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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-11
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Sne1jag ard doAHnx q .
amer on the upDsf Missts-
the month q February Is
ual occurrence. but the 9.
- popular Ucursion boat
- father Of waters every
= Win throags Of riyen fans.
I.,aunchsd last Saturday.
n past month the Hill has
. the ways Il Ke6kuk, where
~ practically rebuilt and re-
~. and On Feb. s vas re-
iIS1d IN the open water Of the
-rlpcl. The unusually mild
s, - allowed the craftsmen
sek On the upper Mssissipp'
he entire winter in 70.
- ths river steamers and ID.
2.1ss, 81 this fact has been taken
y ~ oficials OF the Wishard line
- Of the G. ". Hill.
FNVae also announced that IN ID
s,ia 70 the Hill plying IT. regulal
a, the upper Mississippi, oftsl
5llns mort in Rock Island, tn,
Ss1aee Majestic will operate ol
r. sorthern river during the com
~ JASON.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-11
nEROIT FOND OF
UNUSUAL PLAYING
NOTED ORCHESTRA

roecsnini and the La Scala or
ARA gave concert last week
2 Detroit which took Detroit music
hsets completely on their feet.
titIes writing about the concert
MIX on tho unusualnsss OF the
Nrhestras playing to the conduct
~ q the famous leader. 1T is not
esita thus that our orchestras play
u our conductors interpret" says
a. writer for the Detroit News.
Talrilowitsch, who is about as
= removed from Anglo-Saxon cold
~ and restrain as it is possible to
X. ID romantic enough, poetic
cough. But he is 20 Toscanini."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-11
Offer limited to 80 customers

at this
effect sells regularly $45 but only
advantage Of this remarkable
economical and
payments
miss Come tomorrow
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-11

Especial Correspondence
INV. Stitt, W. c. Cole and Rob
1T Cole left Moday evening for
Yorktown, Iowa. where on Tuesday
~ attended the funeral services
I their aunt. Mrs. Nancy Stitt.
NJ. and Mrs. N. s. Rutledge en-
tlrtained on one evening Is and on
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-11
We haze cut prices in earnest during this February Sale

genuine which greeted this sale from its begin
ming perhaps argument why should attend The re-
Spouse been induced by unusual means
peca this period conservative buying; only very low prices c %
quality course The savings range 20a to majority OF
pieces complete suites reduced Every article OF
included Convenient terms gladly arranged ae
siod 81
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-11

Try it in your home for two full weeks-fourteen
DAYS. at our risk Then note how light and easy
to run it is A small I'd can easily use it. OBJ
serve how the wheel driven brush gathers all the
lint and hairs and threads. See for yourself how
bright and clean your rugs arc even after one
cleaning The Columbian gets the dirt and dust
and grit right out Of the rug, which not only makes
it always look new and bright but greatly pro-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-11
Put the Columbian to this test

longs it's life Subject it to any test you have ever
seen or heard about. Make this test a. severe AM
thorough rs you like. If it doesn't more than
please and satisfy you in every way. say p, and
We will call for it ard your entire first Payment
will be refunded This trial entails Obligation
on your part other than your promise not to let
the low price prejudice you against it Could any
offer be more liberal?
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10
Wanted: "Secretary of the Fine Arts

q ECRETARY OF THE FINE ARTS
~ is the latest proposed addition to
the cabinet. What's more the League OF
Artists has been formed TO urge the
proposition. II is stated that j. Mas
sey RhinO. the New York sculptor.
made the proposal to President Hard
ing and that the President asked that
"the artists of the country who favor
the idea get their arguments in tangi-
bic form and submit them 10 him"
The purposes of the movement include
the following:
To further contemporary American
art and its relation 10 national life.
To seek 70 have embodied in the
Constitution Of the United States the
words fine arts" as we'll as scientific
and useful arts"
TO arouse our national government
20 a realization and need of a minister
Of art with portfolio. and to give def
mite and concrete support 10 the artist.
To establish better conditions for
he development OF American art.
To foster the unknown artist by Civ
ing him an equal opportunity.
To maintain an advisory school
committee 10 work for the betterment
Of an instruction and art education
throughout he United States, and
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10
'Eiorse Sense and Heart Sense" Needed

