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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18
ALEDO WOMAN AT
MERCY HOSPITAL
FOR TREATMENT
(Snecial to The Argus

Aledo, July 1S.-Mrs. Austa She
rer of Aledo left Saturday after
noon for Davenport, Iowa, where
she will take treatments for heart
trouble at Mercy hospital. Mrs.
Sherer has formerly been employed
by the Home Mutual Telephone
company. 1t is not certain how
long Mrs. Sherer will be confined
to the hospital
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18
SPECIAL MUSIC AT
METHODIST CHURCH
SUNDAY MORNING
Especial to The Argus

Aledo, July 1S.-Miss Fanchon
Camel of Suez City, Iowa, who is
visiting in .Aledo with Miss Helen
Schouten, gave a delightful solo
yesterday morning during the serv-
ices at the Methodist church. Mr..
and Mrs. Gerald Baldwin of Aldo
also sang duet DR.. Samuel Van
Pelt, pastor of the church, deliv-
cred the sermon at the union open
air service last night and music
was in charge of the Methodist
choir.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18
ERIE MEN ATTEND
CHURCH SERVICES
IN ROCK ISLAND
Especial Correspondence. J

Erie, ILL.,, July 1S.-In response
to an invitation, 10 men from the
Erie Methodist Sunday school bible
class went to Rock Island Sunday
morning to participate in the SER
vices at Spencer Memorial church.
The invitation came from Glen Saw
yer. who was a former resident of
Erie, but is now living in Rock Is
land, and is a member of that
church. Rev. A NJ. Stocking, pas
tor of the church, is on a vacation,
and members are responsible for
supplying the pulpit during the
time.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18
FUNERAL SERVICE
OF CHICAGO MAN
HELD IN CHURCH
1sneciaI Correspondencel-

HiIlsdale, H., July 18.-Funeral
services over the body of Henry
Tillman, who died suddenly in Mel
rose Park, a suburb of Chicago,
last Wednesday evening, were held
Friday evening at the Methodist
church in Hillsdale. Rev. Meme
was in charge of the services.
Burial was made in Mt Maria
cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Schroeder
of Davenport and Mrs. Florence
Giddings, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Cool,
Herman Cool and William Cool, all
of Galesburg, attended the funeral
Mr.. Tillman was &C years of age
and lived in Chicago nearly all his
life. Surviving are the widow, two
children, Mrs. Lottie Bobbie and
Frank Tillman, both of Chicago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18
MANY ATTENDING
OUTDOOR SERVICE
OF M. Z. CHURCH
Especial Correspondence.

Keithsburg. Ill, July 1s.IThe
outdoor services being conducted on
the lawn Of the Methodist church by
Rev. A. H. Northdrift is being at
tended by many people. A large
congregation assembled on the lawn
yesterday.
AT services yesterday morning,
delegates to the annual conference
at Abingdon, Sept IL, were named.
Rev. Mr.. Northdrift and his family
nave just returned from q vacation,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18
CHOIR WILL GIVE
SOCIAL ON LAWN
Especial to The Argus. }

Milan, ILL.,, July 1S.-The choir
of the Methodist church will give
an ice cream social on the church
lawn Thursday evening. The pro-
ceeds will be used in buying music
for the choir.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18
SLIGHTLY HURT
AS AUTOS HIT
Occupants of Two Machines Are
Bruised When Wilson and
Shaw Cars Collide.
Especial Correspondence

Annawan, ILL.,, July 1S.-Occu-
pants of the Paul Wilson and the
We iington Shaw autos were slight
ly injured when the two machines
collided at 8 o'clock Friday eve
ming. The crash came as both ma
chimes turned at Batten's corner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shaw had several
children in the machine. Mrs.
Shaw tainted from the shock and
was cut and bruised slightly. Mr..
and Mrs. Wilson, occupants of the
other car, were badly shaken up.
Both cars were damaged to a little
extent.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18
FRIENDS SURPRISE
RUSSELL MAUCKER

