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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
SPECIFICATION
IN 1871; ATTEND
FINAL SERVICES
Especial Moline Service. }


Wrecking of the First Methodist
church of Moline was started this
morning by the Stark Construction
company. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who
has the contract to build the new
edifices.
Present at the final services in
the old building were five members
of the. congregation who witnessed
the dedication of the first church
in Moline in 1871. They are Mr.
and Mrs. L. l.. Mccoy, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Richards and Mrs. Hattie
| Parks.
The first Methodist congregation
was organized in Moline in 1885
with IA members. Services were
! first held in school house under
the pastorship of Rev. .Colline D.
James. In 1S4S, the first Metho-
dist church, frame structure, was
built at the corner of Fifth avenue
and Sixteenth street. One year be-
! fore Moline became an incorpor-
ated city, in 1871, the present
church was built. Expectations
are the new church will be ready
May 1. In the meantime, services
will be held on the second floor of
the public library building.
At the service yesterday morn
ing, Mr.. Mccoy told the story OF
the struggle for the new church.
built in 1871 and described the
scene at the laying of the corner
stone. P. c. Simmon. Mrs. ]. S
Cummings and E. B. Mckeever re-
viewed some early history of the
church.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
'J'SHOPMEN
WON'T return
Strike Leaders Say Work Won't Be
Resumed at Joliet Until Strike
Is Settled.

Joliet, Ill, Sept .11.-When the
gates of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
railroad yards opened here this
morning after an invitation to the
1900 striking shopmen to return to
their positions under the same con-
ditions as before they walked out,
hundreds of strikers lined the
streets and roads about the shops
but no sign of labor was apparent
within according to neutral observ-
ers.
John Horrigan, superintendent OF
motive power of the railroad, said
however, that quite number" re-
turned to work but refused to give
any estimate.
Leaders of the striking shop
men said not a man had returned to
work in response to the railroads
individual invitations. Work will
not be resumed, they said, until the
national strike is settled.
Neutral observers, stationed neal
the shops this morning, when the
days work was to have begun saw
only the men outside. There was
no sign Of activity inside the shops
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
ELECT HEADS OF
PASTORS CLUB
Raw Steylnsen Chosen Presllenti
Churches Offer Prayers for
Mr2 Harding.

Rev. John McGown. Stevenson.
pastor Of the Broadway Presbyter-
ian church, was this morning elect
ed president of the Ministerial ALI
ance ut the annual election OF oni-
GERS in the Rock Island Y. NJ. c. A.
Rev. Mr.. Stevenson succeeds Rev.
Launcelot Hadaway. pastor OF the
Memorial Christian church. the
other officers chosen were: Rev.
y. T. Mordy, pastor of the Central
Presbyterian church, vice president,
and Rev. Guy B. Williamson, pas
tor Of the Fifteenth Avenue Chris
tan church, secretary and treas
uurer.
Rev. J. B. Howard, pastor Of the
Cleland Presbyterian church. and
Rev. G. A. Sheets, pastor OF the
First Baptist church, were elected
to membership.
The new officers were appointed
as a program committee and also
as a committee to draw up resolu-
lions in regret Of the leaving OF
Rev. Karl L. Nilsson, pastor OF the
First Swedish Lutheran church,
who is to enter a new field Of work.
He will leave Rock Island in two
weeks.
Seven Rock Island churches Of
fered special prayers yesterday at
their services, for Mrs. Harding
wife of President Warren G. Hard
ing, who has been seriously i'll
Pastors who offered prayers were
Rev. ]. H. Gibson, at the First
United Presbyterian church; Rev
G. A. Sheets, at the First Baptist
church; Rev. W. G. Oglevee, at the
South Park Presbyterian church
Rev. ]. T. Moody, at the Central
Presbyterian church; Rev. John
Ekholm, at the Zion Lutheran
church; Rev. F. ]. Rolf, at the
, Evangelical Church of Peace, ana
Rev. S. H. Gibson, at the Second
Baptist church.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
FARMER GROUP TO
PERFORM SERVICE
IN BUREAU DRIVE

