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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
BOOSTING YOUR HOME TOWN.

Don't overlook the opportunity these even
ings enjoying the handsomely decorated and il
Illuminated windows in the Rock Island bus
mess district. Your merchants have this year
made unusual efforts to bring to you the choic-
est goods of the worlds markets. You owe it
to them and their enterprise to inspect what
they have purchased for your accommodation.
And remember you can do as well in the mat
ter. of quality merchandise and prices among
iyour home stores as you can do in any other
lefty in the land. The way to make your city
grow and prosper is to cooperate with those
lwho are contributing their time and labors to
.the attainment of that end. The Rock Island
MERCHANTS are striving to make this holidays
business the greatest in their history, and they
Twill do it IL you, the consumer, will manifest
sthe interest and appreciation that they are en-
|stitled to. You can't help your city move for
Inward by standing back and refusing to be con-
WINGED that your home merchant is able to do
Iias well by you as the merchant further away.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
AMpLIFlERs FOR CONGRESS.

Whatever the national house Of representa-
tives may lack, few of US outside that body
have ever thought it was short of lung power.
But it would seem that the houses most de-
pendanle asset has worn bit under the con-
slant strain.
At any rate, it is reported that the suppos-
eddy reverbrant hall is to be equipped with
modern first aids to orators in the form OF
amplifiers. The possibilities raised by The am
plifying system are many. 1t should do away
with gumshoeing on the floor of the house, and
keep veteran members awake when the new
member is at the height of his maiden speech.
OF course, it would be mistake to carry am
plification so far as to deprive members of the
speaking practice which they need if they are
to carry on their biennial campaigns for re-
election But it may be supposed that any such
mistake will be avoided.
There will be cynical folk to say that what
congress needs lis not amplified orato-y. but
amplified vision and purposing. That may be
true. 1t is likewise true, however, that the
amplifiers will serve a practical and helpful
purpose and should greatly facilitate the bust
ness of legislation. If their use is an expert
ment, it is worth making.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
With Other Editors
BLOCs OUT OF COURTS
(From Peoria Juurnal.)

Refusal Of Chief Justice Taft, of the SUI
preme court, to permit Wayne B. Wheeler, of
the Anti-Saloon league, tc file briefs as a friend
tribunal, sets precedent which it would be
well for other judges to follow.
Not because it was Wayne B. Wheeler, but
because Wayne B. Wheeler represents bloc,
is the decision good. Not because Mr.. Wheeler
represents the Anti-Saloon league, but because
the Anti-Saloon league represents type of
the crusading organizations which afflict ma
chinery of government, is the decision wise
Chief Justice TAFT knows his stuff.
When Mr.. Wheeler's request was submitted
to the court, counsel for the defense objected
on the ground the government was well repre-
scented and fully competent to protect govern
ment's interests in all liquor litigation that
might be presented" Inasmuch as the govern
ment is represented in the case by Mrs. Mabel
w. Willebrandt. assistant attorney general, the
attorneys statement was gallant, as well as
accurate.
The government is always competent to
prosecute its own cases. Mr.. Wheeler is cru
sader who has professional interest in prose-
cution Of suspected liquor law violators. That
interest is shared, unprofessionaly,, by all
good citizens. No rule of good citizenship,
however, insists that they shall request per-
mission to appear as friend of the court in
any case. To condone such practice would be
to encourage prosecution by bloc and its corol-
lary-defense by gang. This would be vicious
and destructive to courts and American ideals
! of justice
! RIOpG
ing part OF national life through means of Or
ganization and printers ink that to permit their
presence in court would destroy the only bal
ance remaining.
Chief Justice Taft is deserving of the thanks
OF a patient people for discourasinS an sttaupt
to start the habit.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
SMALL PLAYING TO THE MOB.

