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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25
COLLEGE CLUB TO
ASSIST lfETHODM
CHOIR IN PRO GRAM

A program OF unusual intefest
WI be given Sunday eVonine -
Use It the First Methodist church
by the choir, and the club oe A.
gustana college. under the dtrees ~
ton of J. w. Johnston. Miss Beaaie II
Noftsker Is the orgAnist aud WIN
have part in the program. Folrsz
lowing is the program to be giveMs5d
Organ prelude. ALLEGRO Juhtssss
lante' {Milligan) Miss Noftskef.
Hymn No. III. 80
Prayer with response, List 70 s
the Lark" (Dickinson}-Mrs- L. H.
Ewing and choir. q
Scripture and announcements. =
Responsive song. 20 Worship 1
the King" (Maunderl-Choir and =
congregation. Sos
Organ solo, Fanfare liam !
mons)-Miss Regina Holmen.
Anthem, "Hark! Hark! NY
Soul"-Ambrose.
Offertory, IAN Autumn Sksech
(Brewer)-Miss Bessie Noftoker. 50
Talk-Dr. ]. A. Chapman.
Violin solo, "Sarabande" tBohm) :
lie Roy Stark.
Anthem. Praise the Lord, o My u
Soul Smart.
Organ solo, ''Toccata" (Mai- :
ling)-Eugene Nordgren.
Anthem, Great and Marvellous"
(Turner). %
Benediction and Amen.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25
ACCOlGPLIHH 5000
MILE JOURNEY TO
BE CH1ROPR ACTOR

Because he wanted to be . chiro-
practor. r. G. II. Searby. q news
papermAn in New Zealand. travelled
5000 miles to Davenport with his
family, consisting OF his wife, and
three children. Bluebell, aged Z
Gayer, 2. and Michael. an infant.
In order to reach the goal o1
their desires, $500 miles Of the
long journey were covered afoot
Mr.. and Mrs. Searby will both en-
roll as students s
Undergraduates of the school
welcomed the family yesterday
staging . parade which stopped
traffic.
The Searbys left Australia two
years ago. On one occasion, in
Requa, CAL, truck in which they
were riding went over precipice
and fell los feet, the baby, Gayer
being injured.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Central Trust and
Savings bank of Rock Island, H..
will be held at their banking house
Monday, Dec. 4, 1922, at $3.50 O'Clock
p. m. for the election of directors
and the transaction Of such other
business as may properly come
before them.
L. M. CASTEEL, Cashier.
M. S. HEAGY, President.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25

was Always Weu
out and had no
ambition, washer
|vous and dizzy
and everything
seemed to worry
me and ! had aw-
full pains in. my
right side. I felt
badly about four
years and could
not do my work rs
it should lave
been done. ] saw
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25

60S4 Meoo0 AtBW4
finGton, Nov. 26.-Illfnois
1 would receive ten cents
4 bushel for their corn II the
fakes-St. Lawrence water
eroject were completed, in
iuion Of Senator Mckinley.
saxh support Of Illinoisans in
a511fars for such q waterway ID
sSr for granted, Mckinley Is the
~ dovnstate member from eth
puss to express himself on It
N ~.
i now cooperating with other
72le western senators on plans
go the project before congress,
eh a number Of months may
i1sse before the time is consid-
- favorable for such action.
Slis group during the week took
ediate steps to squash move
Z 4 up the st. Lawrence water
- hea to the ship subsidy bill,
isehring that such an alliance
nd harm both propositions tre-
nCs6ously.
Aseurance of Canadian coopera-
"A by treaty will be necessary be-
~ any steps toward the interna-
tioaal water route to the Atlantic
a be taken. In view of this, it is
probsble that plans now enter
i.ined by the middle western group
i the upper house will be held in
,bsynnce until the Canadian gov
anment can be induced to make a
hyorable move.
Back River Projects.
The present outlook is that the
lllinois senator's will divide their
waterway activities from now on,
lcKinley working with the sup
pcfters Of the st. Lawrence route
while Mccormick takes charge Of
measures for government improve
nent Of Illinois streams, including
he Illinois and Mississippi rivers.
Senator Mckinley, while MEN,
h9 Of congressional party which
Investigated conditions down the
Mississippi last spring, conceived a
plm for financing levee construc-
don with government assistance,
which he may propose to congress
It the next session. He would ad-
nnce levee districts such amounts
u they need in return for their
bonds, bearing interest at 4 per-
tent, with one percent for amortiz-
stion. Such bonds have been is
med by levee districts heretofore
hut have born interest at 5 and 6
,ercent. -
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25
WHAT'S THIS MEANT

