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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
TO SENTENCE
CARTWRIGHT
FOR FORGERY
Alleged Robber of Moline CONNER
cial Bank Convicted Last Night
in New York City.

W. H DOC" Cartwright, who is
alleged to have been a member of
the bandit gang which robbed the
Moline Commercial bank of about
$4,000 in August, 1920, has been
convicted of forgery in New York.
Cartwright was charged with
signing the name of R. NJ. John
son, cashier of the Moline bank,
to several travellers checks stolen
at the time of the robbery. He
was convicted last evening and
will be sentenced Tuesday.
Chief Ben DeJaeger of the Mo-
line police department was the first
to learn of Cartwright's conviction.
Mr. johnson, who testified at the
trial of the alleged bank robber,
as he was convicted. The telegram
to the chief is as follows:
Cartwright found guilty of for
gerry in the second degree. 1t was
his second offense. Means 20 years.
Cartwright put up a strong de-
Tense. The jury reported this eve
ming. The case was in court five
days"
This spring Cartwright was in
Jail in Moline for eight weeks Aft
er the Rock Island county grand
jury failed to return an indictment
against him Cartwright was turned
over to the Chicago authorities.
Moline police and special detectives
charged them with participating in
the bank robbery but no direct evil
dence could be produced.
At Chicago Cartwright was re-
leased under bonds and disap-
peared. After a long search by de-
tectives and government men he
was discovered on a farm in New
York state. He was then taken to
New York city to be tried on
charge of forgery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
ADOPT PLANTO
PROVIDE RELIEF
Moline General Committee VIII
Work According TO Proposition
Of DR.. W. z. Taylor.

DR.. w e. Taylor outlined / plan
to provide relief for the unemployed
In Moline last night at the meeting
OF the general relief committee ap-
pointed by Mayor Skinner. After
some discussion MIR. TayIor's pro-
gram was adopted by the commit
tee
The Taylor proposition was only
an outline and left many details to
be worked out by an executive COM
m1ttee when it is named. Under
this plan the mayor is to be the
head of the relief organization
He is to appoint one general ex-
ecutiVe committee Of five members.
This committee is to appoint an en-
ployment committee, a finance com
mlttee, and an investigation com
m1ttee. These four committees are
to name a secretary and through
the latter's Office are to come all
applications for relief.
Another meeting of the general
relief committee will be called in a
short time and the details of the
plan will be announced at that time.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
GET TIMBER FOR
AUTO BOWS FROM
MOUNT CARMEL

Mount Carmel, IL - Although
there was a time when the vicinity
of Mount Carmel furnished large
amounts Of oak timber for use by
the British navy. that was years
ago. and Of recent years the city
has gained the reputation Of sup
plying much of the best timber in
the country for automobile bows.
Ed Lovellette, local authority on
timber, states that in the past three
years, since the end Of the World
war, an immense amount OF timber
has been shipped from here, most
ly TO Detroit. for that purpose. The
timber is cut in plank size and
dressed for bows on arrival at the
factory. Any kind of oak is used
This vicinity also furnishes
much timber used in the manHfac-
ture of other automobile parts. but
the greatest demand Is for bows
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
FURTHER RISE
MADE BY RAILS
ON STOCK MART

New York, Sept 24.-Popular
stocks. especially rails. were in
clined to make further upward
progress today, but the usual clos
ing of weekly accounts together
with heaviness of foreign oils eN-
eFted a restraining influence Royal
Dutch declined almost 1--WE points,
Mexican Petroleum. 81 and Cen
eraI Asphalt Y. Sumatra Tobacco
continued to weaken on its anfaT-
orable financial showing. Rails
were l to 3 points higher at their
best, but yielded practically all
their gains in the final dealings
The cheaper domestic oils and OBJ
scure specialties made irregular
gains. The closing was heavy
Sales Appropriated ESQ 900 shares.
Rails continued to feature the up
ward trend of stocks at the open
ing of today'S short session, low
grade as we'll as dividend paying
issues extending their recent gains.
Cincinnati, Chicago a. ST.
Louis railway opened at a two point
advance, soon increasing its adj
vantage by another point Mis-
souri, Pacific preferred Eose oae
point and fractional advances mark
ed the further buying of Southern
Pacific, Union Pacific. Northern Pa
ciflC and ST Louis Southwestern
Oils and coppers also were irregu-
larry higher with shippings and to-
baccos. Royal Dutch was the only
prominent exception to the general
movement, reacting two points.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
SONS OF SOIL
HOLD ANNUAL
Pillow MATCH
Thousands From all Sections OF
Country Attend Annual Con-
tests at Big Rock.

