.1 1MW STUDENTS 10FFEH APOLOGY ;TO SCHOOL HEAD rill ImMe Dsr Celebrants i Express Begnt Except Giles, " and He Mast Be tin. v An apology for the demonstra I tton staged In-front of the Moline -'high school Tuesday morning by -Bock Island high school students was offered to Superintendent Ma hnney and Principal Nutting of . ; Moline by a committee of local .students this afternoon.. The apol ,,logy was prepared in the form of . statement and was signed, by Teach of the 40 students who took tpart In the celebration. It was -taken to Moline by a special com mittee of three elected by the sign- ; ;TS. - All of those who had a part in ".the affair, except Harry Giles, are ,ack at their studies. According -to -Principal Arnold Lau, Giles has 'the opportunity to be reinstated In Cgood standing in the school if he subscribes to the conditions ac cepted by. the others, namely, the 'apology to the Moline school au--thorlties for the action. -: - Mr. Lau had thevfollowlng to say - In a statement made this morning: ,Of coursev no one regrets the af fair more than I do, and I would 1ts anything If it could be un . done. I want, the public to under stand and appreciate the fact that mm a- inal,..lnM ..M.InM An -tr lerel beft to foster anything : but that klndW aplrit. r " certainly believe that the stu , -dents participating in the affair at , ifoltne are genuinely sorry and "nothing of the kind will happen - iagaln. Possibly some people may ..criticize me for not being harsher , Jn my treatment, but I want it dtt tlpctly understood that what I am more concerned about than pun ishment is the fostering of the right kind of Ideals and spirit in - the high school, and I firmly be Item that the treatment I have ac corded these students will bring .permanent results for the future. Only t Per Cent, . r-"The public must furthermore understand that this affair, was participated in. by about 40 stu ' deflts? 5 per cent of the total stu dent body. To those who made the mistake of walking out, we can show Just as many who tried to prevent this mistake." i .The following is the apology that was taken to Moline: "We, the ' undersigned, realizing that our ac tion on Tuesday in disturbing the regular work of your school was wrong and in violation of the best . Interests and spirit of order in the Rock Island high school, because we earnestly desire its reputation ' for high ideals of order and con duct and school spirit .to be untar nished, -v - . "Especially dQ we regret the forced entrance of your building against the orders of Superintend J"ent Mahoney. We wish Mr. Ma- . . . 1 - 1 noney lu Know uibi we are oiuteio : Jy sorry for what happened - "Again hoping that this regret table affair will not be held as a .- blot against the Rock Island high school, we are, sincerely yours." ... The statement was Signed by all those who had participated in the walkout ftiinei-s Ask Only That Wages Be Made Steady; W ord of G. F.MacGowan TmiraiJAV-TIlE'. KOCK ISLAND GtNOm 13, 1915, INSPECTION TRIP . tOF WORK DONE ON : : RIVER BEING MADE ' Captain F. B. Martin and his as sistant, E. F. McDonald, of - the Jrirer engineers' department, left yesterday on an Inspection trip of the upper Mississippi. The Inspec tion Is made every fall by the de uartment to make a check" on the suddUbs that hare been issued dur ing the past year for work on the river. - Stops will be made at St Paul, Stillwater and Minneapolis. Cap tain Martin will be away about two weeks. 4 Charles F. - MacGowan, former ' president of the Tri-City Federation' of Labor, and now an international organiser for the bollermakers' or ganization, visited in Rock! Island today. He has been active In the recent labor negotiations in Wash ington, where his headquarters are situated, and has a store of knowl edge about the national situation between -labor, capital and . the gov ernment. In the present coal crisis. A new light Is thrown upon the miners' side of the controversy in the statement Mr. MacGowan made this morning to a reporter for T!'