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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28
fRl-cITY COUNCILS,
X. OF C. TO MEET
Viii Hold All Day Function and Con-
fer Second and Third Degrees
in Davenport.

Allouez council, No. 65S, Rock Is.
and, and Leo council No. 716 Moline
knights of Columbus, have been invit-
ID to attend an all day gathering OF
he Loras council No. 532 of Daven.
BORT, tomorrow. The members will as.
iemble at $3.50 at the Hotel Davenport
At 1890 solemn high mass will be led
by Very Rev J. T. A. Flanagan, " G
Dinner will be taken at noon at the
lotel At O'Clock the second degree
will be conferred, and the ceremonies
will be in charge of F. j. Hindelane
grand knight of the Cedar Rapids coun
Ill, and NJ. r. Donegan, recorder OF
-oras council, and the third degree
will be conferred by Hon. Jerome ]
Crowley. district deputy of Chicago
vt S o'clock a banquet will be held il
he hotel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28

ty-eighth street and Fifth avenue.
Rev. ]. F. uockney, pastor Mass at
s and 1880 a. m. Sunday school at .
p. m. Vespers at 1880 p. m.
ST. Mary's German Catholic, corner
of Fourth avenue and Twenty-second
street; Father Adolph Geyer, pasto:.
MISS at and 1880 a. m.
st. Pauls Belgian Roman Catholic.
Twenty-fourth street and Eighth-and-a-
half avenue; Father J. B. Culemans,
pastor. Mass at and 1880 a. IN.
Sunday school at p. m. Vespers at ::
Salvation Army barracks, 1903 Sec
ond avenue. Services as follows: Sun
day school at 80 p. m. Christian
praise services at 3 p. m. Salvation
meeting at s p. m.
Free Swedish Mission, cornor OF
Eleventh street and Fifth avenue. Sun
day school at $50 a. m. Services al
10:45 a. M and 7:45 p. m. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening at o'clock.
West End Sunday school, 700 SIKH
street. Sunday school at 2:S0 p. r.
Prayer meeting Friday evening q,
1880. w. B. Barker. superintendent.
Christ's Home Mission, 1902 Third
| avenue. Services at p. m
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28
FOR LIGHT PLANT
Harry Schriver and J. A. Logs
don Apply to East Moline and
Watertown for Franchise.
,ffeR TO PAY A TAX
To Increase One Per Cent Every Five
Years-Propose Tax on Elk
ceptiona Profits.

Harry Schriver, of the law firm of
Schriver & Schriver of this city, and
!. A. Logsdon, circulation manager of
Moline newspaper, have applied to
East Moline and Watertown for fran
hises for gas and electric plant, for
a term of 20 years. The application
If the two men has some unique
propositions. The capitalization of the
company has not been determined, and
no definite plans along this line will
De made until the franchises have
Deen granted The two men represent
that they have plenty of capital back
If them to swing the project should
t not be received well in East Moline
and Watertown, where the stock will
irst be offered. Mr.. LogsdOn is to be
manager of the project.
Offer TO Pay Tax.
The applicants offer to accept a
ranchise providing for The payment
Of tax of l per cent on the gross re-
,eipts after five years, per cent after
o years and ) per cent for the last
i've years of the life of the grant In
addition the men offer to pay 20 pei
cent tax on the net profits above c
DER cent on the capitalization of the
company.
VIII Sell to City.
The application offers to accept =
provision that the company will, al
he end of the term of the franchise
dispose of the plant to the city o.
Cast Moline, in case the city desires tt
axe over the plant
The proposed plant is to be located
n East Moline
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28
FILING OF SUIT
AR0USES DISCUSSION
Attack of Right of Street Ger Com.
pany to Carry Advertising Re-
calls Abuse of System.

The suit filed i'll the circuit court
yesterday for Ed Slevin of Moline
against the Tri-city Railway company.
for $4,000 damages sustained in a
runaway caused by an advertising car
in Moline, has been the subject of CON
siderable discussion. The suit will at
tack the right of the company to use
its cars for any other purpose than
the transportation of passengers
There is little question that the street
car advertising in the hree cities.
which while perfectly legitimate
when properly placed. has been some
what abused here. Street car adver-
cities under sufficient restrictions
The advertising was formerly con
fined to cards placed in the convex
space at the top of the interior of the
car and there have been no complaints
about this. In some of the cars, how
ever, the cards have been placarded
in all available places in the interior,
until it is impossible to see the car
number. These numbers are painted
on the interior of the car for obvious
purposes, and should not be covered
by advertising or otherwise.
In some of the cars now there are
cards with hanging attachments. Nc
serious objection is made of street
car advertising when it is limited to Z
plain. attractive card. placed in the
car so that it does not interfere will
other features of the car.
The old Tri-city Railway company
managed this very nicely, but if the
line is not drawn somewhere we may
see the outside of cars placarded anC
plastered up with signs so that th'
} people cannot detect a street car from
d wagon water tank.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28
PERSONAL POINTS.

