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turned TO the library. st1n thinking
about the note which she had received
With the lowers. As she entered she
hardly noticed that both Marie and
Jennings were there.
She had scarcely awakened from
her daysdream in which she was walk
ing. as it were, when her quick eye
caught sight Of the vase OF red roses
on the window si1l.
..who put those flowers thre. she
demanded OF the astounded butler and
maid, as she dashed them to the
floor
Neither of them, naturally, knew q
thing about It Nor did Aunt Joseph
inc. VINO Happened to pass through the
room at the moment.
esoh must see htm-I must"
cried Elaine excitedly, as she hurried
autfor her wraps sWho nowsswhat;
may have happened?s
we.refuned to our aparment cha
Erfned. otter out fiat failure to cap
fre either Long. Sin or7even get evi-
dence against WI
As We entered the apTtmentC Craig
dropped into a chair. scowling to him
sex watched him IN gloomy SYM
patty STddenIy his face Frightened
what do JGu think mey-- =
He cut ms short with his fngerson
his lips, ntonnf1n1ng silence Instead
OF answering me he wrote on a slip OF.
PAPER ana handed It to me:
.sThere must be a detectaphone In
this room. Talk about the weather
asnything-whiIeI Iocate It..
FnSny Craig went over TO Ibis desk
and took out q small piece OF appara-
tug- u; !.
He placed 4 peculiar teIephonelfke
conttvance nttached to one end OF
St up to his ear He adjusted the.
masnst and carried the thing carefully
ebout the room
suddenlys he paused and his face
vrinkled He stopped down and made
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Finally he pushed the rat Into the
hoIam the plaster which he had made
ana an Instant later ioo4ed the ferret
aftar II, as H ON q leash Of wire
There WI stood paying ont the wire
as the. ferret scampered aftG the
scared rat
r WI faithfully paid out the wire. hop
ing for the result he had 1calcuiated
cerefuuy
:: at last the logging at the spool OF
wire ceased Three sharp Jerks told
him he had succeeded. Them M. set
me transu1itter IN the hole IN the
wan close up to the baseboar which
he had replaced -
Perhaps half an hour after our re-
turn into the laboratorya after Kennedy
had soaked the mat he decided after
much dedberation to attempt 10 carry
the war into the enemys Country. We
left the laboratory. he to seek some
clue. ! to go down to the Star. where
had a little work to do
! Kennedy had scarcely hidden me
good=by and turned out Of heleampns
on the avenue when he happened to
see face In the crowd which Inter
sested him
It was that4of the woman who had
posed as Elaine-Innocent Inez He
paused q moment as she, went by and
gazed after her. She had not seen;
him This was too good an opportn
nifty to miss He turned and followed
her to the Mandarin, chop suey Joint;
rs the master 2. she Whispered
to the proprtetor
NO: he<repied; .'but long Sin Is
In the other plsce-
A short time afterward;; as they stfiI
talked. Kennedy after paus1ng outside
the chop suey Joint. decided TO enter.
While Inez and Sam were engaged
IN earnest conversation he sat down at
a table near by with his back to them
AS, nearly as he could make out.
there was room somewhere which
was at least one headq Quarters OF Long
Sin, If not va himself But # was too
risky to remain 81
Around on Park, row again. he
stopped ina drug store where there
was a telephone booth and called up
the agency whose operatives he had
frequently employed on routine mat
tiers Ike shadowing- &
s: @Can you send Chase down here fn-
med1ate1y2" he asked. giving the adj
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dress OF 1.-The drug store. I've little
shadowing IN Chinatown for him = 5.
It was only matter of a few min
utes before Chase Joined Kennedy.
and together they went back TO China.
town, Craig explaining to HIM IN a low
voice just what It was he wanted
done 3
The operative frtveiy watched
Inez and Sam talking until finally she
rose and went out by the street door.
She turned abruptly on the street and
entered a doorway that led mp in the
same building. only outside.
Chase entered the dark uI-smel1ng
hallway and mounted The steps eau.
dously, careful not to make them
creak He paused at each door until
he was sure that there was no one on
the other side.
At one, however, he could hear low
voices He listened a moment, then
tried the knob softly. The door was
