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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09
EXCURSION TO CHICAGO
Via Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Pau

VIZ chicago, MlIWdUkee q st. Paul
Railway
The Pageant of Progress is now
on. Miles of interesting exhibits on
the huge Municipal pier; parades;
naval maneuvers; boat races; hun
dreds of interesting sights and
amusements.
Low rate, round trip tickets on
sale Aug. 6 to IS, inclusive. De-
tailed information upon application
to c., M. & st. P. ticket agent
ADVERTISEMENT.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09
Better Go.

on the moonlight excursion on III.
G. w. Hill, Tuesday, Aug. 9. Far,
only Soc. Leaves Davenport S.1.
p. M. Rock Island $50 D. M
l ADVERTISEMENT
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09
Cheaper Than Staying
Home.

When You can go on the moon
hight excursion on the steamer G.
w. Hill Tuesday, Aug. 9, and dance
~ the large open dance palace to
the music of the New York goth
Century Jazz orchestra for only 35c.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09
NOTICE FOR Rms

Bids for 125 tons of 6 inch Iump
goal will be received to and includ-
Ing Aug. 18th. We reserve the
right to reject any or all bids
TRUSTEES ROCK ISLAND AERTE
EAGLES, NO. $50.
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09

1t was believed that paper or a
curtain ~had blown over the buru-
Ing jet and the fire started in that
manner.
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New-York tribune., 1921-05-15


1el7. Despite the fact that heavy truck
trains moving to the Atlantic seaboard
from Western points during the war
travelled it at a rapid pace, the native
lake asphalt still is holding the stone
in a grip traffic apparently cannot
break. The road shows no sign of
wear
There are many asphalt streets and
roads with records for long life under
rigorous service. The residence of the
asphalt serves as cushion for the
foundation by absorbing the shocks of
traffic.
Asphalt surfaces on adequate bases
have proved their ability to meet every
requirement of modern motor traffic.
They are smooth and dustless--assets
Of value in these days of rapid move
ment. They are easily repaired if
broken for the laying Of water mains
or other ground structures.
We trust you will include properly
laid asphalt highways in future lists
of heavy traffic thoroughfares.
KARL KNIPE,
The Barber Asphalt Paving Company.
Philadelphia, Pa, May II, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
Medical Society Factions
State Organization Divided on
Narcotic Drug Measures.

To. the Editor of The Tribune s%4f
e;,. wbef, wss nrohahlv9 one re the
i'ioss ''''poi 'ai' es''io'' e'0A
the Medical Soclety OIL the state Oh
New York ended in this city last week
with practically no notice OF the event
-, ~ NJ wi, Z, ,,.m 80 49,. Nrouov
oeioiee has - peeh ih'iinsl'eo az 0ns
% enese iheesinss Una. 'ne ac'ioi oi
'ns uoYei nor " I'VE" ioin' II, sisn'"e
Diii iea'ine ~ eAe iieuioai pioies
sloh couiu pe iiii.uehpeo ny 'he uecisioh
" she i'o"se u oeieea1es o. 'le so-
cieey on matters OIL this hlho'
Despite' tnls Iact' no action on this
SUBJECT was taken oy the mouse OF
deiegates, put the Two conhlctlng olils
nefore the Governor were referred to
the council Oh the society TOT action.
Inc Diils on "hlch i" Inc seaVe society
alvided were the Smlth-hord and the
Snitn-Fearon oiiis' Doth narcotlc drug
measures. Inc latter was advocated
solely by the Medical Society OF the
county OF New YORK and the former
by the upstate counties. These were
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
Prison Reform
Asphalt vs. Concrete
y
High Price Of Anthracite
Figures Setting Forth Cost of Production No Reduction
Under Present Freight Rates
Tosstshe Editor Of The Tribune.

