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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15

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Isle top, toes and heels, pair CSC
WOmen's thread silk hose. mock
seam, black and coIors, Isle top.
pair ..... -. .........$1.So
Women's Outsize merceriZed Isle
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hemmed top, pair ..........4Sc
Kayser's and Van Raalte women's
Italian silk hose, fancy and plain
black. cordovan and white. pair
$500, $3.50, $500 and E. $3.50
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BONUS is TO
BE SHELvED
FOR A YEAR

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FIRE DESTROYS
BUILDINGS NEAR
HEART Of CITY

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Mems Spring Hosiery

Mems fiber silk hose. Black Cat
and EiffeI makes. coIOrs brown.
gray, palm beach. white and black,
pair ......... ...........5 soc
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Novelty Two
piece, Three-piece
and Crepe Suits

Suits of checked veiours in grays, tans.
browns, small and medium checks at
S29.5O to ,... $69.SO
Cape suits fashioned of hOmespun. con-
sisting of skirt and cape, colOrs gray
and rose, at $1S.9S
Three-piece suits Of PoiretwiiI trico-
tine, velour and serge. consisting of
jumper. dress and jacket, in navy, at
$3.50 to ....... $3.50
Cape suits of navy tricotine, skirt and
cape, at $3.50 and ....... $32.S0
The Washington times., 1922-08-11
,Let.Us Get Out.
of Haiti, Too

.
NJ w that arrangements are in
fair way toward consum-
~ nation for our early evacua-
tion Of Santo Domingo, the State
Department should negotiate to-
ward that end with the neighbor-
ing republic Of Haiti.
We are willing to believe that
Uncle Sam 8 occupation Of Haiti
has accomplished some good for the
Haitians. We have built roads and
stimulated education, and we have
promoted security of person and
property.
Also, we have come to the point
Of frowning upon all atrocities,
whether committed by natives or
our own marines. But the crown
ing atrocity continues--and that
is our presence in the island against
the will Of the Haitians.
This is had in principle, as OPP
posed to all American traditions of
liberty and self-government. And
it is equally bad in policy, because
it cultivates suspicion, hatred and
fear in all Latin America, whose
good will we need if we are to have
a preponderant share Of trade and
moral influence with all those coun-
tries to the southwark. ,. ... Z
Besides, what Of our American
Immortal soulf" We cannot pre-
serve that and keep our national
character if we indulge in the very
aggression and imperialism that
we condemn in other nations.
We were not invited to Haiti.
We overthrew the Haitian govern
ment by force of arms. We imposed
a constitution upon a country free
and self-governing for more than
century. -g
Senator Mccormick committee
reports that there is "peace and
security" in the island. Then let
us clear out. We have no right
there, any more than in Santo Do
mingo. Then let us get out of
Haiti, too.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11
Garbage Not Handled
To the Editor:

To the Editor: .
DEsIDING for the last three
~ years in Washington. and
noticing the same occurrence
day In and day out. I have de-
cided through the columns OF
your paper to express my indig-
nation over the garbage ques-
ton Of this city.
happen TO reside on a clean
and beautiful street In the north.
west section Of the city, namely,
Newton street. which is kept
scrupuiousiy clean by all Of its
residents--aiike tie front Of the
house and the back. But what
good does II DO. when all efforts
to real healthy cleanliness IL
brought to nausht by our gar.
bage Department. Can you
imagine garbage standing IN
cans for two and three days at
q stretch on these hot summer
daysf There seems to be no
remedy at hand.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11
English LaU

ARR. TAFT, Chief Justice, went
M to England to study their
AVA efficient administration of
law. Over there a man, even a
POOR man, can get justice without
delay. d..
If you have a suit against the
railroad for two pounds, and you
are in the right, you can get the
money without spending five times
as much on lawyers.
In this country if you had an
absolutely good suit against the
railroad for one thousand dollars
any honest lawyer would tell you
to drop it, that it would surely
cost you more than a thousand dol
lars to prove your claim before the
courts here. ... .... -.. ..s"
Lawyers have too much to say
about the law in this country.
That's why law is expensive and
SLOW-an excellent thing for law
yers, but bad for everybody else.
When Peter the Great saw all the
lawyers with their white wigs in an
English court he was amazed and
said, There are only three lawyers
in Russia and / am going to hang
two of them when / get back
there" That was excess in the
WRONG direction, but about half
way between our system and Peter
the Greats idea would be excellent.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11
Die VaLutastdrken
.' Amerikd1er
IN Germany they call us valuta-
stark, which means "strong on

