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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-18

Mandolins, 81 to $25.
Mandolin Cases, $500 to SIS.
Musettes. SOC to $1.20.
Music Boxes, $1.00 and up.
Music Stands, SLIPS to $500.
Music Stand Cases, $1.75 to $3.50.
Music Rolls, 90c and up.
Music Bags, $1.25 to $500.
Piano Benches, $40 and up.
Piano Scarfs, $3.50 and up.
Ocarinas, 35c and up.
Radio Outfits, $500.
Records, Coo to $500.
Slide Whistles, $1.O0 and up.
Saxophones, $500 to $156.75.
Talking Machines, SIS to $500.
Tom Toms, $500.
Tambourines, SOC to $500.
TOYS
Saxophones, $500.
Drums, SOC and up.
Whistles, Toe and up.
Pianos, $500 to $500
Comets, $3.50.
Accordians, SOC.
Musical Toys, $1.40 to $780,
Tubaphones, $1.25 and up.
Ukuleles, $3.50 to $1,000.
Ukulele Banjos, $500 to $1,000.
Ukulele Case, $1.25 to $3.50.
Violins, ANY Size," $40 to 500.
Violincello, $500.
Violin Bows, S1.75 to $4,000.
Whistles, 10c to $500.
Telephones, $500.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-18
Is Not . Charity.

The Argus Santa Claus commit
tee aims to remove as far as pos
sible the feeling that its work is of
a charitable nature. The Argus
Santa Claus fund does not dispense
charity. Assistance under that
head must come through the estab-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-18

Accordians, soc to $500
BAND INSTRUMENTS
Flutes, $1,000
Clarionets, $40 to $1oe.
Comets, $18 to $3.50
Drums, SOC to $4,000.
Saxophones, IS to $156.75.
Trombones, $35 to $45
Mellophones, $s5 to $75.
Banjos, SIS to $50.
Banjo-Mandolins $14 to $50.
Banjos, Tenor, SIS to $50.
Bugles, $500.
Batons, 75c to $3.50.
CASES
Banjo, $500 to $500.
Cornet, $500 to $500.
Clarionet, $3.50 to $780,
Trombone, $500 to $500.
Violin, $500 to $3.50.
Violin Stand, $1.75 to $3.50.
Cow-Bells, $1.25 to $500.
Christmas Books, 15c and up.
Cymbals, $1.0O to $500.
Drums, soc to $4,000.
Drum Sticks, Coo to $2.75.
Flutes, $4,000.
Guitars, 800 to $25.
Harmonicas, 25c to $3.50.
Jews Harps, 15c to 75c.
LAMPS
Art Lamps. $500 to $500.
Piano Lamps, $500 and up.
Reading Lamps. $4,000.
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
DOCTOR HELD
FOR ASSAULT

DR.. Roy B. Storms, 33. a physician
with offices Mt 31t Hume Nansur build
ing, and house physician for the Clay
pool Hotel, was arrested today on the
charge Of assault and battery on Henry
Keeper Of New York. Klepper formerly
lived in Indianapolis.
Klepper occupied room 723 at the Clay
pool Hotel last week and DR.. StOpms oc-
cupied room 100. One morning Klepper
said, he sent for the physician to come
to his room.
His bin for advice was So" Kleppcr
said. Il offered him $40 and he could
not change it, Then he said he would
stop in and get the money next day.
suggested it could be charged to my bin
at the hotel office. When he called the
next day he told me it would cost me
another S3 for that visit. l said our
rooms are right here together ana I did
not send for you We had a quarrel
and he called ME cheap and tight On
Saturday afternoon DR.. Storms met me
in the lobby Of the hotel and called me
vile names and struck me four times"
DR.. Storms explained after his arrest
he had quarreled with Klepper over a
bill for professional services. He assert
ed KEEPER had called him over the tele-
phone and had called him vile names.
When l met him after that l hit him. 4"
declared the physician.
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
HOTEL INQUIRY
DELAYS PHONE
-
RATE HEARING
Engineers 10 Investigate Mud
die Involving Private
System. :