Governor Len Small pardoned William
iBross Lloyd and his anti-government associates
SbecSpse 1t was his belief that they had suffered
enough for their transgressions. The supreme
tcourt of the state had affirmed the sentence of
lthe Lloyd crowd. The governors action will
l0nly tend to strengthen respect of the law
abiding people Of the state for the integrity Of
the supreme court and hasten the elimination
'cf Smallism as. political influence in Illinois.
1T isn't a question Of whether Lloyd and his
Followers had endured all the discomfort they
were deserving Of for their offenses. II was
p question of enforcement of the mandate of
the courts, representing Justice as conceived in
the interest Of the public welfare. Governor
Small is playing to the. mob in Illinois The
lstate of Lincoln never yet has been ruled by
the mob. and it never will be- and we predict
that Len Small will be given forceful evidence
lof this fact II he ever again gets his name on
= ballot where the people will have an oppor-
ftunity to express an estimate of his desirable
pty as a continued public servant.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
THEORY OF SHIP SUBSIDY.

/ The theory Of ship subsidy is this: Every
|fountry, let's assume, needs merchant ships,
iunder its own flag. to deliver the goods it
|falIfto other countries and to bring back the
Efgpods 1t buys from them. II 4 nations ships
ban Be run at q profit, then private concerns
IRE sure to run them for the money there is in
H But. II for some reaAon, they run persis-
|kently at arloss. private ship-owners will quit
ana that nations nag will disappear from the
-sea. Unless their government makes Sup their
Losses to the owners. plus enough more to pay
them fair dividends. Subsidy advocates say
/ ships are so important that it is better for a
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01


aosfhs 80 fhere vas sone uncertainty en- The
.part u f1rnitare mapufactnrers a 70 whether
ths vogue n lnxurfonsly done pieces had not
about run u course. Dpubts have been dis
peIisd, however. and ths usws 4 out that
through next spring u Ieast the public viii
eagerly. buy overatuffed coucAes and chairs.
what: tie choice win be after that does not
matter now.
II We were asked to make guess we
should say that there is slight chance of re-
action favorable to the hard, sprmgless seats
which characterized the furniture grazing our
fathers homes. The people have changed and
this explains why furniture styles are SO DIFF
lferent from those ol. half century ago. When
straight backed, thinly cushioned chairs and
sofas were acceptable the people were more
rigid and spare of build. They matched the
furniture. Look around You today in the street
or where people congregate What is most
striking about them? You notice that the ma
jority are literally upholstered. not to say
oyer-stuffed because the latter is trade term
and as such has no rightful place in social cir
cles. Nor is it woman only that is more gen.
erously supplied with avoirdupois than in an
earlier time. Well-rounded men are the rule
| rather than the exception. 1t makes US wonder
what will happen if we ever get living
wage; wonder with something of fright fol
results if universally underpaid people can
/ wax so fat.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
] - q Y ~ sAsa q Ioas G. llsrslasl

eu.ss1y q y - tAsa n Ioelt - esrehanf
onnxfme *ys sssssss
Wlsn ths United States entlsred the World
rsr he government beEaa 70 buiA merchant
ships tfevefishIy, extr1yagantlyx wastefaity,
in,practicaIIy,. Harding Gays Tbs vars end
fouild the country with large merchant neet
% bun, 1t cost Of IS 900 400 TO = 800
90. Since then the government has been rum
ming these vessels either directly or through
private companies acting az Its agents The
loss on them, Harding Gays, - $5o00e,0oo an
nuaIly. He wants to dispose of them to pri-
yate owners But they won't be accepted II
they must be rum at a loss. It is to cover this
loss that the president proposes subsidy. He
estimates it at maximum Of $sooo0ooo an
nualiy.
Subsidy opponents say the plan simply Is to
tax the rest Of the people for the shipowners'
benefit They oppose supporting any business
that cannot pay its own way. Better. they ar
que, let the fleet 60 and return to the old sys-
tenn Of doing our shipping under other flags
than our own. The subsidy bill has passed the
house OF representatives, but its chance in the
senate is none too good.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
THE DEGENERATlNCR RACE.