+. K. Rambo departed this afternoon
for Galesburg and Knoxville for brief
visit with relatives.
EIroy Ritzma of Chicago is visiting
with his uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Pardon.
Edward J. Tracey of Battle Creek
Mich. is visiting his grandmother, Mrs.
John Atkinson, 1885 Thirteenth ave
niue.
Charles McHugh and daughter, Miss
Elizabeth. went to Monmouth yester.
day to attend the~wedding of rela
tive.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Hulsbrink left
last evening for their home at Sac
ramento. Cal, after visit of two
weeks with relatives in this city.
Warren Anderson, formerly of this
city and now located in northern Iowa
is in the city to attend the funeral OF
Estrol Sjostrom, held this afternoon.
Kenneth Frazer, who for the las
| two years has been employed at {
| SHlSltlHS pldllL DIT AIldCOIlOd, MONT. II
in the city for a months visit will
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Frazer
J. P. Kruse and family are here from
Swift Current, Canada, visiting at tn,
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pardon
They expect to spend the winter witt
relatives in this vicinity. Mr. krus,
today brought to The Argus offic'
samples of wheat, oats, fax and Glove
grown near Swift Current. The Glove
is something of a novelty in that north
ern cline but made vigorous growth
The oats are far ahead of anything thi
country produces in weight and siz
of grain. The wheat, too, is yer
heavy. Mr.. Kruse removed from thi
county to Canada two years ago, bt
ing one of a number who did SO q
that time. He says all who went t
Swift Current are prospecting and we
pleased with their new homes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28
UNNA DEFINES A CAUSE
European Skin Specialist Says Dan.
druff Is Caused by Parasites

Upon that theory, proved beyond a
doubt, cure for dandruff was sought
after. Scientists, chemists, druggists
and physicians all took hand" and
the successful issue is the present
product known as "Newbros Herpi-
eide
This remedy actually kills the ara
sites that infest the hair bulb, does its
work most effective and contains not
an atom of substance injurious to
any thing else than the germ alone
Herpicide causes the hair to grow as
nature intended it should, soft and
abundant.
Sold by leading druggists. Send Il
cents in stamps for sample to The
Herpicide company, Detroit, Mich
Two sizes, so cents and 81. 7. H
Thomas, special agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28
in The CHURCHES
services in the various churches vii

services In the various cnurcnes vii
,e held as follows tomorrow:
Trinity Episcopal church, Nine
zenith street and Sixth avenue; Rev.
iranville H Sherwood, rector. Serv.
ices at 1880 a. m. and 10:45 a. M
md 1880 p. IN. Sunday school at $50
|. m.
Trinity chapel, corner Seventh street
md Fourth avenue. Sunday school a;
$50 p. m.
Memorial Christian, corner of Third
venue and Fifteenth street. Rev. w
;. Clemmer, pastor. Bible school al
rs a. m. Junior c. E. at 2:3O. Y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28
Observe Missionary Day.

The Christian Woman's Board of
Missions of the Memorial Christian
church will tomorrow morning observe
its annual mission day. Special SER
vices have been arranged for this
meeting and Rev. W. B. CIemmer will
give an address appropriate to the day
taking as his subject ''The Apotheosis
of Women" In the evening Rev. Mr..
Clemmer will speak on 1.-THE Old and
the New"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28
Rock islander Disappears?

Galesburg Republican-Register ::
Friends in this city are looking for A.
]. Carter, travelling man, who has
been stopping at the Union hotel
His wife resides in Rock Island and
is somewhat concerned as to his
whereabouts. Mr. Carter has baggage
left at the Union hotel and is probably
in this vicinity somewhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28
WILL SHOW MOVING PICTURES
Special Feature for the Y. M. c. A.
Meetings Tomorrow.

