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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-03

0ale.1afg. ~. Ian. s.-Chestsr
Traver. taanstsr Engaged II haul
ing coal. smsrssd uninjured aepar-
emily except for some minor cuts
and bruises, and particularly gave
evidence Of no internal or SPINAL
injury when his fellow workers
dug him out from beneath ! land.
slide Of clay and rocks last 1hurs-
day.
Yet less than fifteen minutes Ia
ter hs quietly expired while being
taken to town on Z sled.
Physicians and the personnel Of
the coroner's jury which sat Fri
day evening were unable to &C.
count for the manner Of his death.
Al the family refused to permit an
autopsy Of. the remains the injury
which caused his death will for
sver remain : mystery. The state
ment Of the jury assigned the trag-
edy's cause to Traver's being
crushed by an avalanche Of earth.
The accident occurred at $50
Thursday afternoon on the Odean
fArm, nye miles east of here. At
that place "strip-bank" coal min
ing IL being carried on where q
vein Of coal has been found lying
about six feet below the surface of
the ground in one of the pastures
Of the place. The process con-
sists of digging q wide trench down
to the coal vein. blasting the coal
and then ahoveliig II into wagons
to b hauled to town and sold. The
apparatus used is simple. E. H.
Merrill Of this city was in charge
OF the operation. On both sides Of
the coal pit we're almost perpen-
dicular banks Of clay nearly I'VE
feet in depth or height. Below was
a layer Of slate 16 feet thick, form
ing a three-foot shelf out from the
clay bank. Traver was standing,
idle for q moment, on tho coal
close to the shelf Of slate and with
his back to it and the wall Of clay.
Suddenly, without warning,s a
segment Of the clay bank tumbled
over him. beating him to Z stoop-
ing posture and covering him Is
: child covers q pebble with a
shovelful OF sand. He was buried
beneath a foot Of the clay and
stone. Only three other men we're
present; one Of them saw the &C
cident happen and his shout at
tracted the attention tOf the others
just as Traver was sinking be-
meath the dirt. They at once pro-
ceeded to dig him out and he
emerged apparently not seriously
harmed. The dirt which fell upon
him was estimated to be a cubic
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-03

--lS' - Z - ~ ~ -
~ ~ a .
IL .s G0Slo = nn1ofe1oet4
Z. J. I. .r.sE. ,1 = ~. =! ~ - eovern1nent
49, al! 49,. /! = sal.ery b111-
-. e 1esiyiftee "
~ 49,. ~ e.eeee result
.s.s4s- b.; "a n. taxe fhe tm-
s..s o1 g a0als1ona! taxes Or
=. .ss' noEIoWlng. either through
= ~ M 1nAnce c0rRorat1on OK by
s =. eIx e eateer cas- new
ouIosns woul De leid upon all the
peODS; ilnef borrowing would
= ~ n.ennooo taD the very
so Wnicn might Otherwise ~
svaa1ple iof private operations Or
wn,cn ne treasury = NOW con-
pellec g reach 70 inset current Oh
nsatlons g! the eovefnnent- There
!. - ne qneellon mat the borrowing
- ve ments sno0lo. be limit
- - .s. .n.um rqIarements,
4. c.i,sa ~ 80. e~'e snent should not
..s-~ eu IHou lurtnef 70 nnance
- sssn,u I.s - pubic expense.
~ -. .... u 4u securities,
~ ~ oHs1e -. hor0pe - able
k,sse Insncial insututi0ns here
III ~. SouD.less ma means q Civ
~ -. . scmmodatlon.
49, ,cs;,,.. mas Deen opened for
ss", 1 iee''l.se eHorts 70 promote
~ ~. - ~. .lsue flnancial agencies
h..a ~ =. eApotls. pIlva1eiy nnancsd,
-" eauy usen Planned to oper-
1e,a SAue. .ne .ct approved Dec. "a,
- 49, Ea;.nolAns INC organization
s;.r nans, c0fpolstions g DO for
s 80 A business. Une cor
.crth "a 40 49, olsanized IN the
:. - ~ = solu u IAreef scope
a. - Sou.se - oevelopment. These
ase..as. 10y De expected TO act a.
t ,.,,.. sno - liDeraiiy ana help
.u ;I; ~ SCUM Dusiness conditions
snah p through reliance Of
- eu.eIpIases, ratner than
.Iousn government Intervention,
msy W expect 70 secure return
~" .ao.e business reiations.
10y MONTHS tnefe mas been
ueuano tnat war agencies should
- ~, ana mat there should
~. '.ss government interference
w I'll uuslness. nave sympathised
:. Atn .%.S view. ana Deiieve that It
|.a ppilcaoie 70 foreign trade as
~ ~ - ~ uoIneeuc business. am
80 40 opH. ~. .n.s now, more imam
nation .ho,,id ra., .re s ~ me
mesa methnS. end ro. 10 u ~ ~ Jus
1;aro. ~ ~ ,s ~. .e.ai , ~ .ls re-
and oh;i;.a =. a.. .: .n.e'nseace
.rS anan! .I 10 BUSINESS uauers
Hassa,a ans.l 1.
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-03
RRCOMMEND BOYCOTT.

