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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-20
r,.E SIGNS or SPRING.

Tho March winds begin 10 blow.
The blue birds come back from the
sunny South. The flowers begin TO
bloom Tho trees begin To bud. The
frogs have concerts. Tho bear and
other animals wake from their vim
ter sleep. And the grass puts on Its
green dress.
by JAMES f. HUMIDITY.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-20
NATJlRE.

II YOU are sad and troubled about
something that you want TO forget.
look Ut Nature. Nature does none
OF her work in the house. The house
may be is TWO small, but do not
think that that in The reason. Health
is not found In houses but in the
great out-ot-doors. God built the
world and in the world man built
houses. Now which do YOU think
would he the greater? Things that
God built or the things that man
built? Nature does not build houses
but things that are far superior to
them. Things that Nature builds
man cannot. II is true that man
builds houses and ships and automo-
b!lcs, but if il were no, for Nature
NAN would have nothing to built
them out OF. To prove that out la
the fresh air is the healthier | will
take bird This bird lives out in
the fresh air nearly all OF the time.
Does the bird ger sick az easily as
YOU or do? II is because he stays
in the fresh air and not in warn,
rooms all The time Nature provides
for the birds but man does as he
wants to. Nature gives to every ami
NAL what /; needs most.
JOHN PERROW.
V. S. II. Il.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-20
a KIND DEED.

Once upon a time there were two
little girls, one named Mary and other
named Louise. they were jumping
with their jumping roucs. after
awhile Mary said. let lis go TO the
woods ana play with our dolls under
the tree. aud then let as pick some
flowers To take home To mother.
said Mary. and then some for father.
said Louise. her smaller sister. Then
they Went TO the woods and pick ID
the flowers. Then they heard some
one crying. Can YOU guess who II
was? 10. YOU never could guess. so
VIII tell you who II was. it was
a little black kitten Mary and
Louise took IL home, and they lived
happily ever after.
)Oriainal)
Age \. WILLIAM wElNrELn.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-20

MY hrst is in V. but not in vile.
MY second is In l. but not in IT.
NY third is i'll Q, but not in old.
My fourth is in l., but not in let
MY hfth is in r. but not in eat.
My sixth is in T. but not in tea.
MY whole is my favorite flower.
BEATRICE BELL.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-20
Puzzle and Charade Department
NAMES OF TWELVE PRESIDENTS
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LUCY MAY BOSWELL.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-20
4 CHARADE.

LAURA VIRGINIA BLANToN.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-20
THE nEAuT, OF SPRING.

We all admire the beauty OF spring,
The trees and flowers and everything,
We also love the robins song.
After the winter has seemed 50 long.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-20

eggs Mother gave them some cus,ara
and cakes. And after her friends
had gone Mary thanked mother ana
said that she surely did enjoy yss
party.
ELIZA r. MARsroN.
ToaRo. Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-20

ROBERT T.. VINFRt:E.
Composed by,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28

harp accompaniment by Miss Aid
rich.
Selections-Silvis Glee club.
Vocal solo-Mrs. R. Nj. Harper.
Ten-minute talk-Jean A. Pope.
SeIections-Silvis Glee club.
Twenty-minute speeeh-Earle T.
Smith.
Vocal duet-Mrs. Frank T. Shear
man and Mrs. E. w. Keats.
Address-Dan z. Weigle.
Tonight's rally has been charac-
terized as the Opening gun" in the
membership drive of the East Mo-
line Chamber of Commerce, which
will begin in earnest probably to-
morrow, It is one of the high spots
in the reorganization and expan-
sion campaign sponsored by the
chamber
Yesterday in all the churches of
East Moline and Silvis civic day
was observed, and civic righteous
ness was the principal theme OF
sermons.
Julius STACK & Sons, Moline
florists, have volunteered to dec
crate the stage of the theatre for
this evening free of charge
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
HIRAM S. CABLE Is
OPERATED UPON AT
CHICAGO HOSPITAL

H. S. Cable, president of the Rock
Island Savings bank, underwent an
operation for an infection of the
lungs at 1890 this morning at the
Presbyterian hospital, Chicago.
Word received this morning was to
the effect that the operation had
been successful and that Mr.. Cable
had rallied at once. An abcess was
removed and a fever. which had
been almost constant for the past
month. Immediately receded. The
operation was performed by DR..
Arthur J. Bevan of Chicago.
Mr.. Cable has been confined to
his home for a month, but the ex-
the nature of his illness was not
diagnosed until last week, and it
was decided to operate He was
taken to Chicago yesterday. accom-
panied by Mrs. Cable and DR.. G. l..
Eyster.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
ROAD MEETINGS
AT PORT BYRON
AND AT CORDOVA
Special Moline Service. }

