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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-02
ALPHA

Mr.. and Mrs. John Wood and son
'aek OF Moline and Mr.. and Mrs.
raul Wood and daughter Lille Ann
" East Moline spent Sunday with
neiF mother. Mrs. T. J. Wood, and
brother. Mare Wood. and family.
Mr.: and Mrs. George Writ and
I MABEL, Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Writ and
franklin. and Mr.. and Mrs. c. T.
SSuearer and Gerhard were Gales
'u.g visitors Saturday.
MISS Pearl Martins visited Sat
muay and Sunday with home folks
normal. She was called there
" me serious Illness of a relative.
i. MISS Nellie Volk and Miss Ham
In Viola
., word was received here. Friday
=; ,ae marriage of a former Alpha
NJ NJ MISS Edith Steneberg, to John
'nsSunmons, in Galesburg.
w Mr. and Mrs. J. ". Andrews and
IS lille Wendell attended the
Sunday.
mrs H. G. Writ and F. f. Ceder-
ss s Went 10 Davenport Sunday to
hospital . a. Inc Ne'e'
MSS Minnie Cox returned Tues
So. irom few days trip to Chi
~so and Clair, Mich.
sbTss. j. F. Snodgrass and two
.uren returned Wednesday from
m "fee weeks visit in O'Fallon,
ths :. Emma Riggs, who has spent
summer with her sister, Mrs.
nFson, left for her home in
aVer the last week.
RI. e Misses Lydia and Nellie Up
An. are spending a few days in
ANan with Mrs. Lee Wilson.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-02
Moline Briefs
Especial Moline Service

Kiwanians favor Roosevelt ave-
nue. as a new name for Nineteenth
street in case the elms offered by
accepted and it is decided to re-
name the street in memory of some
prominent American. The finance
committee of the club will attend
the meeting of the city council TO-
morrow evening to discuss the mat
ter.
Moline high school will conduct
its annual campaign for better
English during the week of Dec
5 this year. A feature this year
will be three-m.nute speaking con-
tests in which cash prizes. will be
awarded for fluency and correct
ness of expression.
DR.. Josephine Schillinger will
speak at the regular monthly meet,
ing Of the high school girls After
Hinner club in the high school
cafeteria this evening.
Miss Ida Daugherty of Daven-
port, who has had extensive ex-
rsrience in her line, has been en-
gagged to conduct the corset depart
lnent at the New York store.
Today's fine weather did much to
dry the roads leading to Moline and
swell the crowds attending the har-
vest sale Attendance has been good
every day during the sale in spite
of bad weather. It has been esti-
mated that 10000 have already TAX
en- advantage of the bargains offer
Cd in Moline stores this week.
Robert Emmett council, American
Association for the Relief of tho
Irish Republic, will meet this eve
ring in Moline Knights of Colum-
bus hall. 1t is announced that i'm
pOrtant matters are to be consid-
cred.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-02
CITY PETITION
FOR TOWNSHIP
UNION GRANTED
rs.uty Supervisors Vote for Con.
solIdstion OF Part of South
Rock Island and Rock Island.

