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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-14
CENESEO BANKS
ELECT BOARDS
FOR new YEAR
Three Institutions Hold lp,..,
Meeting of Stockholders Dur.
ing Past Week.
Especial Correspondents,

] Sci
| Geneseo, Jan. 1.-THE an.
elections of the three bapLe :.
Geneseo were held here durina s., y
past week. The institutions 49, ~
ed the year in good condifio- ''. 81
are considered to be anon a -
strongest banking houses HS ne
state based upon poDnIs,;ass
standard. 1'a''Oa
The total resources of tba r.
trail Trust and Savings bs1l, osl''
Farmers National bank and ~ r.
First National bank as shown ~ t.
statements of their condition =,
Dec. 81, 1921. shows combined :. y
sources of $3,535,OlO. On a b..S-
of city population the ban,ipv =
| sources of each Of the ? RAD 49,
dents of Geneseo is approximate
$1,050 each. ''-7'e'5
The board of directors of tho r..
trail Trust and Savings bank :.
elected Tuesday is composed = y
the following: S. A. Andersen n
M. Bills, d. S. Brown. Ceorgs y
Dedrick, William Gradert q
Goembel, G. A. johnson. WilV,.-
Nelson, Albert T. johnson. ksro-
Rapp and J. ]. Ryan. The Office
of the bank are: President GaoTg.
B. DERRICK; vice president. Aaron
Rapp; cashier, John T. Greeuwood-
assistant cashier, Arthur E, Fabl.
man; bookkeeper, Arthur Garrison
and assistant bookkeeper, MIS-
Esther Larson.
First National.
The directors elected at the an
nual meeting of the First National
bank are: o. W. Holt. William /
McBroom, Charles NJ. Morton. n
McBroom, Joseph L. Shaw, George
a. Brown and Mrs. Jennie Wilson
Smith. The officers elected were
President, Otis W. Holt; vice Dres;-
dent, William ]. McBroom; cash
Ter, Charles NJ. Morton: assistant
cashiers, James H. Whit and John
c. Fischer; accountant, Ward Mil
Ter.
Farmers National.
The Farmers National bank cleo
ton resulted in the reelection Of
the former board of directors which
was composed of the following
shareholders: Sherman ". Shafgr
P. S. Schnable, John Fl. Schroeder,
F. A. SnOdgrass, F. G. Weston,
Fred Rastede and W. H. Hosforl.
The officers elected are: presiden.-
P. S. Schnable; vice president. S.
W. Shafer; cashier, Bert Bradley;
assistant cashier, Glen A. Meeker:
accountants, Ward Riyenburg and
Charles Hanford.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-14
HILLSDALE FIVE
DEFEATS ANNAWAN
Especial Correspondence

NoPCNlell
Hillsdale, Jan. 14-Annawan bas-
ket tossers were handed defeat to
the tune of 10 to 16 by the Hills
dale five, in a tilt played at the
Hillsdale gym last night. The game
was an exciting one, the score at
the beginning of the second halt
being 16 to 16. In the last quarter
Mills scored two points and More
hart one, for HiIlsdale. Everett
right forward for Annaway was
easily the star of that team: Fol
lowing are the lineups:
Hillsdale: Kempster, IF; Foiles.
If; Merchant, c; Ekholm, lg: Ropp,
rg.
Annawan: Everett, IF: BOYD. lg;
Mason. C: Lambert, Ig; Ray Mason,
re-.
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To Give Concert

The Warwick Male quartet ap-
pears at the Armory theatre to-
night in concert program under
the auspices of the American Lee
gion. The program will commence
at 1880 and will continue one hour,
after which the auditorium will be
given over to the union evangelis-
tic service. The sale of seats for
this concert has been better than
any other previous mum Der of the
course. The quartet comes highly
recommended and will undoubtedly
render a delightful program.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-14
FTNNIS CABEEN'S
FARM NEAR ALEDO
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Especial to The Argus.)