Allahabad, India, Jan. 3.-(Unit-
ed Press. Boycott Of European
made goods and the person of the
duke Of Connaught, who is to ar
rive here shortly on an official
visit, was recommended by the ma
tionalist Indian congress at Nag
pur. Resolutions Of sympathy with
the Sim Fem and in memory Of
Terence MacSwiney were adopted.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-03
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szcspt for commitments
80. They should not
umsd, either directly -
The recent Brussels
cpnposed Of experts
~ European countries and
~ nafions, itself oppressed
- that further credits
~ b accorded directly BY
1nts. / do not believe that
IA be accorded indirectly.
- Export Decline
te Of domestic products
declined since the armi-
- the contrary they have
lncreased. From an aggre-
SIse before the war Of less
4 Ioo, 100000 and Of about
900 the last year Of hos
hey rose in the calendar
~ to more than 81, 300, 000,-
this figure will probably be
for the last calendar year.
u Arst II months Of the last
~ year, We exported moro
500 900, 900 worth Of domes-
rchsndise. These have been
privately financed.
difaculty in the way Of still
Imports does not seem to lie
- IN the lack Of financial
here as in Europe's lack of
% make payment. Her pro-
energies and the services
~ renders have not yet
~ 8 point where they balance
rllue Of commodities taken
& his nation, and her ability
aiSh for additional exports
llies which business men
~ J til justified in taking Is re-
The exports of the Brus-
= cceference reported that one
RI chief obstacles to the grant
Il credits IS the absence in Dor
Hlns countries of sufficient Sc
|lllios for ultimate repayment"
Until this obstacle is removed
II dtmcult to see how materially
~ exports to Europe are to be
~ sven If exporters, aides or
ni1ei by government finance,
~ ready to do their part. 1t ID
unable that Europe is able to
~ IN effective demand for as
~ Z volume of our goods as she
making. 1t is gratifying evi-
- I her recovery and progress
R1fds full production and sound
financial conditions.
Under the law, Il the activities
the corporation we're resumed,
direct advances could be made
producers and if they could be
=, would not accom- dish the OBJ
10 IN view. They would not Gre
! demand for our products. They
~ be made only 10 exporters
70 banks engaged in financing
Qorts, and if they did in some
!lo1ure stimulate exports they
~ probably not have the effect
IDarently most desired of sub.
|11sially increasing those Of az.
|ealtnral commodities.
World Markets.
Already, with the larger volume
4 IMPORTS which Europe is taking
le@sus, she is exercising her op.
y, such as meats, presumably
eauSe she herself has become
~ largely self-sufficient, or i.
gntn providing herself with sup
~ from distant countries which
20 the opening up Of shipping
- the armistice. have once NOR,
md their place in the markets
4 e world. 1t is highly probabl,
M the most immediate and con
nous effect Of the resumption
! the corporations activities
ND be an effort on the part o
1yofters to shift the financing o
LII operations from ordinar,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-03
undeds Of Our Representatives Make from $oO to $500 Week

M. O. LOTHIAN Of Bellevue, Pa,
was a clerk in a tea and coffee
house in a town in Pennsylvania.
He has since told us that he thought
he had a good job when he was
earning $50 per week or 100000
per year. He answered one OF our
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-03
lEelECTED COLDS
ARE DANGEROUS

letsas advise Tat q neglected colo
9 sas source of much serious trouble
em ehould be treated at once, 70.
= n. y y easy to stop them developing.
0s application Of Turpo, the Tur.
= Ointment, gets right through
- and membrane to the source o.
auubls and treats the cold right d
w root, giving immediate relief
tpo y . scientific combination Of
- Iurpentine, Camphor and Men.
semedies which medical experience
p b the most effective for the
s.s mt Of all kinds Of colds and
m. Tmpo is q salve or clint.
eisar and pleasant smelling. It.
r. stain the finest fabric, MOI
.tne tenderest skin. When ap
g has Q soothing, healing effect
y . .s speeially useful for the treatment
caldl9's colds and sore throat. The
of Turpo are now % well known
. -. os~ 100000 jars are sold an
g. yocr own doctor about Turpo.
". w tel You what = useful remedy
Tour own druggist sells it On 1
IN: sa OF money back If not entirely
- q white opal jars with thu
: and black label. ct 900 and 600
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-03

line. removed to bring about q -
timated saving u 41.eoo : rbonth.
The remaining I'VE cars ars turning
|o6 Second avenue 1t Fifteenth
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-26
Another Edgerton Case.
1t Proves That There's Way Out
for Many Suffering EdgertOn Folks