Milan. ILL.,, July 1S-A group of
friends called on Russell Maucker
Saturday evening to help him cele-
brate his birthday. The evening
was spent in playing cards. The
guests brought their lunch which
was served late in the evening.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18
COIONA DEFEATS
LEGION ON HOME
FIELD, II TO 4
(Snecial to The Argus.l

Geneseo. Ill, July 1S.-The Amer
Jean Legion of Geneseo lost to the
CoIona team on the COlona field
Yesterday afternoon, IL to 4. The
batteries for Colona was composed
of Jacobson and Spencer. while
Rhyberg and Burgeson played Tor
Geneseo.
The field was in a poor condition,
making the game lag. Colona re-
ceived II runs, 10 hits and made
six errors, Geneseo making four
runs, five hits and six errors.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18
MATHERVILLE ADDS
SIXTH VICTORY BY
DEFEATING GALVA
Especial Correspondence.)

NNoPONIe1I COI I Go IIOIIUCIICO.J
Matherville, ILL.,, July IS. - The
Matherville ball team added another
game to their list of victories Sun
day when they defeated the Galva
Independents at Galva by the score
of 5 to 4, the game going IL innings.
Matherville has made a clean
sweep of their last six games. They
play the Aledo Independents at the
I. o. o. F. picnic here Thursday and
next Saturday and Sunday they
journey to Pennington where they
meet the fast Pennington fans in
two games.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18
VIEWS CONFLICT ON NAVY.

Washington, July IS-Widely
conflicting views regarding direc-
ton of the American navy during
the early months of the war were
detailed in Republican and Demo-
cratic reports of the senate naval
committees investigation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18
CENESEO white
S0X WIN FROM
CAMBRIDGE Nine
(Special to The Argus.O

GeneseO, III, July 18.-The Cen
eseo White Sox took their second
game from the East Cambridge nine
yesterday afternoon at Geneseo. The
American Legion team of East Cam
bridge went down to Geneseo to a
Is to score.
Wiesjohn pitched for Geneseo FOR
q few innings, Erdman taking over
the pitching later. The White Sox
took a game from East Cambridge
several weeks ago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18
BUY WHEAT FOR ARMENIANS.

Chicago, July 18.-Five million
bushels of wheat and corn for the
destitute widows and orphans of
Armenia will be bought here by the
Near East Relief cooperating with
American farmers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18
FARM MORTGAGES DOUBLED

Washington, July 1S.-Mortgages
debts of American farmers more
than doubled in the last decade, the
census bureau figures show.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18

Benjamin Franklin favored the
turkey as the American national
bird.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18

Chinese pottery was originally
made for the Chinese royal family
alone.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-18

An average spruce tree yields
is as big as Baltimore in popula-
ton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18
PADDY RYAN

of Cornell, returned. from the English
Cornell meet with decided leaning
toward the English system Of distance
training.
He is in favor of increasing the
cross-country distance to the English
standard of seven and one-half miles
and making the course harder with
water jumps, ETC., which were new to
American competitors.
Attention to Boxing.
Boxing is also coming in for a share
of attention. The international box
ing tournament between Canada and
America, the first to be staged under
the rules of International Amateur
Boxing federation, was move to ia
miliarize American boxers with the
rules that handicapped Uncle Sans
men at the Olympic games.
Development of good men for the
weight events to succeed Matt Nc
Grath, Paddy Ryan and Pat Melon
aid will also be sought through the
cooperation of college coaches.
Hope for Americas future rests
almost entirely with college men and
it is the plan of the American .om-
mittee to work out comprehensive
program of development in needed de-
partments through the cooperation of
the university coaches which in way
would amount to an annual systematic
training school for the Olympics.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18

