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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
SUNNY HILL

Children's day exercises were held
Sunday at Beulah. An excellent pro-
gram was carried out entitled THE
Morning of Life
Mount Pleasant Sunday school held
the Children's day exercises Sunday
evening.
There will be local option lecture
at Sunny Hill Sunday, June IS, at
$3.50. the lecturer being a representa-
tive of that league from Galesburg.
Monmouth College Glee club pleased
a large audience at Homestead church
last Thursday evening with readings
and songs. Rev. Mr.. Ferguson gave
a talk advertising the college and So
Letting funds.
A wedding of much interest in this
vicinity was that of Miss Nellie Stew
art and Arthur Lanson solemniZed at
the home of the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. x. Stewart OF
Warner, III. Arthur Lawson is one of
Sunny Hills most successful business
men and the bride is the accomplished
and only daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Stewart. The young couple will
make their home at Sunny Hill
anu nave tne pest wishes or most of
friends. They took a wedding trip
TO Chicago.
Frank McMeeken and Clarence
were passengers to Rock
Island Saturday.
Claire Hanna of Rock Island is Wis
Ting at the home of his grandmother,
Mrs. Mary Hanna
Mrs. Hugh Warnock and daughter, !
Cora of Aledo. are visiting relatives
n this vicinity
+. p. Lawson and family attended |
he marriage of Clyde Lees and Miss /
Anna Branberg at Coal Valley We'd |
iesday noon, June II.
The Farmers Social club met Fri
lay evening at VIII Tenants home.
The next meeting will be at the home
# Hugh McGraw.
Two of Mrs. Lawson's children of
able, H., are visiting at the ]. b.
farsha home.
The farmers are busy putting up
lay. J.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
OFFICERS NAMED
AT JULY SESSION
No Advance Announcements on
Appointive Places on the
Woodmen Staff.

Appointive officers of the Modern
Woodmen of America for the coming
three years will not be decided upon
till the latter part of July, it was stat
ed today at the head Office. No dis
cussion of candidates was vouchsafed.
The assistant head clerk is appointed
by the head clerk and Mr.. Namara 8
elevation makes it necessary to select
someone else for this important posi-
ton. 1t is understood there are sew
eral candidates. Other officers are
named by the executive council, which
will attend to the matter at the July
session.
Under the new bylaws one the pres
ent head attorneys will have to be
dropped. Those filling this Office now
are Ben d. Smith of Mankato. Mimi,
and Truman PIantz of Warsaw, Ill.
One change in the present board of
supreme medical examiners is antici-
pated. as the health of DR. f. L. Kerns
of Moline is such that he will not be
a candidate for reappointment. The
others on the board are Drs. F. A.
Smith of GAINESVILLE. Ohio, and B. Z.
Jones of lola, Kan.
F. c. VanGalder, editor of the Off
cial paper, and DIR. ]. A. Rutledge. d.
rector of the tuberculosis sanatorium
at Colorado Springs, are assured of
reappointment.
The change in administration will
go into effect July 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
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stance. a crude oxid of iron, which
acted both as color and cocoa sub
stitute The label stated that This
cremolin contains powdered cocoa and
"a little harmless coloring.'
The Pan Chemical company of New
York City was fined $50 for shipping
a quantity of adulterated cream tartar
into the state of Washington. 1t con-
tanned lead, poisonous ingredient, in
the amount of 81 parts per million.
which might render it injurious to
health.
The Sen-Sen ChicIet company, a cor
poration organized under the laws of
Maine, with factory at Salem, Ohio,
was fined S25 and costs for shipping
misbranded chewing gum from Ohio
into Illinois. The gum bore a label
containing the words Jumbo Pepsin
Gum" Analysis showed that the gum
contained no pepsin. aa
The shipment of adulterated and
misbranded "mincemeat" contained
nothing more than a trace of meat,
there being OIL per cent of meat in two
of the shipments, and o. per cent IN
the third. This was not considered
sufficient to comply with the federal
law. The labels on the shipments Civ
ing the composite articles of the
"mincemeat" mentioned meat first.
Short weight of peanut butter
brought fine of S25 and costs to Jul
ius Koehler (The Royal Peanut But
ter Coz of Cleveland, Ohio, because
the article was shipped in interstate
commerce. Ten packages showed an
average shortage of over 10 per cent
in weight Another Ohio company (of
the Ohio Spice & Extract Co,
was fined s25 and costs for shipping
and misbranded mace into
Missouri. A number of lesser fines
were imposed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
HILLSDALE READY
WITH A WELCOME
Good Roads Boosters From
Cities Will Be Cordially
Received Saturday.

