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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
GOOD SHOWS AT HOME.

You may or you may not be aware that
Rock Island has been dropped from the rout-
ing of the standard theatrical road attractions
The result is that the Illinois has been dark
all during the present season 1t is now Nov.
II and there hasn't been a road attraction Of
fered at that house. There is reason. Cham
berlin, kindt & Co.. who hold the lease on the
theatre, tell you that Rock Island is on what
is known as the death trail in the parlance
of the theatrical routing Office. That means
that companies that are probably patronized
in other cities are not supported when they
come to Rock Island
This seems an undeserved reputation for
Rock Island to have when you know that in
other years this city was always regarded as
the best of the local group by the travelling
theatrical profession. You will recall the earlf
days of the Illinois when that theatre would
play to capacity two to four nights a week.
OF course there has been a lull in the legiti-
mate theatrical business occasioned by the
| popularity of the movies But that does not
mean that the spoken play is ever to be aban-
doned. However, it does mean that possibly
there never will be as many travelling spoken
plays there were in the days before the
advent of the silent play.
Chamberlin. Kindt Co. would like to re-
vive interest among Rock Island people in the
, better things of the spoken stage. The lessees
OF the Illinois have tentative booking arrange
ments, they announce, with plumber of stand
ard attractions. and they will present them at
the local theatre if people here indicate a de-
sire that they do So The only way they can
prove that desire is by patronizing the attrac-
! tons when they are presented. The first of
tering in the new program will be THE Bat
the popular mystery play. 1t is booked for
| presentation at the Illinois Nov. 10. You have
! the assurance of the house management that
the company will be of the highest excellence
| ard the production complete to the minutest
| detail. If 1.-THE Bat" produces a prosperous
| box Office report sheet it will be followed by
| other meritorious shows. 1t doesn't seem RICH,
that people in a city of 5000 should be COM
! PEELED to leave home when they want to enjoy
legitimate stage attraction. That's what the,
| are doing today. They are being afforded ar
| opportunity to restore their home town to tht
theatrical map, and they ought to take advan
! tage OF it. The Argus believes they will do it
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
NO UNIONS IN BASEBALL.

Professional baseball players are trying to
form union. For their sakes and the sake of
the game it is to be hoped they will not sue
coed. A plumber working under union rules,
can wipe certain number of joints and call it
days work. How long would baseball last if
work in the same way? Baseball cannot b
successfully played under union rules or union
influence. Competition is the life of the game.
Cooperation or combination among the players
OF the different teams would kill it. In every
big league city the public that supports pro-
fessional baseball likes to believe that in the
race for the pennant the players on the home
team are at daggers drawn with the players on
all the other teams. Once the public suspects
that, through a union or in any other way, the
players on all the teams are in combine there
will be an end Of professional baseball.
OF course, the argument that the players
need the aid Of a union to increase their pay or
to improve their working and living conditions
has NO weight whatevsr. Virtually all Of them
are extravagantly oyerpaid already for the ser
vice they render and during at least half OF
their working season they travel pleasantly
about the country in Pullman cars and are
lodged and fed at expensive hotels The union
ioea was tried once in baseball-back in the
days. OF the brotherhood" so years ago. II
proved to be costly failure
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11

nan says .Nor, perhaps grunpdly. then looks.
ana finally buys Bst woman doesn't do that
She says NO. and looks somevhere else. Try
ing and trying and trying to get what she
wants, even though her pure may finally COM
nell her 10 buy the second choice. But she
isn't coward
Men are such towards They enter res
tauranf and order steak-weli DONE When
it comes it is exceedingly rare or burnt: they
don't like It and srowl, bat usually they eat it
or. perhaps, they send it back and insist on
having another That second one is worse than
the nrst, and the man knows It: but he thinks
Inc has triumphed, or pretends no has, and
thanks the waiter-and gives him good tip
, woman doesn't do that. II she doesn't like
what she gets she sends it back. And II she
doesn't get good service she is very likely moi
to tip. Men say that women are cruel But
women aren't cowardA It's tho men who are
that
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
Why RatAe IAternallyl

