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W ' . .(.:.' Tt Can KwwfOTt Tit. jIIi!rCintafWUit' ; A'iutac ftett of karglarv wort Cat sweated ta Davenport some eartr tbii smia : The wto w of tae Wmm4 Jewelry etore Ill Watt TkM street, i ''CxtlhM aad 31 strands" of pearla vtlaea at 1411 taksa. Police are I JmUm4 to believe the robbers ased ! a padded brick ta break the win Cow. The brick was aot found this awning nor could anyone be lo- 1 eated who beard tbe robbers work fag. The theft waa not discovered ssttil 7: JO o'clock thla morning by r the Janitor. . Police believe the robbery oc curred at an early hour thla morn ing, probably Jnat before dawn. A , ali-iach hole In the lower left band corner of the window waa broken - pat by the brick, making the pearla easy to reach. - '-"Several dropa of blood were left to spot one of tbe boxes made empty In tbe grab, indicating that one of the thieves cut bla hand when he , reached through the jagged . open- lag. ' No fingerprints were foand on the glaaa or boxes, however. The atolen pearla were of the manufactured variety and carried values ranging from 112 to $35, ac cording to Mr, NIemand. A large number of atranda were left un touched becanae they were ont of ' ratuu of toe hand. Some genuine leather pocketbooka were also ig nored., Theae, together with tbe ; pearla, formed the only display in - the window at the time, t The police atate that no cluea bo far eilat aa to the perpetrator of the deed. They Incline towarda the k theory, however,' thai it waa the work of amateun, claimibg that professionals would have aelected ; more coatly window display on Which to take the risk. I Personal Points f p o i Mr. and Mrs. C. Edwin Johnson, hear Lynn, announce the birth of a daughter, afarjorle Louise. Mrs. Johnson waa formerly Miss Martha Ackerllnd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs C. L. Ackerlind, 4011 Eighth ave bue. Miss Maria DeSllva, 608 Twen tieth street, returned home yester day afternoon after aeveral weeks' Visit is Akron, Ohio. E. R. Herlocker, T.M.C.A., re turned home yesterday after a aev oral weeks' vlalt ia Freeport. All the newa all the time The Argus. r i - -Hi in t ili K : tit ' Ui " i - i 1 i r 15, Iji :li nr It; lit . I BSk r mmm m- mm mm u. m mm mm m B I il " ' I I B-t II ff rT VI I El II HI 1 I I Pi " 1 1 M i l .. SB II I 111 ;i u z : i - www wt m srw : - ss sa si ISiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiH CALLED ZITZSEl n'm MMifert.' aaaeV aa- lataat naertntendeat at the Bock UaJ pkw coaopaay, died yester day afteraooo at ft. Aalhoay-s hos pital Mr. Moatfort waa strlckea yeetarday wtta apoptezy. w bora la Dayton, Ohio, Amg. 1T.MT1. He had beta In the Implement baa KmA all of hia life, having been superintendent for eight years of the La Crosse Plow company, also having held Important positions with the arracnaa Jelled Plow cempaay and the OUver CkBM Plow company. He had been la Rock bland 11 months, rooming at 42 Nineteenth street, not yet hav ing movea we iwaur -Officials of the company express the lose to the company in ma ability aa a workman and hia splen did personality. Mr Montfort waa affiliated with tbe Masons and the Elks. , Surviving are ui wu n birui children, all of Dayton, Ohio. The remains will be aent to Dayton for burial. - REFUSETOVISE FALL PASSPORT Iatarventloa AtUtsie of Seaater May Prevent Proposed Visit to MexTee. Washington, Nov. 20. Mexican consular agenta on the border, it was aaidi today at the Mexican em bassy, have been directed by .Ro berta V. Pesqnelra, Mexican confi dential agent in tbe United States not to vise the passport of Senator Pall of New Mexico, for the sena tor's proposed visit to Mexico to at tend the inauguration of President elect Obregon on Dec. I. Information at the embassy was that Mr. Pesqu.eira's action was predicated upon wnat waa regained by him aa the intervention attitude of Senator Fall, who la chairman of the senate nub-committee which tor upwards of a year has been In v estimating conditions in Mexico.. It waa denied at the embassy that Mr. Pesqnelra had ordered con sular agents not to viae the pass ports of Governor Hobby of Texas, and Colonel J. Chana of San An tonio, who also plan- to attend the inauguratin of General Obregon. IfOBEL PRIZE FOR WILSON. Stockholm, Nov. 20. (United Press.) Newspapers here declared today that President Wilson prob