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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-30

justices committed by his owl friends
| want him to soar unfettered. wish
his opinions to be hard upon selfish
interests. but usually regarded as
chimerical. and that they shall have
no chance of being adopted for many q
year. SO far from spelling his style
courage will render it more proud and
virile."
What exactly distinguishes the right
from the wrong side in politics? Our
friends are on the right side; other
people are on the wrong
Il know very well that the dreamer
is a person of little consequence be-
side the politician. The politician is
the Idol of the mob. He is its master
and its slave. He drags in his wake
the whole tribe of those who seek
fayors. He is influential, celebrated.
famous. He holds in his hands the
destiny of the people. He loads them
to prosperity or to ruin. He makes
the laws. and that. more than any
thing else, seems to denote his power.
To make laws, to draw up regulations
which the crowd must obey. to set
the limits beyond which no citizen has
the right to GO. is that not almost
divine sovereignty!
There is only one reservation to
be made. that is, laws never regulate
anything. When the authorities formu-
late a law it has long since passed into
common usage
The Prime Virtue of Sincerity
".All really great men have the prime
virtue of sincerity. They extirpate
hypocrisy from their hearts: they
bravely reveal their weaknesses, their
doubts. their vices. They dlssect
themselves. They expose their barred
souls, so that all their contemporaries
ma recognize themselves in this pic
ture. and reject the lies which corrupt
their lives. They are courageous.
They are not afraid to challenge pre-
JUDGES. No power, civil. moral or I'M
moral. can impose upon them
Justice and truth, exist only in so
far as men desire them. And the de-
sire for them is lukewarm.'
For my part, I have no excessive
confidence in reason. | know how weak
and tottering it is. But | remember
Diderot's clever apologize: I have he
said. only a small Pickering light to
guide me in the darkness of a thick
forest. Up comes a theologian and
blows it out.
Un inc BUSINESS u WEtt'sy
"All great authors write badly. That
is well known. At least, the pedants
say so. Great writer's are irnpetuous.
The vigour of their vocabulary. the
intensity of their style, the daring of
their phrases, ~disconcert the pedants.
To the pundits good writing apparently
means writing according to rules. But
born writer's make their own rules, or
rather make none. They change their
manner at every moment, as inspira-
ton dictates, sometimes they are har-
monious, sometimes rugged, sometimes
INDECENT and sometimes spirited. So.
according to the common notion. they
write we'll"
II have written verse. yet ! am not
a poet. I do not think in verse, but
in prose. and l turn my prose into
verse. Real poets think in verse.
That is the distinguishing sign
"As you know. / have latterly been
greatly delayed by liver troubles. You
know how THE trouble interferes with
work, for you have had it yourself.
In fact, that is why you are sorry for
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-30

me, for n pities oneself through
other people
And Now the Skeptic
"Skeptic' Skeptic. 1t is true. the,
will still call me q skeptic. And fol
them that is the worst insult. Blu
for me il is the finest praise. 4
Skeptic. Why. that is what all thu
masters of French thought have beer
Skeptics. All the loftiest minds of oul
race were skeptics, all those whom
tremblingly venerate, and whose mos
humble pupil | am. Skepticism. Thi:
word is made synonymous with mega
ton and impotence. Yet. our grea'
skeptics wereS sometimes the most af
fimative. and often the most courage.
Gus, of men. They denied only mega.
tons. 1t would not be difficult tt
prove that these Frenchmen of genius
who are called skeptics professed the
most magnificent credo. Zach one
of them formulated some article of it
Renan always remained a priest: nj
he did was to purify religion. He be.
lieved in the divine. in learning: hs
believed in the future of mankind
Thus all our skeptics were full o.
ardour. all strove to deliver their fel
lOwmen from the chains that dras
them down. In their own way they
were saints
Jeanne dare, Zola and BRAND
IAN minds in the fifteenth centur,
were haunted by chimeras. If little
Jeanne saw her voices as she naiyely
expressed it. her judges, who tried to
convict her of sorcery, believed with
oil tlnSr ,ntrht -, 1o d., --z
as little Jeanne's dreams were radi.
enterprises, those of her tormentors
were filthy. infamous and monstrous.
You will say that she saw ten mil
lion angels around her. and that is
a lot. 1t is certainly more than Pres
ems and Iola ever saw. But. after all.
why quarrel about figures?'
II remember that. at the time when
he used to speak at popular meetings,
he was wonderfully clever at working up
the public. One day at a meeting he
audience was cold. and the most in
thaw.
Wait BRAND whispered to me. I
am going to %enliven the discussion
I'm the middle of the crowd he
noticed an honest BOBBY who, with eyes
and mouth wide open, was not saying
IA word.
"'Comrade.' he shouted, why do you
keep interrupting?'
Up replied the other, utterly flab-
bergasted.
Yes, you! You ought to know that
n loyal opponent attacks openly. Come
UP on the PLATFORM
speech! Speech" yelled the crowd.
They jostled the poor fellow. who
was trying to get away. Suddenly he
was grabbed by half a dozen madmen,
who hoisted him up onto the platform.
He got there head first. For half a
second / beheld two legs struggling
desperately in space.
"'Throw him out! Throw him QUIT"
shouted the mob. And the two legs
disappeared in the confusion. The ice
was broken. and the audience, it's ap-
petite whetted by this summary execu-
ton. listened to the speakers with edi-
flying sympathy"
Recently again, BRAND gave proof
of his great enterprising spirit. 1t was
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-30
z THAT ZIGZAC