Aledo, Jan. IA short time be-
fore noon yesterday the garage and
workshop of R. Finnis Cabeen of
southwest of Aledo took fire and
burned to the ground. The garage
contained a $4,000 r. & V. knight
automobile which was burned be
yond further use. The structure
was valued at $3.50.
This was undoubtedly the great
est loss sustained by any Mercer
county resident on Friday the 18th.
it is thought that the stove in the
garage became overheated and the
building took fire from this.
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TWO HEARTS THAT
BEAT AS ONE TRUE
OF BUREAU YOUTH
Especial Correspondence. }

especial correspondent
Kewanee, ILL.,, Jan. 14.-Mike
Chiaventone, a Spring Valley
youth, Bureau county, has
proven an enigma to the medi-
cal profession in Chicago, who
have discovered that he has
two separate hearts. The dis
covery was made a month ago
at Rush Medical college, Chi
cago. Mr.. Chiaventone is %
years old. He had complained
of heart trouble. On examina-
ton the physicians found that
his heart on the left side was
enlarged and was a little lower
down in the body. On his right.
side, directly opposite. was
found another heart. consider
able smaller, but performing all
the functions of that organ.
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Back From SerHice-

Mrs. Louis RAIDER has received a
letter from her brother, Charles
Patton, and his wife, informing her
of the arrival at their home at Okla
homa City, Okla, of their son, Law
renee Shafer Patton, who has Just
returned from service with the
American army of occupation in
Germany. He has served the en-
tire period of his enlistment abroad
Miss Mildred Patton, a daughter.
who graduated from training
school for nurses at Omaha, Neb.,
Two years ago, has recently con-
tracted with that school and hospi-
tai for another term of two years.
The Patton family lived in Geneseo
number of years and are well
known to many Geneseo people.
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SMALL NUMBER OF
PUPILS AT MILAN
ARE UNDERWEIGHT
Especial Correspondence

Milan. Jan. 14.-The children of
the Milan school were weighed at
DR.. Eddy's office Thursday and Fri
day afternoon and it was found
that very few of the children were
more than five per cent under
weight. The milk and cracker diet
will be started next week.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-14
Milan Wins Games.

Milan basketball players won two
victories last night when the reg
ular team defeated the Rock Island
Cardinals with a score of 43 to 10
and the second team of Milan cop
ped the long end OF a score of 10 to
z in tilt with a picked team from
the Rock Island high school. The
games were played at the Milan
town hall and Arnold Pohlman of
Rock Island was referee.
Who wouldn't feel discour-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-14
ATKINSON MAN
LAID TO REST
Especial Correspondencel

Atkinson, Jan, 1.-THE funeral
of VIM. HIGHLANDER, farmer here,
who died at his home last Sunday
evening, was held at the Congrega-
tional church Thursday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. Mr.. HIGHLANDER leaves
to mourn his passing his wife and
five children, as follows: Mrs
Quincy kemis of Lorraine town
ship; Raymond of Minnesota; Ern-
est, Earl and Alva at home; one
sister, Mrs. Alice Lee of New York;
two step-sisters, Mrs. Ellen Mar
ranville Of Atkinson and Mrs. Edith
Hill of Moline, and three step
brothers, Frederick and Isaac of
Atkinson and John of South Dakota.
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To Close Shop.

About Feb. l Milan will lose
one of its business houses. Peter
Kale. who has been running a
plumbing and heating establish
ment in the William Kale building
for the past several years, has de-
cided to leave Milan and open up
shop in Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-14
Set Closing Hour

The meat market proprietors of
Geneseo have reached an agree
ment whereby they will observe
regular hours Of closing in the u
ture. The firms of Collins & Arm
strong, Hartman Bros, Jack Col
Inns and Fred Buell. wish to notify
the public that all markets in this
city will close at $50 o'clock
promptly, each evening of the week
except Saturdays. The shops will
be closed all day Sunday. This
regulation will be in effect immed-
lately and continue up to May l,
1922.
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PALMER NAMED
HEAD OF GALVA
PHONE COMPANY
Especial Correspondence.)

Galva, Jan. 14.-The following di-
rectors were elected by the Galva
Telephone company: r. p. Dexter,
F. U. White, C. W. Wiseman, S. T.
Dexter, l.. +. Matteson and T. H.
House. Mr.. Wiseman takes the
place of p. o. Norling, who has
been a member of the board since
1906. The following officers were
elected by the board Of directors:
President, G. D. Palmer; vice pres
ident, S. T. Dexter; secretary-treas-
urer and manager, Ralph Dexter.
After the meeting they adjourned
to the Best hotel and had an oyster
supper.
200 in Cast.
Daily rehearSals are being given
for the Y. w. club play to be given
Jan "a and %. The rehearsals are
under the direction of Miss Vivian
Taylor of the John Rogers Produc-
ing company of Chicago. Two hun
dred local people will take part in
the production. Special costumes
and scenery will be used. The play
concerns two millionaires who were
unfortunate enough to lose a freak
SACSbAOA OSI anu "CAc OlupGlleu 10
two months as tramps.
A delightful love romance runs
through the entire comedy.
Annual Meeting Soon.
At a meeting Thursday the Off
GERS and directors of the (Svea)
Swedish Mutual Insurance COM
pany, comprising the counties of
Knox, Mercer and Henry, cOmplet-
ed all plans pertaining to the next
annual meeting TO be held at Vic
-oria Jan. 20. Officers at the meet
ing We're Jacob jacobson, Bishop,
Hill. president; c. A Asplund of
Orion, secretary, and c. l.. Young
iahl of Altoona, treasurer.
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Funeral Tomorrow,

