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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-13
SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Ciever!y Planned Surprise.-Otto
Fiebig. cashier of the Illinois theater.
was last evening commissioned by
Manager Taylor 10 do an errand which
took him. about $50, 10 his home, S33
street To his surprise
he found assembled there about 20
couples of his friends who had been
in the plot, and who showed their es-
TEEN by presenting him with hand
some, solid gold ring. Charles Bleuer
presented the ring and Mr.. Fiebig WAS
able to find, words to convey his
thanks. The presentation was only an
incident in most pleasant evening,
another incident being the, serving Of
a bountiful supper by Mrs. Charles
Fiebig, mother of the host.
The St. Patrick's Tea.-The ST.
patriek.s tea 10 be. given at the home
of Miss Edna Carl, 925 Twenty third
street between the hours of and q
next Tuesday afternoon for the benefit
of the In His Name circle of the
Kings Daughters, promises to be a
delightfulc event. A musical and elo-
|cliffonafy program has been arranged
|inswhich the following will take part:
Miss Mabel tBruner,, whistling solo,
Misses Cora Gaetjer and Ruth West,
vocal selechons, Misses Nina Van
Buren, and Dorothy Peasants instra-
mental and Miss Mary E. Simpson,
reading.
/ Entertains Young People. Mis- S
Cora Mckown at her home. 1886 Six,
|teenth street, last evening was hostess
TO the Young Peoples association Of
the United Presbyterian church. The
business session was followed by
games and refreshments were served.
Ladies Elect officers-The Ladies'
Aid society of the Second Christian
|bible school held meeting Wednes-
day afternoon and elected officers for
the year as follows:
President-Mrs. William Doose.
Vice President-Miss Lille Etzel.
Treasurer Mrs. A. w. Tanner.
Secretary Mrs. Herbert Cook.
ST. Patrick,s Day Program. The
ladies OF. the G. A. r. will give "a st
IIsatrick's sociabIe and program al
Memorial haIl Tuesday evening, March
| 16. The public is invited to attend.
PhiIathea Class Meets. The Phila
Etheas class of fIieS Memorials Christiai
bible school was entertained at /
colonial party last evening at tht
home OF Miss Mabel Mcdonald in thu
Sala fats. The young ladies all came
ldressed in colonial costumes and ole
fashioned games were played. Re
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-13
A SIGHT TO BEHOLD.
Isaster Approaching.

1T will pay any man to call and
see the many beautiful Easter suits
we are making this season.
Some fifty or more new suits either
In work or finished can now be seen
in Our workshop. Call to-day.
BEAL TAILORING co.
ILLINOIS Theater Building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-13
ORC ANIzE WORK
Soliciting Committee for Funds
for Park Meets With the
Citizens.
GOOD PROGRESS REPORTED
stated That Several Hundred Dollars
Has Been Given Already--Niueh.
Esithlsiasm shown.

A meeting WAS held In, the Zion hall
n the. Seventh ward last evening and
nu:uberaof the men who are behind
he east end park project were pres,
mt. The inGsting was called by the
ark committee for tue purpose of ar.
angling for the. soliciting of funds,
city Attorney j. f. Witter. Franis
dancker and A. e. Nelson haye been
elected toytake, charge of-the canvass
or funds ana these gentlemen VIII
begin work at once5 Mr. Maucker is
o confine himself to the hill district
and Mr. Witter and Nelson will
work in the remainder of the east end
of the city.
Mr. Nelson had already taken up
the task of soliciting money and lie
reported at the meeting that he had
collected in the neighborhood of $3.50
and that he had 500 more promised
which gives the committee u very
GOOD start on their work.
Is n Good start.
1t is the intent Ton to raise $4,000 III
the city and especially in the Seventh
ward where the residents are parti
cularly interested in the project III
securing a park From the enthus
iastic support which Mr. Nelson has
met in his early canvassing. there Is
no doubt but that the full amount 81
$4,000 will be realized within the limit
of the option.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-13

Coal & Railway company today it was
.anEounced that James J. Hill had Sc
cured control of the road Details of
the transaction are withheld.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-13

There is Only One "Bromo Quinine."
That is Laxative Bromo Quinine.
Look for the signature of E. w. Grove.
Used the world over to cure a cold in
one day. 25c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-13

gan will be raised Monday as sesult
of an order issued by Secretary VIII
son today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-13
Raises Cattle Quarantine.