locked Carefully he put his foot on
the knob and raised himself up BY
gTippmg the trausom yi5
There we're mez and Long SIN talk TX
ing earnestly as Inez removed her
wraps WEA9 Long sStn 4&14Q QUIZ SO9pASS
Ct opium pipes and cooked two pills OF
the precious hop with practiced hand.
Chase let himself down as softly as
he had pulled himself up, and got
away without being seen:
kennedy returned to the aparment
after dispatching Chase on his mis-
sion. and there I met him as soon as
was through down at the Star ONCE.
We were talkdng over our plans
when there came q sudden knock at
the door Craig opened It It Was
Chase.
I've found the hangouts he cried
excitedly Its over that restaurant.
You go In by the. side entrance and
cpstairs- got as far as the door OF
the den. saw Long SIN and that girl
EettinEready for an opium Jag
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Vas as dough some vord Of black
nsSaEfc had been spoken TO them. The.
three other Cinnamon fen back as II.
"a fear Of an uncanny power.
wa. white with anger, raised his
hand. and they covered Sill
SIS anyone else there with him.
demanded WI
The wounded Chinaman had only
strength to shake his head In the neg
alive 49,. ' =
<HThen there is time yet ground
out WI furfousty. follow me.
Craig was stin berding over Long.
Sin mailing sure of his capture when
ne heard the scurry OF footsteps out
side. It was WI and his servants
Craig rushed TO the door, but not In
tine TO close It ~ ss..z
Instantly his gun spat a fatal dab
OF smoke and fire at the foremost
Chinaman, who dropped Craig seized
the next onrushing Oriental and, fung
him over his head, butdng him IKE
human baherin- ram directly into W.
CraiEss onslaught had been fercef
and more unexpected than the China
men had barEained for They re-
coned kennedy Instantly slammed
the door on WI and the rest
They recovered ii a few seconds
and returned TO the attack b4ttertng
against the door It swayed and
creaked with the weight of the Chi.
namien pushing against IT. while Ken
nsdy p1ugged away sblindly with his
gun through the panels.
Down the street I wondered. as the
minutes passed, what was happening
behind the calm extericr OF our apart
ment Elaine was andouss Chasewas.
impatient But I wished to be exact
As the ten minutes ended gave the
sdEnaI to the driver The police crowd
ed I'M wfthsus and we shot around the
conner and up the street In 'front.' OF
the APARTMENT we could see and hear
now that shots were being fred on
Were we IN time2
We dashed upstairs: As we came
down the han we caught a glimpse OF
WI Fang and his underhngs at our
door. They had almost broken
They were too late TO get KENNEDY.
but we were too Late get them.
Wu Knocked out the foremost POI
iiceman and dashed doEnSthe hallway
with another after him He managed
10 gain the roof and s1ammtng the
door upsthere braced 1t on the other
side. Then, crossing the roofs, he sue
seeded IN reaching another apartment
and escaping.
-Craie."I shouted pulling onSthe
battered but sim locked door This
Is walter .5z.s
The door opened and we pied into
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whats the troub1e2" asked an1-
iously.
Trouble enough" he replied, fling
ing on his hat and coat and throwing
on his smock, as he related disjointed-
" between whiles what had happened
..And now I'm going to prepare for
the attack whatever It may be-. he
went on, going oyer briskly to the lab
oratory table Where's that nitrate
oh, here it is.
For the next few minutes he was
busHy mixing several chemicals while
i watched him curiousIy IN silent adj
miration-
wnen he had finished he poured one
liquid from tube into an atoutzer.
then another OF the liquids which he
had made into a fesk
walter, he asked. getting ready
to go out and indicating to me to do
the same. II wish you'd bring along
that rug over there by my sink =
I placed the rug before our door and
he emptted almost half Of the contents
of the flask on IT Then he entered
the laboratory again. taking care not
to step on the rug, but over i.
:.
Meanwhile WI Fang and his neu-
teuantss proceeded TO the base
ment OF our apartment house.
First wu entered the dark cellar
caufiously and beckoned to Long Sin
and the other Cinnamon to follow
One of his followers carried the Big
Six detectaphone, which he placed ON
an old rickety table which the janitor,
