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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-15
GLASS rs CONFIRMED
BY BISHOP FAWCETT

Bishop NJ Edward Fawcett of the
Quincy diocese of the Episcopal
church yesterday officiated at the rites
of confirmation at Trinity Episcopal
church when a class of 81 was receiv-
ed into the church. The confirmation
sermon was preached by the bishop,
who gave an eloquent address. He
went to Geneseo yesterday afternoon
and officiated at confirmation services
in the Episcopal church of that city.
All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-15
COME BACK HOME
NATION MESSAGE
Newspapers BEING Sent to Former
Residents TO Interest Them in
Centennial Celebration.
MANY VISITORS ARE EXPECTED
League Of Honor Buttons 10 BE Sold
in Tri-Cities TO Raise Cost OF
Building Immense Bower.

Beginning today all the newspapers
of the trj-CjtieS Will carry announce
ments informing those persons who
are 10 receive copies of the news
papers that they have been placed on
the subscription list of the various
psncrS through the courtesy of the
Fort Armstrong Centennial associa-
ton and inviting them to come back
home for the huge celebration which
is to be held on Rock island during
the week Of June 1925 and participate
in the festivities with which the per
iod will he filed.
4 card is also printed in each of the
papers which may be filled out by any
persOu who knows of a former resi-
dent Of the tTi-Cities who would he in
tereSted and by filling these cards out
and mailing them to the Office of the
association in the Central Trust and
Savings Bank building in Rock Island
OF 10 any OF the newspaper offices in
the tri-CltieS the name will be enter
ed upon the list. providing it has not
already been listed
The mammoth sign on Rock island
at the side OF Fort Armstrong avenue
will he completed this week. The
sign is 30 feet in length by II in
neighth and will be electrically il
Illuminated through the generosity of
the Peoples Power company of Rock
Island and the lighting equipment
has been given by Charles T. kindt.
This is only one instance of the gen
crosby of the electrical people in the
tri-cities toward making the centen-
NAL d big success and is highly ap-
preCiated by the association.
Buttons Ready for Sale.
The League of Honor buttons have
arrived and will be placed on sale
Immediately. The buttons will be the
means OF paying for the immense
bower or natural stage which will be
placed on the green south of Main
avenue on the island where the his
toriCal scenes from early tri-City his
tory Will be reproduced This bower
will be composed of many columns
about twenty feet in hcighth sur
mounted by beautiful figures and
draped in flags while from column to
column Will be strung garlands of
leaves and flowers From each col
Umn garland will also he strung to
a common center more than fifty feet
in heighth. making d wonderfully beau
tifulc effect. The association must
depend upon subscriptions for the reg
ular expenses Of the celebration and
as it has excluded all carnival shows
and questionable concessions with the
idea Of keeping the celebration absO-
lutely clean and wholesome. the fund
at hand is extremely limited Under
these conditions the association de-
cided upon the League Of Honor but
tons by which every person would
have the opportunity Of contributing
his mite to the bower by purchasing
one Of these buttons. 1t is planned to
place the buttons on sale at many
stores and schools in the tri-cities and
by this means secure the money for
the bower
Children to Aid.
The first sale Of the buttons will be
at the bazaar for the benefit of the
rest cottage to be held at the Coliseum
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-15

IN Davenport, May 1919. Mrs. Irv-
ing c. Norwood. wife of President
Norwood Of the Centennial associa-
ton. will have charge of the sale in
the February booth. which will be a
Lincoln log cabin, and expected TO dis
pose OF many hundred of the SOU
venirs.
The buttons will sell for II cents
and 1t is expected to have each child
in the tri-cities become p member of
the League of Honor and the sum TO be
derived in this way will be amply suf-
ticient to bear the expense of this par
ucular part of the celebration. The
buttons will be placed on sale at many
stores and may also be secured from
the headquarters of the association in
Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-15
CHIEF OPERATOR IS
GIVEN A PROMOTION

Miss Ida McIlvaine, rs Seventeenth
street, for five years chief operator Of
the Central Union Telephone company
exchange in Rock Island, today left
for Chicago, where she has been pro-
NOTED to chief instructor at the main
Office. Miss Mildred Miller, SOP War
rem street, Davenport, who has been
assistant chief operator, takes Miss
McIl7aine's place here. A. J. Bever-
lin, manager of this district, said to-
day that he had not appointed an as
sistant chief operator as yet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-15
FUNERAL OF ANDREW
LARSON HELD TODAY

