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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17
Especial to The Argus.)

Especial " L lie
Monmouth, May 17.-An unknown
bandit, who blew" three safes in
Monmouth last night was fatally
wounded at o'clock this morn
ing in a revolver duel with Marshal
John Albertson in the Keithsburg
yards of the Minneapolis & St.
Louis road,
The bandit was about so years
old He refused to make any state
ment to the authorities and upon
his clothing there were no pa
pers or marks of identification. He
died at 7:15 o'clock in the Keiths-
burg railroad station. He had been
shot in the abdomen and in the
right shoulder.
His pal. So years of age. is in
custody, surrendering after he saw
has refused to talk to the authori-
ties. There was nothing to identify
him but police believe they have Sc
cured detective bureau identifica-
ton.
The safe-cracking jobs in Mon
mouth were expertly done. The
bandits secured a tFifle over So
although they forced big safes in
the freight office of the Minneapol-
is & st. Louis the Mccullough
Lumber & Coal company and the
Monmouth branch of Swift & Co.
The only money was secured in the
freight office Afterwards they
robbed the Chaplin grocery store in
Monmouth but secured only a few
pennies.
Monmouth police learned of the
Swallowing within a few min
utes but the men had made their
escape. Information that two
strangers were seen leaving Mon
mouth on a NJ. 6, St. L. freight train
bound for Keithsburg was received
and upon this tip the Keithsburg
authorities were warned to be on
the lookout for the men.
Fire on Marshal.
Marshal Albertson was in the
yards when the train arrived. He
saw the two men hiding in the
cars. He ordered them to surren-
der. Instead the older bandit fired
on the officer. Five shots were ex-
changed and both the marshafs s
bullets found their mark. The old
er man toppled forward and fell in
heap; his pal surrendered. Both
the bandits carried army Colts, .3S
caGber.
The marshal called members OF
the train crew and took the young
er bandit into custody. Examina-
tiun of the wounded man showed
that he had been fatally hurt. He
was told that he had only a few
minutes to live and because of his
condition was not removed from
the railroad station. He refused to
talk TO the officers. Search OF nus
clothing gave no clue to identlfi-
cation and the pal kept faith with
his dead companion.
The body was to be taken TO
Monmouth this afternoon. The
second bandit will be lodged in the
Monmouth Jail, and it is expected
that he will be identified before
night.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17
PREACHER IN
MARYLAND IS
CUPID'S AID
Has Record of Splic-
ing 675 Couples in
4 Years.
BY BURTON LEE.

| leSS OOIISSDOnQe0L
Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
! Rockville, Md, May 17.-Outward
demonstrations of love are of ma.
terlaf benefit in making that love
permanent, some experts to the
contrary Notwithstanding Ask Rev
DR.. w. p. Rowland Wagner-he
knows. DR.. Wagner is pastor OF
the First Baptist church here. He
is affectionately known in Wash
ington and Baltimore as the mar
| rying pastor" A record of 675
couples in four years-most OF
which stuck-gives him his place
in the marrying hall of fame. He
believes in matrimony as a divine
institution, but he makes it very
plain that the interested parties
are equally responsible if the mat
rimonial voyage is to be a smooth
one
All Rockville today was discuss
ing with keen relish a few genuine
truths which the genial minister
spilled last night at church ses-
sion. He took occasion to hand out
single
We hss 1AC Ot1y o.
watch your step, girls" he sug-
gested. "a marriage license is not
permanent meal ticket. Neither
is it credit account at the dry
goods store or the dressmaker's es-
tablishment.
You have no need to be asham-
ed of your affection. kissing is all
right. 1t is one of the finest insti-
tutions leading up to the wedding
and it is the tie that binds after
the ring is on the brides finger.
IF kissing was not sanitary the
doctors would all abstain If kiss
ing was not legal the lawyers would
abstain If kissing was not good
it is certain that the pastors would
abstain. Do any of them abstain
and refrain? You are right; they
do not.
IF there was a machine to meas
ure the divers kisses that l have
witnessed since l moved to Rock
vile and have watched right here
in the parsonage. it would have
been broken long ago.
"It all depends on the couple
themselves if their welded life is
10 De one Ol undIIOy6u DIlSS- De
fore the girls get married, there
are a lot of things they make with
their own hands. This is not al
ways so afterward.
Good Cooking Vital.
Heaven help the man who mar
ries a woman who cannot cook.
Take a tip from me, girls: feed
him and feed him we'll. If you do
so, you always will remain on the
right side OF the counter. A man
must eat and he must have his
food properly prepared.
las for the men, they must re-
member that a wife is not only a
housekeeper. She is a partner in
the business of life. The man who
marries must realize this at all
times"
The Reverend" as he is best
known. is credited with being the
most popular man in the county.
His parsonage is the mecca for
most of the couples who elope from
Washington and Baltimore.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17
.BANDELION WINE
MAKING ILLEGAL,
HAYNES ASSERTS

