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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01

e o. tn unexplained discrep-
~ h police court activities was
! 3ub5ect Of investigation today
efats inyestisAtors seeking to
~ q disprovs the story Of Rsu-
- lsbcwits. sos Fifth avenue.
While refusing 70 disclose the
1Nls Of Leb0wits' visit to the
qft' house today, the investigators
f1ttsd that they are anxious to
- eOme trace of docket No. 10.
ntafning records Of recent police
mt cases. tits presumed that
~ docket will show whether
HoboRits was really fined $206 by
~ process Of law for alleged boot
gging activities, or whether il
~ case OF q kangaroo court,
r. Lebowitx claims.
u The investigators declared that
4 pckst No. 10 has mysteriously dis
1bpe4red. Polics Magistrate d. J.
2land informed the state men to-
4 ~ that he hasn't got 1t, claiming
That 1t wa sincluded in the rec
1fdg Of the police court taken be-
36re the grand Jury last week. The
Investigators deny that docket No.
- was seized at that time, claim
1pg dockets IA, Is. 16, I! sad Is
we're hauled to the grand jury
room for examination, but that the
magistrate was permitted to retain
III latest docket for the immediate
r1rposes OF his court.
Il Docket No. 10. being a record OF
tblice court activity during recent
months, is understood to be impor-
tant In connecting up. Lebowitz
claims that the fine he paid was not
officially imposed, and that he be-
1teyes no record Of 1t can be shown
b. tie police authorities. Lebo-
Wttx says no warrant was served
"a him when arrested, and the
itate investigators are understood
to have searched the police blotter
jinsuccessfully for some record to
thow that Lebowitz was properly
booked.
II Ordered to Station.
II Lebowitz, who is understood to
lave enjoyed some reputation as
home brewer of ability. claims that
T. was urged by neighbors to make
v batch Of this product for sale
tnring the national grotto conyen-
lion. He thought the idea pretty
Nod, himself, and accordingly pro-
&nced GOO bottles OF brew. While
these were still warm and in his
cellar, he says, Thomas Cox, then
chief OF police, came to his home
June q or %. several days preced-
ing the convention, and told him
that he was under arrest.
Lebowitz was ushered to the po-
llce station, along with his entire
Nsaw product and brewing appara
tas. He says that John Looney
came to him with the information
that It would cost $1,000, to get ou
of the. mix. Lebowitz told Loonel
that he would die in Jail before h
Would pay that much. Finally, h'
Shys. he was ordered to pay fin
Of $206 for making beer. Later, hi
ihys, upon request he recovered
empty, part Of the bottles that h
had used and was also given bacl
the. brew-making apparatus.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01

SEXTON May Defeat
Proposed Bdtic
LmU.


Copyright, 1922, BY The Argus.)
Chicago, ILL.,. Dec. when the
new state constitution is voted on
at the election Dec. IL, the Ques-
ton whether the bible shall be read
daily in the schools is likely to
prove q determining factor.
The provision inserted In the
constitution to be acted upon is
causing a storm of argument and
debate throughout the state. II
has been suggested that II the con-
stitution finally is rejected this
simple provision may have a great
deal to do with It.
It is, Of course. impossible to de-
termine just how the people will
act on this single provision be-
cause there are other controversial
sections OF the document. But the
bible reading provision must have
a material bearing on the result in
the view Of politicians who are
watching the growth Of the relig-
iOus controversy now increasing in
strength throughout the state.
Church organizations have taken
notice OF the provision and have
taken positive stands on the sub
ject OF the last organizations to
60 on record, one, a Catholic group
recorded itself in opposition, while
another, Methodist in character, is
in favor Of the provision. " E,
The resolutions OF the Catholic
group do not go alone to the bible
reading clause, but declare in op-
position to the proposed constitu-
ton because Of failure to include
the initiative and referendum and
because distinction is made be-
tween the citizens Of Cook county
the city of Chicago-and those oil
the other counties Of the state by
curtailing the privileges of the Chi.
cagoans. But the bible reading
factor is very prominently men
toned.
Voice Opposition.
There should be no halfway
about religious instructions" one
committee declared, land it is not
fair or just to compel parents who
have no religious belief or are moi
Christians to compel their children
to attend school where the teacher
may not be content with reading a
passage out of the bible but will &c
farther and explain it,"
The Deaconess Aid society of the
Methodist church takes an opposite
view and asserts that if the pro.
vision is adopted all that the teach.
ers will do is to read the passages
from the bible the same as they
would any other text book. Cath.
crime Waugh Mccullough, promin-
ent woman lawyer, who has fought
for adoption, said:
THE constitution simply permits
the bible to be read without com.
ment. This could be done. any.
how, inasmuch as there is no bal
for studying the bible, the Talmud
or the text book of any religion"
Injection of the religious issue
into the debate on the constitution
is resulting in the development Of
bitter feeling which is certain tt
be reflected in the next election
especially in the mayoraltY election
here in Chicago next spring.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
IRISH BILL PASSES.

