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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-31

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John volk o. Co. for John
Don, 1872 Third avenue, Al
t.rstion ...... 59o.0a
John vols 4 Go. for John
.yenue' dwelling 80. 100000
John NJ Kaiser for {. l.,
Thompson. s24 Nineteenth
street, alteration and re-
pairs '................. 10000
John NJ. Kaiser for L, F. Rob
snson. 1928 Second avenue,
repairs ........ 25000
Eugene Desauney, 705 Four
tsenth avenue residence 100000
Fred r Quick for 4 Olson,
\ 1900 Seventh avenue. porch &a0OO
4 william +. wynn for J. Ciegg.
7 I5Is FTftb avenue. porch. 100 90
MeInnls Bros for Mary Knox.
2012 Fourth avenue, siterA-
tlnn ................ $4,000
4 Clyde W. Flndley for Wallace
+ sonders. 1913 Eleventh
street dwelling .......... 1000 90
D August Bergeson for F, p.
I.oithuer, 1896 Eleventh
street. dwelling -......... 2.510 %
N August Bergeson for Edward
Johnson. l0l7 Fourteenth
and-a-half street, alteration 1896
\ Isange e. Tom. 1891 Sixth
avenue. dwelling ......... 5000 %
Estimated si9.Is5. %
increase ,-.....-..,..--- 4'fSo'%s
Actual cost ..............s23,9 1881. .;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-31
5000 Increase

street garage - $4,000
W. Weyerhaeuser for Valen-
tine Peter, 1906 Third
avenue. repair fire loss 10000
f. Tappendorf, 1916 Fourth
avenue, repair fire loss. 100000
IT, sievers for Or. Joseph De
Silva, sos Twentieth
street, alteration ...... 100000
Hudson, Collins & Hammer
ich for Charles Schneider.
23i1 Fifth avenue, alter
alton ......... 10000
A. D. Carlson. 14I4 Four
teentn and half street,
alteration ..... 10000
Max Haudleman. sl2 Sew
enth avenue, kitchen . 10000
Frank Perkins for ]. Ande-
/ Ian. 1924 Twelfth avenue
/ dwelling .4.-.........t.. 2,2o0.t0
" I. Butler for William
/ Walker. 1871 Eleventh
( avenue. alteration ...... 2e0.on
! Sam Wisemsn for NJ Tax
! man. 273s Fifth avenue,
E varara 400 On
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-12
GERMAN GUNNER
TELLS OF TURK
SEA BATTLES
Almost First Details Of Various Engage
mentS Between Russian and Turkish
Fleets Are Contained In Letter Received
by Dresden Newspaper.

Correspondence ~ the Associated prc--.D
Dresden, Jan. l3-Almo~t The first de
tail, which have reached Germany of thc
various engagements between thc Russian
and Turkish fleets HI the Black Sea. are
contained in n letter uf 4 German gunnc
serving aboard the Turkish buttlc~lup Ni.
dirli. former the German cruiser Hrg-lau.
lie writes:
1--WE were III lrcbizoud la Black >ca
port of A~iatic Turkey when we received
word from the Sultan Jawu- Ngiim Jiorm-
erlv the German cruiser Gucrcnl that u
Russian fleet. composed VI ~lz hattlc-hip-
and eleven torpedo boat aud' destroyer
had bombardcd "a small Turkish town I'll
the Anatulian coast. The admiral wanted
satisfaction Tor thi~ act. We arrived h,-
fore Poti III seven thc ucNt morning.
THE engines had hardly stopped whcr
the first ~hot~ went -crccchng through tho
mir. We were close tu the town. First. wr
made q large crane our rrnsS. Il wen.
down. Then ~ paid attention ~ some
magazines.
I'VE had shot for some time when wc
drew fire. Machine guns ana rifle began
to pepper H. from shore. =. few shells.
however. -%ilcnced them. After that the
shore baticr~ took y hand. firing short w
first and then ~ the side.
W were nat lu-t once. \ shell tore q
large hole IN our FLAG that's all. VI " w
good souvenir which We will hoist IN nj. oi
our battles.
"Aftcr We had finished with Poti We
went Ia the Turkish tow Ordu. where ~
Were given ten bag nj nut and ten sheep
a a tribute. la Julc We were chccred ga
the streets and carried about un mems
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-12
DittrnararA Theatre

