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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
Gail for Bids

Sealed proposals viii be received at
the mayors Office az Rock Island. III.
until O'Clock p. IN, April 3 1915. for
one incinerator or garbage disposal
plant having a capacity OF not less
than Il tons in Il hours. capable OF
destroying without restriction all
kinds Of garbage. refuse. dead animals
and night soil said plant 20 be com
pIetc with equipment and odorIess.
also building 90 De Of hre-proof con-
s-ructiou Bidder must furnish com
plete plans and specifications and n
certified chce,. to- amount Of five per
cent % his bid.
Cify would be intere-ted also IN a
proportion 90 utilize steam 90 be gen
-raref from burnin= garbage.
City reserves right % reject any or
an bids
Dated az Rock Island. Ill. this Goth
day % February. a u. 1915
II " SCHRIVER. Mayor.
AN the news all the time-The
Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
FIFTY PROPOSE TO GIRL
WHO WON $4,000 PRIZE

St Louis. Mo. Feb. 23.-Miss Ira
Damon. the stenographer who won
SO. 900 for the solution OF The Mil
lion Dollar Mystery" has been the
recipient of q half hundred proposals
of marriage. All day yesterday and
today she received callers and her
mail was loaded with proposals.
The letters were from young men
and old men. business men and pro-
fessional men. One wrote in glowing
terms OF the young woman's ambi-
lions and said they were the same as
his own Another declared he Is sure
he lis the ideal OF your sweetest
dreams
Still another gives references in re-
gard TO ability and character. while a
fourth says he is sure he would prove
congeniai. as he is a great movie fan.
Miss Damon received her check to-
day and viii build a home for her
parents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
CITY TO REQUIRE
DEFLECT0R LAMPS
MOVE STARTED BY COMMISSION.
IN REYNOLDS TO SECURE
GAMER AUTO LIGHTS.
Airs % sen5Vs "5Hnsinz Blaze"
Tnrsssh Ordinance 20 BE Prepar-
"a ~ City Attorney.

C1umtr1i1nsr Robert r. Reynolds
n ~ regular council meeting last
-en.zs took a step In the direction
t1awef By other leading cities IN
as country lu a resolution authoriz-
r. Clfr Attorney James =. TVfttar 20
dsar To- q resolution providing that
heal Tampa on automobiles travelling
&C streets iu rife city az nfrht must
b. equipped uith dsfect0rs. ending
"a Blaze 90 light which flashes on
ssdeEtr.aEs on the streets.
TIE cll1eu rdopted the suggestion
ular.a lIlIy and % L. likely that the
errnIsa.a1 giu confer with councils
n ether 90 the three cities Oh an aim
% provide uniform laws in THIS re-
sgse-
IS number OF people have come to
ne said Commissioner Reynolds.
-aslzs tEat we take steps iu this d.
rsca1a The lights on some machines
A. n.gar are 1uudfrE. 10 strikes IN
~ face and borders on a nuisance
OtHer cities have adopted laws 20
ulf eject and think that the city
art1rurF can look up the matter IN =
ss0rt time
TRICKY Law.
-G-uunt glass. with a bulls eye IN
tar eeafsr. is used said the mayor.
-tlt thin. 90 would be rather con
eIs.lE n as passed this Law alone
Tlf city is sort Of a common field
90 autos o. the three cities. and II V-e
q .lTD the matter az an. think that
We should talk Il over with the coun-
els ir the other towns and have
III measure uniform 10 the tri-citics
Ttis ives agreed upon.
The council is again % take Up the
proposition placed before 10 BY the
Interstate Material company which Is
% 5riId a gz5 900 plant in the south
vest acctIon % the city.
Attorney G. y. Marshall. represent
inz Che concern. was before the com
mission last evening and stated that
g. had several surveys. maps and
ord names. an OF which protect the
c.te and others interested. but suE-
gsrted that IL was a daylight" propO-
rt.ou. being too lengthy % tackle az
ths- time Accordingly the matter
va deferred until the meeting OF the
c.nciI tomorrow afternoon.
The question as i- stands now de-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
Are Women Naturally Dependent