Aurora, Ill, Sept 24.-They
came from all over the country to-
day to see the farmers classic
tournament, the annual plowlng
match at Big Rock. Ill, 80 miles out
of Chicago. By eight O'Clock the
highways were crowded for miles
with automobiles and here and
there a horse-draWn vehicle which
carried farm and city folk to a
great field on the II. S. Long farm,
where the contests were held The
streams of vehicles emptied into a
25-acre tract set aside as a parking
space By 10 O'Clock 200 persons
were on the grounds and others
were stin coming
Everybody was smiles and full of
greetings for everybody else, for
these tournaments have been the
occasion for a get together meet"
of farmer and city folk in which
good feeling is the watchWord You
do not have to know one to address
him and receive a cordial reply.
Crops, the business outlook, ma
chinery and automobiles, politics
and home cooking, are topics of the
day. This latter subject evolves
most likely comment and lures dol
lars too, for there is a ladies' fair
in connection with the blowing
match and tempting cakes and
breads and pies which have won
prizes are auctioned off to the high
est bidder.
1t is no uncommon thing for the
high bidder, usually some one from
the city. TO pay $40 for cake. Go
ing back home many an automobile
is loaded down with Ioaves of that
good home bread the urban father
has not put his teeth TO since he
was a boy.
Open TO the world are these plOw-
ing contests, for they are revival
of the competition of the forefath-
ers in New England some hundreds
OF years ago. The rules then are the
rules today, modified to meet the
changing conditions brought about
BY the riding plow and the tractor
driven blade. But the judges are
lust as severe as aver. They go i
over each acre a plovman has
turned, literally with a SPY glass to /
see il in some furrow there has not I
been a deviation OF the absolutely 1
straight line or some place in which 1
the blade has not dug too deeply or /
IL a bit of straw has not been Jeff /
by newly turned earth ]
TO the layman the fur
-ows seem as straight as dies and
Tia deDkhs absolutely uniform
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24

judges have never yet found a per
feet plowman even among the mas
tiers who compete. A mark of So
to 80 is considered remarkable.
Today's blowing began at 8
O'Clock and the last contest was
over by noon but it will be late in
the day before the winners are
known. The judges require hours
to go over every foot of the plowcd
ground. In the scoring the jury al
lows points as follows:
Low back burrows distant, back to
be slightly browning, all trash COW
cred, % points.
burrows Of uniform depth and
width, showing slight ridge and dis
tant ridge and distinct from end TO
end, depth TO be i've inches, %
points
Line of furrOw, % points.
Covering trash, straw and other
debris of the field, Is points.
General neatness of the whole
and appearance of ends, 10 points.
Remarkable TO the city folk is
the machine-like accuracy of the
burrows turned by piOwmen who
drive horses. These burrows are at
least as perfect and uniform # not
more so than those turned by the
tractor-driVen plows. The ploW-
men ascribed this to the good man
ners of their horses and their IN
Outstanding Of the thing to do. A
machine turned in the wrong d:rec-
ton momentariIy will 90 uEflI
stopped. The team will hesitate
and their hesitation is a tip TO the
driver.
AS though realizing that it would
be almost a hopeless proposition to
defeat the master plowmen devei-
oped at these Big Rock contests, no
plovnen from other states entered
the competition today. In fact
practically all Of the entries IN the
mems and boys classes for noEicas
and champions were from the Biz
Rock neighborhood.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
PEARLING NOT
FLOURISHING IN
SOUTH SEA ZONE

