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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-14
QUITS PLACE ON COMMISSION.
JOHN III. Kirby Unable To Go To South
America, He Tells Harding.

Washington, Aug. 14.-John H.
Kirby Houston, today rendered his
resigna ton to President Harding as
member of the Brazilian centennial
commission. He said he would be
unable to go to Rio de Janeiro on ac-
count of business affairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-14
3, 49O OUT OF WORK IN STATE

Unemployment Figures Announced by
Judge j. H. Crawford.
There were $3.50 persons out of
work in Kansas during the month of
July. according to the report for the
month issued by Judge John H. Craw-
FORD OF the Industrial court and in
charge of the courts labor depart
meut- From two of the six districts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-14

Bumper crops on the Missouri
slope of North Dakota are being at
fributed by many to a series of prayer
meetings. which started at New Eng
land. N D.. May 2s- The meetings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-14

were started by devout believers in the
power OF prayer, and are said to have
resulted in overflow gatherings in
churches, schoolhouseS and farm
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
OKLAHOMA CITY
TEAM ARRIVES

Fisher Anes and Robert He'd
burg, representatives of the Okla
homa City high school. arrived last
night for the Rock Island o klahoma
City debate to be held at 1880
o'clock tonight in the high school,
auditorium.
Kenneth Miller and Verne Taske1
will represent Rock Island high
school, taking the affirmative oil
the topic: Resolved. That the
movement for the open shop should
receive the support of public opin-
ion" The southern school has
high reputation in debating and q
hot contest is expected.
The visiting debaters arrived in
Rock Island after having contests
last week in Ponca City, Okla
Wichita and Hutchinson, Kan, and
Moberly, Mo.
Judges for the contest this eve
ming will be A. F. Schersten, Rock
Island, c. E. Menser and W. c.
Shaw, Knox college.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
AVOIDS UNLIGHTED
AUTO, HITS OTHER,
MILAN MAN HURT

Allan T. Eddy, Milan, received a
cut on his hand and his automobile
was badly smashed last night at
about 1920 o'clock when peculiar
traffic mixup caused collision at
Twelfth street and Thirty-flfth ave-
nue.. The other car in the collision
was owned and driven by Hugo
Mosenfelder, sos Twentieth street
It also was damaged to some ex-
tent
Robert Ehlers, $40 Twenty-sev-
enth street, and his friend, Harry
Harder, S45 Twenty-seventh street,
had parked their automobile, &C
cording to their story, on the west
side of Twelfth street, near Thirty
fifth avenue. The lights of the car
were not burning, Eddy alleges. AS
Eddy approached in his car, going
south, he almost struck the Ehlers
car, but swerved to the left in time
to avoid it, being unable to stop his
car quickly enough. The Mosen-
fielder car, on the east side of the
street, was squarely in the way OF
the swerving car and was thus in
volved in the wreck.
All of the principals appeared in
the police court this morning at 8
o'clock, and the hearing was con-
tinued until 8 o'clock this evening,
before Joseph P. Kelly, justice of
the peace. The technical charge is
against Allan T. Eddy, Harry Har-
der and Robert Ehlers for viola
ton of the motor vehicle laws. 1t
was said today that damages would
be settled out of court
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
DEATH SUMMONS
| MRS. MARY RAPP
Resident of Rock Island Nearly Half
Century Answers Call In
Family Residence.

Mrs. Mary Rapp, aged 81 years, a
resident of Rock Island 48 years,
passed away ate O'Clock this morn
ing in the family residence, 2740
Fifth avenue. She had been i'll
three weeks. Death resulted from
heart disease.
Mrs. Rapp, who was formerly
Miss Mary McDermott, was born
in Cleveland, Ohio. Dec %, 1854
She came to Colona with her par
ents at the age of years, where
she resided for several years be-
fore locating in Rock Island, in
1874. She was married to w. c.
Rapp April 80, 1877. She is a
member of the Sacred heart church
Surviving are the widower; two
sons, w. E. Rapp and J. F. Rapp,
both of Rock Island; daughter,
Mrs. Della Kidd, Moline; brother,
Patrick McDermott, Rock Island.
and a sister. Mrs. Sarah McGinty,
Rock Island. Three children pre-
coded her in death
Funeral services will be held at
s:45 O'Clock Wednesday morning IN
the family residence and at 8
O'Clock in the Sacred Heart church
Rev. C. P. O'Neill, pastor of the
church, will conduct the services.
Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
PATE IS ASKED
TO conference
Supervisor Schillinger Requests
Settlement on Disposition Of
South Rock Island Funds.

