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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28
DEMONS SPEED.

An airplane with a speed OF 500 miles an
hour will be developed within comparative
~ short time" So predicts Brig. Gen. William
Mitchell, assistant chief Of the army air serv-
ice. Then, says Mitchell, business man will
be able to leave New York City early in the
morning, fly to England, have lunch, transact
business, and return home before dark. If SO.
what would happen to prohibition? A picture
rises, of rum-hound flying over to London
for a spree, back the same day.
In flying at terrific speed. such as 500 miles
an hour, the chief problem would be supplying
air to passengers and crew. Mitchell tells OF
experiments, being conducted by the army, US
ing oxygen tanks to furnish air for the. people
in an air-tight cabin of the flying craft Fast
planes in another generation or two will be az
common as autos are today. Devices such as
oxygen machines will be needed then. And
they will be monopolized by patents About 20
years ago writer in the old Argosy magazine
wrote story, "A Round Trip to the Year 2oo0,"
in which he pictured earth's inhabitants going
about with meters attached to their noses.
trust had monopolized the air and was making
people pay for the privilege of breathing. May
be THIS writer was more of prophet than q
"romancer."
Interesting problems will rise when air
planes making 500 or 1000 miles an hour, or
more, come into general use. The frontiers Of
countries then will virtually disappear. The
flying machine, conquering time and geogra-
ply, will literally place the far corners of the
earth at Mr. Average Mans door. Prohibition
or most other attempts to regulate individuals
conduct will be futile then unless the laws. ap-
ply all over the world. What will be the good
| Of a drastic law, applying only in one country,
when men will be able to evade it by flying to
another country in a few minutes or hours?
| What, for instance, would restrain muir
| derer who could kidnap his victim in secrecy,
| rush him in flying machine to an iceberg or
jungle, commit the murder, dispose of the
body and return! Once home, even if his crime
were discovered. he could not be made to an
| swer any charge except kidnapping or assault
with intent to kill, the actual murder being
| committed outside his own country.
The airplane will steadily lessen the effect
iveness of many laws within any given country
and international laws will become the mos,
important statutes in the world.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28
Argus Information
Bureau

@. OF what material is Hos
Vernon built? H. y.
A. II is of wood, cut in olo
painted white to resemble stone
@. Whsre was the ancient ei'y v
Troy? r. md.
A. It is supposed that the III IN
ern town of Hisearlik. Turke.
Asia. is the site of Ilium, XIV
as Troy.
@. How many Catholic sis.ss.
are engaged In teaching in oa y
lie schools? I. a. ~.
A. There are 35.257 sisters SO s o.
gagged. Almost 100000 cni,a .r,
attend elementary and prIn. -.
schools and these teachers arg -.
sisted by $4,000 other teacher. .r
GLIDING men in religious
Iand lay teachers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28
The Daily Short Story
diligently and retired early.


The next morning Homer cut his
very important chem" class and
went riding web Yvette. 1t was a
crisp. sunny morning in November,
and with the only "her" riding be-
side him, Homer felt as though he
could conquer the world. She
glanced bewitchingly at him, her
eyes full Of mischief. her white
teeth cleaning, and, touching her
horse with her whip, she leaped
forward and gave the junior men,
Der Of the Hume family a merry
chase for half an hour. AS he
caught up to her they stopped their
horses for breath, and, leaning
across, he put his hand over her
small gloved ones.
"Yvette, dear, IL wanted to tell
you ever since I've known you, that
Ill love you, and want you to
be my vife!"
She placed her tiny gloved hand
across his mouth and hushed him.
He grasped her hand and placed it
to his lips and kissed 1t tenderly,
again and again.
Don't, please don't, Homer. You
can't imagine how fond l am of you,
! but l can never, never marry you.
You know there is lot Of scandal
about me and"
"Yvette, please don't speak about
that. You must know that l don't
believe one word Of it."
mo, somehow, l know you don't,
but you must admit that 1 am
somewhat Of mystery. Well, I'll
tell you. There is certain reason
why l am in America. l can't tell
you why just yet, but l will some
day, land maybe very soon. Now
let's ride; the morning is too Won
derful to waste"
| The same afternoon Bernard took
| Yvette to tea at the Peacock tea
room. After tea they hired an open
carriage and drove through the
park adjoining the school grounds.
They had gone some distance when
Bernard spoke.
+. Miss DarQuese-Yvette- love
you. Will you marry me?'
Why, Bernie, you surprise me.
l never thought you would take
our friendship SO seriously"
| But do. I've always loved you
I've loved you since the first time
l met you"
I'm sorry, Bernie, so sorry, that
you feel that way. / can never
marry you"
do you-is it someone else:
Pardon me, I've no right to ask
that"
We'll, yes, there is someone
else," she whispered.
"1'll bet it's that good-for-noth.
ing roommate of mine, he"
mo, it isn't Homer. Bernie, will
you please tell me why you two
boys can't get along together?
think it's a shame!"
/ The following evening when tn.
boys returned to their room afte,
dinner they found two notes on tn.
threshold. The envelopes were o
the same SHALL. pink kind that the
had received once before, addressed
in the same familiar penmanship
Each boys face was a study as hi
} eyes scanned the sheet before him
Both letters were worded alike
but each thought rhs message wa
meant for only himself:
Dear Homer Tor Bernie)-
should be very glad to have 70,
call at my house next Monday eve
i. ming at 1880 o'clock. I have som
news that will be . great interes
| to you.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28

