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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
RADIO TOOFAST
FOR AUTO THIEF

Radio is helping police to foil au-
to thieves. Beige one can get any
distance with hls loot, news of the
theft has been flashed by wireless
to surrounding police radio sta
tons. Inspector Grant Of the Wash
fngton police force says this meth
Cd has been more successful than
any heretofore.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

Whenever the authorities, city or county, are
ready to offer list Of houses of prostitution
and gambling resorts that have been closed
The Argus will gladly publish them and give
to the officers enforcing the order full credit
for their action. The public has been watching
The Argus since Aug. for such list, but has
failed to see IL The Argus regrets to say that
it does not believe that any such list will ever
be furnished.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

Washington. D. C. Give full name snd
.turn postoge. Be brief. All inquiries sn
to each individual. No attention viii D
A case was reported in 1892 where
in the skin of a patient was esti-
mated to contain 100000 eggs ana
100000 mites. z The disease
causes 4.05 percent of all skin DIS
ease in the United States.
o. What is meant by homogen-
lied milk? D. P.
A. The Department of Agrlcul-
ture says that such milk has been
forced through sieve fine enough
to break up the fat globules.
@. What is a han? o. NJ. S.
A. This is a word used in the
Near East to designate stopping
place for travellers. 1t scarcely
takes on the dignity of an hotel
since the rooms are furnished WIN
nothing more than pallet to pro-
vide a resting place for the weary
sojourner.
@. What causes birdseyes In
maple?- F. r. r.
A. The Forest Service says ina,
parasitic grOwths get into the wooo
of the maple and cause swelllnss
which appear as eyes when tne
wood is sawed across. These 40
not harm the wood and make II
more valuable.
@. What will change ordinary
flour to pastry flour? W. T. S.
l. A. Replacing two level table,
, spoonfuls of flour with two lever
tablespoonful of cornstarch III
each cupful of flour used will give
the desired change.
@. Why is the Book Of Reveis.
ton called the Apocalypse? M. v
B.
A. The word revelation is de
rived from revelatio, the Latii
equivalent for apocalypse, ooti
words meaning uncovering or un
yelling. -
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

In other years in Rock Island house of
prostitution Or gambling resort was never
opened until there had been at least an under
standing with the officials Of the city. But since
Rock Island has been taken over by an i'm
munity ring city officials are not consulted by
underworld operators The underworld has =
government of its own.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
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WOOD.ALCONOL4.

Wsyne Whkeler, headpallbearer for John
Barleycorn, says IS, 00O,0v0 gallons Of wood
alcohol year are used y American manu-
facturing Il q the only deadly poison easily
obtained.
wheeler, orating to the chemical exposition
In New York city, urges the wood-alcohol max
ers to put Poison" labels, with skull and
crossbones, on every container OF this liquid
death.
More efective-and 1t will have to come
In time-would be to make the sale OF wood
alcohol in beverages punishable by tmprfson-
ment at hard labor for at least 20 years. The
bootlegger who serves wood-alcohol commits
premeditated murder.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

ne Argus has been taken to task for alleged
ccnrate reporting in its account of last
rs meeting of the Rock Island immunity
The Argus apologies, and promises to
more careful in presenting facts concerning
efnre sessions Of that august body
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

n The mayor Of Rock Island at the next meet
topper sources for the names Of those who have
l1ep ISSUED permits to wear police stars and
ktfry guns. 1t might afford some enlightening
tformation to the public in view Of the present
|HSnditions in Rock Island
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

ypme Of the members Of the Rock Island
fsing, If they succeed in escaping the peni.
Try, shortly will be compelled to throy
pistols away and look for work, now that
income from prostitution. gambling and
Z0egging is in prospect of being cut of.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

III You may imagine you at least have the same
|5khts In Rock Island as the members Of the
Ne ring, composed Of murderers. bandits and
hfters have, but you are mistaken. Members
the vice ring are permitted to carry police
Mrs and 60 about the city armed. Are you?
M much,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