Successful good roads meetings
we're held Saturday at Port Byron
and Cordova, so boosters being
present at the former and 30 at
the latter.
E. f. Schafer. Charles Samuel
son and Charles Ashdown were
named a committee TO represent
Port Byron and vicinity in Rock
Island county good roads activities.
]. c. Mackey. Frank Zimmerman
and Thomas Harvey ere members
of the Cordova committee.
William Whiteside and j. A.
Schaible we're speakers at the Cor
dova meeting and Mr.. Whiteside
also spoke at the Port Byron meet
ing, outlining the proposed road
improvement program. Other Mo-
liners who gave talks at Port By
ron were o. K. Child, w. S. Wake,
Charles Rose and Clarence Trevor.
These rural meetings are calcu-
lated TO stimulate interest in the
task of pulling Rock Island county
out of the mud and to dispel any
preiudices that might exist against
the bond issue for road improve
ment which the board of super
visors will be asked to authorize
at their meeting Dec. 13. &. D.
Butter is in charge of arrange
ments for a good roads meeting to
be held at Hillsdale in the near
future
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
BANK HOLDUPS
BEAT ISLANDER.
Francis Moody. Formerly of Rock
Island. is Hurr by Three Mask
ed Men in Muscatine.

Francis Moody, formerly of Rock
Island. received serious injuries
TO his back when he fought three
masked bandits who attempted 10
rob the Hershey bank of Musca-
tine at O'Clock last Friday eve
ming. Moody, who is the fireman
At the bank, was gagged and tied,
while the bandits made their
escape. without taking anything
from the bank.
Moody had gone to the bank Fri
day evening to meet former en-
rlove of the bank. He had walked
TO the bottom Of the steps leading
to the basement of the building,
when the masked men attacked
him.
Moody turned on the light, and
picking a stick from a table hit
one of the bandits on the jaw and
threw him to the floor. The other
men then stared on Moody and aft
e. hitting him win a sand bag on
his back, tied his hands and feet,
stuffed a handkerchief in his
mouth, and tied another around MS
mouth. They escaped without TAX
ing anything with them.
Moody was found Is minutes lat-
c. by the night Waterman, and was
rushed to the Hershey hospital He
vas taken to his home Saturday
His sister, Miss Martha E. Moody
and brother, Chris E. Moody, u
Rock Island, were in Muscaune
yesterday to see their brother. I'm
til a year ago Moody lived in Rock
! Island with his grandmother. Mrs
A. c. Moody, 1927 Eleventh street
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
DAYLIGHT MOVIE
NOW POSSIBILITY
A. F. Victor. Head OF Animato-
graph, Invents Machine Not De-
pendent on Darkness.

Daylight movies will become .
reality through the, inventive mind
of A. F. Victor OF Davenport, pres
ident of the Victor Animatograph
COMPANY. Mr.. Victor is the first to
invent a machine which viii make
stereopticon and motion pictures
visible in daylight.
Mr.. Victor's inventions are the
illustrion and the stereo-screen, the
first a self-contained stereopticon
and screen in one unit and the sec
ond, an apparatus which permits
the use of any lantern or motion
picture protector. The stereo-
screen is intended principally for
schools and churches.
The new machines will be made
in Davenport and will mean that
the present plant will be doubled.
The Davenport company is known
for having put cut many new de-
vices and last year turned out more
lantern slides than any other con-
Germ in the country.
For years Mr.. Victor has been
experimenting with the idea of
/ SuO"1HS III IOau 0oS
light. In the new invention, in
stead of having the lantern placed
in the rear of the hall or auditor
ium, it is placed under the curtain.
According to present methods a
picture is projected over the heads
of the audience, the lanern being in
the rear. Now the lantern is in
front of them, being placed in the
machine which is under the screen.
In this way the lecturer may de-
scribe the picture and at the same
time operate the machine.
Mr.. Victor predicts that eventu-
ally daylight pictures will be shown
in all the movie houses.
For Mr. Victor's invention it is
necessary to have a special screen
"a composition of silk and gelatine
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
SEEK CHANGE
/ IN SYSTEM OF
COUNTY RULE
samuel r. wright Preparing Ped-
tons for Commission Plan
Of Government.

