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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
DELAY YOUNG
PEOPLES MEET
Fix New Date and Make Further
Plans Friday-WaIker to Ad.
dress Boys.

Representatives of the various
organizations which will partici-
pate in the countrywide young peo-
pies conference will meet tomor-
row night in the Rock Island Y. NJ.
c. A to fix new date for the gather
ing. The meeting was to have been
held Jan. 81 and %. 1t is probable
that Feb. and 4 will be the new
dates selected. Conflict with Y. M
c. A schedules made necessary the
selection of new date.
Several speakers have already
been secured. Boyd R. Walker,
state Y. NJ. c. A boys secretary,
will talk to the boys and the con-
ference will be opened by Rev.
Frank Court, pastor of the st.
Johns Methodist church, Daven-
port Rev. J. A Chapman, pastor
of the First Methodist church, will
deliver the devotional address and
Rev. A. Frank Houser, pastor of
the Calvary Baptist church, Daven-
port, will give the closing address.
More than three hundred people
from the ages of 15ito % from Rock
Island and Moline Y NJ c. AS, Y.
w. c. A, County Sunday School as
ISOLATION, and Sunday schools all
over the county are expected to at
tend the meeting. Devotional and
business sessions will be held in
the First Methodist church. The
conference will be opened by ban
quet at the Y. W. G. A
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19

A few seconds before any blows
were delivered, young Ford saw
William Weaver and Mueller appar-
emily having a conversation but
upon turning toward them again he
saw William rushing at Mueller.
He said John came on the scene a
minute later. and that he took hold
OF Mueller's right arm. He said
he saw John Weaver deliver one
blow but didn't notice what Will
liam was doing then.
Doctor Testifies.
DR.. Louis Ostrom of Rock Is
land, who performed the operation
for the removal of the tumor from
Harry Mueller's brain, was called
this morning. He said in his opin-
ion Mueller would not have lived
more than two months from July Is
if an operation had not been per-
formed then. He said surgery was
recommended because with it there
was hope of life.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
Says Pile Remedy
Worth $4,000 a Box

IT have had itching piles ever eince my
earliest recollection. 1 am So years old
and have suffered terribly. I have tried
many remedies and doctors. but no cure.
About weeks ago L saw your ad for
Peterson's Ointment. The first application
stopped all itching, and in three days all
soreness. L have only used box and
consider I am cured. You have my CRATE
full heartfelt thanks. and may everyone
that has this trouble see this and give
your ointment, that is worth q hundred
dollars or more box. trial. Sincerely
yours, A. Newth, Columbus. Ohio"
Peterson's Ointment for Piles. Eczema,
and old sores is only 30 cents 4 large box
at all druggists. Mail orders filed by
Peterson Ointment Co., Inc. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
Vein OF COAL
\ ENDS AT Mine
OF ]. M. PRYCE
Coal Valley Property is Worked to
Last-0wner win Move to
Rock Island.

One OF the largest sources of
coal supply in this part of the state.
the John NJ. Pryce coal mine. locat-
ed between the Rock Island county
farm and a mile southwest of Coal
Valley, closed yesterday.
The vein of coal from which the
Pryce Coal company has been min
ing for the last Ia years has given
out. Thousands of tons of coal
have been mined from the vein.
which runs under the land owned
by the estate of ]. H. Wilson of
Rock Island, known as the Banner
Coal company. The Pryce COM
pany paid royalty on each ton
mined.
An auction for the sale of the
equipment of the mine, the home,
garage, horses and farm nipple
ments on the property on which
Mr.. Pryce lived will be held at II
o'clock next Thursday noon at the
mine. The equipment is said to be
valued at $4,000.
Mr.. Pryce, who is a brother of
Mrs. C. ]. Searle, 934 Twentieth
street, will remove to Rock Island
to make his home.
Employed 75 Men.
From so to IS men have been en-
ployed at the mine continually, the
vein supplying the coal for this
community. During the war Mr..
Pryce rushed the work at his place
at the request of the government,
the yield being heavier than ever
before.
The equipment to be sold at auc-
ton next Thursday includes the
steam and electric. engine, boiler,
generator. cages, 500 pumps, mo-
tors of all kinds, 60 tons of rail, As
one-ton cars, 25 half-ton cars, six
bank mules. and all kinds of build
ing for coal mine work.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
WOMAN FROM AN
ALASKAN ISLAND j..
SHIVERS HERE