Is xhe ordinary Rock Island citizen would be
arrested and prosecuted for carrying concealed
wnapons If ne were found with a gun in his
utcket, but the members of the vice ring are
I4ivileged characters in this fair city. All Of
Mem are armed. and some Of them even garry
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

A young man in the lower end OF Rock
Island county. out Of work and needing funds
70 feed and clothe his wife and babies. took
chance and started operating small still. He
ID now in the county Jail serving out 800
fine. II he had come to Rock Island and made
arrangements with the immunity ring he
wouldn't have had to take a chance. Z
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

The vice ring thought 1t had everybody in
Rock Island buffaloed including the city
|mlfials and the police department But it
lever believed that there might be a public
|M{kening such - there has bssa in Rock
|planas since the Gabel murder. Now the mem
rasG the ring are afraid Of their own shad-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

The Rock Island vice ring is kept busy these
rs. not collecting tribute from the under
" d, but in covering up its Shiny trail of
6er, banditry and grating. The members
! }&e gang have begun lodging their own
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

It is rumored that two of the occupants OF
The Gabel murder car are ready to tell what
Ahey know providing they can get protection.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
STOCKS.

Stock market continues climbing Bull
markets usually, but not always, run 20
months. This one has been going up since
June, 1921. That is what lures shoestring
investors,
They will be unloaded, wiped out, when the
market gets high enough Then the big fell
lows will buy-in cheaply.
Buy when the markets low, sell when it's
high. is the big investors rule. Little plungers
never learn.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

Public opinion Is the most potent factor In
any .community. It can create or destroy any
condition. Public opinion insists upon com
mon dscsncy and safety Ia the government Of
Rock Island And when public opinion has its
way the stranGle hold Of the vice ring will be
broken.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

K When Rock Island breaks the grip OF the
vice ring it will be cleaner and safer city IN
which to reside and do business.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

Some sage has said that calf will hang
itself If given enough rope. The Rock Island
vice ring was allowed so much rope that it's
going to hang itself and some of its friends who
"a too close to the tar barrel.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

The Rock Island vice ring will have slim
pickings now that their leading houses OIL pros
titutiOn have ceased operating
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

The people of Rock Island elected mayor
Ind four commissioners to run the city and
Enforce its laws. No one recalls having voted
into Office any members of the vice ring at the
last municipal election.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
BUNK.

HinlenbnSg, in a letter white-washing the
ex- kaiser's flight to Holland. refers to Bill as
Most Exalted, All Mightiest Kaiser, MOST
Gracious Kaiser, King and Lord"
This should appeal to any one with a sense
Of humor.
Fortunately, such adulation comes only from
the extreme royalists, and then only occasion
ally What the German radicals think OF Bill
is probably unprintable. Luckily. the radicals
have the balance Of power. There may be an
other monarch scheduled for Germany, but it
will not be william Hohenzollern. He Is
through.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

Don't be misled by the dust or backfre of
! he Rock Island vice ring. Remember, MIR.
4iood Citizen. The Argus has no more to gain
by its battle with the vice ring than you have.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

Disarm the bandits who are parading the
streefs of Rock Island wearing stars and carry
Ing guns.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

The Rock Island vice ring defes The Argus
10 print the names of its members. That would
be q waste O. valuable space. Everybody
knows who they are
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

Tue Argus is proud to be judged by its
enemies as well as its friends. The Argus has
kept faith with the people of Rock Island 70
bears. 1t hopes to continue doing so 20 years
longer.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

| Rock Island will blossom like rose after
Il has released itself from the control Of the
vice ring and reestablished the city hall as the
fountain of government
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

The Gabel murderers are getting suspicious
b each other and have begun to talk. It's
pnly question of days until the whole gang
Is rounded up.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
YOUTH.

An 1s-year-old youth in New York city con-
fesses that he helped steal 20 autos. Again
the older generation will mutter, What are
our boys coming tor
When discouraged about the crimes Of
youth, get grandpa to tell you about Jesse
Pomeroy, 'the boy with the pink eye. back in
1874.
While he's on the subject grandpa will re-
call many bad eggs" of his beyhood, including
lads who had to skip town. Boys on the
average are not more criminal than years ago.
There merely happens to be more of them.
When population doubles, crime naturally
doubles
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

Rock Island has suffered for years from the
bommon enemy that today is gnawing at its
yitaia-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
HOPE.