One hundred fifty Rock Island
county farmers will assemble at
the farm bureaus headquarters in
the State bank building next Mon
day and will receive instructions on
solicitations for membership from
G. E. Metzger, Chicago, head of the
organization department of the Illi-
nois Agricultural association, as
preliminary to the opening of the
membership drive on the day fol-
lowing.
Eight farmers from each town.
ship have been selected as solicit
tors to request members to sign up
2-year renewal. 1t is hoped to
double the membership, now 1900,
for new members will also be Sc
cured.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
MASON KNIGHTS
MEET AT PEORIA
More Than 10 900 Take Possession
Of City Today for Three.
State COnclave.

Peoria, ILL.,. Sept. 11.-Favored by
ideal weather, 10000 Sir Knights
from all parts of the state and
country stormed Peoria and took
possession of the city today for a
three state conclave. Some entire
Communicates are already on the
ground. but the largest part of the
early attendance is made up of in
dividuals who have come in from
the smaller towns around. The
gathering of the Communicates will
start in earnest during the after
noon.
First. Communicates to register
are the Columbia Commandery, No
90, of Chicago. bringing party OF
230, and the st. Elmo commandery
No. IS, totalling 81.
Pending the arrival Of the entire
group, today was spent in prepare.
ton for receptions for the Sill
Knights.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11

ResuFfacing Of brick pavement
on Fourth avenue from Fifteenth
street west to the Rock Island Lines
tracks, west Of Second street. was
recommended by the Rock Island
board OF local improvements this
morning In the city hall.
This improvement. which City
Engineer Wallace Treichler esti-
mates will cost $4,000, is expect
cd to restore Fourth avenue as q
good thoroughfare once more. As
phaltic concrete will be surface
material.
Width Of the avenue is to be 81
feet from curb to curb. Not all OF
the So feet Of paving will be paid
for by owners OF property along the
route, for the street car line, in
scwe places single track and in
others double-tracked, extends along
most OF the 13 blocks and q share
OF the Improvement will be assess
ed against the Tri-City Railway
company.
Mccarthy Gets Contracts.
Undertaking the Ryan Construc'
ton company, Davenport, the Nc
Carthy Improvement company Sc
cured two paving contracts for foul
blocks OF street paving when bids
were opened by the board this
= morning.
The Mccarthy bid on asphalt
pavement for Eleventh street, Eigh
teenth avenue to Twenty-frst ave
nue.. was $295 a square yard fol
asphalt, curb and gutter, s1.20 (
lineal foot and extra excavation n
cents a cubic yard. Ryan's bid wa
$3.01 for asphalt, $1.20 and Y
cents for the other items.
Resurfacing OF Fourth avenue
Fifteenth to Sixteenth street, wa
the other job. The Mccarthy BIZ
was: asphaltic concrete. $3.50
square yard, and extra binde
tlO.5O ton, as compared with tn
RYAN figures OF S1.65 and $12.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
BURGLARS CARRY
AWAY CIGARETS:
BALKED BY LOCK
Especial Moline Service !,

Burglars gained entrance to
Adolph Hoglund's grocery, 1850
Sixteenth street. Moline, Saturday
night, and carried away three car
tons of cigarets. Their attempt to
open the safe failed. They sue
ceeded in battering the combina-
ton off. but this done, the lock
would not yield.
Nothing in the store besides the
cigaret stock was disturbed. Mr..
Hoglund discovered the burglary
when he went to the store at 9
o'clock yesterday morning. The
burglars had borrowed the grocery
mans tools to break the combina-
ton on the safe, but these they left
on the floor. The rear door OF the
store had been jimmied.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
GERMAN Mes
CLOSE MEETING
Bishop Leonard, San Francisco,
Closing Sermon at Musca-
tine Convention.