The popular notion Of autointox-
ication is q vague poisoning Of the
blood or system by some waste
matter which has not been prop
erly eliminated from the bowel. OF
course such poisoning may occur in
rare instances OF intestinal OBJ
struction, but certainly it does not
occur in every day constipation or
imaginary constipation Even IL
this were the true conception OF
standardization. which it isn't,
there would be little gained by
washing ont the lower bowel. even
il enemas could be considered
cleansing" in any sense. Little If
any absorption occurs from the
lower bowel. It is silly to imagine
that there is any such poisoning Of
the system associated with ordin-
airy costiveness or constipation.
And when it comes to the selection
Of remedies for the relief Of coa-
stipation. aside from prevention
which is another question, almost
any Of the commonly used tablets,
pills or yarb physics would be less
injurious, habitually employed.
than enemas or injections are.
II there is any real foundation
for the hypothesis Of ''autointoxo-
cation" which is doubtful, then it
is something far from resorptfon Of
excrementitious or waste matter
from the bowel. By autointoxica-
ton. the physician understands q
retention in the blood or system,
not in the intestinal canal, OF ef-
fete waste matter or the natural
by-products Of metabolism. the OK
idation or combustion process
which constitutes life. No physic
or injection can influence such au-
tointoxication, of course.
The enema habit is a vicious
habit and il persisted in for any
length of time it brings on condi-
lions far worse than the real OF
/ imaginary "autointoxication" would
have been without any treatmen,
at all. A dilation and weakening
of the bowel is likely to be Undue.
ed by constant use of enemaR, and
the victim becomes a chronic hypo.
| chondriac.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11

Read on another page Of this issue of The
Argus the address Of welcome to 200 lawyers
today in Moline by Chief Justice F. E. Thomp
SON Of the Illinois supreme court. He frankly
tells you the cause of the moral crisis through
which your community has been passing. He
warns the ldgal profession that it must rid
itself Of the scoundrels that are prostituting
the law. Rock Island has suffered 70. years
from the practices Of some Of those scoundrels
and The Argus hopes the local members Of
the profession will heed the sound warning of
the chief justice Of the Illinois supreme court.
couEt,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
OF A PUBLIC CURSE.

j John Looney today announces the suspen-
hbn OF the Rock Island News. The plant is
b&ered for sale. Looney blames The Argus
Il putting his alleged newspaper out Of bus
({ess. The Argus pleads guilty and thanks him
q the compliment.
The News was the official mouthpiece OF
IS Rock Island underworld LoOney used it
u years to promote his vicious activities in
~ community. 1t wrung money from dis
b9derly resorts under the disguise of adver-
Hing 1t was employed as whip to force
thflements with law viola,ors and social trans
k(essors and to intimidate city and county Off
Ills. 1t publicly yillifed men and women Of
kpminence in breaking down resistance to the
wless enterprises from which Looney and his
&1ends reaped their financial harvest. The
E6ws has been a community curse and depres-
tsnt for many years. It's income began to
fene when the authorities. in response TO pub
BIZ protest, started closing of the disorderly
k6nses. bootlegging bars and gambling joints.
Honey and his News were without means Of
4stence with this lawless traffic suppressed in
- city
I A. The Argus began its campaign against Off
tially promoted and protected lawlessness
hit three months ago. Its undertaking was
IMPOSED from the outset by LOoney's publica-
tSn. That was to be expected. Looney was
@nly fighting for self preservation.
NSLooney had become power in the coxnmun-
tt through the structure OF fear that he built
$tong officials and citizens with his wicked
Newspaper. The Argus was fully conscious OF
the unpleasant task that IL had in smoking out
fhe Looney vice yultures' roost But The Argus
vas willing to take The consequences to get the
results that it determined to accomplish.
Rock Island as city and as people have
suffered for many years from Looneyism The
ordeal is about over. People will breathe a
sigh of relief. Rock Island in future will be
spared the menace Of another such enterprise
as Looney was able to promote and maintain
The people of Rock Island will never tolerate
another John Looney or another Rock Island
News
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11