very discouraged, for found no
trace Of him.
You know week ago last nlgns
there was an automobile accident
not far from here, and an unlderti-
fed man was injured. Last Thurs
day l was called out OF my bed az
"A o'clock in the morning to go 70
the st. Agnes hospital. This same
man that had been picked up by lne
side of the road after his car naa
gone over the embankment, mao
been delerious and had spoken
something about France, The ooc'
/ tor in charge Immediately fecos-
nized him, having seen his pictai'
! in newspapers and read his descflf-
ton. He telephoned to the police,
Then they sent for NE. He oiei
! before l left. | Immediately CAD,
led the French government anu
they sent word that could return
as soon as l wished to France anu
and my-husband."
"Your-what?"
"Your husband"
Eyes, my husband. Doat you ses
don y'tose li1wbtfwizoiRo eWfouns.
now why l just couldn't Ma n.,
either of you boys? | eouiou.
even tell you why until now No Wv,
it's goodbye boys. for snal s "a
early in the morning for dear Wv
France and-home! A..
The boys left the house toge'pss :,
and walked down the street sac "
side. Suddenly they spoke IN un
son, and with the same expresSi0'
in their voices.
"She was the most wonderiai 81.
III ever knew" and it was the l's'
time they ever agreed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28
PAGE MONSIEUR DE FARCE.
By Tia Marcella King.
Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn
djcato Inc1

Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn
dictate, lnc)
Homer Hume had met Yvette
when he was returning bone after
IS months overseas. Being war
worker for the Y. NJ. C. A., she hap
pened to be at the pier in New York
when the ship bearing home some
of the boys who were fortunate
enough to be returning, pulled in.
Yvette had arrived in this coun-
try a month before the European
war broke out. Few women in the
community tolerated hei for they
believed her place in France, help
ing her countrymen with their
problems of war There were still
others who thought she had been
exiled because of some crime.
There was nothing too wrong for
them to think Of her.
A battle was raging, as usual, in
No. II, dwelling place of Homer
and Bernard Durand.
IF l had thought you we're going
to be such fool. I'd never have
introduced yQu to her"
Now, listen here, Homer. II you
think l am going to argue with
you, you're badly mistaken, cause
I've got something else to do"
well, I'm not going to argue
with you, either, so don't get all ex'
cited-but l tell you she's going te
the dance with me, Homer Stanley
Hume. get me?"
will she? Well, I'm from Mis-
souri,, Do you suppose she'd turf
me down to go with you, when
asked her first? Do you suppose
she'd turn me down for you? Ever
! if YOU have known her longer thar
l have"
That's all right; she feels diff
ferent1 toward me. You-you see
I'm going to marry her-that isl
If she'll have me-"
'Ha, Ha! II she'll have you, i:
right"
Say, you, if you didn't veal
glasses I'd trOunce you RICH
here."
Something indeed serious nigh
have happened then if someone hat
not knocked on the door. Their,
was a note for each. The envel
opes were of the same dainty size
and pink, and addressed in tn,
same handwriting. Each boy tor
open his letter Immediately. 1
sigh OF disappointment escaped tn
lips of Homer, and darn it, from
Bernard. Neither would give tn
other any Information as to wha
his note contained; each knew
was from the same person.
( About Z o'clock Of the evening O
1.-THE class dance. Bernard entere
the room to find Homer sitting b
1.-THE window, evidently very muc
Interested in Virgil"
! Aren't you going to the dance
Homer" asked Bernard, in a yer
troubled voice. -.
mo, I'm not going tonight. Pre-
fessor Carnes is giving Us an exar
on Virgil first class tomorrow
I've got TO study"
Mighty poor excuse, Homer.
bet Yvette wouldn't 60"
well. all right, then, sh
wouldn't-but l don't see you gel
ting ready to take her. She refu.
ed you, too, didn't she ?'
"It's none Of your cuisines
whether she did or not, and if 70
weren't firm friend of mine,
wouldn't tell yod that much"
During the course of the evenin
neither LEFT the room, but Studio
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28
Hoping to see you then, l am
always, your sincere friend.
"YVETTE DARQUESE."

