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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15

m EyENWG RRAYER.

Our. Fathef, who art In Heaven.
( Aslp NE 70 do NO WroaG:
Help me to spend my life for Ihee
n s9rrincs and song.
Help me to say. Thy WIN BE- dons":
Teach mo Thy Will to know.
Be Thou my Leader. Teacher. Guide
Show me- the way to 80.
Give me my daily sustenance,
Help me to share It al.
Az Forgive, 20 pardon me;
Stay near me lest fall
Keep Thou my feet from paths Of san. .
Lead them in paths Of right
Kingdom, power and glory Thine
Nine the glorious fight
Give me Thy strength and grace, o Lord.
Teach me to live again,
That with those around the Throne \
Can chant the great Amen!
TIN.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15

tAny fe40e6 can GET the answer 70 u
ton Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin. Director
address and enclose tvo-ccnt stamp for
confidential. the replies being seat dirs<
pad to Anonymous kttefs.l
@. What is the record of consec-
utive wins in the American and Ma
tional leagues? J. w. N.
A. Twenty-six is the greatest
number of consecutive games won
by major league baseball team.
This record was made by the New
York National league team in 1916.
The greatest number of consecu-
tive games won in the American
league was 10. This record was
made by the Chicago team in 1906.
@. Did Bell patent the telephone
as q process or device? j. F.
A. When Alexander Graham
Bell was granted letters patent on
this invention it was described in
the application and specifications
as an instrument for the transmits
sion of articdlated speech by cleo
trio current. This fortunate word
ing covered the process as we'll a
the device and made possible q
complete monopoly Of the tele-
| phone business until the expiration
i of his patent rights.
| q. What is the formula for the
preparation which is used In coat
ing the wooden insulators which
, separate the plats in an automo-
bile storage battery, to prevent
them from being acted upon by the
acid? G.. w. v.
A. Wooden separators for use In
storage batteries are not ordinarily
coated with anything to protect
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15

Levy Mayer. who came to Chicago from
his Virginia home as poor boy, died yesterday
the richest lawyer in the world. He was only
"a. He had won riches, but had neglected that
which his money couldn't buy-his health.
Mayer played the game of high stakes and per-
sonal NEGLECT and lost
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15

Railroad owners say that they want fight
to finish with the labor unions. But the pub
lie will have something to say about that. The
railroad strike has gone about a far - 1t
should be allowed to. 1t is time for action by
the president and congress, action that will
force an immediate resumption Of unhampered
Transportation facilities.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15
HEALTH TALKS
Bv William Brady. M. 3.
to It's pristine brown or bring back
Mod rlyulelnA es1 An0eI

to Its pristine brown or bring back
the molars.
Fear not, grandma, Just keep a
rolling and don't let modern ideas
get you. Let grandfather amuss
himself with this gland business
all he likes. There's no harm in
II, and though it is expensive It
ID not much more co than golf and
gasoline. Take your two miles Of
Oxygen thrice daily on the hoof, and
even il grandfather has a whole
galaxy Of glan,;c planted in him,
never fear. he'll not grow younger
than you.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Mosquito Bites.
What il the best method Of treat
ing mosquito bites? I am suscep-
tible to the sting Of this insect. the
phase becoming swollen and In
famed, the Inflammation lasting
two or three days. I am an Eng.
fish girl and have been in this
country only a few morths.-("Ha.
rasscd')
Answcr-Paint the spot immedi.
ately with tincture of iodine. Oh
touch it with aromatic spirits Of
ammonia. Or apply peroxide Of by
drogen for several minutes. By
the time you have rounded out 9
season or two in this country yot
will have become accustomed to be
ing stung.
Bananas Good Food.
Please tell me whether banana!
are fattening.-(A. X. b.
Answer-The nutritive value o.
bananas is a little greater thar
that of potatoes and about the came
as that of green peas and greer
corn.
Prospective Mothers Teeth.
Is it true that the prospective
mother should not have tooth ex
tfacted?-(J. M
Answer-No, it is q superstition
The expcctant mother should hav'
any necessary dental treatment.
Some Milk.
I am thinking Of consuming fiv'
quarts Of pasteurized milk daily in
stead of eating anything else. t.
gain weight, for the next tw'
| weeks. Would this be injurious il
any way! How many calories ar
there in a quart of pasteurize'
| milk?-(G. b.
Answer-A quart of milk, raw o
parboiled, yields about $50 calor
! les. A rather stfngy meat sand
witch yields about 375 calories. !
modest helping Of beef yields abou
$50 calories. Why burst?
! Another City Hick.
Is SKINNED milk boiled mill
with the scum removed? If moi
how can l get SKINNED milky
]. e.
Answer-Skimmed milk is tina
which remains after the cream ha
been carefully skinned from fres
milk that has stood in vessel TO
four hours or longer for the crear
to rise. Skim the cream from tn
regular dairy milk and give tn
cream to Friend Husband for hi
coffee.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15

