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:t::zy j CO LIS; licit c:::i Jta. I. Storar woata- jfitat eastward from tit Mb rim dm a miiub innuenee j on the corm markst. Higher 2tJoot ob hogs tended also to the vslus of com. Besides, ex ' lasulry 'or corn u again in we, although only tor t nail Nuts. Opening price, which d from He to lc higher, Ijlty 1.3ii to l.M4. end July jfc to 1.IH4. wra followed by a derate reaction, and then by an tan slgbec than before. 1st fart flt rye and wheat were i the best prices on the crop and oats were nearly eo kept the n market on the upgrade in the jMllnet. Closing quotatione mm inn. 2e to 34c net higher May La' io " i an t 1.23. Offerings of oats were readily garbed, end the market harden- with corn. After opening un Aueed to " higher. Including air at 83e to 83c, prices sag- tomewnai, ana men Broreu h swrel gain, provisions reflected the strength f hog and corn. Lard led the ad vance. Feona Grain. Peurh, 111., Jan. 5.-Corn. Zc tp le higher: No. 4 while, l.eogfi.ei: v. s white. 1.38; No. 3 yellow, Lit; No. 4 yellow, 1.40; No. yel Hw'MSl.S9: No. 6 yellow, 1.36; So. t mixed. 142; No. 4 mixed, ttt; No. 6 mixed, 1.381.3D. OaU He higher; No. 2 white, 1514c; No. 3 white, 84',i85ac; Ne. 4 white, S4c. Kansas City Livestock. Kaniu City. Mo.. Jan. B. Hog receipts. 15,000; higher; bulk, 14.60 fiS.OO; heavies, 14.70&15.O0; me slums. 14.6015.10: lights. 14.500 14.0; light lights. 13.S014.75; packing sows, 13.75 14.25; pigs, 11.50 13.23. Cattle receipts, 21,500; lower; .heavy beef steers, choice -ana prime. meaium ana gooa, 3.251S.65; common, 10.50 i3.Zo; ht, good and choice, 13.70 n.lo; mmon and medium, 8.1012.70; v . .t. . .rjsiu or . c en n-A Y11.2&; veal calves, 13.00 15.00; iteers, 6.00 10.60. Sheep receipts, 9,000; higher; tombs, 1.5018.25; yearling weth trs. 12.9015.40; ewes, 8.0010.75; breeding ewes. S.0012.i0; feeder lambs, 11.75 15.00. Chicago Produce. Chicago, Jan. 5. Butter, unset- lied ;' creamery, o264c. bggs, rosier, rtnjcipis, i,cid cum; firsts, 66c; ordinary firsts, M64c; at mark, cases included, C4fC6c. Poultrv, alive, higher; springs, !8c; fowls, 2429c. Chicago Gash Grain. .Chicago, Jan. 6. Corn, No. 2 nixed, not quoted; No. 5 mixed, M7 No. 2 yellow, 1.50. Osts. No. 2 white, 86S74c; No. t white, 850 87c. Rye, No. 2. 1.83 1.83; barley. 1.4101.57; timothy seed. 9.00 1J.0; clover sesd, 40.00(852.00 Pork, nominal. Lard, 23.80. Ribs, UTiff 19.50. , Bar Silver. New. York. Jan. o. Bar silver. 21: Mnimn rtnlloM lOfl'i. The Day in lay lose Parole Walter Bron deli, who was bound over to the Scott county grand Jury on a taarge of burglary, following the BKllmlnary hearing before Justice W. W. 8cott, may be held to answer for the charge of violating his pa role In the Dubuque county court, wording to local authorities. Brondell was on trial at Dubuque tar alleged violation of the paro'.e through his connection with th$J wrapon case, ana aner eviaente j wcu in ine case il was luu- V- tinned unUl Jan. 6. . lave Busy Month One of the at active months in the history of the homo Mtrvlp nwtfnn of the parenport chapter of Red Cross nun closed. According to tne submitted bv the secretary less were rendered to 369 faml- lStbnnation onlv heina sivet 17. Financial aulntanrw was fives to the amount of 8982.91 while repaid totaled S23S.24. iutnUaas leave w. X. Nor- Jjan ana a. G. Waterhouse of the i.!! Machinery Co.. Ltd., Ade "M. South Australia, left Daven W; for Kansas City after spending J" of this week in the tri-cltles, Jn special attention to the 'Pa lighting system. Both men " tae Norman com tad oune to America to in- machinery of this country. Norman holds a commlsaion his government to inquire into legislation of this country. Bepaty George 1 " former second denut C. Herr- former second denutv in the j1 of Scott County Recorder A. f Undquist, has been appointed J Jepnty to succeed Ignatiux TPttldt, whose death occurred f Utaua day. Mr. Herrmann'a JPOatBent waa annrnvail bv the r4' of supervisors at the first f iMU!T meeting held yesterday. wiu assume the duties of his a position atonce. . .Jf' Meet An attendance of OOUt 450 hmlnaaa man nf navitn. J" i expected at the dinner to be J"" der the auspices of the ad jywtlag bureau of Ure Davenport f?Brell club at the gold room " ,! BlaekJiawk hotel tonight The saastsN1 smsmmL Jul L lit. - Cora , 0m. Hirn. Low. dm Jea. 1MM 137 IM 1X1 May, ...... lMiMLXllM July .....1.IH4U3H U0 US Oata ' - - May M M JJ inly .i.., M.TtW ? Pork Jan ...4. May ...... -23.6 23.H S3.6S Lard - Jan. ..... 