Are Women Naturally Dependent?
A prominent writer so claims. Won
en- are constituted with a delicate or
ganism and in nine cases out of ten
mental depression may be attributed
to an abnormal condition of the sys-
TEN, which expresses itself in nervous
ness. sleeplessness, backache, head
aches. causing constant misery and as
a result dependency. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, simple
remedy made from roots and herbs. is
the one great remedy for this condi-
ton. 1t goes TO the root of the trouble
and overcomes despondency-(Ad Adv
All the news all the time-The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
Claim for Overtime
THIEF RETURNS APPAREL
HE STOLE 20 YEARS AGO

E,Ikhart. Ind, Feb. 23.-J. s. Bannf
man lost a pair of trousers by theft 29
years ago. The same pair of pants
has just been returned to him by par
eel post by the thief. The thief did not
reveal his name It is believed he be-
came conscience stricken.
Originally black, the trousers had
faded to a greenish hue. but otherwise
were in as good condition as when
bought nearly three decades ago
Mr.. Banniman took them TO tailor
for pressing and now expects to wear
them again
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
See These
n w Storm
SergeS

This truly a most fortunate purchase for
and for you.
advertising from this
for you, because you will have opportunity
get wanted all wool Storm Serges prices much lower
than YOU expect for such pleasing quality
The lengths OF these pieces are from to 10 yards
We have only of these odd lengths therefore the
early shopper IS going profit most
Each piece contains enough for skirt and many de
sirable pieces sufficiently long for dress suit
SOC qualty-36 inches wide a.
II, " .
a e y g"el'4 inches vide 40C
a 90 v epai'y-5o inches vide soc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

All the news all the time-The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
LAST HOUR FINDS
LIST UNCHANGED
NEW CANDIDATES FOR CITY OF
FICE FAIL TO FILE; TAKE NO
CHANCE ON HOLIDAY.
Commissioner r. n. Reynolds, Men
toned for Mayor. Makes Announce
nent OF Declinatlon.

None OF the candidates for city Of
fee apparently wanted to take a
chance on fling petitions last evening
on account OF the day being a legal
holiday. All OF those desiring TO make
the race for the nominating primaries.
March 2. qualified on Saturday, for.
although an opportunity was given by
City Clerk NJ. T. Rudgren TO present
papers last evening. not a single as
pirant used the privilege. Candidates
for mayor number and for commits
sioner Sc.
Commissioner Robert R Reynolds,
who has been reticent since the polit-
icai pot began to boil. and who at first
was mentioned as a candidate for
mayor. made a positive announcement
OF his plans last evening.
Il am not a candidate" he said.
The time for fling petitions Is over
and have not qualified. When my
term as commissioner expires I am
going 20 devote all OF my time 20 my
law practice. but I won't say that /
might not be a candidate for Office
again in the future"
First Definite Statement
This Is the first definite statement
the commissioner has made since be
ing mentioned as a candidate. Even
s'Bob's" closest friends were uncer-
tain as TO whether or not he would
get into the mayoralty race, as II was
generally conceded that II he entered
the contest ar all Il would be as a can
didate for head Of the council.
Commissioner Reynolds is the only
one OF the present council not TO run
for denomination, all the others hay
ing qualified for n place on the pri-
mary ballots. 20 be voted on Tuesday
March 9 He has had charge OF the
department Of streets and public i'm
provements.
The campaign during the coming
two weeks is preliminary 10 the gen
eral election to be held Tuesday. April
90 one week from today will be the
last day to register for the primaries.
and voters are urged TO see that their
names are on the poll books OF their
precinct.
No Treating"
The camraign OF the CO candidates I
for commissioner and the five for
mayor will wax warm during the COM I
ing two weeks. Attention has been I
called by the city clerk 10 the laws
regarding campaign expenses. Ac- [
cordinE 20 the statutes under the com I.
mission form, treating by candidates .
an Office seeker end any .
person elected could be impeached IL Z
IL was proven that in his campaign F..
he resorted 10 this method OF securing /
votes.
The candidates 20 be voted on at
the primaries viii appear on the bal
lots in alphabetical order. The time
u filing the petition does not have
any bearing on the position of the
name or the candidate in the list
In another column will be found the
complete list Of candidates as they
VII appear on the ballot There are
y names on the list. OF which 10
we're candidates az the primaries held
our years ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

