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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12
Education Mightiest Weapon.

The Methodist conference of New York
state has appealed to President Harding to
employ the army and navy to assist the depart
ment of justice in enforcing prohibition. There
are doubtless millions OF people who are in
sympathy with the objective the church con-
ference seeks, but other millions will oppose
dragging the army and navy into police ser
vice The of the army in maintaining law
and order in times of strikes not always meets
with popular favor. There are millions of
Americans who do not believe in government
by force. No doubt many citizens are impatient
over the partial success of the 18th constitu-
tional amendment. Few Americans would like
to see militaristic development in executive
government. Since the terrible school of ex-
perience when war was our schoolmaster the
most of us are inclined to advocate law enforce
ment by education, by better social and eco
nomio conditions and by the development of
sentiment. The attitude of many people to-
ward the existing prohibition law is deplorable,
but to abandon the constructive principles of
civilization for the destructive forces of war
in order to get the law enforced looks like a
step in the wrong direction. There are many
people who will agree that the law should be
respected and enforced, but who disagree as
to methods to be used
An army of 100000 would find it difficult to
root an enemy that hides in ambush here and
there throughout this wide country with its 100,-
900 900 people. The Methodist conference must
not despair of its we'll known hopefulness. The
conference represents a great body of people
who did more than their share in creating the
prohibition sentiment. They are ready to sus-
tain their peaceful propaganda and continue to
develop sentiment against demon rum and for
obedience to the national constitution The
weapons of this warfare are intellectual, moral
social and spiritual Each of them is mightier
than the sword.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12
Dixon Not a KIansman.

FriendIiness toward the Ku K1ux Khan
movement has been credited to Thomas Dixon,
author of THE Clansman," which enjoyed a
great vogue a decade ago, and on which the
screen drama, 1.-The Birth of Nation" was
based There is little question that the invis-
IDLE empire as portrayed in the Dixon novel
furnished much of the inspiration for the mod
ern revival of the khan. The author himself
has always regarded the original organization
Of that name as having been the salvation of
the south in reconstruction days. His sup
posed connection with the modern khan was
given prominence on a recent Sunday when a
body of the klansmen calling themselves
Thomas Dixon Khan No marched into Bal
timore church in full regalia
Mr.. Dixon disclaims any such relation
ship. Certainly had nothing to do with this
organization he said. 81 am opposed to it.
root and branch" Here, certainly, is repudia-
ton of the much discussed Ku Klux at the
hands of an expert Mr.. Dixon seems con-
WINGED that, whatever may have been the need
and the merits of the old order, there is no
such justification for the new, and that the lat
ter, whatever may be the intentions of the
promoters, is likely to work far more mischief
than good. And in this view he is at with
the majority of Americans, who want no invis-
IDLE empire assuming the rights of censorship
and the prerogatives of government
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12

states criminal circles Incidentally the
hold-up was a failure. There must have been
too many directors OF the job. for after all this
preparation the bandits held mp the wrong
train, an outcome that is also characteristic OF
many OF New Yorks big things. This per-
Torrance aptiy illustrates the casts mistakes
when it tries to Guido the west. 1t may now
be admitted, after this lapse OF time. that In
its paImy days train robbery was a western in
stitution 1t is no longer because the west has
turned its ability in other directions. But when
the art was practiced the masters of it never
employed the methods these wouid-be eastern
imitators are now introducing.
The classic western train robbery was put
on by one man with two guns and a horse. He
never led an army with transport train or
worked under the direction OF general staff
at grand headquarters. That is New York
scenario stuff. That is what New York calls
organization, the trust method, We suppose.
Forty train robbers and six motor cars, and
they hold up the wrong train. It's a fortunate
Ching they held the expedition down 10 40, or
they wouldn't have been able to locate the rail-
road. This humiliating performance indicates
that New York would do well to confine its
criminal activities % lines IL is more familiar
with. Sneaking milk bottles off back porches
is about is size, probably, though it might by
study and application work up to some of the
higher branches in time. Such as lifting over
coats in restaurants, for instance But train
robbery is beyond its grasp 1t does not lend
itself to the New York love of show and ex-
travagance. 1t calls for simplicity of treat
ment, and that is something New York's train
ing and mode of life have not fitted it to under
stand or appreciate. East is east and west is
west, and never the train shall meet 40 rob-
bers in the westn and turn out to be the wrong
train. That's an eastern idea.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12

