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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-14
Y. M. C. A. PLANS FOR
OPEN HOUSE new YEARS
Basketball G1,ne to be Played by Ma
rooms and Davenport High
School.

Preparations are being made by tho
Y NJ. c. A. for the annual New Years
day open house, and Physical Director
E. c. Earl has just closed deal for a
basketball game between the Y. NJ. c.
A. Maroons and the Davenport high
school team. The annual sale of mag
azines will be held in the evening. and
the auction will be conducted by w.
B. Mcintyre. The magazines are sold
at auction, and the numbers are turned
over to the purchaser when the next
issue is received at the association.
In this way great portion OF the eX-
pense is avoided, and the purchaser is
enabled to secure the magazines at
great reduction, month late.
The Rock Island arsenal employees
are to be rendered reception at the
association shortly after New Years.
this being the second of the series of
winter receptions and sociais at the
association.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-14
CLUB TAKES LEAD
In Fostering Various Projects
Helpful to the
City.
BIG MEETING BUSINESS MEN
interurbans, Hennepin Canal, ConVen-
ton Hall, Factories, Etc,
Discussed.

The Rock Island Club, refreshed
from the summer vacation. proposes
doing things during the winter The
club has membership of 29I. drawn
from the different business and profes-
siOnal walks OF the city. and when
these men get their heads together.
and act as one. they find that tasks
that would ordinarily appear difficult
seem easy. The club. aside from the
social feature. has for its object the
commercial advancement Of Rock Isl
and and the surrounding locality. The
organization was formed six years
ago. and the public is familiar with
the good that has come from this band
ing together of the representative
men of the city-the new Illinois thea
re. the Standard Table Oil Cloth COM
pany. the aiding in the coming OF
the small arms appropriation OF
Rock Island arsenal. these and many
other projects have been realized
through the instrumentality of the
club.
Probably in a year there has not
been so large an attendance at a mem
bership meeting as turned out for the
one held last evening. President
Charles McHugh had notified the
members that II was time there was
a revival and they agreed with him by
attending the meeting and Offering
their encouragement to the several
projects that il was agreed should be
taken up during the winter. The meet
ing put itself on record as favoring:
Interurban lines.
Abolition OF toll at the Milan
bridges.
Building OF convention hall.
Holding of county fair
Insisting on continued appropria-
tons for the completion of the Hen.
nepin canal.
Looking into the question of a pro-
pOrtiOnate quota for the city of EN-
plOyes at Rock Island arsenal
Bringing TO the city OF Industrial en-
terprises
announcement OF improved com
Try roads and of scientific farming.
President McHugh. in his opening
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-14

remarks. stated the object of the
meeting. and incidentally furnished
! statistics showing the club TO be en-
joying the most prosperous condition
of its existence. After pointing out
numerous projects heretofore referred
to as ones on which the club should
bestir itself in concentrating
| he invited an expression from the
members. several OF whom came for
ward with excellent ideas.
Good Year for Interurbuns.
J. F. Lardner. general manager of
the Tri-City Railway company. in ref
erence to interurbans. said that his
company was with the public. and
would do it's Part. both in concessions
as TO trackage and in financial assist
ance. when n bona fide proposition was
presented. He did not doubt that the
coming year would see great progress
n the building of interurbans. but he
advised discretion on the par; OF the
club in identifying itself with any pro-
meter until it was sure of It's ground.
Be sure the enterprise is legitimate.
and then give il boost. not only in
making IL easy for the line to reach
the city. but through liberal subscrip-
tons OF stock by citizens. That was
what was doae in the case of the i.
& l. line. operating between Davenport
and Clinton. The line would never
have been built had not local capital
aiken a hand The cars were run over
the tracks of the Tri-City company in
he city of Davenport. Mr.. Lardner
hoped the day was not far distan:
when there would be lines from both
the east and south entering Rock ISL
and. II was only a question of time.
They were bound to come. He spoke
of an interurban that was under con-
struction from Cedar Rapids TO Iowa
City. and Muscatine. that in the near
future would probably be crossing the
bridge at Muscatine to tap the coal
fields in the southern part of Rock
Island county.
Lack Of Hall Handicap.
Z. II. Guyer saw much TO be done
for the benefit of TIE community in
the approaching year through effort
intelligently directed. The city's ad
vantages as place for the entertain
ing of conventions made il necessary
that there be erected q hall adequate
to accommodate large gatherings. The
lack of convention hall was a handi-
cap TO the city. He never heard of a
convention that had been held here
once where the delegates would no;
be glad 10 come back again. The
hotel facilities. the natural attractions.
the hospitable people. were here. New
factories. too. was another item that
Should receive more active attention.
Phil Mitchell said from year 10 year
he had been living in TIE hope of see
ing an inierurban line entering from
the south and southwest. The lack of
proper communication with the terri
tory south made Muscatine the trading
point. instead of Rock Island. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-14

