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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-30
SAY DAVENPORT
MAN EMBEzzLER

P. l. wyman. Davenport arrest
ed Tuesday afternoon by deputies
from the Scott county sheriTs Of
fee, was brought to Rock Island
today and was formally charged by
the Geneseo Creamery COMPANY.
Geueseo. Ill. with embezzlement
wyman was arraigned before
Magistrate D. J CleIand. and his
case was continued until this aft
ernoon. He was remanded TO the
county Jail IN default OF $4,000
bond.
The complaint was signed by
William F. Lipke OF Genese0. who.
with Edward c. Dodge. are part
ners in conducting the business OF
the Geneseo Creamery COMPANY.
which had employed Wyman.
Claim is made that Wyman EN-
bezzIed a sum OF $3.50 from his en-
ployerS.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-30
GENERATOR WILL
BE IN SERVICE
IN A FEW WEEKS
Especial Moline serv1el

The 10000 kilowatt generator at
tho PEOPLES Power company plant
viii be ready to give service Dec.
"a IL was announced today by Off
Gals of the company. Wiring on
tbs revolving field Of the generator
Gas burned out Sept. 20 during an
electric storm, and it was necessary
IN sent the revolving field to the
nlant Of the Westinghouse Elec-
tri7l Manufacturing company for
repairs.
Five experts from the Westing-
house factory have been at the local
nIant for a number of days making
repairs on parts Of the big genera
tor which were not sent to Pitts
burgh.
The Peoples Power company has
stored 1900 tons Of coal for the
winter in anticipation of a short
age later. Expectations r to have
$4,000 tons in storage before long.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-30
CLINIC WILL BE
HELD ON

DR.. c. w. East of Springfield will
conduct the clinic for crippled
children of Rock Island and the
lower end of the county at the
West End sediment Monday morn
ing. The clinic is announced for 8
o'clock
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-30

produce a repertoire which is as
tonishing."
Tickets for the concert are now
on sale at the Norberg Music shops
Of Rock Island and Moline ana al
the Schmidt Music house in DaYen-
port. kaufman will be accompan-
led on the piano by Abe Shynman
of Chicago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-30

posed OF the sons and daughters of
the members.
Following the initiatory work
this evening will be the memorial
service in which every officer will
take part Mrs. L. r. Mace. worthy
matron, viii preside at the initia-
ton and commemoration.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-30
IDENTIFIES CAR

G. A. Secor. Bloomington, n. ar
rived at the Rock Island police sta
ton today and identified an auto
mobile that a found several days
ago by the police.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
THAT DAY MAY COME

Tho dean Of ST. Paurs cathedral OF
London, DR.. Inge, was last week quot
ed as saying that Great Britain is
nearing docadence while the United
states is forging to the front as the
greatest OF world powers. In these
circumstances the possibility arises,
he says, Of a European alliance
against the United States.
One assumption which may well be
questioned undcrlics Dean Inge's hy-
pothotioal European alliance against
the United States. WIN American as
cendancy necessarily be detrimental
to Europe? Though history in large
measure justifies his assumption that
states rising to pre-eminence endan-
ger smaller states, It is also true that
history has few examples OF demo-
cratic world powers. Monarchies,
oligarchios, empires. governed in the
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21

Total .....S5,6S6 ,OO5,7O6 1O0fS
Think OF it. Ninety-throe cents out
Of every dollar for wars past and
present, and cents for constructive
service!
The analysis was made by DR.. Ed
ward Z. Rosa OF the United States
bureau OF standards. and is presum-
ably correct, but even If the war ap-
preparation were two, three, five
times less, the ratio is appalling. And
how much greater must be the bur
den in stricken Europe!
what will be the end Of this mad
race Of mutual strife and suspicion?
Is it not time that we found a better
way to get on in the same world? :?
Particularly as the newspaper an
nounces tho discovery by the United
States of a liquid poison capable of
being made in unlimited quantities.
drops Of which will kill anyone whose
skin it touches. 1t is proposed to
spray this pleasant concoction from
airplanes, and one is gratified to
learn that 400 planes can thus de-
stroy an army of 100000 in twelve
hours!
The Chemical Warfare service,
which produced this admirable poi
son, Is also developing protective
clothing which shall make the wearcr
impervious to It's action. What a
pcrefct example of vicious circle!
And what comfort to know that only
the poor, and the innocent, and the
unsuspcctng, and the non-military
need die from its effects!
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
WE DON'T DESERVE IT