@. How long did it take to build
the Coliseum at Rome? w. w.
A. 1t is said that this enormous
structure was completed in one
year, the compulsory labor of 10000
Jews and Christians being en-
ployed.
@. What is meant by carding
wool? A. E. P.
A To card wool is to comb it
with a carduus or thistle. The
teasel, a plant grown expressly for
this purpose, is thistle. The name
is slightly altered.
@. Why does the United States
treasury issue 81 bills? have
found them a bugbear since they
are mistaken for 81 or SIS bills.
T. A. e.
A. Two dollar bills were author
lied by act of congress. This au-
thorization was made because there
was a demand for bills of such de-
nomination.
Q. What is meant by genre paint
ings? R. T.
A. Pictures dealing with every
day life are known as genre. as dis
tinguished from historic, heroic, ro-
mantle or ideal themes.
@. What are the annual expendi-
lures of the city of New York?
G. o.
A. The city of New York expends
each year a sum approximating
s2oo, 900 900.
@. What was the origin of the
Newfoundland dog? J. D. G.
A. The Newfoundland dog Is be-
lieved to have originated in cross
between the native sledge dog and
European dogs introduced into
Newfoundland by navigators early
in the 18th century.
@. Was there ever a tribe of In
dams in this country called Neu-
trals?' R. NJ.
A. The Neutral nation was an In
dian tribe of the Iroquois family,
residing in the 18th century on the
north shore of Lake Erie. They
were so-named by the French be-
cause they took no part in the long
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12
Turning Toward Protection.

The change which is in progress in the
south as regards the tariff is becoming more
and more plainly apparent The people of that
section fast being converted to the belief
that reasonable protection is a good thing and
fair to all interests. A notable contribution to
current discussion of the subject is furnished
by the Southern Tariff Advocate, published at
Fort Worth, Texas. That a journal of this
character can be supported in the south is in
itself testimony to the fact that remarkable
Transformation in sentiment is in progress.
Less than generation ago the south was over
wheimingly for low duties or free trade Be
lief in the equity and effectiveness of moderate
protective duties for various southern products
is spreading rapidly. This being the case, it
will be only a question of time before the south
adopts the practice of sending protectionists
TO congress. And to get protection the south
will have to renounce the principle of tariff
for revenue only.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12
Rock Island County for Good Roads,

NJ Rock Island county, be it said to It's credit,
lifted itself out of the mud in yesterdays cleo
don. At all events it made decided step in
that direction by approving by comfortable
ma jority the million dollar good road PROPOSE
! ton.
Contrary opinion, based on street gossip and
/ hearsay, fostered and encouraged either by lack
of information as TO the real merit of the issue
or by design. failed of verifcation when the
returns came in. The question of geographical
discrimination and favor in the distribution of
the funds and the allotment of the work was
4 raised with preiudicial purpose. but happily not
with effect
The fact that what is of value to any sec
ton of Rock Island county is of benefit to the
entire county and that what in any measure will
Improve means of travel in or out of the county
from any direction will prove in the broadcast
sense advantageous to the whole county was
= lost sight of by those who sought to sway one
particular locality against another.
What matters it il Moline should profit the
better by the program that has been laid out?
Nothing can come to Moline that will not help
Rock Island. Nothing that helps Moline can
fail in some kind of good fortune to Rock Is
land. The cities may be rivals in a sense, but
they may still be friends. The spirit of narrow
sselfshness and petty jealousy should be pos
sessed by neither. Should either seek to iso-
late itself in vain endeavor to deprive the
other?
~ The people of neither city seemed to lend to
such view yesterday.
Moline may perhaps get a little better OF
the bargain at the outset, but what of that?
Rock Island, too, will make a healthy start. 1t
has shown that it wants to get out of the mud
and to encourage every possible way for
people to get in here. 1t is on the highway Of
Improved travel. 1t will be more accessible
and will keep forging on, standing its
merits and taking its chances with other cities
that may have gotten little better start
S. Rock Island is on the side of improvements,
where it always has been.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12
New York overdoes Things.