TN Germany they call us valuta-
stark, which means "strong on
i exchange"
That refers to the fabulous
amounts of deprecated European
currency which can be bought with
dollars. -.. ., ~
A few weeks ago a moderately
well-to-do American had tea with
a. childhood friend, now Sister. An
gela in the convent at Salzburg,
Austria, With them sat the mother
superior. -"
She related her troubles, chiefly
her sorrow that because Of hard
times she was making no progress
toward paying off the convent 3
mortgage, amounting to 100000
crowns.
The American made a quick cal
culation that he could on that day
buy 100000 Austrian crowns with
a little less than $25.
As he left he said: 49,. ..
T.. In remembrance of my visit I
am going to pay off the mortgage.
Will you take it in crowns or
dollarsf"
The mother superior was over
come, but not too overcome to
specify dollars. He gave her his
check. She waited until crowns
had deprecated still further before
buying them. - "..
Her benefactor has learned that
his $25 not only cleared the mort
gage, but left a tidy sum, in
crowns, to endow the institution.
Let no American gloat over such
an anecdote. Rather let it bring
vividly home to us a realization Of
the late wars terrible damage and
the danger that its aftermath of
economic disruption is daily bring
ing nearer our own door. .,
We are in process Of learning
that, economically at least, the
human race is one little interde-
pendent family.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11
WAYSIDE WISDOM
Copyright. Is::'
S. E. Kiser p
FRIENDLINESS

THE city, with its wild alarms,
i Its turmoil and its wave Of crime,
May not be barren of all charms,
MAY even seem to be sublime,
If where our daily tasks are done
The light Of hope may penetrate,
II those with whom we labor shun
The jealousy that ends In hate.
II friendliness is welcomed where
We find the work we have to do,
The crowded city may be fair,
And life be worth the living, too.
THE wide, green field and fruitful slope
i Past which the clearest waters flow,
Are dismal II no word of hope
Is ever spoken there; the glow
or beauty quits the fairest place
When love Is banished, and the sneer
That darkens Envy's ugly face
Is oft permitted to appear.
The loneliness that seemed so rare ....
Is cheapened and seems common when
The grumbler fingers to declare
His lack of faith in God and men.
THE sunlight still floods all the hooks
L And Courage shares smile with Trust
Where busy men with hopeful looks
Do well the tasks they know they must.
Why listen to the dismal creed
They preach who scorn the work you do,
And, lacking the good will they need,
Come In to share their hate with your
II in the little corners where A. o.
We labor friendliness Is met, ..
The world and weather will be fair, p
And life be worth the living yet. -.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11
On Keeping
Young
" )UTH is almost entirely state
III Of mind. 1t is true of all ami

or mind. 1t is true OF all ami
NAL organisms that they have
a period of growth, maturity and
decay. But this is not true of the.
human mind.
A mind properly cared for may
DC as young at eighty as at twenty.
Youth is characterized by three
things. First of all, by growth.
When we cease to grow we cease to
be young.
The reason why a mind becomes
set or senile is that it has stopped
learning.
Therefore, whoever will keep
studying every day, keep learning
and keep growing, will not become
old.
One characteristic of senility is
objection to change, particularly to
change in ideas. Truth is not a
fixed thing to be arrived at and
there to stop. Truth should be
continually approached by the
mind, and whoever is always trav-
cling mentally will remain young
mentally. When the mind shuts
with click, and our opinions can
no more be changed, old age has
set in.
The second element in youthful
ness is work. .
1t is common idea to picture to
ourselves people who are prema-
turely old because they have worked
so hard. For every one such there
are hundred who are prematurely
old because they have not enough
work to do.
Work means that one is interest
ed. And it is interest and enthusi-
asm that keep the fires of youth
burning.
No man makes a greater mistake
than the man who retires from all
activities to spend his old age in
idleness. It's a sure way to the
grave. ..... ....s.....
The third element of youth is
optimism. ..
Faith is the power Of life. By
faith we mean a general belief in
men and things, faith in ones self,
in ones destiny, and in mankind.
AS one author has said, doubt
is the very juice Of senility. Cynic-
ism, pessimism and despair are the
dust that blows from a dried-up
soul"
If one will keep growing, keep
working and keep believing, he will
never grow up, but always remain
young minded.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11

