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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22

4 -
The cornerstone Of the rev Au-
dubon school which will cost $751;
600 was laid this morning at 11:30
by the board Of education and the
pupils of the school.
E. C. Fisher, superintendent Of
schools. was the principal speaker.
The pubils Of the school, under the
leadership OF Jane L. Wilcox. prin-
cipal, rendered patriotic songs and
Joined with the audience in the
singing of America"
The stone was laid on the west
side of the main entrance and con-
tanned copy Of the November is
sue of National Education Asso-
citation" THE Illinois State Teach
,er" for the same month, auto
graphs of the teachers and pupils
Of the school, the Goth annual re-
port of the board Of education, the
rules and regulations Of the Rock
Island schools, the directory OF the
Rock Island schools, The Argus,
the 1921 annual of the Rock Island
high school. and an American flag.
The building, will be completed
May l.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22
power STAFF
BANQUET
Reservations for $50 ut Quarterly
Session Made; Il. E. Bell Prin-
cipal Speaker.

Tri-city employees of the Peoples
Power company will be entertained
at banquet in the Rock Island
club tomorrow night. Resarva-
tions for $50 at the quarterly dim
ner and entertainment for en-
ployes, have been made, it was an
nounced by r. B. Macdonald, gen.
eral manager, today.
E. E. Bell, manager of the West
ern Pump company, Davenport, will
be the principal speaker of the oc-
Hsion. william Mcintyre, Rock
Island, will offer a part of the en-
tertainment and A. l.. Herring will
provide a musical program.
The affair will be in celebration
of the over-subscription of the
United Light and Power company
bonds through the efforts of the
employees of the Peoples Power
company. The Moline, East Mo-
line and Rock Island quota. was set
at 1860 shares. A total of $3.50
shares we're sold, it was announced
by Mr.. Macdonald.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22

Chicago, Nov. 22-(By The As
sociAted Press. )-Expectation that
some coal operators would recoup
their losses in the recent coal strike
through increased prices belief
given wide publicity at the end Of
the strike when ode or two opera
tors were quoted to that effect, has
failed to materialize, according to
q survey of fuel conditions based
on statements Of fuel and railway
commission officials and coal opera
tors in middle western states.
The wide publicity. combined
with an unusually warm autumn,
discouraged buying by domestic
consumers to such an extent that
there has been q noticeable drop III
prices in many states. This is par
ticularly noted in those coal produc-
ing areas where freight rates for
short hauls are not q major factor
in setting the retail prices.
Screenings Take Tumble.
Typical Of the general trend, acy
cording to Robert Miller. state fuel
administrator Of Illinois, are prices
at the central Illinois mines. III
mediately after the strike the opera
tors quoted screenings, their low
est grade coal, at from 1925 to 1910
at the pit mouth. Last week CEN
trail Illinois screenings were Of
fered as low as $1.50 and in spite
of the reduction the mines are un-
able to book enough a orders to
average SO per cent production.
Similar price reductions are re-
ported from several states. In
Kansas dealers are selling coal at
one to two dollars under last years
prices. Indiana, Missouri, aa'!
! other states report lower prices.
A summary of the middle western
fuel situation as told by state and
coal association officials shows:
! Summary Of States.
Illinois: Considerable coal on
tracks. Mines working less thar
I half the week; some car shortage If
southern field; prices dropping in
central Illinois districts.
Indiana: No apparent shortage
Governor McCray reports some droI
from the post-strike price peak
warm autumn decreased the de-
mand.
/ Iowa: Coal operators say there
is no shortage in state; demand
slow because of warm weather
miners working only two or thret
days each week; no car shortage.
| Wisconsin: Twelve million tons
of soft coal on hand, with 100000
more expected before navigation
closes; sufficient to meet all de
mands; anthracite shortage serious
with only 100000 tons on hand ant
not more than $4,000 tons expectet
week. until navigation closes.
Missouri: Consumers have 81
day supply on hand and are buy
ing in small quantities in anticipa
ton of still lower prices; plenty o
Missouri coal on hand, with mine
working five days a week in som
districts; some shortage of Easter
and Arkansas coal; mild weathe
cuts demand.
Kentucky Situation not acu:t
. except in car shortage; sreserv
, supplies increasing because OF dill
|, ferent demand due to mild autumn
. returns of cars to L. & n, are 5ex
pected to relieve the eastern feel
, car difficulties.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22
Boy Scout News