.e Argus. He contended that the in junction which "ended the-strike" is a serious mistake from severil points of view, explaining about the stand taken by the men in the matter of wage' Increases and the fixing of a certain amount of time to be put in each week. - "The facta In the ease are these," he said, "the -Injunction issued by Judge Anderson If particularly hateful to the .miners and to or ganized labor for the reason that if the government had need the power granted it under the same law the Lever act It could have taken over and operated the mines whUe negotiations between .the men and the employers went on. - . ' , ConM Still Produce. "The same wage scale could "nave been paid by. the government as that in vogue at the time of the strike order. , Out of the proceeds obtained by the government from this source it could have made the raise granted by the employers retroactive to the date on which the mines changed hands. In the meantime, while the- mines were being operated by the government, coal production And delivery could go-on at a normal rate. Whenn agreement had been threshed out by the employers and employes the mines could then be returned to their owners, the wage raise put In effect and-, made, retroactive to Nov. 1. V , "This was the logical course, and was and Is acceptable to the min ers. It would entail to employers only the loss of earnings during the period, when the mines were commandeered. It would keep the source of coal running and present any shortages of coal. ' "Neither the labor movement or the miners themselves wanted to bring about conditions in the coun try such as to paralyze Industry and to cause starvation and coal famines. It wasn't mere wanton misuse of power. That Is where the thing Is misunderstood. If the government had taken the action of taking over the mines and' operat ing them; no hardships would have been imposed on anyone." : ; Unions Hate Injunction. According to Mr. MacGowan, an other phase of the situation aside from the fact that the injunction "has not settled and cannot settle" the' strike is, that it has made the miners and all of the trades' unions dissatisfied, because the injunction power has been the black beast of labor all during its existence. He said the injunction has only suc ceeded in making the task increas ingly difficult for the leaders, who wanted the arbitration to proceed In an orderly manner. The injunc tion; be argued, in "being so mani festly' unfair to organized labor" has increased the tendency of some circles toward a more pronounced stand In the fight against capital out and out anarchy r-or bolshevisih. "Another phase of labors stand," he continued, "Is the -fact 'that shortly, after' the armistice was signed, the United States gdvera men, through the agency of the fuel administration, told operators that 'My " 1 ' Cbariei F. MaeGowan, - n .1 figures tor the last 12 months," said the labor leader, "sbow.Jhat the average time pat in by miners, figures taken fromttjhe enure cona try. was less than three ays per week, and that the average, wage received was $70 per month. This wans that more than halt of the miners were receiving, around 5Q land 160 per month. Think -what that mease. While some earn HO, If 12 or even $15 per day, it is not steady, rne reat mass oi inem earn less than $6 per v day even when worklng tiU time. : , - According to this view of the matter as shown by Mr. MacGowan; the men are : seeking to stabilize thelr-lncome, so that they are as sured of steady wages. Mines may close down for -days at a time, or