blood pressure.
Similar attempts have been
made to use other instruments
that record notifications of
heart action. notably the gal
vanometer, which registers fluc-
tuations in the quantity of cleo
tricity generated by the heart
beat. Such an effort is not al
together without plausibility.
Emotional conditions, for exam
pie, anxiety. may thus be regis
tered.
THERE are essential difficult
Il ties. however. In the way OF
applying such tests for the prac-
tical determination Of guilt or
innocence of an accused person.
individuals differ greatly In
mental makeup. What worries
one person does not worry an
other. A guilty man may be
courageous and an innocent
man timid. -
A stupid. calloused criminal
may have slight emotional re-
sponse. while an intelligent. SEN
sitive innocent person is tor.
tured with appreh ension and
humiliation.
30 we have to deal with com.
plex emotions, and our alleged
lie.testing machine is asked to
pick out a single strand from
an elaborate mental and emo
tional fabric. In the present
state Of our knowledge the ma.
chine cannot do This. Nor can
the most expert user OF the ma.
chine make more than a plausi.
BILE guess az to the interpreta.
ton of what the machine re-
cords. A jury that depended on
the record Of a sphygmoman.
ometer or any other apparatus
at present available to deter
mine the veracity of witnesses
would stand In great danger OF
making a travesty Of justice.
For the present. old-fashioned
methods must be depended upon
to determine whether or not a
witness In telling the truth.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11
SAP and SALT
BY Bert Moses

tcopyrisht .iss'. BY Premier sSndicat. incl
Tell a friend secret, and your enemies
win soon be telling II, too. X.
A fun stomach has more respect for the
law than one that y empty
."Respectability' stands more wear and
tear II IL is fortified with money,
To write popular books, the author must
scrupulously avoid anything that resembles
literature.
Advertising In as necessary In business as
honesty. and both together will distance all
competition.
There In some consolation In the thought
that you own just as much property on the
moon as Rockefeller.
Hez Heck says: Things amt half as bad.
after you read the small type. az the big
headlines say they are"
The Washington times., 1922-08-11

Every now and then cam.
baigns 10 beautify the city are
inaugurated. Let us keep the
streets clean" Let US make
Washington the most beautiful
city in the world" are the sio.
gans. Very well. But TO my
humble mind the daily removal
Of garbage would be real bless
ing and then we could Justly
ciaim Washington to be the
most beautiful city IN the world.
Garbage must be removed
daily" should be the future
slogan Of beauty campaigns. To
prevent the spread OF disease, TO
make life heaithfui. We must
insist on having q more efficient
garbage department.
II IL the children that play
around the garbage cans. Lot
US keep this In mind and We Win
realize at once the. danger.
Respectfully yours.
A. oINBERo.
1857 Newton street northwest.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11
Scientific Tests for Liars
BY Henry Smith Williams

THE public has heard a good
= deal recently of proposed
scientific tests Of veracity. to be
applied to persons accused of
crime and to witnesses giving
testimony in criminal cases.
The big word sphygmoman-
ometer has been paraded as the
name Of the instrument most
recently put forward as q We
racityttester. The average
reader, more or less appalled, by
this word. win probably not be
aware that 1t represents only
the scientific name of the appa-
ratus for testing blood pressure
that he very likely has had ap-
piled to his arm in his physi-
clans office, II is In effect a
rubber tube that is wour 4 about
the arm and inflated much a.
you initiate a bicycle tire, At
tached to the apparatus is a
scale to register the pressure
that suffices to shut off the cir
culation of the blood in the arm
OF the patient under examina-
ton.
SoFT and flexible arteries.
~ with normal blood. gener.
ally show relatively low blood
pressure. Tough or brittle ar
teries and abnormally thickened
blood tend to increase the blood
pressure. The blood pressure Of
any given individual may be
changed momentariiy by modi.
fled action Of the heart. Under
stress OF excitement the heart
acts more or less tumultuously
and the blood pressure tends to
rise.
! Minor fluctuations Of blood
pressure due to varying mental
states are frequently observed.
And 80 II has been suggested
that, inasmuch as the telling Of
lies requires greater mental ef-
fort than telling the truth, and
is also associated with a meas
ure of excitement. It may be
possible TO test the veracity Of
the individual by testing the
The Washington times., 1922-08-11
MECHANICAL
HONESTY
By "BUCS" BAER.