2S.CS 2SJ5 2S5 May ...... J4.75 U.10 24.70 Ribs k Jan. ; .... ..... May ...... 20.20 20.42 20.15 'MM .77 27.80 23.80 23.80 24.85 mo 20.40 Weather Forecast Illinois: Snow in north, snow or rain Iq south portion tonight; much warmer; Tuesday rain or snow and warmer. MTssourl: Rain or snow and much wanner tonight; Tneaday unsettled with rain and warmer in east and south portions. t Wisconsin: Snow tonight and Tuesday; much warmer - tonight and in east portion Tuesday. Iowa: Snow or rain and much warmer tonight and In extreme east portion Tuesday; generally fair in west and central portions Tuesday. Indiana: Cloudy and warmer to night and Tuesday; probably' snow north and snow or rain in south portion. . Chicago Livestock. Chicago, Jan. 5. Hog receipts, 54,000: slow. 15c to 25e higher; bulk. 14.851S.10; top price, 15.25; heavy, 14.85 15.10; medium, 14.80 15.15; light. 14.S031S.10; light lights, 14.60 14.70; heavy packing sows, smooth, 14.25 14.75: pack ing sows, rough, 13.7S14 25; pigs, 13.7514.75. Cattle receipts,- 20,000; strong; beef steers, medium and heavy weight: choice and prime, 18Y75 20.00; medium and good. 11.00 18.75; common, S. 75 11.00; light weight, good and choice, 13.o0 19.25: common and medium, 8.00 13.50; butcher cattle: heifers, 6.75 14.75; cows. 6.60 13.50; canners and cutter?; 5.506.60; veal calves. 16.0017.25; feeder steers, 7.00 12.25; stocker steers. 6.00 10.25. Sheep receipts. 20.00; steady; lamb!, 16.OO01S.S5; culls and com mons. 12.2515.50; ewes, medium and 'good, 8.5010.75; culls and common, 4.758.25. Horses and Mules. Bast St. Louis, 111.. Jan. 5. Horses: Eastern chunks, 130 190; southern .horses, choice, 140 1G5; draft, good to choice. 140 245. Mules: 16 to 17 hands. 190340; 15 to 154 hands. 100 210; 14 to 14 hands, 90 145. . Chicago Potatoes. Chicago, Jan. 5. Potatoes, strong; arrivals, 43 cars;' Northern Whites, sacked and bulk, S.703.85 per hundredweight. Liberty Bonds. New York, Jan. 5. Prices of Lib erty bonds at 11:30 a. .m. today were: 38, 99.98; first 4s, 93.40; second 4s. 93.20: first 44s, 93.78; second. 4,8, 92.76; third 4 Vs. 94.74; fourth 4Hs, 92.90; Victory 3s, 99.16; Victory 44s, 99.14. Peoria Livestock. Peoria. 111., Jan. 5 Hog receipts 2,000; active; 30c higher; top price, 14.90; bulk, 14.8514.90; lights, 14.7514.90; mediums, - 14.80 14.90; heavies, 14.8014.90. Cattle receipts,' 150; strong. Davenport guest of honor will be Dr. Stanley L. Krebs, who will, spend the net three days in this city. Dr. Kres is a noted business lecturer. His tal!r Monday evening will be aboct the philosophy of business, F. l). Throop, president of the Davenpoit Commercial club, will be toastmau ler tar the event, which is expected to be the biggest in the history' of the bureau for years. Chauffeurs Exempted Secretary of State. W. C. Ramsay at Des Moines, in a letter to County Treas urer Hugo H. Stahl, announces the fact that chauffeurs licensed to operate cars in Iowa will not be re quired to secure additional . 11 sences to operate cars in Illinois. Tho rnling comes as a result of action taken by both the Iowa and Illinois authorities to furnish re ciprocal privileges for automobile drivers. The eecretsries of state for Iowa and Illinois have likewise agreed upon a plan for reciprocity of license plates for Iowa commer cial cary operated in Illinois for delivery and other purposes. FaDs From . Car What might have been a serious accident oc curred on Fifth and Brady street, when- a threshing machine, which was on a flat car of a west bound Rock Island freight train fell from the car and landed In the street, 25 feet below. Fortunately (here was no one on " the street at the time. The machine fell Just west of the Brady street viaduct. It is believed that the machine started to slide from the car as tho train made the curve after leaving the government bridge. MYSTERY FIRES GROWING COMMON AMONG SHIPPING New York. Jan. 5. Fire of un known origin caused damage esti mated at $100,000 to the steamship Pretoria, st her pier on Staten Is land shortly before she wss to have sailed at dawn today. The Pre toria is a, former Hamburg-Amer-iean liner.