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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
ALICE JACOBSON
CONTEST VICTOR
Rose Kinney Second In Popularity
Event in Connection With La
boris Mnrdi Gras.

Miss Alice jacobson, 4421 Eight
zenith avenue. will be crowned
queen of the mardi gras and Will
be presented with a $3.50 diamond
ring, as the winner of the popular
ity contest conducted by the Tri-
City Federation of Labor for the
benefit of its unemployed members.
Mrs. Rose Kinney. SOL Twenty
fourth street, was second and will
be given a 1915 diamond ring at the
festival. Miss Lucille Bishop of Mo
line, third. will receive a 500 gold
wrist watch. and Miss Gladys Eagle
Eye, 1901 Fifth avenue, fourth, will
be awarded a SIS string of pearls.
The contest closed last evening
Tonight ends a week of festivities
in Industrial hall, at which there
were vaudeville numbers, dancing.
and concessions, with hundreds of
people present The mardi gras
will close this evening with the
browning of the queen and the pre-
sentation of the gifts. and another
series of acts and dancing numbers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
CAPTAINS NAME
FOR MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE OF Y.W.C.A.

Mrs. H W. Ward, membership
chairman of the board of directors
of the Y. W. C. A today announced
the following IL as her captains in
the annual membership campaign
which will be put on starting Wed
nesday and closing Saturday:
Mrs. L. L. Harris, Miss Eva Has
selquist, Mrs. Ralph Haverstick
Mrs. Frank Head, Mrs. Harold
Heimbeck, Mrs. Lydia HUT, Mrs
Mary E. Johnston. Mrs. Clifford
Meyers, Mrs. William Paulsen
Mrs. G. F. Sala, Mrs. C. f. Sharpe
Mrs. J. F. Witter OF these cap
tains, Mrs. Head has a committee
organized as flying squadron" for
the banks and offices, and Mrs
Haverstick for the schools. The
girls themselves are taking a more
active part in the campaign this
year. the canyassing of the other
business girls, at present not mem
bers of the clubs and the securing
of renewal memberships among the
girls being left entirely to the COM
mittee captained by Miss Eva Has
selquist, which is composed of two
members from each of the five SEN
ior clubs. AS there is a contest on
between these clubs all the clut
girls will rally to the assistance OF
their two representatives. The
captains will get together for final
plans at a mplimentary luncheon
on Monday at 12:45.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
CHOOSE MRS. CURTIS
TO REPRESENT UNIT

Mrs. Ben Curtis was chosen TO
represent the Bowling township
unit of the home bureau at the
clothing school in Rock Island.
Feb s. 8, 10 and II. The unit met
yesterday in the Pleasant Ridge
church.
The session lasted all day. dinner
being served at noon. Mrs. c. l..
Peterson of Milan, county food
chairman, was in charge of the
morning gathering, giving a dem
onstration in the making of dress
forms.
Miss Lucille Allen, who returned
home yesterday from Urbana. where
she attended a meeting of the home
advisors of the state held at the
University of Illinois, presided at
the afternoon session.
Sixteen home advisors attended
the conference, and among the
speakers who addressed the meet
ing were Miss Agnes Allen Harris I
of Washington, d. c.. in charge of
the extension Ecrk - th7 kasne and
economics department CT The United
States department OF agriculture in
the north and west; Mrs. Frank
Harris of Tazewell county; EhO
represented the women Of Illinois
at the American farm bureau con
| ference of women at Atlanta. Ga,
ference, spoke.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21

take the watch. The watch was
not in his possession when he was
arrested. He was released under
81 GOO bond. and the case was con-
tinued until next Friday.
Mrs. Mercer told the police. II is
said. that the watch was on the
t:--le when Gould called at the
house to deliver some goods. After
Gould had gone she missed the
watch. She says, according to the
police, that Gould was the only
person in the house up to the time
the watch disappeared. Gould had
been left alone in the room while
Mrs. Mercer went to another part
of the house to get some change.
the police say
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
NERVE DESERTS
him.; JUG FALLS
East Moline Man Spills Secret
When He Sees Policeman
Arrested.
Especial Moline service,