w. Fl. Schillinger. Rock Island
township supervisor, through w. A
Frewert, town clerk, has invited w.
s. Pate, supervisor of the South
Rock Island township organiza-
ton, to conference on the pro-
rata disposition of the property and
funds remaining in the charge OF
Mr. Pate TO the territory in South
Rock Island township. This town.
snip, it is now alleged. is only that
territory of the former township
not included in the proceedings
taken by the county board or su-
peryisors through which 1t is alleg-
ed Rock Island township incorpor-
ated within it's boundaries that por-
ton of South Rock Island township
coincident with the city of Rock
Island.
Mr.. SchiIlinger. who will remain
supervisor of Rock Island township
until his successor is elected and
qualified, states that he took this
action in accordance with the law,
which provides for an equitable
disposition of the property of a
township affected by Incorporation
proceedings to portions OF the
township unaffected by the pro-
ceedings.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10

we DellSf0 LII pedCS
If our belief is to be more than
idle thought, We must maintain the
navy agreed to as just and equit-
able in the last conference of the
nations.
This year England will have 1884,
600 men in her navy. The japanese
will have $4,000 men. Under this
bill, we will have but $1,000 men.
Ships without men amount to
nothing. If this bill is passed,
therefore, it cuts the naval ratio be-
tween the countries to about rs
and and with the United States
on the small end.
| The United States, under the
treaty, has Is battleships that she
may retain. Under this bill she can
! keep only Is in full commission.
She has to put five in ordinary with
only 200 men on board. A battleship
without a crew is not a battleship
at all. 1t is a naval relic.
The battleship alone is not the
navy. With it must go the neces-
sary complement of smaller ships.
Without these smaller ships the
battleship is helpless. With only
81 900 men we have to lay up hun
dredS of thousands of tons of our
auxiliary craft.
With but 81 900 men we can keep
but 703,952 tons of combatant ships
ready for service. England keeps
1,307,7S5 tons ready for service and
Japan 6S9,456 tons.
Under the treaty we are allotted
navy equal to that of Great
Britain, and 40 per cent greater
| than that of Japan. Should this
bill become a law this relationship
would be destroyed and We would
be placed in a position inferior to
both of them.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
RIVER RISING,
STAGE Is 9.8
High Water WIN Continue Two
Days-Stage Depends on Rains;
No Danger Of Flood.

Another slight rise in the river
in the last "a hours has set the
stage for the Mississippi at this
point at 9.S feet. There will be a
continual rise for two days with
precipitation indications to warrant
stage forecast of los or. II feet.
Unsettled and rainy weather to-
night and Tuesday was forecast to-
day by Andrew Hamrick, meteorol-
ogist. The river was rising from
ST. Paul to below st. Louis, reports
received at the local weather sta
ton show. At st. Louis this morn
ing it was 30S inches, which is 3
of an inch above the food stage.
The high water there Is caused by
the Illinois tributaries emptying
into the Mississippi. At Peoria It is
229 feet, which is So feet above
the flood stage.
What the river will go depends
upon the rains during the next IS
hours. There is no danger Of a
food here. however, as the flood
stage Is Is feet At LeClaire TODAY
it was rs and In Dubuque. 1872 feet.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
ENGLISH PRINCESS
AND HUSBAND GET
PRESENT GALORE