Muscatine, Iowa, Sept. 11.-Ap-
pointments for the Belleville, Pc
oria and St. Louis districts of the
German h,odist Episcopal
church, marked the close of six
day convention here Sunday night.
Bishop Adna W. Leonard of San
Francisco, who presided at the
church conferences, delivered the
closing sermon.
Illinois appointments included:
Peoria district. z. kettlekamp
superintendent.
Alton, Ill.-C. r. Busse.
Edwardsvilie, Ill.-A. F. Ludwig
Bloomington, Ill.-Supplied by
W. H. Traeger.
Granite City. Ill.-David Froes-
chile.
Pekin, Ill.-A. L. koenike.
Warsaw, Ill.-W. L. Nagel.
Peoria, Ill.-H. J. Diercks.
Quincy, Ill.-Bethel, R. H. Muel.
der; Kentucky Street, T. +. Tus.
choff.
! Springfield. I'LL. H. Knehans.
| St. Louis district:
G. N. Guenther, superintendent.
st. Louis-Carondolet, H. Schleu
ter; Eden, Max Opp; Elm Bank, W
! H. Wolfe; Memorial, o. Guenther;
! Salem, W. F. Isler.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
HEAT COMPLAINTS
ARE SCARCE; HAVE
LIT INCHES RAIN
Complaints about the heat are

Complaints about the heat are
scarce today.
The tri-cities have been treated
to real fall weather in the last few
days, the highest day temperature
for Saturday, Sunday and today be-
ing 10 degrees lower than the min
imum night temperature during
last weeks record heat wave.
The mercury today at noon
reached 6 degrees. The fall in
the temperature has been gradual
Friday morning at O'Clock the
reading was II degrees; Saturday
morning, 50; Sunday morning, So;
this morning 46 degrees.
The weekend rain, according to
Andrew Hamrick, local meteorolo-
gist, was LIT inches. The forecast
is fair tonight and Tuesday. Ris.
ing temperature.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
FREES EDITOR
and STRIKERS
Carbondale News Man and Seven
ShOpnen Explain Printing Of
Circular to Judge.

Danville, ILL.,. Sept. 11.-Judge
English, in federal district court
here today, released several alleged
striking shopmen Of Carbonate,
and J. Mcclure. editor of the Car
bondale News, after they appeared
before him to explain printing OF
a circular purporting to give
names of men working in the shops
there. The circular termed the
men who were working in the
shops as ''undesirables."
Mr.. MCGUIRE said the circular
had been given to him to print, but
that he did not know the name OF
the man, and when he went to the
chairman of the shipments union
he was told that the union had not
authorized the circular.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
GROTTO PREPARES
FOR LASALIE TRIP

Amoo grotto degree team is at
work on rehearsals for a ritualistic
high spot in its career when it will
stage the first ceremonial for Agra
gr0tto, LaSalle, October Is. A
special train will leave Rock Island
at noon, and stops will be made at
all points enroute. Special rates
will be made. The Amoo band and
drum corps will furnish the music
for the parade in LaSalle. The
ceremonial will open with a BAN
Quet early In the day, and officers
Of the supreme council Of the or
der are expected.
Amoo will hold its fall cercmon-
ial early in October at which time
large class Of candidates will be
initiated.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
Bic STORE o.
LIQUOR SEIZED
N IOWA RAIDS
sponge SquaA Of Federal, State and
County Ofaclals in Four Places
Arrest Three.