A moving picture display will be the
feature of the meetings at the Y. M.
c. A. tomorrow, views having been
obtained for both the mems and the
boys meetings. Rev. F. E. Shult OF
the Spencer Memorial church will ad
dress the men on the theme, "Manli-
ness" The boys will be addressed by
Rev. Paul Brown of the Moline First
Congregational church, his subject to
be Two Men Against an Army
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28

Constipation and bad blood are
twins, kill people inch by inch; sap
life away. HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea relieves constipation and bad
blood. 35 cents. Tea or tablets. Har-
per House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28

II tones and vitalizes the entire sys-
tenn: makes life worth living, no mat
ter what your station. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea is the surest pre-
tentative known against disease. 81
cents, tea or tablets. Harper House
pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28
How Diphtheria Is Contracted.

One often hears the expression, "ny
child caught severe cold which de-
veloped into diphtheria.' when the
truth was that the cold had simply left
the little one particularly susceptible
to the wandering diphtheria germ.
When Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
given it quickly cures the cold and
lessons the danger of diphtheria or
any other germ disease being contract
ed. For sale by all druggists.
For any of the ordinary diseases OF
the skin Chamberlain Salve is excel
lent. 1t not only allays the itching
and smarting but effects cure. For
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28

Of the Central Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Henry Rosenberg read paper
on a home topic, THE Mountaineers
OF the South" and Mrs Sarah Deal
read a paper on a foreign topic, AS
iyria. Rev. Marion Humphreys gave
a history of the Philippine islands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28

2f the Central Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Henry Rosenberg read a paper
on a home topic, The Mountaineers
of the South" and Mrs. Sarah Deal
read a paper on foreign topic. "As-
;yria." Rev. Marion Humphreys gave
a history of the Philippine islands.
Remember Leader.-The members
of the choir of Zion Lutheran church
allied on their leader L. w. Killing, at
lis home ON Thirty-eighth street last
evening and presented him with
beautiful bouquet as a token of appre
cation for his efficient work in direct
ng the choir. Godfried Johnson made
he presentation speech. The choir
vas recently reorganized and Mr.
King elected its leader and since tina.
time has made marked progress.
Silver Wedding Anniversary. -
Thursday was the 25th or silver ami
fersary of the marriage of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. F. Rhodenbaugh of South
Rock Island and the occasion was fit
ingly celebrated by over 40 members
Of the Rebekahs calling upon them
Mr.. and Mrs. Rhodenbaugh were pre-.
sented with a handsome silver tea SET
Oy the company as a token of esteem.
Hostess at Musicale.-Mrs. Louis
kohn, at her home, S24 Twentieth
street, was hostess yesterday after
loon to about 100 tri-city ladies at a
musicale. Professor Sigfrid Laurin
gave the entire program. Mrs
hohn was assisted in receiving by hel
daughters, the Misses Irma and Mango
Nohn. The house was prettily decor
ated with ponsettas and Christmas
5reehery. Mr.. Laurines program was
5plendidly arranged and excellently
given.
Husbands Glow. - Rev. Marion
Humphreys of the Central Presbyter
IAN church Thursday afternoon at 4:3C
officiated at the marriage of Miss Mae
Glow of MIlan to Arthur Husbands O.
Moline, the ceremony taking place a.
Rev. Mr.. Humphreys home, 1914 Sew
enteenth street. Mr. Husbands is q
molder employed in Moline. He and
his bride will make their home in
Milan.
Receive Friends.-The Misses Claire
and Cora Van Calder and Ruth Buffun
yesterday afternoon from to G oclocl
1 received their friends at the home O
| the Misses, Van Calder, 1910 Twentieth
street. During the afternoon abou
100 tri-city young ladies called. Rec
roses and candles and pink carnations
made the house attractive and pretty
Observe Silver Wedding.-Mr. an,
Mrs. Albert Burton celebrated thei
silver wedding anniversary at thei
home, 2S10 Fifth-and-a-half avenue, las
evening. A party of 40 invited friends
were present, and the occasion was ;
most enjoyable one. The host an,
hostess were remembered with numer
Gus pretty and useful gifts.
| BUYERS Club to Entertain.-Th
BUYERS club will entertain its friend
at a banquet at the Hotel Harms thi
evening, to be followed with a dance
| PERSONAL POINTS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28
MORE LAW SUITS
Majority of the New Cases in
the Circuit Court Are Com
mon Law Actions.
ONLY IS CHANCeRY BILL
Of Latter IA Are Divorce Cases
Workman Sues Street Car Com
pany for Damages for Injury.