pends on the agreement between the
city and the company as 20 the estab-
iishment OF a road through the terri
tory purchased The continuation OF
Eighteenth avenue 10 the river and
the extension south through the com
pany's land on NIL street. Will be In
sisted upon By the council. The com
pany wishes 20 extend the switch
track OF the Rock Island line from its
present southern limit al the Rock
Island Bridge ( Iron company 90 the
proposed location OF the Interstate
plant.
The project OF laying sidewalks on
Twenty-eighth street. between IF
tcenth and Sixteenth avenues, vas
considered. II was presented by May
or II. n. Schriver at mitigation OF
petition from property owners. and Is
a 1926 Job.
Ask Wage Increase.
This season IS apparently one IN
which city employees are awaiting
themselves Of an opportunity 10 ask
for increa8e IN wages. Last week
members % the Ere department pre-
scented a petition seeking a greater
salary and az the meeting last night
employees OF the waterworks asked
that their salaries be raised from
tz1O per day 20 $3.50. The communi-
cation vac received and placed on
ale-
a letter from Ggstsf Broom. in
South Rock Island. asking damages
% So for ssepase OF water from the
reservoir into hts property was dis
posed Of In the same manner.
Mrs. Blondine Case presented the
natter OF Over-sssessment 20 the coun-
ell She was assessed on paving OF
Twentieth street. between First and
Second avenues. for 3f-fOot frontage.
when she had but sGLz feet. The
council voted 20 rebate her the
amount overcharged.
Another proposition OF similar IA
turs came from George =. BsrtholO-
new. SOS Thirty-f0urth street. who
represented that his father. who re-
sides across the street and owning
the same frontage. was assessed I
$500 -. while he paid S2f2.f5. an in
crease OF $3.50. The matter was de-
ferred until the meeting Wednesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
List To Be Voted
On At Primaries
FOR MAYOR.


S. J. Collins.
J. Stuart Dart
George w. McCsskrIn.
William mcConochIe.
Harry NJ. Schriver.
FOR COMMISSIONER.
c. L. Ackerlind.
w. L. ASter.
William Beal.
Jonas Bear.
J. r. Brooks.
Henry 5uIins-
p. J. Carlson.
p. =. Cox.
Henry Ehrhorn.
George J. Frysinser.
Robert J. Fullerton.
Earl Greenwood.
Charles ouldenzopf
Archie Hart.
William Hsuse.
L. c. Heitmanu.
John c. Hetter.
Henry c. Hinrichs.
w. S. Hin.
Han1lln Hull.
William &. wins.
J. {. ireland.
c. v. johnson.
John a. johnson.
NicolsI Juhl.
Henry kale.
William J. kilnck.
A. NJ. KloVe.
John KoVermann.
{. n. KreIl.
Siias A. LaVanwsy.
W. n. Leithner-
John n. Liedtke.
Peter Lose.
John a. Mcdonald.
Thomas Mclean.
Robert c. Mitchell.
Albert 2. Mordhorst.
John a. Murrin.
George p. Nissen.
A. &. Nelson.
3. w. Newton.
George Ohlweiier.
Andrew Olson.
William Optenburg.
Eugene V. Ramser.
Robert ReNdale.
A. J. Riess.
Thomas Rosenfieid.
Henry Ruben.
Martin 7. Rudgren.
Milton L. Salyards.
Carl 3. Schaffer.
c. a. Schenebricker
George l. Schmid.
Perry n. Shipmsn.
Nathan Silversteir.
Thomas p. Sinnett.
Walter Smith.
Oscar Swanson.
w. n. Toai.
William Ullemeyer.
Frank 2. Vosel.
c. c. Wilson.
Elmer Wells.
Sam Wright.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-17
POLICE AUTOMOBILE
TAKES BIG PLUNGE
Detective Edward Smith Goes
Into Park Roadway With
1t and May Die.

