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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-01
|ACTORY HEADS
TAFOR RELIEF


gCArgus Washington News Bufexu1
Washington, d. c., Oct. 1-Busi-
mesa and manufacturing concerns
In downstate Illinois this week op-
ened FIRE onrtheir members OF con-
gress IN an-efort TO effect import
ant changes in the revenue bill
nowunder consideration In the sen
ate.
Manufacturers at Decatur. Peo-
ria, Moline, East st Louis, Alton.
Springfield. Rock Island and other
downstate ceuters ara lining up in
support OF a. gross sales tax, which
has been proposed in the senate by
Senator Smoot asa substitute for
tho pending bill Manufacturers
all over~thes country are conducting
3 vigorous campaign to have the
gross sales tax plan substituted
for the measure reported by the
senate finance committee and the
bill which passed the house before
the recess.
President William Butterworth
OF Deere e. Co., Moline, came to
Washington late this week and put
before Senator Mccormick and
Representative william J. Graham
Aledo, the arguments of the farm
implement manufacturers in sup
port OF gross sales tax.
According to Mr.. Butterworth,
manufacturers at Peoria, Decatur
East ST. Louis, Moline and other
Illinois centers would prefer a
gross sales tax Of per cent levied
son all gross sales to any other
method of taxation which has been
proposed.
The PLAN advocated by the Mo
line manufacturer, it is claimed
would produce an annual revenue
of about So GOO, 900 900. The scheme
of taxation he advocates contem-
plates the levying of a 1 per cent
tax,o the gross sales OF all orig
fnafs producers" including mana
faefurers, farmers. merchants and
others, and excluding persons en-
gagged in professions and others
whose services would be purely
personal in character"
The manufacturers are also ask
ing repeal OF the excess profits tai
and reduction of the surtaxes or
higher incomes They set forth In
their tax plan a method by which 6
redemption fund could be created
the national debt amortized, and
payment of interest on the debt re-
duced to half the present rate.
Representative Graham announc-
ed yesterday that he is arranging
for a conference with Secretary OF
the Treasury Mellon at which the
plan proposed by the manufactur-
.ers will be discussed II no other
member of the Illinois delegation
moves to introduce a bill, he de-
clared that he VIII consider draft
ing a tax measure in line with the
suggestions of the Illinois manu-
facturers.
Senator Mccormick was absent
? during the visit of Mr.. Butter
worth, but the tax plan has been
Sled in his office for his consider
alton during the senate debate.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-01
ALUMNI WILL
PRODUCE BIG
MUSICAL SHOW
"Fads and Feneies' Cast Being
Assembled for Early Home
Talent Offering.

Rehearsals for the first home
talent production of the season will
begin Monday evening in the Rock
Island high school auditorium,
when talent for the ''Fads and Fan
cies OF 1922" to be given in the
Illinois theatre Oct 25 and 26 by
the Alumni association, will meet
Director Sam Underhill of the Mar
att-Cargi1l Producing company.
This will be the first event OF such
a nature ever attempted by the
graduate organization of the school.
'fFads and Fancies" will be the
first of a series of entertainments
which is being planned by the Off
GERS of the Alumni association for
the winter and spring months. A
repetition Of the holiday homecom-
ing party will be given during the
Christmas vacation For early in
the hpring, an attraction is being
planned and the annual sunset pic
mic excursion aboard the largest
upper river steamer will conclude
the program of alumni events of
the year.
"Fads and Fancies of 1921" is a
whiZZ-bang musical comedy with
plenty of spice and variety. With
clean-cut bill of comedy. a ward
robe of new costumes to be used
for the first time in the alumni of
fering, and a repertoire of snappy
songs and the latest stardom hits,
the Marlatt-Cargill company prom
ises to furnish the talent of the
Alumni association of which there
is long list of exceptionally clev-
er players. with stage settings.
dress and lines of a 40-week-stand
show OF the first magnitude.
VIII Rush Rehearsals.
Mr.. Underhil1 will arrive in Rock
Island Monday and will meet with
the committee and talent the same
evening for the preliminary rehear-
sal. Following that meeting and
during the three weeks intervening
before the first night of the pro-
duction, the director viii meet with
the cast and choruses several times
each week, giving ample time to
whip into stage shape the entire
production.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-01
SCHOOL SAVINGS

Lincoln, Hawthorne and Irving
were the three leading schools in
the school savings collection made
by the State bank Friday. Savings
were reported as follows:
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-01

ator Mccormick against the orig
NAL documents who are now OPP
posing ratification.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-01

With apologies to the afore
mentioned for emitting their
names from the Booster Edi-
uon.-R- l. Independents.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-01

All the News-AIl the Time
The Argus
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-01
Loan Bodies Protest.