Mrs. NJ. H. Smith, who lives 600
miles north of Seattle, Wash, in
the town of Ketchikan, on an island
off the coast of Alaska, arrived in
Rock Island this morning for a
visit with Mr.. and Mrs Ford Hunt
er, 1929 Third avenue, and the
first real cold day that this com
munity has experienced this winter
-tcday-brought shivers to Mrs.
Smith.
Mrs. Smith stated that at her
home the climate is not near so
cold. She said that a warm ocean
stream regulates the climate of the
island on which she lives and that
a fall of snow is rare. Heavy frosts
are the main evidences of winter.
Mrs. Smith is a native of Wiscon-
sin and moved to Ketchikan with
her husband several years ago. Her
husband is in charge of the electric
plant, which furnishes electricity
for both lighting and heating pur-
poses. Everything is operated by
waterpower, she said, and the de-
velopments in the north along this
line are superior to the states util-
ization of this source.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
THOUGHT BOUT
WAS FRIENDLY
AT BEGINNING
Ed Ford, South Moline Farmer,
Witness at Trial of Viewers
for Murder.

Ed Ford, South Moline farmer,
on the witness stand in circuit court
this morning, described the strug-
gle between John A and William
Weaver and Harry Mueller, Jan. 20,
1921, at the farm of Mrs. George
Weaver, by which the brothers are
alleged to have caused the death OF
Mueller
Ford was within 20 feet of the
three men when he saw them to-
gether. apparently in a discussion.
he said. He saw the first blows de-
livered and was within four feet Of
the combatants during the remain
der of the fight.
The witness said his first i'm
preston of the affair was that of
a sparring match. He was con-
WINGED of its seriousness a NOM
ent later when a hard blow was
struck at Mueller, he said. Harry
Mueller started to run but John
Weaver grabbed him and held on
while the beating was administer
ed by the brother, he declared.
The witness said William did the
kicking while Muller was stopped
over trying to defend himself.
Ford was asked if he had made
an attempt to interfere. He an
swered that he had, but desisted
when warned by an unknown man
to stay back. He said he believed
the man was an employe OF. William
Mueller's.
Descriptions of the struggle were
also given by Newman Ickes, aged
IS, and Forrest Ford, university
student, yesterday afternoon. Ford
is a son of Ed Ford. He said he
was standing in a wagon about %
feet from the scene of the trouble.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
SALESMAN HAG
SUFFERED FOR
FIFTEEN YEARS
Stomach Seemed Full of
Acid and Fire and He
Had Indigestion After
Every Meal.
Had Began to Think His
Case Hopeless But Says
Tanlac Has Built Him
Up to Finest Health.

81 think Tanlac is the greatest
medicine ever made and base my
belief on what it has actually done
Tor me-" said John w. Brash, of %
Elm street. Chicago. a well known
drygoods salesman in the whole
sale department of Marshall Field
& Co.
why, for the first time In Is
years l can eat a substantial meal
without suffering from indigestion
afterwards. I had such a bad case
of indigestion that my stomach
seemed full of acid and fire, and 1
bloated so with gas that my heart
beat at a terrific rate. l had no
appetite and couldn't enjoy anything
to 1eat. was so nervous l shook
like a leaf at times, and was sub
ject to splitting headaches and
binding dizzy spells. was so
weak and rundown from my long
suffering that l doubted whether I
would ever get back on the road to
health.
However, Tanlac has made diff
ferent man of me. Four bottles of
the medicine has given me the APP
petite OF an ironworks, and l never
feel a sign of stomach trouble or
indigestion. 1 am free from nerV-
business, my sleep is sound and rest
full, have gained in weight, and am
in as good health as anybody. It's
a real pleasure to tell others of Tan
lac for I believe it will help every
body who tries it"
NOTE-Tanlac Vegetable Pills
are an essential and vitality import
ant part of the Tanlac treatment
You cannot hope to get the most
satisfactory results from Tanlac
without first establishing free and
regular movement OF the bowels.
Tanlac Vegetable Pills are abso-
lutely free from calomel and are
sold on a positive guarantee to give
satisfa ction.
Tanlac is sold in Rock Island by
the c. Z. Schlegel drug store and
leading druggists everywhere
(Adver tisement)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
PRESBYTERIANS
AND OAK GROVE
TEAMS VICTORS