Jensen, sometimes used
We. opened the oak case and began
to look about for place to install the
little listening ear by wires that would
run up from this cedar hiding place
to our apartment above
-Ush!s Look! cried one Of the
5Chmamen, pointing toward akcorner
Of the cellar wall
wv turned There was rat which
had run out OF hole, had seen them
and scampered quickly across the
door and away safely.
It Interested W.. and he walked over
to the ratho1e and examined It
wait here. he ordered Quickly
leaving his men on guard IN the cellar
It was not very many minutes LATER
that WI returned to the cellar with a.
large cardboard box under his arm
NO one has gone IN. MASTER re-
ported one OF the Chinamen
WI nodded and turned to another
who had been engaged I'M charging the
rathoTe in the wall
Does It run upstairs2 he asked
yes. master" returned the other
Then wait here" ordered WI, talk
ing up the detectaphone transmitter.
the spool OF wire and the box
He left the cellar stealthfly and
few minutes later reached the upper
shan, which at the time happened to be
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& "A moment latergwe aille6t the Toom.
Chatting n forced tones about hun
,dred ineonsequentta1 hing Craig
banged the door: - 49,
But before ne left he reached into
his pocket ana took out. the dask ana mo
atontzer which had seen him place
there. he poured the contents OF the
flask on the rug z..s.-s-s.ssse;zsss.
accompanisd Elaine to her car and
We drove away W1He Kennedy lett
the apartment on foot
Downstairs. wa Fang had been rs
tentng at the other end: Of the detectas
Thsir attenHon was wa soon at fever
heat when Elaine, entered our rooms.
VIZ: Long Sin and the others listened
breathless1y - sSss,
The chiuaamen waited unti1 they
board us 20 out WI then banded
Long Sin vial and q key You un-5
derstand2 -,s.s -.
with an ev1 1eer ssssssss
He hastily climbed the stairs from
the cellar to our apartment For 9
few seconds he stood on the rug sas
he inserted the skeleton key IN the
loek Thesnr swinging the door open
cautiously he. entered BE looked ahoue
mfnut9 The apartment; was empty.
sIowIy Long SIN walked over to the
table ana began examining the articles
on It Ffnany he picked up Kennedys
pipe. and again his tnserutable faee
lighted with diaboHcai JOY. -
He took the vial quickly from his
pocket, and, With q small, soft brush ls1
pafufed the mouthpiece OF the pipe
with the LIQUID from the. Vial
ne laid the pipe down as he found
It and beat q hasty retreat
we had scarcely time to drive to
Elafne,s house when message
reached Us from kennedy directing us
to return and meet him seyera1
squares below our apartmeuG
We did SO Immediately. There vas
kennedy with Chase and three or four
policeman
In ten minutes want you to raid
the apartment he said, looking at his
watch. II am going In there now
He entered the building and as he
opened our own door. drew gun,
kcking the door open and reteating
a step No one was there and he
went in 81
Craig looked about a moment On.
the surface, nothing had been dis
urbed. He went Through the bed
cooms- Nothing was disturbed there.
Slowly he went back again to the
ioorway. an the time careful not TO
step on the rug. Starting near II ne
began spraying the floor with the
atomIzer .Ssszs.ss
It was one OF his own inventions,
which he called a .photo:mat
As the sp. fen on the carpet and
hardwood it eloped Long Sins foot
prints exact az II q.
Carefully Kennedy followed them
as the chemicals brought them out
Long Sin had not walked around the
room much. evidently. as Craig adj
vanced slowly along the foor stt1
spraying AS each step came out Il
was apparent that Long Sin had done
little else but go to the table and
then leave
Craig looked at the table moment,
There seemedto be nothing on e that
would attract man Of Long Sins tai.
ents. Mechanicany, Craig picked up
his pipe lying there and locked att
conternpIatively. He smiled at the,
mouthplece Ine1e was was : p7s1ss11e'e-
smell 1s.sas,,
Cyanfde ne na1s1eIsa l.e w
Under his BREATH LAYING e le PIPE W.
gingerly-
For \ moment he thought thena
sudden impulse seemed to seize him him
His mind was made up He moved
closer to the! marked dashboard Sud
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It was some time after Kennedy
LEFT the Dodge house that Elaine re-
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-31