Two roadhouses and two saloons
in and near Davenport were raid
ed Saturday afternoon and evening
by a squad of federal. state and
county officers. Gallons OF beer,
wine, whisky, gin and alcohol were
seized and three men were arrest
ed. The places raided:
Hollywood inn, Nahant.
Charles Palmer roadhouse, Ma
liant. :,
"Antlers" bar, Third and Scott
streets.
era Shea saloon, SIC West Sec
ond street.
Those under arrest are:
George Fay and Harry Koehler
arrested at the Palmer place. held
to the federal grand jury undel
$500 bonds by United States Com
missioner A. G. Bush.
Joe Johnston, arrested at Holly
wood, case continued until tomor
row, under $500 bonds.
In charge Of the raids were Fed
eral Prohibition Agent r. E. Muh'
and Federal Agent Ben Koolbeck
Des Moines. Four general agents
from Minneapolis, Mimi, two stat,
agents from Des Moines, Sheriff
William Brehmer and two deputie
and Deputy United States Marsha
T. F. Kenney took part.
Take Much Booze.
They seized 500 bottles OF whis
| ky and wine at Hollywood inn. A
the Palmer roadhouse they confis
Gated Sc quarts of wine, two quart
Of whisky and 200 bottles of hom
brew. Five gallons of alcohol, tw
gallons of gin and five quarts Q
whisky were taken at the ANT
lers," while five quarts of gin, thre
quarts of whisky and three pints c
whisky were taken at Shea's.
The places in Nahant were raide
at $3.50 o'clock Saturday afternoon
the officers dividing into two pal
ties and raiding both places simu
taneously. This plan of splittin
the party was carried. out later i
the two raids in town.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
POINTS Way TO
more BUSINESS
Kiwanians Told That Self Improve.
ment Is Secret; Inter-City
Club Picnic Thursday.

"Be better yourselves if you want
to make your business better" was
the summary of an address deliver
ed to the Rock Island Kiwanis
club this noon by DR.. j. c. Cur
ran, whose topic was, How to
Make Your Business Greater"
He said one must "come clean"
in his mental being as well as in
his physical, love God and man, be
forgiving and tolerant and make
use of his personality to make
friends if he wishes to succeed in
any business undertaking"
He said he has spoken to 800 XII
wants organizations in the United
States and he found them all, he
stated, possessing splendid quail
ity of membership. Rotary club
will hear DR.. Curran tomorrow.
w. F. Bradley, DIR. G. A. Andreen
and J. c. Murphy were named a
committee to confer with a Rock
Island Chamber of Commerce com
mittee to provide a civic program
October 10, the SEVENTEEN anniver.
sary of the running of the first pas,
senger train over the Rock Island
Lines. The Chamber of Com.
merce committee consists of C. A
| Beers, F. C. Denkman, H. C. Cable
H. H. Cleaveland and T. B. Davis
The club will participate in al
inter-city Kiwanis picnic on Credit
island Thursday, attending in q
body accompanied by the Boy
Scout band.
An invitation was received to at
tend a district convention in De
catur, Oct. II and 10.
The Kiwanis club of Nampa, Ida
no, asked the club to participate il
a movement to better the potato
market by insisting that every XII
wanian buy a sack of potatoes fol
winter supply.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
HARD COAL men
return TO WORK

Wflkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 11.-An-
thracite coal fields today were &C
tive when most of the 5000 mine
workers, idle since April l, return
ed to work. Many Of them did not
wait for the formal signing of the
agreement, which was ratified Sat-
urday by their tri-district conven-
ton, but we're waiting at the mouth
of the mines when the Whistles
blew at s a. m.
Signing of tho new wage scale
by union officials and representa-
tives Of the operators was set for
IL o'clock.
Scranton, Pa, Sept 1.-THE
contract that sent $4,000 mine
workers back to work at their old
wages after being idle more than
five months. was formally signed
today by representatives Of the
miners and the operators.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
TO TAKE AURAND
BACK TO CHICAGO