London, Dec. 1-tBy tho Asso-
ciated Pres. Tho Irish constitu-
ton bill was passed unamendei to-
day through the committee stage
In the house Of lords. 1t will re-
cetvs It's third and flnal reading
Monday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
Henry ExbOm.

Henry Exbom, aged As years, as
sistant supervisor from Moline for
four years, 1912 until 1916, died
at lao o'clock this morning in his
home at 16301s Third avenue, Mo-
line. He had been employed at the
Moline Plow company % years.
Mr.. Exbom was born in Sweden
Oct. Is, 1874, coming to America
and settling in Moline in 1881. He
was united in marriage with Miss
Hattie Eflandt April l, 1897, in
Moline. Surviving are the widow,
two sons, Clarence, DeKalb, and
Charles, Moline; his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Exbom, South Mo-
line. and a brother, E. r. Exbom,
Moline.
Funeral services will be held Sun
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock in the
Knox chapel. Moline Burial will
be in Riverside cemetery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
Obituary
Miss Rufh Alice Jones,

Miss Ruth Alice Jones, aged Is
years, died suddenly Vast night at
IL O'Clock In the family residence.
COZ Thirty-ninth street. She had
been III but q short time. Peri
tonitis was the cause Of her death.
Miss Jones was born In Green
vile, Pa. July Is, 1904. When she
was . child her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. =. z. Jones moved to Manly,
Iowa. She came to Rock Island
four years ago and attended the
public high school year, finishing
her education in Browns Business
college. She was employed at the
Phelps Light & Power Co., Rock Is
laid. She was a member Of the
Sunday school class of the Fiji
teenth Avenue Christian church.
Surviving are the parents, Mr..
and Mrs. f. E. Jones, and sister,
Florence, at home, and the grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C.. E. Jones
of Pennsylvania.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
SPARKS CACSE ERE.

Sparks from the chimney caused
a small fire at LEO o'clock this aft
ernoon on the roof OF the home Of
August Vincent, sos Fifth street.
The fire was extinguished with
chemicals. Damage was $40.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
Mrs. Peter Coene.N

Funeral services for Mrs. Peter
Coene, 914 Thirteenth street, East
Moline, will be held at 8 o'clock to-
morrow morning in Sacred Heart
church, Moline, Rev. ]. D. Guile
mans, pastor of the church, offici-
ating.
Members of the Altar society, OF
which Mrs. Coene was a member,
will attend the services in body
Friends are asked to gather at the
church at o'clock tonight to re-
cite the rosary. The BODY will be
laid to rest in St. Mary's ceme-
terry, East Moline.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01

= VETERANS COMING.
Cobienz, Dec. 1.-Sixty-seven
World war veterans left for the
United States.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-01
Stewart Declines.

1t is understood that Sam Stew
art, veteran sergeant of the Mo-
line police force, was rendered the
position Of chief deputy, but the
city council voiced a protest against
losing his services to the city.
Stewart declined the offer rather
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-03