The New York characteristic of OVERRIDING
sthings presumably proceeds from that love of
harbaric lavishness and display that goes so
frequently with sudden wealth. Even train
rpbbery in New York, an act that calls for the
seyerest simplicity. is staged in that state with
all the elahorateness and disregard for expense
with which the productions of D. W. Griffith
seek SO successfully to please the bizarre taste
OF the public. 1t took no fewer than 40 ban
dts in six motor cars-expensive. Empowered
cars, we have no doubt-to hold up New York
Central train This performance evidently was
the work Of a syndicate. merger of interests.
1t must have been underwritten by the highest
organizing and financial ability known to the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12
What's the Matter With the
Women2


A handsome woman is really get
ting to be a salve for sore eyes.
What ails the women, anyhow!
Not one in 100, take 'em as they
come and go, is what a fellow can
honestly call an eyeful. Seems as
though nearly all of EN- have some
little defect that spells the PIC
ture. And by actual count nave
nothing better to do than SIT at
the curb and inspect traffic-Dy
actual count, the one drawback,
the one obvious blemish that spoils
an otherwise pleasant vision is, Ill
IS per cent of cases sloppy pos
ture OF course. this is due to ne
elect of education from the neck
down, for the greater part, al
though vulgarity and bad taste in
the selection OF clothing contrib
utes definitely to the ruin, too.
The traffic 1 have studied is
made up of all grades and strata OF
women, save only the overfed mon
strosities that won't, can't or don't
walk, mostly won't with gasoline
SO cheap. So the figure is good
average-about IS per cent OF all
women who might otherwise quail
ify for the good looking class are
ruled out because of neglect OF
physical training.
Let's give credit where credit is
due. The great contributing cause
Of this neglect is the corset, no
matter whether the board of health
pronounces corsets a good thing.
Corset wearing permits a flabby
woman or one growing flabby to
Jolly herself along with the illus
ion she sees in her mirror. What's
the use of exercising when cor
sets will hold one up?
There is a constantly growing
minority of girls and young wo-i
men who are going to worry
through life without corsets, at
least they're not going to begin
wearing abdominal or hip splints
until the doctor insists on it-and
if they stick to this resolution and
take reasonable amount of exer-
else daily the doctor won't be like
ly to get a chance to prescribe any
splints or supports. These enlight-
ened young women-enlighte
by not only the weight of the cor
set, but also the weight of the
Stacker flesh that the corset too
soon brings upon the flabby sort
have proved that the beauty of the
feminine form is best preserved by
avoiding corsets, have proved it SO
conclusively that the corset max
ers are now striving in vain to
achieve "corsetless" figure.
The slouchy posture which de-
stroys so much beauty among wo-
men is a posture of weakness, and
along with it goes more or less
backache and headache and dis
turbance of womanly functions, all
of which the quacks and nostrum
gentry freely exploit as female
complaint" 1t is female" just as
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12
THE BIG IDEAL.
1Y Miss Rnby I'll. MARTIN.

