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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-24
ROTARY GOVERNOR
GREETED BY BAND
ON RETURN HOME
Especial Correspondence

Kewanee, Ill, March 24.-E. E.
Baker, newly elected governor of
Rotary for Illinois, was met by a
band and an enthusiastic gathering
of citizens when he returned from
the state meeting at Decatur. Fifty
of the 100 Rotarians of Kewanee
club accompanied Mr.. Baker to the
Decatur meeting. The Kewanee
man was a popular choice for the
state office, winning on the first
ballot.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-24
SLIGHT DAMAGE
CAUSED BY FIRE

Hillsdale, March 24-The fire al
the grade school building in Hills
dale this morning caused slight
damages The blaze was discoV-
cred at Z O'Clock and aid summon
ed. A hole in the roof was burned
but the volunteer department soon
had the flames under control
defective chimney is thought TO be
the cause of the fire.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-24
ALEDO VICTIM OF
AUTO MISHAP is
IMPROVED TODAY
Especial to The Argus.)

Aledo, March 24.-According to
DR.. A. G. Sells. the condition of
Frank c. Cunningham, Civil war
veteran, who was run down by
car Tuesday night, was much i'm
proved today. The patient is re-
ported to be doing nicely and
chances for complete recovery are
bright.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-24
HEAD OF MOLINE
COMPANY TO BE
GENESEO SPEAKER
(Snecial TO The Argusl

Geneseo, March 24-William But
terworth, president of the Deere
company of Moline, will deliver an
address at the township high school
next Monday evening at 7:30
O'Clock. His subject is Business
Conditions and the Outlook for
1922" He will address the Kiwanis
club on this subject earlier in the
evening Mr.. Butterworth is we'll
qualified to talk upon a topic of
this character. The public is in
vited to attend the meeting.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-24
ALEDO CHANCERY
CASE SUSPENDED
UNTIL TUESDAY
Especial to The Argus

AIedo, March 24.-The suit of +.
E. Stitt VS.. Mike Plunket of Viola,
bill for an accounting, before
Master in Chancery James A. Allen
of AIedo was discontinued yester-
day afternoon and will be taken
up again Tuesday morning at 8
o'clock.
The case has been in session for
three days and the compliments
finished their side of the arguments
late yesterday afternoon. The de-
tense will take the stand Tuesday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-24
PREEMPTION AND
VIOLA PURCHASE
OILS FOR ROADS
Especial to The Argus

Aledo, March A.-Through Lacy
L. Rocole, representative of the
Standard Oil company of Aledo,
the towns and communities of Viola
and Presumption recently placed
their orders for highway oil to be
spread next summer The prices
stipulated was GIG cents per gal
Ion. Eighteen thousand gallons go
for use in and around Viola and
5000 gallons to Presumption. An
order for IL cars or about 10000
gallons was recently sold by Mr..
Rocole to Alpha and vicinity.
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ALedo and Mercer County
REMAINS OF CITY
ALDERMAN TAKEN
TO FORMER HOME
Especial to The Argus.)

Aledo. March 24.-The remains
of J. o. Freeman, alderman and
prominent resident of this city, VINO
died Wednesday morning, were
taken to Toronto, Ohio, this morn
ing. where interment will be made.
by the side of his parents.
Short funeral services will be
held upon the arrival of the body
in that city. The remains were ac-
companied by the widow and Ro-
land Bushfeld.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-24
RAID PAINTERS, UNION-

Chicago, March 24.-The head
quarters of the painters union was
raided by detectives and all records
seized. The business agent was
taken into custody.
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healthy,

Tingling with abundant energy, appetites hearty,
nerves strong and steady and their faces radiant with
the glow of perfect health the entire family of Louis
Gingras 9 Harrison avenue Providence, R. l., are an
eloquent tribute to the powers of Tanlac the greatest
family medicine the world has ever known.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-24
FOR COLDS, GRIP OR INFLIrPyz.

and as Preventative. take Laxa-
tive BROMO QUININE Tablets. The
genuine bears the signature of E
W. Grove. tBe sure you get
BROWO.) ADVERTISEMENT
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:FAIRM0NT PEOPLE
GOOD. ]: D1E'TI IGIA Isl
1900 Pieces OF Pie Eaten At
Y. w. c. A. Cafeteria
Weekly