Miles Aurand, aged IA, complain
ing witness in assault and battery
case against DR.. Roy and Edltn
Ouderkirk of Reynolds. now being
tried in county court, will be taken
back to Chicago at the conclusion
of the case. Although he has been
at Bethany home more than yeal'
pending the trial of the case, he Is
still a ward of the Illinois Cnil-
dren's Home & Aid society, the IN
stitution from which he was Sc
cured by the Ouderkirks.
Testimony of Mrs. Ouderkirk was
concluded this morning. A NUM-
Der of other witnesses for the &C.
Tense remain to be called.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
REP hIRMEN At
BARSTOW FEEL
GANGS WRATH
Burlington Employees Kidnapped
Slugged and Shot ut BY 10
Armed Assailants,

Two Burlington Road railroad
shopmen are in st. Mary's hospital
Galesburg as result Of being kid.
mapped and brutally maltreated al
Barstow, by a gang Of 10 men Sat-
urday night. One Of the men, Ce-
Gil Robinson, is suffering from 4
severe blow on the skull and his
body is terribly bruised. The other
Cecil Holt, has . bullet in his thigh.
and many body bruises.
The men had been sent to Bar,
!; stow to repair cars on the side
track there. After finishing their,
work, they were awaiting . Bur-
Ilfngton train At BarstUw station.
Together with . third shop man
Cecil OBrien, they were on the
platform. Another, Andrew Olson.
was inside the station.
Shortly before the trafn Va due
to arrive, about s O'Clock, uhs threa
men were surrounded by men Win
revolvers and ordered to enter two
small automobiles parked across
the track O'Brien escaped BY run
ming into . corn neid. Several re-
volver shots fired at him missed
their mark. The other two men,
were rushed into the country.
Fro Departing Shot.
Holt was struck over the head
with an automobile Jack and beaten
into insensibility. Robinson was
knocked down across Hollis body
and beaten until he was uncon-
scious. As the automobiles drove
away, a shot was fired from one.
1t lodged in Hollis thigh.
The men regained consciousness
and made their way back to the sta
ton from which they were brought
to Galesburg in charge Of Olson,
who had not been molested. O'Brien
returned to Galesburg on Bur-
lington freight train.
Two special agents for the Bur-
lington Route railroad were in Bar
stow, ILL.,, at the time of the kid
mapping.
o. L. Maberry, chief special
agent and one of his assistants were
on the north end of the platform,
$50 feet away from the scene of the
kidnapping, but did not know what
was going on until the shots were
fired at O'Brien. They arrived at
the scene of the shooting too late
Ito rescue the men. They did not
fire, as they did not know the cause
iof the shots until the affair was
over.
Victims Recovering.
| A thorough investigation is being
made, but little evidence has been
obtained which would identify the
members of the attacking party.
J Physicians attending the two men
lat st. Mary's hospital, said this
morning that both men are much
better and it is believed that both
will recover.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
OFFICERS Nab
Z RUM RUNNERS
Two Automobiles Laden With Alec.
hOl Valued at S1,7O0 Captured
ut Dixon, Ill.

Dixon, H., Sept. 11.-Acting on
Tip" furnished by Sheriff Schoen-
holz of Lee county, Clinton, Iowa
officers nabbed ]. K Burns of Du-
buque, Iowa, and Roy Robertson of
Lacrosse, Wis, who were driving
two automobiles laden with grain
alcohol, valued at $1,700, there be-
ing 210 gallons of the spirits
Burns is said to have admitted
ownership Of both cars and their
contents and to have confessed
having made several liquor run
ming trips between Chicago and
Dubuque.
Federal authorities will confis-
cate machines and alcohol.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
487 BIRDS TAKE
PART IN SUNDAY
SPEED CONTESTS
Especial Moline Service.)