Tossthe Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: After reading your editorial
The Coal Deadlock" l feel that per-
haps the information conveyed by the
American Coal Journal was not com
plete and that the difference between
the bituminous and anthracite coal
situation is not made entirely clear,
It is true that the demand for btu
minous coal has been very slack, due to
the country's industriaN depression, and
that production has fallen away TO an
alarming degree,
In the anthracite region. however,
the demand for domestic coal is brisk
and the mines are able to operate on
a full time basis. Should the demand
for domestic anthracite coal continue
and the consumer do his share by
stocking his cellar with a supply of
coal necessary to carry him through
next winter, or at least part of it, ft
is very unlikely that there will be any
shortage of anthracite domestic coal in
the Eastern states next winter.
The bituminous situation is different;
and unless the bituminous consumer,
both domestic and industrial. begins to
stock up at least part of the supply
necessary to carry him through the
winter he will suffer accordingly.
As TO the price of coal beg leave to
quote a few figures with regard to an
thracite obtained from the records of
the Anthracite Coal Operators Asso-'
citation.
For the period of April to October;
1920, the cost of forty-two individual
companies averaged $656,30 for 100
tons of coal. or S6.56 per ton. The cost
has not diminished since. Of the 100,
tons mined about 10 per cent can be
made into domestic sizes, and the other
30 per cent becomes steam sizes. Due
to the slump in the demand for steam
sizes the average price obtainable' is
around So, or 1886 less than the cost
of production.
We now have thirty tons of steam
sizes at $3 per ton, which equals 500.
This, subtracted from our cost of min
ing coal, S656.30, equals $566.30, which
sum has to be realized on the sale of
seventy tons of prepared sizes for the
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
Letters to the Tribune,s Editor

piano, if they arc fortunate enough to
possess such luxuries thesc days.
Regarding tips, most ladies' tip hair
drehsers, bootblacks and mattresses
when the service is performed COM
petently and cheerfully. Similarly,
when we teach sloppy men to dance
pnd pretend to be interested in their
conversation we are just as much en-
titled to bonus.
The public ballroom is as good a
place as any for friendless and lone
some lady to spend her time in if she
happens to be fond Of dancing, and it
affords her splendid opportunity of
meeting some men worth while, instead
Of the "goody goodies" one usually
meets at church sociables.
Medically, the dance has much to
recommend it. The strenuous exercise
o. three or four hours' dancing does
more to calm the nerves and induce
healthy sleep than do the rawlings of
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15

Man S Ancestral Chain
From Stone Age Grandfathers Back
r 81 n

From Stone Age Grandfathers Back
to Fossil Primates
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. George Willard Bonte, In your
Sunday issue, makes the rather re-
markable statement that the art of our
Stone Age grandfather brought to us
the first gleamings of intellect and sep
arated us forever from the stigma of
monkey ancestry.
The art he speaks of was that Of the
Cr6-Magnon race of the Upper palmo-
lithic. But man did not spring into ex-
istence possessing this arts Preceding
this highly endowed race was long
fine of ancestral types, more and more
primitive and apelike as we 60 back in
time--the Neanderthals, characteristic
of the lower Paleolithic; the piltdown
and Heidelberg races, until we come TO
pre-hurnan type in the Java ape-man,
Pithecanthropus erectus.
While Pithecanthropus, by close
scientific scrutiny, may be ruled out of
the direct ancestral line, his cousin,
the true link in the ancestral chain,
probably so closely resembied, him as
hardly to be distinguished by a casual
observation. Still further back are the
fossil primates, ancestral both to man
and the anthropoids.
Evolution moves on only step by
step. These fossil ancestral primates
certainly did not draw pictures.
Neither did Pithecanthropus 1t is also
unlikely chat either the Heidelberg or
Piltdown men perceived much glimmer-
ing of artistic light. Possibly the
Neanderthals amused themselves at
times by drawing with pointed stick
in the sand or with the charred end of
twig on the smooth surface of rock
rude outlines of certain common natu-
raj objects that interested them. Later,
with the richly endowed race of the
Gro o-Magnons in the Upper Pal@olithic,
we get our first record Of art in draw
ing and engraving.
Evolution and progress are very slow.
1t has taken untold millennis to lead
up to the Gro Magnon art. One might
as we'll say that the movies and the tin
Lizzies are proof of our special divine
origin, and that the airplanea and the
wireless of to-day forever separated US
from the stigma of monkey ancestry.
]. HOWARD WILSON.
New York, May IL, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15