Loan and building associations
at Decatur, Springfield, East st.
Louis. Peoria and other cities
members of CONGRESSES m bto".
downstate are writing Illinois
members of congress in opposition
to the senate amendment which
changes the language of the ex-
emption of the associations from
the corporation income tax.
Under the present revenue law
the associations pay no income tax.
The senate bill continues the ex-
emption in force but clothes the
treasury department with author
ity to collect the tax from con-
Germs which are doing a banking
business undel the cloak of organ
ization as a building and loan as
ISOLATION The bona fide associa-
tons in Illinois and Ohio, where
there are hundreds of such organ
izations, are beseiging members of
congress with protests against any
change in the existing law. They
contend that any amendment to the
present law, which is well settled,
Will endanger the status OF all the
associations. Senators Pomerene
and Willis of Ohio this week sue
ceeded in having action on the
clanse deferred until later in the
debate.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-01
Central Europe Relief.


Charles NageI, former secretary
of commerce and labor under Taft,
and chairman of the Central Re-
lief society, called at the office of
Senator Mccormick this week to
urge his support of the plan to
raise $3,0OO,OO for relief work IN
central Europe during the coming
winter. Senator Mccormick saw
conditions in central Europe at
first hand on his recent trip and
favors the relief program. The So
ciety of Friends is assisting In the
raising of the funds.
A message from President Hard
ing was read at the biennial con-
vention of the Polish National Al
lance Wednesday by Senator Nc
Cormick, who stopped off at To-
ledo on his way to Washington.
The Illinois senator is an honorary
vice president of the organization.
Representative Allen F. Moore,
Monticello, accompanied by his sec
rotary, William Barnes, of Decatur,
arrived in Washington this week
end from the Nineteenth district.
Representative Clifford Ireland,
Peoria, is due in Washington this
week
Representative William J. Ora
ham, Aledo, left Washington Fri
day to attend a sham battle by the
marine corps on the historic field
mar ErndariclrchurO in tho Will
derness. The Fourteenth district
congressman slept in a tent over
night with other members of con-
gress who witnessed the maneu-
Yers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
Some Crooks

THERE are a lot Of crooked
people In this world, but the
lowest Of all in my mind is
the loan shark who lives on what
he can exc out Of poor helpless
creatures.
/ know one of these birds and
he's so crooked ne gets cramps
from lying in bed straight.
He Inherited the business from
his father. The old man was so
crooked himself that they had to
dig his grave with a corkscrew
This shark and his old man were
the original forty thieves.
II you borrow ten dollars on Tues
day from Ibis shekel hound you owe
him thirty eight dollars and sixty
two cents interest the day before
he let's you have It.
You keep putting and he takes
until there is no moro to take. and
he even takes that.
The worst crook of all history
would be as a blushing school girl
in comparison.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
Wonders of 1921
NATURAL WONDERS.

NATURAL WONDERS.
"1ONDER who's going to dis
w arm:
Wonder what's wrong
with the home-brew.
Wonder how you're going to live
within your income.
Wonder where the money goes.
Wonder how many people a sub
way car can hold.
Wonder what's wrong with the
furnace.
Wonder what to Iive for Christ
ARTIFICIAL WONDERS.
Wonder why Mary Garden bobbed
her hair.
Wonder why the boss bodied
your salary.
Wonder how long a visit mother
in-law will make.
Wonder what 4. would be like to
be out OF debt
Wonder II you need shave.
Wonder II eggs are coming down.
Wonder why they don't.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
Indoor Gardening
7LANT your feet far apart VIII
the landlord appears.