Measuring by the calendar, 1924 with
its next Olympic games is too far of
to give thought.
Measured by the problems ahead
of America and the imperative need
of a complete change of system, four
years are none too long.
Having learned good lessons from
its trying experiences in Antwerp last
summer, the American Olympic COM
mittee is showing signs of disincli-
nation to be caught asleep at the
switch again.
Believing that the executive depart
ment should be overhauled and
brought up to date first, the COM
mittee is to meet soon and reorganize
after which a four-year plan of action
will be outlined
Start Work at Once.
Instead of waiting until bare six
months before the next games, the
committee will start to work at once
and seek to develop material III the
departments that brought out Amer
lean inferiority in Belgium.
The need of long distance runners,
shown in the games and more re-
Gently in the dual cross-country run
between the Oxford Cambridge team
and Cornell, probably will get the first
attention.
Jack Moakley, head coach of the
Olympic team and the track mentor
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18
OWNER DUNN LOOKING
FOR SOME new BLOOD
Would Add Pep to His Cham
pionship Aggregation.
Takes Team That Is In the Fight for
Ribbon to Make Cash Customers
Enthuse-NaturaI for Vet
Grams to Slow Up.

Jim Dunn, owner of the world cham
pion Indians, is looking around.
That is, he is in the market for
some young blood to pep up his cham
pionship diamond machine for next
year.
Just what he wants and whom he
is looking over is still in the rumor
stage, but Dunn isn't kidding himself
into believing that good chariot
doesn't eventually break down and
drop out Of the race.
His two youngsters, Shortstop Sew
ell and Sidewheeler Mails, answer in
way the question of bolstering up
the veteran side Of the lineup. Dunn
is sweet on those two children of the
bushes.
Remember how Pat Moran stood pat
on the world champion Reds and how
they sputtered around below par last
season.
Dunn and Speaker realize that
Cleveland Is no different from any
other big league town. 1t takes club
that is in the fight for the ribbon to
make the cash customers enthuse.
Clevelanders will expect a lot next
year of the Indians, quite naturally.
So if Dunn and Speaker can dig
up some new talent they're going to
do so.
Baseball teams aren't essentially
different from other organizations.
The wick of ability burns rapidly.
Veterans eventually slow up.
So it takes the new blood to keep
any outfit IN the race from winning
pennants to conquering worlds.
In the everyday problems of living
this attribute to success is called push,
but in baseball they simplify the spell
ing and make it plain PEP.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18
WHEN THE CENTURY BEGAN
Mode of Reckoning Is Simple, Yet the
Matter Is Frequently Subject
of Dispute.

The Twentieth century began on the
first day of January, 1901. In COM
mon usage the First century means
the years A. D. to 100; the Second
century the years 101 to 200; and the
Nineteenth century the years A. d.
1901 to 1900. The Fifth century be-
fore Christ was 500 to 401 B. @. A
century begins with the beginning of
the first day in its first year, and does
not end until the close of the last day
in its hundredth year. The mode Of
reckoning is often confused with the
common mode of stating the age of a
person. A person born at the begin
ming of the Christian era would be
called one year old during his second
year, that is during the course of the
year two; he would be called two
during the year three; and forty dur
ing the year forty-one, etc.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18
SEEKS NAMELESS AFFINITY
Friendship of Stranger In Chi
s, caao "Movie" Theater.

Chicago.-A coed, who refused to
reveal her name. appealed to Chicago
newspapers to help her find her affin-
ity IN. J."
IN. J." met her at the movies"
The goods French heel caught on a
nail and was ripped off, and M. J."
offered to take the shoe out to be
fixed while she watched the show
Before the picture was ended he re-
turned with the shoe and disappeared.
The coed said the courtship reached
the cosmic stage when he proposed
and she accepted, the romance being
carried out by thought waves. The
initials IN. j." were obtained from a
fortune teller.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18
ANYWAY, COIN WASN'T THERE
Suggestion May Have Been
Pretty Nearly Correct.