How often have 0 seen cars with
zigzagging wheels? Snaky wheels, as
this condition is called by tire service
men, are often not noticed by the driv-
er because the steering apparatus takes
up the play. Caused by loosened wheel
bearings as well as by steering knuck-
les and pinions, the wheels slap back
and forth over rough streets, quickly
running the tires.
Tire treads here show uneven places
on the surface, wearing away as though
the rubber were soft. differentiation
under these conditions aggravates the
trouble,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-30
roo MUCH TO EXPECT

We note that Secretary of War
Weeks has put the official o. X. on
the Pershing cap for officers. But
how is a second lieutenant going to
get n mere Pershing cap or his headf
Kansas Legionaire.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-30

'O' OVo"S05 SVuBHt
Trained after the custom of Indian
women to do all kinds of ~drudgery.
Sacajawea labored with the men in the
toflsome journey up the Missouri. and
when difficulties arose, Captains Lewis
and Clark often found her advice and
counsel of more benefit than that of
any other of the members of the party
Her value increased after they had
left the Missouri and faced a search
for the unknown passes Of the Rocky
mountains. The matter of overland
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07
WILL PLAN FOR
SALE OF SEALS
tuberculosis Association Hopes to
Get Special Nurse and Have
Open Air School.

Plans will be formulated for the
sale of tuberculosis stamps during
the Christmas season, tomorrow
noon at 1890 o'clock, at a joint
luncheon of the Lower Rock Island
County tuberculosis association and
the Visiting Nurses association at
the Rock Island club.
The principal speaker at the
luncheon will be Miss Tillinghast,
representing the State tuberculosis
association. She will discuss the
matter with representatives Of the
two organizations.
Two things are in view this year
which depend on the sale of the
stamps. They are:
Employment of a nurse who will
work with the Visiting Nurses as
ISOLATION in caring for only tuber-
people.
The establishment of an open air
school for tubercular children.
A special invitation has been ex-
tended to the physicians of the city
to attend the luncheon. Those rep
resenting the Lower Rock Island
County association who will attend
are:
Mayor H. M. Schriver, president;
J. L. Vernon, treasurer; Miss Alice
Thompson, secretary; John Carse
W. A. Smith. M. H. Sexton. Mrs
Kate Collier; Mrs. Caroline Juhl
and Mrs. F. A. Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07
SNoWSToRME
SOON Due HERE
SAYS HAMRIck


A rainfall beginning 1t ga.
o'clock last evening and continuing
internationally until 2 O'Clock tbs
morning caused q precipitation Of
81 inches, Andrew Hamrick. me-
teorologist, announced today. Snow
fell in small quantities later in the
night and early this morning. form
ing a thin coating Of ice on side
walks and pavements.
Snow is falling over the NORTH
ern tier of states and indications
point to a snow storm in this vtc3n-
ity within the next So hours. Tho
mercury this morning stood at 32.S
degrees above zero at Z o'clock. AT
noon today it had risen to IS de-
grees. 1t will not 90 any higher
during the night. although there is
. possibility Of a drop.
The forecast is a probable snow
tonight or Friday. y
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07
QUIZ BANKER
m HALL CASE

