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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-18

been heard here several times in
concert during the life of this COM
pany She will be guest artist
formances, beginning as AZueena
here in a limited number of per-
in I'll Trovatore" on Wednesday
nic1t.
The first Sunday performance of
the season tomorrow afternoon will
be Richard Wagner's magnificent
festival drama. "Parsifal," which
will be given with the conventional
eliminations with which it is pre-
scented in practically all operate
centers of the world with the ex-
ception of the annual season at
Bayreuth.
The cast will include Cyrena Van
Gordon as Kundry, Forrest Lamont
as Parsifal, Mark Oster in his de-
but as AmfOrtas, Ivan SteschenkO
as Titurel, Edouard Cotreuil as
Gurnemanz. William Beck as King
sor, and other holes filled by Jose
Mojica, Milo Luka. Hazel Eden,
Kathryn Browne, Lodovico Olivie-
70, Louis Derman, Melvena Pass
more, Alice D'Hermanoy. Dorothy
Cannon debut, Irene Pavloska,
with. Ettore PanizZa conducting.
With Miss Garden in Tosca Mon
day night the cast will include
Giu}io Crimi as Mario. Cesare For
MICH as Scarpia, Kathryn Browne,
and the Messrs. Defrere, Trevisan
Civai and Gould in other roles, and
Mr.. PaniZza again conductor
1.-The Snow Maiden" will be re-
peated Tuesday night with the
same cast as before I'll Trovatore'
will be sung Wednesday night by
Rosa Raisa, Louise Homer, Giulio
Crimi, Giacomo Rimini, Virgilio
Lazzari, Sallustio Civai and Jose
Mojica, conducted by Giorgio Pc
lacco. Other repeats for the COM
ing week age Carmen" Thursday
night with Miss Garden and the
usual cast; la Boheme" Saturday
afternoon with Mines. Mason. Paw
loska, Messrs. Minghetti. Rimini,
Cotreuil and others of the previous
cast; and ,"The Love of Three
Kings" Saturday night with Miss
Garden. Hessrs. Crimi, Lazzari
Baklanoff and others as usual.
Richard Hageman, Ettore Panizza
and Giorgio Polacco will conduct
these last three performances in
the order named. Adolph Balm,
Anna Ludmila and others OF the
ballet will appear in 1.-The Snow
Maiden" and Carmen"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-18

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a. euith,s ;sIsra M 81 10 COY. -
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~ e
iaeu es.iia.e a. tnal 'inie
was 70 Tue erect tnat the canal
wouio cost - ,soo'4l4, an increase
OIL aoout >alo'ooo over previous ng-
ureS. --
Overcome Many Obstacles
Ii,bts md sh.dovs n;,a,. :,
.ha s;s.o,a =, tha 80, naar. -
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-18

tions towards the construction of
the lock and closing dam at the
lower eAd of Smiths island were
begun, condemnation proceedings
for right-of-way on the island and
on the Iowa shore being carried
on. Track extension from the lon
gitudinal dam on to Smiths island
at its upper end was commenced,
and the construction Of levee on
the island begun.
In 1921 Colonel Harry Burgess
of the Rock Island district esti-
mated that the work was two
thirds completed. He reported that
a total of 105,492 cubic yards of
sand was placed by suction dredges
in backfilling the lock grounds at
a cost of SIS cents per cubic yard.
Excavation during 1920 amounted
to 41,465 cubic yards Of rock,
earth and mud at cost Of 74.6
cents for drilling and blasting. The
expenditures during 1920 on the LIE
Claire canal were $225,17325, and
the total expenditure on the canal
to Dec. 1920, were 81 ,190,116.42.
. Quantity of embankment in the
levee is $1,000 cubic yards and in
the canal embankment, $4,000
cubic yards. Embankment in the
dam closings is $500 cubic yards,
while all other embankment in
Guiding the fill is 100000 cubic
yards.
Concrete in the lock is estimated
at $4,000 cubic yards, and the
steel in the lock weighs 41S,0O0
pounds.
The lock complete cost $3.50, 900,
the approaches $618,000, the land
for levees and lock houses, $4,000,
buildings $4,000, and the canal
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-18

les in height With basement. and
are modern IN evarv .rasrerts and
.eouipped WITH manv convenience
A garage Il. attached to the dunler
dweI1ino occunied hv-tba ass;.ssns-
and there is a wareisnuse nnon the
nronertv -.
Coinr Damn ,;r.. h..., ~,
,-ooans thr.r~, ~ go
7 a"1s;ra ~ - o S.a;.., ne 49, tna
i"wa- ana =, nh;ah .ha ~. !. t ~
wv, ouu " Which, .ue loeA 70 Az
cateo, ana tnere "a lowered y tne
channel beyond.
Figures obtained from the en-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-18

Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Johnson, Mr..
| and Mrs. F. c. Denkmann, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. X. Mixter, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Watts, Mr.. and Mrs. Bladel,
Nov. 12-People in the neighbor-
hood of Twenty-third street and
; Fifth avenue were awakened from
their slumbers about o'clock this
morning by the report of five pis-
toll shots following in rapid sue
| cession. Joseph F. Schneider was
the man who did the shooting, hav-
| ing accorded a warm reception to
burglar who was prowling about
/, his home, 23O1 Fifth avenue.
| F. S. Brough is new clerk ap-
pointed by Postmaster Thomas.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Dawson
celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary yesterday 80 at their
home at 1908 Second avenue, where
they reside with their daughter,
Mrs Margaret Schroeder.
| Nov. 13-James Hackett, one of
Rock Islands pioneer residents,
| died at his home, 2511 Sixth ave-
nue., at $50 Saturday morning. He
was 63 years old and had resided
in this city 40 years.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. NJ. Conover, Mrs.
George Sheldon. Mrs. Louis Kohn
and daughter Margo. Miss Bladel
and Will Bladel compose party
which has gone to Chicago to at
tend the dedication of the Chris
, tian Scientist church there tomor-
row.
The Winona is the only boat in
port today.
| Roller skating is to be revived
The Rock Island link will be open
der the management OF D. W. Por-
| ter.
| Geneseo is all worked up over
| the Salvation Army question. The
army sent representatives there
| few months ago. and now has en-
rolled in its ranks 200 converts.
Nov. .14-AIs. Stuart Harper won
! the ladies' handicap cup in the
final golf game with Miss Evelyn
Blunt Saturday, up, to play.
According to Directory Publisher
Stone Rock Island has gained 1.149
in population in the last two years
In 1895 there were 9,s03 names in
the Rock Island portion of histwin-
city directory. The directory now
in press shows 10,114 names.
, Clinton won game with the
Rock Island high school football
team Saturday. the final score be-
ing % 10 6. The Island boys felt
that scering against the Iowans
was in itself victory, IS the team
is composed of top-notch players,
some professional, who have no
business in game with anna .eurs.
John Mueller, 1s-year-old
Hampton lad, was accidentally shot
in the stomach while playing with
a % caliher revolver.
! Nov. 15-The working hours OF
the employees OF Rock Island ar
, senal have been changed, begin
ming today. They will hereafter re-
! port for duty at 1870 a. m. and quit
at 4:30 p. m. The change will re-
main in effect during the winter
months. and is made for the pur-
pose Of avoiding working by lamp
light as much as possible.
Nov. 16-The will OF Charles G..
Wheeler. for years a conspicuous
figure in Moline, leaves his proper
ty to daughter. Clara Lucy Whee-
Tier. provided she does not wed
Clifford Jones.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-18

Hundreds Of thousands gallons OF
alcohol and whisky ind their way
into the country. and only . small
percentage Of it Is seized. The
smugglers have q thoroughly or
gani1ed business. but use high
powered motef boats to bring the
goods from the storage ships an
chored outside Norwegian waters.
Submarine chasefS obtained from
the Ger1afA navy are ideal for the
work of the smugglers- These
boats are equipped with radio and
smoke screen apparatus.
The most serious handicap the
government has to contend with Is
the coast population itself, which
cooperates in more than one way
with the rum runners.
"A patrol steamer equipped with
two guns has been pat into opera
ton BY the revenue onicera. but the
speedy boats Of the, smugglers are
out of reach before damage can be
done to them.
Al the recent annual meeting OF
the organization Of revenue ON
Gals . resolution was passed say
inn II has Impossible to stop rum
running in Norway. even II the Of
fIcials we're on duty day and night
and the government Appropriated
20 times ~ Mlch money for the
work a. - now Available.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-18
Lock and canal Eliminates Mississippi Rapids