the landlord appears.
Disturbances may be raised
In small apartment, but they re-
Quire a great deal Of attention and
the fruit is inclined to be pithy.
Coal cannot be raised from the
seed. II 1t does not thrive IN your
furnace try spraying with gasoline.
The common garden variety Of
SCOT makes a hardy trailing plant
for the home. Plant 1t In the late
Fall and 1t will trail all over your
best carpets and curtains.
Plumbing should be carefully nur-
tured during the Winter months, as
1t is highly susceptible to low tenn
peratures. The hot-and-cold bloom
ing faucet is a great bathroom IA
vorite.
Rent is particularly hard to raise,
but It still manages to crop up every
month.
The leaky roof is a hardy peren-
NAL When crossed with a heavy
snowstorm 1t yields a heavy n6w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
Electricity

ELECTRICITY is something that the
I ends in the
Is last Its feet being
than Its nearest OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Europe will get to the United
Nobody exactly
enough 1t Is like her
to expect and the only S
Rubber is the only thing
never get shocked And rubber
in the subway.
Electricity Is sometimes known
and understand
except open a Of peanut butter a a
IL mad been locked up ignorance until
Ben Franklin let out with pulling
of more stunts than the Russian
with 1t you can start conversation pepeualy
dinner curl hair batesp
automobile signal Mars
Like the price Of RIB roast lightning seldom
place but does hit there
be light" and all we have to s push-the button
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
The Dippy Dictionary
Noses.

1oSES guide posts the middle
Of the landscape that lies above the
posesthe
pillow babies football players
Q in the
like turned the
the earthly
Handkehfs invented the
1t thing placed where
like those
of our collars to breathe
The peculiar habits.
All Spring and Summer It
revelng in the delightful
tuberoes daing with when
the divine
Then the cold rainy weather
medical a
difference between
angry
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
Complimentary.

WHEN Colonel Thomas Went
w worth Higginson celebrated
his eighty-seventh birthday a young
lady, an admirer Of his books.
called and brought him a bouquet
OF roses. Colonel Higginson asked
her name, and then said:
you live, I suppose, with your
parentsf"
mo. sir" the lady replied: my
parents are in Heaven. live with
my husband"
Your husband. too. is in Hea,
ven," answered Colonel Higginson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
The Bowling
Seasons On

~ EE. dis bowling game IL hie
r wit me. Take II from me.
there amt nottin' to II from
my end Of the alley, nottin' what
ever wit de possible exception Of
woik. sets up de pins and dc
blokes knocks 'em down. sets 'em
mp again and they knocks 'em down
again. After we gets all through
settin' 'em up and knockin' 'em
down, what is there to It? What's
de answeri What's de story7 Not
tin.
Do ribbon clerk who has beek
tossin' me de pill has got spraint
thumb and gotta crick in de back
and . chance to set 'em up for de
next red-hot sport wit q quarter.
But I amt knockin' de ribbon
clerk. He IL duck soup for my pro-
flesh. He trows a slap-'em-on-de-
wrist ball. which hits a pin once
in . while as de case may be. He
ID . real loidy and losses no pro-
family in my direction.
But when I gets up against one
Of desc 72-centimetre boys with q
trow like Bambino. WOW! He pirutes
up to de foul line and lets 30 of a
ball dat has got more curves than
. chorus COIL. and you don't know
whether It IL going to hit the head
pin or the Flagstaff on de City Hall
All of q suddipt pins are going forty
ways. like q bunch Of firecrackers
on dogs tail, and de pin-boy is
lucky II he don't git nine of 'em in
de ear.
Den de guy yells. Yea, DO! What
do you know about dat? Do your
stun. Kid"
Dem ! sets 'em up when I have
chased over into de next street
after do stragglers.
Dan he trows another and tries
to knock out the end of de building.
and II II hits me there will be lot
of people walking slow after me in
do direction of Woodlawn. Gee. I
hates q guy like dat. II dey had .
bunch of oirds like him on de At
lantio feet dey wouldn't need no
cannon.
We got one customer which goes
to sleep and makes de perfick score
of 300 in his dreams. I like dat
guy and I like to set up pins for
him because he does all his bowl
ing In the arms of Morpheus. Mind
scores doa't 60 exceptin' in do
Den We have de grand contest In
de evening between ave galoots
which are fraid OF their wives and
i've which are afraid OF their COILS.
An good friends and they sing to
keep up de courage. When 1t gets
along toward nine bells dey all gets
and begins to trow wild.
Each team gifts sore at de captain
and de captain gets sore at de
team. and cey all begin chewin' de
fat about de pin-boy bein' crooked
and de alley havin' a groove in II
and de balls bein' square or egg
shaped. and accuse de winnin' team
Of jimmyin' de score and playin'
ringers.
Take It from me, dere's nothin' in
Il. Dc guy which bowls 81 in de con-
est always bowls 27S when he comes
INTO de alleys alone. whether any.
body catches him at It or not Deere
Amt q bowler in de world which
lint made 2ss at some time in his
life. although nobody seen him when
10 done 1t. and de post-mortem dope
lat We have to listen lowell, dere's
nottin' to I, dat's all.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
Approved.