Chicago, Nov. 26.-Thomas Edi-
son was voted the greatest man in
history by approximately 100000
young people of the Methodist
Episcopal church, it was ann0unc-
ed. Shakespeare was rated after
Theodore Roosevelt, the second
name on the list. Volstead outrat-
ed Napoleon.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25
GENERAL COXEY
FINED AS SPEEDER

Chicago. Nov. 25.-Jacob S.
Coxey, who gained fame as leader
Of "Coxey's Army" was enroute to
his Ohio home today, minus SIS
paid as fine when he was ar
rested in Evanston yesterday for
speeding.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25
ALWAYS TIRED
NO AMBITION


Larwill, Indiana. MY back was
% bad could not do my washing. l
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25

/ Washington, D. c.. Nov. z5.-Up-
setting the calculation Of Republic
can leaders Who had counted on
them for administration support,
members Of the downstate Illinois
delegation In the house Of repre-
sentatives today showed unmfstak-
able signs of swing away from
the ship subsidy bill.
The developing opposition among
the downstate members was the
more surprising in that it became
evident after the delivery on Tues
day OF the presidents message,
which three of the most prominent
Illinoisans in the house-Mann,
Madden and Cannon-declared zone
of the most convincing ever deliv-
cred"
Illinois congressman who today
predicted that their votes would be
cast against the bill on Nov. 20,
said that they were only express
ing convictions that had held for
some time, but had not felt called
upon to assert.
Several took the stand that the
ship subsidy raised as an election
issue had been generally disap-
proved by the verdict of voters.
Others felt that such legislation at
this juncture was not timely"
The latest expressed opposition to
the bill comes from Congressman
Allen F. Moore Of Monticello, rep
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25

Representative William J.
Graham of Aledo, who may be
candidate for Republican floor
leader, will not vote for the meas
ure unless it is radically amended,
he announced today. He opposes
The New York herald., 1922-07-09
A Distinguished Visitor.

The ledge had increased In width
beyond any calculation; it was an
enormous kidney of amazingly rich
ore-a bonanza! Again an cid min
er's saying had been verified: mo
one can see further into q ledge
than his pick goes" / was told that
the miners in that drift did not leave
the underground works for a week or
more; that they were fed ION tur-
key and champagne" and lodged in
a cooling room, held incommunicado
while the insiders alone had exact
information upon which they furi-
ously bought stock. San Francisco,
the whole Pacific coast, went wild.
The mine was divided into two mines
and the shares of each, doubled in
number over the total shares of the
original corporation, went to prices
which, in calmer and sorrier days,
it was said would not have been JUS
titled if the ore had milled 5000 a
ton and ran through to China. Thus
the bonanza was discovered, and the
great fortunes of two saloonkeepers
and two teamsters, Flood and O'Brien
and Mackay and Fair, were made;
partly out Of that balloon shaped dis
tention Of the ledge filled with rich
ore. partly in Pine street. SaI Fran
cisco's Wall Street.
Robert G. Ingersoll lectured In
Virginia City. and when inter-
viewed him for my paper he ex-
pressed an eager wish to visit one
of the bonanza mines. Mrs Inger-
soil and their two daughters were
with him and he was pleased when
told him that the two big mines
had provided dressing rooms for
women as well as for men visitors.
''I'll take the ladies' with me-" he de-
clared. He did but not without
overcoming some objection When
Davis and called for the Ingersoll
party after the evening lecture Mr..
Ingersoll was in high spirits over
the prospects, but the ladies were in
a doubling mood. They had heard
disturbing reports. 1t was very hot,
was it not? And very wet in places?
Did not the hosting machinery run
The elevators (cages, in miners Ian
xuage) over the tops of the sup
r,orfc ftba cheayocN7 Wc acc,,ro~1
them that the elevators were run at
The New York herald., 1922-07-09
Col. Ingersoll, Mark Twain
and the Bonanza Mine


rock. Instead Of finding the face of
the drift wholly in country rock,
porphyry, the clay wall was found
on the side nearest the ledge, and a
miner with his pick, peeling off a
strip of the clay wall, uncovered ore
so rich that he shouted his astonish-
ment not only at the richness of the
ore but that the ledge should be
there at all. Whether he realized
all that it meant to find the ledge
bulged into the drift is not known,
but the shift boss realized some
thing of the meaning. and the super
intendent, hastily summoned. real
lied more.
The New York herald., 1922-07-09
ITO