When you are visiting in the business sec
ton this evening observe what is happening
to the old Rock Island house, at the corner
Of Second avenue and Seventeenth street. one
OF the landmarks of your city. There is to rise
there one Of the largest and finest furniture
establishment in the middle west And Jacob
Hill the builder. came to Rock Island Is years
ago with capital OF $500. You'll have to
admit that Mr.. Hill has found Rock Island .
pretty good city in which to live and do bust
ness. Rock Island will do as we'll by you il
You exert the same energy and have the same
faith as Mr. Hill has had
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11

If John Looney keeps lodging United States
marshals much longer he won't find time to
prepare his case against The Argus in that
$4,000 action for damages. The Argus is in
constant fear and trembling as the day draws
nearer when it will be hailed before jury to
answer for its cruel reflections on this much
misunderstood and maligned public benefactor
this Plus creature who has been protecting
the youth of the city by promoting for their
entertainment such rivals of the Young Mems
Christian association as the Rex hotel the
Sand Bar. the Sherman hotel and the negro
joints that lined Third avenue between TWEEN.
tieth and Twenty-third streets.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
on VACATION,
By Marion Z. Leighton.
Copyright. 1922, by Wheeler

Syndicate, Incl
With an exclamation of disgust,
Joe wound up his line. pulled mis-
dangling legs up to solid planking
and stood on the wharf With
rather gloomy countenance he stoot
fora moment, gazing out over the
harbor to the tumbling surf break
ing over The Lodges.
Gene, for the moment, was his
appreciation of the natural beauties
of his surroundings. The exhiiarat-
ing tang of the salt air, the restful
picture of the little village spread
in panorama before him; the Old
Fort with its waving flag, Beaver
and Johns Island and distant
Thumbcap in her setting of blue
salt water had temporarily lost
their power to charm.
Joe was lonely and-though he
probably wouldn't have admitted i,
Just the least bit homesick. He
savagely kicked the snails, Intent
ed for Gunner bait, into the water
and glowered at the Old Fort as il
contemplating, single-handed,, al
immediate attack upon its fintly
sails.
Two weeks ago he had come tc
Pemaquid for quiet vacation and
now he was thinking that he was
getting too much. He reflected thai
he hadn't made the acquaintance
of a half dozen people, that they
were too busy to entertain him
that the scenery was good, but no,
exactly lively company. and, las
/ but not least, that he was blamed
lonesome.
| Vacation only half gone, too! HI
! was going out and try little har
Dor fishing. Too rough to go out
side-see that surf pile in over Thu
Lodges! Twenty minutes later hi
was rather sleepily dangling a lint
| over the side of his dory (hired TO-
the month) and wishing a shark O.
something would swallow his bal
and make him fight for possession
of the line, hook, sinker-Or evel
the boat! He felt like fighting!
| Well, what idiot was that? /
boat, a dory no larger than his own
was putting OF from the beacl
wharf directly across the bay. II
this heavy sea, too! The fool woul'
be stamped unless he were
mighty good oarsman.
i, Joe craned his neck and watches
1.-THE little boat take the roughe
water. Then he said single wOr'
that sounded like one Of thos
distractions they build acros
| streams to make mill wheels turn
and reached for his field glasses.
i "Jumpin' catfish! 1t is-ft's
woman" he informed himself
And she's going to be in a peck @
trouble right away or I don't kno,
summer visitors. Get busy. joel
{, Thus commanded. Joe pulled u
anchor and sent his brave rescu
ship toward the scene Of the com
ing disaster. About half way out
shrill, feminine scream. borne o
the wings of the fateful vino
] reached his expectant ears
j Joe gritted his teeth and pulle
harder.
= Il knew it," he muttered. Tho
all need a guardian!"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
fYINC UP ELECTION FIGURES.