- . . This wss the third ship flro of undermined origin along the Sta tes Island shore in the last few days. raid rniiT .c::zcsstc8 Kaw York, Jan. S. Praaaure ef faced most sains within the first hour of today's stock market, inert selling totaif Induced by the low ratio of reserves resorted by the ieaerai reaerve Bank ana uncer tainty respecting decisions which the United States supreme court is expected to hand down today, Reactions of 1 'to 4 points accom panied the freerer offerings of load ing steels, equipments, oils, motors. shippings and such specialties as American Woolen. Allied shares made corresponding declines but metals and rubber issues were firm. Call money opened at 10 per cent, the lowest initial rata in sev eral weeks. " Events over the week-end Were favorably interpreted by financial interests. Judging from the firm to strong opening of - today's stock market. Shippings, oila and metals were especially prominent- at gains of 1 to 2 points, several of the food and utility issues also dis playing strength. Steels and equip ments were irregular and mostly under last week's final prices. Rails moved within narrow bounds, some of the pacifies and coalers re flecting moderate pressure. American Beet Sugar 95 American Can 60 AaVrlcan Car Ik Foundry ..7.141 American Locomotive 103 American Smelting & Refln.. 70 American Sumatra Tobacco... 97 American T. A T. 97 Anaconda Copper 64 Atchison 84 Baldwin Locomotive 117 Baltimore & Ohio 32 Bethlehem Steel "B;' 1 100 Central Leather 104 Chesapeake & Ohio 56 Chicago, Mil. & St Paul .... 38 Corn Products 88 Crucible Steel ..218 General Motors 229 Great Northern Ore Crtfs Goodrich Co. ........ Int. Mer. Marine prfd ... International Paper ..... Kennecott Copper Mexican Petroleum New York Central Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Ohio Cities Gas .... Pennsylvania Reading Republic Iron ft Steel . . Sinclair Consol. Oil .... Southern Pacific ; Southern Railwav .. 40 ; . 84 ..110 .. 86 .. 32 ..214 70 .. 99 .. 80 49 .. 42 ..77 ..120 .. 47 ..103 22 Studebaker Corporation '.....113 Texas Co 225 Tobacco Products 93 Union Pacific ....123 United States Rubber 141 United States Steel 107 Utah Copper ..: 78 Westinghouse Electric 54 Willys-Overland 31 Illinois Central , 88 C, R.L4P. 27 MOLINE BRIEFS Justice Entrikin dismissed charges of disorderly conduct against M. J. Jones,. American Rail way Express agent. Joseph De Russche had filed charges several days against Jones, alleging Jones had used abusive language to him. Jones paid court costs amounting to $7. John Fews, colored, arrested on suspicion 10 days ago was released Saturday afternoon by Magistrate Gustafson. Moline police failed to find evidence that Fews had been implicated in recent Moline bur rlaries or robberies. Walter Haunigan, arrested a few days ago on charges of violating traffic rules, failed to appear for trial Saturday afternoon and his bond of $10 was forfeited. 1 Thor Norberg was fined ?5 and costs by Justice Entrikin. Saturday afternoon, after he bad pleaded guilty to a charge of violating city traffic ordinance. The cost amount ed to 119.45. City Attorney John ston (consented to the dismissal of the charge of resisting an officer. MAN ARRESTED FOR ENTERING FRIEND'S ROOM WITH KNIFE Chris Parahoritis, 39 years old, waived examination in Moline po lice court today, and wa3 bound over to tho grand Jury under $1,000 bonds. Parahoritis was arrested on a charge of entering Tom Eoonomus's bedroom at 601 Fifth avenue, Moline, with a large knife, and with the theft of about $209 worth of Jewelry. The theft is alleged to have hap pened shortly before midnight Fri day. Economus said be wasasleep- ing and first noticed Parahoritis when the latter removed a wat:h from under his pillow. Parahoritis has been a roomer in the Economus house for the last three years. CRANKSHAFT TO BE MADE BY R. & V. A new department will be in op eration at the R. A V. plant by February- Installation of this de partment in plant No. 4 serves to increase the scope of activities of the R. V. plants. Crankshafts are to be made in this new addi tion.' Machinery needed in this new line of work have been ordered and are scheduled for delivery in" Jan uary. ' The crankshaft department will necessitate the employment of fif teen or twenty men at the begin ning and as it develops tho number of employes will bo increased. Thlrty-eix thousand crankshaft will bo required by the company in 1920. It is not expected that the .crankshaft department will be able to handle all of the finishing work, but it will at least finish all the shafts -required for the 4-cylln-der motors. This motor crankshaft finishing work has always been done by out side firms which have made a spe c'alty of thie work.