ably will be awarded the Nobel peace prize. WE ARE Told that some unscrupulous dealers are pawning off some in ferior candy for Deltanut Don't be deceived. fs Bonds Real X Total w-... Total . ROCK CiEOUOOi 311 C? Alma ef IikXtea AQaaea, af; Joseph Hopp, vice president of the RoaenJaid,- Hopp ft C&, whose Fort Armstrong theatre Is n earing completion, ana president of the Exhibitors' Alliance of Illi nois which met la Peoria yesterday. told Paoriaas and moving picture Interests the alms of the alliance to protect themselves against aujasi and unfair legislation. The Exhibitors' Alliance of Illi nois is not tbe first organization of motion picture theatre men of the atate." said President Hopp. "It is the result of toner associations sad hsa grown in importance and in purposes and alma along with the growth of the motion picture indus try, which Is now the fourth In the United States. When tbe national organization waa completed In Cleveland last June, the Exhibitors' Alliance became affiliated with ft as the Illinois unit We kept our old name aa we bad been organised and incorporated and begun to function on a statewide scale under that name. Its relation to tne national body ia the same as that of retail era in mercantile lines is to the wholesalers and Jobbers. "We cooperate to protect our in dustry againat unjust and unfair legislation. We are opposed "to any censorship outside of our organlza We feel that the motion pic-J tion ture business haa become a quasi j public institution, the source of en tertainment for the masses, a means of spreading education and news information, and that censor Ship of tbe same is no more war ranted than censorship or the press. The uplift and steady improvement ot the motion picture theatres is one of our principal aims. The In dustry haa become so . great ana there are so many millions, of capi tal invested therein that it la abso lutely necessary that our shows be free from objectionable features ; so clean, in fact, that boys and girls can attend any of them and not im bibe harmful ideas. That the in dustry has made great progress along these lines is shown by the fact that churches and schools are turning to motion, pictures to pre sent their instructions and teach ings to their audiences and pupils." BET. MB. HAIUWAyTpEAKER, The Ministerial Alliance will hold its regular meeting Monday morn ing at 10 o'clock at the Y. M. C. A. Devotionals will be led by Rev. H. C. First. Rev. Launcelot Hadaway will give a paper on "The Minister and the Community." Hllli!llillllllIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIIIIIII!lillIIIII!IIHllllilllllllllIII!IH FINA NCIAL State Auditor's Call At RESOURCES. an counts .......$3,700,662.9 . and Stocks , 690,846.68 iMiiMiig nuuse r-i Tr-4. ri tm T.t Estate Other Than Banking wvciuiaus 1 , Cash and Due from Banks m m- LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Surplus i . . . Undivided Profits (Net) .......... Deposits ....... M Reserved for Depreciation 1...... Reserved for Interest and Taxes , ISLAND It Qoeea, t Bath of Albert C Gobea of Oakland, CaLi waa malted ta marriage ta Albert MBaeker, i of Mr. aad Mrs. Baa DeBacker, tllTwenty-ftfth aveaae MoUaa, at a quiet wedding held at 10 o'clock thla morning at the srsaaage of the Sacred Heart ehmrea, Molina. Father J. B. Culrmans offl dated at the ceremony. ' , Margaret DeBacker, sister of the bridegroom, served the bride, aad Louis Ooben, brother of the bride, served Mr. DeBacker. A wedding dinner was served for immediate relatives at the home of the bride groom's parents. The table was beautifully decorated in blue and white, the bride's wedding colors. Mr. and Mrs. DeBacker leave this evening for a two Weeks wedding trip to Chicago. Miss Ooben is well known in Rock Island. She had been em ployed at the Royal Neighbors of America for tbe last year. Mr. De Backer ia employed at the Mollne Plow company. The new home will be in Moline. , . To Decorate Graves. Members of Barbara Frietchie tent No. 31, Daughters of Veterans, together with the Sons of Veterans, are to decorate the graves of de ceased comrades at Chippiannock cemetery tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. New flags will be placed on the graves. This is a ceremony observed several times during the yearby Daughters and Sooa of Veterans. All members of Barbara Frietchie tent are asked to