Members of the county board OF
Supervisors. in session. this morn
ing voted to grant the petition Of
me city Of Rock Island for the con-
.o,;dation OF Rock Island town.
e ,,;n, with that portion Of South
Rack Island township lying within
the city limits.
The motion to proceed with the
.onsolidation was made by Super
.fsoy william H. SchAiinger. Super
,tsor w. S. Pate of South Rock Is
land opposed it.
Sentiment of Rock Island mem
hers of the board was that If the
nroposition is not relished by the
yssidents of South Rock Island it
Il their privilege to bring injunc-
,inn proceedings in the courts.
last September the judiciary
committee of the board reported
hat II doubted the boards legal
right to grant the petition for COLI
solidation.
Opponents OF the movement have
commended at all times that the
statute which gives authority for
snch consolidation provides that 1t
NAV be effected in a case of one
city being a part Of two townships.
but that in this instance, the city
comprises all Of one township and
Fart of another.
Hence the affirmation is made
that there is no existant court de-
cision based upon that law, show
ing that consolidation of all of one
township and part of another has
been legally approved.
Inst what the status is now is
somewhat hazy. The board voted
TO grant the request of the city
Of Rock Island as expressed in the
resolution. The resolution is in
the following words:
BE il resolved that this council
request the county board of Rock
Island county to take necessary
steps to organize Rock Island town
ship and that portion of South Rock
Island township now within the
City limits into one township under
the name and designation of Rock
Island township
Hear FIOrin Claim.
Most of the morning of today's
session of the county board of su-
pervisors was consumed in hearing
Peter Florin, farmer. living on the
Carbon Cluff road east of Silvis. in
Hampton township, who wants Rock
Island county to give him back an
loot strip of land which he deed
e. to the county for road purposes.
Mr.. Florin sold two strips of land
to the county. eight feet on the
north side of the road and eight
feet on the south, when the coun-
ty needed dirt four years ago to
elevate the road then threatened
BY high water of Rock river.
Dirt was taken off the south side
Of the road to avoid making a deep
excavation in the land on the north
side on the property of Mr.. Florin.
Although the farm of Mr.. F1o-in
which be owned at the time the
county raised the road, has sub
sequently been sold, and Mr.. Florin
no longer has any equity in it, with
the exception of three acres. he
now wants a deed for the eight-foot
strip on the north.
The request was referred to the
road and judiciary committees for
Investigation and report.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-02
HOMES LEAST
END BOUGHT BY
REALTOR FIRM

Transfers of real estate total
ling 81 200, made through the firm
of II. K. Walker and company, the
firm being buyers in two instances,
are reported this week P. L. Con-
ley. who is moving to Aurora, soil
to the agency lot 40 by 14O and
two-story dwelling, 1910 Forty-fIst
street, and E. E. Huffman sold his
lot, 40 by $50, and two-story dwell
ling, 1866 Forty-third street. B. E.
Wheeler has sold the lot 40 by 40
and ive-room bungalow, 1886 For
ty-fourth street, to NJ. d. Clark,
1920 Thirty-third street.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-02
FINES INCREASE
IN EAST MOLINE
POLICE COURTS
Especial Moline Service.)

A marked increase over the past
months in the amount collected in
fnes, is shown in the October re-
port of Police Magistrate A. A.
Niles. There were 25 cases, fines
and costs for which totaled 1856. go.
A fine of 5000 and costs collected
from Victor VanBrusune for alleged
selling of liquor swelled this
amount. Three speed cases brought
the total for the month to $4,000.
The apparent falling off in the
popularity of motoring during the
chilly spell accounts for only three
cases against speeding During the
summer months % is common
number for a single month.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-02
At The Spencer.

Way Down East" again played to
a capacity house last night at The
Spencer Square This great feature
at popular prices will be shown all
this week with a special orchestra
for the evening performances.
Broken Blossoms" was an abso-
lutte moral lesson. as stories of this
kind tend to make the average hui
man being realize that he himself
is not so bad off after all, and he
will go cut from the theatre thank
full for what he has in life, and ap-
preciating after this lesson in hu-
mainly that there are others who
suffer in the world and that his own
individual lot is rather fortunate.
And so in the case of Anna
Moore, disillusioned girl in Way
Down East" There are thousands
of Anna MooreS in the world. We
need to see these little sufferers now
and again the better to appreciate
tho blessings we have. And the
love of David Bartlett for Anna
Moore is one of the finest examples
of the chivalry of young American
manhood
1t is firmly believed that such
typical, truthful stories of Am erican
life as Way Down East" should be
told over and over again, if for no
other reason than TO impress upon
the world the genuine American life
and character. There could be no
better American propaganda than
such stories and plays Vas Way
Down East The Old Homestead
Shore Acres and York State
Folks OF course there are many
others-I merely mention these in
passing.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-02
TAYLOR RIDGE

Owing to the Indictment weather.
no Epworth league services were
held here on Sunday evening. Law
renee Peterson was to have charge
of the meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred S. Miller were
Rock Island visitors on Saturday
afternoon.
Miss Edna Hartman, who has
been quite i'll for the past two
weeks, is now able to be up and
about again.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-02
Municipal Matters
Regular Meeting Held October "a.
1921