rd suddenly riouu VI smoke. then 4 ship
-.h. enemy. counted two. three. four.
Use -iN, ,lcu-ali 81 ill,m I'd. fellows. and
h,u tvu make things duuhiy Interesting
i,r smaller tubs formed thc Tail end MI
rhc procession. win always remember
NM, picture ut These twelve ~lip~ coming
out w the to-. Twelve Russians and two
Turh-i
"llow,lor. thr business began. Owing 10
tlc had weather vc rot to NitHiu y ~cart
i,r miles ol the Ru--ian-. And they were
thorough, angry with u~. First NJ drew
u l,r ol their 3n.j crntimeirr shells. then
camc some '3Ucr' and finally they threw
n their 'li,r-.' lhc valcr about Mn
iImr,d and chuucd. rose ~ columns and
i.t deep holes. Wc diu't know which way
Gar lam. To port and -iarbelrI. fore and
". below u- ani over n-. nothing hut Shot
rrd she'll.
"put sitter i,N minute VIC got things
running smoothly tnd then managed ~ e,t
away without hein. Esd even once"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-12


ali have to write Sou arHut thc bonn
b-urlmcnt uf Noyoro--y-k. After We had
Shot from "a IN $50 VIVID tanks futo Flames,
sank l+ large steamers. most ot them
,i tyukrr~. finished -umc sran elevator
.Hi some large wood Yards. tho wireless
-t.ti,u aud what uot. The oil spread thc
fir. ,,rywhcrc, and lhuI night. iar uut at
-.l. v. could ce thc -ky one mass 81
t.Ynr-.
"Nhilr Nc were busy with ihi~ ihc Sui
tan JANUS S,iim tried issues with ihc
turtr,-- at Senu-tupol. fhr Err Jams fired
bout 200 shots ~ her without doIus amy
mage. Some Russian officer N, hal
akrn prisoner would not o,Iicvc such !
'nr- was pu--ihly.
.fhc Russians meanwhile bad lombard
,t Trchi,uud and had Iuia miuc- to thr
-I.at annoyance, ui Cnn-tanlinupuitun "l-
t,t Idom. The Russian ilorf which had
XII r aI ihi Was to hy raa-ht and Tho
Nidiili. Pa common with another was orr
lrr.i 'n proceed upuu thi- mission
I'VE had iu-t finished ous uoor mrnl
H.a 'hy drum beat thc command clear
iu- action. Wen. uur -eauucn ar, lively
boys. aud know ibat " mom - delay mJy
bring u~ aIl \ very H,r, -r,- trim I'M thr
bottom - Gee -cf. We were ~ our Sta
.uH w lr-- time fuau VI takes tn trll
"From ihc cifcumnamhi.ui nii appear
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-12
To Introduce New Plan in Texas.

Austin. Texas. DIM. Eff thc lcei--
latarr vhich convened h,r, today cnari-
thc hIl which hl- been drafted hy State
senator I'M. Kill. Robbins. h public utilities
aud corlorai tun commission vl iar-rearh-
ira power. win Lt erected lnr TrNa-. The
measure seeks not only o. place all private
and municipal ruhlir service plants and
-t-tum- under %,uufrul of ne proposed
commission. but 70 DOCS further and give
tLc latirr authority ~ N ~ inquiry INTO
the bu-Iue-- WI gil corporations 81 what
ever character. duinr hu- mes III the state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-12

Galveston. Tcya-. Jan. 1.-THE Law
mems MISSIONARY mnvcm.r.s convention
was WV by l,ld here TODAY and tomorrow
in the iir-t Baptist rlurcl. While the
principal speaker IN The mectiue~ were ~
bt Tcya- minister. the movement T. strict
J., Tor laymeu. x large attendance was
expected.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-12

oklahoma City. Okla. 5ua. l2-Thc
State Pres dissertation was To- meet here
today WI discus matters ot legislation
newspaper men plan tn present a. the leg
i-laturc. r.. =. Bronson II III Reno y see
rotary oi the organization.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
CHAR H TODAY

