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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30

Chicago, Dee. 30.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press 20 Optimism for 1923
permeated summarixations from a
business standpoint Of the year now
closing, Is made public today by
some Of Chicago's leaders in finance
and industry. They gave their rea-
sons for their satisfaction with the
situation, chief Of which were:
Upward trend Of trade;
"A tone Of greater confidence; :.
Improved conditions Of agricul-
ture;
.Increasing business activity gen.
orally;
"Favorably condition Of bank re-
serves, interest rates and credit
structure;
More normal relationship be-
tween prices Of different classes>Of
commodities; -
DIETER foreign exchange quota
TONS"
Increased prices of farm crops
were generally given IN important
place In the statements which de-
clared that good crops had beeu
harvested, prices to the farmer
have risen, and he is now buying
more freely and paying his debts.
George M. Reynolds, chairman Of
| the board Of the Continental
Commercial National bank, said: :
= THE general trend of trade has
been upward and we do not heal
OF . large accumulation of mer
chandise in any line or at any point
Enthusiastically there Is tone o.
greater confidence than has exist
ed at any other time In Is months.
Robert McDougal, president o.
the Chicago Board OF Trade, saide
No comment On the last 1:
months from q business viewpoint
would be at all accurate II IT die
not contain note Of encourage
electromagnetic by what ha.
been accomplished in improved
conditions, and sfill more encour
agement from the hopeful outlook.
THE efficiency OF the presen
system Of marketing grain has beei
demonstrated. The Agricultural
| industrial and financial equilibrium
thrown sadly out Of balance by tn,
World war, 10 gradually being re
stored"
Louis F. Swift. president o
Swift & Co., said:
We see no reason why goo
BUSINESS should not continue int,
1923. although uncertainties Of tn
foreign situation. the condition o
the railroads and the high produc
ton costs will perhaps keep u
from rising to such heights OF pros
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30

up to March, 1918. represented a
bending company issuing bonds for
contractors and engineering con-
Germs, and was associated with the
emergency construction committee
from May, 1871. to about March S,
1918.
Mears, prior to and Since the
war, the indictment says. was gem
eral manager Of the Fred T. Ley &
Co., Inc. general contractors, lhe
corporation to which was given the
flrst contract for . cantonmsat-
Camp Devens. Mass.
Mears was associated with the
construction committee until Sent.
8. 1917, acting at times as secretary
OF the committee.
One Of the many CHARGES con-
tanned in the Indictment 10 that Aft
er the end Of the war-Armistice
day. Nov. II. 1918-the defendants
obligated the government for $50
000. 900 more new cantonment CON
strucf1on work Of which everything
over I'll ,00o. 900 was on the "cost
plus" basis.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30

perity q We have sometimes en-
1oyed IN the past"
New York Viewpoint.
New York, Dec. 30.-(By the As
ISOLATED Press. stock and bond
prices generally close the year at
materially high levels, which ID not
only . reflection OF the ma9ked
Improvement that, has taken plac .
in business and industry during the
last IL months, but also Construed
by conservative New York banking
interests as an indication of still
further progress in the coming
year.
The year closes with conditions
favorable for further appreciation
Of commodity and security prices
in the opinion Of the financial COM
.munity. Unfayorable and unex-
pected developments in the political
and economical situation abroad
are generally considered as the
only probably obstacles to ares,
the improvement in the business
and financial world, which began
in the summer OF 1921. and has
continued, with few temporary in.
terruptions, until the present tims
The prediction Of further bust.
ness prosperity is based on well
known facts. Foremost among
these is the easiness of the money
market and the huge sums avail
able for commercial credit. In ad
dition, most stocks of merchandise
! are low, railroad traffic is close tt
record levels, exports are increas
ing, the principal European ex
changes are heading back to pa
and the European economic situa
ton shows signs Of improvement
exports are Increasing and unfille'
orders for railroad equipment ar,
the largest in years.
! Other favorable signs are seen ii
the fact that no big strikes ar,
threatened or pending, a grea
amount Of construction work i
still in arrears, despite record
breaking year Of activity in TIL
building industry, automobile pro
duction reached a new peak, whicl
probably will be exceeded next year
! while gasoline consumption ha
been the highest in history an
electric companies are doing a rec
ord business.
4 Sales Of stock during the yea
totals approximately $4,000, 100
shares, as compared with III 900
900 last year, 223. 000, 900 in 1921
and 307 5000 in. the record break
ing year of 1919, when postwar in
flatfon was at its height. Bon
J sales this year reached the un
iprecedented total Of approximate
81, LIST. J 00, 900, as against $3.5O5
100000 in 1921. $685., 100000
1890 and $3,775. 900 900 in 1919. )
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30
GIRLS SELL
h00Cn FROM
BABY BUGGY
New Phase Of Bootlegsihs Industry
Has Developed In New York
CITY: go.
RY JUNE HADDAWAY.