Sydney, n. S. W.-Pearling, for
m&'ly one of the principal indus
tries of the South Seas, has fallen
upon dead days because of the IN
settled conditions throughout the
world, James Clar of Brisbane, who
is known as the Australian Pearl
King" told a royal commission in
vestigating the pearling industry
here recently.
All pearling boats at Thursday
island are laid up, and at Broome.
western Australia, only about 100
boats instead of 400 are working,
Clark said. A contributing cause
of the diminution of activities is
the failure of Germany and Russia
to purchase a great amount of the
pearl-shell, as they did prior to the
war, he said.
AT present there is about 5000
pounds worth of shell in the Lon
don market" he said. This cost
between 200 and $50 pounds a ton
to produce and it probably could
be purchased for about half that
price. Another handicap is the use
by the japanese of trochus shell in
manufacturing buttons. Thochus
can be produced more cheapiy than
pearl Another detriment is the
fact that Americans are getting
similar results from shells produc-
ed by the fresh-water mussels in
the Mississippi and other rivers"
He suggested that the Australian
should take control
and stabilize the pearling industry.
pointing out that four -fifths of the
worlds supply of premier shell
comes from the commonwealth
He expressed the opinion that the
would be able to mar
ket the shell much more advanta-
geously than private interests
Clark showed the royal commits
sion a pearl which he said he be-
IieVed to be the most valuable of
its kind in the world 1t was as
large as a pigeons egg and was
he said, at 10000 pounds.
He said it was worthy 'of a place
in a monarch's crown" and recon-
mended that it be added to the
crown jewels of the British en-
pire.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
BEDBUGS WITH
WINGS ARE NEAR
EASTERN PEST

Constantinople.-The bedbug has
become a Near East problem. It is
apparently a new breed of bug,
inbred from those imported by Rus
sian, Persian and Tartar refugees.
It is driving hotel keepers, their
guests and housewives to the utter
despair and hopelessnesS born Of
sleepless nights-
1t has invaded the palace of the
Sultan and added to the worries of
his grand chamberlain. The fight
against it is regarded as inSolvable
as that of the dispute between the
Turks and the Greeks. 1t is small
er than the type of pre-war days
and some of those who have exam
med the new bug assert that it has
wings and flies like a mosquito.
Its activities defy mosquito net
ting. 1t appears able to bite
through such netting. 1t doesn't al
ways secrete itself in the bedding
but may stow itself in the ceilings
and from there drop upon its vic
TINS 1t doesn't come singly but
IN swarms, attacking from all direc-
tons.
The bug has appeared among the
sohiers,o Greek and Turkish arm
les. A newspaper correspondent
with the Turks defeated the bed
bug by the use of a rubber blanket.
Either the odor or slippery surface
Of the blanket proved disagreeable
Obstacles.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
Weather Forecast

Illinois: Thunder showers this
afternoon and tonight, probably
clearing Sunday morning; cooler
Sunday and in west and north por-
tons tonight.
Missouri: Thunder showers this
afternoon or tonight; cooler to-
night; Sunday, probably fair; cool
er IN east and south portions.
Wisconsin: Unsettled with thun-
der showers in east portion this
afternoon or tonight; cooler
breezes tonight; Sunday probably
fair; cooler in east portion.
Iowa: Cooler tonight with fair in
west and showers in east portions
Sunday, fair; cooler in east portion
Indiana: Showers and thunder
storms this afternoon and tonight;
slightly cooler tonight; Sunday.
fair and cooler.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
HABIT OF MEN
KISSING MEN is
PASSING AWAY

Angora.-The age-old custom of
man publicly kissing other men as
a mark of affection, esteem or rev.
erence, is passing in Asia Minor
AS in the French army, high Of
ficers or generals of the Turk Ma
tionaIist army kiss men whom they
decorate or wish to commend Gen
eral Ismet Pasha, in reviewing in
fantry often walks up to some stall
wart soldier, slaps him on the
shoulders, and kisses him on both
cheeks as a mark of public ap-
proval. The correspondent has
seen a high officer kneel and kiss
the hands OF General Mouhidinne
hey, the former teacher OF the
young officer.
: But in general, as a custom of
the people. OF friends meeting and
embracing after long separation.
kissing is a thing of the past
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
WOMEN CAUSE
ICONS TO
TAKE THE COUNT