By Miss Ruby ii. Martyr.
Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc.)
1t was part of Lorne brakes
work for Mr.. Ryder to stay at the
little portable office on the lumber
yard wharf while the other clerks
went to lunch. That was how it
happened that Peter Kilburn, in n
rush during his own incoming from
an upton office, found Drake alone
there and stated his business con-
cisely.
81 have a wood lot out in Dan
bury to SELL Grandfather left it 10
me, and if l can turn it into d
thousand dollars within ten days
/ can use the money to tremendous
advantage in my line of business.
! Jimmie Baker was sure that Mi.
Ryder would put me in the way of
some sort of deal If this lot is too
small for him to handle"
Drake was listening with tense
muscles He had been born and
raised on a Danbury farm, COM
ing to the metropolitan lumber
yard only a few months before, ill
quest of the fortune Gwen demand
wed him; he knew every inch of
the Kilburn woodlot, although this
city bred grandson was strang-
err; he guessed its timber would
market at a profit over a pur-
chase price of $4,000. To buy at
81, 900 would put the deal in
Lorne's classification of big bust
ness. And he had the cash to make
an option payment. He had ne
gotiated the purchase of a Dan
bury farm for the Jimmy Baker
whom young Kilburn had men
toned, and the stiff price the in
experienced city man had paid for
that had netted Lorne the COM
mission which he was on the alert
to reinvest.
I'll give you $1,000 for the wood
lott he said, salving his conscience
with an extra $500. iii pay $500
down and the other nine when you
hand me the papers a week from
today"
"Done!" cried Kilburn jubiIant-
ly. Jimmie told me to trust Ry-
der's for clean deal of my prob
lem, and every extra cent I can
raise, means a bigger chance"
If Lorne Drake had any qualms
he smothered them in plans for a
week end run to Danbury to ar
range with some local banker for
a loan, and bask in the sunshine
of Ovens favor.
But the situation at his home
town didn't develop smoothly. The
family found him irritable. When
he sought Gwen he found himself
talking until he run down like
tired clock spring. and flung away
when Jimmy Baker came with a
brisk assurance of her welcome.
Striking cross lots, Lorne entered
the Kilburn woods and began to
perambulate the bounds.
The young man had recently
made some study of timber in re-
lation to its veneer and interior
finish values, and as he cruised
among the walnuts and clean
stemmed naples he realized that
there was small fortune for the
development along those lines.
Jimmie Bakers land AUDITING at
one side, held more valuable trees.
and Lorne's keen mind leaped on
to secure that.
But as he wandered there alone.
his thought was always for the girl
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12
The Daily Short Story

he loved with an intensity that
counted no cost of self. And he hsd
been ashamed before her! All the
baubles he might buy would never
bring him courage to make his
claim without the clean up-stand-
ingness that kept him without
shame With tricky hands he had
lost a power without which he
could not fight for Gwen. Lorne
ground his teeth as he realized that
the logical working out of his re-
turn to self respect would play
into Jimmie's hands. He caught
the next train cityward.
Two mornings later the young
man was back at Danbury, again
cruising among the timber of the
Kilburn lot. lie was working with
pencil and notebook under a ma
pie flowered in red. A fluttering
wood bird heralded the approach OF
some humankind. The young man
could hear the rustic of dry leaves
under foot, and then there was a
clear summons to him.
''Lorne, oh, >Lornei"
instantly he sprang toward the
flash Of her rose colored sweater
among the gray tree boles. Gwen
had never looked to him so beau
tiful as she did standing there with
glad welcome in her eyes, and O
strangely gentle greeting on her
lips. He dared not kiss this girl
in whom he sensed some difference
she meant to explain, but he was
no longer ashambed to stand be-
fore her. She did not falter over
what she had, to say.
81 hoped to find you up here,
Lorne, before, because it was your
letter about these woods that set
me thinking. Then I got on the
trail of your part in Jimmy's farm
buy. And then 1 tried to imagine
what made you do these things that
aren't what you used to think were
honest Did you do them for me? ?"
Il thought So" he answered,
gently
THAT you may have done that
startled me-" said Gwen. Because
if it were true l have done an
awful, awful thing I'd rather not
have one single thing than have to
feel ashamed. 1t scares me when
think that love toward me could
make a man do wrong, and l want
you to know that 1 never, never
meant my longing for pretty things
to seem that way"
Lorne caught her hands and
smiled over his words that seemed
SO inadequate:
81 found that, too, sweetheart. I
found that the big deal was to
keep my heart and hands clean to
fight for you. 1 met kilburn with
Mr.. Ryder yesterday, and We fixed
up the woodlot business. The
wonder of it was Mr.. Ryder's kind
ness when I told my story. He has
taken over the lot at fair valua-
ton, and is going to let me man
age its disposal We hope to work
in Jimmie Bakers for a price that
will straighten out his farm deal.
shall be stationed here for sew
eral months, and I want you to
make every minute gladi"
You've made every minute very,
very glad for me-" said Gwen soft
ly. Because l loved you, Lorne,
and then it broke my heart because
what l meant to be right could
lead to such very, very wrong"
Reverently he touched her fair
hair with his lips.
Its going to be all right, always
now, he promised.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12