Just another report of case in Ed
gerton. Another typical case. Kidney
ailments relieved in Edgerton with
Doan's Kidney Pills.
J. M. Ogden, POI E. Fulton ST.,
gave the following statement July 22,
1907: "Severe pains in the small of
my back would take me very suddenly.
| had headaches in the top and back OF
my head The kidney secretions, too,
were unnatural in color, being dark and
cloudy. Doan's Kidney Pills rid me
of the pains and cleared up the kidney
secretions. l am feeling much better
now and have no return of my former
trouble"
On Nov. 8, 1919, Mr.. Ogden said: 81
have every bit as much confidence in
Doan's Kidney Pills as when | gave my
former statement. Sometimes when
have caught cold, l have noticed a
slight return of my trouble, but have
always used Doan's Kidney Pills at
such time and they have never failed
to give prompt relief.
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Ogden had. Foster MilOurn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-26
Adjourned Meeting Board of Review
Edgerton, Wis, Aug. %, 1921.

Edgerton, Wis, Aug. %, 1921.
The Board of Review met Monday,
August %, at 10 a. m. Members pres
emit: Mayor Leary, Geo w. Doty and
Deputy City Clerk Knapp. Assessor
Flagg was present with the assessment
roll. The Board proceeded to review
the tax roll At noon an adjournment
was taken until 1870.
Board reassembled at 100 and con-
tinued their work until 800 o'clock and
then adjourned to meet Tuesday, Sept.
9th, at 10 o'clock a. M, in council
chambers.
H. B. Knapp,
41t2 Deputy City Clerk.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-26

Women dig their graves with their
teeth, Constipation is the greatest
curse of the day. Stagnant, decayed
matter in the stomach and bowels may
cause serious trouble. Take HOLLIS
TER'S ROCKY MOUNTAIN TEA for
constipation-Res guaranteed. Es-
pecially recommended for women and
children. -Atwell-Da Drug Co.
Aug. Advertisement.
WANTED Man with car to sell low
priced Guaranteed Tires. $4,000 per
week and commissions. - Wolfe Tire
Co., 1926 Graham, Benton Harbor,
Mich. t1pd
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-26
MORE RIOTING IN BELFAST
Sim Fein, and Unionists Fight in
the Streets Until the Police
Charge.

Belfast, Aug. 24.-7Rioting, in which
many shots were fired and bombs were
used, broke out early in the day. The
trouble began with clash between
Sim Feiners and Unionists Shooting
occurred for several hours and the
street lights and many. windows were
demolished. In the darkness the po-
lice could not distinguish the attack
ers from the attacked, and were COM
PEELED to charge indiscriminately
through volleys of bullets. The bombs
were homemade affairs and failed to
explode.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-26
Catarrh

Catarrh is local disease, greatly in
fuenced by constitutional conditions.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is a Tonic and
Blood Purifier. By cleansing the blood
and building up the System, Halls Ca
tarrh Medicine restores normal condi-
tions and allows Nature to do its work.
All Druggists. Circulars free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Advertisement.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-26

Application of Lee Alder for permit
to construct addition to building on cor
ner of Lawton and South Main streets
according to plans submitted was read.
Motion made and seconded that per-
nit be granted subject to direction of
street committee. Motion carried.
Motion made and seconded that side
walk on Aug. Waldo property on South
Main street be raised to conform to
grade Motion carried.
On motion council adjourned.
G.. w. Blanchard,
City Clerk.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-26
Common Council Proceedings.
Edgerton, Wis, Aug. Is, 1921

EdgertOn, Wis, Aug. 10, IyzI.
Regular meeting of the Common
Council, Mayor Leary presiding.
Aldermen present: Jensen, Spike,
Westlake, Schultz, Bartz.
Minutes of last meeting read and ap-
proved.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-26

To remove putty from window
frames pass very hot poker or piece
! of iron over the putty. 1t will drop on.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-10