Funeral services for Mrs. W. H.
Strewn, aged so years, who died
Tuesday night of a stroke of par
alysis, will be held from the home
in Duncan township Sunday after
noon at 100 O'Clock. Rev. Otis
Bowman of Illinois City will be in
charge. Burial will be in the Dun
can cemetery. Besides the widow
er she is survived by an only
daughter, Mrs. Thomas DOwney.
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Entertain Boy Scouts.

Last night the Camp Fire Girls
organization of this city entertain
ed the troup of Boy Scuots at the
legion rooms. Approximately all
members of both organizations
were present and the girls are to
be complimented upon the success
of the affair.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-14
Aledo Briefs

Monday evening, January 16, a
meeting has been called of the Of
ficers and board of directors of
the Aledo community council. The
session starts at 1880 o'clock and
will be held in the public library.
AS some important business is to
be placed before the assembly it
is desired that all officers and di-
rectors be present.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-14
YOUNGSTERS TO
HAVE HOT LUNCH
Special Correspondence.l

Cordova, ILL.,, Jan. 14.-The Cor
dova community high school has
worked out an arrangement where
by children from the rural district
will be served with one hot dish at
noon of each day to supplement
their regular lunches which they
bring with them. They have ar
ranged to have two children of the
20 being served bring and prepare
the dish each day; thus each child
furnishes the material for the dish
every 10 days. A sinking fund of
10 cents has been collected from
each child for providing sugar.
crackers, salt and kerosene, and
the dish is to be furnished free to
each one bringing the material in
their turn.
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SOLDIERS WAIT

washington, Jan. Soldier
bonus bill will not be made part
OF the Allied debt refunding bill,
Chairman McCumber of the finance
committee said.
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GENESEO CHURCH
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The union evangelistic services
will continue tomorrow. with both
afternoon and evening meetings.
The afternoon meeting at , O'Clock
will be meeting for men only.
AT the evening service the subject
will be Safety First" The topic
of this evenings sermon is 'Lifes
Three Choices"
AS a result Of the cooperation Of
the Zion Evangelical. Grace Evan
gelical, First Methodist, BAPTIST
Congregational and Presbyterian
churches in support Of this revival
campaign, these churches will hold
no Sunday evening services. Usual
morning hours OF worsh , will be
observed in each of tEam at II
O'Clock with Sunday sch f0I meet
ings at 10 o'clock.
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Install Officers.

Riverside lodge No. 149, knights
of Pythias, held installation exer-
cises. after which members and
friends partOok in an oyster sup
per. Edward Sidlinger. appointed
installing officer, had charge of the
ceremonies, assisted by James Arm
strong as master-at-arms and Gus
Dorst as prelate. The following Of
ficers were installed:
Chancellor commander = AIbin
Johnson.
Vice chancellor Petit.
Prelate-Charles Quick.
Master of works - Clyde Reyn-
olds.
Master at arms - Frank e. Bru-
ner.
Master of finance - Jess Arm
strong.
Master of exchequer = Edward
Sidlinger.
Keeper of records and seals
Charles Craig
Inner guard. J. Miller.
Outer guard-Chem Morthland.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-14