He was a good-natured but rather
supplemented father, and he said to
his son:
"John, I've been informed that If
any one buried a half-dollar in the
garden at night, and let the moon shine
on it, the next morning it would be a
tive-dollar gold piece"
well, dad," answered the son, 81
should try it; you never know your
luck"
The father agreed. When morning
arrived he hurried into the garden.
The coin had disappeared. He rushed
back into the house and exclaimed to
John:
cts gone, John. How do you ac-
count for that?"
John answered modestly:
"All can suggest, dad, is that you
got up too late and the sun (son) got
at it."-Houston Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18
Diamond Yarns

The Brooklyn club has signed Catch
er Frank Mills, last season with the
Atlanta club Of the Southern associa-
ton.
Lefty O'Doul, pitcher-outfielder re-
Gently released to the Frisco Seals by
the Yankees, is a star when it comes
to golf.
Catcher Frank L. Mills of the At
lanta Southern association club has
been purchased by the Brooklyn Ma
tionals.
The Pittsburgh Pirates have taken
on left-hander named Bob Lundquist,
hailing from an Independent team of
Rockford, Ill.
The scribe who can pick opening day
pitchers two months in advance must
have more than lunches to guide his
thoughts.
Johnny Lavan, Cardinal shortstop,
who last fall announced his retirement
from the game to practice medicine,
has reconsidered.
Ty Cobb says that Howard Ehmke
should be one Of the very best pitchers
in baseball. So should Grover Low
dermilk, but he isn't,
Babe Ruth will try to develop his
range so he can knock the apple into
Harlem river by 1923, when they move
into their new park.
With an increase in the waiver price
from $500 to $4,000 in prospect, the
magnates will be more careful whom
they let go hereafter.
Carl Weilman has quit baseball on
account of poor health. There were a
lot of American league hitters who be-
came ILL whenever he pitched.
Joe Cantillon says he will try to sign
Sherwood Nottingham Magee for the
Minneapolis club if he cares to con-
tinue in the national pastime.
Pitcher Pat Shea, who won twenty
seven games for the Internationals,
looks pat as Giant regular.
Ebbets is ready to part with one of
his hurting stars provided he can OBJ
tain something as valuable in return.
Claude Hendrix, veteran spitball
pitcher, VINO was handed his uncondi-
tional release by the Cubs on Monday,
proposes to hurl for semi-pro clubs.
Paul Krichell, former major league
catcher and manager of minor league
clubs, has been signed as head coach
of the New York university baseball
team.
Charley Pick, former Cubs and
Braves infielder, who will manage the
Sacramento club this year, is hot after
Harry Lunte of the Indians for short
stop.
Wild Bill Donovan has signed new
pitcher named Haberham Durham.
The recruit is right-handed and for
merly played with city league club
IN
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18

years of constant companionship with
the child the friend had become so
attached to it that she refused.
Disappointed, Mrs. Brooks and her
husband moved from Kirksville to
Enid to make their home. She con-
tinued her requests for the boy in
many letters sent the friend, to which
few replies were received. But at all
times did the friend maintain that she
could not part with one whom she now
looked on as her son.
When the boy was sixteen years old
the true mother heard that he had
married. Later she learned of his en-
listment in the United States army,
and his dispatch to the backgrounds
of France. From that time until few
days ago she heard nothing Of him,
and had given him up as killed in bat
tie.
But the boy, now young man, had
returned safely from the front. After
his discharge he went to Kansas City
to make his home.
Soon after his return from overseas
fuckers foster mother was taken ILL.
He made the trip to the home, and it
was then that his mother" who died
soon afterwards, confessed that the
woman who had called at their home
many times, and who was always
spoken of to him as Aunt Milly, was
really his mother. She told hin> his
mother lived in Oklahoma.
Tucker then instituted search for
his mother. He succeeded in tracing
her to this city, and while here on
business called at her home. And thus
it was that mother and son were re-
united after a separation Of 81 years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18
MURPHY TO STAY AT W. AND ].
Football and BasketbalI-Will
Select Gridiron Coach.

R. NJ. Murphy has been retained as
graduate manager of football and
basketball at Washington and Jeffer-
son college for the season of 1921.
One of his chief tasks will be the Sc
lection of a gridiron coach for next
year. to succeed Dave Morrow, re-
signed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18
NEW STUFF BY NICK ALTRocK
Washington Comedian Promises to
Amuse Baseball Fans by Stunts
Picked Up on Coast.