Eighty-seven~years ago President jackson
announced the extinction Of the national debt.
Fffty-one years ago, congress repealed the
income tax.
With these two precedents, and the rule
that history always repeats, the glum can keep
hope alive. -
At any rate, there were at least two reasons
for calling them 1.-THE good old days"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

I You better not ask who killed Bill Gabel, FOL
HE Rock Island vice ring may get you.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
RAKE.OFF.

Senator Borah, attacking the proposed S.
100000 loan to Liberia, claims 81 100000 of 1t
would 20 to some New York bankers to pay
Liberian obligations taken over by them at
10 cents on the dollar.
The quickest way to get to the truth of any
big movement or national proposal is to find
the answer to this question: Who gets the
profits out of it? selfish motive, somewhere,
behind nearly everything.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
Argus Information Bureau


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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

VINO DID kill Bill Gabel!
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-08-03
NeCeSidad de specialization

de un pueblo quito que piensa con el
cerebro y no cede la passion del cora
z6n. En- las primarias han hecho sentir
81! gran induencia las asociaciones agri
Cclas. En- Pennsylvania, en- las primarias
para Gobernador, en- Indiana, en- Iowa
y EN- North Dakota para la nomination
de candidatos v Senadores, Sc han des
cartado hombres de gran signifcacion
en- la Politica Nacional, como el senador
Nc Cumber por Ell ultimo Estado citado,
cue con veinte tres amos de servicios
y honores como los de Presidente del
Comite de Finanzas del Senado miem
tro de muchos otros comites. no vali6
para que ALI en- las primarias fuese
atacado y derrotado por los represen-
tantes agricultores que Sc basaban en-
que habiendo estado este hombre anto
tempo en- Washington, era muy aliado
a los intereses de las grandes Corpora
clones del Este, Y de consiguiente va es
taba fIera de las necesidades de SUI Es-
tado. Sc Ie atac0 tambien po. e. hecho
de haber el trabajado en- contra de la
reduction de las tarifas ferroviarias, rt
auccion esta que esperaban alcanzar
los agricultores, y en- resumen, las asc
ciaciones agricolas sacaron triunfante
al candidate &c la facci6n Progresista
~to1 r,o~%jdo d oon,,bI;coro -, ao,,oIIae ~
marias, porque entienden cue este otrt
hombre puede hacer una labor mas pro
vechosa a los intereses de la Agricul-
tlira.
Cit5ndo datos, me he apartado un p
co del punto Ge partida quiero fla
en- la mente de mis- lectores, que aul
cuando en- la primera faz de mi articu-
10 describe la necesidad de espec1ali-
zarnos los agricultores en- la parte cien-
,tifca de nuestro ramo, y en- la segunda
faz me extiendo en- consideraciones So
bre la necesidad de que ell agricuItor am
Pile sus actividades un POGO mas ALA
del cultivo y venta de sus frutos, es re
lativo una cosa Y la otra. Ell problema
politico y economico del agricultor mar
cha estrechamente undo su problema
cientifico. Sin resolver nuestro status
politico y econ6mico no podemos per-
feccionar nuestros conocimients cienti-
ficos Necesitamos Ell mejoramiento de
nuestros centros rurales de cultura de
nuestras Was de COMMUNICATION este
lc alcanzarfamos por nuestros propios
esfuerzos, no de otra manera. Una legis
laci6n agricultural serfa la tlnica me
dida salvadora, cosa esta dificil de re-
solver por las grandes pas. ones polfti-
cas ant5g6nicas de nuestra Is'a, zero
(Continda en- la 6a. pagl
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-08-03
ANUNCIO De SUBASTA
GoBIERNo DE PUERTO RICO
DEPARTAMENTo DEL INTERIOR
NEeoc1ADo DE oBRAs PUBLIcAs