Move to replace the present form
OF county government in ROCK Is
land county with the commission
uian has been initiated by Samuel
r.. Wright, shoe merchant and FOR
ruer member OF the board OF super
visors.
Mr.. Wright proposes to bring the
question to the attention OF the
voters, and TO this end is prepar-
ing petitions 10 be circulated
throughout the county. At least
0ne-fifth OF voters registered Tor
the last presidential election must
sign the petition before they
can be submitted to the board OF
supervisors. The proposition then
would go on the ballot at the next
general election.
Mr.. Wright recently undertook to
ascertain how the commission plan
be substituted for the township OF
supervisor organization Principal
point is that the commission form
would replace the present board OF
d members with three commits
eioners, whose entire time would
be devoted toward affairs now han
&lSu ny IfiG 'A7CA .
Mr.. Wright points out that para
graph q of the township organic
alton act, chapter 1S9, Hurd S
statutes, 1919, provides that upon
petition TO the county board signed
hv one-fifth of the legal voters in a
county that is under township or
ganization, to be ascertained by the
vote cast at the last presidential
election. it shall be the duty of the
county board TO submit to the vot-
ers of such county at the next gen.
eraI election, the question of the
continuance of township organiza-
ton.
The following paragraph pro-
vides that if majority of the votes
cast on such question are against
the continuance OF township organ
ization, that township organization
shall cease as soon as county
board is elected and qualified.
Serve Thr9e-Year Term.
Paragraph % provides that
where a county votes against the
continuance of township organiza-
ton. a special election shall be
held on the first Monday in Janu-
airy following, to elect three county
commissioners, for terms of one,
two and three years, to be deter
mined by lot.
The statute also provides that
such county board of commission
ers shall assume the duties of Of
fee on the first Monday in Febru-
AIRY after their election, thus be-
coming the legal successor to the
board composed of supervisors and
assistant supervisors.
If the change is approved, the
new commission would not take of
fice until February, 1928, at Nit
earliest.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
EAST MOLINE IS
ALL SET FOR BIG
AFFAIR TONIGHT

Dan f. Weigle of St. Paul. who
is to give the principal address at
the East Moline civic rally this
evening, arrived in East Moline
this morning and spent the day
meeting visitors to the Chamber of
commerce rooms. Mr.. Weiele is
the president of the American Com
munity Welfare, Inc.
East Moline's civic rally this eve
nlng bids fair to eclipse any affair
OF ike nature that has been at
tempted in that city in the past.
Inc best people of the city have
gone intellectually into the tasl
OF arranging the rally, and every
citizen seems to be fred with the
determination to have the celebra-
ton put across in a big way.
The rally will open at 1880 in
the Strand theatre. Beginning at
O'Clock factory whistles will blow
a dozen air bombs will be exploded
at one-mfnute intervals, a band will
parade the streets and red fire will
illuminate the business section.
Earle T. Smith, who is directing
the campaign for the American CITY
bureau, has succeeded in bringing
Dan Wefgle of st. Paul to East Mo-
line to give the main address al
the rally Mr. Weigle was secre-
tary of the St Paul Chamber of
Commerce for two years. Recently
he has been touring the country
preaching the gospel of civic pride
and community progress. He is
called the boy orator, and is said
TO be one OF the greatest public
speakers of the northwest.
The program at the theatre will
open with selections by the Young
Citizens band. George W Ross will
preside as chairman.
The complete program will be as
follows
Harp solo--Miss Theo Aldrich.
Vocal solo--Miss Helen Mohr;
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
HIGH WORKS ON
FROLIC PLANS
Various Cubs to Give PIav ~,
Stunts Friday Night al
School