The Boy Scout band will meet in
scout headquarters this evening at
7 o'clock with the director, Albert
N. Hoelscher. Special work in
preparation for a band concert to
be given soon will, be started this
evening. The meeting will be in
the small lodge room upstairs in
the Legion hall.
Troop, No. 81, Evangelical
Church Of Peace, will meet this eve
ming with the scoutmaster, Henry
C. Ehmke, Jr. This troop is still
actively interested in completing
their radio sets.
Troop No. 20, St. Paul's Catholic
church, meets this evening at 1880
O'Clock.
Members of troop No. 2 meet in
their new troop headquarters at
Twenty-fourth street and Twenty
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22
"What Will You Bet \
You Are Right?"

Many an argument ends In
those words. And il a wager
is laid it is often hard to get
the issue settled. Many dis
putes remain forever unde-
termined. There are authori-
ties to be consulted, books to
be read. experts to be
reached. But these are not
readily available to every
person. In fact there are few
agencies in the world that
can answer every legitimate
question.
This paper has one in q
highly organized Information
Bureau that has been built
mp in Washington. Located
as 1t Is in the Nations Capt.
tai, with all the agencies Of
the government at its elbow,
this Bureau can answer al
most any question.
You are invited to call up
on it freely and as often as
you please. The only cost is
two cents in stamps to pay
the postage on the answer to
your letter. :
Whenever you are in doubt
addrsss
FREDERICK J. HAsKIN,
Director,
The Rock Island Argus
Information Bureau
Washington, D. G..
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22
FARMERS FACING
CHINCH BUG RAID

Urbana, Ill.-Chinch bugs threat
en- again to infest the entire Miss
issippi valley and to cause losses
which would amount to nearly one
hundred million dollars as in 1887 ,
according to w. P. Flint, state en-
tomologist at the University of Hi
nois. More than IS counties in Hi
nois are now infested with chincl
bugs, Mr.. Flint said.
Unless weather conditions next
spring are specially unfavOrable
for the growth and development Of
these bugs or unless steps are TAX
en- to destroy them in their winter
quarters, serious crop losses ara
sure to follow.
Chinch bugs destroy or greatly
reduce the yield of corn, barley,
spring wheat. oats, millet, winte-
, wheat, rye, broom corn, sorghum
and other grass crops. They will
not feed on legumes-soybeans
sweet and red clover, COW peas and
the like-or in fact on any CROP
! that is not a grass.
VI 200 hllAo Vi wi ~
in IL fields of standing corn stalls
/ in the most severely infested area
in the state showed an average. oil
less than one bug to two hills. The
average number of bugs found ir
hedges, bunch grass and other IA,
vorite cover adjoining these same
/ fields was 1856 per square foot il
| the 1873 square feet examined. These
facts indicate that less than twt
per cent of the wintering chinci
bugs will be found in corn stalks
By the time the stalks were broker
down and raked into windrows S;
that they could be burned, prac
ticaliy no bugs would be left il
them.
Careful examinations have show!
that 80 per cent of the chinch bug
wintering in woodlands will b.
found within SO feet of the soutl
and west sides. The burning Owe
the entire woodland, therefore. l.
unwarranted, as the damage t
young trees is likely to be severe.
Chinch bugs are not all. in theiI
winter quarters before the first o
November. Burning attractive
4 cover before that date fails to XII.
{ the bugs, but only causes them Il
seek shelter in some other place
Effective burning may be done dur
ing nysdry period from Novembel
first to April first. Burning in tn
fall is by far the best practice, al
it not only kills the bugs directl,
/ exposed to the heat of the fire, bu
by DESTROYING the cover, causes tn
i death of others from exposure.
] The best results from burnin,
will be obtained when wind is no
strong and the cover is dry .enoug,
to, burn to the ground. The fir,
should be worked against the wind
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22
TO REOPEN SCHOOLS
ATWEST FRANKFORT

West Frankfort, ILL.,, Nov. o.
Public schools of this city, which
have been closed since the latter
part of September, will reopen
about Dec. 4, according to an an
nounced agreement reached last
night by members of the school
board and representatives Of the
rural districts.
An insufficiency of funds caused
the closing when the original dis
Gict was augmented by several
rural districts.
A bond issue to supply funds
failed to receive the support Of
farmers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22
FIRE DOES $400
DAMAGE TO HOME
MOLINE FAMILY
= Especial Moline Servics.)