National Woman's Party for blank
ct constitutional amendment, the pur-
pose of which is to remove women en-
tirely from the sphere of legal in
equality.
while the purpose of the amend
ment is praiseworthy, the actual eff
feet would be so damaging that it is
my earnest hope that the amendment
will not be offered in congress, and if
offered will not be adopted or ratified.
II am aware of the fact that large
number of lawyers have been con-
suited, and it is well known that their
opinions have been conflicting.
"The difference of opinion is over
the question of whether the proposed
blanket amendment would result in
the destruction of standards and safe
guards now established in the laws
of the states for the protection of
women in industry. Regardless of the
opinion of some lawyers who say
these laws would not be endangered,
assure the women of the country that
those laws would be destroyed. Nu-
merous lawyers of equal standing and
experience hold with US.
Law geIS NtO say Tic COuiLS nOuAh
not sustain attacks on these protect
ing laws may to some extent know
the courts but they do not know en-
ployers. / think | know something
about courts, and | do know the tao
tics of employers.
"If such blanket amendment,
placing women on an absolute equal
ity with men, were to be adopted and
ratified the employers of the country
would not attack the various state
laws in the courts.
''They would proceed at once to OPP
crate under the amendment. That is
where lawyers misjudge the employ
ers. Employers would not go into
court. They would remain in their
shops and factories, put strict equal
ity of hours and working conditions
into effect and then if the workers
were able they might go into court
to try to compel the employers to re-
store the safeguards of the state
laws protecting women.
Eventually, after many years
these cases would get to the supreme
court, if the workers were able to go
that far, but meanwhile the benef-
cient, hard-won laws would be de-
stroyed under the blanket strict equal
ity amendment proposed by the Ma
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-03

Observation-Disclosures!
country at least at 10 per cent.
Speaking in terms of wages, this
means that a worker who received
$50 week in 1914 should now be paid
20 per cent more, or an increase of
S21 a week, making the wages receiv-
ed $51, in order to maintain the liv-
ing standard he had In 1914.
This does not take into account the
changes which took place in the up
grade of living costs during the war
years. In some cases this change
represented an increase over normal
of 1922 per cent, Norfolk, Va, show
ing such rise, while In general the
peak prices were approximately 11O
per cent in June, 1920. The general
average may be said now to CORE
spond with the prices of December
1918.
The wages of labor, as rule, are
fixed for seasonal or calendar periods
the time varying from six months to
two years. If there is an upward
scaling in living costs in the time for
which the wages have been fixed, the
worker must sacrifice to that degree
his standard of living. The only
chance he has for equalizing wages
with living costs is that which pre-
walls at the time the scale Is made.
Thus it happens that at the period
of peak prices-June, 1920--few wage
scales were under negotiation, the
rates having been fixed either in the
preceding January or April, which
represented difference, in some in
zf -
the workers had to meet out of their
reserve stocks, if there were any. II
there was no reserve, then the stand
ard of living had to give way.
The wage earners, including those
on salary, are the only persons in So
ciety whose standards of living fiuc-
tuates downward with rising prices.
Those who live off the investments OF
capital-rent, interest, stock divi-
dents, bonds and mortgages-are in
position to shift the burden without
sacrificing a single comfort or ne
cessity.
National prosperity requires the
unfolding of living standards OF the
workers because wages represent a
steady stream of purchasing power
Without that steady stream of pur-
chasing power, industry, commerce
and agriculture are adversely af-
fected.
Advocates of low wages and wage
cutting view the question, aside from
their selfishness, from a narrow
standpoint; so narrow, in fact, that
they cannot see the outskirts of the
circle of which they are part, which
in the end is bound to close in on
them and retard their own progress
if it does not crush them.
In short, the breaking down of liv-
ing standards of the workers means
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-03
Annual Rainfall.

There has been recalculated from
recent data the amount Of rain an
nually falling upon the earth's sur
face. II is found that II is equlya-
tent to a layer OF water Of the uni
form depth for the whole globe, OF
about 351z inches. The amount fail-
ing on the land is equivalent TO uni
form depth Of 29Ik inches. Consider
Ing only the land which is drained by
rivers flowing into the sea, 1t Is cal
eulated that only 80 per cent Is re-
turned 10 the ocean, and that the
rest is removed by evaporation.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-03
Cutting Down of Buying
Power Creates Conditions
Which Multiply Economic
Problems and Injuries All

The speakers brought here Monday
night by the Associated Employers
devoted considerable time TO 4 discus
sion Of wages. trying to show why
workers should receive \ reduction in
their weekly pay. Their talk may be
all right as seen from a large city
contractors point of view, but in the
first place, Champaign is not Chi
eago, and in the second place, the
United States department Of labor
gives figures showing that the work
er of today is underpaid compared
with 1914 wages.
Seventy-one per cent is the average
Of the increase in living costs from
December, 1914, to December, 1921,
for eleven of the medium cities of the
nation. As these cities embrace all
sections of the country. with their
varied pursuits, it is a safe estimate
TO place the increase for the whole
$3.50 - q y . y n
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-03
EASTERN DIPLOMACY A JOKE
Envoy 10 Well Paid for Job That
Doesn't Exist, According to
Prince Furstenberp.