60 cases, estimated by the officers to have
market value of about $4,000, enough to
last the eminent financier some little time,
as has already been calculated
Brelinger took the keys and in tho
name of the Government seized the car
1t was then about two o'clock in the
morning and the officers went to the
Royal Palm Hotel to arrest Mr.. Black
who had room there.
AT 800 n. M. the room clerk observed
Mr. Black come in and 60 to his room At
$50. by appointment. the fnancier and
Constable Amos held conference. as the
result Of which cash bonds of $500 each
for himself and his two negro servants
were put up. covering the appearance of
the three before the Cocoanut Grove mag
istrate the following morning The hear.
ing was later postponed until Monday
Rut this Magistrate whom Mr. Black was
to face had come into the game little
earlier. He was none other than Hugh
Matheson. Mayor Of Cocoanut Grove. son Of
William j. Matheson, millionaire, of New
York.
Much of the day Thursday was spent by
MIR. Black and his two attorneys. Granting
and s. j. BarcO. in seeing various officers
and in talking to the witnesses in the case
There were several conferences with
olttls vi ihhutice. iney intended 10 lay
their ground carefully, for It was highly
important TO clear the wealthy defendant
In the first go-round before United States
Commissioner J. NJ Graham. before whom
the Federal case was to be tried If he
were bound over TO the Federal court it
would mean that he would have to return
here next Summer to be tried, and that his
private car would have to remain in the
custody OF the Government until that time
unless he put up bond for twice its value
Meanwhile Officer Brelinger had the pri
vate car switched up to Miami.
The time for the hearing WAS set for IL
o'clock Friday. For an hour before the
case was actually called by Commissioner
Graham, series OF conferences went on
behind closed doors in the office OF United
States Deputy Marshal Jack Moritz These
conferences were attended by the attor
neys and the witnesses for the Government
Great Britain Rshs Reserved.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-10

taker, Hardie Taylor But the door was
locked and although they called there
was no answer
SO they broke in window and entered
There in one corner of the room was
great pile of whskey hottles--flled with
what purported to be very high grade of
the once popular heveraee-enough to
make approximately five cases.
Just about this time in came Hardie,
little scared and shaking. NO sab. boss,
All doesn't know nothn' about this liquor
tall. Use just come home from town and
1t want here when left" he declared. But
the handouts were slipped on him and
with the liquor the party departed for the
police station.
The officers didn't need anyone to tell
them where 10 look for the destination of
the automobile and truck, presumably
loaded with liquor. They knew the lot be-
longed TO Harry Black, and they knew
that Harry Blacks palatial private car,
"Bayview," was standing over by the rail.
road station
When they arrived at the car it was
nearly midnight. After some pounding they
aroused the negro porter, j. r. Mandley
1t took but few minutes to locate the
oiOIeu away III one emu
OF the car were ten cases OF whskey. But
they continued their search and opened
every cupboard until they came to com
partment in the centre of the car which
was locked.
MIR. Black has the key to that can't
open it, said Mandley. who is porter and
steward of the car and buys the supplies
for the COored cook.
So, for the time. the officers left the car,
taking with them the liquor and the porter,
who was promptly placed with Hardie
Taylor in the town calaboose.
Now, Policeman Amos is somewhat new
at his job. He didn't like TO take the re-
sponsiblity OF breaking into anything in
that elegant car, so he decided to go to
Miami and get little higher authority.
He went after Warren Brelnger, we'll
known prohibition enforcement agent.
He heard the call of duty and the two
returned 10 the car. where Brcinger raised
an axe and started TO break in the door Of
the secret compartment.
Here, doan do that" shouted the negro
porter, who had been brought back from
jail for a purpose. "I'll open it." And he
produced the key
,C> 1877. International Feature Service. Ino
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-10