Monday evening found two very
puzzled young men ascending the
steps of No. 1882 Governor road at
exactly 1880. 1t was Demands
disposition to ring the bell again
as soon as Homer's fingers had felt
the button. They both tried to
enter the door at the same time,
and the consequence was that SER
ious fight might have taken place
had the maid not come and asked
the gentlemen for Their wraps.
AS they entered the luxurious
sitting room soft. well-known
voice welcomed them.
Good evening, boys, I'm so glad
you have come
She took them by the. arm and
led theQ to a soft-cushioRed divan
directly in front of the fireplace,
where a log was cracking under
the flames. The three sat down.
Yvette in the center. They sat
watching the center for a few mo-
ments, the boys gazing at her now
and then like timid youngsters
look with admiration and amaze
ment at the daring heroine in a
movie serial. Presently she spoke.
Now, l have heard that you two
boys do lot of your quarreling
over me. 1t hurts me very much
| to think that l should come between
you boys and spoil such hours OF
friendship as you might enjoy to-
gether."
We'll, Homer always"
Ssh! I'm not going to. let either
of you say a word till am all
through. l asked you here tonight
in order that l might straighter
| out some things that I know are
troubling you both. First, l shall
tell you that my name its not Yvette
!; Darquese! My name is Gwendolir
4 De Fargo"
"What?" gasped Homer.
Huh" stammered Bernard.
Il am in the employ of the French
tsecret service. Shortly before thu
war broke out it was found that &
eeitair Gouchard, Henri Gouchard
nao gives some valuable informa
VIC" Il state of affairs in France
NO the enemy government. fol
which he received large sum o
}, money. When the officials hal
tracked him to his apartment il
Paris they found he had escaped t,
America.
Having secured permission from
the United States government Il
. arrest him in this country. in tn,
llme Of France, they chose me TO
aie mission. At times ! becam,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28

The muscles which do most OF
our coughing are the diaphragm
and the intercostals. The dia,
phragm is that circus-tent-like
muscle which separates the chest
cavity from the abdominal cavity;
the intercostal muscles are the mus
cles between the ribs. Much cough
ing makes these muscles sore. In
fact every harsh or hard cough
seems to come from way down in
the chest" The cause of the cough
may be way-up In the ear, aad the
liniment, embrocation, salve or
other counter-irritant is applied
about midway between the ear ami
the diaphragm, and if the, coughing
lets up in few days the sufferer
writes a testimonial for the treat
ment. II it keeps right on or
grows worse under the treatment,
however, the victim keeps quiet
about it. For every individual who
becomes enthusiastic about a salve
or liniment there are perhaps q
hundred who just keep quiet about
it, but the one testimonial makes
enough noise to keep folks from
noting the impressive silence of the
hundred.
Some Of the most distressing
blisters it has beensny i'll fortune
to see we're caused by a salve or
embrocation which the gullible laity
uses extensively as a substitute II
good homemade mustard paste or
mustard plasters, The stuff being
warranted not to blister!
AS l said in an earlier talk,
counter-iEritation is second only to
the hot mustard foot bath for the
purpose of Withdrawing blood frou.
the cOngested area in the chest in
acute bronchitis. and home made
mustard paste for adults and fresh
ly prepared camphorated oil for
young children, are the best known
cOunter-irritants to use. There are
scores of other things, old and new
domestic, prescriptonal and pro-
prietary, but we may accomplish
all that such remedies can accomp-
lish with mustard paste and cam
phorated oil alone, except, perhaps
the psychological effect of pecll-
lar or powerful odor on the credul-
Gus mind.
Some of the old-fashioned doctors
prescribe either extra flannel che u
protectors" or the now rare cur
iosity called a pneumonia jacket Il
layer of oiled silk and layer OF
muslin with a tAick padding of cot.
ton between) for patients ill of OF
convalescent from bronchitis. ORR !,
inally of course, this, was suggest
ed to keep more cold" from pene
trating the chest wall and shrivel
ling the bronchial tubes Or some
thing. The few who still use TIL
jacket, now attempt to dignity it b.
calling it a counter-irritant. 1t ii
an irritant, all right, PARTICULAR.
| to Clearly person who is requires
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28

pANeERl

Chicago man II kidnapped BY sfransefs VINO
thrnv burlap bag over his head and t0ss hina
into an auto. This hatpens after midnight
He faints.
when he comes to. next morning. he stag
gers home. DR. Sampol:nski, called IN. reports
that one Of the mans endocrtne glands had
been removed by skilled surgeon. Il is the
first case of gland larceny. But It VIII not pc
the last
Watch out, you curfew defers. or the medics
may get you.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28

The largest hooch still uncovered in Rock
Island county since the prohibition Law went
into effect was seized yesterday BY Prohibition
Agent Prendergast in a residence one block
from the new East Moline city hall. Do you
imagine that officials didn't know before that
do
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28
POETS