Funeral Of Andrew Larson, county
prisoner, who died at ST Anthony's
hospital. was held this morning at 10
O'Clock at Dixon & Moeller's, undertake
ing parlors. Burial was in Chippian-
mock cemetery. Although Larson died
over two weeks ago, the authorities
held the body, hoping to locate his rel
atives, but were unsuccessful At the
time of his death Larson was being
held on a dIsorderly conduct charge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-15
KAWFIELD OIL co. Is
ORGANIZED IN CITY

SpringVeld, H., Nov 1.-THE Kaw-
field Oil company, 151713 Second ave-
nue., Rock Island, was incorporated by
the secretary of state today. The
capital stock is SIS 5000 and the object
dealing in oils and allied and cognate
materials. The incorporators are
Charles NJ. WEIGH, Peter +. Johnson
and David Warwick The capital is
divided into ! 500 shares of $40 each
and is sold as follows: James NJ
WEIGH. 1,44S shares; Frank ?. WEIGH,
one share. and David Warwick /
share
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-15

Moline-August Link, Fred Peters,
Louis Peterson, R. E. Enders, Fred
Cromwell, Frank Strandberg. John
Moberg, Arnold Samuels, Gunner
Swan.
East Moline-G. W. Dick.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14
The CHEERING Wasn't Renewed.

Professor r. w. Lee of McGill uni
versity law school was once address
ing the Ontario Bar association, and
the Osgoode hall students were pres
ent. Of course Dean Lees address had
to be punctuated by the usual stu
dents Outbursts. Dean Lee touched
on ancient and modern law and the
methods Of lawyers and judges. TAX
ing up one line of legal problems, ne
said: 'Now, if I asked = lawyer OF
such and such an age this question he
would answer so and so or something
to that effect. But, coming down to
the present day, If were to ask the
same question of an Osgoode hall stu.
dent Instantly the noise began.
The students yelled and cheered and
applauded and stamped on the floor
and pounded their desks. It was some
noise, but at last it subsidized. Dean
Lee, unruffled. went on to say, III
were to ask an Osgoode hall student
he would answer. I don't know -
Silence.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14
Crooked Straits.

Perhaps the most remarkable and
intricate strait in the world is likely
to be chucked on the scrap heap. Its
day, which began late in history, is
almost over. The Panama canal has
diverted most Of its traffic and will
presently divert much more. The IA
nous explorer Magellan was the first
man to brave the dangers of this tor
tuous passage. He did it in wind
TANNER, but as a rule only steamships
follow in his train. 1t is too crooked a
strait for the sailing ship.
In the first place. the strait Of Magel-
Ian is 400 miles long. It is as twisty
and bendy as serpent or an eel. and
in places it is f1anked with snow cap
ped mountains 1000 feet high.
It would help matters if ships could
anchor, but they cannot The water
is too deep. So this strait has never
been popular with sailing shippers.
and they prefer the rigors of the Horn
and several hundred miles farther
around
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14

OWING to a combination of circum-
stances the new war revenue measure
has been delayed and will not be pre-
sented for a week or two. Congress
has run wild with appropriations for
national defense and other things-a
billion and half of dollars, according
to Chairman Fitzgerald of the Appro-
priations Committee, up to date. Until
the Ways and Means Committee can
form some intelligent idea of the total
appropriations and how much money
will be necessary, it cannot provide the
"ways and means" to raise the same.
1t is said that the Democratic leaders
in Congress are vexed because Presi-
dent Wilson has vetoed their plan of
issuing couple of hundred million dol
lars of Panama Canal or other bonds to
provide for the extraordinary expense.
1.-The Democratic party cannot afford a
bond issue at this time" Mr.. Wilson is
reported as saying. AS the leaders are
convinced the party cannot stand rails
ing taxes by couple of hundred mil
lion a year they do not relish the task
before them, which is growing more
formidable every day. As Congress
cannot adjourn until it arranges to pay
the piper, the date of adjournment is
recedlng.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14

THE Democratic party would like
very much to make it appear that the
Wilson administration is responsible for
present business conditions. The re-
ports of the federal government totally
disprove such a claim. The enormous
crops of last year added approximately
$500, 900, 900 more to the national wealth
and circulation than did the crops of
1914. That, in itself, was enough to
make a vast difference in relative pros
perity. Neither Mr.. Wilson, nor Mr..
Wilson's policies, influenced agricul-.
tural production, although the Demo-
Gratis are disposed to take credit for it,.
But figures just published by the De-
partment of Commerce prove beyond
all question that it is the war trade and
the war trade alone that has expanded
our foreign commerce far beyond all
previous records and has made the
country richer by many hundreds of
millions.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14