According to an authority quoted at a
meeting of the national committee for the pre-
vention of blindness every person in the United
States will be wearing glasses within a CEN
fury. This sounds alarming, but after all it is
only minor item in the list of predicted de-
generations which the human race is about to
suffer. That sooner or later everybody in the
world will be bald headed is one of the estab-
lished doctrines of biological prophets, and they
are equally certain that mankind is rushing
headlong toward toothless future.
There are further aspects of the outlook
which need consideration. The automobile is
use of their legs which are said to be gradually
shrinking toward merely vesitigial existence,
owing to constant disuse and the development
of the aeroplane threatens to hasten this pro-
cess, which will be still further accelerated by
the radio.
Already the world takes most of its music
mechanically and there is no particular reason
why books should not be published phono-
graphically, thereby doing away with reading
consequences of disappearing eye-sight. Food
is progressing in refinement toward tie point
where it will>come precooked, premasticated
and predigested which suggests that the bother
of eating may be abolished, and as to drinking,
MI, Volstead has already taken care of that.
Evidently this discussion might be indefinitely
extended, but it has proceeded far enough to
point to the conclusion that the human race Ia
moving toward q state in which men will be
immOhile EHennnuda pod ov,d COW raI,n.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01

@. When was the Muscle Shoals
project begun A. D. r.
A. The improvement of the Ten
nessee river at Muscle Shoals was
begun May %, 1928, when congress
gave the state of Alabama land
enough to bring 100000. A canal
was begun in 1881 and completed
in 1886, but was not adequate nor
serviceable. In 1871, the federal
government took the project in
hand. surveyed and built a canal
which was furnished in 1890, which
cost more than $1,000 900. This is
the canal which was closed to nav
igation when the construction Of
Wilson dam was started in 1918.
Q. How is candied lemon peel
fixed? D. r. S.
A. Scrub lemons, cut into quar-
tiers. remove and cut peel into one
eighth inch strips and place in
saucepan. For each pound Of peel
add three pints of cold water. boil
10 minutes. Pour water off and
repeat five times, or until all the
bitter favor has been removed
from the peel. Dissolve one-half
pound of sugar in two ounces OF
water, and cook to thick syrup
Dry peel in the folds Of towel
place in syrup and cook until syrup
is all absorbed by the peel. While
hot, roll in dry sugar. Orange
neal NAV ho dOna in the same fash
/ ion, except the water need be
changed only twice.
@. What is Dutch? H Y. H.
A. Dutch is the language of the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
REAL PUBLIC SERVICE.

jacksonville, ILL.,, is managed by mayor
and aldermen who are serving without pay. The
city debt has been practically cleaned up and
law and order prevail as never before in the
history Of the community. Sounds like the
millennium and too good to last lohg. But it is
the inevitable reaction from such situation
as has prevailed in Rock Island the past few
years. You may see the day when Rock Island
Els governed by a mayor as an act of public
duty and service, by some man situated so that
he can contribute portion of his time gratis
to the affairs of the community in which he has
his home and interests.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
The Daily Short Story

What's the meaning all tfis?"
1T means that we are going to
have an understanding. tried to
bring one about at the masquerade
last night, but crowded ball room
didn't seem to be the place for a
reconciliation and l lost my cour-
age" The girls voice was soft and
filled with pathos.
Peter had once already witnessed
her deceit and didn't intend to be
tricked again. How did you know
l wished a reconciliation? he ask
ed. How did you know that l still
cared-for-you?"
Diana smiled. Does a man carry
a girls picture in his watch case
unless he does care, Peter?" she
teased. You say you don't care,
and yet l plainly saw myself care
lessly displayed in your watch case
last night"
Diana paused and enjoyed the
dum-founded expression on Peters
face. Then: "Oh, I've tried to for
get you. I've danced and kept pace
with the rest of my crowd, but it's
no use. l want only you, dear, and
| last night when 1 found that you
still cared, why, l er-'
Yes, but your dashing man of the
sea-" Peter interrupted, reproach-
fully. what about him."
i Diana was sorely hurt, but she
valiantly pleaded her cause.
Peter" she said, IF you had only
listened to me two years ago, if you
had only read my letters instead OF
returning them unopened, all would
have been we'll. "The dashing man
Of the sea, as you term him, was
my own brother. You had never
met him, and 1, myself. had not seen
him for 10 long years. He had just
returned from the Orient, and had
i just time enough to call on me be-
fore shipping again. Peter, why
oh, why did you have to think ths
worst of me?"
i Peter stood before her, humbled
), and repentant. The thought 81
] Diana suffering through his ungov
ernable jealousy and suspicion fill
) ed him with depression. will 70,
forgive me?" he begged, extending
his arms.
"Of course l WILL" Diana replied
. with glistening eyes. "And now,
she added, jabbing Peter with tn,
muzzle Of her gun. NOW you kis.
me and tell me you're sorry"
Diana never received the kiss O
!. forgiveness, at least not then. Com
ing down, the road was a short
stout man, waving his arms an.
running as fast as his pudgy leg
would allow him.
MY goodness, Peter" exclaimet
!, Diana, glancing towards the pantin,
newcomer, help me move thi
cross-bar, and then make tina: ca
} hit so! Here comes the boss of tn
road gang whose sign borrowed I.
waylay you"
And as Peter Sanborn felt tn
red-gold head nesting where it be
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
THE BEWITCHING IMP.
By Miss Dorothy Piper.
Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler
Syndicate Tnc1