The worlds champion spinster lives
in Poland. She is Miss Anna Dobeck.
who still answers roll call in the viii
lage OF Chocholow at the age Of 1873.
A news item says Of her:
"She also has a sense OF humor.
and 70 her acquaintances attributes
her longevity 10 the fact that she has
never been bothered by havns z man
about the house. Miss Dobeck doesn't
like cats, either"
Which we rise to remark that Miss
Dobeck's explanation may not be so
doggoned humorous as it seems. 1t
shows a depth Of understanding OF the
male which supposedly only a mar
rled woman possesses. In spite OF
her lack of experience Miss Dobeck is
undoubtedly on to us, Much as we
dislike to admit it she has our num-
ber.
A man Is a handy animal to have
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
IT'S A GRAND OLD WORD

Did you ever think Of it-that
things" is a grand old word?
1t means everything or anything.
1t refers TO and describes socks,
onions. automobiles, revolvers, bibles,
dollars, operas. girls-and the rest.
When one is in a bewildered mood
he may describe anything as "that
thing" or "those things" and get
away with it.
Our rather strange and loose Eng
lish language permits a lot Of "those
things" and the peculiar part of it
is that Americans readily understand
what is meant.
If one man owes another man dol
lar. and the creditor halts him on the
street and says that he would like to
have a conversation about that
thing" the debtor doesn't have any
difficulty in realizing what the said
thing" is.
If another man winks at still an
other man and says that he knows
where he can get one OF ''those
things"-enough said!
Things seem to be things. but we
never heard them applied to orisons
or wives.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
THAT 20 PER CENT CUT IN WAGES

The United States Steel corporation
has just announced another 20 per
cent wage reduction for its great
army OF employees. This reduction
comes when the self-constituted party
of prosperity is in control of all
branches of the government. 1t is
for this reason alone to be held as
much responsible for the industrial
depression which has made this and
other current wage reductions neces-
sary as it held the democratic party
responsible for the panic of 1898. fol-
lowing closely upon the return of that
party to power earlier in the same
year.
But we shall be more rational than
the republicans were then and still
affirm for thom large responsibility
for these wage reductions.
Little more than a year has passed
since the Steel corporation increased
wages by 10 per cent additional to
prior Increases. The armlstlce was
then more than a year in the back
ground. Germany had surrendered
and the war was practically over.
President Wilson had come back from
Paris with a treaty OF peace which
was TO mean peace for the whole
world and a start by the whole world
in the processes Of reconstruction.
Why did the steel corporation, under
its especially far-sighted management.
choose that time to give wages an
other boost? Is there any other rca-
son than that it anticipated an early
ratification Of the treaty and a begin
ming OF world rehabilitation from the
wrcckage Of war in which its own
products must come into great de-
mand? But its calculations were up
set, and by what party and by whom
among its leaders all the world
knows.
This is why steel and other wages
arc now being reduced when they
were expected hardly a year ago tc
be holding at thetop figures.
Political parties with their policies
cannot create prosperity at will. But
they can easily wreck prosperity.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
MANS EFFICIENCY DEFENDS ON
SEJF

Upon the strength OF his purpose
depends a mans efficiency. 1t will
be the product OF his own soul and
will not follow that man should give
no heed TO the various external de-
tails OF efficiency. 1t goes without
saying that he should order his life
and business so that his time and
strength will not be frittered away,
his health injured, or his hours OF
play and recreation reduced; that In
his business he should concentrate.
and not spend ten hours a day at his
desk when five hours of effort more
wisely directed might do the days
work.
The so-called short cuts and labor
saving and time saving devices of the
efficiency experts are valuable and
must not be ignored, but the secret
OF personal efficiency does not lie in
them. 1t is in the man himself in his
purpose, in his ideals. in the heart of
his desire. A man of weak will and
feeble desire is doomed to be inef-
ficient.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
THE GREAT LESSON