New Brunswick. N. j., Dec. T.
A local banker whom he believes
may have been an eyewitness to
the Staying of Rev. Edward Wheel
er Hall and Mrs. Eleanor r. Mills.
on Sept. IA, will be questioned by
County Detective F. A. Devine, the
latter announced today.
The banker, he said, had been.
mentioned in the case twice but had
refused to confirm or deny he was
on the Phillips farm the night OF
the murder.
According to detectives the
green car which Mrs. Jane Gibson
said she saw in DeBussey's lane
the night of the murder has been
discovered. The banker, they said,
is not the owner but he is permit
ted to use 1t when he desires. The
officers said that they believe the
banker can corroborate Mrs. Glib
sons eyewitness account of the
Staying.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07
GEORGE W. GORMAN DIES.

George Walter German, aged %,
colored, 1929 Thirteenth avenue,
Moline, died at his home yesterday
noon from complications. Funeral
services will be held at $50 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon at st. Paulia
A. NJ. E. church. Rev. H. L. Hey.
wood will oficiate. Burial will take
place in Riverside cemetery.
Mr.. German vas born May II,
1862, He had been a resident Of
Moline so years. In 1890 he was
married to Miss Elizabeth Cleve-
land.
Surviving are the widow; a
daughter, Mrs. Alice Hayes, Mo-
line; a grandson, Perry Garrett: a
sister, Mrs. Melinda Richie, Mo-
line. and four brothers, Joseph
German, Moline, and William,
Charles and Emmanuel of Pitts
burgh. Pa.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07

pied Win tie tact that H always
|caxfrsd . - esfpber reyofuH. Of
Acial protection made him bad
actor In the opinion Of some deni-
xens Of the underworld, but none
card tor any Of his game.
Pedig0 had operated the Sherman
hotel. Seventeenth street and Third
avenue, for several year1. It il said
he has lived in Rock Island 16 or
IL years, and before his attachment
to the underworld had worked at .
trado. During the World war,
when the work or fight edict was
promulgated, Pedigo found himself
q job in the Silvfs shops. but con-
tfnued in control Of the Sherman.
To Get Loeney.
The authorities have Cox and
Pedigo behind the bars. Looney,
Richards and Walker are fugitives
from justice. It Is said that Attor-
ney-General Brundage has de-
clared Looney will be captured be-
fore 1t is time to bring the murder
case to trial. Walker disappeared
from Rock Island shortly before
Looney deserted the roost in the
face of e federal warrant charging
him with interstate transportation
OF a stolen automobile. Richards
quit Rock Island about the same
time. after dismantling and. remoy-
ing the furnishings Of the Rex
hotel. Since then, however, Rich
ards has returned to Rock Island
and disappeared for the second
time. He was seen here Saturday,
Nov. IS, the day Pedigo was arrest
ed, and was in PedigO's company up
to a short time before the arrest.
The falling of Pedigo seemed to be
the signal for him to disappear
again. The Wednesday, before Pedi-
/ go's arrest, Richards checked out
of the Strand hotel, Chicago. His
movements up to the time he was
seen in Rock Island on Saturday
are a matter of mystery, but there
! is a supposition that he was in
Rock Island for some time, under
cover. After Pedigo's arrest Rich.
ards remained in Davenport and
participated in the night life of the
resorts Of that city.
Richards a Mystery.
Richards apparent defiance Of
arrest in the face of the fact thai
before he left Rock Island the first
time he was visibly v of inn,
pending disaster, leads to the con
lecture that he might have come
back to shed important light on The
shooting of Gabel. The investiga'
tors deny that Richards was il
consultation with them at any
time. Richards himself told
friends that he had come back tt
furnish bonds for an indictment
charging him with being the keep
er of a house of ill fame, and fol
the further reason he was anxlou:
to buy up the mortgage on his au
tomobile. He drove his automobile
for two days after Pedigo's arres
and then had it returned to thu
Bankers Mortgage and Discoun
!, company, where it is still held.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07
ICE CREAM MAY
RISE IN PRICE

Chicago, Dec. IL. W. Rozell of
Peoria, ILL.,, president of the ILL
nois Association Of Ice Cream Man
ufacturers, at the annual conven-
ton Of the association today de-
clared that there could not be any
decrease in prices for ting coming
year, but that new tariffs would
tend to increase the price. Favor
able weather conditions for dairy
products, however, might overcome
that tendency, he said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07
CABARETS MUST
o AT n.