for each district instead of three as at
present
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-31
VIM. M'ENlRY TO ATTEND
JUDICIAL BILL HEARING

William NcEnlry. father OF the Judi
cial bills Introduced into the house by
W. C.. Maucker. leaves FOR Springfield
tonight 90 attend the hearing OF those
measures when they are taken up by
the judiciary committee tomorrow.
With Mr.. McEniry win 20 Harry
Schriver and RI. j.. WheeIau OF this
city and G. o. Dietz OF Moline.
The proposed bills are three in mum
Der. one providing for the meeting Of
the appellate court every two months
instead OF six months. another 10 es-
ta5iish an appellate branch with court
az Rock Island, and the third asks the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-31
ROTARIANS HOLD
FIRST BIRTHDAY
OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY OF CLUB
WITH INTERESTING PRO-
GRAM At p. Q. CLUB.
p. c. Ren-iss. Peoria. Principal
Speaker o. ire oeeasion-t25
are IN Attendance.

Tho frEt anniversary % the orEani'
z1tluu OF the Rock Island Rotary club
was nftlnriy observed with a banquet
and interesting program az the Rock
Island club last IEht one hundred and
twenty-five we're present. including 10
r1iarans from Davenport and 20 from
Moline D.nacr VAS served AZ
o'ciock. % %. Connolly. president %
the club. presidiuE.
A. O. RennicE. prominent rotarian
uf Peoria gave tGe principal talk of
the rvsu.ur. the theme % his address
being Rotary After the talk he
recitrd some % his amusing stories.
Oswald Becker. president % the Dav-
export Rotary club. and Richard Hos
ford. president Of the Moline organiEa-
fid1. also responded with short talks
ahicA were well received
Presentsd With Gavsl.
The banquet room 40 the club vas
anprop-iateiy decorated IN the Rotary
coir-s. blue and sold Harry Knox
presented the club with a Eavcl made
of wood from the Davenport home
stead on che arsenal. Around the
handle iH a silver band suitably iu-
srribrd. a large wooden rotary wheel
cas- also presented % the club The
material VAS furnished by Arthur
uuV0n. tho work being doae hy w
Roth. and che painting by J. r. Steph-
ems. Songs we're sung by the mem
5crs dur.uE the evening Morgan Sex
ton and TrvinE Holbrook also enter
tanned with vocal number Goodfel-
.1ushlp prevailed throughout the occa-
T.uE.
Tho local rotary club was organized
jose one year ago yesterday. Il mem
1rrE being present AZ the initial ses-
sion. Tho club noa has 50 members. .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-31

! Moilzs sEsssss~e eoss4szcs 4sz sad
fssT EXPECTED 80 earrT tas sxz; 20 q
szish. I19Es VI. = Cs--ca q Alseo
Nsss Il stss fas taeki1x % fse y
delegates fr-n N@resT cug1sT hoe~fzi
taas W. frst4@ sz1 fraTT coa=tles
saufs tes - fsr ktu rEtssr ttan
maize ca1-haaation wisa s.tEsF fac-
s.1z .a cate ca1sfr <etklaE 10
-aHsefFef 20 ts~1v asy fogss rPoa
ere s~1-~staz 81 ru1r-s p % Eass-
ssr 81 sfe-risor asa EzsrT q Crsvss
~ 1serssa a. tsa ~ to repaeliesa
eersfs~es frsa fs~ district
1tass - sfs ~ fsirrstrs 80 we're
rarrf 90 st ta fss easvs1f.0s ace
s9ef Say estrs sauf.elaes fruz over
ere fistrrs tsf IN fss city asst
e.Esr WrrrT srG Wtifsst4s eoantr
COSTS rrr1s Errr eagerly sot-rst af'sf
sse n~r 40 are ste~-tnE tss can
1sFr- % ere Frr Rock ts'srf eoGafr
rivals arf also By rgeEe cHgrea IS
rr-rtf reer- we're samsrees eoE.
.-er~ees ard secret ea1easrs Gel ere
1r-s Frf rlsew ere. god rsry -
.r fstrf ur.f .- .r tsss msrreF
Ns~s urssr csesr.
WEe .s- oEsceEs uas sosaff in-
srf frrr e1rr~rrFf was wl'ieE 20
sFsf- ne LEADERS, e1g.f ras have
rerr rerr srcrrtfas % tssY IA sssa
bees ee s~caE-sE ista q taaE % ROB
Ffrr r~s0rTa-f wat msa1s wsrr
-ar. a7-f rr vis over delegates as is.
frf.taa,s 81 ar cr1rtrs cae os.T b.
mag erf
Frfsrss a. rssrs o,zstss we're pa.
esrlr Setter ie tEeir cazGeza4tioa
aF .s- tactics % ses Fer sGexsrs Wkgm
.rrT serEsrf ~ brace caErss~s. rsee.
-f r1r-istrrs aaG uartFrs other
rrt-frs rt1eG i- ere rs'tftcai estsnfar
frfr11s 81 rgfEr Bel. f1r their
sart rerf-rssf ftat tErY we're rot
rrEFrz Judge utrsssd rersouaifT
re-r declared they tst a. rlraa ma .
af fr ere e1rrtr e1ruFrfarr aad Z
were ~rf..frf t4 ree8rrsf.1s ie thr dis- 4
fr..E eaevrrflar. rErT TOOK tte posi- /
E.sa tFt ere r1lctr was formally .
aFaresF ere rrr15t1sf o. IgGEe I
o rsfrg rrf SAID fEFs 1asE= Bel had 4
beer Erra rr1sFE .1 reF ftF drff .
1f -rrFt fff.- ear seaE some pf .
enc ereF- rrraH.rear attorneys ard [
pol PEI sst Been able r1 lsEref h's .
sts-patFs sEf Fake strFrfHFr % frr T.
...sar.1e
c-4~sr ~ f~f-r.sss~F
VITA ere Mercer eoslt. delegates .
arr .rf~-rsftrr r~rs fr appears
raf uer-rsrrfsIfaF W. q Graham %. e
tr-f7 ert been frsf ssrressri &C. che
Mercer eeerse candidate aEf te vas
.~se'rt ard f7Ef wtUf-F He sEp-
posed rrr rF matter vas settled
.rf ere afferff~r fr Ets leg attV~
.r.rs 20 aer.rEf-'f wtsr ths Wsr-
.-r -eaar ~fIs1 ff~Fr BIN over aaf ru.
rrsrt flEEr chrret ne ess also re-
a-fet r.as .r EFr event 90 "a serious
1 rtrr fE ~ Burgess also @.
..r.r rarl.sEre ar fer rET moose
.Eer Coz efrrress fasr FAIL w1lId
1-rr eeF as ar .-fsp~rfrrt candidate.
FrreF fsr tErr Fr-sr rs1fifafsE
lr ere rrrsser.-sr raEtrat.1r Gus
..se-r e7-r.rset 10 20 enc tire 90
III er~rr r az trr rerer1ti1a as frr
pose favored .~ ere rVr-f ~ q com
-Hr7..r &C ere EaeE fslas4 r1arfr fac
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-31