- Many delays In the shipping of forging to and volved in this practice, Molinc and i:eu GUiLBi;: tin 9 Jadgs Gould lemestead Pareaaeed for HOMO by Latfeoraa 1M . Iitiraae Company. T: B. Lundell and eelals of the Lutheran International Life Inaur aaco company mads public today a $100,009 real eetate transaction on Fifth avonuo, Molina, which In volves construction of a new office building In the near future. Con veying of the tiUe-to the old Judge Gould homestead property at the southwest corner of Fifth svenue and Seventeenth street, oun, from George Chase to the Lutheran International company was orwisui about by the transaction. A home for the insurance com pany and a modern office building will be erected on the Judge Gould property in the near future, accord ing to J. O. Laugman, president of the insurance company. No defi nite building plans have been form ulated. The company now occu pies the third floor of the G. Henry Sohrbeck building at Fifth avenue and Sixteenth street, Moline. Its lease does not expire for five years. The Gould property has a front age of 160 feet on Fifth avenue and a depth of 140 feet on Seventeenth street. The transaction, though Impor tant as a leading chapter in the story of Fifth avenue, Moline, is more significant ss the climax of the'Lutheran International L.lte in surance comnany's nrowth since es tablishing its general headquarters in the Plow city. The company came here nine months ago. In approximately that time the business of the corpora tion has more than doubled. Statements or the company on Dec. 31, 1918. show a business of $1,382,000. On Dec 31. 1919. the books of the company show a busi ness of $2,900,000. an increase of more than a million and a half dol lars. In announcing the transaction, President Laugman took occasion to predict a big growth for Moline. The company came to Moline from Ottawa. Mr. Laugman said there was considerable rivalry among other cities for the head offices. "The officers who favored Moline and predicted that Moline had a better future than other cities bid ding for the headquarters finally won," said Mr. Laugman. ."Their Judgment was more than endorsed by, the business of the past year." Many large stockholders of the company are residents of this city. The books show among others the following: Dr. J. W. Seids, R, B. Lourie, - secretaryvtreasurer of the John Deere Plow company; Dr. W. E.tT&ylor, another Deere & Co. of ficial; George W. Johnson of the Moline Furniture works; A. V. Es terdahl and Amil Danlelson, under takers; Swan Forsberg, Joe Bo-J deen and Emu Japbet. Officials of the company are as follows: Officials of the company are as follows: President J. 0. Laugman. Vice president Edward Lund- gren. Treasurer Edward Hult. Medical director and secretary ur. Anarew jonnson. The homestead which now stands at the southwest corner of Fifto avenue and Seventeenth street was erected by the late Judge Gould, a pioneer of Moline. .It has long been a landmark. George Chase purchased the Gould homestead property about ten years ago. The price is said to nave been very low. NB figures were available today, but It is said that the $100,040 price paid by the insurance company .represents a remarkable increase over the orig inal cost. Moline Obituary Harriet Kvnnlst Fiuml. Funeral services for Harriet Ny quist, daughter, of Mr. . and Mrs. Frank A. Nyquist, who died Satur day morning in Minneapolis, will be held at 2 o'cldock Tuesay after noon in the home of her parents, 724 Eleventh street A, and at 2:30 in the Swedish Baptist church. Rev. R lb Carltonwili officiate. Inter ment will be in Riverside cemeterv. Mrs. Mary Hansen. Mrs. Mary Hanson, 75 years old, died at. l:io this morning after a day's illness of acute indigestion. She passed away in her home, 1140 Fourteenth avenue, Moline. Mary Rose was born April 10, 1844, in Sweden, and came to America at the age of 20 years. Moline had been het home for a number of years. She was a member of the Lutheran church at Orion. Surviving her are five