The Oak Grove basket team was
victorious over the Memorial
Christian five last night, in a hard
fought game, IL to Z, in the ~"
gym. The Central Presbyterian
easily bested the First Methodist
quintet, 81 TO S.
The Spencer Memorials and the
Swedish Lutherans and the Central
Presbyterians and Memorial Chris
tfans will play Tuesday night and
Wednesday, Oak Grove will meet
the First Baptists and the First
Methodist will play the Fifteenth
Avenue Christians.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
MERCANTILE BEER
FIRM DISSOLVED
Especial to The Argus }

Springfield. Ill, Jan. 19.-The
Mercantile Beer company, 1912
First avenue, Rock Island, today
certified to the state to a dissolu-
ton of corporation and surrender
ed its charter. The company had
a capital stock of $4,000.
Daniel ]. Flynn, 2200 Twenty
fourth street, was the president,
and H. ]. Burmeister of Davenport,
secretary.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
FOLEY SECURES
STOCK OF RIESS
Druggist Purchases Supplies and
VIII Soon Vaeate Present Store
fer New Location

John ]. Foley. 1929 Second ave
nue.. has purchased the stock and
fixtures of Adolph J. Riess. drug
gist, 1900 Second avenue. from Al
bert NJ Brandenburg. trustee la
bankruptcy, and will vacate his
present location TO conduct his
drug business in the new store
soon.
Mr. Foley has occupied the Sec
ond avenue and Nineteenth street
corner the past five years.
He states that he will make ex-
tensiye interior improvements 1T
his new place of business.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
RUN COOGAN FILM
FOR BENEFIT OF
BETHANY KIDDIES

Children Of Bethany home will
be guests OF the Spencer Square
theatre at a special movie perform
anee at 10 O'Clock Saturday morn
ing.
The film my Boy" featuring
Jackie Coogan, and "a Dogs Life
a Charlie Chaplin comedy, will be
shown. The children will be
brought from the home in special
cars as guests of the Tri-City Rail-
way company. and will be taken
home the same way.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
PLANNERS GREETED
BY 1000 PEOPLE

Two thousand students and
friends of chiropractic greeted Dr.
and Mrs. B. ]. Palmer, who return
ed this afternoon after five
months visit in Japan and China.
The crowd swarmed the Rock Is
land lines station in Davenport and
cheered the heads of the chiroprac-
tic school. During their ebsence
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer travelled o.
900 miles. Rare collections of
relics were brought back by them
to be placed in the school museum.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
WIN TWO GAMES.

DR.. Forrest HainIine's voIleybarI
team took two games from Ben
Horns aggregation yesterday noon
in the games of the noon-day vol
leyball league at the "Y" Tomor-
row noon a team captained by vii
liam Schroeder will meet squad
headed by DR.. z. l. HainIine
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
MEN STAGE FIGHT:
WINNER DISMISSED

John Hawk, charged by Jack Ma
son with assault and battery, was
dismissed by Magistrate D. J. Gle
land in police court this morning.
Mason had been beaten and had
caused the arrest of Hawk.
Charles Lundberg was fined 81
on a charge of drunkenness.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
MOLINE LAD HAS
PLUNGE IN RIVER
Especial Moline service.l

Frank johnson of 1924 Fifteenth
avenue, Moline, had a narrow es-
cape from death by drowning in
the Mississippi river at the foot of
Sixteenth street yesterday after
noon. He was rescued by three
men, and after being warmed in
the share department of the Moline
Plow company, was taken to his
home in a taxi
The lad was skating when the
ice gave way.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
WILL NEGOTIATE FOR
TWO NEW INDUSTRIES

,, Joseph ]. Burgess and Otto F.
.lloeorandt, president and secre-
Ssry or the Rock Island Chamber of
commerce, will represent the or
sanitation at a conference in Chi
ago tomorrow noon with repre-
sentatlves of two important indus
ules which are contemplating To-
eating in Rock Island.
I. A. Beers of the directorate,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
CLOSE SCHOOL TO
REPLACE FURNACE