war between the Hurons and the
Iroquois. They were utterly de
stroyed by the Hurons in 1851
@. Who was the author of the
New England Primer? X n.
A. Benjamin Harris, an English
Versifier and printer, compiled the
New England Primer, which was
an infringement of an earlier work
known as the Protestant Tutor AMI
was published prior TO 1890, in
Boston.
@. Where is or was the city Of
New Orange? D. V.
A. New Orange was the name
given to New York city in 1873
when that city was retaken from
the English by the Dutch.
@. What is the oldest newspaper
in the world? D. ". U.
A. Ii Chau, better known as the
Pekin Gazette, was probably the
first printed newspaper and is the
oldest daily journal in the world,
having been first issued about 1870
A. D. 1t is still in existence and IS
an Official journal.
When were the first coins made
in this country? H. F. l.
A. The earliest coins struck in
this country were the New England
shillings, 6-pence and Spence, is
sued in the colony of Massachusetts
about 1862.
@. What was the first message
transmitted by telegraph? H. E.
A The first Geographic message,
sent from the United States su-
preme court room in the capitol at
Washington to Baltimore, May "a,
1874, was what hath God
wrought"
@. What troops comprised the IA
nous Rainbow division? D. /
A. The Rainbow division was
made up of the national guard CT
25 different states and the District
of Columbia.
@. What is the involuntary wink
ing or quivering of the eye calledE
T. I.
A. Involuntary winking Of the
eye is called Meditation, from the
Latin word Nictare, to beckOn.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12

81 The latest mystery is the whereabouts of the
$29, 900 900 in war profits Henry Ford claims to
have paid the government. Find the stranger
with the black whiskers who saw Henry hand
the roll over to the Washington clerk and the
rest will be easy.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12
SONNET CONTEST.
entered by A. R. M

I much dislike to rhyme nv words with nj,
But in this contest must come to bat
If this is good I'll win a Maltese cat:
Or what is better still perchance a wig.
For l am much too old to dance jig
If should win cat he'd catch rat
To me such fun would not be worth a fig
But with wig upon my head to lie
I'd feel so young I'd paint the old town rcd
Place this sside-dont let the kontest die
I'll snuff my taper, HE me off to bed
Were Hindu I'd spend my last ME
To win the Muse, Calliope, to wed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12

Where Conan Doyle has it on the rest Oh Us
n all this talk OF the grandeur OF lie peyono
ne grave is that he is cashing his theories
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12

AGAIN. wrote Antoinette DonnelIv ~sba
katherine MacDonald) was the fayorite nboto1
play star of President Wilson. one of the most
intellectual men that have ever lived, so reports
Tumulty."
Is this subtle. or unconscious irony?
IF you can bear to part with us for few
hours we'd like to go home and get something
0 eat
Our stomach t o. ic RE Mc
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12

Mr.. MacNIDER tells the jobless veterans to
go back home and get job. 1t might be well
to give some of them job so they can earn
something to get back home on.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12

q Jack Dempsey is to be guest of Georges
carpenter in Paris. Showing that knocking
one another down means nothing in the lives
sof our big business men, Just so long as they
GET the money
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12

The Stillman divorce hearing has Deen re-
sumed Some of the lawyers must De IN heeu
,f Easter money.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12

Ty Cobb admits he has slowed up as base
ball player It's a wise man who recognizes
his own limitations, on the ball field as else
where.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-12

z Governor Small and Mayor Bill Thompson
of Chicago don't need the aid Of seeress to
show them their political finish in the returns
of the primary elections yesterday.