Twelve hundred pieces of pie
are consumed weekly at the Y. w.
G, A. cafeteria. Sounds like we
are pie eating nation, doesn't 1t?
Yet these statistics are only in
proportion to those OF other good
things eaten at the cafeteria every
week. This does not include the
full menu. Only the most popu=
lar dishes are listed here.
Soup, 400 dishes; meat, 450.
pounds; Chicken and waffles, 100
orders; Irish potatoes, II bushels;
rolls, 210O; butter, go pounds;
cottage cheese, 800 orders; head
lettuce, 600 orders; milk, 450
bottles; coffee 400 cups.
Miss Mable E. schadt, who Is
the director OF the cafeteria is an
expert dietician as well, and she
reports that she is pleased with
the choice OF foods made by the
people.
Miss Schadt has had charge Of
cafeterias in ST., louis Baltimore
and Cleveland, and she says that
Fairmont, people eat more pork,
and less beef than the people Of
those cities.
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Willing To Go Along With
Railroad Unions at
Any Time
lewis STATEMENI.
Declares Rail Men Have
Been Forced to Accept
3. Big Cuts

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. L.
The United Mine Workers OF Amer.
lea are willing ito unreseryedly
pool their interests with the rail-.
road. organizations and stand with
them in resistance to the proposed
attacks upon their wage schedules'
John L. Lewis, international pres.
ident Of the miners declared in a
statement today. The statement
was made along with the announce
ment that invitations to participate
in meeting with the miners had
been sent to officers OF the 16
major organizations Of railroad
workers.
Mr.. Lewis declared the railway
workers have been Compelled 10
accept inequitable wage reduc-
tions" and asserted propaganda
now is being conducted on ia e..
gantic scale to enforce further un-
warranted wage cuts upon them.r
at is likewise apparent that Ger:
tain interests are seeking wage
reductions in the coal mining In.
dusry,n he continued. In order
ITO successfully combat this, the
CONTINUED, on page fye)
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A descripti ion ofSthe terms Of thu
naval limitad dont treats. Outlines the
results agreed upon between "the
big five" following the dramatic
announcement ;of8 the American
proposals by seere etary Hughes at
the opening session Of the confer
ence on November 12.
Just before the presentatioh Of
the naval treaty. after the resolu-
tions affecting China had quickly
adopted without dissentstiie Shan
tungl agreement was announced and
described. with satisfaction BY the
representatives Of China and
Japan.
Secretary Hughes presenting the
naval treaty announced he would
not read itlbecanse copies hadbeon
distributed generally tcopies had
been entrusted in confidence by the
state department 10 newspapers
and press sassociat; IONS who pledged
their faith that IL would not b.
published until It actually had
been presented. Nevertheless
some newspapers served by other
associations than the Asspciated
Press, published the treaty aimost
an hour before It was released
The integrity Of the plan pfc
sented on behalf of the United
States, said Secretary Hughes has
been maintained and the spirit in
which the proposal was made and
in which 1t was received has dom
mated the entire negotiations and
brought them to a very successful
conclusion"
There was applause when Mr..
Hughes said that the United States
retained the number Of capital
ships proposed ON November ~
and that Great sBFltain and Japan
were situated similarly, the Inter
with the exception 81 Che new
tattleship Mutsl The effect Of
the retention Of the Mutsu. Mr..
Hughes continpet made nece8sary
the changes In the original Amer
tcan5 program by which two dread
naughts OF the West yirgfuia class
are to be complet ted and The battle
ships North Dakotf and Delaware
then scrapped.
|; In the American proposals. Mr..
Hughes said, four principles had
Continued on Page -Four
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.COAI|lA....Lg|A||.l.IlA|l [ |. [. 0 | | ] ] \
=IH.E..AVYTIUESDAY [.
Total Of 6O,5OO Tons
Turned Out By the
Mines

Coal loading took decided turn
for Improvement yesterday and
the operations of Northern West
Virginia produced 1910 cars or co.
500 tons of coal. This proved to
be the best coal daily loading that
was experienced in January 4
Production by divisions yester.
day was as follows: b. & o.
Monongah, $50; cars; Charleston,
7S cars; Connellsville, r12 cars,
Cumberland, go cars; Western
Maryland-W Wyatt Helen's Run, So
cars; Belington & Northern 40
cars; Morgantown & Kingwood II
cars; Morgantown ,& Wheeling,
124 cars; Monongahala 212,. cars.
Big Safety Meeting
Another capacity house was had
at HUTCHINSON on Tuesday even.
ing when the theatre there was
packed to the limit. Probably
ITS people, mosiy miners, were
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Trying 70 Stop st:ot 1.
ELL. Epidemic