AS a result of the cooperative com
n.ittee meeting OF good roads enthusi-
asts representing the commercial
clubs of Rock Island. Moline and East
Moline. the Greater Moline committee
and the executive officers OF the Rock
Island County Highway Improvement
association he'd at the Moline Com
merciaI club rooms Wednesday even
iur last. a good roads now" mass
meeting will be staged at Hillsdale
Saturday afternoon. June %. at 3
O'Clock.
This is the first of a series of such
meetings to be held in every township
IN Rock Island county. The peope
Of HiIlsdale and surrounding territory
are so pleased over the beneficent pos
sibilities OF this inaugural get-together
movement that they promise hearty
welcome to all who show their inter
est in the good roads movement on
this occasion.
II is hoped that every automobile
owner in Rock Island, Moline and
East Moline will join the procession
which is scheduled to leave the East
Moline Commercial club at las p. m.
Saturday. The Rock Island County
Highway Improvement association by
that time will have a large number OF
good roads now" pennants for sale.
The proceeds OF the sale of these pen
nants will help the good roads work
Ing fund OF the associations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
WILL SPEND ALL
TO Get APOLOGY
Edmund DeRocker Wants Au-
gust Poohvardy to Take
Back What He Said.

Il am going to see that he takes
back what he said about my wife, II
l have TO spend all the money I've got
and sell my property" said Edmund
De Rocker in police court this morn
ing. speaking OF August Poohvardy,
whom he had arrested on a charge OF
disorderly conduct.
The two men and their families are
neighbors residing on Thirty-ninth
street. between Fourteenth and FIT
teenth avenues.
According to several Witnesses
Monday night Poohvardy rushed over
to DeRocker's home and said: Come
out in the yard, De Rocker. and l will
cut your head off,
This challenge made De Rocker
mad, but his real grievance is alleged
remarks directed at Mrs. De Rocker
by Poohvardy. Several witnesses tes-
titled this morning. but as Poohvardy
denied the charges, Magistrate c. j.
Smith continued the case until tomor-
row morning. so that he could secure
more witnesses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24

view that 1t some day would be utilized
as the big highway of one of the rich
est centers of the world. will watch
this initial trip of the barge with great
interest.
The local engineering Office will also
take great pains in making everything
possible for the success of the trip. and
it is expected that Immediately fol-
lowing on the heels of the journey.
should it meet with the success antici-
pated, the river will become a more
active waterway.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
LEADERS PICKED
BY EPWORTHIA
Methodist Young People of This
District Name M. B. Tenn
pie President.
MANY ATTEND MILAN MEET
Feature of the Afternoon Program a
Street Car Ride About the
Three Cities.

Over fifty young people from the
Rock Island district of the Central
Illinois conference of the Methodist
church were registered before
o'clock yesterday afternoon at the
opening session of the annual meeting
of the Epworth league at the Method
list church at Milan, Rev. Alfred Dixon
pastor.
The election of officers occupied the
session this morning. following com
mittee meeting and department confer
ence and an address by Rev. Alexander
Smith, the following being chosen:
President - NJ. B. Temple, Keiths
burg.
Okeberg. Geneseo.
Second Vice President - Miss SUI
zanne Clark, Presumption.
Third Vice President-Thomas Bar
tie, Aledo.
Fourth Vice President - Harley S.
White. Galva.
Secretary - Miss Geneva Preston,
Buda.
Treasurer-Ralph B. Koerber, Rock
Island.
Junior League Superintendent -
Miss Amy Cardiff, Galva.
Executive Committee-Rev. c. W.
Thompson. Atkinson; Rev. ]. w. Ed
wards. Kewanee, and Rev. W. H.
Tope.
Following the election of officers,
Rev. F. E. Shut of Geneseo delivered
an address and at 4 o'clock a special
car took the entire company for ride
to Rock Island and Moline, returning
TO the church in time for supper at
e clock
This evening Rev. L. F. Dimmittee
OF Galesburg will preach the annual
sermon and the consecra-
ton service will be led by Rev. W. H.
Tope of this city.
Talks Of Porto Rico.
The feature of the services yester-
day was an address last evening. by
Rev. Benjamin S. Haywood of Porto
Rico who spoke on the subject Under
the Palms in Porto Rico" He told
of the work that is being
carried on there and exhibited a piece
Of drawn work measuring Is by rs
inches on which was worked a map
If the United States, done by girls of
Porto Rico under II years of age
girls who could neither read nor write.
The music of last evening was given
~ Miss Elizabeth CLANCY, who gave
.wo violin numbers and by the Milan
church choir.
A social hour under the direction of
Rev. c. w. Thompson, district fourth
ice president, was held at the con-
fusion of the address by DR.. Hay
wood.
The session yesterday afternoon
pened with devotiehal services con- |
Iucted by Lester A. Taylor, an ad- |
Iress of welcome by the Milan chap !
er. President A. T. Eddy and a re-
ponse by Raymond Newell, president |
f the Keithsburg chapter. The ad- |
ress of the afternoon was given by |
lev. ]. w. Edwards, D. D., of Kewa- |
zee. At 6 o'clock supper was served |
n the church basement by the W.M.B. |
ociety, and at noon today and this !
vening the delegates were served |
nth meals.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
AUTO TAKES Off
WHEEL OF BUGGY
Iowa Machine Without Lights
Crashes Into Conveyance
on Twentieth Street.