,
Patrolman Pomeroy of the East
Moline police department was pa
trolling his beat last evening, as
usual. A man came walking down
the street, carrying a suitcase,
which was not unusual. Pomeroy
gave not the slightest Indication
that he was adverse to folks toting
suitcases on the streets. But the
man had conscience, and the min
ute he laid eyes on the blue-uni-
formed figure, he turned and ran.
This action aroused the suspicion
OF the patrolman, who started in
pursuit. The suitcase became en-
tangled with the mans legs. The
man stumbled. The suitcase fell
to the sidewalk. There was a
crash, and the strong odor of
green moonshine permeated the
clean winter air.
Pomeroy stopped long enough to
shed a tear over the fragments of
the gallon jug and it's contents,
and then followed the man to 734
Twenty-frst street, the residence
OF Joe Walamas. The house was
searched. and the police confiscat-
ed a pint of whisky, a still and a
gallon of mash. A barrel OF mash
had been dumped on the floor of
the basement before the arrival of
Pomeroy and the liquor was on IFS
way to poison the fishes.
Walamas was booked on a charge
OF manufacturing liquor. He spent
the night in Jail and was to have
been arraigned this afternoon.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
The One-Man Car.

Rock Island, Jan. 21.-Editor Ar
gus: I have read the communica-
ton on the one-man car by Citizen
Jinglesby appearing in The Argus
Of Jan. 10. He Is mistaken as to
the signs carried on the cars. II
he will look more closely the next
time he sees a one-man car he viii
observe a Cooperation" sign.
take it this word means cooperation
between patron and employe in
making a success of the one-man
car.
The one-man car is the solution
OF the Tri-City Railway company
problem. The company must find
some way to reduce operating ex-
penses. The only logical way ap-
pears to be in lessening the num-
Der of employees. I understand the
company, by introducing the one
man car, is saving So per day in
the cost of operating each regular
car run on the system. Unem-
ployment and the automobile have
unquestionably made serious in
roads into the income of the COM
pany. We may look eventually for
the supplanting of the street cars
by some other method of trans
portation in our cities. No COM
pany will continue operating at a
loss, with no prospect of improve
ment. 1t looks as if the street
railway has passed the peak and
as on the down grade
The writer is not in favor of the
one-man car. But l believe if the
business is in such condition that
it can't be operated successfully
with two men on each car, as pat
rons we should cooperate and make
the one-man car a winner for the
company. and thereby keep in SER
vice the large cars in preference to
the small one-man cars that are
used in other cities. There are al
present 5000 of the small type
Birney cars in operation in the
United States. 1 feel that our
people would not care to exchange
their present street car convent
! enceS for something inferior. !
have ridden on these small Birney
cars in four cities in Illinois, and
tell you frankly that we are better
off in the tri-cities than in many
| other communities in the matter OF
street railway accommodations.
CITIZEN OBSERVANT.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
ORGANIZATION OF
QUAD-CITY TIRE
DEALERS FORMED

Tire dealers of the cities of Rock
Island, Moline, East Moline and
Davenport: organized Thursday
night in the Rock Island club as the
Quad-City Tire Dealers associa-
ton F. a. Sala of Rock Island
was instrumental in effecting the
organization. Officers were elected
as follows:
President-W. ]. Address, Mo-
line.
Vice president-A G. Negro
Rock Island.
Secretary-Joe E. Earll, Daven-
port.
Treasurer-C. A Stephenson, Mo-
line.
The officers and E H. Geyer
East Moline, and w Blankenburg
Davenport, constitute the board OF
directors.
The association will affiliate with
the National Tire Dealers Asocia-
ton of America.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
THEATRE PEOPLE
ENJOY MIDNIGHT
DANCE FESTIVAL

Fifty couples, employees of the
theatres in the tri-cities. last night
enjoyed a dance on the mezzanine
floor of the Fort Armstrong thea
ire The company, including thea
tire managers, musicians, cashiers,
operators and their friends, gath
cred in the Fort Armstrong after
IL O'Clock last evening and were
guests OF the Rosenfield-H opp
company.
The Fort Armstrong orchestra
furnished the music and Billie Ben
nett and Sam Pedali, who are ap-
pearing at the local theatre this
week, gave several exhibition dane
ing numbers. Refreshments were
Served in the Hickey tea room adj
joining.
Earl Wright, operator at the
Fort Armstrong, was chairman of
the arrangements committee.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
HALL is CHOSEN
FLEET CAPTAIN
Appoint Committees at Meet of
Island City Boating
Association.