SI SEE" said the second-story
= man, as he glanced over the
paper, that there's a society in
New York for the suppression of
unnecessary noises"
And good thing, too" said his
pal, "if they'll only get after them
there boyglar alarms. They never
alarmed a boyglar yet"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
' Getting It Right.

As the noted Frenchman ap-
preached in an automobile the
Italian bandmaster announced,
Now we play eet da greata French
anthem, La May-onnaise.'
You're wrong" replied the pic
colo player. "Da greata French
anthem she ees pronounce La Ny
onnaise.'"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
Visible Means.

A DEBTOR declared in Shore
"A ditch County Court he was do
ing nothing.
Then" said the Judge, how do
you suggest you liver"
Debtor-Oh, I'm married.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04

Copyright 1921, by Star Co.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
New Evidence.

tSWHY do you want q new trialf-
p" "On the grounds of newly
discovered evidence. Your Honor"
whats the nature Of it?"
my client dug up $500 that I
didn't know he had"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
Cross-Examined.

WIFE e A. M.)-And when did
~ you first notice the change in
your sick friends condition.
Hubby (absent-mindedly)-Right
after the fourth cocktail. m'dear.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
An Improvement.

UMY father is rich now and II
has turned his head
How does It affect him?"
He doesn't spill soup on his
shirt bosom any more"
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-03-25
Page Thirteen

thropic Societies for research
work done among the ninety-one
affiliated organizations. A num-
Der of other important studies to
be made this year for the New
York Federation has already
been outlined.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-03-25
BUREAU OF JEWISH So
CIAL RESEARCH Elk
TENDS ACTIVITIES.

The Bureau of Jewish Social
Research, ia Fifth Avenue, New
York, which, short time ago
completed study Of the Jewish
Child Caring Institutions of Phil
ade1phia is extending its activl-
ties to other cities.
The Bureau is just now COM
p1eting a study of a recreational
program for the Pittsburgh Fed
Grafton of Jewish Philanthropies
with special reference to the pro-
posed $5O0,OOO Y. M. H. A. build
ing to be built there. The study
was made by Philip Seman, ST.
perintendent of the Chicago He
brew Institute and Samuel A.
Goldsmith, director of the Blu
reau of Jewish Social Research
and former general secretary of
the council of Y. M. H. & K. AS.
DR.. Julius Drachsler, ex-ohicio
member of the Bureau staff, is
to make a study of Jewish delin-
quency in Pittsburgh. Studies
with reference to communal
building in Milwaukee are also
contemplated, as we'll as studies
concerning the work done by the
Federated Jewish organizations
in Toronto.
In New York City, the Bureau
is retained by the Federation for
the Support of Jewish Philan-
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-03-25
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD
Palestine Frontier Settlement
Assures Britain Water and
Railroad Facilities.

London.-The Franco-British
convention covering the settle
ment of the Palestine-Syrian
frontiers has been made public
and confirms previous accounts
of the arrangements arrived at
between the two governments. A
special commission will adjust
the frontier line at the Yarmuk
Valley as far as NASH where pro-
vision will be made for the con-
struction of a British railway and
pipe line connecting Palestine
with the Hedjas railway and the
Euphrates valley which will be
running entirely on British ter
ritory. The existing railway in
Yarmuk remains in French ter
ritory.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-09-15

her have little visit together. You
must be prepared for a great change
In Ann. There's not much left Of the
poor girl. A breath would blow her
away. But she wants to see you. II
may be better than medicine. Who
knOwsY'
The two men went across to the
tavern. Mrs, Rutledge and Abe tip
toed up the stairway. The latter en-.
tered the room Of the sick girl The
woman closed the door Ann Rut-
ledge was alone with her lover. There
were none who knew what happened
In that solemn hour save the two
one OF whom was on the edge OF
eternity, and the other was never to
speak Of Il. The only record Of that
hour Is TO be found In the face and
spirit OF great man.
Years later Samson wrote IN a let
ter:
II saw Abe when he came out OF the
tavern that day. lie was not the Abe
we had all known. lie was different.
There were new tines In his face. II
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-09-15