plant Martinos came TO Rock Island
about six weeks ago from a railroad
camp ct Bichland Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-31
CASE AGAINST MARTIN0S
is DISMISSED IN COURT

The case of John Martinos, who was
arrested several days ago on a larceny
charge, was dismissed this morning
by Magistrate Smith for lack of evil
dence. Il was claimed that Martinos
stole a watch valued ar S35, the prop
erty of lanes Makris. proprietor OF
the notorious restaurant at 2202 Third
avenue. who is now lying in county
jail aV aiting action OF the grand jury
on perjury charge in the Evans dope
case. Charles Hunter made the com
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-31
REPUBLICANS ALL
AT SEA when THE
DELEGATES MEET
Fight for Judicial Nomiuation
l. Carried fnto District
Couvertior.
FIERCE POLITICS PLAYED
eaes fsssa cssssr Fsstars s.sssr.f
Assst Esss osrsr ~ Ess-r e.
We o.ssds s4puort

n n 0as.ssf ~ Ue.ae. e.a. rassa 9.
rHe flsu.et eamnisfre called u- rr
ogslrsa slsfrfet eaarsurIan t1 e-trr
shortly frer o.e.aes a.s sr-easee.
esp afard enc elrcsa1sfaarrs Vae
hsf mate p arcrssarr Or Ear -.nE
Pee eaeeeu o. years fse f1 orr .f.- set
read tae rsll ftr agaaaarrf rft. .tr
comm cree Htd selected cHar.ss
argrt1 m fienr eo1asv. as s-meorfr.
chairman t0H tl Warr o. WFre
side eogaff 1s Temporary secrssarT.
The se'ectio1 Nas rafffsf bF ur
convention ST. afrrts saofs Briefly
arEiaE naF enc bssfs~rs % h~ u-eG.
'aE BE- rfsFsarref .f frf-rffF ser.f
rhr rou sf eaaaf.-s was Ura eaa cd
70 securr eredrat.t.s These were
presented f1r H9ct ttIaaf county .r
g. m uf-fs f7r tte Der rfefier far
c setrte rrH enc ulmsfrf fte..ae.
Each presented errfrrf.a.s Cor re tr.-
gates
Nenas Haf fsrr- eas contest r.-
ehairmaa stated o. Womb a- r-rrssfra
20 came e. rrrfrrfats committee or
esafIeu f uas voted rF se.rr F eea1-
mifree OF H9s. ego FROM ff-H-v caaarr.
two from WBFrs.fs ana one from
Wsreer selections r7 b. -ff- PSI rer
respertrer counties rtesr we're Ir
fr selected ss r1u1ea
tfrurvW VI rueeas v1--fr
shear-r
wbr-ad~ ~ veca.merr Tr-rr
0 wffrr
Mercer james a. tT-r
NE eaumfft-r rr.rrI .r rrr errr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-31
PERSONAL POINTS