a. film beauty has spurned the love OF . shoe
manufacturer. Probably he was ON his uppers
E3opments are on the increase in England
Our British friends seem slow only In seeing
the point of Joke.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15

= question By writing The Argus 1nforma.
Washington. d. c. Give full name ana
.turn postage. Be- brief. All inquiries arc
70 esch Individual. he siasais0a viii D
them from the acid. The wood IS
treated to expand the pores and
remove substances which would be
injurious to the battery. The meth
DDS which have been described fof
doing this are numerous and va
ried. In a few cases manufactur-
ers have impregnated their sep
arators with substances to protect
the wood but the methods for doing
this are manufacturing secrets
which have not been made public.
@. What are the minarets on
Mohammedan mosques for?
H. R. F.
A. The mfnarets of Mohamme'
dan mosques are the towers from
which the officers whose business
it Is, issue the Muezzin or call to
prayer at which signal all true MO
hammedans face toward the east
and engage in devotion.
9. Are spores classed as seeds:
X. F. A.
A. Spores are not true seeds. but
are the means Of reproduction OF ?
great number of plants. such a.
ferns and the various fungi Musn-
rooms ars the most important cui-
tivated plants which depend On
spores for reproduction.
Q. Give a list of conductors ana
insulators. /. K
A. Among the good conductors
are silver. copper, aluminium, enc
brass, platinum. iron. nickel. I'M
lead, antimony. mercury and bis.
muth. Slate, oils. porcelain, dry
leather. dry paper. wood. silk gut
Ia percha. glass and dry air are
insulators or so-called non-ccn'
ductors.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15

Their is sick. Oh. look! Junior Is
smiling and has hold Of my finger.
That's right, partner. shake hands
ON it"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15

In Chicago . woman was sent to jail for
six months for hitting another woman with .
sugar bowl II she had used . salter it 10 pre-
sumed she would have gone up for life.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15

JAY SIG. noticed our reprint of E. E. Cum
mingss poem from Broom. He writes: you
seem to doubt the advisability of putting out
this sort Of connection under the label OF
poetry. Well, you see. Mac, you're wrong;
for now here comes that great authority Tue
Dial, and also says it's poetry"
Sig encloses 3 review Of Cummings book
In The Dial and also a reprint of some Of his
stun. Let's look 1t over, dearly beloved. Says
John Dos Passos 1.-THE reviewerJ:
along with Sandburg and Sherwood An
derson. E. e. Cummings takes the rhythms
Of our American speech as the material Of
bis prose as Of his verse. 1t is writing created
in the ear and lips and jotted down For ac-
curacy in noting the haltfhg cadences of talk
and making music of it, don't know anything
that comes up to these two passages. This
is poem that came out Of The Dial:
Buffalo Bills
defunct
ride watersmooth- silver
stallion
and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlike
he was a handsome man
and what i want to know is
how do you like your blueeyed boy
Mister Death"
We have only one fault to find with Mr..
Dos Passos' review: he should have stopped on
the sentence, Il don't know anything.
Sig. says he'll leave it to US whether any
Tombstone contrib ever did anything as bad as
SBuffalo Bill. Mr.. Dos Passes says Cum
minsss poetry has hardly made a dent in
the doughty minds of our so-called poetry
| lovers" Probably our contribs, in common
with the conductor, have "doughy minds"-a
| condition for which We are grateful.
OmtttinE number Of things which il would
| sefve no good purpose to say, we conclude
BY expressing our conviction that Mr.. Cum.
mings's poetry Is bunk, that he knows Il Is
bunk, that Mr.. Dos Passos' review >of II h
bunk and that Mr.. Dos Passos knows that his
review is bunk.
HEART Fails A. Grifhth" is the quaint way
IN which the headline artist Of the Calesburs
Republican Register tells the world that tbs
Irish leader is dead.
MODERN NARY.
| The tale Of Mary's little lamb
Today is quite passe
| She now displays two dainty calves
Az she goes on her way.
Mary has little lamb.
l Sweets, frappe, and wines:
| Likewise little tete-a-tete,
when with the boss she dimes.
| ARM.
JAPAN has begun the reduction Of her arm,
By dishanding 1000 artillerymen. And vel
bee the entire gang marched rikht over anf
rsenlfsted in the air service.
coNGREssMEN are surprised becaus.
Porto Ri1ns under American control for ;.
yeexa. can't speak Enelish.
1Asfs no<hinG. A1mAsr Of conxrsssmer
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15