The rear wheel of a buggy was de-
molished in an automobile crash in
front of the Empire coal Office on
Twentieth street, between Second and
Third avenues. about 10 O'Clock last
night
Two Davenporters, whose names
could not be learned had stopped their
rig at this point and were hitching the
horse to a post nearby. A five pas
senger black touring car, on which
the lights it is said were not burning,
was going north on Twentieth street
at fair rate OF speed. The machine
crashed into the outside rear wheel
OF the buggy turning the vehicle COM
pletely around and demolishing the
wheel. The driver of the auto stopped
and settled for the damages, after a
long wrangle with the occupant of the
buggy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
President Kisses Child.

Washington, d. c.. June 24.-Presi-
dent Wilson today gave Laura Reilly,
10-year-old daughter of Charles T.
Reilly, a Princeton graduate. whose
home is Los Angeles. what she de.
clared, the sweetest kiss I ever had"
After Mr.. and Mrs. Reilly had shaken
hands with the president, the little
girl stepped up and pleaded: please.
Mr.. President l want to take 4 kiss
from you back TO California" ~Ns
Certainly" said the president. The
little girl left bubbling with Joy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
MAIL ORDER VENDORS OF
OBSCENE PICTURES HEEL D

Canton. ILL.,. June 24-United States
Marshal 3. II. Cribs and Postoflce
inspector Gould Of Peoria. aided by
iocal. state and county officials. today
arrested Harry G. Greenfield and Mrs.
lara Whitehead. both OF this city. on
q charge Of violating the United states
postal laws by sending obscene pic
lures through the mail.
Both offenders were caught with a
i-fse number OF negatives and prints
% The most lewd sort in their posses
son They had in the house in which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
BOYS BATHING IN GARB
OF NATURE, ARRESTED

]. l. Hecht. president OF French &
Hecht OF Davenport, complained TO
the police that a party of young men
and boys congregated nightly for a
swim in the Mississippi near the plant
across the river clad only in natures
garb. Last night the Davenport police
swooped down upon the nature bathers
about o'clock and arrested six OF
them, from 10 TO 20 years OF age. All
were given a severe talking to by the
police magistrate and promised here
after TO wear clothing when disporting
in the stream.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24

both resided extensive equipment for
the printing and sale OF their wares
by the mail order method.
The negatives are believed to have
been brought from Gueydan. La.
where Mrs. Whitehead left her hus-
band last July. The authorities have
in their possession registered letters.
receipts. and Endorsed checks signed
by the offenders. which they declare
will send them to Leavenworth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
OBITUARY
William a. Flanagan.

WITIfaFn =. IdHIYdW.
John Flanagan, $40 Twenty-second
street, was called TO Chicago today al
noon by the announcement of the
death OF his father, William 4. Flani-
gan, who passed away at o'clock.
Death was due TO age.
Deceased was born in Ireland 81
years ago. For 30 years he had made
his home in Chicago with the excep
ton Of one year spent with his son
here His golden wedding anniversary
was celebrated some six years ago. His
wife died three years ago.
The children surviving are: William.
Mrs. James Kinder. La
Sale; John. Rock Island. and Miss
at home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
new OFFICERS TO
KESEATS SOON
Supreme Heads of Royal Neigh
bors of America VIII Be In
stituted Here July 1.
BOARD TO BE VERY BUSY
Executives Will Be in Session for Two
Weeks and Auditors Will Go
Over Officials Books.