CPHYGM MO NJ AN o METER
~ sounds like accessory rattling
on flivver. 1t is name Of scien.
tific kitchenware that'is attached
TO your wrist by police.
CPHYG MO AN o METER
~ detects crime. falsehood and
evil amendments.
WHEN clamped on your pulse
w II becomes mechanical con.
science that makes draft dodgers
Of US all.
hid you cheat government on
~ your income tax this pleasant
summer
No. sir
CPHYGMO starts to culver,
~ steams UP to 100 Fahrenheit
and then whistles for police.
no you promise to love. honor
- and obey?
7 DO.
EoURTEEN-KARAT sphygmo
= points statistics of scorn at
infatuated liar and minister
claims marriage fee by forfeit.
INSTEAD of keeping lamp
A'IIghted in window. lonely wife
uses sphygmo for knob on her
cottage door. When husband
grabs Il, sphygTno answers all her
questions before they're asked.
CHE doesn't have to wonder
where he was. Minute he
pokes his fibbing skull inside
door, she says II with flowerpots
and encores with flatirons. ~
MO use lying now that every
household VIII have sphygmo
installed like open nlumbine. One
thing ,is certain. When sphvgrno
gets busted YOU won't see pepper
rushing It down to garage for
repairs. 5.
MILLIONAIRE who falls In
4VA love with chorus girl should
rive her diamond sphvgmo for
engagement ring. II she In mar
rv'ng him for his papa's morev.
littla sphyemo viii laugh like
cash register.
WE couldn't do II with laws.
RUT, now, we're determined to
- be honest IL we have to do II
with machinery.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11
DAME FoRTUNE.

IF Dame Fortune were alive
= and in the flesh we have
no doubt that she would be a
coy. half-simple woman of middle
age. tending to fat. her hair
blondined. and wearing a yard
Of diamond bracelets on her arm.
We mean no disrespect to the
lady. We are merely visuallzing
her by her manifestation OF
favor. Show US the man n
woman likes and we win come
pretty close to telling you what
she is without ever laying eyes
on her. And we are sure Dame
Fortune Is a woman. because no
man would ever be as impulsive
or ipdiscriminate In bestowing
favor as she is.
We have pronounced her half.
simple because we have lately
been giving close inspection to
the recipients Of Fortunes
bounty around the race track.
where she is Empress and rules
supreme. She could not possibly
have been In her right mind
when she iavished her largess
upon some of the gents we see
prowling around reeking with
riches.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11
Stars and Stripes

rhey are not supposed to shoot beyond
the three-miie limit
One way to make n 500 apartment
, little larger n to tear off the wall
paper.
Worry killed q cat. but II never killed
the one on your particular back fence.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11

Our New Poetry.
A man who worked down In coal mine
Was in love with a fair aviatrix.
She scared through the clouds
And declared she'd not wed
A man who was so far beneath her
Dry navy armed with sawedoff shotsuns-
The Washington times., 1922-08-11
THE EFFECT or AGE.

A young man seems to feel
sheepish when he has to wheel
a baby carriage, hut have YOU
ever noticed how proud a septua-
genarian Ia to do II?
The Washington times., 1922-08-11
/ Tell 1t To You
Romans, VIII 20.
BY Damon Runy0n-

II will bounce off blank stare,
while intellectual mcnarchs
stand along the sidewalks
wondering where they are going
to get the price Of a meal.
TfIERE must be something
4 about the zeros that amuses
Dame Fortune. Even the fighti.
est Of womankind never picks
out a man unless he can give
her (a) love. o. social position.
lc) intelligence. (d) amusement.
II certainly must be the latter
with Fortune. Every time she
looks at some Of the beneficiaries
of her favor she can laugh.
Or. perhaps. she picks them
just to fiout the rest Of man
kind. to show that she can do
as she jolly well pleases. That
phase Of feminine character
would 60 with our INSTALLATION.
Two men enter q race track.
one Of brilliant mentality. hand
some. educated. agreeable. the
other a numbskull. homely as a
mud fence, iliiterate, coarse. as
"ornery" generally az a man
can be.
TlHE first man needs money
i for his room rent, the sec
ond man doesn't even need
room. The first man. supplied
with the very best information
as to the merits of the horses
In a certain race. waeers his last
kopeck on an animal that ought
to walk in," as we say at the
Volney Club.
The second man, without any
Information. picks a hound dog
In the form of a horse that .is
100 to I in the betting. and
shouldn't really be able to beat
a fat man up hill
Dame Fortune steps in, and
with a simple twist Of her brace
leted wrist--we insist on her
having bracelets-she sends the
hound dog In q winner. and the
coarse man away wealthy. The
other fellow Is. of course. busted
They say Fortune In blind
Blind? She In not only blind
she In deaf. dumb, and crazyi
The Washington times., 1922-08-11
We TOWNE GOSSIP
u = copyrtsht. 1879 bx star COMPANY.
Copyright. 1879. by star
BY X. G. B.