~ NAA~A~S ~~@A S~~-S~~~ - $1,000 @'s"~
San Juan, julio 20, 1922.
ProposicioneS en- pliegos cerradcs pa
IA la adjudication en- pdblica subas6a
de las obras de construction de un
puente de hormig6n armada, de 40 me
tros de luz, sobre Ell rio Grande de
Mameyes en- la carretera No. 8, seccion
Rio Grande-Luquillo, cuyo presupuesto
aprobado asciende trece mil tres cien
tos noventa y un dollars cuatro centa-
vos (S13, $4,000. Sc admitiran en- esta
oicina hasta las 2 P. M. del dia 7 de
agosto de 1922, en- que Sc abriran pd-
tlicamente.
Todos los sdatos necesarios Sc daran
en- esta oficina donde Sc encuentran de
manifesto los documentos que han de
regir en- ell contrato, y podran recoger
los licitadores los pianos y modelos de
rroposiciones que han de presentarse,
mediante un dep6sito de diez dollars
($10) en- metalico en- cheque certif-
cado que seran reembolsados al ser de-
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-08-03
La ConferenCia de n. Cana|es

podriase encontrar un temperamento
como ell suyo caracterizado por esa in
trepidez combativa y ese espiritu epin6
mico t6rrido que aspira renovar los
sistemas preconstituidos las normas
ergastularias. Acaso en- Italia Francia.
particulramente, exista un literato como
este dotado de una singularfsima compile
iidad en- ell caudal estilistico, de una vi
gorosa energia individualista que ases-
tee los fiaciles procedimientos esteticos
Y de una mentalidad tan profunda
inagotable. que aspire incubar no.
visimas modaIidades en- la literature
actual Quizas en- Ingfaterra, Oscar Viii
de, aquel pensador inaprensible y uto.
pista, habria ensayado esa rebeldia in
disciplinaria energica contra Ia regre-
silva imposition de los metodos apoli-
llados y hoscos de las viejas doctrinas;
y acaso en- Espafia, Ortega Gasset, ese
critico tan contemplativo y certero, ese
ardoroso buceador de los soterrafios me
tafisicos. haya sentido ese barbara i'm
pulse que tiende a rechazar valiente-
mente la anodina estabilidad del torpe
tIadicionalismo, y haya acomodado CO.
mo este. en- ell luminoso rinc6n de una
grandiosa conferencia, SUI siderea legion
de ideas revolucionarias.
En- su interesante conferencia, con
I'm profundo sentido del paisaje y una
frondosa facultad narrative que eviden
clan la prestigiosa figura del novelista
CUE en- el habita. nos hablo sobre las
America. Sin hacernos sentir la tempe
ratrra intellectual de la monumental
ciudad de Buenos Aires, nos pase6 ga
lantemente por la vida atrafagada
intensive que puebla sus Gales cosmo-
politas y geometricas. Luego, con igual
florida exquisitez en- ell hablar, nos mos
tro la grandeza inconmesurabFe y mono
lcgante de ese enorme engarce de inte-
rrogacions volcanoes que Sc llama los
1AhuSO, COANuOAOAAUOuVS Id cAvAoOAN~
ciudad de Lima. Thule de los conquis-
tadores; a Ia grandiosa Montevideo,' In
telect6polis de America; a la gentil
Caracas, jardin uberrimo y legendario
donde los BALCONIES emprimaverados, CO
mo los de Verona Sc pueblan de idilios
Y Sc inul1dan tie besos; Panama, pri
mavera en- for, rutilante joyero de en-
sueios donde la luna vuelca la roman
tica debilidad de su luz; ciudad mara
villosa donde los espiritus sienten esa
nostalgica sensacion de ruego Y de mis-
terio que Maoterlinck alumbra con Ell
milagroso titulo eel tesoro de los hui
mildes''
Ell maravilloso exito del Sr. Canales.
es harto interesante. Es ell triunfo de
un esSiritu descontento creador, de
Una mentalidad complejfsima robusta,
educada en- la zona del analisis la
oil servacion; representa-. ademas, Ia
vigoroza victoria de una intcligencia
que ha sabido afiadir IA considerable
eatimaci6n cue le profasln los -publiccs,
Ia sincera frtae admiration que por
CT prodigiosa intelcctualidad sierter 20
dos los hterafus de este olvidado pats.
Jorge PASTOR.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-08-03