Great poets come from the country or small
towns says Taft, Chicago sculptor, because
their imagination is cultivated by the lack OF
the Juggling movie show of the cities"
Still, the great poets came from farm and
village before the cities had movies. Explana-
ton involves more than movies.
Poetry, IKE art is an imitation of nature
And the city is as far removed from nature
as the dull minds Of men can make it That's
why beautiful characters are scarcer in cities
than close to the soil. City life is as destruc-
tive of beauty and character as cancer is deadly
to the body.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28

Commercialized and protected lawlessness
must cease in Rock Island, and the men who
havesbeen responsible for its promotion and
existence must be held TO account for their
hr:zcn defiance of the public welfare. Their
cases are in the hands Of the attorney general
of Illinois. and he may be trusted to deal Justly
with all OF them.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28
CANCER.

English medical experts, asking their gov
eminent for a fund of several million dollars
to fight cancer, report that this dread parasitic
disease attacks the worker rather than the
drone, the strong rather than the weak"
Like booze, it goes after big game, explain
ing why so many brilliant inteilects used to be
found inside saloons.
Cancer is said to kill fourth of people
more than IS years old. Its chief cause is
chronic irritation. That's the thing to watch.
Take no chances. The doctor charges less than
the undertaken.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28

There are good men on both the Republican
and Democratic county tickets to be voted on
next month. The Argus doesn't believe that
anything that 1t might say at this late day,
would alter the results. The Argus believes
that the intelligent voters Of the county can be
trusted to support the men thsy know to b best
qualified for the positions they are seeking and
who will honestly uphold the laws they viii be
sworn to enforce. The Argus n confident that
the best men are going to be elected.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28
SURE.FIRE.

life sentence in the penitentiary is dealt
out to an eastern man convicted of burglariz-
ing an inhabited dwelling during the light
Sentimentalists will claim, Yes, but that
doesn't stop burglary" However. we know one
burglar who will not be prying windows open
for some time. Regardless Of its psychological
effects, whether severe sentences set a terrify-
ing example or not inmates of prisons are
eliminated from crime as long as they're in
carcerated. -
The basic purpose of law is to deal with the
wicked, not to set examples. Effect on others
has nothing to do with the individual case on
trial.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28

There are still q couple Of negro dives
hanging tenaciously to life on Third avenue
There is no legitimate deAand for their exist
ence and the police authorities should apply
the squeeze play and make the job complete
in the district between Twentieth and Twenty
. third streets
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28

Bring the family down to the business dis
tfict tonight and shop in the beautifully lighted
stores. You will note different atmosphere
since your city has been made safe and decent
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28

The Argus printed q picture Of the exodus
from the Rex hotel, for two years one Of the
most notorious resorts in Rock Island. an &C.
tablishment that violated every law that might
have applied to its tra1ncking under full police
protection because JOHN Looney issued orders
saat it was not to be disturbed By o1Acers sworn
against federation Of such dive. The Argus
repeatedly complained against the Rax hotel
because Of it obnoxious traAicking, but was
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28

The only way to keep Rock Island safe and
decent is for the police to continue relentlessly
their raiding Of suspected houses Of prostitu-
ton, bootlegsiny bars and gambling joints And
William H. Ntzsimmons, acting chief of the
police department has given his pledge to the
people of Rock Island that he will do that very
thing
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28

John Looney. alleged newspaper man. is
not member Of the Tri-City Press club, but
John Looney, alleged lawyer, is a member of
the Rock Island County Bar association.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28
BEAUTY.

4 dorado Taft, Chicago sculptor. laments that
the only objects ofN beauty in the average
American small town are its girls and its trees.
What more does he want?
No artist ever produced anything - beau
tiful as girls and trees Art, at its best. il
only q poor counterfeit Of nature Ask any
artist VINO has ever tried to paint the aurora
bOrealis.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28

II John Looney is the desirable timber that
he admits he is for county Judge isn't 1t just
little strange that he hasn't been endorsed by
his professional brethren Of the Rock Island
County Bar association?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28

The vice vultures are blaming The Argus
for destroying their business. The Argus
pleads guilty and thanks them for their COM
pliment
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28

The people Of Rock Island are demanding
that their government be directed from the city
hall and not from the roost OF the vice vultures.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28
JOKE |:

Thousands of typists in London are hoaxed
by fake ad offering job at big pay mo
such company at this address"
Walter Agombar, London cobbleT, is the VIC
tim of joker who advertised that Walt would
repair shoes free of charge for a fortnight.
Vicious 'Aumor' of this sort is haru to ex-
plain, but no more so than any other joke
Ever try to explain joke?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28
WHO hllsd Bill o.bel:

The Shiny claw Of the murderer, black
mailer and CRATER is still clinging to the front
door of the Rock Island city hall