Consolidated Press Correspondent.
Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
New York.-When Frank and
Christopher Markarano set new
fashion at New. Rochelle. once As
minutes from Broadway, by trans
porting "hooch" in a baby carriage
with a dolls head, carefully bum
died up, as an extra camouflage,
they admitted they spilled the
beans" for another Infant indus
try" on Riverside Drive alongside
Of which visiting warships have an
anchorage s
Since the New Rochelle episode
the police report an Increased
wariness on the part of nurse
maids, who on sunny days, take the
youngsters from the cliff-like
apartments in the vicinity to the
walks Of the drive for an airing. Il
had been noticeable for some time
that these same nurse, maids, who
In the past have flirted with the
police, now attract-the sailors who
sptnd- their leave on the benches
IN fhfs narticulsr nark
The police admittedly were puz.
xled hecause the ssa~fsr;ne Santrv
had suddenly become devoted to
babies Not only would thew nd.
mire them from n distance hut
they would AJAX permission to tar
them On their lans And MAJ
seemed even more remarkah,e VA
that the nursa maids were willing
But after the New Rocha,la. dis
coyery the poIice .found the answer
Babies and bottles were coupled il
the c.rris - and ~ hctt,es al
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30
Obituary
Funeral of Barker Infant.

Funeral services for Wilbur
Barker, infant son of Mr.. ard Mrs
Francis Barker. were held at 2
o'clock this afternoon in the home
of the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs
W. B, Barker, 612 Fifth street. Rev
Joseph A. Chapman, pastor of the
First Methodist church, conducted
the services. Burial was in Chip
piannock cemetery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30
BOWLING QUINTET.
Especial Correspondence.

Especial COrrespondence.)
Bowling. Dec. 30.-By the close
score of % to "a the Bowling Com~
murity basketball lteam was de-
feated last night at Viola, by the
Independents of that village. Ten
minutes of overtime was necessary
to decide the contest. Bowling will
play Sherrard at Sherrard, Friday
evening, Jan. s.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30
PIPE WATER |,
FROM RIVER
Masnhysbsro Plans TO ALLEVIATE
ADa1al water Short

Murphyshpro, Ill.--Towns in this
section Of th1 state are discussing
the feasibility Of Dlpihs water from
the Missiseippi rivsr. a>distance Of
. to 20 milsI. to prevent the perl
cdical shortage frsqushtly suffered
~ this section.
Il has been uropcsed to lay . L.
Inch wat@rmAi1, starting on the
river noAr brand Tower and run-
nln6 terough Chf1stppher, MUIR
q Ayiboro. 0erbondalA and Herrin,
- other tDWhs II this sso7calicd
~ helt."
nslaesrs bare sGtimAted the
49, oe hacA ! project ~ about
- = nile Il y ~ the nh
CentrAl rAilfoad, which hau
nv A 0hlai1t1g sufficient ~
p N TIL region durins
enn1c1s Nili back thesan.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30
NAVY GUN APPROPRIATION.

Warrington, Dec. 30-Adminia-
tration leaders said congress soon
would be asked for an appropria-
ton to provide for, mechanical
changes to give naval gms great
e. elevations and conseuuently
larger ranges.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30
LONG Term FOR
AUTO. SpEEDER

Belleville, ILL.,, Dec. 30.-Elmer
Bingheim, q years old, convicted
of granddaughter as the result of
an automobile accident, must serve
an indeterminate sentence OF from
one year to life Imprisonment, I'M
less higher court intervenes, fol-
lowing denial by Circuit Judge
Bernreuter of a motion for a new
trial. The state offered Testimony
that Bingheim was intoxicated when
his machine crashed into another,
resulting in the death of Agnes
Blanke, 8.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30

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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30