Newark, n. J., May 17.-Dande-
lions are not fruit, and hence can
not be used legally in the manu-
facture of wine for family use.
Dandelion wine users with a
conscience are responsible for this
ruling of Federal Prohibition Com
missioner Haynes made public here
today. Constant inquiries by law
abiders.. who feared dandelions
might not be one of the fruit wine
stocks permissible for household
ers to use on permit, caused the
query to be sent to Washington.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17
ALTER nv LEAD
IN PENN STATE
PRIMARY RACE
Contest With Pinchof
Is Close; Result
Uncertain.
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
Philadelphia. Pa May H.
Clifford PinchOt "has apparent
Iy won the Republican nOmina-
tion for governor on the face
of unofficial returns" w. Har-
ry Baker, secretary Of the state
Republican committee, declar-
ed in a statement issued this
afternoon.
sunless Allegheny county
gives a larger majority than my
advnes indicate, there is no
doubt that PinchOt carried the
state. the statement said.
Philadelphia, Pa, May 1.-THE
race for the Republican nomination
for governor at yesterdays primary
election between Attorney-General
George E. Alter, and Clifford Pin
chot, former state forester, was one
of the closest in years. Complete
figures probably will be necessary
to determine the winner.
With nearly two-thirds of the
state heard from early today Alter
was leading by little more than
$4,000. The majority of the miss
ing districts are outside of Phila-
delphia and Pittsburgh, where Pin
chot ran very strong, and additional
figures are expected materially tc
reduce Alters lead.
Pepper Wins Easily.
In the only other important con-
test in the Republican ranks, Sena-
tor George Wharton Pepper, OF
Philadelphia, incumbent by ap-
pointment, won by substantial
majority over Congressman-at-
Large William J. Burke of Pitts
burgh, for the nomination for Unit
ed States senator to fill the unex-
pired term of the late Senator
Boies Penrose.
Senator Peppers Democratic op-
ponent at the November election
will be Judge Samuel E. Shull, OF
Monroe county, who was unop-
posed for the nomination.
Reed Unopp0sed.
David A. Reed OF PITTSBURGH. who
was unopposed for the Republican
nomination for both the unexpired
lC- IL VI Tie ldI6 0cAdlOT L HlIanuSI
c. Knox, and for the full term be-
ginning next March, will be op-
posed by Fred B. Kerr of Clear
field, nominated by the Democrats
for both places, also without oppo-
sition.
John A McSparron, head of the
state grange, will be the Demo-
cratic opponent in November of the
winner of the Alter-Pinchot race
for governor. McSparron was
nominated without opposition.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17
DRUG PEDDLERS
SENT To- PRISON
Judge FitzHenry at Peoria Sends
Mr.. and Mrs Cecil MeSsersmith
to Federal Pen for 3 Years,

Peoria, H., May 17.-Six years
evidence gathered by government
officials today resulted in sentenc-
ing of Mrs. Cecil Messersmith to
two years in the women's prison
at Howard, r. l., by Federal Judge
Louis FitzHenry on a charge OF
violating the Harrison narcotic act
Her husband was sentenced to two
years in Leavenworth prison or
the same charge.
They were considered leaders il
drug peddling in Illinois.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17
KILL BANDIT
IN duel. AT
KEITHSBURC
Marshal Albertson Shoots
Monmouth Yeggman;
Captures Pal.