Mrs james Harriso- Carey 20
ouaaa. Sob Is csc Fagst ~ ,fre. b.
q Parker. 1888 Third avenue r1f
f-a dave
u- 81 a. H1U.rssrsr- far Rock
isia11 veterinarian. has been HHrred
. place Ig ttr federal t1re-u OF animal
tadrsrry v.ta heatr1arters az Indian
apoils. He tas not t-cIIe4 aEetrer
be- uiu accept
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-31
SKELETONS UNEARTHEO
on THE MEL SON FARM

Eer Nr.sar. residing on rru Ir
sglH E1eE leland. ta. Ir.r ursr-fars
uat -- Believes fr De- ffr .afetr-r
% r@Fa.s seturrs lu ffa locality tie
a..' ars t1arf Fnmr rerF Interesting
Historical relics ire.lf.rs r.arr lrv-
e.. and ot..r u~rarr-fF FlrrH..l f1
1aEr been aor tr early Inhabitants
% lslE section
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-31
HEATING REPRESENTATIVE
TALKS TO Committeeman

We@Fers CT fsr iar COMMITTEES. vits
Nresrref O. u Hefarr rHcaed o.
rfr~-rff af .esf.-s r~rrreentsflr~s
..s SO awsaErErrrs we're made
a' r.E. r.asr az trr t.ItinE gres
fr wrrr fr~FsrFf orr g rrrta "a
r-resr...l .r s.r $4,000 appropriation
1850 rrr.E o. PIE as.tr ard bidders
tTr t.r Ea job r.u make f6f.r
Gee como whistle csc price FE~ca
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-31
OBITUARY
Fl1srsI o. W. Fsssnaeht.

The remains o. John J. Fassnacht.
former resident % this city. VINO died
lseslay AZ the home o. his daughter
n Chicago. arrived 10 Rock Island this
morning. short funeral services were
conducted this afternoon AT . O'Clock
from kncXs chapel IuteFment vas
a. ppiannock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-31

~ NEe-eolEae dinner Has served last
u.ehf at rs-n Co the members OF the
board OF education and thcir wives DO
tfr manual arts building There were
I8 present at tho affair which was
greatly enjoyed. The meal VAS cook
90 and served by the advanced home
rr comics classes under Miss E. r.
Uiar.rr and Ntee MARY Neese. iustruc-
tors. Tho room was attructiveiy dec
GRATED f1r the occasion. which ferm.n-
rtrI about $3.50. Last evenings diu-
urr was Che second OF ifs kind 20 be
-"rr Tor the board and their wives.
che Gree being rendered last year
Tomorrow afternoon q luncheon H.li
1r served fu cue mothers OF the girls
Ir=iurIur home economies ln the man
uai arts building. This win be a spc-
c.ri feature 90 eco 10 school Week"
T1H.sht Ir eco Co school Night" and
che manual arts building OF the high
school WIN boz thrown open 90 visitors.
Prospects for O. large number OF guests
Gre continually growing brighter and
more interest .E being shown by the
rareatr- Much rivalry IS also being
hnvr umonr tho classes as 20 which
ONE a.i secure tlc most visitors. the
juniors being thus flr il the lead in
.ais respect The number reEisterius
win each class during Monday and
Tuesday ef tlis week are as follows
Monday Seniors Juniors. -.
sHlFr FrcEh.cE. 2. making a total
1f 90 visitors f0r che day Yesterday
rse number almost doubled. 8s fol-
loves Seniors. So juniors. 80. Sophs.
q. ana FrcEhioE. 80. This puts the
'.H'r-r ir che lead with a.. the Fresh
arrf With -r. rHe sopls next with
'.. au. t.s seniors 'usf in limo with
Tt. uru HCr OF visitors for today
rr noe arrI aFCcriaincf. but .ndica- I
Gong point -r On increase
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-31
LODGE NOTES.

\ meeting Of Amoo Grotto vii be
held this evening Al Masonic temple
y j. expected large number Of new
members ~tll BE- taken in The charter
II % rcualn open until Nay /