Dy uuICdte, 1uC-J
An open road and eight big cyl
inders. Peter stepped on the accel-
orator and watched the speedo-
meter climb--45,, so, So. But even
with the cool September breeze
blowing across his face and the car
demanding his entire attention,
Peter could not put the "Bewitch-
ing Imp" from his mind. It was
last night at the Yacht clubs Tnas-
querade that he had seen her, and
she, costumed as the mischevious
Puck, had granted him one Ge!irious
waltz and had promised him an
other-the one before the unmask-
ing-only to elude him and to make
her escape without revealing her
identity.
1t was not for the "BewitchiIg
Imp's" own self that Peter was in
terested, but because she reminded
him of one Diana Carey, a lady who
had meant much to him in the
misty, faraway past. The red-gold
of her hair shining beneath her
Puck's cap, the absurd, tiny nose
and the. intoxicating perfume tina.
lowered about her as sac swayed
lightly in his arms had been very
reminiscent of the lovely Drama.
Diana, the tickle, the girl whom he
had succeeded in putting out of his
life and was striving to drive from
his memory forever!
Peter was justified in forgetting
Diana, for had he not discovered her
two years ago in the arms of stall
wart sea captain scarcely one hou.
after the declaration of their own
love? And now this "Bewitching
Imp" this strange replica of his
beloved, had come into his life to
arouse the memories he had thought
were dead!
Peters bitter peverie came to ar
abrupt conclusion, for, stretched
across the road, so feet before him
was a large wooden obstruction
marked: "Roal Under Construc
| ton. No passing" Funny ht
hadn't noticed any detour signs a
the crossroads further back. Will
| dexterous manipulation and muci
squealing Of brakes, Peter man
aged to check the terrific speed o
the car and to avert a collision. Re
covering from the excitement O
that shock, the man received ;
greater one. There, beside the car
lying face downward, was q girl;
young. slim girl, with red-gol,
hair.
One bound and Peter was by he
side, but before he could offer an,
assistance the girl had sprung t,
her feet, and Peter experienced til
sensation OF having a fair, maske,
bandit prod him in the ribs with
revolver Of dangerous calibre.
| Hands up!" she commanded, a
the same time removing her mask
Diana Carey. gasped Peter,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
Grandfather Had Toe Much It