Washington, March 13-The federal
quarantine for foot and mouth disease
in cattle against Maryland and Michi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-13

Tri-City Social cIub.-The March
meeting.of the Tri-Glty Social Servi3a
club viii he held af kbe. rest rooms IN
Moline Tuesday evening. The general
theme for discussion viii be the child
labor law. Reports will be submitt ii
also relative TO the ESTABLISHMENT Of
rest rooms in this city.
Ladies Arrange Card Party.-The
ladies of the Rock Island Turner so
ciety will give a card party Thursday
evening, March Is, al Turner hall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-13
Next Homeseekers' Ex-
cursion March 16.

Take advantage of the low fares IN I
effect on this date, make "a trip OF In
ryestigation and be convinced
Literature, descriptive of the section
which interests you most, on request.
S. r. Boyd, Division Passenger Agent,
Davenport &
r. r. Piummer, City Passenger Agent.
1929 Second Ave-, Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-13
ONE OF THE BEST
Will Be Cafe and Grill Room Of
of Young & McCombs in
Best Building.
SEATS FOR FOUR HUNDRED
Paul Poggis. Well KNOWN New York
Manager, with French Chef,
Comes to Take Charge.

When Young & McCombs occupy
q cafe aud grill room, both, modern to
the last degree and jointly. CAPABLE of
seating 400 people at one time. It
will occupy the fourth floor and will
be open to. the public daily from z
a. m. to p. m. or later. The ail
will be to set before the public tll,
best that the market affords and at
popular prices. It is the intention 20
serve table d hote lunch with spc-
cal la carte bill of fare daily from
II to 2, and 10 serve a dairy lunch Il:
any time while the department is
open.
Entrance TO the cafe and grill room
may he had either through the store
or by means of the office entrance,
the latter serving when the store IS
closed. Special inducements will be
offered for private dinner parties and
banquets G
Paul POggis i'm Charge.
One of the best assurances of the
bigness of the undertaking is the en-
gaSing OF Paul PogSis OF New York
city to have charge of the depart
ment Mr. Poggis. who is now in the
city preparing for the opening, has had
charge of the culinary departments of
some OF the largest New. York hotels
and cafes, including the Marlborough,
which he was in charge of for 6 years,
the Cafe Martin, Hotel Belmont. and
others. He has brought with him
as his chief de cuisine Ed
ward Rampon, late of Sew
| lille. Paris and London, VINO in the
short tine he has been in America.
has established a reputation in his
work The cafe will open simtltan-
eously with the store.
J. J. Hill Gets Another Line.
Toronto. Ont. March ls AT theSan
nual meeting of the Crows Nest Pass
81 y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-13

.freshments were served during. the
evening. 8tt %M
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-13

ST. Patrick,s Day Program The
ladies of. the G. Al. r. will give a St.
.Fatrick's sociabIe and program at
Memorial ha II Tuesday evening, March
16. The public is invited to attend.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
TRIES TO RESCUE BROTHER.
Arkansas Man Attacks an Officer on
Board a Train.

Fort Smith, Ark, Jan. 1S.-Entering
the car of an Iron Mountain train
near here early yesterday, in which
his brother. Grant Quinn, sat hand
cuffed to Police officer Burgess Of this
city, who was taking Quinn to Little
Rock to be turned over to the mill
tary authorities as deserter, Lee
Quinn opened fire on the officer. Bur-
CESS returned the fire, and several of
the passengers came to his assistance.
Quinn. after emptying his pistol,
leaped from the train and escaped.
During the fusillade, one of the pass
engers, Irwin Brassfield, of Mulberry,
Ark, received what is believed will
prove fatal wound. Burgess was un-
injured, and continued to Little Rock.
where he placed his prisoner in the
custody of the. military authorities.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
BIC MINE WORKERS SESSION
HUNDREDS OF DELEGATES GATH
Err IN INDIANAPOLIS.
Contest Between Supporters and Op-
ponents of President Lewis Will
be Threshed Out.

