~ -t'
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
Prisoners Relief Society
Attacks Ban ON Pardons

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Abolition
by Governor Neff of Texas of the State
Board Of Pardons was attacked to-day
ny T.. r.. budding, president Of the
PRISONERS Relief Society, as the ere
moval of the great moral anchor
which has tended to control convicts.
The spirit behind the Governors ac-
tlon, Mr.. budding declared, was Chat
of the days of Nero.'
When an oppressed, Respondent man
comes to believe that nobody cares for
him he comes swiftly to care for
nobody Mr.. budding said in letter
to the Texas Governor. "You shout
brutality. at man and he will shout
back with more brutality.
"A system of all hurting and no heal
ing is bad, and I hope that you will
change your attitude and grsnt exl
ecutive clemency to every convict who
shows by his prison conduct that he
wants to be better man. You must
remember. my dear Governor, that the
devil is in US ALL"
The Prisoners Relief Society an
nounced receipt of telegram from a
committee in one of the Texas peniten.
tiaries saying that the Governors a.
ton, announced yesterday, had thrown
the convlcts into panic. The societv
in reply sent the committee the follow,
ing message:
BE Of good cheer. The people If
Iexas Will not stand for the backyard
step the Governor proposes to make !"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-24
Baruch Plan adopted
By Tobacco Crowers
To Carry Out Neso. Workers. Pro
posai to Get Better Prices
Through Marketing Company

Snccinl Dispotch to The Tribune
LEXINGTON, Ky.,,Jan. 23.-Bernard
M. Bsruch, who has agreed to help the
farmers of the Kentucky, Tennessee,
Ohio and Indiana hurley tobacco dis
trict in solving their problems of low
prices, has been invited to come here
and take up the matter directly. with
the growers. He may come, but de-
clined to make speech while here, as
he was requested to do, saying he
never made but two speeches in his
life.
John w. Newman and Samuel H.
Salley, representing the tobacco men,
returned from New York tonight and
said Mr.. Baruch's plan of forming a
great marketing company to hold for
better prices a great amount Of the
tobacco which is now bringing low
prices would be carried out. They de-
clined to give full details of the
Baruch plan, but said that details
would be presented here at general
tobacco meeting to be called.
Mr.. Newman, who is president of the
Burley Growers ssociation and the
Burley Tobacco Marketing Company
said that after the Baruch conferences
the outlook was much brighter for sell
ing the 250,000,000 pounds of tobacco
now in the growers hands, and that
the Baruch plan would provide for the
handling of future crops in such way
as to preclude a recurrence of present
conditions