Springfield, Ill. Dec. THE clos
ing hour for cabarets in Chicago
definitely set at l O'Clock in the
morning by action of the supreme
court today in denying a rehearing
of the Green Mills Garden case.
The proprietors of the gardens
brought the case to test the con-
stitutionality Of the closing ordi-
nance, which was upheld at the
last term of court.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07
APPROPRIATION
BILL NOW A

Washington, Dec. Far ahead
of it's usual schedule at the short
session the house went to work to-
day on the s115,OO0, 900 treasury ap-
preparation bill, the first of the
1928 supply measures to be report
ed, with the expectation of putting
it to a vote before adjournment to-
morrow.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07

Thirty-four soft drink licenses
have been granted by Mayor C. p.
Skinner. City Clerk J. p. En1andt
Is hoIcdng up - other licenses for
which fees have been received, for
the endorsement Of the mayor, who
was out OF the city today.
City officials are investigating the
applicants for 10 licenses. who will
be required to make changes in
their places OF business before IL
censes will be granted.
Little diniculty is being expert
enced by city officials In enforcing
provisions Of the new ordinance,
and mono Of the applicants who
have been denied licenses have re-
fused to make the changes suggest
ed by the health inspector. Lack
Of sanitation is the greatest STUN.
bling block encountered ~ the
proprietors.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07
Piles Disappear
Peterson's Ointment

please let me tell you" says
Peterson. that for instant relief
from the misery of blind, bleeding
or itching piles, there is nothing
SO good as Peterson's Ointment, as
thousands have testified" Best for
old sores and itching skin. All
druggists, 35c, Soc $1O0, $3.50
$5.0 0.-Advertisement.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07
CHRISTMAS TREE
PRICES ADVANCE

Green Bay, Wis, Dec. Whole
salers of Christmas trees in north
ern Wisconsin and Michigan points
report a slight increase in price OF
their product this year due to the
scarcity of trees as a result of the
labor shortage. Several carloads
of trees have been shipped at
prices ranging from 10 cents for
smaller ones to $25 for the large
community trees.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07
GEN. WOOD TO
STAY IN P. |,

Washington, Dec. 7.-Major-Gen-
eral Leonard Wood, governor-gen-
eral Of the Philippine Islands, has
decided to remain at his present
post and not to accept the offer
made by the University of Pennsyl-
vania to be the provost of that in
stitution, according to information
received here today by administra-
ton officials,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07
FIGHTER UNDER
ARREST minute
after WEDDING
Especial Moline SeN1O.b

A few minutes after he was mar
ried last night, Warren Morris,
East Moline prize fighter, was ar
rested for violating the traffic
laws. He was arrested On two
charges. n for passing a street
a while it was loading and un-
loading passengers, and the other
for not having a tail light on his
car. Eddie Anderson, Moline
pugilist, who was with Morris in
the car, furnished a bond of $40 for
his release. This morning in Mo-
line police court he was fined $40.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07
FORD TO DEVELOP POWER.

Washington, Dec. THE Ford
Motor company filed with the fed
Grad power commission an applica-
ton for a preliminary permit for
developing power at the high dam
between Minneapolis and st. Paul.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07
INSURED FOR THREE MILLION.

New York, Dec. flames C.
Penney, head Of 371 stores in 20
states, has taken out single life in
surance policy of 5 1850, 900, max
ing his total life insurance
So. 600, 900.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07