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 18.-The
twentieth annual convention of the
United Mine Workers of America will
open in this city at Tomlinson hall
tomorrow. This will be one of the
largest assemblages of the organiza-
tons representatives in it's history.
Between 1900 and 1,400 delegates are
expected.
While the subject of wage contracts
will not demand much attention,
two-year joint agreement with opera,
tors, governing about 100000 miners,
having been reached last spring, it is
certain that the contest between the
supporters of President Lewis admin
istration and its opponents, which has
been going on for several months, will
be threshed out within the two weeks
session. The leader of the anti-Lewis
faction is President John Walker of
the Illinois miners, who was Lewis op-
ponent for the national presidency.
The result of the balloting is to be an
nounced in the course of the conven-
ton.
appointed by President Roosevelt to
settle the anthracite miners strike
will expire on April 1 next, and this
convention will have@to propose plan
for new agreement between anthra-
cite miners and operators. Negotia-
tons between these two parties have
been postponed pending the conven-
g.
attempt, it is said, to place the con-
vention on record as establishing the
rulings of the national board as SUI
preme and joint contracts as inviol-
able. Only in this way, they assert
will it be possible for the organization
to be of practical value in making
progressively beneficial contracts
with the operators. This action will
be essential, in their opinion, if IA
vorable contracts are to be made with
the anthracite operators to take effect
after April /.
The anti-Lewis faction charges that
Mr. Lewis administration has failed
to win strikes in Alabama, Pennsyl-
vania and Indiana, and the southwest,
that it has estranged important dis
trict organizations and that it has
lost thousands of members. To this
answer is made that there has not
been an actual decrease in the mem
bership, but because of industrial de-
preston few thousand members, out
of work, were not reported as tax
payers last December.
The executive board met to-day to
consider the case of the report of the
committee that recommended the rein
statement of Patrick Dolan, which the
officers of the Pittsburg district re-
fused to accept as authoritative.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
GUESSING ABOUT LIBEL SUIT.
Who Is Preparing to Prosecute Press
Publishing Company?

Washington, Jan. 18.-The latest
and most interesting suggestion re-
garding the sensational DEVELOPMENTS
OF Saturday involving the service of
subpoenas upon a number of newspa-
per men in this city and elsewhere. is
that an individual, and not the United
States government, is the real plaintiff
IN the case. 1t is true that the sub
poenas served here read ssthe United
States sersus the Press Publishing
company But If the proposed ac-
tlon IS criminal in character as is gen
orally assumed to be the case. that
would be the form of subpoena. even
where an individual is the complain
ant, according to the practice in the
District of Columbia.
The identity of this individual, or in
dividuals, for there may be more than
one OF them, is purely a matter of
speculation, for the public will have to
await the issue of the promised state
ment OF Attorney General Bonaparte
70 get any accurate understanding of
lnis remarkable case. Possibly Presi-
dent Roosevelt himself is the com
pialnant; or it may be that the action
was begun by William Nelson Crom-
well, or by Douglas Robinson or any
OF the persons named in the original
newspaper publications in an invidious,
way A significant fact is that Mr..
cromwell was in Washington when
the action was taken of serving the
suopoenas, though he left during the
night for New York.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
WILL FIGHT FOR
THE OPEN SHOP
HAT MANUFACTURERS DECIDE TO
STRUGGLE TO FINISH.
10000 HATTERs ARE OUT
Employers Claim the Strikers Treated
Them Unfairly and Violated the
Working Agreement with
the Union.