Constructed the stream. Maj. Richie in
closes IN his communication tran
script of the federal laws governing
navigable waters and suggests course
of procedure TO be followed by the
county in remedying the Objectionable
features.
The distractions have already been
removed, so that all that seems neceS-
sary to do now is to officially inform
the government authorities and ask
their approval of the bridge. which will
likely be done without further parley.
There was fear that the government
might enforce the laws to the strict
letter, which would have amounted to
demand for the reconstruction of the
HillSdale bridge and all others SPAN
ming Rock river SO as to permit of the
passage of all steamers, but as the
stream is not navigable for other than
the smaller type of craft, there is no
danger entertained on this score.
The board. after the reading of the
minutes this morning. adjourned to 2
o'clock this afternoon to allow the var
iOus committees to prepare their re-
ports.
The salary of the steward of the
county infirmary was reduced from
$4,000 to 81 500 per annum.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-14

city was great loser annually
Senator l.. s McCabe had for year.
advocated the making of the Milan
bridges free. II was an injustice botf
TO the business and the farmer. The
city was losing many times over every
month the amount that was collected
in tolls. He was ready to do any
thing TO the extent of his ability &c
substantially aid interurbans.
work OF Industrial Committee.
F. A Head told Of the work of the
industrial committee. The purpose al
the outset was TO establish a bureau
and employ a secretary whose duty
was to be on the lookout for factories
seeking new locations. The commit
tee was composed of members from
the club. the Retail Merchants asso.
citation and the city council. One
thousand dollars had been expended
in advertising the city. and there re-
manned on hand $4,000. The commit
tee had not employed secretary. and
had stopped TO await orders when il
had used a third of the funds in his
possession. Mr.. Head related a story
that was told him by Mr.. Holmes. one
of the promoters of the TRICKY Raii-
way system They were close
friends. Mr.. Head told him he coui,i
not see where he expected to realize
on the huge sum of money that was
being dumped in here. that the people
were not here. Mr.. Holmes replied
hat IL the people were not here they
would be brought here. The people
were here and the railway was here.
He did not know another one institu-
ton that had done as much for the
city as had the Tri-City Railway COM
pany. He wanted to see the interur-
ban coming to Rock Island. There
was a fine country contiguous, and it
should be tapped. He would help any
legitimate interurban enterprise COM
ing to Rock Island as far as his means
would justify.
Wonders Where Canal La.
c. j. Searie did not know of any
one project that would be more help
full to the city of Rock Island right
now than an interurban from the
southwest. connecting with the several
towns in this county and in Mercer
county. Such line should be encour-
aged from this end. Mr.. Searle said
it was a question of importance as af
fecting this city, and he favored the
appointment of special committee
whose special function would be to
gather data. study the question, and
report to- a subsequent meeting of the
club. IL was the -heighth of absurdity
.t, ~ 60 ha
river bridges at Milan. He did not
know of another place in the land
where this ANTICIPATED system was in
vogue unless it was in Kentucky. but
recently it had been abandoned there.
the southerners, in their proverbial
way. having taken to shooting down
the keepers when they demanded toll.
He said the city of Rock Island legally
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-14