'SpNSAoi ~"oAhAC SVANASC-t
Michael Vermulle's bird finished
first in the 32-mile speed contest
sponsored by the Rock Island
Homing Pigeon club yesterday.
Fifty-tive birds were released at
Annawan at s::25 o'clock yester-
day morning and Vermulle's bird
was registered at 9:52. Cyriel De-
Smet. whose bird registered a min
ute later, won second money A
bird owned by Cyriel Peters quail
fled for third money.
A total Of 4S7 winged races COM
peted for honors in the quad city
contest yesterday. Slow time was
made in all events because of the
cold and rainy weather.
The $50 birds taking part in the
96-mile contest offered by the Mo-
line Pigeon club were tossed at Ell
don, Iowa, at 5 O'Clock yesterday
morning and it was 1885 Gin the
forenoon when Maurice Vande-
kerre registered his first bird. Sec
ond money went to Alfons Maer-
schalk, while CAMEL Pauwels took
third money.
Seventy-five birds competed in
the 5a.mile race for cid and young
birds held under auspices of the
Tri-City Pigeon club. They were
released at Iowa City at 1888
o'clock in the morning. Vic Ever
EFT took first money in this event
Albert Geeraert was second and
Vic VandeVoorde was third.
Maurice Vaernewyck was the
/; winner of first money in the fiigh,
staged by the East Moline Pigeon
club in which 107 birds competed
Frank Claeys COPIED second money
and John johnson third.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
WOUND INFLICTED
BY UNKNOWN MAN

A knife wound in his left side
below the heart, Charles McGovern,
Sl9 Warren street, Davenport, was
unable to give the police the name
of his assailant when taken into
custody in Davenport early yester-
day morning. He was found at the
Bell Jones company, 1929 West Sec
ond street. after the Waterman had
telephoned to the station. Nc
Govern stated that a man in a light
shirt had stabbed him. His wound
is not regarded as serious.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
OFFICER SHOT BY
BURGLAR RECEIVERS
tSpecial Moline Service,

Ray Zahn, night patrol driver for
the Moline police department, mas
returned to duty after an absence
Of four months. Zahn was shot N
the right knee on the night or
April "a, when he attempted to ar
rest burglars at Fourth avenue
and Twenty-sixth street, one of the
men in an automobile firing at the
officer without warning while the
latter stood on the running board
of the machine. Zahn has COM
pletely recovered. Officer Negley,
who has been driving the patrol
for the last several weeks, is sub
shutting for Patrolman Walllne'
who is on vacation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
ROCK ISLAND CAR
SIDESWIPES IOWA
AUTO IN MOLINE;
Especial Moline Service,

An automobile owned by R. H.
Field, 2919 Fifth avenue, Rock Is
land, and driven by r. S. Roberts,
252S Fifth avenue, Rock Island,
and one owned by P. Morse, Day.
export. came together at Fifth ave-
nue. and Thirty-sixth street, Mo-
line, at l O'Clock this morning. The
drivers were uninjured, and settled
the damages. which were slight,
between themselves.
The two machines collided in the
darkness, the Roberts car side
swiping the other and then going
over the curb and landing in the
weeds on the south side of the
J street.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
FIND BODY OF
| LOST Dixon MAN
W. Ellsworth Shafer, Who Disap.
peared Monday Night, Killed
by c. & n. W. Train.

Dixon. Ill, Sept. 1.-THE body
of W. Ellsworth Shafer, VINO dis
appeared from home last Monday
night, was found Sunday in a
clump of weeds and high grass
along the Chicago & Northwestern
right of way west Of Dixon. Wan
dering on the track in an attack of
brain trouble. he was evidently
struck by train, the crew of which
had no knowledge Of the tragedy.
The body was in state of ad-
vanced decomposition, indicating
that Mr.. Shafer must have been
struck soon after wandering away.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-11
STATEAuxIL|ARy.
LEADER ON Visit
Mrs. w. C. Hartman. Decatur. (,
Confer With Committees on
Plans for Convention.

Mrs. W. C. Hartman, Illinois de.
partment president of the Am.gt'
can Legion auxiliary, will presics
at the meeting of the auxiliary to.
morrow evening at the legion hall
at which plans will be made for The
convention in Rock Island Sept, 20
&c. Mrs. Hartman's home is 10
Decatur, Ill.