NEW YORK, Feb Seventy
Eve policemen were assigned to
day to- special duty with the city
health department, enforcing house
heating and sanitary rules laid
down by Health Commissioner
Copeland in an effort to check the
further spread of the influenza epi.
demic. Mr.. Copeland announced
that he would take iimmed. ate leg
alssteps against house owners who
failed to provide sufficient heat.
Particularly drastic action will be
taken against landlords who pro-
vide insufficient heat III houses
where influenza orr pneumonia pa.
tents were confined DR.. Cope
land said. $50
3Nssit. - H, .5sf ~ a t.l.} CG4 n tx 4
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MRS. jORDANDIES.
AT HOME HERE. |. R /.

Mrs. Anna Jordan, a well; known
and highly respected woman Of
this city died this morning at five.
o'clock at her home at 412 Monroe
street after an illness Of fiVs
months duration. While Mrs Jor.
dan had been In declining health
for this period no immediate anx-
iety was felt orer her condition
and her death this morning came
as a severe shock to her family
and friends. .s...a, ,.s.,. 4. !.
Mrs. Jordan was the daughter,
of the late Mr. and Mrs. John
Buckley Of Monongah and was
born and reared IN Clarksburg
Following her marriage she moved
,toSWeston where she had resided, /,
coming here about fifteen years
Continued on Page -Four .
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bne Large Safe Blown.
Open; Fail to Break Into
Another t'EI' One
,ZI SNIAEZ .HAU.L
Officers Working
ON Robbery; Thieves
Expert intthe Work

A large safe in the office Of
lohn NJ. Kisnerl ana Brothers,
dnber dealers Of East Side was
lloWn opensby persons believed by
Ipupty officers 10 be expert safe
kreeSers and the combination was
Iroken off a second safe but the
'pbbers failed to gain an entrance
nto this safe which was smaller
ban tlie one blown open. Two
30 liberty bonds and about SIS.
change was taken from the safe
bat she robbers succeeded in
.ns open.
Tie employees of the company
|losed the office at 1880 o'clock
'esterd4y afternoon and the rob
|ery was discovered when the
|fiice was opened at 1880 O'Clock
bis informing. County Officers were
lotiied and an investigation was
larted,
The robbers gained entrance to
! room under the office by break
ne q window. from this room they
|ecured piclis crow bars and mat
pcks and then forced the lock on,
Window lead ding INTO the ofiice
isr. After gaining Entrance the
bbers cleared the decks for ac-
ION. Furniture was moved out Of
lie way and 10 gas fire left burning
! the Office hadsbeen turned Off.
|y use Of the picks and crowbars
be robbers fixed the safe SO that
charge or high explosive could
; placed to good advantage and
he door was blown off the larger
/ the two safes and its contents
He'd The officers feel that II was
\e work OF expert safe crackers as
Office was not damaged much
Continued on page tiye)
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A!IIB|}STRACTsOjF. A .
.NAV|AIsTREATY.
(By Associated Press

The draftitreaty for limitation
Of naval armament submitted to-
day to the plepary session of the
Washington conference contains
only the following preamble in ex.
PLANTATION Of the purposes OF the
contracting governments in reach
ing the agreements set forth:
Desiring: to contribute to the
maintenance OF the general peace,
and to reduce the burdens, OF com.
petition in armament.
"Have resolved with a view to
accomplishing these purposes to
conclude a treaty to limit their
respective naval armament, and
! to that end have appointed as
their plenipotentiaries-"
The names Of the delegates OF
the powers follow.
The treaty IS divided into three
chapters. Chapter ope contains
the general language OF the agree
ments, covered in twenty separ-
ate articles. s75 6
Chapter two contains the detail.
ed, specific agreements on naval
matters. many Of them in compli-
Gated tublar form, which ampl,fy
and complete the meaning Of the
general agreemerts OF chapter one.
Chapter three Is devoted to
"miscelIaneous provisions, and
contains four, additional articles Of
/, the treaty. 3
l Chapter one Is head: Z.
| General provisions relating to
the Imitation of naval armament''
Article one Hereunder is mere.
lily the agreement to limit naval
armament as provided In the
| treaty.
Article two provides that the
contracting powers may retain re.
spectivelyi capital ships specified
in part one chapter two The ships
thus named lin part one are as: fol.
UNITED STATES: Maryland,
California, Tennessee, Idaho, New
Mexico, Mississippi, Arizona.
Pennsylyania, o Oklahoma, Nevada,
j New York; Texas Arkansas. Wyo.
ming, Florida. Utah, North Dakota,
Delawafe-total tonnage 500 $50!
GREAT BRITAIN: Royal soyer.
ign, Royal Oak, solution, Ram,
lilies, Malaga, Yalient, Baraam,
Queen Elizabeth, Wafshste Ben:
bow, Emperor Of India. Iron Duke
Marlborough, Hood Renown; Re.
pulse Tiger, ,Ttunde derer, Rinp
George VI Adjax, Centurion stotal
tonnage. 500. .450
FRANCE: Bretagne, lorraine
Provence, Paris. France, Jear
Hart Courbet Old derot. oitafre =
total tonnage 221, 10
ITALY: pndrea Dprtay Caio Du
lilo, Conta ID. SAVIOUR. Gallo Ces
are. Leonardo Da vinci. Dante an.
lighieri. Roma AEapolII yittoriu
\ Emmandele, Regina Elena total
tonnage 4 81, ,S00! ilsi K
/ JAPAN: Mltsu. llagatp. Nfuga
Use, yanfasfffo; En.so, Ririali:ina
" ~ tcentinaed On rare taol
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Visit Some 5 N: OF
County Schools