one OF Inspector DIVERS automobiles
became stalled Just outside the garage in
the Central Park shecpfold at 10 O'Clock
last night and Detective Frederick Mey
bert. who had been detailed to put the car
mp for the night. got out to crank it
Twenty feet away from where the ma
chine stood is a stone wall which drops
fifteen feet down into the SiNty-siNth
street transverse roadway. There were
still two men in the automobile, Detective
Edward Smith. who was In the tonneau,
and George Block a civilian Of III For
est avenue. who had taken the drivers
seat when Moybcrt got out.
AS Maybert turned the crank Block in
advertently put the brakes on and threw
on the clutch The automobile leaped
forward toward the drop to the roadway.
Maybert cried out. Turn the wheel (" but
Block. becoming confused. sat motonless.
An instant later the car shot clear OF the
embankmcnt. turned completely over and
dropped with "A crash
Detective Smith was hurled clear as
the car turned and he fell headlung to
by the steering wheel and was pinioned
beneath the wreckage.
When the automobile was pried up
Block was found to be practically none
the worse for the accident Smith was
unconscious lie was put into a passing
automobile and hurried to Flower Hos
pital where his condition was said TO he
! critical.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-17
BRITAIN is PUZZLED.
Doesn't know whom to Treat with
on OH situation.

LoNuoN. Jan. 16.--Thc representative OF
Lord Cowdray in Mexico has cabled him
that G<s .CaFran2a has issued a decree
cunc,lHug the Oil concessions to the Pear
son syndicate. of which Lord Cowdray
H. the head, on the ground that these
resources belong to Mexico.
Lord Cowdray laid the matter before
the Foreign Once. which is puzzled as
recognized Government In Mexico at pres
ent The British Government is care
fully abstalning from sending Charles
Murray Maring. who has been appointed
to succeed Sir Lionel Garden at Mexico
city, 10 his new post, as ii is not known
TO whom he should be accredited
Furthermore the Government does not
wish to repeat the mistake that was
mad during he Huerta regime by rec
ognizing Chief Executive who was re-
pudateJ by the United States.
Representatives Of Lord Cowdray have
interviewed Senior Fab la, an agent OF
Carranza now in London. but = is no;
thought that their conferences with him
will have any result. Senior Fabela Is
on his way to France 10 purchase mill
tRry supplies.
There IL possibility that other Car
ranzstas who have been working foi
British recognition may desert Gen. Car
rama because OF his anti-concess!or
move as they have been announcing al
along that the concessions would he rec
ognlzed The British Admiralty is vi
tally Interested on account Of the nee
for oil supplies from Mexico.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-17

with responsibilities. To meet them sue
cessfully we must all cooperate and give
our whole hearted support to the forward
movement. Glass interest so far as II
exists In this country. should abate. and
in its place should come a clearer un-
derstanding and recognition of the needs
and rights of every portion Of the peo-
pie by every other portion
1.-THE men OF Europe. facing shot and
shell In the trenches have forgotten many
things that separated them as citizens and
have answered the call Of one great uni
flying epirlt-that OF patriotism. Let us
initiate them In the face of our great ma
tional responsibilities
Mr.. Hoyt vowed solemnly he was not
going to make a partisan speech and then
began to pay his respects to Mr.. Bryan
and the Administration to the great de-
light of the diners He began one SEN
tence with, Now all OF us from Mr.. Bryan
up" quoting u little later HuN editc,ial
In which the phrase "Pen and Mouth"
disease was used. He referred to Congress
as now reduced to an Irritating veriniform
appendix to the Executive.
Then he called Mr.. Bryan travelling
salesman OF words" and had laugh over
his Overnight army" He had more fun
when he told OF the launching OF the
superhuman dreadnought Good VIII on
Lake Chautauqua." Coming then to the
navy he referred 30 the fact that a naval
officer was tn be reprimanded by his
"moluscular superior" because he said the
I submarines were not ready for service.
Dudley Field Malone, defender of the
Administration, pointed out that Demo-
crat kept Mr.. Herrick in office to continue
his good work for eighteen months and
then smlingly hoped that he would not be
allowed to sacrifice himself IN 1915. ms
another man he had in mind was likely to
! get the office--for the second time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-17
Next Years Styles
for Men Selected
Clothing Makers End COnvcn-
ton With Banquet at Me-
Alpin Hotel.