Another Of Lincoln's war bodyguards has
Just died in Butte, Mont Lincoln must have
had . whole army to guard him during those
trying days.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15
ADVICE TO SOL. r.
1 that Solomon pifhe

/ read that Solomon Pifde
Intends to throw away
His good and rusty straight-edge
And raise crop Of hay.
Now, Mac, say to Solomon for me
oh! look before you leap!"
Because there is NO telling
What sort Of crop he'll reap.
The hair is beautiful chestnut
Upon my noble head.
But when l raise moustachios-
Oh gosh! but they are red.
raised one just this last winter.
Nine hairs upon each side;
Each one l nursed and fondled
With true, paternal pride.
But if l went promenading
Or if, perchance to tea
My dearest Trends and cronies,
They all made fun of me.
So now, oh Solomon Pine:
Oh, dear, good, kind. old Sol,
You'll leave your upper lip alone
II you know your stuff at all.
Just ask the man who owns one:
He'll tell you to beware.
You'll ind yours, when you raise it,
delusion and q snare.
W. MINSTREL.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15

Thirty cars Of coal mined by non-union
workers were uncoupled from train and
burned by mob At Percy. ny Such tactics
will not aid the cause Of the strikers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15

speakias OF returning to normally. of
course you noticed that the July barta rsoses
IN Rock Island was u girls sad 81 boys.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15

TIM suggested that We might not care to
print the Evening Prayer, since VI have been
criticised for similar ventures in the past.
fond6st thing we are of. And any criticism
which our printing of Tins prayer may bring
forth will emanate from those u. '. r. w. t. ". d.
n. r (There's something for bright contrfbs
to tranGlate.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15

for the liquor interests, and John G. Woolley
great prohibition lecturer, greeted each other
when they met on the Other Side! Both were
famous, as men 60, while they lived; and the
odd thing is that John Barleycorn brought most
of that fame. s funny world, ain't-hic-
amt It?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-15
The sim Small Voice.


Editorial in the Chicago Post
The state authorities have neither
taken steps to get coal mined, nor to
secure for Illinois its share Of what is
mined elsewhere, In the car strike the
mayor at least projected an eventual
bus system, but Governor Small has not
gone SO far as even to suggest sub
stitute for coal His administration has
been less useful than q hairbrush is to
4 bald-headed man.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-12-27
DISASTERS

Many thousands Of lives were lost in
disasters in 1922, and vast property
losses sustained. In January a Greek
destroyer was blown up, so men per-
ishing; and in Washington 81 persons
were killed and 1873 injured when a
theater roof collapsed under weight OF
snow. In February 25 men died in
mine explosion at Gates, Pa, and 81
were killed by the fall and explosion
of the army dirigihle Roma, which had
been bought in Italy. On March Is
great fire in the Chicago business dis
trict did damage amounting to $8,OOO,-
600; on March % a British submarine
sank with % men, and on March %
the famous Church Of st. Anne de
Beaupre, near Quebec, was burned.
April was marked by fatal and de-
structive floods and tOrnadOes in the
Mississippi river valley and in Texas,
and by a severe earthquake in Japan.
On April 10 400 carloads of war NUM-
lions exploded in Monastir, Serbia,
killing hundreds and destroying the
center of the city. On May 10 the P.
& O. liner Egypt was sunk in collision,
90 lives being lost; and on June 4 81
persisted when a Paraguayan excur-
sion steamer blew up. New York city
had one of the worst storms of recent
years on June II, about so persons
being killed. Forty lives were lost in
the wreck Of a pilgrims train near
Lourdes, France, on August 1; $4,000
Chinese persisted in typhOon at Swa-
tow August 2; 81 were killed in a rail-
way wreck at Sulphur Springs, Mo, on
Aug. 5. Great, forest fires in Mime
sofa in August destroyed several small
towns. The Japanese cruiser Nitaka
went down during a typhoon August
%, with a loss of 800 lives, and three
days later 316 persisted when a Chilean
ship sank near Coquimbo. On August
%, 4S men were entombed in a burn
ing gold mine shaft at Jackson, Cal,
and % days later all were found dead.
Falconara fort, Italy, was destroyed on
September % by exploding ammunition
stores, TIA soldiers being killed. On
November 6 a gas explosion in mine
near Spangler, Pa, killed 80 miners,
and on November % a dust explosion
in a mine near Birmingham, Ala, killed
"a.
On December a confagration de-
stroyed the center and much of the
residence section of Astoria, Ore, the
loss being $15,OOO,OOO.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-12-27