Christian Science Services every
Sunday morning in the Hosford
building at 10:45- The subject for
tomorrow service is Life"
First Unitarian - c. ". Porter
j Shirley. minister. School Of relig-
ion at 10 a. m. Thee viii be no
morning service. $50 in the
afternoon will be held be service
to celebrate the 50lh anniversary
of the dedication Of the cl urch edi-
fee. Rev. Frank s Brewer OF tne
Congregational ChUr,n and Re5.
n. w Thornton. president Of u. J..
l., will be the speakers. At o:l2
D. m. on Wednesday evening ban
quet will be held ar the chufcn,,
The speakers for this occasion VIII
be DR.. c. Reese of Chinago and rev
Clara Cook Belvie of Moline,
First Lutheran-Rev. ". X. mag
nuson. pastor. Sunday school al "
O'Clock. English services at II >,
m. and 1880 p. m. Senior league
will meet at $50 p. m. The DoICeS
society will meet at the church ps-
Iors next Thursday afternoon MT
Fred Boom and Mrs. Charles ~
derson will entertain.
COncOrdia Lutheran - Chr. Der
gen, pastor. Sunday school al 20
a. N. German services al IO;40 .. :,
m. The newly elected officers VII
be installed at this time EhgiIS4
services at 7 o'clock in the evening
st. Malaehy'S Catholic - heE
Father Enos II. Barnes, pas'O''
Masses at s and 1870 a. II.
Salem Methodist - DR. FIetcIei,
De Clark. pastor. Sunday scnoo-
at . o'clock, with regular preach
= .
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-14

Salem Methodist - DR. FIetchei,
De Clark, pastor. Sunday scuCo-
at 2 o'clock, with regular pTeAcu-
ing service at 8 O'Clock.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-14

Christian Science Services every
Sunday morning in The Hosford
building at 1915. The subject for
tomorrow service is Life"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-14

st. MaIaehy'S Catholic - hev'
Father Enos II. Barnes, psS'o''
Masses at s and 1870 a. n.
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Referee-Cook of Wisconsin.
Evening star., 1922-09-17
AGREEMENT FAILS
ON n. Y. Central
Officials Say Men Insisted on
Questions Not in
Program.
SENIORITY THE ISSUE
Conferences Break Up as Inter
pretation Il Under
Dispute.
SENIORITY THE ISSUE
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press-
NEW YORK. September, 1s.-Ne-
getiations between officials OF the
New York Central railroad and
representatives Of striking shopmen
on the lines operated by that system
were broken Off today without q
settlement, and 1t was announced
that no further conferences would
be held
The New York Central lines issued
statement saying they had been
willing to fulfill the memorandum
of agreement reached at Baltimore.
but that representatives of the shop
crafts attempted to interject ques-
tions not mentioned in the text and
clearly outside the agreement. insist
ing that these matters be included"
Te this the railroad management
could not agree, the statement said.
seniority the Issue.
It was understood that seniority
was the issue on which the confer
ence broke up.
The statement follows: "The final
session of a series OF conferences be-
tween representatives of the shop
craft employees still on strike and
lines, terminated this evening with
out an agreement being reached.
The New York Central lines were
ready and willing throughout the
successive conferences to abide by
and fulfill the letter and spirit Of the
memorahdum of agreement reached
at Baltimore. The representatives
of the shop crafts, however. attempt
ed to interjeet questions not mem
toned In the text and clearly outside
Of the agreement, insisting that these
matters be included. To this the
railroad management could not
agree.
The New York Central lines will
continue to employ men to fill ex-
isting vacancies in their shop forces.
AT present there is a total of 32.s5l
men at work. compared with a nay-
NAL force of 35.1s2"
Dispute Interpretation.
Representatives of shop crafts
workers, following the conference, is
sued a statement claiming the differ
Of the Baltimore memorandum The
committee said that they had offered
to have Mr.. Jewell come and go over
the agreement with the employers
spokesmen, but that the latter insist
company's interpretation of the psct.
The workers" representatives said
they could not sign the agreement
without jeopardizing the interest of
the employees. The statement follows,
in part:
THE employees representatives re-
alize that in signing the agreement
! the men would have to return to work
at the new rates Of pay established
| by the Railroad Labor Board as OF
July l. The employees believed that
| If they must accept the decision OF
| the board as to wages, the company
should accept the decision of the
board prohibiting the contracting out
| of shop work and the compulsory in
stallation of piece work
THE company officials interpreted
i the agreement to mean that the en-
pleyes must accept the reduced wages,
while the company has the privilege
of violating the rules of the board
! regarding contracting and piece
work"
The employees representatives said
they had asked Mr.. Jewell to get
the members of the Baltimore con-
ference together and try to straighten
out the differences.
CONTINUES STRIKE WAR.
Evening star., 1922-09-17
2 LINES SIGN, SAYS LEE.
Request to Western Roads for Con
ference Not Yet Answered.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. September l6.-
General ehaiImen of the brotherhood
Of railroad tFainmen and the order OF
Ing agreements with officials Of the
I1ehigh Valley system and the
Pennsylvania lines. w. G. Lee, presi-
dent Of the tFainmen. announced here
today. The agreement signed on the
Pennsylyania by the conductors GOV.
ers the entire system. while that
signed by the trainmen is for lines
east Of Pittsburgh and Erie.
Charles E. MusSer, general chair
man for the trainmen on the Pennsyl-
vania lines east, signed the agreement
for his organization as the result OF
system chairmen in his jurisdiction.
His message reads:
Conductors for the entir" Pennsyl-
vaniS system and trainmcn for lines
east of Pittsburgh and Erie have
signed agreement for continuation
one year"
Mr.. Lee explained that the chair
men In conference with Pennsyivania
officials at Pittsburgh are those on
lines west Of Pittsburgh.
Notice of the signing on the Lehigh
Valley system was contained in a
telegram received by Mr.. Lee from
C. A. Donneliy. general chairman Of
that system at Bethlehem. Pa, this
afternoon The agreements on both
roads. Mr.. Lee said. provide for a con-
tinuatien of the present wages and
working conditions for one year. Mr..
Lee said he had not heard from the
western roads in reply to the request
of himself and Mr.. Sheppard for q
conference Tuesday. They also are
negotiating for a conference with
the southern roads, Mr.. Lee said. at
the conclusion of the Chicago meet
ing
Evening star., 1922-09-17
BELIEVE GERMANS
LONDON TRIP VAIN
Havenstein and Fischer Go.
to Paris After Brief
Reparations Talk. -
By the Associated pre..