Monmouth. Ill, May IL
Monmouth police today identi-
fed the captured bandit sus-
pect as Frank Laningham of
0quawka. He denied that he
knew the man who was killed
or that he was implicated i'm
the Monmouth safe rObberies.
In pockets of the dead man
were found cotton, nitrOgIycer-
in bottle, master keys, $29.9S
in change, and iewelry said to
be missing from the McCul-
lOUgh Lumber company safe.
The man had a heart twined in
floral Wreaths tattOOed on his
left forearm. Red and blue ink
had been used. There were
sears on his body. His hair is
mixed gray-brOwn. He is about
5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs
155 pounds.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17
FIND YOUNGEST
MOONSHINER IN
CLINTON, IOWA

Clinton, Iowa, May 17-(By the
Associated Press)-Mt Carroll,
Ill, near here, claims to have the
youngest Illicit liquor maker in
captivity. The distiller, Is years
old, was found by the sheriff oper-
ating his still for the manufacture
of rhubarb wine on the outskirts of
town. He is alleged to have made
a practice of stealing the rhubarb
during the day and converting it
into wine at night with the aid of
q homemade eontriFanca
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17
INSURANCE MAN
SAYS FLAPPERS
ARE GOOD RISKS

Chicgao, May 1.-THE modern
day happer is a better insur-
ance risk than her sister of the
past day. Alfred Macarthur,
general agent of the National
Life Insurance company, told
life insurance statesmen here
yesterday.
she is going to live longer
than her old-fashioned sister
with long skirts, waist-length
hair and high collars" he said
"She is able to take care OF her
SELF
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17
SYRIA MANDATE
NEAR APPROVAL
America Is Expected to O. K.
French Protectorate When Ger
tain Conditions Are Met.

Geneva, May 17.-CBy the Asso-
ciated Press. .)-The United States
and France are about to reach an
agreement on the French mandate
for Syria, according to information
reaching the secretariat of the
League Of Nations. 1t is under
stood the American governments
approval is subject to certain con-
ditions, which apparently will be
met
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17
IRISH PEACE
EFFORT FAILS
Committee Reports Formally ia
Dafl Eireann That Negotiations
Have Broken Down.

Dublin, Ireland May 17.-(By the
Associated Press. 1.-The peace COM
mittee of the Dali Eireann, which
has been trying to find a basis for
unity of the Irish factions, formally
reported to the Dali today a break
down of the negotiations.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17
FRANCE WOULD
CONFER ON DEBT

Paris. May 17.-CBy the Associ-
ated Press The French govern
ment has informed the American
war debt funding commission that
it is ready to send a special mis-
sion to the United States to con-
fer regarding the payment Of the
French debt.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17
COPS ARMY
IS THROWN
ABOUT CITY
Have Orders to XIII AL
Who Don't Respect
Police Orders.

Chicago, May 17.-An army OF
police. with orders to kill any sus-
picious appearing person who fail
ed to comply promptly with all pO-
lice orders, was spread through
Chicago today to combat what is
described by officials as the at
rule the city through murder, fire
and terrorism.
Chicago, May 17.-CBy the Asso-
ciated Press)-Police today search
ed for unexploded bombs believed
to have been placed in a 100000
apartment building on the North
side, which was damaged by fire
late last night, which police say
was started by terrorists in con
nection with the so-called labor
war.
Another development on which
authorities concentrated their ef-
forts today was the confession.
said by police to have been OBJ
tanned yesterday from Mrs. Mar
garet Miller. wife of John Miller.
now under arrest as the alleged
driver of the death car" from
which shots were fired, killing two
policemen early Wednesday in the
labor feud.
Police connect the firing of the
building with labor disorders
through a man who warned two
women in an adjoining building to
escape before their building caught
fire. One of these women barely
hn Of
ed to question the man.
| "To He'll With the Award
After kicking al her, he ran down
the steps shouting, ITO hell with
the Lands award
! The building damaged by fire
with an estimated loss of S25O,0O0,
was being erected under the Ian
dis wage award, a decision hand
| ed down by X. NJ. Lands, former
federal judge, acting as arbiter,
which was intended to settle labor
| disputes between contractors and
members of the Chicago Building
! Trades council. The structure was
lowned by a contractor who denied
receiving threats from labor men.
The force of 100 men employed in
lconstruction are divided into two
lclasses, stea mfitters and masops,
working under the Lands aTEI-&
and carpenters and plumbers work
| ing under the old union scale.
That the fire was set has been
proven beyond a doubt, police say,
for it was started on the first anu
second floors in various parts al
most simultaneously
Expect Other Fires.
All fire fighting apparatus in
the North division was called out
and the vacated stations Wers fill
ed with engines from other sections
of the city in expectation that 9th
ler fires would be kindled in ac@
cordance with a threat police are
said to have received, that unless
labor men in custody were releas-
ed by last Saturday, fire would be
Estarted all over the city"
| Police who are said to have de
Iscription of the men who warned
occupants in the adjoining apart
Iment, are searching the city fol
him
Several new arrests made yester
day may aid the authorities II
clearing up the numerous killing.
and bombings that have prevailed
A man. whose name police ar'
, Withholding, was arrested in Kan
kakee in connection with the dis
lorders and John Karpotsky, watch
man at d pumping station wheT'
dynamite was stored. Is said by po
: lice to have admitted selling s1
InlosiyeS to the labor men.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17
SCHOONER GOES
ON OREGON ROCK
Message From Captain of 0Zmo
Says Crew Took TO LifebOats
After Crash.