Chicago. advent into
public life is causing the gradual
but sure extinction of the crock
spittoon and the sawdust box in
court rooms, according to the OBJ
seryation of Harriet Reid, first
woman arbitrator of the Illinois
industrial commission, whose du-
ties take her to many of the court
houses in the state.
THE spittoon and its brother, the
sawdust box" said Miss Reid, "are
becoming almost as scarce as the
dest' of men seem to have some
hesitancy about exhibiting beforS
women their fondness for the cud.
my work, as arbitrator takes
me- the round of courthouses and
city halls, and 1 note q decided
change for the better. Public build
ings are much cleaner than they
were 10 years ago. 1 attribute it to
women's advent into public life.
'Women's clubs, interested in
community service, are RESPONSE
BILE generally for the women's rest
rooms in courthouses. Women's
influence is seen also in the better
kept courthouse lawns and the set
tees scattered about
Frequency with which women
visit city and county court build
ings is also quite noticeable now.
1t is not unusual to come across
women county officers, and at sew
eral of my hearings, women and
girls from the various offices come
in to listen to the compensation
cases.
81 am often asked if I handle wo-
mems cases only. No; l handle all
the cases in the particular vicinity
to which 1 am sent, and the cases
range from pin scratch to a brok-
en- back, and from vaccination to
seven year itch"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
GREAT ESTATES
OF ENGLAND ARE
BEING SOLD OFF

London.-England' great es-
tates are crnInbling under the
weight of taxation and death duties
and one big landed proprietor aft
er another among the nobility is
dividing and selling his holdings,
many of which have been in the
hands of single families for CEN
turtles.
The latest indication that peers
are finding it necessary TO seek
smaller homes comes in the an
nouncement of the Duke of Port
land that he may have to abandon
his palatiaI mansion, Welbeck Alb
hey, in Nottinghamshire. This is
only one of the residences of the
Duke who owns some 100000 acres
in England.
For centuries past landed es-
tates have been handed down from
generation to generation" said the
Duke, addressing his tenants on
the occasion of the coming of age
of his son, Lord Francis Caven-
dish. Landlords and tenants have
lived on terms of mutual trust and
affection 1 fear, however, that the
state of things is passing away for
with the present weight of taxation
and the extremely onerous Incl
dent of death duties, the future may
become very uncertain for all land
ed proprietors. If this is good for
the country, l certainly do not COM
plain.
with regard to my own case, it
may or may not be possible for me
and my family to continue to reside
at WeIbeck, but 1 fear that there
can be little doubt that those who
come after me Will not be able to
do So"
On all sides historic houses are
finding new tenants and ancient
families are seVering their connec-
ton with the soil
The Duke of Devonshire sold
Devonshire House in 1919 and
Stowe House, the property of Bar
oness KinloSs, was disposed of re-
Gently.
Others who have sold their prop
critics recently include the Duke of
Bedford, the Duke of Westminster,
the Duke of Rutland, the Duke o
Grafton, the Duke OF Marlborough,
Lord Leconfield, Lord Londesbor-
ough, Lord Portman, Lord Cam
der, Marquis de Castega, Earl
Beauchamp, Earl Bradford, Lord
Lord Lovat, Lord Har-I
rtngton, Lord Harlech, the Countess
of Warwick and Sir Richard Bulke-
ley.
Welbeck Abbey is famous for the
subterranean passages and apart
ments built by the Duke of Port
land at a cost of 5000, 900 pounds
in order to hide himself from the
outside world.
The abbey has an underground
riding school 400 feet long, IO6 feet
wide and so feet high, capable OF
holding 10000 persons
There is a subterranean ballroom
f6S feet long, IS feet wide and 81
feet high the walls OF which are
hung with famous paintings
Both the riding school and the
ballroom are connected with the
abbey by a series of tunnels.
Other features are large subtT-
ranean libraries and a tan bark
course Tor gaIloping horses II Is
a quarter OF mile hong and entire
ly covered with glass. Altogether
there are about Is miles of tunnel
linz
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
Money and Exchange,

New York, Sept 24-Prime mer-
camille paper: Sc asa per cent
Exchange: irregular Sterling:
demand, 3.73; cables, 3.7S15.
Francs: demand, 7,134&; cables,
ia. Belgian francs: demand. 7-07:
cables, 7.075E. Guiiders: demand,
$3.50; cables, 31-S6. Lire. demand,
Ala IL; cables, AIS. Marks: demand.
Biz; cables. 92A. Greece: de-
mand, 21.S5. Norway: demand,
1850. Argentine: demand, AHA.
Brazilian: demand, 1912.
Montreal: . 31-32 per cent dis
count.
Government bonds. strong; Rail
road bonds, firm.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
Kansas City Livestock.