dent Harding warned the strikers
against interference with mails or In
terstate transportation, and the agen-
cies Of the government were active In
enforcing his orders. Finding they
could not tie up traffic, the strikers In
many regions resorted to extreme vio-
lence, and even to murder. In the Far
West some of the Brotherhood OF
Trainmen members co-operated with
them until called off by their CHEERS
Several trains loaded with passengers
were abandoned in the deserts. Final
ly the government struck vital blow
at the strike. Attorney General Daugh-
erty, on September l, obtained from
Judge Wilkerson in Chicago a sweep
ing order restraining the shop crafts
from interfering in any way with the
operation of the railways. Two weeks
later the strike was broken when
many railroads negotiated separate
agreements with the shopmen.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-12-27
NATIONAL LEGISLATION

One of the first acts of congress in
the year was the passage of the foreign
debt refunding bill, with a limit for
payment set ut % years. The house
in January also passed the Dyer anti
lynching bill, but it got no further until
December, when the Democrats in the
senate filibustered it to death. The
cooperative marketing bill was enact
ed in February. On March % the
house passed the soldiers bonus bill
and, after a long and bitter fight, it
went through the senate on August 81.
President Harding had warned con-
gress the measure was entirely unac-
ceptable to him, chiefly because it pro
vided no means of raising the money
to pay the bonus, and on September 10
be vetoed it. The house OVERRIDE the
veto, but the senate sustained it. The
agitation for such legislation was in
cessant, however, and new bills were
introduced before the year closed.
Appropriation bills for the army and
navy, providing for $4,000 and $4,000
passed; and $17,OOO,OO0 was appropri-
ated for soldiers hospitals.
The tariff revision bill Of course
took long time in the making. 1t
finally was completed and was signed
by the President on September p.
One notable feature is provision CIV
ing the President power. to lower or
raise certain rates when he thinks con-
ditions of foreign trade warrant.
Congress adjourned on September
%, and as it had failed to take any &C
ton On a ship subsidy measure, the
President called an extra session to
meet on November 20, mainly to con-
slider such a bill. The house passed
Ii on November 90. The extra session
merged into the regular session on De
cember 4.
In his message to congress Presi-
dent Harding called for strict enforce
ment of the prohibition law, thor
oughgoing agricultural credit system,
Improvement of transportation and
outlawing of railroad strikes and pro-
vision for drafting in war all national
resources. The ship subsidy bill ran
up against a determined opposition in
the senate. The house on December
Is passed the naval appropriation bill
carrying 1926, 100000.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-12-27