It's all settled now that the lapels will
he trine smaller. still rolling softly
away. AS has been their wont of late the
collar Of the Overcoat will be velvet the
cutaway will have braid on the edges and
the frock coat can hang all winter I'm the
closet Everything will be form fitting .
snug is the word, IL II doesn't hang loose
and wide like box, and there VIII be
cuffs too wherever they happen 10 fit
That's tho arbitrary decree of Monsieur
Fashion for next fall and winter
The designers of male attire pro-
nounced the decree Yesterday afternoon
at tho McAlpiu Hotel, where they have
b on holding a convention, and Just to
show that they mean what they say real
male mannequins paradcd these year
ahead styles up and down the green
room. while the designers approved.
Then they let the committee OF twelve
on styles retire to settle minor differ
ences and finally celebrated their tri-
umph with q banquet last night About
siNty-hve OF the fashion dictators of the
National Association of Clothing De
shgners. men from all the great ready
To wear clothing centres Of the country,
sat down to feast and fun
Officers OF the association elected for
next year are: President. Irving
Frankcl Cincinnati; vice presidents
Harry i. Roschi Of Newark and J. f.
Schafer of Milwaukee; treasurer, Edgar
A. Laws. New York secretary. Avis j
Jehle. New York.
The speakers last night were William
r. Corwine. ]. J. Nevlns, Gus Spaul-
ding, John Il. Young and Dr. q. Gold
man.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-17
10 NEW STATIONS
URGED BY WOODS
Commissioner Would Spend So.
150,000-Wants 100000
for Telephone Bureau.
BIG INCREASE IN ARRESTS

Police Commissioned hrihus Woods n
mis- annual report to IN" nsyor. mad,
public yesterday. urges the erection 10.
nineteen new station houses which VIII
cost the city, he estimates, approximat-'v
S2.150,o0O. in addition to the othcr -.
penses OF the department IL oja,
recommends the reorganization ana ann.
pllication of the telephone bureau ID, ,
cost OF 100000 and the appointmer, O,
additional deputy commissioners To aid
him In conducting police affairs
Considerable surprise was expressed
yesterday by those Interested In police
affairs over the Commissioners recon.
mendation for nineteen new static,
houses ms the departments expenses In.
creased 100000 last year when Ice,
than half that number Of police station,
were opened
Is attributed by the Commits .ionor "a
the addition OF asa patrolmen in ma
autumn Of 1918 and mandatory Increases
| salary and appropriations. Exclusive
| of fixed interest and corporate stock 'hs
cot OF the department was Sl7.qaf,.
03S.90. and s39,s01.5o In addition nas
paid for rental.
new system Of police statistic wen,
into effect on January /. the Commits.
sioner reports because he found tho
| records had not been kept accurately IN
past years. According - the aJr,rc.
available. however, there has been a
| decrease Of 10 per cent. m the number
OF serious offences in 1911. Is per
cent increase in arrests and a ~ pc-
cent increase in convictions
The number of arrests and summorse.
| i'm 1914 was l9O,iSi and in 1918 there
were 1901. or those arrested last year
746 per cent were convicted. an Increase
| Of about ! per cent over 1913. OF a.15t
arrested for burglary 1.t6o were con.
| victed Police aid In 1914 was given ~
, l0l.34s sick or injured persons lOs W
| these being rescued from drowning ~
| 1881 persons reported to the police a,
missing from other cities 7s5 were located
here and sent home. Ideutihcations n,
367 dead persons out of sol wcr, e..
fected by the Bureau OF Unidentified
| Dead.
IN tho course OF duty during tho ves,
six policemen were killed Patrolmpr
| Edward \. Murtha, Thomas Wynn and
| Michael kiley and Detective Scrrcan,
Joseph Guarner were shot and Serrcan,
John f. Hodgns and Patrolman Edward
Leblanc were killed by street cars
| Sixty men were added TO tho traffic
squad which now numbers $50 men
| Twenty blocks have been kept clea,
OF traffic. tho Commissioner reports dur.
| ing the hours of 3 T. NJ. to 6 r Nj an
that children In crowded districts nigh,
play with safety, and one way trarri,
has been established In many narrow
streets
The number of fixed posts in tho cit,
has been reduced. with regret. bv m.
Commissioner In order to equalize tn,
police protection IN al sections Of IN,
city. The io,7o7 men on the fore, hav,
been REINFORCED by new signal rmrs
bicycle patrols and telephone bo, us :,
make up for tho unavoidable loss IN, I,
the abandonment in part OF the fix. is
system.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-17
CARRANZA LIFTS BAN
ON OIL EXPECTATION
British Embassy Hears That Its
Protest to First Chief Has
Borne Fruit.
HEAVY TAXES STILL STAND