DR.. L. N. Yost, county health
officer, Miss Evelyn Thomas, Red
Cross nurse and /. A. Barnes, coun-
tty superintendent of schools
visited the Warrington high
schkol yesterday afternoon and
delivered addresses to the various
classes Of the school.
Superintendent Barnes will go
to Glovers' Gap Thursday night
where he will attend a community
meeting-in the school house. Fri
day night.a a big meeting will be
held at. Grant Town. It will be
district teachers meeting, a
community meeting and a general
rally all combined.
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Traffic Men
Coming Friday

Colder R. shumate, general
freight traffic manager, and Oliver
Lewis, assistant general freight
traffic manager, for the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad company, will
meet with representatives OF the
Monongahela Valley Association at
40 o'clock Friday morning in the
Chamber Of Commerce rooms.
The railroad traffic men are COM
ing here to hear the counter pro-
posal to be made by the Valley as
sociation to the proposal made, by
Mr.. Shumate in behalf OF the rail.
road company at a meeting held
here about month ago. The
Pittsburgh freight rate basis is the
bone OF contention and the meeting
is expected to last all day.
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AIR.ITlBE..ES9ETH ! !.
SHIANTUNG TREATY {.
Think They Remove All
Trouble Between Japs
and China
(By the Assoclated Press. ]

(By the Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. Article
Of tho Shantung treaty provides
that Japan shall restore TO China
the former German leased ter
ritory. n
The second article provides for
transfer by Japan to China Of all
public property in shantung. ).
Another provision declares THAI
the Japan consulate schools and
shrines shallSbe retained by the
Japanese. y RI,
The third article provides for
withdrawal Of Japanese troops
from shantung.
Article four dealing with mar
time customs, provides that the
i Continued on Page Four e
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~ 60 z Y IN z
UTELLaUNSs
By j. a. l.. I'd.
By u A. L.

: How nice the grounding
.1sANDK1ND
Theresare not many
YoUW1LLFIND ~
Who will arouse from ~
sLuMBERDEEP I.
And brush their 4 (
FUR
And cut their
CLAWS :
And waken all their y ..sa.
PA;WsANDMAws Il
And all their little
j 5GRoUNDHo oGsDEAR y
And see that every (
NECIlANDEAR
Is washed d as clean as
I 1TCANBE
And every. little grunt
1sTUNED RS
Exactly to the very.
,sKEY
And wipe Off every Il.
LtTTLEsNoUT
And thus be fixed .,',.
FoRGoINGouT N''
TO see il there's a asa
gsuNTosH1NE
For six moresweeks
4 oFAwiNTERTIME. II
There are not many
YoUw1LLF1ND
Who would be 50
AIM1GHTYKIND. /,
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WASHINGTON, Feb. To-day Secretary Hughes pre-
sented the conference the text of for i'm
itation5 of naval rarmaments
The entire time of todays penary session &c the con-
ference fifth its course had been up moment
consumed with the presentation and adoption
Of China and the announcement of settlement shantlng
Disputes 5!$
The nayalltreaty not read, but Secretary Hughes
outlined its terms and declared that SO far as capital ships
are integrity Of plan behalf
9th Atnerieas overnment has been .maintained
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THE WEATHER

Rain and warmer tonight: Thurs
day rain, probably turning to
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BY Associated Press