On July 1st at the head offices of the
Royal Neighbors of America in this
city, the supreme officers of the soci-
ETY. elected at the supreme camp meet
ing held in Rock Island, some time
ago, will take their positions.
At that time all of the funds of the
order, now in the custody of Mrs. Car
RE Franklin of Albany, n. Y, supreme
banker, will be called in and trans
ferred oMrs. Alice Nash of Minneap-
oils, Mimi, supreme banker elect.
The executive board will meet here
at that time and will be in session for
two weeks. There will be a great deal
of business incidental to the change in
officers, which will needs be trans
acted.
While there was only one change
among the more important officers,
that of the supreme banker, yet there
will also be great amount of other
matters coming up for the attention of
the council. other than that due to the
change.
Auditors to Meet Here.
While the executive board is in ses-
sion, on July 6 the board of auditors
of the society will also convene here,
and the books of the officers will be
gone over and audited.
Contracts for various needs of the
society will also be let at that time
This will include printing and regalia
positions will also be at
tended TO, and the head offices will
buzz with business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
GUAM TELLS OF RECEIPTS

Springfield, Ill, June 24.-The state
public utilities commission, created
Jan. 1, promises to earn in fees
enough to pay all its expenses. This
possibility was not emphasized in the
act, but is set forth in a report to
Governor Dunno by Chairman James
Z. Guam, just made public "The
receipts from Jan. l to May 81 were
$50, 90" says Mr.. Guam. The to-
tai receipts of the commission were
$31.154.02 greater than the total ex-
penses of the commission"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24
ANNUAL ELECTION HELD
BY LOCAL ROTARY CLUB

The annual election OF officers of
the Rotary club was held yesterday at
luncheon at Hotel Harms. All of
the former officers were reelected as
follows:
President-B. d. Connolly.
Vice President-E. II. Guyer
Secretary-R. C. Mitchell.
Directors-B. d. Connolly, E. II.
Guyer. r. C. Mitchell. Frank Mixter,
A. b. DuVon. NJ. II. Sexton, John B.
Bassett.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24

IUt Why CpT~
ture them hrth-
er /? Get TONGO
and putbhemout
of their misery.
TONGo gives 4u-
slant reflex IL
so OF h cs ana
feet and yo1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-24

Poor old feet give
'em a c h a nee OF
course they hurt you
drive you nearly dis
tracted with cir
throbbing, ach ting.
burning all day long
and all night long. too.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-05-01
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

At the age Of e%ighty-one Nine
Daynes-G rassot is playing leading
parts on the Paris stage.
For assisting a constable in diff.
Guilty Miss Eveline Mullins Of Swan
sea. England. has received q bracelet
from the police department.
Marie Schwabacher, a pretty Ant
werp milliner. who was courted by
two brothers, promised to marry the
winner Of a game at cards. but even
tually eloped with the one who was
beaten.
Mrs. Belle Van Dorm Harbert, re-
Gently elected first president Of the In
ternational congress Of farm women at
Client, Belgium, lives in Colorado. At
the convention twenty-one nations
were represented.
DR.. Katherine B. Davis, appointed
by Mayor Mitchell Of New York as cor
rection commissioner at a salary of
$500 a year. received her doctors de-
gree from the University of Chicago in
1900 for work in the department of po-
Iitical economy. This is thought to be
the most responsible position ever Civ.
en- to a woman in administrative work
in this country outside Of the field Of
education.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-05-01
FIippant filings.

We move that the day John D.
Rockefeller pays that $12.OOO,OO0 tax
assessment be made a national holi-
day.-Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Astronomical alarmists say that the
big dipper is going to disappear. Very
well. This is the age Of the sanitary
individual drinking cup. Chicago
News.
A Paris savant says cooks should
wear kid gloves. Most of 'em do in
this country. And the housewives
have to wear 'em too. Keeping a cook
is a kid glove affair here.-New York
American.
There is no longer any danger Of a
naval war with Switzerland, for that
country has signed an agreement with
the United States to wait a year be-
fore attacking us. SO that any dispute
may be amicably Observation-Disclosures
Ledger.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-05-01