An article in the Chicago Tribune
makes this statement:
THE great lesson that preparedness
IS tho best insurance against war
seems already to have been forgotten
by most people"
In the light OF the experience of
the last seven years, how could they
have ever forgotten this great lesson e?
Germany was prepared for war in
1914, and therefore Germany esodabed
war. Austria Hungary was prepared
and so was Russia. In consequence
they have known nothing but peace
and happiness. France was less well
prepared. but her military establish
ment was better than it had been
since the time OF Napoleon. The Brit
ish army, although comparatively
small, was fully prepared. and the
British navy, modified and ready.
commanded the s'3s.
Preparedness is indeed the best in
surance. and IL there are careless peo-
PIE who have forgotten Il the thing
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21

interests Of an Individual or a class,
have indeed proved dangerous when
they exercised vast influence. To in
clude true democracies in this gencr-
alization does not seem justified in
the light of history.
Competitors with other states
dcmocracics may well be. but when
the competition approaches highly or
ganized intrigue, warlike aggression
and tho other agencies whereby states
mako themselves dangerous to their
neighbors and therefore hated by
those nclghbors, democratic methods
break down.
1t is far more probable that the
United States will need the tacit or
active support of Europe in the ex-
ercise of a true democratic policy in
the Pacific and in Asia. A decade
or two may well show the suicidal
folly Of continued divisions among in
telligent white peoples. The day may
come, as It came to the quarreling
cities Of ancient Greece, when the
western races must stand together or
80 down.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21

Why should not General Manager
Adams of the street railway system
protest when he is asked to build up
and pay for a medium with which to
cut his own throat? And this is Just
what he is asked to do when he is
told to pay about one-half OF the cost
of repaving South Sixth from Monte
rey to Renick so that the irrespon-
sible and practically not paying-rev-
enue-to-the-city jitneys-which are
sapping the life blood of the street
railways may have a perfect speed
way from one end Of the city to the
other to still further hurt and cripple
his business. 1t is to be hoped that
some means OF relief may be found
to either curb their activities or force
them to pay a proper license fee to
build streets.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21

around the house at times, particu-
larry when thero is a furnace to stoke
or grass to cut. lie is mildly useful
occasionally washing windows and
stringing the clothes line. But take
him by and large, he is a bigger
nuisance than he is a help, particu-
larly IL he Is one Of those lazy louts
who can't carry his own soiled linen
as far as the laundry chute and insists
on dropping his hat on the first handy
chair, when he comes homo at night.
When 1t comes to feeding him any
woman will admit that she would
rather cook for a houseful OF board
ers than for one husband. These
things are enough to show where he
stands without even mentioning his
smelly pipes. muddy boots and lang
uage in front Of tho children.
For our part we are willing to
plead guilty to Miss Dobeck's implied
Indictment but she needn't have
rubbed it in We don't like to be
classified with cats. We aren't any
fonder OF cats than she Is. The same
goes for parrots and gold fish. We
are willing TO take any abuse that
Miss Dobeck wants to hand us but
the cats. We draw the line there
We don't deserve it.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
BISHOP BURLESON on TIE
NIlIOIS CIRIIE

~lshop Burlescn of Montana. ttular
h,pd of the Methodist church Of that
E'atc, was considerably surprised
when ne attended a luncheon given
by the League Of Free Nations a
few days ago, at which timo the sub
jet Of Disarmament was interest
irgly ana ably discussed. Bishop
Brrlcson was not a little surprised to
n0le that the military man who spoke
v.s most earnestly in favor OF dis
orming; that none Of the speakers
really justified our enormous military
and naval expenditures, while all ad-
Ititted that armaments. oven al the
existing standard, are a well-high in
tolersble burden laid on the shoulders
Of a staggering world. It was prac-
{ caily agreed that disarmament--or
&C least Limitation OF armament-was
e. asirable if-and WHOM
Here began the vicious circle. Each
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21

nation must keep a little ahead of the
other; none wants to make the first
move, so we buy what we don't want
and can't afford. in order TO match
the move Of a present rival and po-
tcntial enemy.
How absurd, how disastrous, how
wicked! Is there not common sense
enough left in the world to compass
this thing which all desire without
delay and without danger? For look
at the following table Of appropria-
tions for 1920. not by some mllitaris-
tic nation Of Europe, but by our own
poaco-loying United States:
Past war. rs..$3,S55,tS2,5S6 GSa6
II. Future wars. 1,42A1SS,677 25e6
III Civic depts. 1S1,OSz225 so
". Public works. 1GS,2O3.557 so
V. Education and
Science ..... 57.O9S,661 10
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
THINK ABOUT THE FRAGRANT
ONION