Nick Altrock is going to give Ameri.
can league fans some new stuff this
coming season. The famous southpaw
comedian has picked up lot of slap
stick stunts around the movie birds
ON the coast and he believes they will
go over in good shape when the other
clubs start picking on the Senator's.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18
Carries Gauze Sponge
in Her Body IA Years

A strange story Of a woman
who carried gauze sponge,
sewed in her abdomen, for four
teen years, is reported in the
current number Of the Journal
of American Medical association
by Drs. Fred G. Watson and p.
II. Desnoes of the United Fruit
company's hospital, Bocas Del
TOro, Panama.
The woman, now 20 years old,
underwent an abdominal opera
ton when she was 15. The
gauze sponge was sewed into
the wound and caused no trou-
BILE for fourteen years. 1t was
removed and she was restored
to normal health.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18
The Republic of ciuvask.

sour second stop was at Chebo-
vara," writes a member of an Italian
labor mission, travelling down the Vol
ga in Russia-his article appears in
Ia Stampa, Turin, Italy. "Chebovara
is little township, capital of the au-
tonomous though diminutive republic
called Ciuvask. The republic consists
of $4,000 inhabitants of Tartar and
Finnish descent. 1t is governed by
the same laws as Greater Russia, its
autonomy being preserved solely for
linguistic reasons. However, the PEG
pie are slowly becoming identified with
the Russians"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18
Thief stole Blind Mans Sandwiches.

Atlantic City, N. 1.-THE meanest
thief on record made Jimmie Quinn,
a blind singer Of this place, his vic
tim when he stole Jimmie's supply of
cigars, sandwiches and other delica-
cies, purchased for a New Years blow
out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18

Many Lives Lost as Ship Was Wrecked
Madrid.-Two hundred and four
teen persons lost their lives when ne
Spanish steamer Santa Isabel was
wrecked off the Spanish coast. Fifty
six persons were saved.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18
ARE REUNITED
AFTER II YEARS
Deathbed Confession Of Foster
Mother Results in Bringing
Mother and Son Together.

Enid, Okla.-A deathbed confession
resulted In the uniting of son and
his mother here after separation of
81 years. The son was Chester Tuck
er, thirty-two, of Kansas City, and the
mother, Mrs. Brooks of this city.
When an infant, not yet year old,
Mrs. Brooks and her husband sepa-
rated. The father demanded the
child, but was refused. Fearing that
her husband might use other methods
to obtain possession of the child, Mrs.
Brooks gave the boy into the care of
friend, then living in Kirksville, Mo.
Years rolled on, and Mrs. Brooks,
according to her story, told recently,
married again. she having received a
divorce from her first husband. 1t
was then that she asked the return OF
the boy from her friend. But in those
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18
Sure Sian.

If man can operate cash reg
lister with sore fingers and never feel
the pain he is the proprietor Of the
piaoe.-Toledo Blade.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18
puellina Safe Outdoor Sport.

Duelling in Mexico is much less dans
gerous than jaunt through the
streets of New York. AS harmless
outdoor sport it is in class with GRO
quet or Lenox avenue pool. Not
week passes in Mexico City but that
some one is insulted and demands a
duel. 'Pistols at twenty PAGES in the
Bosque of Chapultepec" is the watch
word
When deputies in the chamber make
TRADES against others, the offended
parties agree to meet. The event Is
widely advertised and the participants.
meet on the field of prospective car.
mage Just then a messenger steps up
and declares that the duel is forbidden
by the government. All are satisfied.
The darkest hour is Joy for the man
who manufactures flash lamps.
Experience Is good teacher, but Is
often q Glow paUma cfar
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18

Prejudice never recognizes itself
when it looks in the mirror.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18

Experience Is good teacher, but Is
often a slow paymaster.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18

The darkest hour is Joy for the man
who manufactures flash lamps.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18

Wild Bill Donovan has signed q new
pitcher named Haberham Durham.
The recruit is righthanded and for
merly played with city league club
In Jacksonville, Fla.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18

Charley Pick, former Cubs and
Braves infielder, who will manage the
Sacramento club this year, is hot after
Harry Lunte of the Indians for short
stop.