Marshfield, Ore, May 1.-THE
crew of the steam schooner OZmo
was taking TO lifeboats this morn
ing, according TO message fnOm
the captain of the vessel, which
had struck a rock off Cape BIanco,
on the southern Oregon coast
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17
BILL PASSES SENATE.

Washington, May 1.-THE house
bill providing 100000 additional
for the prosecution OF fraudulent
war contracts passed the senate
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17
.LUEHRS ON
STAND FOR
THIRD DAY
Small Trial Drags; Nc
Startling Evidence Is
Produced.

Waukegan, Ill, May 17-By
the Associated Press
ing counsel in the trial of Gov.
ernOr Len Small broke the
mOn0tony of a day devoted to
the introduction OF dull dOcu-
mentary evidence, when they
ciashed at the bar before Judge
Edwards over the admission OF
testimony by Harry G. Luehrs,
assistant state treasurer, rela-
tive to the amount of interest
received by Treasurer Edward
E. Miller when he collected
deposits made by his predeceS-
sOr, Fred E. Sterling, now
lieutenant governor.
The defense won the Skirm-
fSh when Judge Edwards re-
fused to let the witness answer
questions put by Assistant At
tOrney General WilkersOn con-
corning Mfller's action in call
ing IN the Sterling deposits.
Waukegan, Ill, May 17.-Harry
c. Luehrs, assistant state treasurer
one of the prosecution
star witnesses in the trial of Gov
ernor Len Small, spent his thirC
day on the witness stand today.
More records of the state treas
urer's Office were introduced anC
by Luehrs when the stat'
him on redirect exam
ination and the defense, on cross
examination, sought to strengthen
by Luehrs' testimony its claim tha
the Grant Park bank was a bona
fide private bank, and not a fictioI
and fraud, as charged by thu
prosecution.
Little evidence of startling
was developed in th'
session which was occu
pied by the tedious taking of testi
mony concerning treasury record
and drafts upon which the prosecu
ton based its charges that Governo
Small conspired with Lieutenant
Governor Fred E. Sterling, Vernon
Curtis and the late Senator Edward
c. Curtis to defraud the state.
Governor Arrives Early.
AS usual the governor wa!
among the early arrivals and waitet
for 10 minutes for court to open.
The croSs-eXamination of the wit
ness was continued by Charles c
chief of counsel for thC
governor
During the ss-examinatioI
Luehrs testified that at the begin
mig of Smal's term as state treas
urer in 1917, vault space was yer!
limited and there was not sufficien
room for all the collateral and Sc
curities of the office. The vaul
space was enlarged during SMALL
regime, Mr.. Luehrs said,
James H. Wilkerson, assistant at
torney-general, repeatedly objected
to LeForgee's line of questioning.
Luehrs said he was unable q
from entries in the draf
registers of the treasurer's office
which drafts were drawn in con
neciion with state business ant
which were not.
Luehrs' Memory Fails.
The witness also said he was un
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17
THE WEATHER

Unsettled weather tonight and
Thursday with probably showers.
Not much change in temperature.
Highest temperature yesterday,
6S; lowest last night, so.
Wind velocity at Z a. m, 4 miles
per hour.
Precipitation, last "a hours, .02
inch.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17

HlVeT SLdbC tI a. AH'' TT = I111 u
of I last "a hours.
Sunset today, 7:1S; sunrise to-
morrow, 4:S9.
River Forecast.
The Mississippi; river from below
DUBUQUE to Muscatine will change
bu. little during the next few days.
ANDREW HAMRICK.
Meteorologist-
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-04-25
FASHIONS IN EYES