! Fire damaged the attic and roof
Of the Oscar E. Samuels residence,
1911 Fourteenth street, Moline, yes
terday to the extent Of $500. The
blaze is believed to have started
from a defective chimney. Prompt
work Of the fire department kept
the blaze confined to the upper part
Of the building. The loss is COW
cred by insurance. The fire depart
ment responded to two false alarms
yesterday afternoon and last night.
The night call was from Fourth
avenue and Fifteenth street. The
afternoon run was made to the
Deere & Co. plant.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22

Mrs. Evelyn Blunt Ncke has been
granted a divorce from her poet
husband, Arthur Davidson Ficke, in
the Scott county district court. Dav-
export, on charge of cruelty. The
court gave her the home in Daven-
port, granted 500 month alimony
and awarded custody of their 10
year-old son.
Mr. 'Ficke is now instructor in
the art department in Harvard uni
versity. He has frequently lectur-
ed in the tri-cities and has been
prominent in art and dramatic
groups. Mrs. pFicke is daughter OF
former commandant of Rock Is
land arsenal.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22

~ A1ajpf Bsvesley c. Dunn, hsad oe
~ Rock Island district, y. 8. Ea-
!. gineefs. Announced today that he
Nae endeavoftng to secure speak
- 70 dsliyer N address On. TIE oc-
easion Of the formal opening Of the
LsClaire canal next Wednesday.
y Invitations to civic bodies to at
tsnd the opening are to BE- issued
probably today.
Until Major Dunn Is able to, get
( coma; ides o. the number who will
attend, 10 will NOT select the boat
]. which will make the initial pas
\ tage through the big lock. This
choice will depend upon the size OF
the delegation.
Beyond the anticipated address
I and the boat trip the event will be
marked with NO other observances
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22
YOUTHFUL JAP
4 CHOSEN HEAD
STEAMER LINE
Former Monmouth.
Ill.,. Schoolboy
Wins Big Job.

Chicago, Nov. 22.-To T. Komat-
su, who arrived at the Blackstone
yesterday morning, belongs the
distinction Of being the youngest
steamship executive in the world.
He is the manager for America of
Togo Kisen Kaisha Oriental Steam
ship company, operating the larg-
est feet OF passenger and freight
steamers between the orient and
America. At the age of IS he heals
an organization that includes three
distinct fleets which aggregate more
than quarter of million tons.
These operate on regular schedules
from Hongkong to San Francisco.
from Hongkong to the ports of the
west coast of Mexico, and South
America as far as VALPARAISO,
Chile, and around the world freight
service through the Panama canal.
Career Like Romance.
Komatsu's career reads like a
romance. Coming to America at
the age Of IL. he found work as an
errand boy and finally entered the
high school at Monmouth, III.
Graduating with honors, he contin-
ued through the college there, from
whence he entered Harvard, where
he matriculated with high honor-
and the degrees of A. M. and A. B
He returned home determined &C
enter the diplomatic corps.
However. he took a very modest
clerkship in the Togo Kisen Kaisha
In Yokohama. He advanced rap.
idly until he was the private sec.
rotary to the president of the com.
pany.
As the president spoke no Eng
lish and yet was constantly dealing
with the most prominent men o.
Europe and America, Komatsu be-
came more and more valuable.
Adviser to KatO.
When the disarmament confer
ence was called in Washington las
year, the foreign Office of Japar
drafted Komatsu and sent him Il
Washington rs secretary and tech
nical adviser to Admiral Kato, del
egate to the conference.
When q new man was needed tt
NIL the position Of manager Of tn
American interests of the Toy
Kisen Kaisha, 1t was but natura
that he should be offered the place
and in accepting 1t he takes RAM
as the youngest executive of an,
shipping company in the world.
He is in. Chicago making ofllcia
calls and arrangements among rail
road and other transportation in
terests.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22
DISMISS GIRL WHO
BROKE QUARANTINE
Especial Moline Service

(SpeclaI M0!lne SefVIcf-J
Miss Mabel Anderson, 1913 Second
street, who was arrested on a
charge of violating quarantine reg
ulations. was dismissed yesterday
by Magistrate Frank Gustafson aft
er receiving a severe lecture. Miss
Anderson was extended leniency
because she is the principal sup
port of her parents. DR.. A. E.
Kohler. city physician. declared,
however, that action in this case
will not set precedent. One more
case of scarlet fever and case of
whooping cough have been report
ed in the last "a hours.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22
.SHESIAN, AGED
III, CELEBRATES