daughters, Mrs. F. O. Gustafson of Orion; Mr,. William Johnson of Moline; Hilda Hanson of Arixona; Emma Hanse.i Of Davenport and Mrs. A. H. Olson or Chicago, and two sons, Oscar O. Hanson ot Moline and William Han son of Wisconsin. - Funeral serv ices will be announced later. Mrs. WesUey Fettlfer. Mrs. Westley Pettlfer, resident of North Highland addition, died at :20 Sunday evening in the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. E. Beneji, Thirty-fourth street and Twenty second avenue. Moline. Isabella Allison was born Feb. 21, 1965. in South Molina. She married WesUsy Pettlfer, April 2. i$i Surviving are the wldcwer. two sons, George and Cheater, ot Mo line; one daughter, at whoso home sSe died; two sisters, Mrs. Gran ville Griffin of Silvis, Mrs. William Haner ot South Molina township, and tour brothers. William Allison of Carbon Cliff. John Allison, Rich ard Allison and Joseph Allison, ail of South Moline. Funeral services will b haM at ' 2 tomorrow afternoon in the 1 East Moline SEVEN ALAO ARE AllSl'j'EfiED Metis rtawaca Pnt In Basy Time Testerday aaiftnriag This . . Msnlaf. Seven alarms in various Darts of Molina were answered by Moline firemen from Sunday moraine to this morning. Prompt work on the part of fire department Dre vented serious losses. The first alarm cams In at 7:20 Sunday morning, from tho home of Eugene Brad- snaw, szo Railroad avenue. a;w shirt hanging behind a stove caugnt nre, nut was extinguished before the department arrived. The roof of O. J. Wilson's home, 2218 81xta avenue, .Moline, caught fire at 10:35 Sunday morning and it took several minutes -of hard work before the flames were extinguish ed. The damage wUl be slight. A fire which caused several hundreds of dollars loss started at 11:40 Sun day in tho attic and on tho roof of tho home of John Miles, 737 Twenty-fifth street, Moline. It was after a half hour of work that the struc ture war out of danger. A defec tive chimney is thought to have been the cause. A chimney also caused a roof fire at the home of Mrs. F. W. Schnathorst, 1514 Seventeenth street, Moline. . The fire started at 2:30 Sunday afternoon and it was tho most spectacular blaze of the day, the flames shooting many feet Into the air. The fire was ex tlnguiehed by the use of chemicals'. About $200 damage was caused. The entire fire department answer ed an alarm, from the Deere & Co. foundry at 5 p. m. Sunday where a fire was discovered in the cupola. It took an hour's work before the firemen could leave. A large amount of iron and flooring had to be removed in order to extinquish the flames. A call from Camille Bonte's gro cery store at 5:05 came while the central department was working at Deere & Co. plant One company was sent to the grocery store while the rest of the department was held at the Deere plant. Bonte's store is located at 1401 Fifteenth street, Moline, and the fire there offered stubborn resistance to the efforts of the firemen for some time. A loss estimated at about $150 was caused before the fire was under control. An early morning run was : caused by an alarm at 6:20 this morning when the firemen were called to extinquish a burning auto owned by William Moore, 15? Fourth avenue, Moline. No damage resulted. The . firemen suffered severely from tho cold weather and in alarms where it was necessary to see the hose, the men were covered with ice from the water. Bowelsburg church. Interment will be in Bowlesburg cemetery. Mrs. Phoebe Greer. Mrs. Phoebe Greer, resident of Moline for the last six years, diej at 11 o'clock Sunday night in the Tri-City Sanitarium after a lo';g illness. Phoebe Row was born Aug. 9, 1S62, in Trenton, 111., and in Au gust, 1SS. she married F. M. Gre?r, who preceded her id death Sept. 4. 1913. To this union were born nine children, one of whom died in infancy. Those surviving are Mrs. Elizabeth Swanson, Mrs. Ella Dalley, Leila, Mildred. Ida, Mai guprite, Earl and Aquilla, all ot Mr line. Three step-children, two grandchildren, and wo brothers and sisters also mourn her death. Mrs. Greer was a member of thi First Methodist church of Moline. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon in tUi home, 1802 Fifteenth' street place. Remains will be taken to Trenton, 111., for burial. Robert Johnson. Robert C. Johnson, 8 year old son of Mn. and Mrs. Axel Johnson of 1639 Twenty-fifth avenue, died at 10:30 yeaterday morning at the home. He was born in Moline July 25, 1911, and had attended the Gar field school. Surviving are the par ents and one brother, LeRoy, age 4 years. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon from the home. Rev. R. S. Haney will have charge of the services and burial will be made in Riverside cemetery. Adelo Sorth. Adele Marie North, age 3 years, died at 8 o'clock Sunday evening at the borne ot her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. North, 1144 Twenty-sixth street after a month's illness. She was born Jan. 31, 1918, in Moline. She is survived by her parents, one brother, Arthur. Herbert, and a sis ter, Carol Jeanet. Funeral services will be held from the home at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. Rev. Thomas Armstrong will officiate, assisted by Rev. J. R, Dodds. Burial will be made in Riverside cemetery. FALLING COAL CRUSHES LEG Ralph McamJataoa Xarronly Escaped Death Waea Finned t'aseneaUl Pile of CoaL ' Ralph Hemmingson, 1409K Sixth avenue, Molina, sustained a chush ed ieft, leg and narrowly escaped being crushed beneath a falling coal pile la the rear of his home early Saturday evening. He wss taken to the Lutheran hospital Sat urday- evening, but was in condition to bo taken home yesterday. Hemmingson wss engaged in carrying coal from the yard into the basement. The pile started to tail aad threatened to cover Hem miegson. Ho dodged but was un able to avoid being hit on the left leg. TODAY IN ;ALEDO LOOK FOR FIXE DUROC BANQUET President GDJaor of Association is Enthusiastic Over Prospects of Organisation. ' President L F. Qillmor of the Mercer County Duroc Breeders' as sociation is enthusiastic over the prospects or the organization and is of the opinion that the banquet oe given weanesaay evening wiu prove a stimulus for increasing tho membership. Novel stunts are announced oa the program for the evening's en tertainment, and It is expected that the .men will . become better ac quainted. Mr. GiUmor announces the first appearance of the Duroc hymnal, a book of songs about Du rocs and their owners. The song book will have an important place at all future meetings. Many authorities on pure blood swine will be present at the ban quet and several prominent officials of national stock organisations are on the list of speakers to be heard Another feature of the entertain ment will be 40 minutes of moving pictures, showing famous Duroc pnze winners and herds of noted Duroc breeders SEIZE SOVIET DIPLOMAT AS RED WORKER (Continued from Page One.) organizations who thus far had es caped the general dragnet. Apparently New York and Chi cago were the chief centers of ac tivity. Several hundreds of war rants were yet to be served in the metropolis. Nearly 3.000 of those arrested have been held for deportation pro ceedings and because 'of the con gestion now at Ellis island, all ot them cannot be concentrated there. Still Awaits Law. Congress has before it today the request of Attorney General Pal mer that it take prompt action on a bill proposed by him several months ago and designed to enable the government to deal with citi zens found to be engaged in radi cal activities. There is no federal law under which they can be dealt with. Say Island Will Do. , Immigration officials said today they doubted whether reds would b sent to a concentration camp. They asserted Ellis island wns large enough to accommodate all probable deportees as well as tho great influx of immigration if the force is increased. The reds at the island .todsw numbered about 470, all but eight of whom were arrested in .raids la New York and New Jersey Friday night When the Buford sailed with 249 about two dozen were lelt at the island, but most of these now have been deported to countries other than Russia. Haywood Claims Immunity, Chicago, Jan. 5. More than 100 alleged radicals arrested in the Xe-r Year s raid by state and city au n ities today were arraigned in criminal court, and a special grand Jury began untangling the evidence seized. William D. Haywood, secretary ot the Industrial Workers of the World, announced in a morning pa per that he would surrender today. The federal officers said they did not want to arrest Haywood. State's Attorney Hoyne, who di rected his arrest, made no an nouncement of the charge against Haywood. "Regardless of recent official