Root.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-21
BANDITS GET $4,000
FROM DYER, md. BANK

Dyer, md, Dec. 2l.--Threo armed
men, one of them incorporating as a
woman Tuesday held up the First No.
llonSl Bank hero and escaped with
to,tOo after a battle win citizens In
which the bandit dressed as n woman
was shot and had 10 We currled to n
waiting automobile By his companions.
IL was the third time witfin three
years that the bank has been robbed.
The pseudo woman, heavily yelled
end wc3rng long skirt and coat, en-.
tered tho bank shortly before closing
time. He thrust revolver into the
lace OF William Gettler tho book.
keeper. who was lone. while n com.
panion scooncd the money from the
safe into aatchol
Gettler stepped on an alarm huttoA,
and as tho bandits left they were met
BY rifle fro from tho grocery store OF
john kellman, across the street. One
OF the first shots struck tho bandit IN
wcmau's clothing. Hts companions
picked him up helped him to the rear
eat OF an automobile. and sped awfy
on the Giyi1 highway toward Chicago
WeiRhtt
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-21
TURKS FEARING TO
CALL ALLIED BLUFF,
ACCEDE TO TERMS
BECOME coNclLiAToRY WHEN IT
is SEEN THAT ENTENTE MEANS
BUSINESS - U. S. HELPS SAVE
THE DAY. ~

Lausanne, Dec. 2l.-Lord Curzor
announced today that the Near East
conference will continue, the Turks
having adopted conciliatory attitude
towards the allied plan for settlement
Of the straits question.
Earlier in the day it had been re-
ported that the Turks would not yield
to the allies and that the conference
was liable To break up.
lSmet Pasha today announced that
the American colleges and institutions
in Smyrna will be permitted to re.
open under the Angora regime.
Lord CurZon ridiculed the POSSIBLE.
ity of the conference breaking up now
He said the sessions would continue
and indicated he was hopeful OF defin
tie conclusions shortly.
The Russians were silent today
making no further protests against the
allied plan.
American Ambassador Child. said
the United States Is opposed to the
governing of the straits by a com
mission. II was understood that the
United States position on this Dues
tion was responsible for the Turks
conciliatory attitude.
1t was learned today that the Turks
had made up their minds Yesterday
to answare Lord Curzon's ultimatum,
Immediately. with curt refusal, but
We're persuaded by American Ambas-
sador Child to give the matter further
Child sought out Ismet pasha and
spent q long time with him trying TO
win him over to accepting the allied
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-21
BUILDING C R A F I
IS Barred IN DALEY
COMMITTEE REPORT
STATE SENATE INVESTIGATORS
EXPOSE METHODS USED TO Elk.
ACT HEAVY TRlBUTE FROM
3 CONTRACTORS AND OWNERS.

CHICAGO, Dec. 21.--Unlawful COM
binations and agreements are large
~ responsible for high building
prices in the opinion Of members OF
the Illinois building investigation
commission. which made public its
report on condition In the building
trades submitted to Governor Small
today.
The building industry IN Chicago
relieved OF many artificial burdens,
is responsible to natural laws and
experiencing the greatest strides in
all its history, the commissions re-
port said.
Existing state laws are inadequate
10 cope with price fixing organiza-
tons" the report said.
Numerous cunningly devised Of
fers TO eliminate the combinations
were made
The report continues:
"Numerous cunhingly devised
schemes have been used TO restrain
trade and nix prices. Cost systems
are installed so that uniform prices
are bound to result
production Il limited under al.
Iotment schemes and the supply
thus brought under control. Terri
tory and customers are divided
There is evidence of pooling arrange
ments between members of assocla.
lions, upon which dividends are de.
clared
"The investigation disclosed that
union labor was betrayed, disgraced
and brought into disrepute by many
criminal agents. Graft which, ac-
cording to the best estimates, ran
into millions of dollars every year
was imposed on builders by business
gaents
Accuses Some Contractors.
Union labor was exploited in the
interests OF dishonest leaders, who
amassed fortunes for themselves,
and who employed rlurderers, slug.
gers and bomb throwers in their war
on society
"The general building conspiracy
could not exist without the aid of
contractors Behind every crooked
business agent there was crooked
contractor Some through choice.
Others through fear, and others
through intimidation became a part
OF this corrupt system"
The Pittsburgh plus plan was
said by the commission to be con.
trary TO all economic law and has
served to restrain the development.
OF the manufacture OF steel products
in the west