wAsuiN4roy. J.u Anxiety over
TIE situation boy '-" Mo-. ID oil Aelds
was relieved 90 q ro..' .~ap'o extent to-
doy with tho receipt ir ,1e H"it'h En-
hassy Of % des.o'r. Announcing that Car
rama mad removed 60. mbDgo on the
cNt ortatiru o. %
This dceurt.i ..u from Cnara llohler
pt H., Britra lc~at.ar Boo MeHco city.
Though the Stat. Department has not
yet received AMY news 10 tint. ,ftcc' from
its representatives boz Ncyso, there IL no
doubt here that the Ur:.sh charge GAt-
faircs was correctly informed.
y, details OF Cauauaas psUun Ner"
given Boo the despatch receive" a. the
rivtsh Embtssy }, a. believed, nov
ever. that Carrarzt probably has given
permission for resumption of expectations
Of OIL! but that his DEGREES he regard 10
the oil lands still stand These DEGREES
threatened Confsyatipu OF dll oil proper
ties operated without his permission. end
also coufis,ltiou of any new wells o.
properties developed
Though tn, issuance u' ,lgsc DEGREES
has given the oil companies great con-
Germ. the ban on expectation was tho chiet
cause OF the acuteness of the SITUATION
as many OF the oil wells are gushers, the
flow OF which cannot bc stopped. Were
expectation to hc long prohibited the
companies would he compelled to let
the oil spread over the country Per
nJ.siou therefore to resume expectation
will II Is believed afford material relief
while the situation regarding the CarranZt
de-rcos is being adjusted
Both the state Department ana the
British Embassy have made vigorous rep
reservations 10 Carranza, but neither has
had any response to these representa-
tons The state Department has not
even received the texts ~ the Carranz'
DEGREES. for which II telvEraphod to Con-
sui Canada AZ Vera cruz several days ago
The Carranzis'a agency here to-day
manifested great concern over tho sltua-
lion In regard to the oil properties. Con-
situations were sought 10y Charles n
Douglas. counsel for tho agency, with the
British Embassy and Secretary OF state
BRYAN following which messages wer,
sent to Parranza improssng upon him the
seriousness Of the situation and askinl
him to. make such a statement as M
might consider proper with view TO al
LAYING the apprehensions entertained II
official -gan rters here No response was
received from Carranza during the day
however
At the villa agency it was declared
that the oil companies need only to wa.
thirty DAYS until tho villa troops de
fcated the Carranzstas In the Tampic'
district and all would bc well with then
again villa II was declared will see tina
the oil interests are treated fairly
prom Monterey II was reported tina
villa forces have entered that city, while
between that city ard NueVo Laredo
CarIauza force Is tearing up the rail
road tracks The evacuation of Nucv'
Laredo by the Carranza forces IS salt
10 bc imminent