In the last issue of this paper we
referred to the spinach raisers OF
Texas who only received SIS per ton
for that product. while the Chicago
men who consumed it paid for it at
the rate of 5000 per ton. This week
the indulgent public is asked to con-
slider the succulent and fragrant on
ion, which is now costing the Chicago
consumer at the rate OF $500 per ton.
Who was getting the opulence rep
resented by the onion at 5000 a ton
in the Chicago market basket? Not
the producer. for on that very date
his price on the Texas farm was $42
ton. Not in this instance the trans
porting railroad for at the same time
the freight charges on the onions
from Texas to Chicago were ss9.64
a ton. But who did get It?
The difference between the $42 a
ton on the farm. plus tho s29.64 on
the train. or the $71.64 at the Chi
cago freight yard, and the 5000 In
the consumers pantry is S12S.36. The
commission merchant couldn't have
taken it all. for after him was the
wholesaler and after the wholesaler
was the retailer with their labor. rent.
delivery costs and taxes to pay.
But how did the commission man,
the wholesaler and the retailer divide
up the $15s which the onion farmer
did not get and the $12s.Ss which
the onion farmer and the railroad
put together did not get5 Did they
split it even. each taking $42.7S. or
IS cents apiece more than the farmer
got and $13 apiece more than the
railroad got--or what?
Anyhow. with the public paying at
the rate of $500 a ton for what was
worth $42 a ton to the farmer who
raised 1t. consider the onion which
brings tears to tho consumers eye.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
Plenty of Them Around Here

Many are too selfish to see how TO
work for their own good. There is
no great good Of any magnitude for
anyone without doing others good;
and what is true of the individual is
also true of the community. There
cannot be much progress in a city
wttnuatt making the country around
better place for the farmers, and
on the other hand. the farmer does
not prosper much without helping the
town.-Dade County Advocate.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
They Spilled That Ralanco

Without raising the assessment or
increasing the tax rate. the Demo-
cratic administration OF Governor
Gardner left a state treasury full to
overflowing. But along came a Re-
publican governor and Republican
legislature and spent what Gardner
had left. having to increase our taxes
so they can have more to spend next
year.-Henry County Democrat
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
IL Is a Wonder!

The Polish governments vigorous
plan Of action" against the insurgents
who have risen in Upper Silesla is
disclosed to be an appeal to them to
lay down their arms and go to work.
It's a wonder the government didn't
add something to the effect that as
good citizens they would undoubtedly
recognize their duty and do it.-Kan-
sas City Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
st. louis Now Takes Palm

The crime wave has apparently
shifted from Kansas City TO ST. Lou.-.
Is 1t possible that criminals find II
safer to ply their trade in cities that
politically are dominated by the party
in power7 Under democratic rule it
was claimed that Kansas City, which
Is a democratic city, was the crime
center but st. Louis. which is strongly
republican. Is the popular criminal
rendezvous for criminals and conse-
quently neither life nor property is
safe an that city.--Mobery Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
Half q Mile OF Corn

The increase in state and county
taxes to Worth county farmers will
cost them at present prices 10000
bushels of corn. 1t will take n
freight train one half a mile long to
haul enough corn to market to pay
the extra taxes for Worth county
farmers this year. Quite a nice little
Christmas present to Worth county
farmers from his friends of the
honest taxation" full valuation."-
Worth County Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
This Is Real Cop Prosperity

Some more Republican prosperity.
A Dunklin county farmer has 1000
bushels of corn on hand, but will not
sell it for less than 20 cents. This
man has agreed to take all the corn
his tenants raise this year at rs cents
bushel. Some difference between
times under Wilson and those we now
have.-Howell County Gazette.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
H 20 Take a Reoess

Some men are the poorest losers
and they never forget when they are
through in a fair fight. The only
thing left for Craig to do is to get to-
gether when these men come up for
favors again. regardless of political
affiliations, and send them back
where they belong. That is what is
going to happen to them. They will
think hell has let out for a recess one
of these days.-Craig Leader.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
The Big Boss Has "spolSc"