London.-The vast number and
varied assortment of wedding pres
ents to Princess Mary and Wis
count Lascelles displayed here
caused many people to wonder
what the newlyweds would do with
the Sc jugs and bowls, 16 silver
toast-racks and % clocks included
in the offerings.
The late King Edward. after his
marriage, found himself the pos
SCISSOR of $500 teapots of all
types and descriptions and of more
than 500 cruets- 1t is reported that
some of these are still stored in
London.
Only persons who had been pre-
scented at court or who could claim
personal acquaintance with eth
err Princess Mary or her husband,
were permitted to tender wedding
gifts on the occasion of the recent
royal wedding. Charitable and
other public organizations and in
situations were, of course, ex-
cepted.
This ruling perhaps saved
Princess Mary the embarrassment
over disposing of teapots and cru
cts suffered by King Edward.
A classification of the gifts ex-
hibited at St. James palace showed
only 2S tea services were presented.
Other items are 15S articles of
jewelry, including bracelets, neck
laces, pendants, tiaras, brooches,
rings, caskets, fans and watches; q
try full of fiawless. unset precious
stones; 1913 gifts made from pre-
cious metals, including % trays, "a
vases, 81 cups, Il goblets, Is ink
stands. Is statues, II card trays.
nine cigaret cases, eight travelling
cases and seven workboxes; 1877
books and manuscripts, % Candida
bra, II umbrellas, IA lamps and
shades, II rugs. % sets of cutlery,
eight wall brackets, SO dinner ser
vices, At breakfast table services,
Is silver salvers, 20 pairs of gloves,
10 wedding cakes and seven hunt
ing crops.
While correspondents invited to
q private view were being shown
about the state rooms where the
presents were on display. the %
gift shops all began Ginning of 6
o'clock at almost the same in
stant-and the newspaper party
was ushered out as it had been in
yited to call between and p. m"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
ROB PEORIAN OF
S1O,660 BONDS
Bandits Break Into John Lane
Home and Get Securities
Out of Trunk.

Peoria, Ill, April 10.-Bandits
last night forced the rear entrance
to the John Lane home, broke the
lid from a trunk and escaped with
cash, Liberty bonds and bank GER
tificates valued at $10,660.
The robbery occurred between Z
and 8 O'Clock last night while Mr..
and Mrs. Lane were attending
church services They returned
home at 9:15 o'clock to find every
thing in order except the trunk,
which bore evidence of having been
plundered.
Mr.. Lane hurriedly examined the
contents of the trunk and found the
money and securities, representing
practically his life's savings, miss
ing.
The rear door was open, having
been forced by the thieves.
Authorities expressed the opin-
ion that the robbery was an inside
lob
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
EX-SERVICE MEN
JOBLESS BECAUSE
OFKING'S CHARTER

London.-The dead hand of a
king who reigned 800 years ago is
today preventing many ex-service
men at Teddington, a Thames-side
town dozen miles out of London
from earning a living as statesmen.
They proposed to open a popular
market there but found they were
barred by a charter granted by
King John to the neighboring town
of Kingston, giving that town es-
elusive market rights within a ra-
dius of seven miles, which en-
braces Teddington.
Protests that living conditions
have changed in the past 500 years
have been met by the Kingston
authorities with an announcement
that they intend to stand by their
charter.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10

Continued from First Page.)
GUS appearance. The same air of
prosperity marked the audience
which gathered for the Connels-
vile meeting.
Many of the miners cabins along
the way were set of by blossom
ing peach trees and the party of
correspondents agreed that in gem
eral there was no sign of squalor
or poverty. The miners, their
wives and children, were for the
most part neatly dressed and the
home atmosphere, so far as could
be ascertained by external scrut-
my, was not one fraught with
pinched circumstances, worry or
bare existence.
In some of the coke plant COM
munities the workers dwellings
are of brick, while in others of
wood. neatly and freshly painted.
A large percentage of the coke
workers of today are of foreign
born parentage, but of American
birth. Many of the young men have
high school education and to all
appearances, to Judge from a pass
ing glance, and bits of converse
ton. their. Americanization is high
ly developed
Indianapolis, Ind, April 10.-(By
the Associated Press)-The second
week of the nationwide suspension
of work by union coal mine work
ers got under way today with the
unions organization still present.
ing an unbroken front and the sit
uation in the non-union fields be-
coming more favorable to the
unions cause, according to the
view OF the situation expressed by
John Lewis, president OF the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America. Mr..
Lewis returned to indianapolis yes
terday.
As view the situation" he
said. "the program laid down by
organization Is functioning 100 per
cent In tbs ,non-union fields I feel
the International union is steadily
gaining strength"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
STOCKHOLDERS OF
BANK ELECT BOARD
OF NINE DIRECTORS

Stockholders OF the Rock Island
Savings bank held their annual
election of officers today, ballots
being cast from 10 o'clock until
noon.
A board of nine directors was to
be chosen, and tellers were named
to make report at o'clock this
afternoon.
The board consists of Fl. S. Cable,
Hugh f. Curtis, William H. Dart,
Franz Happ. w. G. johnson. Phil
Mitchell, John w. Potter. III. z.
Streiter and John voik. The direc-
tors were scheduled TO organize to-
day after the tellers report. Al
present, H s. Cable Is chairman OF
the board. Hugh e. Curtis is pres
ident, w G.. Johnson. vice president
and cashier, ]. H. Meehan and r.
w. 0sterman, assistant cashiers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
Personal Points