Nicholas IT., emperor of Russia and titular -chief-of the Russian army. will celebrate his forty seventh birthday today. The czar is commander in name only, however, and the real military ruler of Russian is Grand Duke Nicholaio- witch. Nicholas has never been in terested in military matters, and there is no reason to doubt that he eis entirely honest in the strong oppo- sition to war which he has long manifested. ~ He originated The Hague peace conference, but it was the imperial policy foisted upon the czar by ambitious advisers which plunged Russia into it's disastrous war with Japan. Emperor Nicholas is re- lated by ties of blood and marriage to many of the other royal and inn periaI families of Europe. His wife, sof German blood, was Princess Alix, daughter of Ludwig ". Grand Duke of Hesse, and granddaughter of Queen Victoria. The tczar's mother was Princess Dagmar, daughter or King Christian TX. of Denmark, and sister of Queen Alexandria of Great Britain and the late King George of Greece. The czar is thus a cousin of King George ". and the czarina is a first cousin of both King George and Emperor William. The ear is also a cousin of King Constantine of Greece, who married the Princess Sophia of Prussia, sister of the present German emperor. Nicholas II has occupied the Russian throne for over twenty years. In his youth he received a military training, but he was utter1acking in interest in warlike affairs. At eighteen he en- tered regiment. and later took a journey around the world. As a boy he was excessively tfInid, and he has never quite mastered this tendency toward bashfulness. He has little, if any, of the fearless recklessness which has so long distinguished the Romanoffs and he has had practical yly no power in the conduct of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18


 settle near Quebec, declaring that they would likely fall victims to the savages if the carried out their in tention of planting a, colony on Mon treaI Island. Maisonneuve could not be discouraged, declaring, tIt is my duty and my honor to found a colony on the island; and I would go, if every tree were an Iroquois." Early in May the little party. accompanied by the governor, set out for the island in 9. fleet consisting of a small flat bottosned sailing craft, a pinnace, and two row boats. On May 18th they landed on the Place Royale, which had been suggested by Champ1ain as a good site for a. settlement. Vile Marie, as Montreal was known in its early history, was for many years in a state of constant siege against the b1oodthirsty Iroquois, who had been supplied with firearms by the Dutch traders, but it survived all the as- saults of the merciIess enemy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
WORKERS TO.
 END DIFFERENCES

Washington, May 18.-Despite the fact that Secretary of Labor Wilson has been appealed. to at Washington by members of the paper makers un- ions of New England to mediate in troubles arising between them and the manufacturers. those of the man ufacturers and others interested in the rnanufa curing trade of note and fine grade papers who could be reach ed last night declared that there will be no strike. At the same time they intimated that there will not be the slightest need for the services of Sec retary Wilson or any of his represen- tatives
 According to representative ninu- facturers, the trouble in the mills has been brewing for several years. It began when the workmen demanded in place of a two-tour shift, a, three tour shift.
 The two-tour shift was made up of Il and 12 working hours. The workmen demanded three shifts of eight hours each, and according to those interviewed in instances where it was found practicable the change was made.
 In some of the mills located in Springfield, Ho1yoke and in the Con necticut valley, it was found because of Competition in the west that the change from the two to the three tour shift could not be made. The workmen in these places have been agitating, according to the manufac- turers, for the change to three shifts. but the change has not been made be- cause of the present poor conditions in the paper trade. The mills man ufacturing paper in New England are at present running on three quarter time, and it is hardly likely that any strike of the workmen at present could result successfully.
 The International.
 Tn order to avert a strike of ern- pIoyes in the news grade paper mills of the international Paper Co., in New York and in the New England states, Secretary of Labor Wilson has appointed Daniel J Keefe of Detroit. Mich, former commissioner-gen of immigration, as conciliationi com missioner in the case. Keefe will go to New York on Monday to open ne- gotiations with the officers of the company A new wage scale and contract for the coming year is at is- sue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
Josephus Daniels, Head of Uncle sam's Navy, B Today