The price OF all labor MUST COMM
DOWN and the workmen everywhere
had just as well ''get that into their
heads" "De Big Boss (the Republic
can party) has done spoke. and you
might as well hitch up!"-Milan
Standard.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21

Chicago made a silly experiment in
turning over the city for an hour to
tho government of the Boy Scouts, this
week. The only wise thing that was
done was that the boys could not put
into literal effect the whims that they
proposed to crafty. Exertme youth
cannot govern with safety.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
sENAroR MOSES GIVES WHINING

SENATOR MOSES GIVES WARNING
Senator Moses, the republican rep
rcscntative from rock-ribbed and
Eranitc-bound New Hampshire. has
long ago discovered that while argu-
mont on the merits of a proposal is
sometimes futile, a warning Of its po-
litical effects is sure of a hearing
Such warning he gave to his fellow
republican senators i'm a speech which
will raise by at least SO per cent the
reliability Of the issue Of the Con-
Eressional Record in which it appears.
bills, and his point was the emergen-
cy which the last republican tariff
bills created for the republican party
The historical parallel which Senator
Moses drew between the circum-
STANCES of the Inflated paync-Aldrich
tariff Of 1909 and the so-callcd emer-
gency tariff Of 1921 has some striking
details Then as now the republicans
had come into power with the largest
vote ever cast up to that time. Then
as now their first partisan measure
was tariff bill. lie carries on the
parallel by repeating against the
emergency tariff the warning which
was uttered by more than one repub-
lican senator against the Payne-Ald-
rich tariff and which found startling
expression in the vote against it OF
no fcwcr than ten republican sena-
tors.
To Senator Knox the remarks of
the senator from New Hampshire are
"doggcrel and prejudice" But no
one knows better than the senator
from Pennsylvania that a senator OF
either party does not go out OF his
way to Criticise measure which
bears the party stamp. Why should
Senator Moses hold up the emergency
tariff to ridiculc? If he has some
private motive, let it be discovered
and proclaimed. His own election is
not at stake, for he is just entering
upon a new term. But he comes from
a state which felt the effects Of what
ne terms the "frightful debaCIe in the
epublican party" New Hampshire,
normally republican, went democratic
n 1912 and again in 1916, and For a
hle had democratic senator.
Members Of congress from states like
this are much more sensitive TO gen
rral public opinion than congressman
from Senator KnoX's commonwealth
viii the warning Of Senator Moses
2 q needed or will it be a voice crying
ia the wilderness? Republicans who
yor the emergency tariff will point
70 the demand Of the farmers for re-
"rr. But what will lie the feeling OF
'nr farmers when they find that they
ave been buncocd? They are asl,
cts. How will they regard a Law
lich comes too late to pivc them
shor prices for their products bu
u plenty Of time 20 make them pay
ighcr prices for some NJ the article,
.ey must buy? What will they think
legislation which. so far as # has
effect at an upon the intorna
nal market which they desire tc
enter upon the old scale, puts ur
-s instead Of t4kinv Thorn Goyvu
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21

Brother Charley Bryan has been
sulking all week in his tent at Lincoln
simply because the people did not
want him for mayor and so voted that
he only ran fourth in the list-and
now. like a spoiled baby. he sulks in
his dog house.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21

The Stevenson divorce case ended
just as il should-in Judge Worries re-
fusing to help any Of the parties, and
throwing the case out OF the court
chat it had nauseated.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
Is Not q Necessity

Have you received your state in
come tax dun? Like all other taxes
there is no way to beat it. The i'm
posing of this tax put the democrats
out of power in this state and the
failure to abolish or greatly reduce it
will do the same for the republican
party. 1t is an unnecessary burden
on suffering public.-Moberly Dem
ocrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21

In the death OF Franklin X. Lane.
which occurred Wednesday, a member
Of President Wilson's cabinet, who al
ways did his work faithfully and well.
is no more. Mr.. Lane was a construc-
tive statesman, and his wise counsels
will be sadly missed.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-21
Just Another Little oExamp,e''

A farmer down near Kansas City
took a load of corn and a cows hide
to market and it took all the money
he got for them to buy his wife
pair OF shoes. A year ago he could
have taken the same amount of stuff
to market and with what money he
got for it, could have bought a family
Of five each a pair of shoes and had
some money left-Bolckow Herald.