Doesn't It sound ridiculous to say
that there are fashions in eyes Z?
Strange as it may SEEM there are
When I was in London I went out to
the historic palace of Hampton Court
where in the lovely lang panelIed gal
leries hung the portraits of famous
men and women who once walked and
h:rted and possibly wondered what
their fate would be as they passed UP
and down before the loaded windo ws.
A group Of the Ladies in Waiting at
the court of Charles II. hung there.
Do you remember how charming
Pepys thought them when he spoke
he was to be sent to have lunch with
to see the King? There they all hang
and no wonder Peyps was pleased to
dine with themi
They are all very beautiful, but all
just as much alike as so many twin
sisters Eyes in those days were sup
posed to be very large and very vapid.
The eye, in fact, was usually as large
as the mouth. If it wasn't, the artist
made it so. To bring out the eyes the
ladies drew their hair back from their
faces and then powd cred them white
so the color of the eye was much
more noticeable.
There was another period when
small eyes were fashionable. I think
the reigning queen must have had
them though cannot think what the
court ladies did to make large eyes
look smaller. They certainly couldn't
be treated like a large waist! Blue
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-04-25
HbHE GOLDEN q ] n ! GIRLI
,..aaa bN PHYLLIS pulllpS xz

intensely sensitive she is. too"
<Huhi She doesn't seem so sensi-
tive to my way Of thinking" snapped
Truda. How can she so lightly butt
| into my affairs, if so2 And how is it
that she was riding one of the War
burton horses just now? Sensitive?
SLY More likely. She sees that this
so-called naive personality of hers
and the ways that go with it-are a
cleverer bunch of tricks, after ALL
than any round here being shown at
present, that it," corrected Truda an
gr1ly. land she's not above walking
off with my Jimmie in spite Of her
nice, delicate airs and soul"
It's too bad of you to speak like
that of your sister, Truda. I am
| ashamed of you. The child doesn't
for one minute realize how you feel
about him, nor does she dream that
she is committing hentous crime by
riding with him, on one of his horses.
either. Why, 1t was only yesterday
she was asking me If you could pos
sib1y love Jimmie. She certainly
would never understand her own sis
ter being Jealous of her, that's sure!"
finished Mrs. Cameron in an icy voice
and looking reprovingly over at her
daughter.
"Al1 the some, she must have let
herself be persuaded to go to his
house with him while he saddled up
for her, and that makes me mad,
mother. Surely you can understand?
Why, Jimmie is about to-weIl we
may be engaged any moment, you
know-and I don't like Ilona being
seen alone with him, of course. It's
natural quite, and you can easily ex-
plain to her. Can't you, dear?"
(To Be Continued)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-04-25
iii EAR HO@>lMs1EI5 P(Rgl,Ot,',B9]LEMSA1

Dear Mrs Thompson: I have been
going with a young man one year my
senior. We have gone together for
almost a year. About two months ago
he became Interested in another girl.
He tried to keep it a secret from me
and told me several times after he
started going with this girl that he
loved me and missed me when 1 was
away from him. He didn't know I
knew about the other girl. 1 didn't
let on as 1 didn't want him to think
/ was jealous.
He hasn't spoken to me for quite
a while and he hasn't made any
kind of explanation. 1 don't know
why he has done as he has. 1t seems
strange after we went ogether for so
long. Don't you think if he ever car
ed anything for me he should have
made some kind Of an explanation?
1 loved this fellow and 1 like him
to a certain extent yet. I am nor
uneasy about not getting some one
else will like just as well. Don't you
think it would show there was more
to him if he would make some kind
of an explanation? 1t seems to me
if we had gone together a few times
it wouldn't make any difference, but
we had come to pretty serious
point.
I am not quite eighteen, but with
be in a short time. Every time I see
this fellow he is looking at me. He
watches every move 1 make. We at
tend the same school. Do you think
he still cares for me?
Please pass your opinion on this.
SMILES.
You have given your love to a
"masher' and are paying the price
with a heavy heart and humiliation.
No boy or man has the right to de-
clare his love for a girl unless he
follows up his statement with a pro-
posal of marriage.
Yes, l do think he owed you an
explanation. If he had had amy
manhood he would have tod you that