Jts the duty of a newspa per 10 get the news
and publish it for the information of its readers,
ana it isn't customary for newspaper to dis
chfs in public any difficulties it may encounter
ii obtaining the news that it must have. But
The Argus may be permitted to once more enter
pfatest against some Of the election officials in
Hptk Island county and also against the lack
Of consideration on the part of the telephone
ctmpanies in cooperating in the business of
a6embling results from the various precincts
Oyer the county. II is this indifference and
lack of cooperation that handicaps The Argus
aud other newspapers in presenting results Of
ELECTIONS held in Rock Island county. The
newspaper can't guess the number of votes cast
in precinct and the candidates to whom they
afet given. 1t must have the figures as counted
BY The judges and clerks.
! Not infrequently the outcome OF a contest
b3tFeen candidates hinges on the votes cast
at I few outlying precincts in the county. The
rtsult can't be announced until those precincts
are heard from. The Argus waited until 3
otlcck Wednesday morning for returns from
Rock Island county. 1t went to press with its
special election edition without figures that
should have been in the ONCE at least two hours
befAre that time. This annoying omission oc-
cfp in spite Of any arrangements or precau-
tits The Argus may determine on.
The Argus has experienced the spectacle of
AZ election Judge locking Up the ballots. going
hene, without keeping his promise to inform the
wiling newspaper of the result Of the precinct
c9uht, then calling up The Argus for news of
tia election and getting peeved because the
p4per Couldn't supply him with the iuforma-
ton he was seeking
in future only such persons as are willing
t. pick to their tasks until they are completed
sfokld be allowed to serve as judges and clerks
d &ection II they think the work too onerous
ter should permit others to serve. The Judge
aed8clerk Of election ought to have some con-
50 ration for the waiting public ON election
nlEnt. The newspaper is the agency through
y N0htch the public looks for its Information. The
n&Vspaper must get the news from the judges
q a1G clerks. The Argus hopes that at future
et1tions there will be less indifference and
1er cooperation amoag judges and clerks.
III public ID entitled to service from thsse on
clhe not week after the polls close but i'm
uIeSiately on completion OF the count on cleo
fh6 night
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
@. Over which highways is the
tourist travel heaviest?

@. Over which highways is the
automobile tourist travel heaviest
J. E. c.
A. The American Automobile
association says that tourist travel
is heaviest over the central routes
across the country, namely the Lin
coin highway, the National Old
Trails Road and the Yellowstone
Trail. In the winter the heaviest
travel is over the Atlantic High
way south of Florida.
@. Does the number Of . snake S
rattles indicate its age!
A. theoretically they do. since a
rattle is added with each melting.
Wear and accident break the set
SO often that the number is not a
true indication OF age.
@. Are walruses covered with
hair? B. H. ].
A. Young ones are thickly cloth
ed with a faded brown hair, but as
age advances the hair falls out and
the old animals are almost hair
less. -.
@. How can flues be cleaned with
zinc? ]. c. W.
A. To clean chimney fues sim
ply put q handful OF scrap zinc on
the fire. This can be done at any
season and is an old and safe 500:
/. destroyer.
@. What Is the derivation of the
word wapentake? P. A.
!, A. The word is from the Scandi-
navian and means literally a
touching or taking Of weapons. The
name had its origin in the custom
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Sun Baths for Tuberculosis.

| am a young girl and have been
for two years trying to conquer tu-
berculosis / have a good doctor
and he encourages me to take sun
baths. l have faith in them my
self. but SO many. and even doc
tors. advise me not to take them.
What is your opinion? What pos
sible harm can they do if ones head
is protected from the sun? Please
advise as to some literature on sex
hygiene that young girl should
read. My mother died of TB when
l was quite young. W. E. T.
Answer should advise you by
all means to take the sun baths,
which you should be able to do
most days of the year in your sec
ton of Tennessee. Your doctors
directions. and no one eIse's, are
safe for you to follow. if you mean
to get we'll. Above all. do not per-
NIT friends or visitors to advise
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11

Police Chief William H. Fitzsimmons is
listening to some bad advice from disgruntled
city administration politicians in connection
with his official duties. First thing he knows
they'll be urging him to break up the crochet
ing class at the Young Womens Christian as
sociat.on few doors west of police headquar-
ters Fftzsimmons should remember that he
is chief of his department and is answerabe
to the public, and not to few political sore
heads who are trying to use him to even up
some of their personal disappointments. -
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
The Daily Short Story