Phillip A. Kennedy returned to
Chicago this morning after visiting
with his mother, Mrs. T. Kennedy.
1882 Fourteenth street.
W. N. Phillips, secretary of the
Royal Neighbors of America, has
returned from a Today business
trip for the society in North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia and
Tennessee.
Earl G. Strupp, formerly of Rock
Island, who for the past year has
been resident of Waterloo, Iowa,
has accepted a position with the
Community Service Stations COM
pany at Rochester, n. Y, and with
Mrs. Strupp leaves for his new field
tomorrow.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
Mrs. Charles Steltzer.

Word was received by Mrs. Mary
OFarrell, 215 Ninth street, Rock
Island, of the death of her niece,
Mrs. Charles Steltzer, at O'Clock
this morning in Kalamazoo, Mich.
Mrs. Steltzer had been a resident
of Rock Island Is years and left
Rock Island about IL years ago.
She was we'll known to many Rock
Island residents. Her death fol-
lowed a months illness of heart
disease
Mrs. Steltzer, who was formerly
Miss Nellie Kahn, was born in Dur
ant, Iowa. A years ago. She was
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Kahn. Her father preceded her in
death.
Surviving are the widower; her
mother, Mrs. Margaret KAN, Kala-
maZoo: a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth As
pin, Kalamazoo; two brothers, Pat
rick H, Kewanee, and William,
New York.
Funeral services and burial will
be Wednesday in Kalamazoo.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
TELLS KIWANIS
CLUB OF CANADA
Observe 100 Years OF Peana n.
tween Two Countries-Address
by DR.. T. L. Thomson,

The United States and CansS.
were described as shaking hama
across the border" in an address
delivered before the Kiwanis elgb
at the noon luncheon of the orran5-
cation today by DR.. T. l. Thomso,
of East Moline, "a Canadian nv
birth. but an American by adon.
ton"
His speech was part of the cele.
bration staged by the internationsl
Kiwanis organization 10 mark 105
years of peace between the two
countries, and the restriction AZ
ornaments upon the Great Lakes
Canada and the United States. Ia
affirmed, set a splendid example m
the entire world by dwelling To-
gether in peace and amity, exempli-
flying the principles illuminated At
the recent disarmament conference
at Washington.
Kiwanis approved a resolution
offered by the board of governors
limiting the membership Of tha
clu bto SO members. It was decia.
ed to omit next Mondays meeting
in order to unite with the Rotary
and Exchange club members and
other citizens and attend the Rock
Island Chamber of Commerce din
ner Tuesday noon in the Rock Is
land club in honor of Senior Sebas-
tian Sampaio, Brazilian consul and
commercial attache. An invita-
ton to dine with tie Davenport
Kiwanis club at the BlackhaEk
hotel next Thursday at noon vas
accepted.
A. ]. House, new member Of
the club, was welcomed, and Harry
o. Hanson and A. ]. Faeryer Of the
Davenport club, together with Ray.
mond J. Weise of Davenport, who
has recently removed to Rock Is
land were among the guests.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10

The department has asked for
$4,000 men. This is the minimum
number necessary at this time to
man our feet. With only $1,000
men, the naval ratio is broken.
We are put in a position inferior
to Great Britain and Japan.
Our power of defense is crippled.
Our influence for peace and JUS
tice is limited. and we are relocated
to a secondary position.
To limit the personnel of our
navy to $1,000 men would be a ma
tional calamity.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
WEEK SERVICES AT
CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Rev. Launcelot Hadaway, pastor
of the Memorial Christian church.
announces a weeks series of spe-
cial services this week. The sery-
ices will be held each evening ex-
cept Saturday, and will eliminate
in the special Easter services Sun
will render an Easter cantata. Fol-
lowing the the sermon topics for
each evening: Tonight, THE Work
of the Redeemer"; Tuesday, kin
ship with Royalty; Wednesday,
Following the King; Thursday,
THE Only Foundation; Friday,
1.-The Final Victory; Sunday
morning, 1.-THE Living SAVIOR
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
PRESBYTERY HOLDS
.AILrDAY MEETING
AT THIRD CHURCH

Presbyterial meeting will be held
tomorrow at the Gloria Del United
Presbyterian church. The session
will open at 1890 and the meet
ing will continue throughout the
day. At noon the delegates ami
representatives will be served din
ner by the ladies of the church
Reports of the years work will
be included in the days program,
and officers will be elected. Fiji
teen churches are included in this
presbytery, and each is entitled to
send its pastor and one lay mem
Der. A delegate will be elected
to the general assembly to be held
next month. The moderator is Rev
H. P. Smith of Little York Rev.
]. B. Pollock of Aledo is the clerk.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
MRS. DUKE DIES.