1921.
City Council Chamber, Rock Is
land, Illinois, October "A, 1921. The
city council met in regular session
at O'Clock p m, Mayor Schriver
absent; Commissioners Rudgren,
WITCH. Fitzsimmons and Mprrin
present In the absence of Mayor
Schriver, Commissioner Rudgren
presided.
Commissioner Fitzsimmons Of
fered a resolution that Commission
er WITCH act as clerk of this meet
ing. Carried by unanimous vote.
The minutes of the regular meet
ing. held October II, 1921, were
read and approved. y
Commissioner Eitzsimmons sub
mitted an ordinance concerning the
use of lights on vehicles, which, on
his motion was considered by I'M
animous vote.
Commissioner Rudgren submit
ed the following weekly pay roll
for week ending October p, 1921,
which on his motion was allowed
nv uOaninnuS vote
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-02
At the Illinois.

Do you know what II msans IN
travel over the same territory ey-
cry season and please everybody
every year?
To win the confidence OF the the
atregoing public to such an extent.
one must always feel sure of his
attraction, and when the manager
OF the theatre books any of Angus
tus Pitou, Inc, productions. he
knows he is safe, and when il is
May Robson, he is doubly safe and
her coming is looked forward to
like aegala event
Miss Robson will appear in eft
Pays to Smile" a story published
in the Saturday Evening Post and
written by Nina Wilcox Putnam. at
the Illinois tonight and Thursday
night.
Miss Robson has expressed her
desire to play a new character. and
as Freedom Talbot" she has
achieved her desire.
Eva Watt Mumford has dramatic
ed 1t and has fulfilled every desire
Of Miss Robson's heart in the mart
of Freedom Talbot"
Miss Robson could never play a
part and not be the living type.
she makes such a study of every
little detail, and in at PAYS to
Smile" she has brand new field
to work on.
New parsonage, new clothes, new
scenery, new environments and
new comedy. all different from any
she has ever had
The play has three acts laid in
Boston and California. A novel
theme is used as the 'nucleus-the
strange disappearance of a rare
painting stolen from Italy.
Freedom" is engaged as a gov
erness and chaperon to a young
girl whose father has money but
nothing else, and her blue blood
education and tact supply the
missing quality. The hairbreadth
escapes, the schemes she promotes
and the womanly diplomacy she re-
sorts to, has made Freedom Tai
bot" the most brilliant of Miss
Robson's mary parts.
Hard work don't count when
your efforts are appreciated and
you love the work. and no actress
ever had more appreciation of her
work than Miss Robson has and
she works only to please.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-02

Grand total .$57007S
Commissioner Rudgen offered
resolution that W. S. Pate-and F.
B. Gibson be granted a license to
operate a pool hall at 901 Forty
eighth avenue upon payment of
license. petition of consent being
on file for the same. Carried by
unanimous vote
Adjourned on motion of Commits
siorer Rudgren.
M T. RUDGREN,
City Clerk.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-02

Commissioner Rudgren SUBMIT
ed the following list of claims for
salaries which on his motion was
allowed by unanimous vote:
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-02
TOLL REFUND TO
u. S. SHIPS IS
NOT VIOLATION

Continued from First Page.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-02
$4,000 MINERS
MAY GO ON
OUTLAW STRIKE

(Con inued from First Page.)
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-11
ROTARY CRUISE AND
PICNIC THURSDAY

Next Thursday afternoon, June Il,
the Ocala Rotary Club will enjoy a
boat trip down the river and a picnic
at 0sceola. The Ocala Rotarians viii
have as guests about twenty Orlando
Rotarians and their wives. The boats
will leave the springs at five o'clock
A picnic supper will be served at
Osceola and the return trip to the
springs will be by moonlight.
A very enthusiastic telegram has
been received from the Orlando Ro-
'tary Club accepting the invitation of
the Ocala club. With the party of
forty from Orlando, there will be
something over hundred persons in
the party taking the outing. Accord
ing to present plans each member of
the Ocala Rotary Club will have one
guest. The outing down the river
will take the place of the regular
Tuesday luncheon next week.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-11
A CHASTITY FIND
Body of Badly Mutilated Little Girl
Discovered i'm Fifty Feet of
Her Home
fAssociated Press,