An extra twist of his neck show
ed him the other boat being buffet..
about by the waves while the sin
gle occupant was splashing fran
tically with one oar Considering
the odds, Joe covered the intervel-
ing distance in incredibly short
time. With the skill of an old salt,
he worked his boat alongside and
by the bow of the other. AS he
glided past, both boats bobbing like
corks, he reached out and seized
, the painter of the helpless craft. 1t
, was more difficult to make it satis-
factorily fast to his own boat, but
he accomplished it without mishap
and pulled back to calmer waters.
Neither occupant had spoken a
| word.
| Inside the harbor he eased up a
bit and sighed with relief.
! II lost an oar" came timidly
from the other boat.
= "Oh, did you? l thought probably
. you had only one to start with" was
the reply.
Under this biting sarcasm she
subsided and spoke no more until
his boat rubbed the edge OF the
float.
He stepped out and turned to
! look at her. He kept on looking,
and decided she was very good to
/ look at.
When she finally met his gaze
there was a suspicious moisture in
:; her eyes and her lips trembled.
II don't know how to thank
you," she, faltered. "You-you
probably saved my life and-I think
a lot of n-even If you don't seem
to to share the feeling."s
He laughed aloud, his ill-humor
gone, and reached out q hand to
her.
! Forgive me. I was nasty mean,
wasn't I? Step out and get your
nerve back. and then I'll set you
across to your own wharf
| For one hour they sat on the
wharf and talked. Two lonely peo-
pie can exchange a lot Of conf
dences in one hour, especially two
Of opposite sex.
! He confded that he had been
terribly lonely. and she confessed
that loneliness was what had
driven her to attempt q row in
rough water-only she hadn't sup
posed 1t quite SO rough as 1t proved
He also learned that she answered
to the name Of Ruth Armstrong
and admitted he had always, liked
the Ruth" part of 1t particularly
The next two weeks gave neither
Joe Carey nor Ruth Armstrong CD
portunity to be lonely. They rowed
; and fished, hunted shells, wen,
4 claiming they talked.
The natives srinned and wisely
!: nodded their heads; couldn't foo
them when q first class romance
was In port. The cottagers merely
grinned.
Two weeks don't last forever
and one bright September mornins
Ruth and Joe stood on the wharf
and watched the launch that was Il
take him across the bay glide III
:, to the float They were botf
down cast as she gave him hel
hand.
You'll come-at Christmas TINT
won't you?" she asked in a low
! voice. You know l do want /
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11

~ Quo4'ion rs writing Ias AZ y - .ne
Washington d. c Give IL hs "a
.lc:n postage. &c trlei. a. - M q
70 each i..a- sid1saI. No atIenH"a W"
Of touching lances or spears EAen
the hundreath OF chief entered on
his Office. In some parts Of Aas
land the term is used 10 iAdiC .sa
a division corresponding TO s-e
hundred and ward OF other paris
0. How many negroes are 'iLe''
in the state OF Vermont n T.
According to the 1920 cess
there are 572 negroes in TIE s.A' 'a
There are "a Indians, ii O.-.s -.
and four japanese. The tctsl p'Y
ulation of Vermont is 5o-,&2H-
@. What space should be ai!G. 'i.
between beds in q tuoercaiiO'''
ward? VI Sic
A. The United States papL'
health service SAYS that the 20 10,
mon practice OF the p2st mas S soo-
to allow 100 square feet OF m
space between beds in the 'Goe .ssn
losis ward. The veterans oa i,ice
SAYS that it has been their par. .,.rs
to allow from 50 to lue no
feet, depending on the size u
ward. 70.
@. What makes the earh
tating on its axis? avs
i A. The naval Observatory -ofsts
that the earth continues " noIy
on its axis because the a., 9
forces fsuch as friction by ~. 70
tending to stop it are inadeqaa'9T se
produce an appreciate enee- .o,,sr
origin of this rotation IS anon
OF sneculation. depending srora
how the earth was separa'eu .h,ea
the primeval nebula out o. hs,e
the solar system is believed u -
been evolved. ,,,sur.
Z. "hat states p'' \. Q.
A. The Geological Surve! ,bs
that. Texas and Louisiana a
only two states producing
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11

Bring the family down to the business dis
trict this evening and shop in the handsomely
lighted and spenddly stocked stores. The
streets are clean and safe again, and you can
find just as good merchandise and at just as
reasonable prices in Rock Island as you will
find in any other city. The way to advance
your city is to cooperate with those who have
invested their money in business enterprises
in full faith in the promise of the citys con-
tinued growth and prosperity