Mrs. Alvin Duke, colored, aged 2S
years, died at Z o'clock last night
in the family residence, 2719 Tenth
avenue, Moline. She had been a resi-
dent of Moline two years. Surviv-
ing are the widower and a daughter,
both of Moline; the mother. Mrs.
Rachel Rodgers, Festus, Mo-; two
sisters, Mrs Altha Gill. Festus, and
Miss Rena Rodgers, st. Louis, and
a brother, Ernest, st. Paul.
The body will be sent to Festus
Wednesday for funeral services
and burial.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
RESERVES CLEAR
GOOD SUM FROM
BENEFIT AFFAIR

Members of the Fairfax Girl Re
serves gave a very successful en-
tertainment Thursday evening at
King Solomon lodge hall. The
sum of $50 was cleared and will be
used to pay on piano already pur-
chased and installed in the center,
on Tenth street and Sixth ave-
nue.. Mrs. Bessie Clayton was
chairman of the committee in
charge of the affair.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
CHILD IN ORPHANS
HOME TAKES PILLS
BY MISTAKE: DIES

Mary Helen Martin, aged 5, an
inmate of the Davenport Orphans
home, daughter of Fred Martin.
Iowa City, died in commissions in
the home Saturday after taking
eight Hinkel pills by mistake.
Teh body was taken to Iowa City.
Besides the father, brother,
Wayne, survives.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
Navy Is Crippled By Limit
Of $1,000 Men AS New Bill
Provides, Says Roosevelt
BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT,

Washington, April 1O.-The naval bill reported by
the house appropriations committee crpples 1t
gives only 81 900 men.
believe in the limitation and reduction of armament
We have proved the honesty of belief by
The naval treaty just ratified by the senate limits and
navy and establishes fixed basis for all
concerned-a ratio of $50 between Great Britain,
the United States and Japan respectively.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
Funeral of Mr.. Wilson.

The body of Thomas K. Wilson,
instantly killed in a fail from a
derrick, in Taft, Calf, will arrive
in Rock Island at 9:15 o'clock to-
night. Funeral services will be
held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow aft
ernoon in the home of his sister.
Mrs. Frank Ekstrom, 1920 Twelfth
street. Rev. ]. l. Vance, pastor
of the Oak Grove United Presby-
terrain church. will conduct the
services. Burial will be in Chip
piannock cemetery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10

Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza
beth Terry, former matron of the
Associated Charities of Rock Is
land, who died in the home of her
son, 1917 Nineteenth street, Moline,
were held at o'clock yesterday
afternoon in the Knox chapel Rev.
w. G. Oglevee, pastor of the South
Park Presbyterian church, con-
Quoted the services. The body was
sent to Brooklyn, Iowa, and burial
was in the family lot there.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10

Officials are contemplating in
stailation OF a central heating plant
In Toxic, Japan,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10

Swedish army air service laid six
miles OF telegraph wire in eight
minutes
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
J. T. CONE STARTS
FIGHT IN A HOTEL:
PAYS A FINE OF S.

John T. Coyle, Moline. arrested
at O'Clock yesterday morning on
complaint of John Quade, night
clerk of the Waddell hotel, was
fined SIS by J. P. Kelly, justice of
the peace, in police court this
morning. He was charged with dis
orderly conduct.
Quade claimed that Coyle came
into the hotel at an early hour yes
terday morning, started a disturb
ance and a tussle followed when
Coyle refused to leave
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10
Obituary
Funeral of Albert DeWilde.

Funeral services for Albert De
Wilde, seven-weeks-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward De Wilde, 526
Sixth street, Rock Island, were
held at 2 O'Clock yesterday after
noon in the O'Malley funeral par
lors. Rev. Peter Zwart, pastor of
St Pauls church, conducted the
services. Burial was in Calvary
cemetery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10

or more towns bearing the name of
Rome.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-10

The name Mary has been given
to II daughters among II monarchs
Of England.