SENATOR LA TOILETTE claims to be
republican because Wisconsin is a re-
publican state, but on great and his
toric issue, which has divided the two
parties since the birth of the republi-
can party, he turned his back on all his
republican colleagues in the senate and
voted for the Underwood tariff. In
any other republican state such con-
duct would end the public service of a
republican senator. 1t would be re-
garded as betrayal of trust, as de-
liberate attempt to assassinate and
close out the party which honored him.
1t would warrant the conclusion that
he thought himself wiser than his par
ty, and was no longer disposed to
claim loyalty to party principles as de-
clared by the national convention, and
advocated by party leaders, and by the
rank and file. But here in Wisconsin,
where the senator has been boss for
so many years, it remains to be seen
whether he can vote with the demo
Gratis in favor of free trade and still
command the votes of republicans who
claim to be for protection to American
wage earners and industrial activities.
Sentinel
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14
Sonu of the Marines.

The United States marine corps Is
unique in all branches of the American
services in having a distinctive march
ing song that is as swingy and catchy
as many of the foreign marching
Songs. True, West Point has its Ben
ny Ravens song, and the Seventh cav
airy marches to the inspiring tune OF
Garry Owen, but the "Halls OF Mon
tezuma" is sung by all who wear the
marines uniform. One verse OF the
song, favorite one, runs:
Our flags unfurled to every breeze
From dawn to setting sum-
We have fought in every cline and place
Where we could take a gun.
In the snow of faroff northern LANDS
And in sunny tropic scenes
You will find us always on the Joc
The United States marines
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14
THOSE who applaud the big fellow

THOSE who applaud the big fellows
paying the piper, as the proper legisla-
tive procedure, must remember that it
is upon the foremost interests that the
advancement of the trade principally
depends. Confscatory taxation dis
courages growth of property and ex-
pansion of activity. New factories can
not be built, new forces cannot be en-
ployed, new campaigns cannot be exc
cuted with SURPRISES that are constant
iy subject to invasion by predatory
authority. 1t is inconceivable that,
were the efforts of the leaders in their
several lines slackened an iota, there
would be prosperity in the trade. 1t is
upon the large interests that the culti-
walton and encouragement of the smok-
er depend The effect of continued OPP
preston, moreover, is toward disinte-
grafton of business long established.
The temptation to shave or split up
outputs with the view to taking advan-
tage of the best governmental terms is
ever present. u. S. Tobacco Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14
Cars Useful to Farmers.

No one would have dreamed ten years
ago that more farmers would own au-
tomobiles than town people. Yet it is
so. And after all, we think the farm
ers not only can better afford to own
them but get more service out of them
than city folks. The latter use them
mostly for pleasure, but the farmer
gets real use out of them. They save
his time in getting to town and back
quickly; his horses get rest; and he
can take longer trips and see more
when he wants to go on visit 1t
does seem that the proper place for
auto, If anywhere, is on the farm.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14
BOTH the republican and Democrat

BOTH the republican and democratic
state tickets were placed in the field
Wednesday to go to the primaries in
September. The former at Madison,
which named for governor Emanuel
Phillip of Milwaukee; Lieut.. Gov.
Maj. Marshall Cousins of Eau Claire;
Sec. of State, Geo. l.. Harrington of
Elkhorn; State Treasurer, Henry John
son of Oconto; Atty. Gen., E. R. Hicks
of Oshkosh. At Milwaukee the demo-
Gratis nominated for governor Burt Will
liams of Ashland; Lieut.. Gov, John
Cudahy of Milwaukee; Sec. of State,
Ned G. Jones OF Portage; State Treas
urer, John G. Reuterman OF Milwau-
kee; Atty. Gen., Thos. H. Ryan of APP
pleton.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14
Last April. when the roads were

Last April, when the roads were in
almost impossible condition, two men
came into the Beers & Co. garage with
a sorry tale of bad road experience and
said that their car was again stuck in
the mud just west of the village. They
engaged Mr.. Beers to pull out their
machine, Hudson Six, and making a
loan of 500, which, they said would get
them to their home in Illinois, left by
train saying that they would be back
for the car in a couple of weeks. The
car is still in the garage, and no one
has called for it. Effort has been
made to locate it's owner, and, through
correspondence with the Illinois author
tiles it has been learned that it is a
stolen car. Effort is now being made
to find it's owner through the Hudson
manufacturers Prairie Country
man.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14

Now that Germany hasdemonstrated
/. that it is possible to cross the Atlantic
in submarine, the terrors of sea
trip are likely to be removed A SUBJ
sea fleet, however, opens up new
problem to preparedness.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14
Asiatic Turkey.