New York, Jan. 18.-The open shop
and fight to the finish was the action
decided upon by the Hat Manufacture
ers' association at meeting held here
yesterday to discuss the situation
growing out of the strike of hatters
which began Friday. An effect of the
strike, according to the manufacturers,
will be a rise in the price of hats, as
the trouble occurred in the busy sea-
son.
Twelve members, comprising the
board of directors of the association,
attended the meeting. President Sam
uel Mundheim, who was in the chair,
made the announcement after the
meeting that the manufacturers had
declared for the open shop and were
prepared to fight to finish. He said
the number of strikers was between
Is, 900 and 10000, but that there were
many non-union hatters out of employ
ment, and that eventually the places OF
the strikers would be filed.
Say Workers Were Not Fair.
1.-THE manufacturers feel that they
have not been treated fairly he said.
"The strikers should have given us
notice, according to their agreement,
and the action should have been taken
by vote of the union"
Mr.. Mundheim, in discussing the dis
continuance of the union label by the
manufacturers, which precipitated the
strike, said:
THE label is Of no advantage to the
manufacturers and, indeed, is not
wanted. Very few people who buy
hats notice whether the label is in
them or not"
The manufacturers president ridi-
culed the report that the union had
100000 with which to make the fight
He said, however, that the hatters
union was one of the strongest labor
organizations III the country.
Claim Violation of Agreement.
A statement was issued by the manu-
facturers containing parts of the work
ing agreement entered into with the
union This was done, the statement
contended, in order to set at rest any
misunderstanding regarding the atti-
CuQo OF the mdnuIdCJuT0FS dSSOCldtlOH
The agreement in effect was that there
should be no stoppage of work until q
final decision of arbitrator had been
rendered and that the union label
should not be removed until due notice
is given the manufacturers.
1.-The United Hatters of North Amer
ica,' the statement concludes, fla
gravity violated the foregoing articles
by withdrawing the men and refusing
the use of the union label to the Geyer
Hat Company, one of our members,
without notice. Upon their refusal to
restore the label and the men to the
| Geyer Hat Company the Manufacture
ers' association, by a unanimous vote,
directed all their members to discon-
tinue the use of the union label in all
their factories. The order was not in
tended to change any other existing
condition agreement with scale wages
between the manufacturers and their
employees
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
WATER POWER is IN DANCER
so SAYS PRESIDENT IN vETolNc
A BILL FOR A DAM.
Considers Himself Bound to Prevent
Monopoly Of Public Resources
II He Can.

Washington, Jan. 16.-President
Roosevelt yesterday sent a special
message to the house with his veto
OF the bill providing for the construc-
ton OF dam across James river. in
stone county, Missouri, the purpose of
the dam being to get water to create
electric power. He declared that the
movement to secure control of the
water power of the country is still in
It's infancy, but that unless it is con
trolled the history of the oil industry
Will be repeated in the hydro-electr;c
power industry, with results far more
oppressive and disastrous for the neo-
pie.
1T is true" he added, that the
sreat bulk OF our potential water pow
er is as yet undeveloped, but the sites
which are now controlled by combina-
tons are those which offer the great
est advantages and therefore hold =
stategic position He says that che
Dill gives to the grantee a valuable
privilege, which by its very nature
is monopolistic, and does not contain
the conditions essential to protect the
public interest"
| consider myself bound he con
tlnues, as far as exercise of NV ev.
ecutlve power will allow, to do for the
people, In prevention of monopoly of
their resources, what / believe thew
would do for themselves if they were
in position to act.''
Inc message was received at the
close of the day and was received IN.
Inherently After its reading it was
reIerred to the committee on interstate
and foreign commerce.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
One of Remarkable Family Dies.

Piqua, o., Jan. ia remarkable
woman from an unusual family died
here when Mrs. Rebecca Davidson, the
oldest woman in Miami county, passed
away, aged a. She has living a
brother, C. j. Hufford, near Casstown,
80 years old; brother, John Hufford,
of Casstown, and twin sister in Shelby
county. aged 50, and another brother,
Samuel, in Clark county, aged 80. Out
of IL children in the family, nine
reached the age of 80 or over.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
MURDERED BY A RoBBER.
iowa Restaurant Keeper Shot While
Giving Up His Money.

Union, Ia, Jan. 18.-Whffe getting
money to hand to a robber, L. Trim
ball, restaurant keeper, was shot
twice through the head Saturday night
and instantly killed. Mr. Trimball had
been counting his cash when pistol
was thrust into his face by an unknown
man who demanded money. Trimball
gave up his silver and was about to
hand over his bills when the robber,
thinking Trimball was reaching for a
revolver, fired the fatal shots.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
SCHOONER IS LOST
WITH HER CREW
SWALLOW is WRECKED OFF The
LONG ISLAND SHORE.
DISASTER IN sNoWsToRM
About Twelve Men Supposed 70 '1Sve
perished-Little Vessel Hailed
from st. Johns,
NJ. r.