Moorestown. ". J.. June 1.-THE
badly mutilated body Of seven-year-
old Matilda Russo. missing since last
Saturday, has been found. The police
are searching for Lewis Lively, me-
gro, age 35, in connection with the
killing of the child.
The body of the little girl was
found buried in the cellar of Lively's
home, within fifty feet Of the home of
the Russo family. The body was dis
covered yesterday but the crime was
not revealed by the police in the hope
of catching the murderer.
Lively, who was employed in Phil
adelphia, came to Moorestown every
night. He was in town last night but
has not bsen found by the police.
The community is aroused and extra
precautions have been taken to safe
guard Lively when he is found.
Five hundred dollars reward was
offered for the child's slayer today.
The child's skull was crushed. A.
butcher knife and shoemaker's ham,
mer were found in Lively's home.
Neither showed any blood stains.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-11
AND NOW EvERYBODY's HAPPY

The auto auction sale staged by
Mr.. w. L. Gray at the filling station
of the Auto Sales Company on North
Main street this afternoon attracted
people from several counties, and tho
the weather man handed out special
ly torrid atmosphere, the bidding was
lively and "peppery."
The aggregation of machines driven
up for sale was probably the most
variegated that was ever assembled in
Ocala, and there seemed to be some
one wanting every one of them.
The assemblage represented every
thing from practically new models to
antiquated designs shown in the comic
papers some twenty years ago.
However, nearly all of them have
changed ownership during the day
and everybody's happy.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-11
The Catch.

New England spinsIer was much
enaInored OF neighbOring farmer. but
the affection was not returned One
day. starting on one Of his weekly
visits 10 town. the maiden came rush
ing out. crying
"YoO-.soo. Mr.. Simpkins. do yoA
mind taking. me with your"
The farmer considered warily and
finally allowed her TO climb in
In vain the lady tried every topic Of
conversation without elieiting responsf
and finally In desperation fell back on
rio passing bits Of scenery. Going BY
The minister's house. she cried: "Oh.
Mr.. Simpkins. what beautiful hitch
ing post Pastor Watson has"
sGol durn," cried the other crack
ing his whip. Il knowed there was a
hitch i'm IL somewhere Dobbin,
giddap. Ma'am. that's fer bosses
only."-American Legion Weekly.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-11
sAvE-A-LIFE LEAGUE
SPEAKS OF SUICIDE
Probably the Best Thing Some of the
Self-Slayers Can Do for
Themselves
CAssociatsd Press

New York. June 11.-D.vorces, con-
gested living conditions and enact
ment Of the eighteenth amendment
are given as probable causes for the
aalrming increase in the number of
suicides in 1920. according to reports
received by officers Of the Save-a-Life
League with Offices in this city. DR..
F. L. Hoffman. statistician of the or
ganization, estimates the number at
not less than 1900. OF these report
ed cases 707 were children, he said,
the boys averaging Is years, the girls
16.
Rev. Harry Warren, president Of
the league, also declares that restrse-
tons in sale of narcotic drugs helped
TO swell the total of unfortunates who
died by their own hands.
DR.. Warren cites many trivial
causes as the impelling force for sui
eide One man was distressed be-
cause his new suit did not have enough
buttons on the sleeves of the coat.
Another man rebelled at eating
lemon pie his wife had constructed
out of turnips and glucose. A youth
killed himself because he was asked
to eat ham and eggs for supper. A
woman became morbid because her
husband refused to partake ab her
clam chowder. A couple disputed
over whether the bedroom window
should be opened an inch or not less
than two feet at night. The wife's
argument prevailed, and the man
killed himself.
Many Of the suicides reported were
among prosperous individuals. and
DR.. Hoffman argues that no one basic
reason can be assigned for the sui
cidal increase.
DIR. Warren believes it is possible
70 cut down the growing number Of
suicides by making it more difficult
for adults and children 10 obtain fire.
arms and deadly poisons. He urges
that children be definitely instructed
as to the sin and futility of taking
ones own life.
The Save-a-Life League was found
ed a few years ago to cope with the
suicide problem. 1t offers the chance
of encouragement, DR.. Warren says,
to persons in mental anguish who
may be tottering on the bring Of self
destruction.
DIR. Warren has three methods
which he says are of value in reaching
individual cases of world weary per-
sons. One is spiritual counsel, an
other calm reasoning. and the third
timely financial assistance.
The principal thing, he says, is to
reach quickly the mentally tortured
and advise them to look on the bright
er side Of life He says he has found
it an easy matter TO turn such per-
sons 70 lives Of usefulness and pro-
fitabie service.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-11
GYMNASTICS DELETERIOUS
TO FUTURE MOTHERHOOD