had no right to enforce the payment
of toll for crossing the bridges. an6
| il would take only one lawsuit 10 es
tablish the fact Mr.. Searle had beer
interested in the Hennepin canal. he
said, in the wonderful things it was
To do for Rock Island and vicinity
Ii was IA years now since he had been
having golden dreams about this great
waterway. But every year it appear
ed TO be getting farther away from the
city. He had lost tack of il com
pletely but supposed it was vending
through the woods somewhere in the
neighborhood. Mr.. Searle did not
quite understand what the government
was trying to do. unless the purpose
was to hide the canal. and after the
public had forgotten it. bury it. This
course was apparent in the recent an
nouncement that future appropriations
were to be denied. Mr.. Searle said
this was question that the club
should look into, and do its part to-
wards demanding of the government
that it complete this waterway on the
lines originally proposed. Mr.. Searle
had made his business to investigate
reports that the city of Rock Island
did not have its just quota of en-
ployes at Rock Island arsenal. He
did not mean to criticise, for it was
merely an oversight in all likelihood.
but he suggested that it would be a
good idea TO have a committee take up
the matter and see if the city could
not get more equal representation.
Annual Farmers' Convention.
DIR. w. E. Taylor. superintendent of
the Watertown hospital. advocated
hard roads and scientific farming. He
believed that the greatest stroke the
city could make would be annually
TO invite every farmer of the county
to convention to last two days and
to be addressed by the professors of
several universities on scientific farm
ing He told of what he had done
through the application of scientific
methods in the operation of the hos
pital farm. He sent a wagon of vege-
tables to the county fair at Joslin last
fall and won every prize.
After brief remarks by F. w. Balm
sen, who expressed pleasure at the
revival of interest among the club
membership, and H. II. Cleaveland
who wanted to hear of some practical
methods to be followed in the bringing
about of the results hoped. for. Mr..
Mitchell offered a motion, which was
concurred in. that a committee of
three be appointed under each head.
one of three or interurbans, one of
three on toll bridges, etc. If the pres
ident finds that the scope of any of
the club standing committees is broad
enough to embrace one or more of the
questions mentioned the committees
will be notified to act. 1t was re-
corded as the sense of the meeting,
on motion of Mayer Levi, that steps
Continued on Page Eighth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-14
A Costly Mistake.

Blunders are sometimes very expen.
sive. Occasionally life itself is the
price of a mistake, but you'll never be
wrong if you take DR.. Kings New Life
Pills for dyspepsia, dizziness, head
ache, liver or bowel troubles. They
are gentle yet thorough. % cents at
Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-14
Endeavorers Elect.

The Christian Endeavor society {
Aiken street chapel has elected OF
GERS as follows:
President-Miss Cora Robb.
Vice President-Minnie Swan.
Secretary-Bessie Bollman.
Treasurer-W Valentine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-14

There are three candidates for the
position of steward at the Rock Island
county infirmary, the appointment,
| with those ut the court house, to be
made for the year at the meeting of
| the board of supervisors. whose De-
cember session was convened yester-
| day afternoon.
I, John c. Swank, who has been stew
ard for several terms, applies for re-
appointment and Ferdinand Mewes, of
Drury, a former member of the county
board. again will have his name pre-
scented for the position. Pleasant F.
| Cox, ex-county treasurer, and now en-
gagged in the real estate and insurance
business in this city, is the third seek
| err The board probably will make the
appointments this afternoon. The i'm
preston among the supervisors is that
Mr.. Swank will be retained.
There are two candidates for engi-
neer at the county building, George
H. Wright, of this city, who is now
serving, and Thomas ]. Mccain, of
Moline. Charles Oberg, janitor and
Carl r. Clough, elevator conductor,
have filed applications for reappoint-
ment. No opposition to either has SO
far developed.
Legalfxins of HiIIslale Bridge.
A communication from Maj G. S.
Richie, of the government engineer
corps, inclosing the complaint filed
with the war department by William
Riley in regard to piling left in Rock
river after the completion of the bridge
at Hillsdale, which was paid for joint
ly by Rock Island and Whiteside coun-
ties, was read, and referred to the jul
dietary committee. with instructions to
confer with the states attorney as to
means of legalizing the bridge. Mr..
Riley is the owner of small craft that
he operates in the river in the vicinity
of the bridge, and the piles referred TO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-14
COUNTY BERTHS
Three Candidates for Posi- Ion Of
Steward of the In.
Urinary.
SWANK ASKS DISAPPOINTMENT
Board Expects to Act on Applications
Today HiIIsdaIe Bridge
Distractions.