when wnl Hays fails to show returns on
the right side of the ledger, no matter how
fne his moral standing or character may be,
It will be good night and goodby forever He
was engaged for revenue only and not for
moral idealism."-From the remarks Of Rev.
erend Gentleman.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11
ARE NO DOUBT GREATER,

The steamship Aquitania IL
said TO consume $1,000 barrels
of oil on the round trip from
New York to southampton,
Figures concerning other LIQUID.
consumption over the same dis.
tances are not available.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11

WE do not believe that Dame
w Fortune is a true repre-
sentative of her sex. In fact,
we are sure she isn't. She Ia
unique and extraordinary. The
average woman would never
waste a smile on some of those
who bask In the broadest grins
Of Fortune hereabouts. -,
The average woman is not un-
mindful of masculine pulchri.
tude. but Fortune makes her
selections without reference to
that. She picks bald-headed.
bandy-legged, cross-eyed, red
fiosed fellows, and passes by
veritable Apollos.
Nor does mental caiiber. which
Is frequently q consideration
with some women. cut any fig
ure with the foolish old dame.
Toss an intelligent remark into
some OF the Rolls -Royces that 60
wheeling past at Saratoga, and
The Washington times., 1922-08-11
AN ABLE MAN AT THE JOB

You must hand Il 70 Mr.
Lasker for keeping the Ship
ping Board well advertised.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11

WE couldn't do It with laws.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11

RUT now, we're determined to
- be honest IL we have to do II
with machinery.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11

MILLIONAIRE who falls In
NA love with chorus sirl should
rive her diamond sphvgmo for
engagement ring. II she In mar
rv'ng him for his napa's morev.
little sphyemo will laugh like
cash register.
The Washington times., 1922-08-11

CPHYGMO starts to culver,
~ steams up to 100 Fahrenheit
and then whistles for police.
no you promise to love, honor
~ and obey7
Tombstone epitaph., 1922-08-20
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL
ORDERS INVESTIGATION

PHOENIX. Aug. 14-An official
investigation of alleged suffering
among passengers on an Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe train marooned
at Seligman, Ariz, as a result of the
big -Four" brotherhood strike, was
ordered by Governor Thomas E.
Campbell tonight. His action follow
ed receipt of a telegram from Presi-
dent Harding pledging assistance Of
the federal government in carrying
relief to the marooned passengers.
Col. Walter S. ingalls,. now at Ash
Fork, was ordered by the governor to
proceed Immediately to Seligman and
to make his report at "the earliest
possible moment" The investigation
was ordered, Governor Campbell said.
that he might learn the true facts OF
tie situation and take steps neces-
sary to relieve the situation.
Until receipt Of the presidents
message, ] had no intimation Of suf-
fering among the marooned passeng-
ers at any point in this state" the
governor declared last night upon his
return from Tucson.
Tombstone epitaph., 1922-08-20
SAYS STRANDED
ARIZONA TRAINS MUST
BE RELIEVED

WASHINGTON. Aug. I3.-Presi-
dent Harding, in a telegram tonight
TO Governor Campbell of Arizona. Of
fered the assistance OF the federal
government 10 relieve hardships
among passengers on the Santa Fe
trains marooned at junction points.
The president declared it was the
obligation OF the government to re-
lieve the people who are thus
shamefully subjected to hardships" :"
The presidents telegram follows;
81 am informed that several pas
senger trains on the Santa Fe rail
way are marooned at junction points
in your state because OF the abandon
ment OF their crews. II is the obli-
cation Of the government TO relieve
the people who are thus shamefully
subjected to hardships. II you have
not the facilities for the relief which
know you will gladly bestow, then
any forces at the command OF the fed
eral government will be promptly or
dered to your assistance. Kindly ad-
wise where such assistance is
needed"
Tombstone epitaph., 1922-08-20

railroad officials that no trouble was
anticipated either here or at points
along the Southern Pacific main line;
Arrival OF a mail train over the
Santa Fe from Ashfork. bringing mails
from points east destined for Califor-
MIA points,
Announcement by Santa Fe Off
cials that a mail train would be op-
Grated over its lines to Ashfork. leav-
ing Phoenix at O'Clock this morning.
Arizona Eastern trainmen. it is un-
derstood, met to east a strike vote,
but in the open forum. certain issues
were raised that resulted in adjourn
ment being taken without final action