lay off all the men any time thy wlsli to, and the pay stops during that neriod. If every man waa sure of being paid at a fixed rate the Lever law was set aside and the prices . set by the administra tion, together with all restrictions wece removed., Then the operators began charging for their product whatever they desired. As soon as the men tried to seek improved, conditions at a time when their wartime contract! seemed ' to hare been dissolved, with this withdraw! of the Lever, act they were' inform ed that the law still stood for them, and were held from obtaining bet ter conditions by Its provisions. It had not been operative in restrict ing ; the employers for - several months when this occurred. - The men consider this a great injustice. At length Dr. Garfield was recalled to his post and the restrictions were replaced on ' the prices of coal, tardily, for the minora .had already taken action,- and ' there wasn't any coal to be restricted." Want Steady Income. The demand tbat seems a buga boo and stumbling block at pres ent, the 30 hours per week work ing time for the miners, is very widely misunderstood, he claimed. It is not the desire of the men to reduce the working hours to that minimum. : Their purpose is -to in sure to themselves that amounVof work at the prescribed .wage every week in the year, and thus to in sure a regular - income. The big trouble at present is the same that of mew who do piece work;.: that is, their income isn't steady,, While big wages are paid to a tew , part of the time, thir annual in-'. come doesn't 'reach-' a big figure. The great mass of miners are un-., derpaid'on the whole. ; Worked 2 Bars a Week. I "Why the department - of labor j week, he would be on .the same basis as other wage earners. : . '' Injaactien Deadly Blow. x "The whole- .thing," he said in concluding the interview," is sim ply this V "Aside from the miners' claims, and aside from .their own errors and the errors of the opera tors aad 'of the government a gov ernment resorting to control by in junction when other means mlghi be used is striking a deadly blow at our free institutions. , . "This is no tide tor prejudice on the part of anyone. This country in order to be saved from enemies without and enemies within baa gut to exercise its very best Judgment, and that by all the people. . Not withstanding the success of the at tempt of employers, should it come, to destroy unionism', something will Icome.outof its ashes which. will prove-infinitely worse. The labor movement is an American institu tion and when you try to destroy It you make way tor un-American in stitutions o 4aka its place. Foe the people of this- age and of this rountry must and will be given a share in the government of affairs which, vitally concern them." Two LiAle Ones ' . Suffocated "VTheit ' c - Bedclothes Burn o'clock Sunday afternoon, when the matter - of a musical organir lion will be taken up. v Rev. W. H. F. Jones' will make a brief address at .the meeting on Sunday, which Is the second tet- low-up meet'.ng of the Sunday cam paign to be held at the T. M. C. A; The . 100 men present at the meet ing last Sunday voted unanlmous-ly- to form a permanent organisa tion, and steps in this directlpn will be taken at a conference ot tht representative committee from the churches following the meeting. The Billy Sunday songs are U be sung, and- men are asked to bring their song books. kTwo little children, Mary Benes, 5, and Annie Benes. 1, were suffo cated by 'the smoke of a lire they started at their home lf Daven port, at - o'clock yesterday eve ning. They are the daoahtars. of Mrs. Joe Benes, Mound and East Twelfth street East Davenport. C Uti RnJk annmirta aarnlf and iter children y- werklng durtmi the day.