Long after Granny had shaken
on the last vestiges of that ruinous
old fear of might air" and drafts
through the bedroom and ''inclem-
ent weather" and all that sort OF
thing. his ideas about diet and
health remained as fixed as they
we're erratic. He had his convic-
tons on this vital subject. like
most men of success and wisdom in
worldly affairs. The motif of his
understanding was the familiar
one of the laity, namely. that the
more one eats the stronger one will
be to endure and Withstand the
strains of life and resist the in
roads OF disease. A nice, comfort
able kind of belief, this is, for a
gourmand. But unfortunately it
doesn't get those who follow it any
where. at least not anywhere far
from the doctor. 1t had been
Cramps custom for many years
to consume four meals a day.
Just a little too much fuel in
the boiler" the doctor decided.
TOO much fuel chokes the flues,
ruins the pipes and puts the en-
CINE on the scrap heap. Hereafter,
my lad. you will worry along on
two fair meals a day, namely
breakfast and dinner. No mid day
lunch. You may have a bowl of
bread and milk or any other whole
some night lunch if you like and
when you like. You may have
meat just three times a week. That
is ample for man of your age and
moderate activity. Now this is a
perfectly reasonable and sensible
regimen for sufferer from chron-
ic bronchitis and if you will adopt
it along with your other improved
ways of living. l am sure you will
become as enthusiastic about tenn
perance in eating as you are now
about the benefits derived from
walking six miles a day regardless
of the weather"
Meat three times a week! Why
my boy, l couldn't live without m,
steak for dinner. l hope you dom
preach such nonsense to your pa
tients = they'll think you're
F4etcherite or unitarian"
| Three steaks a week,"sthe doc
tor insisted. Il am more tina,
kind might prescribe an out AMI
out vegetarian regimen for som,
patients with chronic bronchitis
! The three meat meals are by wa,
OF concession granted becaus
you walk six miles a day"
We'll, I'd as soon die of bron
chitis as starve to DEATH" reptile,
the patient obstinately. while
live and have the wherewithal In
going to have enough to eat, 81,
Besides, I've been putting ava
steaks these so years or more an
they haven't killed me yet"
There were several such seance
held before the patient cam
around to the Doctors way. an
once he had adopted the regime
it was but a short time before b
began experimenting with a NOR
rigid diet than the doctor had or
dered. taking but one meat meal
!, week Counting fish, fowl and egg
as meat and assuring all hi
cronies that he had never fe,
. more fit in his life. You kno,
| it is with these obdu-ate one:
When they come over they com
all the way and then some. Gramp
hasn't taken meat in any form
shape or manner for the past tire
years, except an occasional rash
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01

The name IS deFiveu
fri Dietsch, which means the We.
nacular. 1t belongs to lae ~"
F'ranksh division Of low uel l-s
The name is frequently coiiIssN
with Deutsch. which is the ial
guage of the Germans, whlch 10 III
yided into high and low Gernihh'
@. Who SAID he would rather os
a winner i'll the Olympic sai .so
than the crier who announced Inv
winners? I. "
A. Plutarch says that Th|nis-
tocles upon being asked whether n'
would rather be Achilles OF i, s.h
er replied, Which would you To-
er be-a conqueror in the oiyllp,s
games, or the crier who pfoci"
who are conquerors" tho
O. What military leader sent .H'
hold the fort message? j. T. MI a
A. On Oct. 5, 1864, General ~"
liam T. Sherman signalled lfo ~
the top of kenesaw mountain .bs
General Corse in Allatooha, aa
message, Hold the fort. A'
coming!" ra-
Q. Does the temperature OF w.
ter at great depths change ,s
A. At the depth of 400 Iatno 80
or more the temperature OF sss
ocean remains approximately ,ds
same all the time. Thus at lauta] -
20 degrees north temperature aaS "
water at that depth rena MS s'ea''
at 80 degrees, Fahrenheit. .arn
Q. Is mercury found i'll the ~ !"
in which it is used! a. ..e
A. Mercury occurs native ~ II
metallic form, but by far the la is,,;n ,
part of it is obtained by disui,'Aa :
the native sulphide, cinnaoar. N ~
current of air SO regulated a. A.
burn the sulphur Of the suipn no
while leaving the mercury N l'
metallic state.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01

THE Argus Santa Claus Fund takes care of
Ihuhdreds OF poor children every Christmas
Yot have responsibility in the undertaking
and that is in supplying the money with which
ito make purchases OF gifts and goodies. The
Arkus Santa Claus committee does all OF the
wotk. Your contribution will be welcome any
day now.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01

"A Davenport policeman has been suspended
fors collecting protection money from bootleg
geA In Rock Island the bootlegger didn't
hate to pay the man on the beat He made
Earrhngements higher up.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01

:onged, on his shoulder. he decided
that Diana was not or.y a bewitch-
ing imp but an exceedingly clever
imp as well.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
Argus Information Bureau

get The
uon Bureau Freden
and Decent
ard TO
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01

IL 1t should be your misfortune to be jailed
Eie might be source OF consolation to you to
Skn6w there are 163, 800 persons behind the
tbais In the United States today
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01

4 Raderewski, the pianist, is back in America
Eyt must Le great. to get paid for just playing
[ardund.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
sOFTNEss AND LUXURY.

The upholstery trade is encouraged BY
maintenance Of demand for its goods. A few