Now, moat prisons have practically
eliminated thess very obvious unpleas-
ant features which offend the ayes Of
aociety. with the result that we are
beginning to have excellent prison
buildings and equipments; In short,
VIC are getting good prisons, and by
means Of sanitation, baths, dining
rooms and other material things we
are commencing to make good pris-
oners.
But the larger problem to solve is
how to make good men out Of good
prisoners In good prisons.
u is to answer, at least partially,
this question that the Prison Survey
recommends i more adequate educa-
tional program--a system Of voca-
tional training, payment of wage
for work we'll done and partial real
i2ation Of. the principles of self-ex-
pression. Society is coming to the
Ioint where 1t will no longer stand
for anything but good prisons. 1t is
no longer difficult to retain within
their walls men who make model pris-
oners.
But the test of the prison and the
prisoners comes after the man is dis
charged. If the state sends him out
broken in spirit, ruined in health and
vocationally handicapped because of
his long absence from modern methods
Of working, then the state has robbed
him of more than was written in the
warrant. The state sentenced him for
a term of years, not for a life term
of impaired lungs, heart, spirit, brain
or hands. If the state sends him out
in good health, IN good spirits, with
trained hands and an understanding
mind, the state has made liability
iEto an asset. 1t is a paying invest
ment Yours very truly,
ADOLPH LEWISOHN.
New York, May 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
Durable Highways
Examples of Asphalt Streets That Have Carried Heavv
Motor Traffic Satisfactorily
TO the Editor of The Tribune.


To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your recent editorial on High
way Taxation" has been noted with much
interest. ,a
With the declaration that the whole
matter of highways is one of supreme
Importance we are heartily in accord.
Highways to-day are playing part in
American activities greater than they
ever have taken before, and the future
promises to impose still greater burdens.
The statement that "Nothing but tel
ford or concrete will bear the ponderous
and swift vehicles of to-day" however,
we feel, is too broad. There are roads
of another type that are standing up
under. present day traffic, and give every
indication. of continuing to carry large
capacity vehicles for years to come
We would direct your attention to
sheet asphalt streets in scores of cities
which have enviable service records
stretching over twenty-five years or
longer. Or to heavy traffic asphalt high
ways in many states which have car
ried the extraordinary burden of war;
time transportation, and the constantly
mounting number of motor freight car
riers since the armistice, without break
ing under the strain.
On Fifth Avenue, for instance, ma
tive lake asphalt pavement carried the
heaviest traffic burden in the world for
seventeen years before 'resurfacing was
necessary. Broad Street, Philadelphia,
is another example of a heavy traffic
asphalt street Chicago, Columbus, Buff
falo, Washington and many other cities
have native lake asphalt pavements
which have been in service for more
than score of years and still are in
almost perfect condition.
Conestoga Road, an asphalt macadam
highway in the Main Line section of
Philadelphia, has carried extremely
heavy traffic since it was completed in
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
Unbuyable Matches

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | know that business is dull
that men are being discharged, that
wages are being reduced and ali be-
cause the public will not buy at the old
prices goods the retailers will not sell
at the new prices until old stocks are
sold out. | thought this was all there
was to it, and that manufacturers were
wiling to sell to any one who would
buy, but late experience proves that
this is not all the tYsth.
For many years / had been in the
habit of buying particular brand of
match made in Sweden, but since mid
war days this match has steadily grown
more Objectionable. In each box | find
Q per cent with no, heads at, all, S per
cent of the heads fell off at the first
stroke and per cent broke In addi
ton to this, the coating on the sides was
so thln and poor that it failed to light
about the last quarter Of the contents.
Then ! changed to a Japanese product
with somewhat better results but the
box had the added fault of tumblinp
apart in my pocket or in my hands and
spilling all the contents.
Finally I tried domestic brand last
summer that came with lot of groceries
from Boston shop. These were IN
every way admirable and / thought nv
troubles were over, but apparently New
York is not allowed to buy this match.
For month past have tried to buy it
from the best and largest shops. but
have failed. Twice I have written to
the manufacturers asking them to tell
me where their match could be bought.
and though the shops recommended had
had this match in the past, they did not
have it now and would not promise to
get it for me. have begged them to
let me buy and pay for the goods, but,
as IN war times, the maker has refused
to sell and haughtily ignores my plea.
FREDERICK S. DICKSON.
New York, May 12, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
The National Anthem
Objections Raised to Legal;zint
"The Star-Spangled Banner"