needed. 1t took the form ci a bare
fist fight under London P. R rules.
The purse was of becoming weight,
the betting vigorous The Irish
Knight was known to some fame as
Dublin Pete; the Cornish entender
was Jack Askew Both hal profess
sional ring experience
Mccarthy assigned Davis to write
the ring story, me to the introduc-
ton and the ringside story. My
story was never written. Davis had
secured seat in the wagonette
which was to carry Askew and his
handlers; / preferred a saddle horse.
for had heard that the Sheriff was
to harry US over the coun-y border
and I wanted means Of tran sporta-
ton which did not depend upon high
ways. After the trailing caravan of
vehicles and horsemen had teen o..
dered from place to place many times
and all pedestrians had been left out
of sight, the sheriffs of our and an
adjoining county agreed that they
didn't know in whose jurisdiction
was likely looking size for the ring,
and there the ring was pitched and
roped. They We're conscientious
sheriffs, no doubt, but that spot in
no mans land happened to be the
only one we had come upon suffi-
GENTLY cleared and level for the busi-
ness in hand. Both sheriffs re-
mained to see the fight. 1t was a
long and hideous affair. and there
was also some fighting outside the
ring with gun and knife display. and
had I not been there on duty,
would have quit long before the
fighters did. But 1 was to "see all
1 could, hear all l could" so re-
mained on the battlefield Until the
last were ready to leave. These
were the defeated Cornishman and
his sorry hackers and handlers in
the wagonette.
But my horse was gonei There
was nothing for me to do but to take
the seat reserved for Davis. which 1
did, by the side of poor Jack Askew.
Both of his eyes were closed and the
ear of which 7 had the most inti-
mate view, was amazingly cauli-
lowered. l hated the sigh of it,
but could not help looking at II.
Jack was in a bad way-he died a
day or two later in hospital-and
at times 1, with a man on the other
side of him, had to keep him from
falling off his seat. rs we reached
the edge of the city a hacker said
to Jack: 'Looks'ee ere, ole son:
brace up bit sor the folks what'l
be watching if you're game" With
a dying effort the poo fellow
''braced"
Dinner for Two on $40.
OF course 1 suspected Davis of
having requisitioned my horse. and
knew that he was justified; that he
could ride cross country and not
have to follow devious and bad roads
and only in that way reach the Of
flee in time for any sort of a first edi-
ton story. But such reflections did
not modify my wrath nor make less
miserable that wretched ride In the
wagonette- So l bawIed out Davis
as a convicted horse thief until he
soothed me by revealing that he had
got off a story Of the fight to a San
Francisco paper for which he would
Confinued on EoI1o.rS~, nrn
The New York herald., 1922-07-09

reduced speed when visitors were
aboard, and experienced guides
looked carefully after the ssfety of
sightseers. As to excessive heat or
moisture, visitors were dressed to
meet those conditions.
When the ladies came from their
dressing room they wore similar out
hts to ours, heavy shoes and stock
ings. overalls, flannel shirts, cloth
caps, and one garment we did not
wear, ankle length rubber coats. The
shift boss who was to be our guide
In honor of the distinguished visitors
overheard the ladies say something
about their rubber coats, and he
thought to reassure them by saving
that they would not be bottle, ed with
them in the underground works. only
in going down the shaft, which was
dripping wet. He had misunder.
stood; they were pleased to have
their miners costumes covered with
coats. They rebelled at the intima-
tion that they were expected to shed
their coats underground. "Oh. come
on, girls" Col. In yersoll urged.
Hundreds of ladies', I'll bet. have
worn the same costumes down in the
mines."
When our cage had dropped down
to the LOO foot level, as I recall.
at reduced speed, about twice that
of an express elevator in a sky
scraper, and we stepped out on the
station floor. the ladies were asked
for the sake of comfort and safety to
take off their coats. They dill so re-
luctantly after the Colonel declared
heartily. why, of course, take them
off; you'll look like three heemish
boys, that's ALL"
Ingersoll and He'll.
The heat in the drifts and cross
cuts we first explored was modified
by drafts of air forced down from
the surface and the expanding air
from compressed air tools. .Pshaw."
exclaimed Mr.. Ingersoll, 'They told
me it was awful hot down here.
Mere summer heat!"
Now. if you tell boy who has
bruised toe that it isn't much of a
bruised toe, he'll show you. The
shift boss Whispered to me 70 detain
the ladies in the stations cooling
room, for he wanted to show the
Colonel something" He pilo. ed him
along a blind drift, one which had
no connection which would permi.
a draft Of relatively cool air to cir
culate, and where machine tools
were not yet in operation to exhale
their icy breath, but where, at the
face of the drift men worked with
hand tools for only a few minutes
at time and then ran back to the
cooling room for relief from the
staggering heat. The boss told the
story: He and Colonel Ihgersoll
walked along the drift until the heat
scorched your nostrils when you
breathed and the hot air was so foul
you wished you hadn't breathed.
MI
The New York herald., 1922-07-09
Mr.. 1ngersoll asked Where you going?" ct
hell to cool off," the miner answered