Hearing Of the Indiana Bell Telephone
Company's petition asking FOX a modln-
cation of the public service commission
order requiring the telephone company
to furnish physical connections with the
CIaypool Hotel was continued today un-
til after the commissions engineers can
make an investigation of the telephone
property Of the hotel.
The petition, filed by the telephone
company in March, 1921, asks that the
commission set aside its order and allow
If to purchase or lease the telephonG
property of the hotel. All the telephone
equipment inside fhe hotel is owned by
the Claypool company.
Prior to the commissions order re-
curing the telephone company to fur
nish physical connections to all compa-
nies operating their private exchanges,
the Central Union Telephone Company
refused to give service 10 the hotel com
.pany. The indianapolis Telephone Com
pany, which later was merged with the
Central Union, gave the hotel company
connections with the other subscribers
Of the city. After the merger was pro-
mulgated, the hotel company filed pc
tition. asking the company be required
to give service to the hotel. This peti-
tion was approved.
Though the unifcation of the auto
matte and the manual telephone systems
the telephone company, according to at
torneys for the hotel company hopes 10
force the hotel company 10 sell It's prop
erty to it, The hotel company, accord
ing to it's attorneys, Is willing to make
any changes in the present system Of the
hotel service 50 that 1t will meet with the
requirements Of the unified service sys-
ten.
The commission took under adv'senent
the motion Of the telephone company TO
set aside its order until engineers Of the
commission can make a complete inyesti-
catlon Of the hotel system After the
commission acts on the motion to set
aside its order it must determine the
kind Of service and the rates which the
hotel company must pay for service.
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
TRUCK OWNERS
TAXED FINES
Decide to Appeal Cases to
Criminal Court.

Twenty five owners of automobile
trucks were fined in city court today on
charges of failure TO obtain State truck
licenses. The fines were placed on the
affidavits today, although Special Judge
Frank Syinnes made his finding in the
cases week ago. All cases were ap
pcaIed to Criminal Court and a bond of
$40 was fixed in each case. Charges
against $50 defendants were submitted to
the court early in December on a state
ment of facts" and Il plea Of not guilty.
The Statement Of facts" admitted the
defendants had failed TO obtain State
truck licenses, hut claimed that the law
was unconstitutional and set out seven
rea SONS. These the court after more than
a month of consideration ruled against
and am Dunced that truck owners would
be fined and that charges against drivers
would be continued indefinitely.
Those found guilty and the amounts
of their fines follow: Fined So and costs
James Scott, Ed WannaB, Everett Tbomp-
son, Irwin Corbett, Afford Decker, John
OIman, Gerald McClintic, T. A. Kiee
Harry Maxwell, Elmer Yerkul, George
Stevens, Daniel Moran, Samuel Reyaolds
Andrew Underwood. Those fined SO and
costs were Pat Glenn, Charles Riasner,
Seth Niman, Hugh Quill, william kreis,
W. e. Moran, William W. Graves, jesse
Alley. One man was fined SIS and costs.
He was Thomas r. O'DOnnell, and two
men were fined $25 and costs. Those
two are William S. Frye and s. c.
Strain.
The appealing of the cases to Criminal
Court today Is but another step in the
long drawn-out legal battle backed by
the Allied Commerce Corporation, which
is the State organization of automobile
truck owners.
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
TELLS SOFPLANS
MEN
OF WORLD WAR
General Sawyer Says Hospital.
izatiOn Program Greatest
Ever Attempted.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1T.-President
Harding and his administrative assist
ants are ready to do anything that will
promote the interest Of the rehabilita
ton of World War veterans" Brigadier
General Charles e. Sawyer, White House
physician, today assured more than a
hundred chiefs of Government hospitals
called here to confer with officials CON
corning plans for disqualification of ex-
soldiers
Your contact here should make, you
bigger and broader men," General Sawyer
said. If you win take out of the great
opportunity that is presented here in
the privileges of this meeting, the ef-
fectS which may be obtained, we are sure
that you viii 90 book to your respective
field Of service better satisfied, more ca
pable and certainly more determined than
ever to render the best service that is
within you under all circumstances and
conditions"
General Sawyer told the hospital chiefs
that %, 400 patients were now being cared
for in Government hospitals, in addition
to 9.006 soldiers in contract Institutions.
New beds to the total of more than 1000
are under construction, the General said,
and the Government is planning the
building of $500 more. When they are
completed, General Sawyer said, the
United States would have embarked on
disqualification program greater than
ever before attempted by any other
country.
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
OFFERED MONEY
TO WITNESSES
John Smyrnis Pays Fine for
Interference.