Objections Raised to Legal;zing
"The Star-Spangled Banner
To the Editor of The Tribune. .
Sir: On April 19 Representative Lin
thicun, of Maryland, introduced a bill
in the House to legalize "The Star
Spangled Banner as the national
anthem. 1t is right that we should
have legally adopted anthem, but I
cannot reconcile myself TO the belief
that this particular composition is a
proper expression, in words and musical
setting, of the spirit of America to-
day.
Primarily the music is an adaptation
of a foreign drinking song. The words
do not suit the present hour, nor con-
vey agreeable memories of the past
After over one hundred years of peace
with Great Britain, our mother coun-
try, it does not seem that we should
want to perpetuate feelings of ami
mostly, which grew out of "a situation
now long adjusted. To-day Britain is
our ally and, what is more. our Anglo
Saxon brother. So let "the rockets red
glare, the bombs bursting in air" and
"the foes naughty host" be forgotten
with the feelings that expressed them,
With our gaze turned toward the
goal OF universal brotherhood" we
certainly do not want to recall with
aught but gratitude, the days of our
graduation from foreign autocracy.,
What Colonel Harvey, the newly ap-
pointed Ambassador to Great Britain.
SAID at the Lotos Club, applies here:
Ihere is more power and glory in
Lead Kindly Light than in all the
flghtlng anthems of the world,
L. DOUGLAS WISE.
New York, May I2, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
Better Prisons, Better Men
State Should Furnish Means Of Education and Reform
to Those It Furnishes
o the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune at
Sir: We hope for a better under
standing In the treatment OF prisons
and prisoners, but before great deal
can be done we must have the public
conscience aroased to the fact that
our prisons do not exist merely FOR
punishment. They raally should fur
nish means and methods for reforming
the men sent to them. '3 /
There are three sides to every man
physical, mental and spiritual. In any
one or two, or even all three, express
sions, man may be born weak or
crippled. Society has done wonders
for the physical side of man. The
marvellous skill of the surgeon and the
preventive serums Of the scientists
bear ample testimony. We have made
a splendid start in study Of mental
diseases. There is yet much to learn,
but the progress in the last twenty-five
years has been remarkable. - :
In the matter of spiritual or. char
acter rehabilitation we have little to
offer man beyond the profound truth
"thet man must be born again"-in
other words that he mGst be regener-
ated, and that to very large measure
this regeneration must come from
within the man himself.
Those who believe in better prisons
to make better men advocate improved
prison buildings, more sanitary meth
DDS of living, somewhat better quality
of food, discarding of stripes, elimina-
tion of continued solitary confinement,
etc, in order that the state may not be
positively ashamed of itself for brutal
treatment of its unfortunates. In other
words, society does not like to think
of unpleasant things; and brutality,
filth, vermin, prison degeneracy, dun
geons, disease, etc, are unpleasant
things. t
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
New Jersey Nearly Ratified
So the State is Not Thoroughly
Anti-Prohibition'

AntFProhlbltlon
To the Editor of The Tribune,
Sir: Your correspondent Mr.. R. H.
Forstmann, of Princeton, ~ j., made
this remarkable statement in YOUR
paper few days ago: "New Jersey is
thoroughly anti-prohibition, as its re-
fusal to ratify the Eighteenth Amend
ment indicates
AT our election last November
Messrs-aNugent, Gillen, Donnelly and
Others boasted that the coming Legis-
lature would make short work of all
prohibition legislation. So prohibition
was very prominent subject during
the canvass. Sixty Assemblymen were
elected 1t is reasonable to suppose
that they understood the sentiment Of
the people who elected them. Their
vote for the ratification of the Eigh-
teenth Amendment was practically
unanimous.
We have twenty-one Senators. Eleven
votes were needed to ratify. The vote
STOOD ten Tor, eight against, and three
refused to vote, one Of whom was from
Hunterdon County, which has shown
itself dry at every opportunity. His
vote given in the way large majority
of his constituents would have wished
would have passed the bill ratifying the
Eighteenth Amendment.
Now by what raticcination q guess
that is good word 20 send to a gem
tleman living in university town like
Princeton) Mr.. Forstmann can claim
that this vote shows Chew Jersey is
thoroughly ti-prohibtion" it is diff
cult to understand
ELIAS voSSELLER.
Pennington, ~. j., May II, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
Russia s Helplessness
Former Friends Charged With De
serting Her When Powerless