was sorrowful His steps were slow.
lie had passed out OF his young maj.
hood. When ] spoke to him, he an
swered with that gentle dignity now
so familiar TO all who knew him. From
that hour he was Abraham Lincoln"
Ann passed away before the month
ended and became. like many Of her
kind, an lmperishab!e memory. In
her presence the spirit Of the young
man had received such baptism that
henceforward. taking thought OF her,
he was TO love purity and all clean
ness, and no Mary who came to his
feet with tears and ointment was ever
TO he turned away.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-09-15
CHAPTER XVI.
Wherein Young Mr.. Lincoln Safely
Passes Two Great Danger Points
and Turns Into the Highway Of His
Manhood.

For days thereafter the people OF
New Salem were sorely troubled. Abe
Lincoln, the ready helper In time OF
need, the wise counselor, the friend Of
all-"old and young. dogs and horses"
as Samson was wont TO say-the pride
and hope OF the little cabin village.
was breaking down under his grief.
He seemed 10 care no more for work
or study or friendship. lie wandered
out In the woods and upon the pralres
alone. Many feared that he would
lose his reason.
There was wise and merry-hearted
man who lived u mile or so from the
village. Ills name was B0wlln Green.
Those days when one OF middle age
had established himself In the affec-
lions OF community, It's members had
n way OF adopting him. SO Mr.. Green
had been adopted into many families
from Beardstown TO Springfield. lie
was everybOdy's "Uncle Bowlln." He
had a most unusual circumference and
the strength to carry II. His ruddy
cheeks and curling locks and kindly
dark eyes and large head were details
Of Importance. Under all were a heart
with the love OF men, a mind OF I'M
usual understanding and hand
skilled in all the arts OF the Kentucky
pioneer. He could grin venison
steak aud roast a grouse and broil a
chicken In a way which had Oiled the
countryside with fond recOllectlons OF
his hospitality; he could kindle a fire
with a bow and string. a pine stick
and some shavIngs; he could make
anything from a spllnt broom TO n
rocking horse with his jack-knlfe. Abe
Lincoln was one OF the many men who
knew and loved MIN.
On a warm. bright afternoon early
In September, BOwlln Green was going
around the pasture 10 put his fence Ia
repair. when he came upon young Mr.
Lincoln. The latter sat 10 the shade
OF a tree on the hillside. lie looked
terribly peaked" as Uncle BOwlIn
has said In n letter.
why. Abe. where have you beenf
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-09-15

nined them before they were In hail
Gag distance and waved her hand and
hurried toward them with happy
fhco.
-where are you golng2" she asked.
ITO see you and your father and
mother" said Harry.
A sad look came into her eyes.
III had stone would throw II
az you" she said.
-Why" Hagr- psked.
Because have TO get used to being
miserable. and just as ! begin to be
resigned 70 II. you come along and
make me happy. and have II all to
do over again"
The yOung man stopped his horse.
Il hadnt thought OF that" he said,
gtth a SAD face. at isn't fair TO you.
On 1T It's rathor--selhsh."
"why don't you go TO Brimstead's,"
him suggested. "A beautiful girl over
there Is In love with you. Honestly.
Harry, there isn't q sweeter girl In
all the world"
II ought not to so there. either"
said the young man.
"whyr
because mustn't let her think
fsaat care for her"
50 Il happened that Harry went on
with him and Abe 10 the little house
IA HOpedale.
They put out the horses. The girl
came and sat on her fathers knee
Harry sat down by the side OF Abe on
6he grass In the oaks shadow.
sits a Joy to have the little girl
back aRnin." said Kelso. as he touched
her heir with hts hand. 1T 10 still a.
yellow "a a corn tassel. | wonder Il
isn't gray"
~Her eyes look ~ bright 81 sveI
a0day," said Harry.
"NO compliments. pleas. wan
you 20 be downright mean BIN pro
eested.
KeIsO l,oked up with a smile: IA,
hsny. Nas leonardo ia vlnel wh'
said that msu could have neither