labor attorney; Alexander Graham
Bell, inventor of the telephone; United
States Senator w. e. Crow Of Pennsyl-
vania; former Congressman Lemuel
Padgett of Tennessee; Enver Pasha,
ex-war minister Of Turkey; Rear Ad-
miral Uriel Sebree, q. S. N; Arthur
Griffith, president of Dali Eireann !;
John G. Woolley, noted prohibitionist /;
Lord Northcliffe, English publisher
Levy Mayer, prominent Chicago law
yer; Rollin D. Salisbury, geologist |;
Genevieve Ward, American tragedi-
enne; Rev. DR.. Henry Couden, chap
lain of house Of representatives for
Is years Delavan Smith, publisher In
dianapolis News; DR.. Stephen Smith,
founder Of American Public Health as
ISOLATION; F. S. Peabody, Chicago mill
lionaire; Arthur Dawson, American
artist; Mrs. Nellie Grant Jones, daugh-
ter of Gen. q. S. Grant; W. III. Hudson,
British naturalist and author.
In September: Theodore A. Bell,
prominent lawyer and politician of
San Francisco; Bishop Samuel Fal-
lows of Reformed Episcopal church /;
Emmett O'Neal, former governor of
Alabama Leon Bonnat, French artist
Enos Mills, American naturalist and
author; United States Senator Thomas
Watson of Georgia.
In October: Rear Admiral Charles
E. Clark, o. S. NJ; Walker Hill, bank
er of st. Louis; Marie Lloyd, English
comedienne; Jorge Montt, former pres
ident of Chile; Isaac Guggenheim, cop
per magnate; DR.. Lyman Abbott, edi-
tor of Outlook; Father Bernard
Vaughan, famous Jesuit preacher of
London.
In November: Thomas Nelson Page,
author and former ambassador to It
ally; Alfred Capus, French journalist I;
T. Dewitt Cuyler, prominent railroad
man; Jacob Gimbel, merchant prince
of New York, Philadelphia and Mil
waukee; J. A. L. Gutierrez, Honduran
minister to Washington; Mrs. Mary S.
Lockwood, founder of D. A. R.; Bel
lamy StOrer, former diplomat; Richard
K. Fox, publisher of Police Gazette
Gen. Luke E. Wright, former secretary
of war and governor general of the
Philippines; w. G. Sharp, former am
bassador to France; Frank Bacon,
American actor; George Bronson How
ard, playwright and , author; Baron
Sidney SonninO, Italian statesman
Henry N Cary, prominent newspaper
man Of Chicago; F. G. Nedringhaus,
former congressman from Missouri; G.
III. Scidmore, United States consul gen
eral at Tokyo; Congressman James R.
Mann of Illinois.
In December: DR.. w. E. Quine, lead
ing Chicago physician; Cardinal lyle
sias of Spain; L. B. Prince, former
governor of New Mexico; John Wanna
maker, famous merchant of Philadel-
phia and New York; Alexander Rob
ertson, Chicago banker; Jesse NJ
Overton, capitalist, of Nashville,
Tenn; James o. Davidson, former
governor of Wisconsin; Lord Marcus
Beresford, British horseman: Col
a. E. Bradley, former chief surgeon
of the A E. T.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-12-27
LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL

Bulking large in the affairs of Amer
lea were the two big strikes, of the
railway shopmen and the coal miners.
In effect at the same time, they seri-
ously threatened the national we'll
being by disrupting traffic and causing
a countrywide shortage of fuel.
Unable to reach an agreement with
the mine operators on the wage scale,
the miners, both anthracite and btu
minous, went on strike April 1. In
June and July President Harding con-
ferred with representatives of both
sides, and proposed that the men. re-
turn to work at the old wages and that
the new scale be arbitrated.- His plan
being rejected, he told the operators
to reopen their mines under protection
of federal troops and the flag. In only
q few cases was this done. There
were numerous local conflicts and some
Killings and the price of coal threat
ened to become extortionate. To pre-
vent profiteering the government
adopted a plan for the supervision of
production and distribution of coal on
July "a Operators and miners of the
u6luS met dl OluCluAdIl anu
on August Is signed an agreement
ending the strike, the men winning vir-
tually all their demands. A similar
settlement of the anthracite strike was
made on September 2. 1t was admit
ted that the root of the trouble had not
been reached and that another strike
In the spring of 1923 was almost GER
tainty. Since there was still great
shortage of coal, Conrad E. Spens was
appointed federal fuel director on Sep
TENDER %.
The railway strike followed an order
OF the federal railway labor board, is
sued June 6, reducing the wages Of the
shopmen about $6O,OOO,OOO a year.
Other rail employees had their pay cut
proportionately, but the shopmen were
chosen to make the fight. They quit
work on July /, and two days later
were "outlawed" by the board. On
July II they were reinforced by the
stationary engineers, firemen and oil
ers From the beginning the admins
tration strove to bring about settle
ment, but both sides were stubborn,
the restoration of seniority rights be-
Ing the main stumbling block. Presi-