Rybnik, Polish Upper Silesia.-
Two bundled and fifteen children
grandchildren, great grandchildren
and Observation-Disclosures as
sembled at Kiella,- near here, re.
Gently, to help Valentin Paulusche
an innkeeper, celebrate his 117tt
birthday Anniversary. Palusche i.
said to be the oldest inhabitant o.
Silesia.
TIME
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22
SEEK sWET~ PRESIDENT.

Z st. Louis. Mo-. Nov. 22.-Associa-
ton Against Prohibition Amend
ment announces that presidential
candidate favoring repeal Of the
Eighteenth amendment will be sup
ported in 1924.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22

Nearly one-fourth Of the apples
shipped in the United States are
consumed In the three cities. New
York, Philadelphia and Chicago,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22
WIFE GRANTED DECREE.
fQvS~,iAl MnySr~ c>-sr>

Dorothy Holmquist was granted
divorce from Carl F. Holmquist
In Moline cityecourt yesterday. De-
.sertion was the charge. They were
married July 3. 1920. The plaintiff
was given permission toresume her
maiden name. Dorothy Doyle.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-22

New York. Nov. 22.-Albert.
Clemenceau's valet. visits Wool
worth tower. brooklyn bridge, and
Statue Of Liberty In company of
demure maid from home Of Charles
Dana Gibson.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-06
CAN'T MAKE
POET OUT
Of PUG|L|ST
~ IinIand krcns

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Dec. 6.
Philadelphia Jack" 0tBrien, re-
tired middle and light heavyweight
champion of the world. has made
pugilist OF Harry Kemp. Green
which village poet. but Kemp could
not make a poet out Of Jack in
return. as ne Rad agreed to do.
Nav" the champ sighed yester-
day. I'm so busy putting sinews
on the boys here that I don't get
chance to puddle around much In
poetry Successful Listen. friend
when Harry came down here he
said he was going to prove that
poets weren't all Ions haired sissies.
but were he-men, sec? Well. he
proved it.
lie couldn't do a thing with his
fists when I took him up. but now
he's going to write a book on the
poetry Of .,ugilism. Harry must
have thought there was lot of
comedy to boxing. but ! changed his
mind for him"
The boxer who nov conducts
Broadway reducing gymnasium in
structed an aid to release some
stout gentlemen from the hot room
and continued:
Harry had an awtu pauch on
him when I got hold of him. lie
weighed 19o something. but I took
Of % pounds. Clever with his
dnkes2"
Jack Whisteld and indicated that
the tramp noet had given tho old
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-06

do. The community is very like the
Individual in this matter. Like the
individual. therefore. the COM
munity should seek to remedy the
defects by attacking the root of the
evil. In the community the ten
dency for normal consciousness Of
disease leads to business. multipIf-
cation and overlapping of effort
and frightful waste OF public
money in treating mere hymptoms
with what Is no better than an
opiate for the Individual.
We cannot afford national reu-
rasthenia, We spend 50 much
money on the relief of the suffering
individual that we have not enough
left to attack at all properly the
root OF the evil. I do not begrudge
the poor consumptive his relief and
hi~ comfort. We spend 100000 a
year on treating consumptives
which is so heavy a. national charge
that there is no margin left for
tackling the problem of conditions
which manufacture tuberculosis.
My ideal state would be one
which provided a healthy environ
ment and +rained its members to
take advantage Of 1t. Having been
given the opportunity to do SO the
individual who failed to keep a
clean mind. clean body and a
clean home should be cleaned cut
by tho common hangman."
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-06
HIGH SCHOOL
DRAMAT|CS
FRIDAY EVE.