James Hall was appointed fleet
captain of the Island City Boating
association last night at the reg
ular monthly meeting in the club
house. Committees were also ap-
pointed by c. L. Beardsley, COM
modore. Harry Sage and Frank
Ffebig were appointed additional
directors. The various committees
appointed are:
Constitution and by-laws-Wil-
liam F. Bradley, James Hall, Ga
briel Mosenfelder and John Ober-
staller.
Races-Daniel Shields, chair
man, Addison Gest, Harry Hunter
and Arthur SalZmann.
Water sports-Gabriel Mosenfeld-
er, chairman; Fred Wanke, Ivory
Bronson, John Oberstaller.
Social - Harry Sage, George
Lehnerer and James Beardsley.
Invitation-Daniel Shields, Frank
Fiebig, Addison Gest and William
F. Bradley.
Publicity-E. J. Hartmann.
Following the business session
an oyster supper was served.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
BRING WITNESS
FROM TExASTO
WEAVER TRIAL
Clyde Jacobson Tells of Muellers
Physical Condition While
I'm Army.

Clyde Jacobson, army buddy" of
Harry Mueller, for whose death
John A. and William Weaver are
being tried, came from Taylor,
Texas, to testify at the triel yes
terday afternoon.
Jacobson testified regarding Muel-
ler's physical condition while in
the army, before and after his re-
turn from the front He said he
met Mueller first when the two
were in the depot brigade at Camp
Grant in June, 1918. Later they
were assigned to the same scom-
pany and Jacobson became cor
porl of the squad of which Mueller
was a member. They were part
ed in France in October, 1918,
when Mueller was ordered to the
front lines. Jacobson next saw
him in France in April, 1919. The
prosecution asked particularly as
to Mueller's health in April, 1919,
and the answer was that it was
good.
On DISCRIMINATION Jacobson
said he understood the state was
paying his travelling expenses to
and from Rock Island. In reply
to questioning he said relatives of
Mueller had written for him to
come.
Ben Farber, South Moline farm
er, was called He said he did not
see the struggle between Mueller
and the .Weavers and on cross-eX-
animation declared he had told the
states attorney this before called
as a witness. On redirect exam
ination the state wanted to know
if the states attorney had not told
him that he (the states attorney
had been reliably informed that he
did know something about the
fight. The answer was yes, but
that was as far as the examination
proceeded.
Noticed Change in Mueller.
Clarence Allison of South Moline,
brother-in-law of Mueller was
questioned with regard to cha4ges
in Mueller's mental condition from
the time of the fight in January,
1921, to his death in July, 1921.
Allison said he saw Mueller at
least once a week from January
until in May or June when he dis
covered him ploughing corn. He
said he noted peculiarities in Muel-
ler's speech and bearing at differ
ent times.
The trial was continued until
Monday morning at 10 O'Clock. At
that time Judge W. T. Church is
expected to rule on the question of
Dr. A. E. Koehler's testimony as
that of an expert witness. The de-
Tense voiced objections against his
opinion as to connection between
! injuries received by Mueller in the
struggle with the Weavers and his
death from a tumor six months
later 1t was contended that DR..
Koehler disqualified himself by de-
claring his. knowledge of tumors to
have been gained only by reading
of standard authorities and not
from practice and experience.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
KILKENNY GIRLS
DEFEAT Y. w. G.. A.
y TEAM, % TO 16

The Rock Island Y. W. c. A. bas-
ketball team met defeat last eve
ming in the Rock Island Y. NJ. C. A,
when the Kilkenny club team of
Moline, defeated them % to Is.
Both teams displayed strength and
keen enthusiasm was shown by the
crowd assembled. Miss Gladys
Melott was referee.
The Rock Island team is com
posed of Dorothy Schoessel, Ber-
nice Richardson Julia Moeller,
Robley Clarke and Gladys Clarke.
The Moline team was d. Christie
pher. Y. Anderson, Irene Streed,
I. HUH. E. Volkman. c. Swanson
and E. Rohwer and Ruth Anderson.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
FORTY ATTEND UNIT
MEET AT HAMPTON

An attendance of 40 persons
marked the meeting OF the Hamp-
ton unit of the farm bureau held
in the Evangelical Lutheran church
last evening.
p. r. Edgerton, farm advisor. de-
livered an address, and a moving
picture exhibition was conducted
by Marc Koenig. assistant.
1t was decided that the members
would bring their wives and wom-
en- friends to the February unit
meeting.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
FRACTURES KNEE
CAP AND TIBIA IN
FRIENDLY TUSSLE