John Smyrines, 543 East Market street,
was fined s. and costs by Judge Delbert
o. Wilmeth in city court today on the
charge Of influencing witnesses. Tes-
tlmony introduced showed that he had
offered money and attempted to per
suade Mrs. Dora Bartholomew, 43S West
New York street to stay out Of court at
different times when the case Of
the morning Arthur's trial and offered
known" charged with Impersonating an
officer, was to he tried.
In city cOurt, Mrs. Bartholomew said
that Smyrnis stopped her on the stairs
the morning Of Orthur's trial and offered
her $40 il she would not appear to
prosecute. II this arrangement had
been carried out, It is alleged that q
substitute defendant would have been
brought into court and a finding made.
which would mean that Smyrnis would
pay the fine The appearance of a de-
rendant would save Smyrnls the for
fieture Of a 500 bond. He would then
only lose the amount OF the fine instead
OF the 500.
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
Alleged Confidence
Man Arrested Here

W W. Swiftly" Klein Of Atlanta, Ga,
who is under indictment IN the Georgia
Federal Court for alleged completely in
the pay of" confidence game worked
by members OF the Lloyd Woodward
gang Of Atlanta, was arrested here yes
terday by W. c. Ella, postoffiee Inspector
lie viii be taken before Judge Ferdi.
nand A Geigcr for removal TO Georgia
as soon as the copy Of the indictment
arrives PostOffice Inspectors Ella ana
II. H. Wasson have been on the lookout
for Klein, who told them he had been
here about two months.
Victims of the Woodward gang ars
said to have been swiudled out Of more
than S100o,000 through the operation OF
fake stock market reports, fake prize
fights and other schemes.
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
SHANK SAYS HE
WILL STICK TO
ALOOF POLICY
Mayor Fayors Beyeridge, He
Says, but That Will
Be All.

Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank today told
Republican City Chairman Irving w.
Lenaux and William II. Armitage. can
didate for Republican county chairman,
in a conference at the city hall he would
take no active part in the coming pri-
mary, other than to espOuse the cause OF
Albert J. Beveridge doomed as a can
didate for the Republican nomination for
United States Senator. He stated en-
phatically he is not going to take an ac-
tive part in the county fight.
Mr.. Lemaux came into the conference
with Mr. Shank and Mr.. Armitage as a
representative Of the Jewett- Lemcke fac
tion, it Is understood. The meeting was
part of the movement to bring the two
wings of the Republican PARTY together.
No progress was made, it was reported.
although talk OF a deal involving support
of certain county candidates by the
Jewett, people in return for support Of
United States Senator Harry S. New for
denomination by the Shank forces was In
duIged in This talk has been going on
for several days.
Another conference viii be held at 10
o'clock Sunday morning.
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
LIMB CRUSHES
MANS SKULL
Driver Of Auto Arrested on
Two Charges.