| AC1l " COOl OH. the miner
A miner rushing out, head bent
down. was stopped by Mr.. Irgersoll,
who asked, Where are ynl going,
friend?"
Going to he'll to cool off" the
miner answered. and rushed on.
Perhaps we'd better follow him
there" Mr.. Ingersoll said to the
guide, hastily sLiting action to word.
Later, we quiZzed him about the in
cident. Yes" admitted the Colonel,
that was what the miner said. 1t
was a witty responsa if he recog-
nized me; a good one If he did not
We went down the incline as the
shaft is called when il ceases to be
verticle, and dips at an an,le under
the ledge, to the lowest level, con-
vincing the visitors that the water in
the sump, rock basin at the bot
tom of the incline, was hot enough
to boil eggs, and then took seats in
the giraffe, as the cage In the in
cline was called. The boss drew tire
signal cord slowly four times.
Whats that for?" Mr.. Igersol.
asked.
Signal, sir; visitors aboard:
SLOW"
My good friend" Mr.. Ingersoll
said impressively, eff your signals
and other devices result in gettin Z
us to the surface of the deal earth
I'll write you an obituary which will
make the angels turn green with
envy"
Mark Twain's Brewery.
Mr.. Mccarthy told is st,ries Of
Mark Twain's sojourn in Virginia
City. What Sam''-as tie called
him-''liked best here were cur Sun
day visits to the brewery This
oasis was at the mouth of SeI en- Mile
Canyon on the edge of the desert into
which the Carson River sinks, after
the manner of Navada rivers. A
German had discovered here a
spring which he developed into a
considerable water supply-consid-
cradle for that region-built a brew
cry, cleared an acre or two of sage
brush land, irrigated it and grew
vegetables. One must krew the
dusty, hot torture of that desert to
appreciate the delight to the eye
and other organs-to come upon a
little cottage upon whose shaded
porch cool beer, rye bread, cheese
and freshly pulled onions are at COM
mand.
One Sunday we made up horse
back party and guided by orr editor,
rode down the canyon, an after a
turn a few miles over the desert,
Just to be fit to appreciate the
blessing coming to u.s." Mccarthy
said, returned to the shady porch
and the good things there set forth.
YES" said Mccarthy, ''t.is was
Wnat SdnC most enjoyed In Nevada.
We come here he once remarked,
drink beer, eat rye bread, cheese and
onions and, refreshed in ovdy and
soul, return to our fastidious friends
with breaths perfumed lire buz-
yards. 1t is a triumph of sumptu-
ary freedom
There was brisk racial antagonism
between Irish and Cornish mineis
which, when it's fever rose above
normal. could usually be reduced by
contests of strength and skill related
to their work. Once while I was or
the Comstock this fever reached
de2rBa witarH xfrmg mnHnine wuB
The New York herald., 1922-07-09
By EDWARD w. TOWNSEND.

HR. MCCARTHY told me to
V ''hang around the editorial
rooms until ] had decided
whether / would go along further in
mining, or take up newspaper work,
and if l decided an favor of the latter
he would give me a letter which
would secure me employment on
either Of the then two prominent San
Francisco papers. He found enough
work for me to do as reporter to
ease my conscience about taking a
modest salary, and as I was not yet
disposed to return to San Francisco
but wanted to see something rougher,
more OF a Bret Harte mining camp
life, the temporary arrangement suit
ed me. AS I shall presently relate.
this plan gave me the chance to be-
come editor of not one, but two news
papers; one in new AMI rough
camp, Bodie, Cal.-some readers
may recall song and stories about
the bad Man from Bodie"-the
the other in an old and once aban-
doned camp, then revived, Aurora.
Esmeralda county. New.
In one thing / was of real use to
the Chronicle, the writing of a week
1y summary Of the Comstock mines
development and prospects. for my
familiarity with the jargon of mine
work enabled me to translate into
English understood by the many the
technical language used by mine su-
perintendents with whom I talked.
This work made it easy for me to
obtain passes for visitors who wanted
to go down into deep mines which
were then worldwide sensations as
gold and silver producers, and had
enriched the English language with
q word which found permanent lodg-
ment, bonanza take as evidence
Of general interest in such won-
derful discovery the fact that / have
been asked hundreds of times to tell
the story, and will briefly tell it here
as II was told there.
The Gold Strike.
In one of the North End group of
Comstock mines rich ore had been
found in the ledge by a crosscut on
the 1900 foot level. or thereabout
Git Is not convenient to verify, and
the exact depth is not important in
the story, and drift "a tunnel par
allel to a ledge) had been started
from which more crosscuts were to
be run to develop the ledge further.
This drift ran under the ledge, that
Is. back of the hanging wall, the un-
der one of the two walls of clay
which inclosed the quartz, and was
supposed to be some distance from
the wall. The gang running the
drift. after setting off a blast, re-
turned to their work to clear away
Tor the dump cars the knocked down
The New York herald., 1922-07-09