Gunnar G. Engstrom, 81, 3217
Seventeenth avenue, street car con-
ductor, is in ST. Anthony's hospital
with a fractured knee cap and frac-
tured tibia, as the result of a
friendly tussh with a fellow en-
ploye at the tTi-city street car
barns, Thirty-fifth street and Fifth
avenue.
Engstrom's foot slipped while he
was engaged in the wrestling
match and his knee struck the
ground. He was removed to ST.
Anthony's hospital and attended by
DR.. Joseph De Silva. The frac-
lures are quite serious and he will
be confined to the hospital several
months.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
IN ABANDON
NEW SITE FOR
SCHOOL BLOCK
- n Education Recognizes Ne.
..ssity of Using Property for
Drive Through Rayine.

p.sliziug the Importance of a
~ cut drive diagonally through
rayine beginning at Ninth ave-
rs and Swenty-ffth street, a COM
s,sA of the Rock Island board Of
s,cation last evening promised
4. rock Island city planning COM
,Ission that if another site equal
I i good can be found for the new
~ school the property on Twen-
seh street between Ninth and
r.uth avenues will be abandoned,
| ! he board approved.
me school board was represent
ahvJL. Vernon, j. F. Witter and
81 Thomas. w. II. Parsons of
@,eago. the local city planner, was
II al the meeting which was held
| 4 the city hall.
The school board does not expect
!. build this year. However, its
=. for the high school has been
'sseted for some time, but no con-
- with the program of the city
Ian commission was anticipated.
IA school committee last evening
,seognized the drive through the
.svine as an Improvement which is
sseessary as the city grows, and
n attempt to locate the high school
.lseuhere in a central situation
will be made.
The present site of the Central
ara station, Fifth avenue and Sew
snteenth street, was agreed upon
Z the location of the civic center.
rawlings showing this as the CEN
,sr of the civic administration will
n made by the city planners and
uresented to the commission.
Four other locations were sug-
rested for the civic center, but each
vas not enough centrally situat-
"A They were Seventh avenue and
Seventeenth street, Seventh avenue
and Eighteenth street, south of the
court house. and east of the high
school.
lu6 DlOPCAAs OI1 SAAS ~ =
station is built is low. and must be
rssed, the commission decided. The
committee also included in its plan
he widening of Seventeenth street
from Seventh to Second avenues, tC
make better approach.
A coming ordinance for the city
vas considered imperative by the
commission, with the result that al
It's next meeting the planning com
mittee will discuss such a law in
detail. and at a later date present
the ordinance to the city council.
The, danger of the narrow paving
on Twentieth street between Fourth
and Sixth avenues was recognized
by the commission. Although nc
action was taken. the commission
favors the widening of the paving
TO extend further into the boule
Yards on either side of the street
Budapest, Hungary, embraces the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
STORE CASHIER
GIVES $500 IN
CHANGE FOR 500
Especial Moline servic~ }

Rushing into the New York Store
about 5 o'clock last evening, a man
without hat or coat and represent
ing himself as an empioye of the
Western Union office, rendered a
500 bill and walked out with 5000
in change.
I'D like some small change for
this 800 BILL" the man said. I'm
from the Western Union office"
The cashier counted out 500 in
change and gave it to the man. He
was not satisfied and proceeded to
wrangle with her regarding the de-
nominations. Finally he went away
satisfied, and some time later the
cashier discovered that she had
given MIN $500 in exchange for the
500 bill.
A short time before this incident,
another man, hatless and coatless,
received two fifties for 800 bill
from the same cashier. This was
a legitimate transaction, and had
a tendency to throw the young lady
off her guard when the second man
asked for change.
1T sounds foolish, doesn't it?''
said one of the store proprietors
today. 81 don't know just how it
happened. l suppose the change
was passed back and forth a few
times until the fellow had 5000
and left"
Suffragists in Constantinoplt
have formed several clubs
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
FEDERAL AGENTS
RAID BAR; TAKE
ALLEGED LIQUOR

Albert Curry, prohibition enforce
ment officer, and agents from Pc
oria raided the Cross Country bar,
1906 Second avenue, and confscat-
ed a small quantity of alleged
liquor No arrests were made, but
it was said that warrants probably
will be served later.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
GOULD rs ACCUSED
OF TAKING WATCH
Especial Monne serviee.1