Robert Z. Derringer OF YeedersburG is
in Il critical condition at the city hos
pital today as the result OF an accident
at Riverside Park yesterday afternoon
when the automobile in which the was
riding struck a tree. A limb OF the tree
struck him across the forehead crushing
his skull. AS the result Of the accident,
Harry I. Bushman SO. Thirtieth street
and Baltimore avenue, is under arrest
charged with assault and battery and
driving an automobile while under the
influence Of liquor. ]. W Virgins. go
Highland avenue, said Bushman had In
vited him and Derringer to go riding.
Mary Harris, il, 97s West Pearl street,
Is in the city hospital suffering from
minor injuries received when she col
llded with an automobile driven by Fred
thinner, Rural Route G, while she was
skating in front OF 96S Wst Washington
street yesterday afternoon.
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
Births

Jesse and Margarite Oliver. 202o Tip
III; Ira and Theoqpra McClaskey, Metho-
dist Hospital, gifl ono
Harley and Goldie Wilson, 2432 West
Roy and Amelia Martin, 40 West
Twenty First. boy. 49,
George and Delphia Lingenfelter, 2221
Station, boy
Fan and Margaret Spencer, 1912 Hos
Everett and Ethel stopp, 2S14 Wheeler,
boy.
Walter and Jennie Trittipo, 2713 North
Howard and Edith Johnson, 81 South
West. girl.
son. boy.
Leroy and Mary Terree. 224 North
Mi1ey, boy.
Waiter and Cora Mckay, 724 Harrison,
Girl
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
RAIL ENTENTE
SEEMS LIKELY
TO BE REVIVED
Hoover Conference ArOuses
Interest of BrOtherhOods
and Employers.
Al to Indiana Daily Times

and Philade phia Public Ledger.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.--Re-establlsh-
ment Of the entente which existed before
the war between the railroads and the
railroad labor unions, by which dis
putes We're settled through regional con-
ference. is in a fair way of being ac-
complished.
AS the result of meeting here this
week engineered by Herbert Hoover, Sec
retary of Commerce, railroad executives
and representa- tives of the Big -Four
brotrerhOods agreed to submit to their
respective organizations the proposal Tor
the restoration of the two party regional
conferences for the discussion of wages
and working rules. The regional con
ferences are to take place throughout the
United States on or about Feb. 10 if the
railroad interests formally agree and the
union chiefs are able to swing the mem
bership of their organization in line.
Members of the association Of railway
executives have been called to meet IN
Chicago next Saturday to decide for the
railroads, but no hitch is expected on
either side.
Attending the conference with Mr..
Hoover we're: W. W. Atterbury, vice
president of the Pennsylvania; f. d.
Underwood, president of the Erie; Carl
Gray. president of the Union Pacific; c.
Fl. Markham, president Of the Illinois
Central; W L. MapOther, president Of
the Louisville & Nashville; Daniel W1I-
lard. president Of the Baltimore & Ohio
w, J. Harrahan, president of the
Chesapeake & Ohio; A, II. Smith, presi-
dent of the New York Central II. II.
Eustis. president of the Boston & Maine
ard B. f. Bush, president of the Mis-
souri, Pacific; w. S. Stone, of the en-
gineers; W. G. Lee. of the trainmen
Timothy Shea, o. the fremen and en-
ginemen, and L. E. Shepherd Of the con-
ductorg.-Copyright 1922, by Public
I.adnar Cnmnany-
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
WARDROBE TRUNK
FOR SPRINGSTEEN
Token of Esteem for Retiring
Postmaster.

As a token of appreciation Of the
manner in which he conducted the In
dianapoIis posto6fice during his eight
years as postmaster. Robert E. Spring
steen, who was succeeded yesterday by
Robert H. Bryson, was presented with
wardrobe trunk by the supervising en-
ployes of the office.
Accompanying it was card reading;
ITO Robert E. Springsteen, as token
of esteem and kindest regards and best
wishes for happiness and future pros
perity"
Mr-Sprin ngsteeh was affected visibly By
the present as he was when he was hand
ed a letter from o. \. Collins, secretary
of the local branch of the National Asso-
ciation of Letter Carriers, expressing ap-
probation of the treatment accorded By
Mr.. Springsteen while pOstT 1ster- The
indianapolis local numbers about 20
carriers.
A letter of appreciation Of the sery-
ices Of Mr.. Springsteen in obtaining the
establishment of the parcel post station
near the Union Station was received from
John B. Reynolds. secretary of the In
dlanapolis Chamber of Commerce
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
Indigestion or
Sour, Classy
Stomach
"Pape's Diapepsin" gives
Relief in Five Minutes