Thimbles first appeared in Lon
don about 200 years ago and made
fortune for the inventor.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30
Business Leaders Give
Reasons for Cheerful
Outlook Into New Year

perity q We have sometimes On
toyed IN the past"
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-09
SUCCEEDS WHERE
DOCTORS FAIL
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound Often Does, That. Read
Mrs. Miners Testimony
|IIlII[llN|lIIIlIlIl

churubusco, N. Y.--."T was under the
Doctors care for over FIVE years for
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-09
Lay Cornerstone
Nebraska's New 81, ,00o, 1000
Capital, November 1lth

Lincoln, Neb, Nov. 8.--Arrnistice
Day observancea in Nebraska this
year win be centered in the impress.
sive ceremonies at the site Of the
new FIVE million dollar Nebraska
statehouse, which WIN be didicated In
cornerstone laying ceremonies to the
memory OF. Nebraslka,s, sons who made
the supreme sacrifice In the wsrld
war.
The details Of the exercises will be
in charge of the leading military and
civic organisations of the state which
has arranged the opening Of the
ceremonies with the most resplend-
ent parade ever Witnessed on Lin
coins streets. Among prominent per-
sons who are on tha program for
addresses are National Commander
Alvin Owsley Of the American Le.
gion; Texas; General John J. Per.
shnig, Nebraska, and Governor 8. r..
McKelvie Of Nebraska, all Of whom
will take an active part in lawing the
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-09
Women Athletes of France
Sign Peace Compact

Paris, Nov. S..-~Pcace has been of
ticially signed between the two war.
ring feminine declarations of athletic
women of France. A temporary
truce was declared last July in order
TO hold at Pershing Stadium the frs.
feminine Olympic games on record
in VI hich the United States team car
ricd IF second hon ors.
CASTOR Vidal, Under Secretary o.
stat" for Physical Culture and Sports
a"teh as peacemaker. Both fedora
tions elected officers to represent
them in the Union Of French Sport
ing and Athletic Eederations, and
henceforth they will be known as the
Feminine Federation of France.
The new Federation comprises IA
feminine clubs and athletic organiza-
tions throughout France with mem
bership of nearly fifteen thousand
young women and girls.
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Mems Prayer. Program
For Gipsy Smith Meetings

Meetings held from 9 to $3.50 every
morning, at the Gipsy Smith Taber-
racle.
Our purpose is to begin on time
and stop at the appointed hoar.
Friday Morning, November 10: s.
NJ. Rice, leader;' b. B. James, alter
nate.
Men and brethren, God has blessed
and is blessing the men who are COM
ing to these meetings. We make no
prctense of formality; we come not to
e>iticise or to sit in Judgment, but to
humble ourselves before God, to in
woke his spirit, to diyest our lives
and hearts of anything and every
thing that would prevent our use
fulness and service to God and our
fellow men.
1t is glorious sight TO see men
wfo never led public devotion,
standing up and witnessing for Jesus
Christ, as they lead these meetings
ara pray and testify, and to you, men
and young men, who have not as yet
attended the mems prayer meetings.
Listen, if Others are willing to- come,
to leave their businesses, to pray for
you, for your life, your health, your
souls salvation, for the blessings of
God upon your hearts, your homes,
your town, your business. Is 1t not
the least you can do--to come and
wait with us through this half hour
season of prayer? We are praying
for you and yours.
Tomorrow We want to devote sea-
son Of prayer for specific blessings
Dnd mercies. let every man come with
!, petition in his heart, and when the
opportunity is offered. do not fail to
Eaakc that petition to the God who
hears and answers prayer, if only a
sentence, single petition; God hears
not for our much speaking, but for
the earnestness Of our plea.
Your plea backed by the prayers of
the praying men of Union can move
heaven to bring things to pass, the
like of which we have not seen in Un-
ion. Meet with US tomorrow and let
Us not fail to enter in.
L. L. Wagnon,
For the Mems Prayer Com.
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Wood For Boxes