Constautinople.--on OF the stories
which men tell one another here to
illustrate the confused diplomatic sit
uation In central Europe is attributed
TO Prince Furstenberg. He was APP
pointed as a diplomatic representative
OF the old Austrian government to the
Ukraine, which then was ruled by
Hetman Skorpadsky.
Describing his diplomatic status to
friends In Kiey, the prince said: II
am the representative of a govern
ment that has ceased to exist and
am accredited to one that never ex-
listed. The most extraordinary part
OF 1t Is that I am paid for performing
the duties Of this position that / do
not hold"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-03
tional Woman's Party.

tional Woman's Party.
81 hope that the women of that
party will not proceed on course
which is bound to have as its first
effect the destruction of standards es-
tablished for working women which
IRE working women are unable to
maintain through economic strength.
Even if the women's labor laws
should ultimately be sustained by the
supreme court, declares statement
of the National Women's Trade Onion
League, the litigation necessary TO Sc
cure a decision would be matter Of
years, during which employers would
resist enforcement and women work
ers would be deprived of the benefits
of the laws. Women workers stand
to lose millions in wages and the
breaking down of standards in work.
ing hours by the adoption Of the
amendment.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-03
COST OF LIVING STATISTICS
SUSTAIN WORKERS POSITION

in the long run TIE suggestion 81 DIS
organization Of the business Of the
That accomplished, the ma
ton Is confronted with q tremendous
tack % recover. = task which brings
in its train lis eWn problems that
multiply evils and retara pvOgreSS,
Waee-Sulling solves nothing - L
simply complexities the national trou-
HAS
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-03
Cost Them ss5. 900, 900.

New York.-Employers who locked
out the members of the Ladies' Gar
ment Workers union last November
and broke their trade agreement with
the union have lost S35,000,000 by
their folly, say those who are familiar
with the garment-making industry.
The union, having broken the lockout,
is stronger than ever.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-03
"strict Equality Dangerous;
May Destroy Hard Won Laws
Benefitting Working Women

Purpose PraisewOrthy of Removing
Legal inequalities from Women,
But Actual Effect Would Be DAM
aging.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-03
Observation-Disclosures.
STRICT EQUALITY"
BAD FOR WOMEN

> The "strict equality" blanket
> amendment to the constitution
; of the United States, proposed
; by the national woman's party,
: would destroy the beneficlent,
> hard-won laws protecting the
: women workers of the country
: who are unable to maintain
: their rights through economic
> strength. This declaration was
> made by President Samuel
. Gompers of the American Fed
. Grafton of Labor in a state
.ment discussing the proposed
. amendment.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-03

Subscribe -r-,,-----------------
$50 1s Tor The Llano Colonist,"
paper PCT year, the colony's weekly
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-03
PRES. GOMPERS IS AGAINST It
Employers Would Take Advantage
OF the Amendment to Place Wom-
en- on a Working Equality With
Men.
"a. f. of l.. News Lottery

:. "A. f. of l.. News letter.
= Washington, Jan. 25.-President
1ompers of the American Federation
Of Labor, in a statement, warns the
working women of the country of the
CANCERS lurking in the proposed
aanket amendment to the constitu-
u9 ~, establishing strict sex equality.
am informed" says the state
hent, that further steps are to be
"a. .sAen within day or two to further
ule proposal already advanced by the
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-03
All CO-OperatOrs Notice

sor 'eqa the sotry of the advance of
Is y ip'ele cooperation. "The Colon
published weekly by the Llano
toBc g6ps i..5 Colony keeps you in
noea,. win the greatest cooperative
4'9as.teanent in America
lney are building a home for YOU
'4IF9agh Cooperation"
Conn ~ information fill in and mail
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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-03
Left Husband $50 Times
in ID Years Welded Life