R. NJ Gould of Moline, driver for
the Oriental Tea company, will
have opportunity next Friday to
clear himself of the charge prefer
red against him by r. c. Dick
Mercer, 1856 North Twentieth street,
East Moline.
A warrant issued yesterday aft
ernoon charges Gould with having
taken watch from the Mercer
home. Gould, when arrested in
Hampton, declared that he did not
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
ATTENTION MEMBERS
EUDORA REBEKAH LODGE

All members are requested to at
tend the funeral of Brother Milton
McCIaren at Knox undertaking
chapel tomorrow at 2 p. m.
ETHEL CAMERON, n. G.
EFFIE CHALK. Sec'y.
advertisement
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
IGNORES COURT
ORDER; 80 DAYS
FOR COUNTRYMAN

Delbert Countryman of Rock Is
land was sentenced to 80 days in
the county jail by Judge F. ]. Lam
dee in county court today for
contempt of court. Countryman
had failed to pay So a week toward
the support of his wife. He had
been warned several times to COM
ply with the order of court.
Finger nails are affected by GER
tain bodily diseases.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
[eQkypltpTt

tReaders of The Argus are invited to
express their views under this beading
lou arc az hbcrfy 20 write on any subJecs
II your choosing newspaper wants 10
oear I'd sides OF . question The columns
o. Thu Argus are open ~ you All CON-
munications must be fully signed with
The name and address of the writer.
thouxh ycur NAME will not be printed n
you desire that Ii not fo.B
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
SCHOOL SAVINGS

Eugene, Hawthorne and Lincoln
were the three leading schools in
the school savings collection made
by State bank Thursday.
The school savings were re-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
Finds One-Man Cars Reduce Traffic Accidents


&c lft i lyt change mpHa
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21

Budapest, Hungary, embraces the
historic town of Ofen, once a Ro-
man colony.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21

Suffragists in Constantinople
have formed several clubs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-06-09
EDITORIAL
OF THE DAY
COTTON PRICES AND THE FUTURE

Cotton will reach higher price levels
during the coming year, in the opin'
ion of w. Irving Bullard, Boston bank
er and cotton man, according to a dis
patch from Boston. The dispatch says;
wv. Irving Bullard, vice-president OF
the Merchants National Bank of Boston
and treasurer of the National Associa-
ton Of Cotton Manufacturers, believes
that unless the weather is unusually
favorable to growing during the next
three months, cotton will cost 20 cents
a pound. Following his return from
a trip through the cotton states he
reports that southern opinion is unam-
nous that cotton will sell higher"
1t is a new thing 10 have predictions
of 25-cent cotton come from such
source. 1t is predicated upon very
short crop, to be sure, and the crop
will be short enough. But this means
that we shall have reasonable pros
perity during the next eight or ten
months. and that We shall enter next
planting season with the certainty OF a
fair price for any sized crop we can
raise, Ii the South can raise a normal
crop of cotton next year and market II
sanely it will wipe out all OF the
south's debts, and bring in an era OF
unprecedented prosperity and progress
And meantime, there is period OF
reasonable prosperity just ahead
Fort Worth Record.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-06-09

crease in The number OF youthful
And yet if the boys see
their daddies drinking bootlegger
booze, and hear their dadies brag-
ging on the progress OF some gun
artist; il they continually witness
movie thrillers which have as their
motif blood and thunder and if
they are taught no regard for the
Sabbath or things moral and spirit
ual, what can you expect?
The Ardmoreite is not attempting
any preachment here. We are
largely holding up to ourselves here
at home some Of the evils of pro-
miscuous and continual laxness
within ourselves as citizens.
Ardmore is no worse than 9TH
er cities. Neither is Carter coun-
ty any worse than neighboring COM
monwealths. Those facts don't Ii
cense us.
If The Ardmoreite were asked
to outline a program for betterment
OF canditions as they exist here at
home, we would reply:
See that your officers are i'm
pressed with your determination to
have all laws enforced
Let each man so respect the laws
as they exist that no other man
can say, We'll, he does it, why
can't I?"-
Wage an unrelenting warfare Oh
the bootlegger-
Give the youth of the land 3
perspective of good citizenship
, the value of church affiliatior
and the attractiveness OF living :
decent life, rather than the con
tinual presentation of easy money
cheap fun, and utter disrespect fo
Sunday observance
And then universal accept
ance of the theory that permanen
. peace means willingness on tn
part OF citizens that they--no
somebody else--are responsible
for existing conditions.
Idealistic, you say. Perhaps SO
but men must first have the idea
before they can strive for it.