The docket OF the circuit court foi
the January term has several unusua
features. 1t will contain about 55t
cases. and of these 80 are new actions
the others remaining undisposed o.
from former terms. Of the number OF
new cases, those on the chancery sidi
of The docket are much fewer than fol
many terms past, and the number o.
law cases is considerably larger thar
usual. There are but Sc new cases il
chancery, and of these only II ar
divorce suits The number of chan
Gerry cases and proportion of divorc,
cases is about half as large as in re
cent terms. There are G3 new Law
cases.
Sues for Loss of Finger.
William c. J. Kurth late yesterda!
afternoon filed a $4,000 damage sui
against the Tri-city Railway company
to recover damages for personal in
juries sustained in an accident at tn
companys car shops on Fifth avenue
March 10. 1907, The plaintiff had hi
hand caught in joiner, the rotar,
knives taking off a finger He claim
the machine was defective. NJ. Z
Sweeney is the plaintiffs attorney.
Wagon Hit by Car.
Abraham Rothkofsky sues the Nc
| line, East Moline e Watertown Raj
way company for $500 damages. Hi
horse and wagon were struck o.
Fourth avenue between Twenty-sixt
and Twenty-seveath streets, Moline
Oct. 81. NJ E. Sweeney is the attol
neY for the plaintiff
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28
SOCIAL AFFAIRS.

[Society news. written or telephoned
to the society editor of The Argus, will
be gladly received and published. But
in either case the identity of the sender
must be made known, to insure relia-
bility. Written notices must bear sig
nature and address
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28

BUYERS Club to Entertain.-The
BUYERS club will entertain its friends
at banquet at the Hotel Harms this
evening, to be followed with a dance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28

Brooks Corinne E. Robb.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Robb.
of S31 Thirtieth street was married
last evening at o'clock to Stephen
A Brooks of Stanford. Texas. Rev.
H. w. Reed of the First Baptist church
performed the ceremony at the home
of the bride in the presence of "a few
near briends. Mr.. Brooks is connected
officially with the Texas Central rail
way with headquarters at Stanford
Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks left last evening
for Stanford where they will make
their home.
Missionary Society Meets.-Mr. ant
Mrs. Marion Humphreys at their home
1914 Seventeenth street. yesterday af
ternoon entertained the Woman's
Home and Foreign Missionary societies
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-14
Potato Trade Fairly Active.

Chicago. Trading in potatoes this
week has been moderate and very
little change has developed in prices.
Receipts have been normal and the
general run of stock seems to have
found buyers here and out of town.
The out-of-town demand appears to
be excellent because majority of the
dealers has been looking for decline
in prices and has been buying only
from "hand to mouth" as some of the
dealers express it. 1t seems to be true
that most markets over the country
keep we'll cleaned up, both on seed
and table stock. The trade here says
that the inquiries for seed stock are
coming from every direction and it is
no trouble to sell that class of spuds.
This has naturally given rise to a
better feeling in the market.
The car situation is still giving
trouble, but from this time on some
of the dealers incline to think there
will not be as much trouble in getting
cars as heretofore for shipments can
be made in box cars without fear of
freezing. Packer.
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1nterestin' readin'.'' That there is an
African in the woodpile is strongly in
d1cated by the remarkable succession
or events. In some quarters the be-
lief is strong that certain powerful per-
sons-groWn powerful through the ex-
erclse of special privileges heretofore
nave been seeking systematically to
manipulate the Panama business so
that they can carve it up as luscious
melon and divide it among themselves.
Irrespective Of political affiliations
the American people in general have
confidence in the ability Of President
Roosevelt, upon whom the final re-
sponsibility devolves, to prevent this
large job of melon slicing-if such a
thing is contemplated. To return to
plain language, the direct insinuation
York capitalists have cherished fond
hopes of profting to the extent Of
many millions by furnishing the sup
plies necessary, or presumably neces-
sary, for the building Of the canal
Now that the administration has re-
jected all bids for the contract and
has designated Colonel Goethals and
other army engineers to do the work.
it is not unreasonable to assume that
any such deal has been rendered ex-
tremely difficult.
About two years ago John F. Wal
lace, a distinguished railroad engineer.
was appointed to the post of chief en-
opir %ho
president and the people believed that
the right man had been put in the
right place. But after a few months
Mr.. Wallace turned in his resignation
Resignation No. l.
The marlborough railway combina-
ton, which controls the surface, ele-
waited and underground street car
lines in New York city, had offered
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Sticking Basis at Last.