statements to the contrary, I wish to say that there has been, is, and can be no connection between the communist party of America and the communist labor party and the Industrial Workers of the World, Haywood said. The communist parties are po litical organizations. The indus trial Workers of the World is an industrial organization. Our meth ods are totally different." Haywood also said that if the state's attorney sought to invoke the new syndicalist law against strikes, "and I understand he is working toward that end, hs will have the fieht of his life." Labor for Redsf The Chicago Federation of Labor yesterday adopted two resolutions against the federal rams, one as serted that the executive board suspected that the raids "were a part of a gigantic plot to destroy organized labor by the employers." and the other that they were "re pressions" resembling "czaristic methods in Russia," and "terrorist tactics." ' E N. Norkels, the secretary, charged that the raids . were "financed by a slush fund supplied bv the capitalists." The Socialist party also issued a statement deploring the raids against radicals. . Get 800 in Detroit Detroit, Mich., Jan. 5. About 800 "red" prisoners were in custody of the federal officials here today fol lowing a second raid yesterday by the police and federal agents on many suspected places. Sunday's roundup added nearly 300 to those taken Friday night . Approximately half of the pris oners bad been examined early to day and those released numbered less than fifty. . . Arthur L. Barker, chief of the bureau of investigation, declared the "backbone ot Bolshevism" in Detroit had been broken. LEAD STILL COIXG IT. New York. Jan. (.Tho Ameri can Smelting and Refining company today advanced the price of lead troa 1.75 to iM casta a pound. AND MERCER COUNTY THE ARGUS omen ;v. US Itarth Celtet Anaoa Mditaae. Old aa4 Xbw. TS. C. Hnin....... .vur. POST PLANS FOR IISTRELSIIOW Frepeeltioa WIU be Considered a! Meeting Friday Evening Will Have Boxing Bout Members of Fallerans post .1. 121 of tho American legion are looking forward to tho meeting of next Friday night, when plans wi',1 be laid for the staging of a min strel show. As a special effort is being made to induce members to attend the ' meetings, and to get new members, the officers ot the post think it a good plan to pro vide some special inducements for ; attendance. First of the out-of-the-ordinary activities is to be a box ing match between two legion men, who have consented to help enter tain their brother members. At Friday night's meeting, which Is to be in the city hall at 7:00 p. m. will occur the first boxing match put on by members ot Fallerans post, and if the men care to there will bo more than one pair of fight er on the floor. A certain amount of money is being appropriated for athletic activities of the post and if enough ot the members show' a de sire to have boxing part of the pro gram it is possible that a set of gloves will be among the articles purchased for the new club rooms, which Fallerans post hopes to have by summer. As was stated by Captain Cari- strom at the supper on Friday last J a minstrel show by the members or Fallerans post would be a fine en tertainment, and there is some real talent among the members. First on the list for entertainers prob ably comes Dutch Butcher, who so effectively conducted the auction sale after the supper last week. LOthers of the members who possess theatrical talent are MelliurJt, Hf.wks, Morrison and Macy Park man. This list is very necessarily incomplete, but the officers of the legion are confident of a turnout of real talent at the meeting' Friday night. TRUCKS CRASH; 110 ONE INJURED Two Ford trucks were damaged early this morning when they mt in a collision at the corner of West Seventh and Locust streets, the slippery condition of the street being the cause of the accident. The trucks were driven by Lon Day for the Silverleaf Dairy company and C. W. Nesbitt for the Aledo Fend Mill. The machjnes were approaching the corner from opposite directions when Day attempted to turn th corner. His car skidded, runnier over the curb, and collided wttn N'esbitt's Jruck. The milk truck re ceived the worst of the smash-uo. one rear wheel being complBteiy demolishcd and the body badly smashed. Nesbitt was able to driva his truck away under its own power, although the