Plans are being completed ;,
10 Rock Island high school oTr. "
izations for the frolic 10 he bS \, 5aa !.
the main building Friday nigbt %
Booths and stands will he II,
in the halls and each will ona ,-Sa
on a competitive basis. Fac6 80 I.s
will have a separate feature M Is
lowing the individual disnlavs u,
main show will be held in he .n,,'
forum. The proceeds Of Ina ~ ~,
show will be distributed he,~ 80
the organizations that partieios,s
The frolic is being given 70 DE- ,,,
expenses of the clubs and IN. siir.
mate their separate performsnSa.
during the school year.
The frolic is in charge ~ Il.
student council. Clubs psrtict,a'
ing are the bays and girlS 9i-v
Girl Scouts. Ciceronian. Wlrsla,'
Mask and Dagger. English counri
musical organizations and sop6o,
more and freshmen classes.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
DIR. TACKETT IN
WARNING AGAINST
DISEASE SPREAD
Especial Moline servicel

DR.. Walton Tackett. health ply
stefan of East Moline, asks for the
cooperation of parents in the pre-
vention OF contagious disease
among children.
Children that complain of be-
ing i'll should be given medical at
tention Immediately" said DR..
Tackett, and should be kept out
of school until the danger point is
passed. Just plain colds may de
Selop into contagious diseases of
a Serious nature if not cured in
time, and it frequently happens,
tnat children are seriously i'll some
time before they show signs Of
giving in TO the ailment Chill
dren with colds should be kept out
OF crowds.
Parents will be aiding the
health authorities to a great ex-
tent If they will employ the Ser
vices of q doctor the minute symp-
toms of illness appear"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
POLE FALLS ON
TRUCK; DRIVER
HAS CLOSE CALL
tspecial Moline Service. }

The life OF Bert Gosline was
saved by margin of IL icnhes at
11:15 this morning when a heavy
wire pole a few yards west of
Twenty-fifth street on Sixth ave
nue., Moline. fell onto the truck in
which he was riding.
The pole broke off at the surface
OF the ground where it had rotted
and fell on the windshield of the
truck, smashing the glass into a
hundred pieces. The radiator and
engine were wrecked.
A foot further east and Gosline
would have been crushed to death.
The car was pushed 20 feet by the
force of the crash.
Gosline resides at 1912 Eigh-
teenth street A. Moline. He is
driver for the New York store.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
EDWARD REED HAS
CASE CONTINUED,
AFTER CAR CRASH

Edward Reed, arrested by the
police Saturday afternoon on a
charge OF driving an automobile
while intoxicated and running his
machine into car driven by Alex
Weir, 603 Thirty-ffth street. has
been released, but will receive a
hearing before Magistrate d. ].
Cleland in police court Saturday
Frank Honsel, companion of
Reed, also said to be intoxicated,
was released. Both Reeds car and
that of Weir were badly damaged
in the wreck
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
CONNER Is HELD
FOR AUTO WRECK

A. F. Conner, alias Pat Bennett,
of SGT Seventeenth avenue, Moline,
was held this morning under $4,000
bonds in Davenport police court on
a charge Of driving his machine
recklessly and for carrying con-
cealed weapons. Conner was driv-
er of the car in an accident in
which Gertrude Thielke. 1929
Eighth avenue. this city, was badly
bruised. her face being so seriously
cut that she will be disfigured for
life
Corners machine, which is val
ued at $4,000. was taken as bail.
and he was released from the Scott
county jail. Damage suit against
him will be filed, it was understood
this morning.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
DAVENPORT BOY
BELIEVED DEAD
IN OGDEN, UTAH
search for Body of viii NJ. Tit
comb Said to Have Committed
Suicide by Drowning.

SEARCH for the body of VIII NJ.
Titcomb, 21-year sop of Mr..
and MISE. ". Titcomb, 30l East
Thirteenth street, Davenport, VINO
is believed to have drowned him
self at Ogden. Utah, has been fruit
less. The search followed the re-
ceipt Of a bible and supposed SUI
eide note by Chief of Police Jones
of Ogden, which had been mailed
bv a tramp, who said he found them
on a bank OF a river in Ogden last
Tuesday.
No verifioation that Titcomb had
committed suicide or that he was
dead has been received by his par
ents. The suicide" note read !:
Life was not worth living, and
directed that the bible and army
discharge papers be sent to the IA
Their. Titcomb several years ago
enlisted in the marine corps IN
Rock Island.
An Ogden dispatch gives the fol-
lowing account:
Shortly before the armistice
young Titcomb enlisted in the
marine corps at Rock Island. He
was given a medical discharge and
returned home Oct. 2, 1919, on &C
count Of an injury 70 his hip. which
was cured in Davenport. After
several months he left San
Francisco in May, 1920. and thence
to Sacramento. where he enlisted
as a musician in the army, serving
at Camp Pike. When last heard
from by his parents in August he
was working on ranch in
Nevada.
The boy was married and has
one son. His wife. Leona, is said
to be living with her parents. No
further word had been received by
the parents from the authorities az
Ogden.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
RECEIVE OFFICIAL
NOTICE OF BEACH
INSPECTION TOUR