him a larger salary than he was re-
ceiv1ng for the canal job. He accept
ed the New York job. Secretary Taft's
interview with Mr.. Wallace in regard
to his resignation is historic. The big
secretary, figuratively, jumped on the
engineer with both feet. Mr.. Wal
lace was told that he had violated q
trust, that he had deserted his coun-
try's work at critical moment, and
that for mere lucre he had given up
his opportunity to go down to posteri-
ty as the digger Of the big ditch. The
presidents indignation was Of a
warmth akin to that Of Secretary Taft,
though he let the war secretary do
most Of the frothing.
Mr.. Wallace is said to have given
as his real reason for quitting the la
comic three word explanation:
'Too much interference
Then John T. Stevens, another emil
nent railroad engineer, was induced to
tackle the Panama proposition. He
was to receive salary somewhat in
excess of that paid to Mr.. Wallace.
Mr.. Stevens went down to the canal
zone amid the fanfare Of public ap-
proval as the right man in the right
place at last. He it was who would
pass along to posterity as the man who
bit the backbone out of Panama. Once
more the president and the people
breathed with relief. The dirt which
Mr.. Wallace had marked out began to
fly under Mr.. Stevens shovels.
A new chairman for the canal COM
mission, a safely strenuous person,
who had been in the business Of build
ing railroads in the middle west, was
proposed to the president by Paul Nor
ton, then secretary Of the navy.
what are his qualifications?' Presi.
dent Roosevelt is said to have inquired.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-14
By ROBERTUS LOVE.

By ROBERTUS LOVE.
II UNLESS the chief typewriter
+ should resign before this goes
to press, thus necessitating a
readjustment, the probability is
that United States army engineers will
superintend the construction of the
Panama canal, with Lieutenant Colo
mel George Washington Goethals as
chief engineer. Isthmian canal his
tory for the past three centuries has
shown that designations and readjust-
ments are always in order, and the re-
cent history Of the specific Panama
project indicates that the natural
course Of government appointees to
high place in the canal work is rati-
fcation, glorifcation, Indignation, res
ignation. The senate ratifes, the press
glorifes, the appointee finds himself
disguised with his local habitation and
Indignant at official supervision, and
then comes his resignation.
Uncle Sam has a capacious mouth
and strong grinding molars. He is
not inclined to admit that he ever
bites Off more than he can chew. He
has undertaken to bite a ditch across
the backbone and spare ribs of the
isthmus of Panama. He is going to
bite 1t, too, if it takes a century, and
chew up all the gristle That's the
American bulldog grip.
1t seems reasonable to assume that
at last the canal project has been
brought down to practical working
basis. In the past few weeks events
have trodden on each others heels
The whole Panama situation has
changed. Here and there crops out q
hint as to why the change has come
about, but for the most part the story
Is a sealed book. It may be opened
later, and If SO it will make "mighty
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"Well, for one thing replied Mr.
Morton, 'his name is Theodore"
Theodore Perry Shonts was investi-
gated and found to be a man Of parts.
Everybody, with the president, believ-
ed him to be just the man for the
place. With Shonts as chairman anu
Stevens as chief engineer that ditch
was sure to be dug. They would make
the dirt fly like chaff from the tail end
OF thrasher, and Uncle Sam was al
most ready to begin taking toll for the
passage of ships from Colon to Pana-
ma and vie versa. We could almost
near the mingled brines of the Pacific
and the Atlantic swishing through the
canal.
Last fall President Roosevelt made
his trip to the canal zone. Secretary
Taft also visited the zone. Both report
ed things moving smoothly, and "Alps
well'' was the cry of the watchmen ON
the tower. The public had not finished
reading the presidents special mes
sage to congress, illustrated, on the
Panama canal when a gun which no.
DOuy knew was loaded took sudden
occasion to explode.
Chairman Shonts resigned.
Resignation No. z.
Explanation? Why, he had put
things in fine working order and En-
gineer Stevens could do the rest. Be-
sides, he had an offer from the Inter-
borough folks in New York city, the
same who bad annexed Engineer Wal
lace. He was to go to New York and
be president of the company at big
ger salary than he was receiving for
the Panama job. His resignation was
accepted promptly, Mr.. Stevens being
named for chairman.
Secretary Taft did not jump on Mr..
Shonts with either foot, so far as the
public is aware. No doubt the view