When Miss Eleanor Wilson, youngest
daughter of the president. becomes the
bride of Secretary Of the Treasury VIII
liam Gibbs McAdoo the wedding will
be the fourteenth celebrated at the
White House. The thirteenth was the
marriage of Miss Jessie Woodrow Will
son to Francis Boyes Sayre on Nov.
Is, 1913. Unlike her sisters. Mrs. Sayre
and Miss Margaret Wilson. the pros
pective bride is tall and dark. She is
twenty-four years Of age and is fond
Of society. She was educated in pri-
vate schools at Princeton and then
spent two years in st. Mary's college
at Raleigh, N. O., going thence to the
Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
At the latter institution she spent q
couple Of years studying painting.
William Gibbs McAdoo is a native Of
Georgia, in his fifty-frst. year and a
lawyer by profession. Since 1892 he
has lived in New York city, where for
some time he practiced his profession.
In 1902 he organized the Hudson and
Manhattan Railroad company. q $7O.-
100000 corporation that built and con-
trolls a system Of tunnels operating
under the Hudson river.
Mr.. McAdoo is a widower. His first
wife was Sarah Houston Fleming,
whom he married in 1885. He has six
children. the eldest son and eldest
daughter. being married. Mr.. McAdoo
became a grandfather not long ago
when a son was born to his daughter.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-05-01

tration under the city manager form:
Terrell. Tex: Amarillo, Tex: Cadillac.
Mich; Manistee. Mich.
Dayton. O., has installed as its first
city manager Henry NJ. Waite, chief
engineer of Cincinnati under the Hunt
administration. he began his admin
istration on the LIST Of this year.
The city commissioners Of Spring
field, o., on Dec. q. elected az city
manager Charles e. A%shburner. who
had been city manager Of Lynch.
burg. Va.
The city Of Titusville, Pa, which has
become, under the Clarke act, commits
sion governed. has created BY ordi.
nance the Office Of city manager. and
appointed to Gil It 81. A. Holsteln.
city engineer. The departments Of
engineering. streets, sewers, water.
lighting and purchasing are thus con-
solidated. Titusville 10 one Of the 6rst
cities In Pennsylvania to adopt this
form Of administering city affairs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-05-01

Scott in latitude 81 degrees IS minutes
south and longitude 1856 degrees east
and started for our main base"
On bis return trip Commander Evans
was stricken with scurvy and would
have persisted but for the heroism Of
his comradex He returned to England
In June. 1912. and In December sailed
again for the antarctic. Evans thus
describes his return:
when we reached Cape Evans We
anchored. and. standing on the bridge
Of the Terra Nova, looked ashore
with the aid Of the glasses.f I could 5see
but one man. who Immediately rushed
back to the tents and hutA a great
crowd Of men ran out and stood there
on the shore. l did not nee Captain
Scott. however. who. ! had believed.
had found the pole and had returned
successfully. therefore called to
Lieutenant Campbell and asked where
Captain Scott was.
.There was q dreadful tense silence,
ana then lieutenant Campbell called
ont to me-:
:. The southern party reached the
pole on Ian. IS last year, and they
were all lost on the homeward march.
We have their records"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-05-01
The Writers.

francesca Bicchi. Italian poet, has
celebrated his one hundred and second
birthday.
N. v. Tilak, an Indian poet whose
fame in the western portion of India
is said to be greater than that of
Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel prize
winner, Is a Christian minister of All
madnagar.
Rudyard Kipling recently celebrated
his forty-eighth birthday. Born in
Bombay, he has been connected with
the realm of letters for over thirty
two years, for he was the assistant
editor in India Of the Civil and Mill
tary Gazette and Pioneer as long ago
as 1882.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-05-01
Town. Topics.

Old MI. Rain is still the best street
cleaning commissioner New York ever
had.-New York World.
Sitka. Alaska. has a mean annual
temperature about equal to that Of
Washington, which is mean enough.
to a certainty.-Chicago News.
Chicago claims the longest street car
ride in the world fora nickel. but Bos-
ton retains the palm for quality OF
service and scenery.-Boston Herald.
The first sign that the cost of living
is to be less comes from Cleveland. o..
where they have reduced the price Of
marriage licenses from 81 to so cents.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-05-01
Fashion FrilIs.

Bustles are coming back. That's
where they helong.-Portland Orego.
MAN.
Modern styles in female street wear
have dealt the deathblow to the old
fashioned chest protector.-Chicago
News.
"spring Gowns Tight. With Loose
Effect" In one bright lexicon at least
there 10 no such word 40 impossible"
New York Post.
Society ts threatened with -cubist
and futurist clothes for both sexes.
The year has started out to be Of I'M.
exampled horrors.-Baltimore Ameri.
can.