Amateur histrionics in Hammond
will receive impetus Friday night,
December Is. when students of
Hammond High present "She Stoops
to Conquer" IN the auditorium. The
five act comedy was written by
oliver Goldsmith. 4 dramatist who
was famous when Sarah Bernhard
was n baby. Mr. Goldsmith is no
relation to the producer OF that
name of New York.
Twenty students OF the dramatic
club comprise the cast. Daily re-
hearsals are now being held under
direction Of Miss Patterson faculty
instructor in public speaking and
dramatics.
This will he the initial offering
Of the Hammond High dramatic
club. other plays Will be presented
during the winter.
Adoiph Rodell. Jr.. is business
manager for the club. He announces
that seats downstairs viii be re-
served.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-06

this period has been greater or
smaller than before. If one has
earned more than previously and
has nothing to show for it, his
success is not equal to that of the
person who has not been able to
earn so much, but who has been
practicing thrift, and therefore
has something to show for the
years accomplishments.
Very few persons are purposely
or willfully thriftless. Lack of
, thrift is in most cases the result
of representation Many Of those
who are not thrifty feel that they
have not reached a place where
circumstances or personal con-
venience will permit of their saw
ing money.
But do not allow yourself to be
deceived by any such false reason
ing. Generally speaking, it is Just
as easy to begin thrift one time as
another. 1t may seem TO you that
in the future you will be better
fixed for saving money, but Is you
go on, month after month, you
will find that even though condi-
tons may apparently improve with
you the temptation to waste your
financial resources is just as
strong.
The coming New Year will be a
most suspicious time for the be-
ginning of thrifty life. Do not
procrastinate, no matter what
your circumstances in life may be.
Make the start.
Resolve that when this period
comes around next year you will
aave something 20 show for your
time and labor. These end-of-the-
year days constitute an opportune
time for the start in thrift prac-
tees.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-06
No SUCH Thing
ASOVERWORK,
aa'SaHs7
SAYS PROF.
Morbid Egoism" a n d
Craving for Sympathy
Real Cause of Condition,
Is View.

tSIAFF CORRESPONDENT l. N. sERvtcE1
SLCcapp+ Derby Shire. Eng. Dec
No person has ever suffered from
oVe-work." With that sentence Pro
lessor William Palmer Wynne. the
celebrated nerve specialist. astound-
60 a select gathering of neurasthen-
les and fashionably faded crowd
at q public health meeting.
The condition which Is generally
attributed 20 overwork." went on
the Professor, was always due 10
p morbid egoism, bad habits and
the weakiings craving for SYM
PathN. Undue excitement about
trifling arrangements OF functions
leads TO that horribly degraded
mental state described as "neu-
rasthenia,' nerves or nervous
brea kdown
our great grandmothers called
IL 'vapore' - a much better name
But In their day that condition was
generally confined TO the hvsteriacl
young woman. But she was not en-
couraged. Besides. II was not
fashionable in those days Nova
days 1t is quite fashionable for
etS'A AASA a. well DIS Not1SH 10
have attacks Of nervous break
downs, and they are treated with
sympathy. bottles OF medicine and
change of air. Instead of bread
and water and solitary confinement.
The Illness was generally attrib-
uted to overwork, whereas In the
whole OF my wide medical ex-
perience / have never seen a per-
son suffering from the effects of
overworlz.
In the whole Of Great Britain
there is not single overworlSed
man. In fact. thousands - nay.
nilllons-have not enough work TO
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-06

master himself run for his money
And punch the bag say. when
he atnrts. everything else stops 70
watch him. +sest baspuncher I ever
saw. Act, he just finished 10000
word book and while he was writing
it ! made him quit It's a good
book. ...-I set q copy there In the
second drawer. .....-. because | got
him into condition SO he could write.
Now I'm going 10 take him on for
another six months and then he's
going 70 write about the poetry Of
pugilism, see?'
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-06

Fast driving WIS the contributary
cause OF 1o5 OF the accidents. intox-
ication following with 10.
Contracts were let during the
year. in the maintenance division for
594 miles OF surface treatment with
bituminous material on stone roads.
1876 miles for penetration macadam
on an old stone base. and miles of
bituminous concrete of emuistfed as
phalt on an old stone base.
Total expenditures for the year
in the maintenance division as con-
tanned in the report, were s2.466.-
00934.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-06

Causes of the accidents range. ac-
cording to reports received by Mr..
Hinkle. from sting OF bee to i
tree fallen across a road following a
storm" No estimate has been made
of the financial loss due to damage
done machines.
A summary of the reports shows
that In the 146 accidents there oc-
Cured as collisions with other ma
chimes; four collisions with steam
trains. seven collisions with cul
vert headwalls: two collisions with
domestic animals straying on high
ways, and five collisions with mar
row bridges.