IT. He housing situation with high
l. rents is the most serious prob
lem confronting the government, in
the opinion of Secretary Of Labor Da-
Wis. 1t is in just such a situation as
Davis describes that congress and the
state legislatures, under the Supreme
court ruling. have the power to enact
emergency legislation curbing rent
gougers. Davis holds high rents the
greatest single barrier to a readjust-
ment such as is essential TO perma-
nent prosperity.
Because of high rents and made
quate housing" he says, families
double up, sometimes two or three 70
home. 1t is not too much to say
that the loss in morale and morals
due 10 the housing conditions in many
cities today is one OF the greatest
dangers to our whole social structure"
The report of the recent state inves-
tigation into housing conditions in Chi
cago showed that 100000 people in
that city were living in the most un-
wholesome conditions, sleeping some
times three and four In bed, five
and six 70 q room. Reports from 9th
er cities hard hit by the housing short
age and high rents show an alarming
increase in sickness and disease. In
some cities the birth rate of illegiti-
mate children has increased 30 per
cent.
Davis has ordered a special investi-
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10
NATIONAL CAPITAL,
GiH AFFAIRS EfilBB
u. S. Pacific Naval Bases Inadequate

Until the Hawaiian islands are made
an adequate base the American navy
VIII be unable TO operate effectively
III the western Pacific. Lacking such
base. it would he necessary TO sup
ply the lighting fleet almost entirely
from the Pacific coast bases, the dis
tance 10 which would be severe
handicap on operations.
Even the Pacific coast bases are
inadequate TO the demands Of the
whole navy If stationed in the Pacific,
even in time of peace. 1t would be
necessary 70 send ships back 10 the
Atlantic coast for major repair work.
The Navy department is urging con-
gress for appropriations 70 begin the
construction of Pacific coast and
Hawaiian island bases which it will
require several years to complete. The
senate is favorable, but the house op-
posed to such appropriations.
The ParkS-McKean board, which
surveyed the needs of bases in the
Pacific, recommended the expenditure
of S27, $4,000 in the Hawaiian islands,
81, ,065.750 at BremertOn, Wash, S42,-
3132G0 at San Francisco. S27, 10000
at San Diego, S5,0O0,000 at San Pedro.
$4,000 GOO ar the Columbia river,
S3,4s9, 600 at Port Angeles, Wash, and
S2,S71,00 at KeypOrt, Wash, total
Of S157 7,73S.3 $50.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10
House Favors u. S. Army of 10000 Men

16S,000. Representative Kahn, chair
man, military affairs committee, Of
fered an amendment for an army of
175,000. Representative Fish presented
an amendment TO this for an army -
10000.
The Kahn amendment, as amended,
was defeated by vote of 81 70 "A,
and then Representative Byrnes of
South Carolina moved that the army
should be fixed at 10000. This was
adopted by vote of 100 to 50.
By reducing the army 10 this size
the appropriation for the army for
the next fiscal year is reduced from
SS3,000.O00 10 S72O00,OOO
Representative Kahn and Republic
an Leader Mondell pleaded in vain
for acceptance of the recommended
tions of Secretary Weeks and the
army officers.
The small-army men admitted that
the world was in most chaotic con-
dition, but argued that the addition of
a few thousand men TO the American
army would not settle that chaotic
condition.
They said. also. that congress should
pay more attention 10 the people and
less 10 the general staff.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

CATION of conditions in some of the
worst centers. Federal investigators
have been sent to several cities.
"What we need in dealing with the
situation" Davis says, lis not only
horse sense, but heart sense. 1t is
not merely a matter of houses and
rents, of dollars and cents.
"Some agreement must be reached
by the building trades and the build
ing industries that will make possible
resumption of home building.
"The building industry is the key
stone of our entire industrial struc-
ture, and once construction work can
be set Under way again the whole en-
plOyment and industrial situation will
be relieved.
To-day, however, we have the para
doxical situation where it is cheaper
to travel than TO pay rent. There are
250,OOO people, il is estimated, living
in automobiles"
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10
Women Proving More Polite.