Continued on Fouo,os.e Raes.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-10

gests that three of the Intexborough
directors be chosen by the State Tran
sit Commission and by the City of
digectors in the Interborough com
the Thompson legislative investigat-
ing committee, which disclosed the
squandering of subway earnings on a
five-cent fare by the officials OF the
Interborough. The suggestion was
made at that time that the city might
have a direct check on Interborough
expenditures in fulfillment of its
contracts with the city"
General John F. O'Ryan, member
of the Transit Commission, said the
fine thing about the reorganization
was that it was constructive rather
than destructive.
"Two big points challenge the at
tention of every one interested in
transit progress" he declared. "One
is that the proposed reorganization
wipes out $114,000,00O of securities
carried along by the Interborough in
terests and the doing away with hold
ing companies. This is an unprece J.
dented victory for sound financing and
indicates the adoption Of far-sighted
policy on the part of the Interborough
people. showing that they really desire
to place their affairs on the, rock
bottom basis and above criticism. The
other big point is that the plan is a
direct step in the working out of the
Transit Commissions plan for a uni
fed system and afve-cent fare-a step
toward municipal ownership"
New-York tribune., 1922-10-10
Seek TO Give Home
To Benjamin Heiress
Administrators Make Move i'm
Favor of Adopted Daughter.
Pending Contest

Application has been made TO the
Surrogates' Court by the United
States Mortgage and Trust Company.
temporary administrator of the estate
of Park Benjamin, patent lawyer and
naval expert, for an order authorizing
the petitioner to permit Miss Anna
Bolchi Benjamin, an adopted daughter
OF the testator, to occupy the family
residence at 270 West Seventy-third
Street.
The residence and it's contents were
begueathed to Miss Benjamin. The
will also contained bequest to her of
100000, while to his Ave children, in
Guiding Mrs. Dorothy BENJAMIN
Caruso, widow Of Enrico Caruso, Mr..
Benjamin left 81 each. Mr.. Benjamin
left the residue of his estate to his
widow, who died on September IL, at a
at Goshen, N. Y, within a
month after her husband. This resi-
duary estate, the will Of Mr.. BENJAMIN
provided, was to be hers during her
life and at her death was to pass to
Miss Benjamin, the adopted daughter
OF the lawyer.
The children Of Mr.. Benjamin are
contesting the will, Mrs. Caruso, on
her arrival from Europe, Sunday, an
nouncing that she would join in the
contest. The trust company admin
istrator said in it's petition that it was
willing to grant the request of Miss
Benjamin to occupy the residence
pending the outcome Of the will con-
test, as it would save the estate the
expense of cAretaker
New-York tribune., 1922-10-10
Donovan Will Speak at
Young Republican Club

Colonel William J. Donovan, Repub-
lican candidate for Lieutenant Gov
ernor; George K. Morris, chairman of
the Republican State Committee, and
Assemblyman F. Trubee Dawson will
speak tonight at the official house
warming Of the New York Republican
Clubs new clubhouse, at 26 East
Fortieth Street. George w. Perkins is
president of the organization. The club
is preparing to take an active part in
the campaign, the details of the work
being under the immediate direction of
Morris Hadley. Miss Mary Schieffelin
is chairman Of the committee having
charge of the arrangements for the
housewarming tonight.
The Republican State Committee an
nounced yesterday the appointment of
Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, sister
of the late Colonel Roosevelt, to the
executive committee of the state COM
mittee.
According to G. B. de Chadenedes, 90
Broad Street, several election bets were
made yesterday at odds of to 5 that
Governor Miller will win, the largest
single transaction of that firm having
been one of $1,000 against $1,000. At
the close of business De Chadenedes &
Go. reported that they had $1,000 TO
place on Smith and were asking odds
Of 6 to s.