front axle was bent.. Neither driver was hurt in the collision. BURGESS BRANCH OF FARM BUREAU MEETS TONIGHT The Burgess Branch of the Mer cer County Farm bureau will hold a meeting at Burgess tonight for the discussion and study of the farm acounting. S. S. Morgan di rector of the Suez township branch of the county organization. . will have charge of the meeting." The accounting- book supplied by the University of Illinois, which will be discussed tonight, hns prov en a great help to several farmers in the county and is commended by the income tax authorities , as a basis for making up the income tax report of farmers. O nnn OF THE ENTIRE V P, Wnlk MUST BE SOLD BY FEB. I The building ha3 been leased for otjier business and I cannot get a building to go into, so I must close out regardless of cost. My loss will be your gam. Will be open J. P. WILLIAMSON & CO. . t . 1 622 Second Ave., Rock Island LOCAL f'EfiVILL ATTEND STATE FARM MEETING Sessions of Illinois Agricultural Association to be Held at Peerla Jaa. 13 aad 14. Several Mercer county men will attend the first annual meeting of the Illinois Agriculture associa tion at Peoria. Jan. 13 and 14. ul which sessions- much important work will be disposed of, due to t'n-a UiA that this will be the first niee'.- ing of the organization following its Initial year ot actual work. The principle item to be present ed at the meeting will he a pro posal for ratification of the conw tution of the American Farm bu- reau federation. Indiana was the first state to accept the constitu tion and It is hoped that at least 33 states will have ratified the docu ment before the first annual con vention of the national organiza tion at Chicago In March. I."F, GUlmor, member of the ix ecutlve committee ot the Illinois Agriculture association, and P. S. Richey, county farm advisor, will leave for Peoria next Sunday, i't order to be present for the execu- ; tive committee meeting Monday. J. E. Reed and Ellsha Lee will depart Monday to attend the general pieet ings . ' ' ; DEPARTMENT HAS HARD TIME TO FIND THE BLAZE Sunday evening stillness was yesterday broken by the tooting of ' the city fire whistle. Aledo's vol unteer fire fighters were -right on the Job and soon two truiks were rushing down Fifth street. Chief Farr was In the leading wagon and went clear to the end of the street , without seeing signs of a fire. He did see a Ford automobile coming toward him, which almost caused , a collision. The driver of the Ford, ignorant of the presence of the fire truck, failed to turn out of the road. , Chief Farr expressed his indigna tion in no soft words. To return to the lire, truck No. 2 was stopped about half way down Fifth street, and the men were told that the Are was in the residence of Mrs. Mary Daws. By the tima truck No. 2 was turned around, No. 1 was back, and investigation ror the blaze was started. No fire was . actually found, but smoke, issuing around the chimney where it en tered the roof, told the story. An overheated pipe, a poor chimney, and the surrounding woodwork had started to' burn. There was, no need of hose lines, and after nam ing the occupants of the house not to let their stove get too hot, the department withdrew. Back in the fire station once more, all who were on the truck which was in the near collision gave vent to their feelings as to careless drivers of cars and inti mated that it would turn out badly for the next person who failed to regard traffic rules whrn a firs truck is approaching. ALEDO BRIEFS The flty schools opened today follow ing the holiday vacation. There was a good attendance at. all of the buildings. lslle N. Cullmn assumed his duties as English in structor at the high school, suc ceeding Miss Lois Vclrces, reriEned. Mr. Cullom will also have charg.i of physical education at the lilgii school. ' , The county courthouse was prac tically heatless this morning and most of the offices were -closed, due in fniliir tn Icppd 1llp fk'PS un Vfts- Uorrt.nr Tho hpatinir nlant or nirvp were not damaged however, and by noon the offices were beginning to receive some heat. MTTI OFF FOR LONDON. Paris, Jan. 6. Premier Nitti and Foriegn Minister Sciulolu of Italy who 'have been in this city since Saturday nibt, left for Ixmdoii tt day. They were cheered by a crowd at the station. STOCK OF, THE OLD RELIABLE - m every evening to v p. itu mt