vueltos dichos documentos en- el plazo
de veinte dias t2O) despues de efec.
tuada la subasta.
La administration Sc reserva ell dere
cho de rechazar cualquiera todas las
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-04-27
BARGE line TO
Twin CITIES
Brent Predicts Handling Of 70o,-
600 Tons d Freight
This Year.

Washington Theodore Brent, fed.
Bral manager Of the Mississippi-War-
t,rior barge line. told Senate commit
tee that unless Edward F. Goltra,
Democratic national committeeman
arom Missouri, proceeded with the
operation Of abarge line to the Twin
Cities, the government would take
over the government barges Goltra
has under lease and extend It's service
to those cities. \;
Mr.. Brent also disclosed that it. was
the War departments plan to make a
Anal tender Of the barges to Mr.. Col
ira on April 80. Most of the barges,
the witness said, have been ready for
months under the lease, which Mr..
Brent said, was signed by Newton D.
Baker on the day he retired from Of
-dce rs secretary Of war. The lease,
Ut was further declared, allows Mr..
Goltra with his privately operated but
government owned boats to enter into
competition with the government own.
Led. and operated line from st. Louis to
New Orleans as well as from st. Louis
to st. Paul. y
Cargo on the Mississippi line, which
In 1920 totalled 100000 tons, increased
TO $4,000 tons last year, Mr.. Brent
said, adding the Indications were that
100000 tons would be hauled this
year.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-04-27
WILL PAY FOR REC oGNlTloN
Restoratlon Of Property ls Promised
BY slavs lfsAgreement Reached.

Genoa-H the Russians are grant
.ed recognition de jure and adequate
financial help. they state In their re-
ply submitted to the Entente, they
ARE willing to admit Russia's war
and pre-war debts, waive their coun-
ter claims and restore the use Of ma
.tionalixed property to It's former own
.ers or satisfy the claims Of foreigners
In cases whore the property cannot
be restored. a Z
AS Justifying their contention that
the Allies could not as q matter Of
right demand compensation for prop
-erty, the Russians cite the abolition Of
slavery in the United States, where
neither Americans nor foreigners were
compensated. They also cite the
adoption Of prohibition in America as
a case where no compensation was
given to the producer Of alcoholic
drinks. As
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-04-27
MANY KILLED in ExPLo sloN
Children Buried Under Ruins 81
church-soldlers Die.

70 x q 10y .s - 49,
Athens-Advices from Monastir re.
port great loss Of life as 8 result Of
an explosion of war material stored
800 meters from the Monastir railway
station. Hundreds Of children were
buried in the ruins Of a church on
which shells fell, and It was believed
1900 soldiers were buried IN the ruins
of their barracks which were demol.
Sished. the ,advices state. Y. KS N.
Details OF the damage and the mum.
Der OF victims are lacking, but the
dispatch received here said It was
known that the death toll was large.
The soldiers were having dinner
when their barracks were destroyed,
and large number are known to
have been killed. The railway station
was demolished. Fires Immediately
broke out in several places. and the
Inhabitants fed In panic as the entire
town was endangered :s :ss.. s,
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-04-27

that am making you present"
II will give you seven," says my
father, land that is my last word. =
Ward looks as if he were about
to weep. !" You may have it, he says.
II shall lose money on it, but for
the sake Of this boy, your only son,
I will make suit for the price you
name"
The new clothes are finished long
before my passport arrives. They are
very elegant. The coat reaches to my
knees and the waistcoat is cut very
high and the trousers are loose and
short. Finally, the passport arrives.
We return to Maize to make the final
preparations for the journey.-Asia
Magazine.