reasonably hope to live at least another
twenty years. At the rate of CONSUMPTION
OF lao bottles per year Mr. Black must
have somewhere a supply of 2S, 500 bottles
or $4,000 drinks 10 carry him through into
the next world.
But the Florida enforcement officers
have different belief Did tn sixty
cases OF liquor which the prohibition
officers seized come to this country at
night by boat from some wicked place
where there are no prohibition laws?
How the genial financer fell into the
clutches OF the law Is an interesting story.
He has been making Miami his Winter
home for many years. Harry Black knows
Miami, and Cocoanut Grove. and all OF
South Florida for that matter like ma.
tive. He loves Miami and its balmy Win
ter days, and he intends. so he declared
after his trial last week that he will soon
build permanent Winter home on the
shores Of Riscayne Bay, on site which he
owns and has owned for some time
Forty miles off shore of Miami is
Eimini Island. the nearest Of the British
bahama group and developed in a years
time from an almost unnhabited SPOT to
q great liquor wholesale centre. Boats
ply back and forth from Bimini to the
Florida coast. landing almost at will in the
darkness among the palms and mangroves
of the bay shore
SO, as CocOanut Grove people were TAX
Ing little air last Wednesday night be-.
fore retiring some Of them saw boat null
up to the little dock which protrudes into
the water a short distance from the shore
line Of Harry st. Francis Blacks future
home site. Such boat landing is not an
uncommon sight, but people took mental
note OF IT,
An hour later James Conrad watchman
of the estates Of Arthur Curtiss James and
w. j. Matheson, wellknown millonaires
of New York and acquaintance of Mr..
Black. saw an automobile and truck load
ed with something or other, drive out of
the gate leading to the Black home site
and turn off down the road TO the railroad
station of the town.
AS a good citizen Conrad lost no time in
notifying the Cocoanut Grove Police Head
quarters, and Officers o. L. Kennedy and
w. e. Amos were dispatched to the late
scene OF action. They found no boat--if
there had been one it had slipped away un-
der cover OF the darkness. They attempt
ed to enter small shack on the premises
known to be the home OF the negro care
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-10

ana for the defence. There was someone
passing In and out of the sanctum nearly
all OF the time
But at length everything was adjusted
anu the case was ready to procedc. The
niue commissioners room was filled with
actlVe parties 10 the case.
The case for the Government was not
very enthusiastically pushed, and the
commissioner asked only two questions
throughout the entire hearing, and these
were on cross-examination of the witnesses
Tor the defence The attorneys for tho
defence conducted the questioning of the
Governments witnesses on direct testi.
'iiony as well as on cross-cxamination.
iout preparation always shows its re-
SUITS. The witnesses needed little cues
tioning. Each one said his little say. and
was dismissed Constable Kennedy was
the principal witness for the Government
and he told in detail OF his search for and
arrest OF the three men whom he believed
TO be responsible for the placing of the
Black $50" -'''
Breltnger, and Amos substantiated the
facts ms related by Kennedy. There was
no effort to bring out in the testimony of
these men anything that would connect
BLACK with the case. They simply told
what they could remember and Withdrew.
The negro porter. Mandley. presented
the cruX OF the case. He declared under
oath that he was charged with the respon.
slbility for provisioning the car. that he
mad 1t switched where he pleased. that he
bought what he pleased for it-.by infer.
ence, even though the purchase amounted
10 $4,000 worth of liquor, although this was
not brought out in the questioning
fe said that the owner of the car did not
Know OF his (the porter's) plans to obtain
large quantity Of liquor and that he ar.
ranged for It's being placed there on the
night OF the raid No effort was made at
the hearing to discover the source of the
liquor or to see II Blacks money or per.
sonal CHECK paid for It.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-10

The negro was not arrested by the Fed
eral authorities and made a co-defendant
Following the negro's testimony Attor-
ney Barco made a short statement to the
Court, saying that Judge Rydon NJ. Call
Federal judge for the Southern District of
Florida, recently held in a case involving
boat that where the owner of the craft
has entrusted It's movements to another he
the owner) cannot be held liable In case
liquor is found aboard
II you think of a private railroad car as
a land yacht" and the porter as the cap.
tain, why. then. following Judge Calls rea-
Soning. the owner OF the car cannot be
punished for what his porter does. How
cohia me owner be expected to know about
such trivial detail as that $4,000 worth
OF hootch which the porter happened To
PICK up somewhere and put on board?
The present case. Attorney Barco argued
10 the Judge, was parallel In every import
ant point and following the ruling of the
judge. Mr.. Black should be discharged
Gentlemen" began Commissioner Ora
ham, 'in view of tho fact that Mr.. Black
knew nothing of this liquor being placed
aboard his car, ! can see no reason for
holding him. and hereby discharge him
from the custody Of the Federal Govern.
ment. If these prohibition people want to
take the matter up before a grand Jury
they are welcome to do So
And so the case before the Federal
authorities was concluded Mr. Black got
his car back. bu. he. or his porter, or
somebody. lost 10 the Government sixty
cases OF whiskey. valued at $4,000. That
much seems TO bf certain.
But it was not yet the end The
Florida authorities seemed peeved at the
way the Federal officials let the case GO
They arrested Mr.. Black and the two
negroes all over again and fined them each
$500, which Mr.. Black paid.
But that was not all They seized the
100000 car and are going to proceed
further before the local Grand Jury and no
one knows what the final chapter will be.