Josephus Daniels, the North Caro- lima. newspaper publisher who heads the United States navy department, will pass his fifty-third milestone to- day. The secretary of the navy was born at Washington, N. C., and all his life has called that state his home. He began his newspaper career at the age of eighteen as editor of the Will son, N, c. Advance. Later he studied law and was admitted to the bar, but he never practised the legal profes- sion. Thirty years ago he became ed- itoF of the Raleigh State Chronicle, and sin 1894 consolidated that paper and the North Carolinian with the News and Observer.
 As secretary of the navy, MT Dan iels is an optinnist, and has frequent- ly declared that Uncle Sans fleets are now in a better state of prepared ness than ever before. This conft- naval officers, and Rear Admiral FisIxe's testimony in flat contradic- ton of the testimony of the secretary, resulted in controversy which has not yet subsided.
 Since he took the helm in the navy department at Washington, Secretary Daniels has upset many traditions The famous order against the wine mess. and the substitution of right and left for ssStarboard'' and ssport" were only two among many changes inaugurated by MT. Daniels which have created wide, discussion.
 Secretary Daniels has long been an advocate of peace, and a member of peace societies, but he holds that at the present stage of the world peace to be effectual must be backed up by authority.
 ''I realize that the time is coming, steadily though not very rapidly . said MT. Daniels, when moral power alone will settle disputes between na- tioRs. That is the ideal of civi1iza- ton. But that time is yet distant, and am afraid that it will not be realized during our lifetime
 Secretary Daniels is 9 warm cart ed, sympathetic man, and on several occasions he has listened to the ap- peals of young women engaged to be married to naval officers, and has made eleventh hour transfers and moved ships about, in order to pre- vent the postponement of wedding dates. Hard-hearted critics have scohed at this subservience to Cupid, but the secretary has no fears that the morale of the navy will be in jured by such concessions to the tender sentiment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18

In the call for volunteers the League points out that until satls- factory plan for disarmament has been worked out and agreed upon by the nations of the world the United States must be adequately prepared to defend itself against invasion, and also that a military equipment suth- cient for this purpose can De hao without recourse to nilitarisrn. The League was formed continues the ap- peal sas a preparation not for War but against War"
 There are today according 10 the League, but 30, 900 mobile troops m continental United States. and this small force is short of officers, am intuition, and equipment. It IS dls- tributed among 52 widely scattered points which would make 1t 1mpos- sible to mobilize quickly at any given point
 The National Guard. according to the League, is far below its paper strength in men, equipment and eff1- ciency.
 In the report Of the naval commit tee. our navy is described as "a peace navy" inadequately manned, without sufficient target practice exceeded in tonnage by Great Britain. France ana Germany. and. moreover, with many of our ships obsolete. There is need OF navy or SuIIlC1GnL S1AS, tH9eeSS committee, ''to prevent the capture of our insular possessions. to guaran- tee the neutrality of the Panama Canal and to prevent the landing or hostile force at any point upon our 21O0O miles of coast.'
 Among the standing committees being organized by the League IS a Peace Committee, on which 1t IS pro posed to invite representatives Of the church on a non-sectarian basis, to serve together with men distinguished as pubIicists whose services will tend to disarrn those critics of the League who have brought the accusation that the League is organized for the pro motion of War.
 The call for@ volunteers and for public support is being sent out in the form of an open letter addressed to present and former members of the Cabinet, to Members of Congress, to Governors of our states and terr17 tories to Mayors, to Chambers or Commerce and Boards of Trade, to Merchants Associations, to Un1Vers- ity Clubs and Alumni Associations to Colleges and Universities, to Patriotic Organizations, to all Women's Clubs and to all American Citizens in gen. eral.
 It is the present plan of the League to make National Defense an issue at the coming session of Congress. With this program in view. branches are being organized all over the country especially in the districts of opposi- .tion. Steps have already been taken
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
SPEED NOT MUCH PROTECTION AGAINST ToRPEDoEs

A GREAT DEAL of misunderstanding exists to the A A amount of protection against submarines provided in the item of speed in ship Speed undoubt edy of help would if the submarine had to chase and overtake it's victim.
 ut unfortunaey the submarine more frequently makes its attack by lying wait along the of the vessel to be attacked When the reaches the selected spot it's generally being at right angles to the direction of the sub the torpedo launched The vessels parated by distance less than 2o00 yards Modern torpedoes will fast fifty knots hour which is liner. The missile speed hit the hull of the victim predetermined point
 attack this the great speed of ship the Lusiana probably would not equaze her length the target the longer it will be course torpedo, the easier to hit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
iiMOVlE" MARRIAGE
 ON BATTLESHIP