Helen Caldwell Of Detroit,
Mich, left her husband. John,
$50 times during their married
life from 1907 TO 1921, John told
Judge Harry ]. Dingeman. He
asserted his wife was fond Of
dancing; that, on coming home
from work at midnight, be would
find her little boy sitting on the
front steps waiting for him and
that his wife would come In la
ter, saying she had been to
dance. He was given a decree.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-03

Be particular-demand the union
label, shop card and working button.
The Union Label is a contrast be-
tween the fair and unfair employer.
Demand il.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-14
HOMES
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Elevation.
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4.sbO-FIvE ROOM MOD
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crn. Al bulit-in features.
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S4i1bo-NEW STRICTLY
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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-14

cHicAGo June fl-Hcpusts 81
excessive heat In kansas led 20
speculative huying and 20 higher
prices In the wheat aniarkst today
rhortly after The ppeninH open-
inF prices which ranged from ~
dpcIinc q hc advance with Jul,
11f4k 10 fi.1o and September
4l1o4 10 tl.4l. wcrn followed b,
Nfsuht art1lneE all afrulfa aud ihon
NJ sudden upturn 70 we'll above
Yesterdays finish.
Corn aud outs = firmer with
wheat After opening a shade -
LrffHr hilarr 1ulr fnHc 10 e1r.
che eofn market scored sIlaiit gen
eral gains.
Oats started Nc 10 Nc0 Nc
lower July SIC 70 Sfkc and later
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-14

KANSAS CRY. June IA=Cattin
Receipts. Io.5ee Better grade
beef steers. steady 20 strong; top.
~ SO other grades steady 70 weak
she stock, yeartnss and bulls.
steady 10 Is cents lower. choice
warnings. a9OOW 1910. better
grade cows. s. so a. ts.2s: bologna
bulls, t37batf.25. beef kinds
&a.2bW $500; calves mostly 81 .Oe
lower. good and choice veaiern 20
paekers, $500 1890. few 10 out
sIders SIC 90.
HonA-Reccipts. 10000. Market
opened slow closed active. around
10 rents higher. top. to both pack
crr and shippers. $3.50: shippers
took about e.000; hulk OF salcs,
$1,000 sie.ts. throw sows.
around 1900. fat piEs steady TO
strong. choire kind. 7fi.i0.
Sheep-Rcceipts. 7.000. Lambs.
50 10 u ocnts lower; one deck
choiee native spring lambs. tf2.fo.
Arszonas. ti1-2b. breeding cwes
strong. most selected lots te.Bo4
S7.5O. =
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-14
TORraaN ExcHANGE

NEW NoRk, juno i4-ForeiEn
exchange irregular. Great Britain.
dcmenu. s47s eables sa7A sixty
Gay bills on hanks. AS \ France,
demand. s.79h cables. $50. Iualy.
demand 80, cables. ta3h- Bcl-
GUM DEMAND. ssih cables. S.22,
Gcrmany demand. 81 cables,
az. Holland. demand. a. 90.
cables, sN95. 3 Norway. demand
i7.aG. Sweden, demand, 1851.
Denmark. demand. Else Swltzor-
land. dcpand, l90s. spain. do
maad. MA tGseeco, dcmand
iot. Poland, demand. .o9A.
Czecho-SioyaktAp demand. $50.
Argentine, dcmAhd ss.be Brexli.
demand, 70 sss Montreal ~ s-se.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-14
METAL MAlskrsrs

NEW YORK. June fl-ForeiEn
bar silver, 72hc.
Copper-stcady. eIectroiytic spot
and futures. IS.Tsmeif0O.
Tin-Spot and futures t1I oe.
lron-Stcady; unchanged
load-ffrm, spot. sa.Tbmf6e 90.
Iinc-Stoady. East 81 Louis de-
livcry spot aud nearby. tb.fz.
Anumony-spot. ~ 1881.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-14

NEW YORK, June it-fali
money stronger. hiEh. a low. q.
ruling rate. >; ciezlng. "a 90 last
bean. a. call loans against accept
ances. "a
Time loans. steady. 90 days. a.
20 d1ya, 4. six months, az.
Prime mercantile paper. fHah.