LONDON, September I6.-The Tisir
TO London Of Rudolph Havensteiu
president Of the reichsbank, and DIR
Fischer, German secretary of state
Tor nnance, is believed here to- hau.
been unsuccessful, so far as pSnE{
results are concerned Both sHsr
Havenstein and DIR. Fischer declined
TO make. any statement regar6inS
their negotiations with officials of tho
bank Of England, saying only thai
they would depart for Paris tonight.
Sir John Bradbury, British member
OF the reparatfons commission, Who
came here today from Paris, would
make no statement beyond that tier
mad been other reparation tapgles.
and he was optimistic. the present
crisis relative to German reparations
10 De paid Belgium would be passed
successfully.
In some quarters here the Near
Eastern crisis is believed to be having
an eject on reparations If the Lon
don parleys have been entirely un
succes sful. it is thought in tHnS /
quarters to be due to the Near East
crisis, but it is believed IN I'aris ..r
cording to adviees from that city, THAI
new arrangement probably Will b,-
made whereby Germany will not haSs
to give up gold to Belgium.
Evening star., 1922-09-17
RETURN OF STRIKING
SHOPMEN IS HALTED
Clashes With Non-Union Men and
New Demands Blamed for
Chicago Disorders.
Rr the Associated Press.

Rr the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 16.-Clashes
between union and non-union work.
ers and sQuabbles over the terms of
the Baltimore peace plan today halted
the return of striking shopmen to
work in the shops here of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and the
Northwestern railroads.
The demands of the returning strik-
ers for concessions which it was said
were not provided for in the peace
agreement were blamed for the dis
orders. The most serious demonstra-
tion was staged by several hundred
men at the Bentonville roundhouses
q the st. Paul. where the strikers.
arriving with their lunch kits and
overalis, were declared to have set
upon non-union workers and refused
to work with them. A free-for- all
fight resulted. in which several per-
sons were Injured.
While no violence was reported in
any of the Chicago and Northwestern
shops, oniy handful Of str kers were
back at work Some of these later
left after getting into alterations
with the non-union workers.
Evening star., 1922-09-17
PLEA HALTS GAMING CASE
Jurisdiction of Local Court At
tackled by Attorney.

In the United States branch of Po-
lice Court yesterday afternoon. Judge
John p. Mcmahon PRE- siding, in the
case of the United States against
Peter Pappas, a Greek. charged with
permitting gaming on his premises.
James A. OShea, attorney represent
ing defendant, fed a plea to dismiss
the case on the ground that the court
had no jurisdiction. The motion was
overruled. and MI O'Shea noted an
exception, which WAS granted.
Attorney O'Shea offered as authority
for his questioning the Police Court
jurisdiction the Moreland case passed
upon by the United States Supreme
Court. in which Moreland was con-
yicted and sentenced to do hard labor
for non-support. This question is
now before the District of Coium bia
Court of Appeals. Mr.. Justice Hitz
Of the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia, who has granted num-
Der of writs of prob ibition challeng-
ing the jurisdiction of the Police
Court in such cases, has decided that
until the question is settled by the
District of Columbia Court of Ap-
peals no further writs of prohibition
will be granted