II is not an uncommon sight now to
see young girl get up and offer her
seat in the subway 10 an elderly wom-
an, whose entrance has been ignored
by the male passengers. Such usual
ly brings some blushing humble man
to his feet with a stammering offer OF
"have my seat" but the climax was
reached the other evening in an up
town restaurant when a middle-aged
woman took seat at the same table
with one of her own sex. stranger
10 her, and on finishing dinner politely
inquired:
do you mind If l smokeT'-New
York Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

N/ASHINGTON.-Because of the
w inadequacy Of naya! bases the
United States, according to navy au-
thorities, is totally unprepared TO fight
successful war in the western Pa
cific
The most advanced base we now
possess is at Pearl Harbor, in the
Hawaiian islands. Its facilities, how
ever, are scarcely more than rudi-
mentary. With the exception Of q
dry dock the equipment is insufficient
TO care for the needs of half the navy
in time of peace, let alone the whole
navy in time Of war. Another dry
dock and construction Of q multitude
of channels and berths, as well as
the establishment of vast repair work
and storage warehouses for supplies.
are necessary, according to the Navy
department..
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

TT WOULD appear that official
i Washington has more than one
idea as TO the proper size of the
American army. Anyway, the small
army men in the house, combining
with the Democrats, Outgeneraled the
Republican leaders and succeeded in
amending the army bill so as to fix
the size of the army at $4,000. This
was done despite the request of Secre-
tary Weeks that the army's size should
not be reduced below 175.0oO.
The house adjourned without pass
ing the bill after a prolonged debate
during which the Republican leaders
pleaded for a good-sized army because
Of the disturbed world conditions.
The bill provided for an army of
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10
Reasonable Supposition.

"a hant, or something. is raising
thunder at Gabe Hornboggle's house."
related a neighbor. II was there
luther night, and after we'd set for a
spell it commenced. The table was
Topped over by unseen hands. three
drawers of the bureau slid out by
their selves and dumped all the stuff
on the floor. flock Of spoons came
floating IN from the kitchen, gun In
the corner fell down and shot one OF
the dogs, and all such as that. Inever
seed such goins-on in my life!"
"Then you hain't never drunk none
of Gabes bone-dry ticker before?" in
Quired a resident of Mount Piggy.
Ark.-Kansas City Star.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

more especially in the city of New
York.
To establish an interchange of city
exhibitions
To promote general and active inter-
est in the creation /of a large public
exhibition building in the city of New
York.
To seek the corporations of the ar.
museums. patrons, art lovers. art deal
ers. architects. interior decorators ami
artists.
To act for the Improvement Of p,e
materials of the artists craft and 70
establish a closer cooperation be-
tween the producer OF same and the
artist.
To Improve exhibition conditions
and encourage sales.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10
Accident Averted.

]. B. Erik of Richmond, Va, who
is organizing the National Teachers
Training association, says that little
negro whom the other called Young
Bird" on account of the size OF hiS
mouth, was standing on the railroad
track, and another one called out !:
"Hey dere, boy, git off dat tract. Ell
de engineer would >come along and
see dat mouf of yone, he'd think it
was a car shed and run his train right
in."
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10
Mrs. Hicks Relieved
By Four EatoniCS

II have taken four Eatonic tablets
and they relieved me of sour stomach.
l recommend it to everybody" says
Mrs. G. z. Hicks.
If stomach is not digesting your
food; if you have sourness, bloating,
food repeating, indigestion or acid
stomach, Eatonic will remove the
cause by taking up and carrying out
the acidity and gases. bringing quick
relief and healthy digestion. Why suf-
fer stomach trouble? Why not keep
your digestion normal and enjoy good
health? An Eatonic> taken after each
meal will prevent discomfort and pain.
Make the test today and see how
quickly this wonderful remedy acts.
1t comes in handy tablet form. Carry
it with you. A big box costs only a
trifie with your druggists guarantee.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

There are 100000 negroes In the
United States.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

Your cup Of joy will never run
over if the bartender is allowed to
handle the bottle.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

Most men find II easier to get In
debt than to get out, but some are IN
able 10 get in at all.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

Keep your eye on the man wht
never makes mistakes.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

A man is merely as dull as his point
of view.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

Hope is the bridge over the stream
Of disappointment.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

A business man always reads the
postscript Of women's letters first.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

Minds of too many men are filled
with useless knowledge.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

Airplanes should enable men to rise
above their troubles, but they don't
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

Nothing succeeds like success-in
stirring up detraction.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

Celebrate at least one day in the
week. Order beefsteak.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

If a man owns street-railway stock,
he never recommends walking as an
exercise.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

A man is as old as he feels-and
usually considerably older.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

Not much of victory is won when
a man Obeys with grumble.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

Seventy-five per cent Of the ingredi-
ents of remorse is usually fright.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