Kansas City, Mo, Sept. 24.-Cat-
tie: receipts 1000. Market for
week: Fed heavy steers generally
Csc lower. Others steady to Csc
higher. Grassers mostly weak to
35c lower; spot off more; she
stock, bulls and vealers, steady;
heavy calves soc to 81. lower; can
ners and cutters strong TO 25c high
er; stockers and feeders, steady to
35c higher; stock cows and heifers
Csc higher; stock calves weak to
SOC lower.
Hogs: receipts 700; active and
around steady with yesterdays
average few heads 7.80; bulk light
and mediums, 7-4007.75. Heavy
mixed, 690@7.00; bulk. 7-G0@7.75.
Sheep: receipts 200. Market for
week: Fat sheep soc to 75c lower;
lambs 15c to 25c lower; feeding
lambs mostly 25c lower.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
HIGHER PRICES
GOVERN WHEAT
AS MART OPENS

Chicago, Sept. 24.-Wheat open
ed about steady with prices the
same TO a fraction higher than
yesterdays finish Trade was not
large and early trading was main
~ or q local character. The under
tone In wheat was rather firm with
sentiment rather buIIish but there
was very little early outside buying
Ihere was a small advance shortly
after the opening but a majority
OF the pit element appeared TO be
waiting developments. After OPEN
ing at LIT for December and
4-SI12 TO 1-32 for May, the market
made slight rally but had revert
ed to around opening figures at
the end of the first hour.
There was break right at the
nnlsh- The close was unsettled,
with December I've to 2Ac of
opening figures at 1.25s4 to 1.26 and
May at IA to points off the open
ing at 1-29A to 100.
Corn showed some strength early
but the market held within narrow
limits Corn started unchanged
from yesterdays close with Deem
Der at 527sc and May SIC but the
market rallied and gained a shade,
but ike wheat dropped and at the
end OF the first hour was 4 shade
OF the opening.
Corn also was slightly weaker at
the finish, being Csc to 12c of, with
December at 523s to 5215 and May
at IL to sos.
oats were steady, December
opening unchanged from last
nights close at 38ssc and May
showing shade adance with 421Ac.
Provisions were steady.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
LAD INJURED.

Roy Garlic, 14-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Garlic, AS
Twenty-fifth street. Moline, was
injured yesterday afternoon when
he was struck by motorcycle
driven by Policeman Roy Moore.
The accident occurred at Fourth
avenue and Twenty-fifth street,
where the Garlic boy was playing
in the street with another lad.
says he was driving at the rate of
II miles an hour. He adds that
the boy was able to walk home.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
UMBRELLAS OF
BRIGHT HOES IN
GREAT DEMAND

New York.-B1ight hued umbre1-
las are twice as much in demand as
a year ago, manufacturers oe-
clare. They look expectantly for
the day when street crowds In rainy
weather will be just as VIVID as
those who sally forth with cheer
fuI garb on fair days
Rainy days in New YORK TINS
summer have not presented such a
duH nicture on the streets as in
the mast when the black umbrella
was the only kind To be seen The
working girls, who must go INTO the
business thoroughfares In any
weather, have developed a pencil
ant for umbrellas OF purple, brown
orange and particularly blue, and
others have taken up this cheer
full challenge 10 the darker side
Of nafxra-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-24
WEEKLY GRAIN AND
PROVISION REVIEW

Chicago, Sept 24.ABears have
had an Advantage in the wheat mar
ket this week largely because of
current opinions that the needs of
European countries had perhaps
been over-provided for. Compared
with d week ago, wheat prices this
morning were 1c to INC lower,
corn down les to IL Q15sc, and
oats off lie to a. c.
The weeks net changes in the
provision market varied from II
cents decline To Coo advance.
1t was commended that recent huge
exports of wheat from the United
States had furnished Europe with,
a greater supply than could be
readily managed. The supposed
excessive transatlantic demand
was ascribed TO the worldwide
heat and drought which for a time
had threatened all crops. At pres
ent, however, France for example,
is officially reported as having a
surplus of 2S,000.000 bushels above
bread and seed requirements.
A liberal increase OF the United
States visible supply total counted
also as beariSh factor On the
other hand, wet weather damage in
the spring crop region, together
with falling-of in the movement
of winter wheat tended to bring
about rallies. Something of d re-
vtval of export business was also
noted in the last couple of days.
Corn touched new low record
prices for the season Predictions
were made that the government
crop report Oct 1 would show a
larger yield than heretofore ex-
pected-
Oats declined in sympathy.
Provisions averaged lower with
hogs.