New YORK, Jan. Io-lH 'ho .
driving snowstorm of early yesterday
morning off the Long island shore tne
schooner Swallow of st. Johns. ~ f.
and her crew paid the toll so oIten
demanded of those who go down to the
sea in ships.
The story of the wreck, or 80 mucn
as is known of it, was told by the sea
itself. for it strewed the beach east Oh
Fire island for several miles with DTS
of wreckage from the ship itself and
from her cargo. On some OF this
fiotsam appeared the name Swallow,
st. Johns, N F." and this told the
beach men who found the wrecKage
what vessel it was that had pounded
itself to pieces in few short hours
in the bowling gale
No Trace Of the Crew.
of the crew, probably five or six
men Judging from the schooners size'
there was not trace. But looking out
at the wildly tossing seas and the
thick. driving snow with it's attending
bitter cold, the beach men knew their
fate No human power could have
aided them.
It was at two O'Clock in the morning
while beach man from the Blue Point
life saving station, few miles east OF
Fire island, was toiling through the
storm on the lookout for trouble at
sea. that he saw some black objects
bobbing about in the tumbling surf
close to shore. He hauled some OF
them in and. finding it was new wreck
age. hurried back to his station to re-
port and to secure aid. Other beach
men soon were on the scene, hauling
in the flotsam and making study OF
it such as these men do. There were
timbers, new lumber. frozen herring
and fishing tackle and finally they
came to a sign board which told the
unfortunate vessels name.
The life savers stood by and pa
trolled the beach all day in the hope
that they might find some trace of the
crew, but nightfall came and their
quest had been vain.
Lost Their Bearings in Storm.
1t is supposed that the Swallow, pre-
sumably a fisherman, was bound from
Newfoundland to New York with a
cargo of frozen herring and that she
carried a deckfoad of lumber to help
make the trip pay Caught in the
storm, the crew probably lost their
bearings and struck on one. of the
many sandbars a mile or so off shore
near the Blue Point station. There the
wind and heavy seas pounded the YES
sci to pieces in short time and the
men were speedily lost in the sea-
The Swallow, according to the Marine
Register, was small schooner of 73
tons. She was built 80 years ago at
Moses river and was owned by John
Dawson of ST Johns
Carried About Twelve Men.
st. Johns, N. F., jan 18-The
schooner Swallow left here fortnight
ago laden with herring for Gloucester,
Mass. She hailed from Pulley island
and the master and men also belonged
there. The Swallow carried about
twelve men. When leaving here she
had aboard Capt. Daggett, an Ameri-
can herring packer, who loaded the
vessel for the market. 1t is not known
here whether Capt. Daggett was
aboard when the schooner was lost, as
he may have left her at Gloucester.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
Quit Living as Jesus Would.

Cleveland, O., Jan. 18.-The two
weeks effort of 1900 young people of
this city to live as Jesus would live
came to a close yesterday with big
mass meeting at the Epworth Me-
mortal church. Experiences were re-
lated by scores of those who made the
trial. The services were in charge of
Rev. w. B. Wallace, who declared
that the test had been success and
indicated that Christians could live
more Christlike.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
SERIOUS RIOT IN DRESDEN.
Socialists and Police Fight, Many Per
sons Being Hurt.

Dresdent, Jan. 1S.-A Socialist dem
onstrat;on yesterday in behalf of cleo
toral reform led to a serious riot, in
which 20 persons were badly and at
least 100 slightly injured. Many con-
flicts occurred between the police and
the rioters, the former eventually beat
ing back the great crowd OF Socialists
who were endeavoring to force their
way to the palace of the reigning king,
Friedrich August
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20

state Of Connecticut, in the house, will
let Speaker. Cannon out of dilemma
Although Mr.. Lilley drew his salary
as congressman for the month ending
January 8, 1909. that date being just
one day before he was inaugurated
governor of Connecticut, the officials
of the house were uncertain as to
whether they had the right to pay him
the usual monthly salary from jan
cary to February 5, and they did not
want to lose $625 to find out.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
CLARA MORRIS VERY ILL.
Condition of the Famous Actress Said
to Be Critical.

New York, jan 1S.-It was learned
last night that Clara Morris, the
actress. who has been i'll for a long
time, is in serious condition and
that her family and friends are very
anxious about the outcome. A nervous
breakdown was the first cause of her
illness.
Miss Morris, who in private life is
Mrs. Frederick C. Harriet, is at her
home in Yonkers, N. Y. She is so
years old.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20
FLAMES rsstrov a4s AUTOMOBILES.

Boston, Mass Jan. ia puff of
fame shot up from the rear of the
most extensive automobile storage and
repair plant in the city, located near
Park Square, shortly before dawn yes
terday and half an hour later 34S au-
tomobiles. valued at $750,000, were a
mass of tangled steel and iron.