meet at Ifle cemeiery gmc . v SEARCHING FOR THREE BODIES White Lake Coast Gnards Look (or Remains of Lost Seaplane Crew la Lake. Muskegon, Mich., Nov. 20. Whfte Lake coast gnards and officers ot the Great Lakes naval training sta tion were confident today that search of the wreckage of the HS-2-L would reveal the bodies of three member of the crew, presumably lost when theplane waa wrecked. A high sea prohibited extensive search last night. The HS-2-L waa caught in a storm on Lake Michigan, while on a reconnaissance tour a week ago. Bits of wreckage were found along the shore near here following its disappearance. The fuselage and motor were, located yesterday about twenty miles north of Muskegon. OFFICERS. H. S. Cable, President. - V. G. Johnston, Vice. Pres. f Cashier. J. H. Meehan, Assistant Cashier. ' rvySrSRer t ....... y,ouo.i House 3.516.52 .". , 1,407.00 ...... 544,03516 $5,038,336.80 , .....$ 200,000.00 ...w 250,000.00 "5.39W7" -4403.939.40 66,005.13 3,000.00 $5,038,336.80 SAVINGS STATE FOLIOE Foniiiiriois IS ADVOCATED Kajertty af CtX Tetiag at State Meeting Paver tha The system of Rock Island Cham ber of Commerce ot taking a poll of the sentiment of the city on nat ters of public Interest as recently made with reference to a state po lice tni was regarded with much interest at the annual meeting of the IlUnoia Cham per of Commerce 1a Chicago Thursday. It was claim ed that thla method of reaching in dividuals through the medium, of the public forum is a means of sounding the sentiment of about 85 per cent of the city's population. No other city represented at the meeting bad such a plan and It is likely that Rock Island will receive many requests for information as to how it ia done. . By vote of the various organiza tions comprising the Illinois Cham ber of Commerce, the state body will devote its influence towards securing the passage of the state police measure at the coming ses sion of the legislature. Forty-eight cities expressed favor of the meas ure, inree went on- record as against and two were found not voting. ' Ask, Traffic Law Referendum. One of the measures that the state chamber will Interest itself in next in the matter of a referen dum of cities is a uniform traffic regulation law. This matter has been suggested by the street traffic Lcommittee of the Chicago Associa tion of Commerce, In effect it would mean that aa automobilist would feel at perfect ease any place in the state, for there would be no disconcerting and petty city ordi nances for him to contend with. The state organization is also considering the taking of a referen dum on the question as to how tbe new state constitution shall be' pre sented to the popular vote of the people. Some favor presentationof the constitution aa a whole docu ment and others favor presentation of only certain sections of the docu ment for ratification. J0H5 H.JTCEEERY DEAD. Springfield, 111.. Nov. 20. John H. McCreery, 58, proprietor of St. Nich olas hotel, this city, died at 6 o'clock this morning of uraemia. He had been seriously ill but a few hours. Under his management for the last 17 years the St. Nicholas has been an' important rendezvoua here of legislators and politic! ana, especial ly Democrats. Mr. McCreery was formerly president of the Spring field Commercial association. STATEMENT Close of Business Nov. 15,' 1920 Complete JJX WOOD CONTEST " ' (Special to The Argus). Pleasant Ridge, I1L, Nov. 20. Frank Welvaert of Wood school will rep reseat Bowling township at the RoA Island county spelling contest to be held at Washington school, Rock Island, on Deo. S, to choose one girl or boy to represent the county at the state test on Dec, 29 at Springfield. Frank spelled 99 words out of 100 correctly at the township test given yesterday afternoon at the Pleasant Ridge school. Pupil from the fifth to the eighth grades were permitted to try out Margaret De Cleene of Tindall school won sec ond place, spelling 84 words cor rectly, and Eva Wangelln of Pleas ant Ridge, took third place with 79 words. Tbe tests were given by Miss Mills Wilson of Pleasant Ridge school, assisted by Miss Blanche Wangelln of Tindall and Alvin Volk of Wood." PRICE BOOSTS KEEP MEN IDLE Expert Says Part-Time Employ. Mat la Mills Oecasleaed vty Profiteering. Washington, Nov. 201 (United Ptoaa 1 ITnemnlovment throughout the country resulting from part- time operation