Sessions at willard school closed
elS afternoon for the installation
" new furnace. A large furnace
VIII replace two smaller ones for
heating purposes. The work will
completed Monday and regular
study schedules resumed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
REPORT SHOWS
ROCK ISLANDS
VALUES BOOM
~.nufactures of City Show Marked
Increases I'm Many Lines
Since 1914.

q Value Of products manufactured
- Rock Island industries in 1913
sas s22 $50 600, according to a pre-
4 ,.,inaYy statement of the United
4 GATES department OF commerce on
4 - 1920 census of manufactures,
soyering 1919, for cities in Illinois
saving a population of $4,000 or
the census OF manufactures. like
mat OF 1914, excluded the hand
trades. the building trades and the
reighborhood industries, and took
account only of establishments con-
sucted under the term factory sys-
4 Jam The word establishment" as
rsed in the census reports, may
mean more than one mill or plant,
rroyided they are owned or con-
rolled and operated by an individ-
nal. partnership, corporation or
ether owner or operator, and are
located in the same town or city.
The figures on the value of Rock
Islands products are 244.5 per cent
greater than those of 1914, when
the amount was S6,4S8.000. Value
n products less cost of materials
was $500. 900, compared to S3,077,-
200 in 1914, an increase of 1853 per
cent
& The report enumerates the num-
her of establishments, persons en-
gagged in manufactures, proprietors
: and firm members, salaried en-
Moves, wage earners average
{ number), primary horsepower, cap
ital. services. and materials in ad-
dition to value of products In
each instance with exception of
number OF establishments and num-
ber of proprietors and firm mem
bers. Rock Island employed an in
crease over 1914.
CAPITAL Increase as Per Cent.
CAPITAL invested in Rock Island
in 1919 was s24 ,363.000. compared
TO s13,S51 900 in 1914. Increase of
T5.9 per cent. Number of wage
earners was 3.20s, against 1887, an
increase of 74.6 per cent. This
does not include workers classed
as salaried employees.
Moline ranks eighth among the
cities of Illinois outside of Chicago
in number OF workers with 6,484
Value of Moline's products is given
as $44.S7l. 900. compared to 49,
$4,000 in 1914, increase of 1852
ner cent. Like Rock Island. num-
her of establishments and number
of proprie.ors and firms decreased
Capital invested totaled 42,34S 900
compared to S34, 179, 900 in 1914, in
crease of 23.9 per cent. The fol
lowing are the tabulated figures or
pncL Island and Moline.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
GROTTO HEADS PLAN
FOR PROPHETS MEET

Past monarchs of Amoo grOtto
and the present officers of the or
ganization will meet tonight to dis
cuss the preliminary arrangements
for the annual session of the su-
preme council of the Order of
Yelled Prophets to be held in Rock
Island next June.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
DR.. w. 0. COFFEE
Saturday, Monday,

Practice limited to treatment of eye.
ear nose and throat diseases. straightens
cross-eyes and removes adenOids at one
visit no chloroform or ether. Treats par
tial deafness. impaired hearing. head
noises diseased tonsils. diseased turbinat ted
bones. polypus tumors and catarrh OF the
nose head. throat and ears He says
catarrh has to be treated as a constitu-
tionaI condition. Treats weak. diseased
eyes granulated lids, ulcers, inhamma-
ton Glaucoma. lrltis- cataracts. failing
sight and partial blindness Many of the
above cases can be treated by his nom
surgical method DR., Coffee has had 80
years experience, treats about DC pa
TENTS day, will tell you the truth and
give new patients one treatment free if he
thinks he can help Them. He is in his
Davenport offices Saturday and Monday.
caent.1
206 West First street. around the corner
from the St. James Hotel. opposite the
ferry boat landing. Office hours from 8
to $3.50 Phone Dav. 7314.-(AdvertIse-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19

who will be in Chicago as a dele
gate TO the Illinois Bankers asso-
citation meet, will probably also at
tend the conference. One OF the
firms employs 1000 people.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19
Personal Points

DR.. ]. D. Banta of 1880 Eight
zenith avenue left this morning for
Carlisle, KY, called there by the
serious illness of his mother.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-19

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Following are the figures on the
i leading cities outside of Chicago:
The herald., 1922-04-20
TEST REVEALS LARGE
TIRE NOT DANGEROUS
Widespread Belief of Peril
Shown to Be Erroneous.
Big English Vehicle Run over Sharp
ened Spike Making Perfect Blow
Out, But No Damage Done
Except TO Tire.