"Pape's Diapepsln" relieves stomach
distress in FIVE minutes. You don't want
a slow remedy when your stomach is bad
or an uncertain one-or a harmful one
your stomach is too valuable; you
mustn't injure 1t with drastic drugs.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its speed
In giving relief, its harmlessness. its
certain unfsiling action in regulating
sick, sour, gassy stomachs. Keep this
perfect stomach doctor in your home
keep It handy-get a large sixty-cent
case from any drug store, and then II
you should eat something which doesn't
agree with you. IL what you eat lays like
lead ferments and seurs and forms gas
causes headache. dizziness and nausea
quotations of acid and undigested food
remember as soon as Pape's Diapepsin
comes in contact with the. stomach all
indigestion vanishes. It is the most ef-
ficients antacid known-the certainty and
ease with which it Oyercomes stomach
and digestive disorders is a revelation TO
those who try it-Advertisement-
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17

dence purposes, by another measure in
troduced and referred to the Law and ju-
dietary committee Such construction
may be made if written consent of IS per
cent of the property owners is obtained
Violation would constitute a nuisance
abatable under the nuisance laws, under
the ordinance, which applies to contem-
plated construction, even though build
ing permit has been issued.
The Brookside Civic League and En-
terprise Civic League presented the
council a memorial asking the passage
of the above measure on the ground that
In view of the fact that the city plan
commission will start zoning In a year
or two industrial interests are ex-
pected to start an invasion of residence
peig hborho0ds.
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
Deaths

Sarah E. spahr. 76. 2045 Broadway
uremic.
Amos A. Palm. 81. Central Indiana
Hospital, acute myocarditis.
Verdy Perry, 65. \62s East Vermont
broncho pneumonia.
Amelia E. O'Brien. 73. 2314 La Sale,
diabetes mellitus.
Hospital, general paresis.
Brooke Hannah Adams, IS. Deaconess
Hospital, cerebrO spinal meningitis.
Anna Louise Stanley, %, 235S Kenwood
uremia.
Missouri, tubercular meningitis
Amanda Coley, SO. 34s West Tenth,
lobaF pneumonia
benjamin c. Swan. 70. 1851 Eugene
carcinoma.
Jordan Bradley, SO, $50 Linwood, cere-
bral hemOrFhage.
Doris Maxine johnson. Is, 2452 North
Talbot. pulmonary tuberculosis.
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17

were not identified before they were
shipped to relatives in the United States
was made by John L. Flynn Of Cam
bridge. Mass.
If the bodies were not identified, they
were reburred,' Flyn told the com
mittee.
Flynn was attached to the American
graves registration service in France.
WITNESS SAID KING
WAS SLAIN IN BATTLE.
Testimony tending to establish that
Benjamin King of Wilmington, n. c..
was killed in action in France instead
Of having been lynched at 4 stockade
near Paris at the direction Of Hard
Boiled" Smith. was given by Varney E.
Wells, Wilmington, y. G, formerly a
sergeant Of Company G, 10th Infantry.
Il have no direct proof that King was
killed" Wells said, but he jumped OF;
with his squad during a battle Sept, 20,
1918. His number one and two men were
killed and I concluded King was killed,
too.
ION Dec 10. 1913, I met OscarsSheIdon
Of Druid, n. c., in London and he told me
he had seen King blown to pieces. King
was reported missing.
II saw King just before we jumped
off in that battle"
Richard Sullivan of Somerville. Mass,
related a story similar to that told by
Rufus p Hubbard, former witness
who said bodies Of two negro soldiers
unearthed in a cemetery in France, had
ropes around their necks and black caps
over their heads.
He denied. however, that the caps were
left on their heads or that the bodies
were sent back TO supposed relatives
without proper Identification.
Sullivan was an assistant embalmeT
with the American Graves Registration
service.
WITNESSES DIFFER AS
TO LOCATION OF BODIES.
Hubbard said the bodies he saw were
in a cemetery at Razoilles, while Sullivan
said the two bodies he saw were taken
from a cemetery at Nayares,
Col Edwin F. Lamb, Hartford, Conn.
who directed the hangings Of two negroes
ut Bazoilles, described these hangings
"The first was July 13, 1913, and thC
second Jan. a, 1919.
THE first mans name was Chambers
and the second Jones"
Lamb said that he knew in the case
Of the first hanging that the black car
and rope were left on the body, but hC
was not certain about the second case.
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
III. M. Anthony Will
Address Engineers