oi mus ana wc tories is directly due to attempts to toon ii n nrirea. Ethelbert. Stewart. government price expert, charged today. v "Price is the only bar to fuH Hm. nnWInrtinn " said Stewart. whose title is commissioner of the bureau of statistics of the labor de partment. "Every mill in the country could operate full time if prices were down. "The 'depression' will disappear as soon as the producers and sajev men of food, clothing and other commodities give up the idea of profiteering" as in war times. When that happens the public will find it possible to end the big buyers' or consumers'- strike. Although slight cuts have been made in the retail prices of a few commodities, the cutting is not genaral enough. Cuts in wholesale prices have been deeper than retail prices. "Tt ninat Iia rffin,mhflrM thai It takes from six months to a year tor reduced wnoiesaie quotations 10 be reflected in retail prices." - STORM PARLIAMENT. Prague, Czecbo Slovakia, Nov. 20. Three days' rioting culminated in an attempt by the crowds to etorm parliament buildings, despite ef forts by mounted police to stop them. A Capital, Surplus and. Undivided Profits: Over $550,000.00 Savings Commercial Trust and Safe Deposit Depart- ments AH under State Supervision. . . 4 lo Interest Paid on Savings Deposits A Fully Authorized Trust Company Modern Fire and Burglar Proof Vaults RANTTC N- TRIXEOTS i;itoi;ei7i;o::e CUeag Paaer Hae largest Mat. laf lYeashiOaeMvela the Chicago, Nov. 20. The Chicago Tribune today removed its editorial, mechanical aad circulation depart ments to a aew plant coataintog what is said to be the largest print ing press la the world. - ' The press room is a block long and on the first floor, provided with daylight and fresh air. - ' ' By this move the Tribune trans fers its editorial, mechanical and circulation departments across the Chicago river, the new plant being situated on the ' recently opened Michigan boulevard link. The Trib une' building in the loop district will coninue to house tbe newspa per's business offices. The pres ent presses will be used tor a time to supplement the work ot getting out the Sunday editions. The photo gravure work and tbe color presses will continue in the building aa Oa tario atreet, near the lake. Cover Half Block. Eventually the .new north aide plant will cover the halt block on North Michigan boulevard, Austin Avenue and St Clair street. The first unit is a five-story and base ment building at the east half of the lot. fronting 100 feet on St Clair atreet and 1SS feel on Austin ave nue. The press room extends through to Michigan avenue. The press is 300 feet long and contains 26 units. It is made by the Goss Printing Press company of Chicago. A, .novelty ia the aerial folders by which it is possible to collect sheets from any unit to make up any number of combina tions. There is room for a dupli cate of this 300 foot press. WMNTS PLAN NEW RAIDS Fifty SaBoeakeepers to Be Arrest ed Group Chiefs Partid. pate la Series. Chicago. Nov. 20. Frank D. Rich ardson, new federal ' supervising prohibition agent for this district, announced today that his men would seek to arrest 60 saloonkeepers In a series of raids Monday and Tues day. Similar arrests are planned throughout the district The an nouncement followed conferences with group, chiefs from Detroit, East St. Louis, Peoria and Madison, Wis. DIRECTORS l Hr S. Cable W. G. Johnston Hugh E. Curtis Phil Mitchell W. H. Dart for. E. M. Sala Franz Hopp ' M. E. Stricter John Volk j E. Corner Third Maw York. FnartM Marts. 8tefano, arralg charge ot truancy, was total a married woman, prsstih, m. E-roosB apartment The journed, to think the case 2 Madison, Wla-Umiy-a freak klttsm. The KtS'! three eyes, in a horizontal n. 15 alsa has three mouths la a !! position, the two extras tehT above and the other belowth! J? ular mouth. Oklahoma City. Okla-i but w may prove costly for T. H. d5 W. H. Westbrook un t. -TnT"- tute rait ia district court i!S Donnell for alleged failure aT 810 a month extra rest tor jjt&K i Tell your Mother w KEMP'S BALSAM will stop' that cough. Bill. nT .IIm. ..Li.. 1 . " w wan i g conga ana you OOB1 nev coughing all the time.' r THE WHOLE FAMILY will be pleased with the work we do in " SHOE REPAIRING We can mend ladies' flat shoes, children's shoes ant men's working shoes. 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