A divorce suit is usually mOse ex-
pensive than a marriage suit
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10
CONVERSATIONS

Beauty is always eloquent.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

FREE SAMPLE to young and women in every
AN@A town and community show patent card
cassA Write now CONIEE, "a Madison, Dayton, Ohio
The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-06-10

everything; men and women; opportunity of hfer
time to earn t25 to sl00 weekly operating your own
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-22

New York! Magic city of money!
Fairy city of genius, culture and cor
ruption!
Here the lily grows next to the weed
Hero the lights of Fifth Avenue fade
into the shadows of the underworld
Here prince and pauper, saint and
sinner. silks and satins meet and
mingle in gaudy palaces where fare
forth the Money-Changers.
Who are the Money-Changers? you
ask. They are the "inner circle who
lurk in the gloom of every city. Amid
incense smoke and poppy fumes. they
market the souls of weak men and
women for gold.
From the vital pen of Upton Sin
clair. author of The Jungle" this
amazing production lifts the veil and
discloses the inner heart of the cross
current in the mysterious metropolis.
1t Is colorful, gorgeous, sparkling,
vivid and sweepinS-a cinema sensa-
ton,
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-22
Critcher Theater Tonight

Eva Novak will be the star at the
Critcher theater today in a great play
of Metropolitan life Society Secrets
The story shows how New. York
society girl goes to New England
village to investigate the humble par
ents of the man whom she is to
marry.
At first shocked at their apparent
uncouthness, she comes to love them
for their simple sincerity and remains
to teach them the artificial manner
ism which society considers a mark of
good breeding.
Delightful touches of comedy have
been delicately introduced into the
theme by McCarey and they serve to
add greater force to the dramatic
climax.
The work of George Berrell. as the
old farmer father of the city-wise son
and of Gertrude Claire, the sympa-
thetic old mother, stand out as two of
the best screen characterizations of
the year.
The last episode of the Colorado SER
ial Ruth of the Rockies" will also be
shown. and there will be Mutt and
jeff animated cartoon. At the Critch-
cr theater today.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-22
BANKERS Wife
HELD FOR THEFT

Chicago, May 21.-1njuries incurred
in an automobile accident and alleged
to have caused kleptomania were held
responsible by relatives and physicians
today for the acts of Mrs. Joseph S.
He'll wife of q wealthy broker, who
confessed last night, according to the
police, that for more than year she
had been robbing homes of wealthy
families by posing as maid. The loot
was said to total more than $25, 900, and
much of it was found in Mrs. He'll s
home.
Mrs. He'll was held in detention
home today on four formal charges of
robbery. Her condition was said by
attending physicians to be serious, for
In addition to mental troubles with
which she was said to be afflicted, she
is soon to become a mother.
Mrs. He'll. with an allowance of $500
a month from her husband. two auto
mobiles and magnificent home
forged references, according her al
ment as maid in fashionable North
Shore homes, robbing them when she
left. She was identified by four for
mer employers.
The loot ranged from canary bird
cages to valuable pieces Of jewelry. A
number of platinum pins and diamond
rings were being traced today by the
police thru pawn tickets found in Mrs.
Heil's home.
Her husband recently had given her
a small apartment building, 1t was said
by relatives and Mrs. He'll was quoted
as saying that much of the property
she stole was used in furnishing it
Mr.. He'll refused for some time to be-
lieve the charges against his wife.
why I can cash my personal check
for $250.000 at any Chicago bank" he
told reporters. why should my wife
steal?"
His income was said to be more than
$3.50 900 a year.
Mrs. He'll is mistress of several ser
wants. She is 3s years old
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-22
1WENTY.S|X NAMED
FOR HALL OF FAME