Harvey Mitchell Anthony Of Muncie, a
consulting engineer, will talk on The
Automobile Storage Battery; IT'S Theory
and Operating Characteristics, at
meeting of the Indianapolis Lafayette di-
vision Of the American Institute Of Flee
trical Engineers at the Chamber of Com
merce Building Thursday. Mr.. Anthony
was officer in charge of the United States
naval aviation radio training during the
world war and established the schools
for this work at Harvard University and
at Pensacola, Fla. lie is q member OF
prominent engineering societies, men,
Der % the State board for registration
and examination Of professional en2i-
neers, and the author Of numerous tech
meal articles on electrical subjects.
All other technical organizations Of the
city have been invited to attend the
m-etng.
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17

continued From rage One.l
declaration Of policy is read. Both
deputies and senators have given notice
they will interpellate Premier Poincare
at the first opportunity.
Following the interview OF Marquis
Curzon, the British foreign secretary,
with Premier Poincare a the foreign Of
fee, 1t has become apparent that con
siderable time must elapse before Eng
land and France reach an agreement on
the Near East, especially on the French
treaty with the Turkish Nationalist gov
erument which the British bitterly op-
pose.
Premier Poincare will face three in
terpcllatlons when he reads his declsra-
tion OF policy. The FIRST will deal with
foreign policy; the second with internal
policy and the third with the proposed
economic conference at Genoa and
Frances attitude toward soviet Russia.
The third Interpolation win be made by
Marcel Cachlu, a Communist.
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
Used Pineapple in
His Drink Mixture

a man whose name appears on the
slate" at police headquarters as Austin
II. Head, 517 West Thirtieth street, but
whothe police say is DR.. Austin Todd,
917 West Twenty Ninth street dentist,
is out on bond today awaiting arrest
on a blind tiger charge.
According to the police report, police
and Federal officers went to the Todd
home at the TweT Ninth street address
and found in the sitchen ten gallons OF
a mixture described as rainwater, sugar,
yeast and pineapple. In barrel in the
back yard four gallon still was found.
The top Of the barrel was covered with
waste paper.
The report stated the police went to
DR.. Todd's office, 2s2O Clifton street, and
arrested him.
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
Negro Given Fine and
Days for Sh0plifting

Walter Winston, negro, 1888 North
Hamilton avenue, in city court today
was fined s. and costs and sentenced to
FIVE days in jail on the charge Of petit
larceny Detectives say this makes the
fourth time the negro has been convicted
for shoplifting
Winston was arrested yesterday in a
downtown store after three persons had
seen him lift" a wrench, a ring and a
box of talcum powder. When police at
tempted to place Winston In the patrol
wagon he fought and broke a half-pint
bottle said to contain white mule" which
he had In an inner pocket.
Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
Survey Schools in
9 H00sier Counties

The survey Of Indiana schools by the
Rockefeller foundation, was started in
nine counties and two cities Of the State
today. The rounties whirh are being snr-
veyed are Crawford. Franklin, Daviess.
Clay. johnson Randolph, Howard. Jas
per and Whitley and the cities, Evansville
and South Bend.
Psychological tests Of the school chill
dren in each Of thees counties viii be
made by the force of 200 field men which
is employed by the foundation.
DR.. NJ Z. Haggarty. dean of the Col
lege of Education, University Of Mime
sot5, who viii be active in the survey.
said that better school facilities and
scientifically trained teachers are nesdsd
in the schools.