Former Friends Charged With De
serting Her When Powerless
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; America as one of the leading
sea powers has been requested by some
of the powers to take steps toward dis
armament, in order to establish lasting
peace. 1t is believed that international
questions may be settled in the future
not by force, but by authority Of the
Supreme Council or something of that
sort. 'a.1!ta.'
A striking but deplorable example is
Russia. Revolutions and the civil war
have destroyed her military power.
The allies of Russia, in concluding the
peace treaty, did not remember the
service that Russia rendered to them.
The sacrifices of Russia in the common
cause saved France, England and Italy
during a period, critical for them, when
Germany yet had the, possibility of
crushing them by her superior strength.
1t is also we'll to remember that Russia
refused peace offered her by Germany
in October, 1914, on honorable and ad-
varftageous terms. eists. t4.
Annexing territory of Germany, dis
tributing mandates and protectorates
of Germany's former colonies, demand
ing huge indemnity from the enemy,
the Allies, instead of taking Russia
into consideration, are demanding pay
ment of her debts, which, it must be
remembered, were made for their own
salvation during the war. Yet, they
are recognizing without Russia's con-
firmation the independence Of border
states, destroying her economic and po-
litical unity.
Russia is down, and the Allied and
associated powers hunt in packs, each
being entitled to what it can snatch.
Sincerity and justice. even among the
Allies, as soon as one of it's members
becomes powerless, is we'll exemplified
in the case of Russia Disarmament is
danger to the security of the nations.
"God helps those who help them selves"
WOLDEMAR DE SVESHNIK OFF.
. Washington, D. c., May 81, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
The Wiser Course

From The indianapolis Ne,Us)
1t is beginning to appear that the
fellow who accepts reduction in
wages and remains at work will have
more money at the end of the year
than the fellow who sticks to an idea
and goes on an extended vacation.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
The Real Problem

from The Los AnGetes Times
If Professor Einstejn Is such
want. why doesn't he abandon his vel,
known bat Misunderstood theory ana
Use his talent in bringing the AmSries,
dollar up to the old standard? Tia,
would engage his talents all right. n.
relativity Of motions, the aberratio,.
of the fourth dimension and establish.
ment of the finitude of the universe a,s
rnimportant questions.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
Blasted Homes

(From The Los Angeles Ttmes)
The reason why the Germans are so
slow in reparations is because of an
error in reckoning. They had originally
expected to assess America $30,O00,-
100000 toward the cost of the war and
this little matter not being forthcom-
ing has left them slightly embarrassed.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
Vocational Guidance in College


To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir; Educational insurance. the
subject of several recent letters in
your columns is of special interest to
me and | would like to add an addi-
tional thought to those already ex-
pressed. In writing insurance of this
sort, 1t seems to me that it would be
highly desirable for the company to
stspulate that the beneficiary would
agree to follow such a course as might
be advised by competent vocational
experts.
the young mans abilities and
aptitudes were appraised in this way
and the profession for which he was
best adapted was thus decided the
chances of his failing to complete his
college course would be minimized
When one considers the fact that a
conservative estimate is that rs per
cent OF our citizens are in the wrong
occupation, with all which this implies
sofsufhappiness, the possibility of voca-
tional guidance at the outset of the
young mans. college career should re-
ceive the earnest support OF all right
thinking persons. In fact, it would
seem to fit in perfectly with the welfare
work already conducted by certain
larga insurance companies.
HOLMES w. MERTON, M. d,
New York, May IL, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
On With the Public Dance

Instructress Would Like TO Have
Reformers Stop Their Campaign
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir, Is there any way OF stopping
the campaign that is being waged
against the public dance halls, the in
structresses and the occasional tips
they are favored with. The reformers
who are working no assiduously on
this subject can be utilizing their time
to better advantage by devoting it to
their homes and children.
II the home is made pleasant and
attractive enough for the growing chill
dren they will have no desire to go to
public dance halls, but will instead in
vite their friends to their homes and
will dance to the tune Of victrola or