One way to overcome a prejudice Is
to remove ii. The introduction Of
the large size pneumatic tire for bus
SeS in England, was hedged in by
many difficulties because of a wide
spread belief that the use of these
tires was dangerous.
In case Of a blowout, men argued,
the tremendous conclusion of the eS-
Gaping air would thrust the car OFF
the roadway. The difference in height
between the two sides of the car after
one tire had been debated would be
SO great as to threaten to over-turn
the vehicle, was another argument.
Pedestrians standing near might be
blown from their feet by the force of
the escaping air from the tire, it was
said. The driver, himself, might eytI
be in danger, In case of a blowout
speed.
70 meet this situation. +. r. Pres
ton, managing director of an English
tire company, in cooperation wi.h two
of the leading motor journals of the
country, devised a unique test. wen
stage a blowout of a tire while the
car is in notion" said Preston. you
can go along and see what happens"
A narrow and rutty dirt road out
side of London, was selected for the
test. A heavy plank was imbedded In
the roadway, fitted up with big iron
spike, sharpened to a razor edge and
set so that it would strike the tire
at an angle just outside Of the tread.
When all was set, big bus, in which
rode the representatives Of the two
motor journals. came flying down the
road at 80 to 80 miles an hour speed.
AS the big sharpened spike struck the
side Of the tire ii ripped a jagged
hole through carcass and tube. It
was perfect blowout. The tire was
completely fiat within 10 feet. But
no damage had been done except to
the tire itself.
The men riding the car felt only q
very slight jolt as the car struck the
impeachment. Examination Of the sur
face of the road Immediately after.
showed that there was no perceptible
lurching of the truck from the road.
The wheels carried through straight
ahead. There was no relaxing of the
car. Examination afterwards showed
that one wheel stood about an inch
and quarter below the other as the
result Of the tire being debated.
The test has gone a long ways to-
ward correcting the erroneous impress
sion as to the performance of these
large tires In case Of blowout.
The herald., 1922-04-20
USE every inch
OF GARDEN SOIL
Intensive Farming" Applies as
Well to Small Plot as to
the Large Tract.
EASY TO GROW VEGETABLES
Careful Gardener Can Find Room for
Additional Plants il Best judy
ment Is Used in Plan
ming Seed Bed.

Intensive farming" long ago won
the o. X. of the practical agriculturist
who found that it was to his financial
interest To make two or more grow
where one grew before.
The same rule .ipplies. or should
apply, to The cottage gardener-the
fellow who has only few feet Of
hundred acre farm.
1t is just as essential that the back
yard fence corners" be made TO pro-
duce as it is that the formerly I'M
used places on the farm be brought
into a state of production.
In the back yard of the majority of
small homes, i'm both country and city,
there are. spaces that have been
neglected because the man of the house
was not exactly in the mood of spad-
ing it up when planting time arrived.
Spading time should extend from the
time the one crop was garnered the
previous fall to the time when the soil
is actually prepared for the next sea-
son. Spading In the fall is not bad
idea. The leaves and other fertilizer
producing growths can be turned under
and also made TO work for you.
Value of Rich Soil.
If you are fortunate enough to OBJ
tain q load or two of stable manure,
Of course it Is better to turn this
under in the fall and allow it TO be well
rotted by spring-and not blown away
by the winter winds. Although much
manure has a large quantity of straw
mixed with it, the straw also enriches
the soil.
the fall before the freezing weather
starts, it is in condition to be brought
into the best producing state in the early
spring, when little, If any, spading will
be necessary to make the seed bed
and the worst Of the work is over and
the home gardener is happy with lis
prospects.
Then-when actual planting dime
comes-when the ground Is warm and
there seems to be no danger of frost
that is the time to make the most of
the situation.
No plants will do "heir best If
crowded, but there are ,1any vegetables
that will do well by being planted
close together. Those that require
most space should have all they need
but It is well to remember that some
of the small vegetables that grow close
to the ground and are out of the way
early can be grown between the larger
plants, such as tomatoes and beans,
which develop slowly.
When crowding Can Be Done.
By. exercising careful judgment a
little more crowding may be done in