III s2s
-
TkS
ffnut1SisAf 11esesr @
IL rifWm ri 1907 ~srs..i
lminuoo altor III kinch ma sno.
nztor afhnt IT, Llnco}n ~ - Arfv-
- 4Nny " Ono person ri Mr.
6een at ne LOoney MACS asnfn s.
SlncIafr.
Tkb naming Of Richards. Who
was afD0 known @ sJoa. the CAD
get,@ and roaigO IN the indictment
= believed to hayA heeu based anon
given W Z woman. Who
tho night Of the crime. was m =
position to Obserye thu movements
OF the two men, both before md
after the killing. It 10 happened.
too, that Pedigo was the one Who
furnished this witness With infor-
nation about the murder. within =
few minutes after the shooting.
The story OF the witness is 10 the
effect that between Has O'Clock
and midnight Of July 81, she no
ticed Pedigo's Hudson car marked
in front OF the Sherman hotel. II
was q warm, sultry night, and the
doors OF the hotel were open. Mrs.
PedfgO was seen conversing with
q man sitting In the drivers seat,
presumed to have been her hus-
band. Shortly Richards was seer
crossing Seventeenth street dag
onally from the Rex hotel on Sec
ond avenue, which he conducted
Richards Joined in the converse.
ton at the automobile. The tele-
phone in the hotel rang.
Mrs. PediRo answered. Tho cali
was for Richards within a fav
minutes there came = second tele.
nhnne call this, timo for padivo
Pedipo bas a doom h.sa voics ond
tha w;trass a;.t;ro,1u h.ars ~,
arswor All r;aht 1885, ra,.;ao
mn ~ -ana;rar
~ rat -,
!unle Ieu,eo ano
~. lne Huuson m ~nt
80 NUN " oecon1 VENUE. luz
drouseu no suspicioi
III tne lew minutes AIT
er u CLOCK 'nts witness was lels
uieiy WAXING NY anu oown seven
teentn street, on q west slue
Casually she observed the return
OF Pedigo and Richards. Pedlgt
alighted from the Hudson ant
crossed Seventeenth street. meet
ing the woman, with whom he wa.
acquainted. He greeted her quite
carelessly and then asked:
Have you heard the news"
why, no. What news CO 20,
mean?' was the reply.
Bill Gabel was just bumped
off," was the answer.
The witness knew Bill Gabel
Quite naturally she was shocked a
the sudden announcement OF TIT
murder. To her startled exclama
ton, Pedlgo re)olned Win, "A pro
hibition agent got his at Hollywood
Inn tonight, o.. CThls was rel
erence to the attack OF federa
Agent Prince at Diamond o MAI
Ions place IN Davenport carrier II
the night OF the Gabel murder.
What's the town coming to- ex
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07

|1counnued frun Hlrss PAeal
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07

sinclair was stationed at the
A9oney place the night Of the
sne. He claims to have over
I'D John Looney at the tele-
one finally say. All right" fol-
ing which . Lincoln touring car,
led to have carried thu. two
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07

! thus far has failed to produce an
! eyewitness capable of identifying
any of the murderers as they left
the scene Of the crime. However,
from information given the investi-
| gators there is every reason to ex-
pect that at least one person was
able to identify two or three of the
occupants of one Of the death cars
but this all-important witness has
disappeared from Rock Island. and
efforts to find some trace of his
| whereabouts have failed. This wit.
ness is said to be Clarence R. Nc.
Lean, Poll Sixteenth street. HI
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
E. Mclean. The parents had in
formed the investigators that they
have not the slightest idea o.
young McLean's whereabouts. HI
left the city some time after thu
murder and has not communicated
with his home since.
Two Recognized. q
According to the information Civ
en- the state men as to the trend O
McLean's story he was driving
south on Twenty-fourth street, &C
companied by a young lady at thu
minute of the murder. The couple
were returning from Davenport
They are said to have heard thu
shots. McLean's machine was mid
WAY between Third and, Fourtl
avenues when a large touring ca.
swung north around the interse0
ton from Fourth avenue and speed
ed of into the night. The state in
vestigators have been told that Nc
J Lean claimed to have recognized
/ two Of the occupants Of the car.
1t has been indicated that NC
Leans story was largely instru
mental in prompting the acciden'
insurance company, which carried
Gabel's $4,000 policy, to pay thi.
sum to Mrs. Vivian Gabel, the wild
ow, without a court contest. How
ever, when the investigators desir
ed to communicate directly will
Mclean, he could not be found.
1t is considered probable that Nc
Lean might have confded to hi
, young lady friend the names Of thu
men whom he Is said to have rec
ognized. While this evidence woult
not be material before the court, i
| could have been used before. thu
grand Jury. Therefore, an attemp
was made to ind her. The younl
lady's name il said to be Dashing
ton, q musical artist, and IT is I'm
| derstood that she has been tracet
Ito Chicago. where she Is reportet
to be studying music. 1t IL no
likely that any effort will be madt
to bring her here to testify.
Other Witnesses
There ID another report that Nc
: Lean Is not the only witness VIII
might Give direct evidence - q