II is calculated that about Il per
cent of all the lumber produced in the
United States is consumed in the man.
ufacture of wooden boxes. This is an
item of large enough volume to make
It quite a problem as to the sources
from which box lumber shall be OBJ
tanned in these days of decreasing
lumber production.
y few years ago when wood was
much cheaper than now. bassmood,
poplar and cotton wood were very
commonly used for Boxes. In later
years there has been much use of the
gum trees In box making. Now the
cabinet workers and furniture makers
are beginning to complain the. red
gum is too good a wood to be used
in boxes. The tendency is for the box
manufacturers to be driven to lower
grades Of lumber. Notwithstanding
the introduction of various substitutes
for. wooden boxes and packages, the
demand for them keeps up and no
suitable substitutes are in sight for
many purposes. Florida alone re-
qnires about 100000 boxes for the
annual stock of the citrus fruits and
California requires about the same
number for the same purpose.
More tham two-thirds of the low
grade product of the North Carolina
pine region is ordinarily used for box
purposes. Nearly so per cent of lob
loliy or oNrth Carolina pine gees into
boxes; 35 per cent of shortleaf pine
IN the same territory; about per
cent Of fongleaf pine and smaller
percentage of the other softwoods in
that region. Most of the other pine
box lumber used in the East comes
from the second growth pine Of white
and other species in New England ter
ritory,
Information Bureau, National
Lumber Manufacturers Association.
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Government. Fsecss
Down Power Rates

1 Osaka, Noy. 8.-Charges for elec-
trio power, extensively used by the
factories Of Japan, gradually are re-
turning to-; the pre.war rates under
pressure from the government, which
has power to regulate rates and also
because Of the decline IN the price of
coal, the amaisamatiou Of various
electric companies and the alteration
from steam to water power for pro-
ducing current. In Osaka, the chief
industrial city. the rate for aigihtins
has been reduced from hem to 6S
sen, and that for power froM s.6 sen
to sen.
( Since 1887, WHINE electric entsr-
prises were started, In Japsnp more
than 900 companies With y .sapital Of
more than 4 billion yen have. been or.
ssnissd. >
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-09
Moscow Covering up
Scars Of Rebel Bullets

Moscow, Nov. 8.--Putty and ce-
ment by the ton are being used in
Moscow in an effort on the part of
the government to blot out traces of
the revolution Of 1917.
There is scarcely house in the
Soviet capital which was not bullet
marked, more or less, in the fighting,
and some of the larger buildings were
peppered with lead and steel from
rifles, machine guns and shrapnel.
Within the last few weeks hundreds
OF workmen have been engaged in the
task of filling the bullet holes With
cement and putty, and In many in
stances the walls have been painted,
thus wiping out the visible scars of
the days of terror which swept the
Bolsheviki into power.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-09
cansss in Flesd i.andases
Indian Villages

Cawnpoe, India, Nev. s.--The
Ereat rissapf the iaa11pSr river, whisA
has broken all recur6 of'the' past 50
years, has led to the flooding Of vast
districts on the Unaas side. Many vii.
lagos on both sidsst Of the railway
line to Unao are under water, and
hundreds Of hamlets have been, wash {.
cd away. 4
The floods are on the decline now,
but the rains continue intermittently,
making the lot. of those rendered
homeless still harder. People whose
houses have been washed away have
taken shelter in neishboring villages,
and some have BEEN accommodated
in railway. cars. Virtually all the
villages situated along the banks of
the. Ramgangas river have been in
undated. Houses and cattle have
been washed away, and standing
crops ruined.
In some places the rise of the river
was SO sudden, that people who were
in the. fields tending. their cattle or
crops were cut off. Many were com.
pelled to take refuge in trees until
the foods subsided: Others were res.
cued by relief parties. I. Plsnks were
tied together and let dawn from rail.
way bridges on the Ramganga, en-
abling number Of people struggling
in the water to be hoisted to safety.
The railway line between Kath-
garh adm Got has been washed out
for about seven hundred feet, and
cannot be repaired. for some time.
The railway connection with Delhi
also has been cut. Tke,I,ucknow road
is still impassable in many places,
and no communications is possible
with outlying villages.
Large supplies of food, sent by the
citizens of Cawnpore, have helped
to relieve the distress.
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great help in carrying child, as I have
noticed q difference when I didn't take
1t. / thank you for this medicine and Il
i ever come to this point againJ do not
want to be without the Vegetable COM
pound. ] give you permission to publish
this lctter SO that all women can take
my advice. Mrs. FRED MINER, Box
1G2, Churubusco, N, Y.
It's the Same story over again.
Women suffer from ailments for wears.
They try doctors and different mcdf.
cines, but feel no better. Finally thew
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and you can see its value IN
the case of Mrs. Miner
That 5 the truth Of the matter, IF you
are suffering from any Of the troubles
women have, you ought to try this med.
icine. II eanbe taken In safety by Young
.or old. as 1t contsins no harmful drugs
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-09
'tIamb Chop" Subsidy
In Prospect