- She left the fcro chltdraft. at the Indhstrial - home, - Sixteenth and Brady streets, yesterday, as usual 'la the morning.' Returning in the evening, she took them home and, left them playing there while she went .to the grocery a block away. The children found some for at least or exactly 30 hours perttche Mi PtU Bee1f: ding In oneToom on Are. The third child, Joseph, aged S, -ran out inter tne yara ca escaped tne names, btttthe two girls not aware of danger, remained ; - : ,i '. ) The mother caike hurrying to ' the spot a few. minutes 'later, av smoke - add flames . were pouring from the windows, and tried to en- ter only to be driven hack by the heat and -smoke. . When the flames nnauy died- down, since the bed ding alone was on fire, she rushed into the room, only to find) the tots side by side upon the floor, jleed. The father and husband of the family left the city some months 1 ago, and his present location is not known by the" wife. ; i i STOVES and FURNITURE KERLER RUG CO. At Soney-ShTlnf Prices at lie Satisfactory Bug Clean- Phone as for anythfns; yon have to dispose ofc ' We pay more and sell for less. Store aBd factory 11 4th ave phone 6ax'Rak Island. All eleanlng'C. O. P. . Work called for and r delivered MEN'S CHORUS OF SUNDAY CAMPAIGN ' PLAN ORaANIZLNO A movement is onr foot to organ ize the Rock. Island men of the Billy - Sunday .-Chorus , Into a per manent orgaoiration. All men who sang fn the chorus at the taber nacle are requested to attend the meeting at the Y. .M. C. A, at 3 rVVPTiy .i -J I ROCK ISLAND BREWING CO. I mmmmmf I II ROCK ISttANQ. 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 ' " i ' ' t , i , ' , f ' . Wanted Carpenter, $1.00 per hour. Stone & Webster ; Whitman & Barnes ? Plant, 1000 West 120th Street, Z Chicago, 111. Why Not Try 1 Wheelan Cigar Co.'s High Grade Cigars.. Ton will find one to suit year taste and noeketbook; among these , 10c Columbus 10c Two Sizes 10c Corinus 10c Strong - .' 5c Geiger's Leader 7c ' "The American"- ' 1 Two Sixes -' .. Will be out about Dec. 7 WKeelan CJcrar Cn. Phone B. L 1686- sed Car i - Sale - , SATURDAY, NOV. 15, 1919 In order to make room for wihter storage :of new cars, we will sell the following cars dt a bargain CHALMERS Touring Cars .. ... . $190 iVELIE touring Car $190 EMPIRE Touring Car . . ..... $245 I BUICK Roadster . .. . ...... v . . $370 REO Touring car ...... ..i ... .$395 STUDEBAKER Touring Car , . . .$495 REO COUPE Touring Car . . , . $840 I BON SALES CO. 1720 FOURTH AVENUE ' 4'cfffi S6)iSTJiwi'i""'Miw " i i., i M ii. iiinMif77uT .. - .. S TO r- , - - A'UGTION SECOND AND RIPLEY STREETS DAVENPORT, IOWA USED CARS Saturday, Kqv. 1$ 1919 ' ' ; Atl-.OOo'aocc s i. V t ' . - " " ' - ' r . -One Moline Touring, 1 Dodge Touring, 4 Maxwelt Tourings, 1 Oakland Six Cylinder Touring, 1 Saxon Touring, 1 Grant Six Touring, 1 Maxwell Delivery, 1 Saxon Roadster, all equipped 'with self 'starter and electric Kghts,3 Ford Touring, 1 Ford Roadster, IJFord Delivery, 2 Overland Tour ing, lBuick Touring, 1 Mlxwell Touring. , , ' Termsr 10 percent day of sale, balance to suit purchaser, v, - - f Dont Forget Date and Place . r , BUCK &Ic6eST1& 2- s: s- AUCTIONEERS ?I7 II CUTPRICE SUPPLY tfOUSg November Sales Special H IV I Nl U If-' rV II We carry one of the largeat stocks of Genuine Ford Parts in Iowa and sell them II ' I .V - . . - to Bveryrjody at UUT rKlUKS . .... . 