- cpsaane = ~ LsCIaire
- sehsdnJ1 " NOV. n. )
SS1o pro3ecx undeetaksn BY
aefneerS ~ tho Rock IslonA
II Is 1914, naSigatj1a e US
dje water war VII - nD6eAed
enterprise IN which &yeeo
I've been employed.
~ simple application q m
- switch located II the pOwer
~ house, the master d the
1oceted about nina and . half
~ am river" frpm the neck Ia-1
ktdge, opens and closes the
~ eates for canal traffic, and
~ method the Rock Island
~ for many years q vexation
- men, are eliminated.
i . part a. . SO, 900 900 pro-
<1n for the Improvement Of the
- Mississippi, approved By con-
~ in 1907, involving the crea-
IL q 6-foot channel from st.
10 st. Louis, a distance Of eco
~ at low water stage. The
|i7S d bringing the LeClaire canal
q present development repre-
n eight years Of time, an enorm-
,amount of labor, and the best
| 80 Of experienced engineers
No total preliminary estimate
20 81, 282,957, but this ultimately
1ched the sum Of $500, 900.
~ canal has been formed by o,
E,asitudinal dixie or wall, beginning
afbe upper end of the Rock Island
snsids, just be'ow LeClaire, Iowa,
~ extending downstream roughly
sersileI to the Iowa shore, to the
"a Of Smiths island. The island
tleu takes the place of the dixie,
vlth the channel between the island
II the Iowa shore. "A
+ Il terminates in a lift lock and
closing dam at the lower end Of the
Island, and its total length is about
three and half miles.
The longitudinal wall was con-
structed to height. Of a 6.5-foot
asage in the river at the head of the
canal on level for a distance of
approximately two miles. 1t was
ten raised above high water dis
lance Of half mile to the head of
smiths island. The upper portion
sets Is a spillway, and is protected
nom erosion by a concrete apron.
Some inexpensive lSvee construc-
tom was necessary on the island.
4 Corresponds to Two Others.
The lock lies next to the Iowa
lAore with a closing dam of pud-
dled Ill and riprap connecting with
he lower part Of the island. The
Chamber dimensions are 80 feet in
width and $50 feet in length to cor
respond with existing locks at Mo-
line and Minneapolis. The maxi
mum lift will be about feet at low
uter. Miter gates are used, oper-
Sed by electrical machinery.
Rock excavation in the canal
Eism was necessary along the up
wr two miles, and Immediately
dove the lock some excavation was
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-18

Nov. 16-The will OF Charles G.
Wheeler. for years conspicuous
figure in Moline, leaves his proper
ty to a daughter. Clara Lucy Vince
Ter, provided she does not wed
Clifford Jones.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-08-10
5kn1uhrDatt Gnral Nruta

Mrs. II. J. Phillips and three sons,
who have been spending several days
at North Pond, Smithheld, have re-
turned home.
George L. II. Smith and family
nave the Bragg cottage at Lake Yves
serunsett for two weeks. Mr.. Smith
Will spend next week there.
Mrs. Edith Trip of Fairfield re-
turned Monday after visiting with her
sister, Mrs. 4. e. Dyer of Winter
street. Mr.. Trip was also here
Sunday.
Mrs. Joseph Webber and daughter,
Miss katherine Webber of Newton
VILE, Mass, arrived Tuesday to
visit her mother, Mrs. Flora Savage
OF Middle street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Doble and
daughters, Marguriete and Pauline of
Boston, who have been guests of Mr..
and Mrs. N. e. Smith, went TO Ban
gor Saturday, accompanied by Mrs.
Smith, Miss Norma Smith and Miss
Margaret Chase Bangor was their
former home and they are visiting
with Mr.. and Mrs. Sullivan, Mr.
Sullivan being connected with the
Skowhegan Pulp and Paper Company.
The Skowhegan Merchants Asso-
citation has received from the Dd-
partment Of Commerce communica-
ton relative 10 the Bureau Of For
eign and Domestic Commerce under
taking publication of Il revised edi-
ton OF It's directory Of national, state
and local commercial associations in
the United States. The SkoWhcgan
Merchants Association has been ask
ed to cooperate in the revising Of
this directory.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. W. Savage, Mrs.
Laura X. Twadclle, Master Frank
Twadelle and J. +. Cole returned
Sunday from short trip to Quebec:
Among the other local people who
enjoyed trips during the week end
were Mr.. and Mrs H. e. Smith
Miss Leila Fairbrolher and Miss Ad-
elena Landry, WHO went to Dover
Foxcroft. DR.. and Mrs A. e. Roddcn
entertained at a picnic party in the
Dead River regions Sunday; Mrs
Margaret G. Briggs, Gordon Briggs,
Mrs. w. II. Diller and Mis- Lena Jack
who are here from Landsdown, Pa,
and George Day were at New Mea-
dows Inn for dinner Sunday. clyde
II. Smith and a party of friends were
at Belgrade Lakes and Augusta sun
day.
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Markham for Sheriff