/, Toxic, Nov. 8.--Mutton as food
being. almost. unknown in Japan,
there has been little inducement to
the Japanese farmer to raise sheep
and AZ a. result practically all the
wool and. woelen goods used here
have to be imported. The govern.
ment proposes. to subsidize the I'm.
portation Of pedigresd rama and ewes
from abroad and also the production
of wool There ars now only about
10000 sheep: In Japan.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-09
Humans Association Eias
More Than 500 Chapssra

Ca,caso,, NOV. s'--Since the hrst
"sess ., tne Ameracan humane as
soc,s',oh soSa IN oleveiand october D.
- @ ea'7ss,en as, Eas grown IN
y tnere are more snan o. active anti
c!us''y soc'e''es = tne onised states
vo'ns s@ 70 . oaI lssuee ners nS
ae's Oh tne y oFsn1a''on'
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-09

Aggressive warfare has been car
ried on to protect the rights Of chill
dren and to, give them ample oppor-
tunity to be fitted for the battle OF
life. The interest in animal 3protec-
tion also has vastly inereased.r
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-09

backache ind,
from his medi-
cine. One day q
neighbor told me
about yonr Vegeta-
bic Compound andfI
took it.. II halpedms
~ much that ! wish
TO advise all women
to otryLydia u. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound for fe-
male troubles and
backache IL 10 a
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-09

2 In the Caroline Islands one may
lsokr down into the wstsr' Of lagoonsI
and see moasic M6ors and broken
walls, the rsssains n submsrged
city. ss IS IS.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-09

More men fail through ignorance Of
their strength than throush knowl-
edge Of their wsalAess. &,
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cornerstone, assisting thu veterans
Of all wars.
r, Many thousands of citizens from
all parts of Nebraska and adjoining
states are expected to attend the
ceremonies. 49,
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"The Gamblin' Fool'

Bibb' McGee' was an ungodly man,
Just at the>age of twenty three,
Sinful, wicked and vile was he,
About as- low as man could be.
oh. what pity for golden youth
To spend itself In such a way.
BUT such thoughts didn't worry Bill,
As he spent a life of gay decay.
He was called by all "the gamblin'
fool"
4 He surely was lucky chap,
A reckless, hard boiled, fighting kid
Made many roughneck take nap.
But one warm night, while the lights
were bright,
He chanc'd to stroll down old Broad
way,
And saw q sight he'd seen before,
He didn't care what they had to say.
The Salvation Army, on the street,
Was maxim. it's regular appeal,
"1he gamblin' fool" said, "Darn that
stuff"
And disgusted turned upon his heel.
A Salvation lassie made plea,
BEFORE Bill left, he heard her say,
"Jesus can clease your sins like snow,
For God is Love-Dont turn him
away"
And as the "gamblin' fool" left the
scene,
That was sponsored by one above,
The drum, the cornets seemed to say.
"God is Love, God is Love-"
But Bill went back to his same old
haunts,
And got into a. poker game
And drank so much "moonshine light
ntn'"
That he almost forgot his last
name.
The game progressed o. X. for awhile,
Then great argument arose.
"Cheater," cried Bill, then made a
swing
That landed flush on the cheater's
nose.
Then came a quick flash, gust Of
smoke,
The sudden report Of "gun'
The "gap,blin' fool" fell to the floor.
To the crowd it looked like he was
"done."
Suddenly waking Bill look'd around
Surprise registered on his face.
He say, in glittering splandor
Tha he was floating around i'll.
space.
-, saw the dreamy. silver: r,oor.
The twinkling, golden, stadS Of
night,
the sun, with all it's brilliant rays,
Radiating beams, and elcami Of
light.
Then he saw angels, so pure and
white,
Shining like dew in the sunshine
Then saw form with outstretched
arma,
And shrieked, "Oh, Mother, Mother
O. Mine"
Els astral mother filed him with JOY. !
He remembered the years gone by.
Thought Of her words, :'Always be
good"
And with tear dimmed eye, he !
breathed sigh.
He could forge no closer, though he
tried.
He realized, just how he stood;
He, wss so vile, could God forgive?
Yes. and would he forgive if he
could?
Just then a fash, like lightning, ap-
psared
A halol And Jesus, was there
Surrounded with glory and love.
Bill shrank back blinded with light
and fear.
Delicate scents. sweeter than Der