Official information has been re-
ceived today by the U. S. engineers
office in Rock Island that general
Lansing H. Beach of Washington.
accompanied by Congressman ". J.
Graham, will arrive here next Sat
urday and will inspect Mill creek
and the south slough district. Col
onel Harry Burgess, who is now in
Detroit, is expected home tomorrow
evening, and will take part in the
inspection.
Various plans for the drainage of
the district are under consideration
by the government authorities as a
result of the visit.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
JUSSERAND NOT
AS YET TOLD OF
JOFFRE'S PLAN

In response to a request made
by the Rock Island Chamber AZ
Commerce that Marshal JofTre. who
it is understood is coming to the
United States, include Rock Island
in his itinerary. a letter was "a.
ceived today from Ambsssador
Jusserand of Washington to The
effect that the embassy does M,
know when the marshal. who 4
now on the way to Japan. will visit
the United States, but that il Ia
comes to America the invitation
will be submitted to him upon bis
arrival.
Dispatches state that the marshal
sailed from France for the orient
Armistice day.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
HOOVER REFERS
CHAMBER NOTE
TO WAR OFFICE

Herbert NJ. Hoover, secretary of
commerce, notified the Rock Island
Chamber of Commerce in response
to a letter sent him by the chamber
urging the utilization of the Rock
Island arsenal in the manufacture
Of peace-time necessities, that the
matter has been referred to the
secretary of war, who has exclusive
jurisdiction.
The chamber will at once Law the
proposition before the secretary of
war in the hope of relieving the
unemployment situation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
Personal Points

Mrs. Kate Hitler of Chicago, for
meriy of Rock Island, is visiting
with friends in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. V. Swanson, III
Eighteenth-and-a-h avenue, are
the parents of a son. born Friday.
The child has been named Robert
Kenneth. Mrs. Swanson before her
marriage was Miss Marie Loeser
of this city.
Mrs. Belle Herbert of 1889 Forty
fifth avenue, has returned after
spending the weekend with rela-
tives in Geneseo.
Miss Aileen Trent has returned
to Knox college. Galesburg, after
spending the Thanksgiving vaca-
ton with her parents, DR.. and
Mrs. H. G. Trent, 1899 Twenty
third street.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL
CAFETERIA REOPENS

The cafeteria for the children of
st. Joseph's parochial school was
reopened for the season by the wo-
men of the parish today. ST. Eliza
beth's guild of st. Joseph's parish
will meet at the parochial school
hall this evening.
The Altar society of the parish
will meet in the hall Wednesday
afternoon
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
CRESSEY BUYS
REIGEL LOT ON
FOURTH AVENUE

Eugene Cressey, 1886 Sixteenth
street, has purchased from H. w.
Reigel. Denver, Colo, the property
at 1914 Fourth avenue, consisting
of a lot 80 by $50 feet. and a one
story frame building. He is occu-
plying the present structure as a
restaurant and soft drink bar, but
will erect a new building on the
site in the spring He was former
~ in charge of a restaurant at 317
Seventeenth street Property in
that locality is being held at $500 a
foot. Ford and RaIston. realtors.
represented Mr.. Cressey in the
transaction.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
FORMER ISLANDER
WINS PLACE IN
PARTY POLITICS

Friends of Mrs. Charles Lien
hard, who was formerly Miss Helen
Smith of this city and who with
her husband is now living in West
Hoboken, n. J., will be interested
in her recent election as county
and city Republican committeeman
of West Hoboken. She won by =
large majority.
Mrs. Lienhard's husband is the
son of Mrs. Louise Lieuhard. for
merly of Rock Island, and now Of
Davenport.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
TO ORGANIZE UNIT
AT BUFFALO PRAIRIE

Women of Buffalo Prairie will
be organized into a unit of the
Rock Island county Home bureau
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock at
4 meeting held in the residence of
Mrs. Marquis Miss Lucille Allen,
bureau advisor, will address the
gathering. Officers will be chos
Ell, and a program for the winter
and spring adopted.