London, June ia campaign in
the interest of motherhood and
against the ill-effects alleged to result
from girls going in for athletics has
been started here.
A resolution was passed at meet
ing of managers of girls schools and
of women who claimed to have made a
study of physical culture protesting
against the present system of physic-
al training for girls as injurious to
future generations.
Several letters favoring the move
ment were read. Sir James Crichton-
Browne wrote: physical exercise and
training are as necessary to girls as
to boys, but these must have regard
to physiological and developmental
considerations. To ignore sexual diff
ferences is to court disaster in the
long run"
"Women who develop masculine in
stead of feminine instincts" wrote
DIR. Anabella Kenealy, "do this at the
cost of the male potential which is
transmitted by the father to the
daughter in trust for the male line.
Athletic women produce female off
spring mainly and seldom have sons.
When sons are born to them. they are
apt to be puny and delicate, or gen.
orally emasculate or of inferior type
The cultured classes, who are mainly
afflicted by athletic training. are fail
ing to provide sons of the fine physi-
que and the manly talents and initia-
tive which have set our Anglo-Saxon
race in the van of evolution"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-11
COL. TURCK WILL COMMAND
FIRST FLORIDA, INFANTRY

jacksonville, June 11.-Col. Ray
mond C. Turck, world war veteran,
viii command the First Florida In
fantry, National Guard. under orders
issued by State Adjutant General c.
r. Lowell. He win have the rank Of
colonel of infantry The order max
ing the appointment formally an
nounces the organization of the regi-
ment, the 16 companies organized re-
Gently in various cities having been
officially recognized by the militia
bureau of the war department.
Col. Turck while serving overseas
with the 35th division was severely
gassed during the Argonne offensive
He was promoted TO the rank of col
onel in the medical corps Jan. 10, 1919
Col. fTurck also served on the Mex.
lean border. having organized the
First Florida Field Hospital
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-11
TEXAS TACKLES THE
TROUBLESOME TWAIN
Lone Star State : After the Inter
state Comnerce Commission and
u s Ry- Board Of Labor

Austin, Tesk June 1.-The attof-
neT genesaPs ONCE ANNOUNCED today
that the supreme court of the United
States had GRANTED its requets 70 file
suit attacking the constitutiOnality
Of the Interstate Commerce Commis-
SION and the United States Railroad
Labor Board The supreme court IN
formed the department that subpoe-
mas had been issued to the two or
carnations requiring them to appear
before the court. The state of Texas
sets up the plea that both are with
out constitutional or statutory autho-
r1ty and asks that the two bodies be
sdjudged Illegal.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-11
STATE UNIVERSITY WILL
HELP. THE SECRETARIES

Beginning next Monday the Uni
versity of Florida will have "a weeks
short course for commercial secre-
taries and other community leaders.
The problems of city planning and
commercial organization work will be
discussed and there will be lectures
by experts.
This course is not limited to COM
mercial secretaries. City officers, club
officers and any citizen interested in
taking the course can do so.
Information concerning the course
can be obtained from Mr.. B. C. Riley,
director general. extension division,
University of Florida. Gainesville.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-11
panama Springs Geographic Joke.

Panama Springs Geographic Joke.
Panama perpetrates one Of the
greatest OF geographic jokes on those
who visit IL. II convincingly makes
east west From Panama City the
sun rises out of the Pacific. which 10
most American minds Is the proper
place only for setting suns And he
who sails through the canal from
The Atlantic TO the Pacific travels
not from east 10 west, as he natural
ly expects 10 do. hut from west 10
east, or. more accurately. from north
west to southeast. One gets the i'm
preSsiOn. as one. writer has phrased
IL. that. there is something crooked
about this" The .erookedness is found
To be in the isthmus. which runs pre-
dOminantIy east and west, instead of
north and sOuth, and in addition
makes . GpuIJie curve like the letter
81 - thai at Que place the Atlantic
waters are actually west OF those 81
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