Republics are not forever ungratelul although
1t IS SAID they sometimes fail to appreciate public
vice in its tue light The fears, cares and burdens Of
the Great War no longer cast their shadows mmed
atey path but they have not as yet rccedcd
far enough to be forgotten.
AS we recall the month Of April in the year
1917 could we believe that any favor which al that
time had been asked by any member Of Company L
would have been denied? They asked for little but
offered much
Elton L. Markham, now candidate for Sher-
If Of Somerset County, member Of that little
band. lie has the honored record Of nineteen months
service overseas. Enlisting as Private he was pro-
NOTED to Corporal at West6eld, and later on became
head cook and mess sargent Of Co. Z. His record is
one Of patient faithful service and such as would prom
se efficiency and reliability In the office he now seeks
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-28
BAN ON SMOKING RESC|NDED
BY ENR|GHT;; ORDINANCE NOT
PASSED IN ALDERMAN|C BOARD
let EN- Smoke
FThey WdnttO,'
BHyLdn s VieW
The Ladies viii Do What They
Like Anyhow" He Says of
Anti-Smoking Fiasco.
CspecinI to The Evening world )

CHICAGO, March IS There
never was an ordinance passed in
New York forbidding women from
smoking in public places, and II there
had been | never would have signed
it," declared Mayor HyIan of New
York emphatically here to-day before
he started for home while | would
hardly recommend smoking as pas.
time for women, certainly am a
firm believer in personal liberty, and
il the ladies want TO smoke my at.
titude would be LET 'em and God
bless EN-" never, in my Admin.
istration. interfer ewith the ladies'
for they will do as they please any.
way.
81 do not believe that Commits.
sioner Of Police Enright issued any
such order az that reported stopping
women from smoking in cafes and
restaurants last night Some one Is
evidently trying to play a joke on
some one. II any policeman did en-.
ter New York cafes and try to en-.
force such an order 1t was surely
through some misunderstanding or
practical Joke on some ones part"
The Mayor punctuated his state.
ment with "A ring Of smoke from his
cigar,
Mrs. Hylan shares her husband s
liberal views on the subject. While
Al a
have smoked and never will care to
am certainly not so narrow minded
as to think other women should be
stopped from smoking II they want
to-" she said Such things should
be purely personal matters up to the
individual decision. We must not
try to regulate peoples lives too
much by legislation. Women should
enjoy the same rights as men and
be free to smoke II they enjoy it."
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-28
FATE Of RICHARD
TO Be IN HANDS
OF JURY BY NIGHT
Summing UP and Charge BY
Judge Expected to Be Com
pleted by Six.
DEFENSE is CONFIDENT.
Steuer Attacks Veracity of Girl
AcCuSerS-COunSel Show
Strain.

Max d. Steuer began summing uT
for the defense in the trial of Tex
Rickard, charged with offenses against
young girls, at 1 o'clock this after
noon. He planned to take but thirty
minutes.
Assistant Disi ct Attorney Pecora
said he would use every bit of time
saved for him by Mr. Steuer's brevity
Justice Wasservogel planned to finish
his charge and commit the case to the
jury at about o'clock.
The defense approached the end OF
the trial with obvious confidence. MIR.
Steuer and his associates, Hyman
Bushel and Senator Sheridan, were
smiling broadly when the jury was
ushered in after luncheon.
Both MIR. Steuer and Mr. Pecora
had lines of weariness in their faces
Mr.. Richard was recalled for CON
tinued cross examination by Mr.
Pecora to-day The questioning was
a rapid fire inquiry on widely separate
topics, such as his relations with Dr.
John II. Richards and newspa per
men who have testified in his behalf:
the character of the saloons and
gambling houses he conducted in
Alaska and Nevada mining camps:
his promotions of oil and gold mining
companies; his lack of memory as to
trast to his apparently perfect memory
of the events of Nov. ~.
Mr.. Rickard saw he couldn't have
remembered the events of Nov. l2 II
he had not looked over Office memo
randa and consulted with his asso-
ciates. MIR. Steuer instructed him to
look up the events of the days
week before and after Nov II, but he
had since paid little attention to any
thing except what happened Armistice
Day and the day after, which is the
date of the indictment charging mis-
treatment of fifteen year-od Sarah
Schoenfeld.
RiCkard sat with his lips compressed
tightly when not actually answering
questions. He was severely courteous
in his manner to the cross examiner
HiH words came very rapidly. SO the
jury had to pay the very closest at.
tention.
'It was my secretary, Mr.. Coultrv"
said Mr. Rickard. "who reminded me
about Nov. l2, He said that was the
day we went to the football Ame. Il
was the only football game | ever
saw"
Mr.. Pecora tried to trip up Mr..
Rickard on the time he started for
CONTINUED on Second pagcy
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-28
Beatrice De Shaw, Kidnapped
in 1898, Learns for First
Time That She Has Mother
Living in Detroit.