New York, May 21.-Thc names Of %
famous American men and women
were placed today in the Hall Of Fame
of New York university.
Impressive ceremonies attended the
|unvcilinE of tho tablets attestinY to
their celebrity.
Tho names OF six men and one wo-
man for whom the tablets wcro an
veilcd were selected in the quinqucn-
nial election held in 1920. The other
10 names were chosen in previous
election. but their tablets had not been
unveiled,
Tho rs persons whose achievements
arc thus honored are:
Samuel Langhornc Clemens. author:
Rov Williams, preacher and theoloG-
ian: James Buchanan Eads, engineer;
William Thomas Green Morton. physic-
ian and surgeon; Patrick Henry states
man. Augustus Saint -Gaudcns. sculp-
tor: Alico Freeman Palmer. educator;
George Bancroft. historian William
Cullen Bryant. poet; James Fenimorc
Cooper. novelist: Oliver Wendell
Holmes. poet John Lothrop Motley.
historian: Edgar Allan Foe, poet:
Francis Parkman, historian Mark
Hopkins. educator: Phillips Brooks.
preacher and thcologian; Louis l..
AEassiz. scientist: Joe Henry. scientist;
Elias Howe. inventor: Daniel Boone.
explorer: Rufus Choatc. lawyer and
turst; Andrew Jackson. statesman:
Alexander Hamilton, statesman Har-
riot Beocher Stowe. author: Frances
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-22
Clyne Theater Tonight

viii Rogers. that quaint. honest. ma
tural true-to-life character actor will
he the star at the Ciync theater today
in one of his best productions "Jcs'
Call Me Jim. Anybody familiar with
Rogers work can quickly visionise
this picture. "Jes' Call Me jim is
an honest plodding to all appearances
boob. who was willing to lay his life
down for the dear girl who noticed
him. He could not talk; only stam-
mer 'Jes' call me jim. yet when the
girl got into trouble he was not only
Jim then; he was no boob. but a plain
straight shooting. nervy standby to
the woman. he worshipped and he won
out. It's a great play.
Then there will be a Harold Lloyd
comedy No. Ia and a Ford weekly
At the Ciyne theater today.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-22
Denver Orpheum

Mirth. music and song is promised IN
abundance with the new bill coming to
the Orpheum Tuesday matinee for
weeks run. Topping the program as
stars are the Ford Dancers. a happy
quartet of lively steppers, and the Nc
Conncll Sisters, Harriet and Marie.
who bring a combination of "trills and
frills"
For several generations the Ford
family has occupied q prominent niche
in the thcater's armament. AS dane
ers they are recognized as leaders. In
the present Offering arc Edward Ford.
Mayme Gchrue. Lottie Ford and Bobs
Adams.
From opposite regions in the the
atrical world come the McConnells.
Harriet has starred in grand opera,
while Marie has been conspicuous in
musical comedy. AS a team in vaude-
willie they are said to be regular show
shoppers"
In tho sylvester Family is found hve
clever entertainers. There is Ma and
Pa. with BABY Katherine. said to be
keen competitor of Chaplin's Kid.
Each member of the family is said to
know their part and they do them well.
They promise a delight in varied enter
tainment.
Other acts for. the week include Billy
Beard. ono of. the recognized southern
dialect entertainers; William and
Pierce. pair of up-to-date rubes;
Eunicc Buruham, a charmnE
comodiennc doing routine of latest
song hits. Curmins and White. offer
Ing campus capers.' Pathe News and
Topics OF the Day.
Chieftain want ads. bring results,
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-22

Elizabeth Willard, reformer; Charlotte
S. Cushman. actress.
The Hall of Fame is a colonnade 500
feet in length, on the grounds of New
York university, overlooking the pail
sades on the Hudson river and the
valleys of the Hudson and Harlem
rivers. Thruout the length of this
colonnade provision is made for $50
tablets. Under the provisions made
for the election of candidates to the
hall the quota will be completed by
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-22

postscript at the bottom that he had
boarded and roomcd it in fine style,
beside carrying water"
The elk is one of herd which was
brought into Graham county a few
years ago. Smaller than the rest OF
the herd, it received the petting of
the community and refused to leave
Thatcher.
But once the town pct. it became
the town nuisance. evidently not
knowing the truth of the adage that
familiarity breeds contempt. When
the town labeled it a pest and appeal
ed to the state, Mr.. Hunt agreed to
keep it and feed it if the state would
pay the expense. He declared de
putty state game warden promised he
would reimburse him.
However, the state has not yet paid
the bill.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-22
COLORADO PIONEER
DEAD AT BOULDER

Boulder. Colo, May 21.-Ira T. Nc
Alister who came to Colorado forty
seven years ago and one of the fore
most merchants of this city. died at
his home hero today. Mr.. McAlistcr
was rs years old.
Mr.. McAlister who was founder and
who was until recently head of tho
McAlister Lumber and Hardware COM
pany. was born in Lebanon. n. H.. in
1913.
He is survived by four SONS; Dan.
will Ray and Milo. who reside in this
CITY