20 to O.hM - " We do not ehsrre anv war tax. sMtk also Saves Ten fi tier cent dk - ' We operate 4 stares In Iowa, and therefore onr purchasing power SATES TOD from 10 to pri OTi raM oappura i era jrara, xires (ail oraaas), mees, Bicjcle, Anto and Sotorercle 'Tires, aad Sapplles. - v , i . , - 0w lor 1919 wUl amennt t over a Million Dollars and we are offerinf jen QCALITT VeNhudlte at POPULAE orCUT PRICES, with the BEST OF 8EBT1CE front a Complete Stock of Up-toiDato aerehaadlse. ' . ;s, ' , 1rt, ABrandsTlres and Tabes hare been fCdaeed abest U Per Cent Mr eat prices represent from to 40 Per Cent Bednetioa. All are gnanuteed Ugh-grade makes, ne seeonda, . Satbfaation guaranteed-or moner refunded. - .. - . . COMPARE THESE PRlfcES ELSEWHERE, Begnlar' '. , Prices UM Kingston Carbaretor for. all -. ; . - r " models ......... tSS'HoBer Comb Radiators for 1909-191 OA Kf Fords at.....,.IBsU,OU -; BjCnt f ' Prices. . and' Holler Fords for $4,98 $22.50 $t Honor Comb Radiators for 1917-1918 Fords I&50 AH Size' 'Pistons for Fords, with rindr QQ . and pin, complete". 1 $&$ Connecting Fords, complete at V Reds -for $19 ..'Si:' Genuine' , ' Boyce lrfotorjAeters $1.89 $3.48 $5.89 ..$7.48- Spark Plngsi ell sites: I 7L LO0 Ticking Sark CO Flags, at ....... r....OjC 69i- 9U Sise Koto. nwCters IfijOO Slse Moto. 170 Sise Xoto. meters . 410 Sise Moto-' meters ........ $UM A. C. Titan 0c Champion X Spark Pings, at. . Formulas Complete ..for i hampioa x Pings, for, .:$i.oo Begnlar Prices X $1.15 Mr Cat ' Prices. $10 Set HalUdar Fleslevers, sin gle or doable arm shock absorb ed, complete and W. a C, at an. . .... . . . ; .Vr.".f. $4.98 fLSO Schrooder Tire Gaage .......... i gal. ean,MoblIon, tord nt all cars, Regular 6 . . . P.DU ' SftSO Bear Axle Shaft, for Fords, extra qualltyv , r7fZ ..,....Pl..lO $LS0 Radios Bods for f0 A Q . Fords, extra quality. . eD.ftO 11 Eieetrie Tall taaps, nQ ' all cars ..A"....'. I 7C Cerali Brown Cow1' Boards, '.complete O with Cortln '; speed- . ometer, adda greatlr to the as-, pears nee of your, car; complete, outfit; $14.00 value Q HjoTlieavr 7 Leaf tfO tQ ..Ford Front Springs.. tP.70s JtSM Magneto and Battery Tall Lamp, ' complete . vrith wire 'ewitch wtth two ' CI QQ bulbs, complete. . wltOtf HAO' Rex Steering Wheel Lock,' .T..:..:'.,..-..$l.98 46c Schrader Talve, ' Cores, 5 in box 30c 49c 59c $1.19 Regular My Cat Prices. Prices. 110 Pyrene Fin Cxttngnlaher with Bracket. .. tfQ AQ complete ......... wO.fte ILSS Golden Giant Spark Pings; rrn all sises ............. 1 5IC US Quart Victor Qi OQ Carbon Bemover. . . tDx.7 SUM Flnto Tktor rVA Carbon Remover..... f 7t 7Sc Radlaeleak, at : 76e Liquid X Koleak , ILS0 Liquid X Jfoleak $70 Pali Eieetrie Mend complete ....... $4.48 IIS Set Heavy Crown Fead- ers,all . CI Q OK models . ........ QLO'VO "$ti Mohair Tep, complete wHh Jiffy Side CQQ OR Curtains. . . . . . 0A7.7U CTSntOkS FOB ALL MOB ,. ELS, 90 FEB CE5T DISCOI7NT 3.76 K.W Cofl Units, complete 40c K-W Ceil Points, . M00 Pairs Weed and Bid-O-Skld Chains In stectr-for pleasure ears aad tracks. Special Cat Priees. $2.39 Exm HCavr 6-A Grade St rogalar price Badlatorand Hoed, Winter Felt Lined Coven, com- (?Q QQ plete at. . . . .'. . . tDO.ivO Mobiloit for Cylinder Lubrication . '. ' v ' . , ;.-. '--"X ' " Sfy- Special . ' - , , ' ' , Reg. price Cut price. One gallon can'.............. $U0 per can $1.10 per can Ten one-gallon cans in case. .. HM per ease 1040 per ease Five-gallon can la case SUM per ease 9tJB0 per ease Two live-gallon cans in case. flUi per caw fi.00 per case Fifteen-gallon steel drum with LOS per gaL 80c per gaL faucet. Plus $U5 for drum. V Thirty-gallon steel drum with tLOO per gaL faucet. Plus $L50 for drum. Fifty-five gaL steel drum with faucet Plus 32.25 for drum." Half barrels (wood) Barrels (wood) Sc per gaL (LOO per gal. 9&e per gaL 7jc per gaL 76e per gaL 7Scper gal 70c per gaL "Glass Enclosed" M " All Season WINTER 'TOPS , Roadster or Touring, Carload in Stock ' Pure denatured Alcohbl . :76c Gallon in Five Gallon Let i v AU-Season Ghsi Enclosed Baadf ter AU Season Glass Endosed Toaring Everihih fof the Motorist ' ' if PlI J iB4 m I 1CUTPRICE SUPPLY HOUSED ;,CBdar Rapids - - Iowa - - Davenport II I - ,m . -... : x ' a -v . ' - ' - - ; ' ,