The county board this afternoon
made appointments as follows:
County lnfirmary Steward-J. c.
Swank.
Court House Janitor-Charies Oberg.
Court House Engineer-George n.
Wright.
Court House Elevator Conductor
Carl II. Ciough.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-14

Continued on Page Eighth
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-02
JOHN D, ROCKEFELLER
RESIGNS AS DIRECTOR
Says His Interest in the Steel Cor
poration Is Represented by ;.
His Son. ., )
PHIPPS TO BE CHOSEN

NEW YORK, Feb. John ID. Rockefe1-
Ter on Jan. /, rendered his resignation as
a director of the United States Steel Cor
poration.
In his letter he said: my interest in
the company is represented on the board
by my son, and 1 hope the vacancy occa-
stoned by my resignation can be filed to
the advantage of the company by some one
who can personally attend the meetings.
The following statement was made on be-
half of the United States Steel Corpora
ton: Much as everyone interested regrets
the resignation of Mr.. Rockefeller, we must
acknowledge the force of the reason he as
signs for his action and must
respect his wishes. Probably accept
ance will be made at the regular
meeting of the board on Tuesday the Cd
inst Many of the directors expressed q
desire to have Henry Phipps selected to
fill the vacancy to be created and it is ex-
pected he will be unanimously elected and
that he will accept.
Representatives of the Steel Corporation
say that no significances other than that
made clear in Mr.. Rockefellers letter
derstood that he accepted the place as a
director chiefly at the request of j. Pier
Dont Morgan. So far as is known he never
attended any meetings of the board. His
term as director would have expired in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-02
M'VICKER'S THEATER
PERMITTED TO OPEN
First Popular Playhouse in Chica-
go to Give Performance Since
Iroquois Fire.
STEEL CURTAIN is SEEN

CHICAGO, Feb. 1-McVicker's Theater,
complete with safeguards against fire and
loss of life, reopened tonight being the
first of the popular playhouses 10 do so
since all Of them were closed following the
Iroquois Theater fire. The opening was not
assured until late this afternoon, although
the house had been practically sold out. An
aldermanic committee, Building Inspector
Williams and assistants and Fire Marshal
Musham made a thorough examination of
the house and of the stage i'm particu-
lar, to see that they met the requirements
of the provisional ordinance, designed TO
allow an early resumption Of business The
arrangement of exits was found TO be ex-
celent, and 1t was agreed that If the steel
curtain worked properly the house should
open.
When the audience which had secured
tickets for the twelfth annual production In
this theater OF I'm Old Kentucky" entered
the theater the sight which first met their
eyes was the corrugated surface of the
i,5OO-pound freproof steel curtain. The
Ncurtaln was lowered between the acts.
Scarcely less conpsicuous were the exits,
seventeen In number, nearly all leading d.
rectly TO the alleys on each side OF the the
ater. Above each, in large black letters on
a white background, was the word Exit"
Further to direct the audience, a gas jet
with a red globe appeared above each door.
The aisles lead directly to exits, reforma-
ton which cost the theater about 300 seats,
chiefly in the balconies. McVickers, like
other theaters, while permitted 10 open
upon complying with the mandates OF the
provisional ordnance is under bond TO
make further alterations by Sept j.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-02
GERMANS ON THE MARCH
AGAINST BLACK REBELS
South Africa Liable to Rise En-
Masse Against White En-
CroachmentS.
GRAVE FEAR FOR TROOPS

BERLIN, Feb. 1.-Nothing has been
heard for weeks from Colonel Leutwein,
the Governor of German Southwest Africa,
who was making a long march from the
Warmbad region toward his beleaguered
forts northward No runner has got
through the revolving natives, who have
besieged all the outlying stations and are
supposed to be in force between Windhoek
and Colonel Leutwein's column of less than
500 men, which was returning from the cam
paign against the Bondelzwarts in the ter
ritory forty-five miles south of Windhoek.
The Hereros rose while Leutwein was still
engaged with the Bondezwarts. Chancellor
Won Buelow announced in the Reichstag
JAN, Is that Colonel Leutwein was on a
twenty days march from Windhoek and 1T
is now feared that Colonel Leutwein, in the
tropical heat. encountered by his sick men,
harassed by the rebels and possibly desert
ed by his carriers, may have been unable to
force his way through the hostile tribes
men and that he has been obliged to in
trench himself and wait for the arrival of a
rescuing expedition. The idea that he has
been overwhelmed is rejected officially, but
this apprehension is expressed in the news
Town has transmitted dispatch from the
commander of the German forces left be-
hind Colonel Leutwein, announcing that the
Bondelzwarts surrendered Jan. Is and also
saying that the surrender of the Kharan
mountain insurgents was expected.