DETROIT. March 2S-The search
OF more than a score of years for a
daughter kidnapped from her mother
when but four months old, has born
fruit The daughter is Beatrice De
Shaw. twenty four years old, mem
Der of the ziegfeld Midnight Frolic
chorus in New York. Her mother is
Mrs. Walter Graves. who lives at the
foot of St. Jean Avenue, in a small
house on the bank of the Detroit
River. But not until June will the
mother and daughter be reunited.
Then the chorus girl will come West,
her mother, who is in limited circum-
stances, being unable to finance a trip
to the East.
Beatrice was born in the spring OF
1898, when Mrs. Graves, then Mrs.
Frank Cleveland, was playing with a
theatrical troupe in Michigan, Four
months later the baby mysteriously
disappeared. For four years Mrs.
Cleveland. who became Mrs. Graves
twelve years ago, searched high and
low. Then word reached her that her
daughter was with a family in Fenton,
Mich She rushed there, but learned
that persons who held the girl refused
10 raIInnuiab her
Mrs. Cleveland sought aid, but
meanwhile the family vanished, TAX
ing little Beatrice with them.
In August last Mrs. Graves heard
that her daughter was playing in the
Midnight Frolic" chorus. Core
spondence followed, the mother said,
and proved beyond question that Miss
De Shaw was her long lost daughter.
"But," Mrs. Graves said tears
shining through her smiles, I'VE will
have TO content ourselves with let
ters until 'B' comes West in June"
Miss De Shaw. WHEN seen here
was still surprised by realization Of
CONTINUED m Ninth PageD
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-28
GAS RATE CUT 1OC
IN BROOKLYN
QUALITY ORDERED
First Action by Present Com
mission to Bring About Re-
ductiOn in Price.

The Public Service Commission to-
day issued its first order authorizing
the use Of a British thermal unit basis
for gas in this city instead of the -
candle power unit. II ordered the
Kings County Lighting Company
which serves Bay Ridge, Bath Beach,
Bensonhurst and Borough Park-to
change from the 22- candle power to
525 BTU. This change is to ne
accompanied by a reduction in price
from 81 40 thousand to $40 thou
sand, with a minimum monthly charge
OF 80 cents, and is to go into effect by
Friday.
Although the order grants the gas
company the right to abandon the
% candle power gas, il was admitted
during the hearings before Chairman
Prendergast that since January, 1918,
the company had never made any at
tempt to give 22- candle power gas
According to the city test charts, at
times the candle power was as low
as 3.3, averaging for the year 10
candle power. A consumers suit is
now in the State courts to recover the
excess paid on 22-candle power
basis when a lower quality was sup
piled.
FIxation Of the $40 rate, with the
so cents minimum. occasioned con
siderable surprise among gas en-
gneers. The Kings County serves =
territory many times larger and more
denseIy populated than does its Coney
Island nelghbOr. the Brooklyn Borough
Gas Company. The commission last
fall. when prices were higher, ordered
this company 10 reduce its price FIRST
from 81 so 10 $40 and then again to
S1.35. The Brooklyn Borough fur
nishes a gas Of higher BTU content,
and has no minimum guarantee
The reduction Of 10 cents in price
also 0ccasinned comment in certain
qua rters, where IT was said the re.
duction should have been at least
:w1ce as great. Otherwise, II was
contended, the gas would cost more
TO the consumer than the 22.candle
power which carries with it more
than $50 BTU.
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INCUBATOR BABY
WILL LIVE; RECORD
CASE SAY DOCTORS
Weighs ; Pounds, ) Ounces, at
Birth, Gains Pound and Ounce
in Fortnight.

Physicians are taking much interest
in the fight for life, apparently sue
cesstuI, of an incubator baby at the
New Rochelle Hospital The baby is
the son Of MIR. and Mrs. Max Fried .
man OF No. ~ Mechanic Street, and
was born on March ia, weighing two
pounds and three ounces. At the end
of the first fortnight the child had
gained one pound and one ounce
Hospital authorities said the baby
had won his fght and the case will
be a record one. Four tanks Of oxy-
gen have already been used in the
effort to keep the baby alive Fried
man is a confectioner at New Ro-
Chelle