New York, May 18.-The battle ship New York had the privilege yes .terday of acting as a marriage altar, when the Rev. Albert Dale Grantz, pastor of the Williamsbridge Presby lterian church, ofdciated at the we'd ding of Miss Gertrude Cameron, a moving picture actress. and Herbert Van Loan, also connected with the moving picture industry.
 MT. Gantz explained before the ceremony that the bride was a mem Der of the congregation of an old friend of his and she had desired to be married on board a battleship for much the same romantic reasons that other young ladies have desired to be married in balloons and diving bells and the flying machines. She applied to Secretary Daniels for the requisite permission and he gave countenance to the event
 The bridal party arrived a little late in one of the New York's pinnaces, and brought with them an efficient moving picture outfit This, however was doomed to disuse, the powers that were of the ship objecting. The ceremony took place in a small apart ment somewhere on the port, or, as Secretary Daniels prefers it, left hand side of the ship.
 There is, however, a possible rift in the 1ute. It should be remember Gd iInaC I11e ceremony LOOK plaC0 upon the port side Of the ship, because thereon hangs a problem of some in terest. The New York lay with her stem pointing up stream. Now, the dividing line between the State of New York and the State of New Jer- sey is somewhere in the middle of the Hudson river and the New York was moored about the middle of the stream. Which is to say that the port side of the ship was in the State of New Jersey, while the starboard side only was in the State of New York. Now, was pointed out to the Rev. Mr. Gantz, the wedding took place under a license issued in and by the State of New York. Hence, the question arises, has the State of New Yorw any right to issue licenses for weddings which are to take place in the sovereign State of New Jersey? :? For that matter is a, cabin in a Unit ed States battIeship rightly consid- cred part of any particular State at all? Is it not rather an outlying col ony or dependency of the Federal Government and, as suchs, above the control of any individual state at all?
 All these and similar problems pro- pounded to the Rev MT. ,Gantz had the effect upon him that he decided to look into the matter and if he should deem it necessary perform the cere- mony again after the happy pair were once again landed on the shores of Manhattan.
 Meanwhile the wedding party. cheered by the sweet strains of 8. has tily gathered band, made a short tour of inspection over the ship, pronounce ed it both cute and cunning, and de- parted in another pinnace to the Ninety-sixth Street landing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
LEAGUE ISSUES CALL FOR VOLUNTEER ARMY.
Seeks Membership of One Million fo1
 Definite Military Program.

Better coast defenses, a definite
 military and naval policy, a budget system for appropriating money in stead of the present Pork BarreP' method in Congress, an effective mo- bile regular army, better government support for the national guard, and the creation of an organized army and navy reserve are among the plat form blanks upon which The Nation al Security League is sending out an appeal for the enrolment of a. first American army of one million volun- teer workers.
 Among the names which appear in the membership of this League for National Defense are Joseph H. Choate, former Ambassador to Eng land, Honorary President; Alton B. Parker, Honorary Vice-President; s. Stanwocd Menken. President; former Secretary of War. Henry L. Stimson, Chairman of the Army Committee; J. Bernard Walker, Chairman of the Navy Committee; Benjamin F. Tracy, former Secretary of the Navy; Col onel William c. Church. editor of The Army and Navy Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
 BOUQUETS JOHN RECk 8 SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18

erans? There pension bill at Hartford which likely to become It to the police to of long service at the discretion of the
 sion, and does not give the right of appeal It is thing to have It another thing to take arbitrary action under it. The Farmer if it should that the sposmen will hesitate before they retire veterans competent officers without their consent And if the the the retired dough-
 nuts they will take appeal, whether the statute gives it to them not direct they live under the protection Connecticut justice
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
MONTREAL

The first settlement. on the island of Montreal was founded 273 years ago today, May Is, 1642, when the brave Sieur de Maisonneuve led his little band of religious enthusiasts to the site of Canada's- metropolitan city
 Maisonneuve and his company of forty men and women landed at Quebec in 1641, and spent the winter in the ancient capital of New France
 Governor Montmagny urged them to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
LOOK AT CONNECTICUT AVENUE

HOSE WHO WISH to know what may be expected
 A Warrene need not visit other cities. They inspect Connecticut this down but few months than year, already been patched in many places What this highway at the end of five years raveing, followed by patching? the city the street at years will the maintenance
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18

for branches in nearly 200 prominent cities.
 All those. interested in the work of the League are invited to send their names and money contributions to the National Security League, 31 Pine street, New York City.
 The steamship Krist1afjord of the Norwegian-American Line. arrived at Brooklyn, carrying 1900 persons. in cIuding sos passengers On May 2. fire ragged in. the hold for 14 hours, sary to abandon the vessel.
 Gustave Kiefer and Godfried 0Ioser, members of a firm Eof German i'm porters, were arrested and interned at Toronto, suspected of being German spies.