Asiatic Turkey had civilization
thousands Of years ago The interior
Of that country is populated today by
farmers to whom modern knives and
forks are unknown. The spoons they
use are Of wood. and each family
makes its own
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14
And None Alike.

There are three kinds of switch
tenders
Count 'em off,
There's the man at the railroad
crossing, the woman at the telephone
office and the woman who wears false
hair" -Richmond Times Dispatch.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14

PEACE and harmony prevailed so
strongly at the democratic county con-
vention held at GAINESVILLE Friday that
they almost had to fight for it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14
Important.

He-Does it matter what you wear
tonight? She - Does it matter?
should say it does. Why, only my old
friends will be there.-Judge.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-14
Financial Report
(Ohicial Pnhlication.l

report of the financial condition of the To
bacco Exchange Bank. located at Edeer-
business on the Both day of June, 1916.
pursuant to call by the Commissioner OF
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-04-07
PRUESS NAMES WEAVER
VICTIM OF BANDITS IDENTIFIES
RANChMAN.
Farmer Mutiiated by Gang Coliapses
At Colorado Springs After He
Sees Alleged Holdup.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Colorado Springs. Colo.-In the 10
cal county Jail Otto Pruess, the Hugo
rancher, who was mutilated recently
by three unidentified men who had
broken into the house to rob him. posi-
lively identified Bert Weaver, a
neighboring ranchman, as the man
who sat on his shoulders and kept
the rope tight about his neck while
another member of the gang did the
work of mutilation and then searched
the house for Pruess' money. Pruess,
still in serious condition. was SO up
set by the shock OF seeing one OF his
assailants that he had to be taken to
a local hospital.
George Weaver, brother of Bert
Weaver, who also is in Jail here as a
suspect. will be confronted by Pruess
as soon as the aged German il strong
enough for the ordeal
While Weaver denies all charges,
officers say that he is very nervous
and has told conflicting stories.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-04-07
Liquor Shipments increase.

Shipments of liquor from outside
the state to Denver have increased 30
as to tax transportation facilities, ac-
cording to the various express com
panies the increase being 500 per
cent for the last month of the pres
ent quarter over the first month.
There were 682 shipments in January.
2,297 in February. and approximately
1892 for March. The American Ex-
press company carried 404 shipments
in January and 1900 in February, and
its shipments for March aggregated
over 2,227, or more than eighty a day.
The Wells-Fargo Company handled
fifty-eight consignments in January.
159 in February and upwards of 300
in March. Other concerns delivered
220 liquor packages in January, 738
in February and approximately 1000
in March. Traffic officials say thot
the imports will continue to increase
until a fairly stable standard is es-
tablished -.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-04-07
GAvIRA INSISTS VILLA SHOT.
Bandit in Hiding. Nursing Wound,
Declares Carranza Chief.

Ell Paso Tex. April 6,-The story
that Pancho Villa is wounded and
that his capture is imminent was as
serted again by Gen. Gayira. the Car
rama commander at Juarez Gen.
Gavira made public a telegram which
he said he had received from Gen.
Bertani at MADEIRA, stating positively
that the bandit had been shot and was
in hiding somewhere between Bachin.
iba and Satevo.
The message is confirmatory of re-
ports from American headquarters
that Villa was definitely located head
ing toward Satevo While the story
that he is wounded is still accepted
here with considerable reserve, it Is
pointed out that several days have
elapsed since the fugitive was report
ed in the neighborhood of Satevo, on
his way to Parral.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-04-07
Plan Electric Road on Slope.

Grand Junction--Word reached
here that Eastern capital is ready to
build an electric line from Grand
Junction to Paradox Valley, via Gate
way. tapping vast uranium, copper
and cattle, lumber and agricultural
sections. Prominent business men
will leave soon for a trip over the
route surveyed four years ago. The
line will cost 100000. Power will
be procured from the Grand river,
West creek and Dolores river.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-04-07
Denver Loses SIS 1000, 900 Tax Suit.

Denver Loses $55,ooo,ooo Tax Suit.
Denver.-The Supreme Court up
holds State Board of Equalization and
Tax Commission in raising Denver as
sessment $55. 5.40S,952 Justices Hill
and Teller dissent. Legislatures
right to suspend action of referendum
at its discretion sustained in civil
service case. New law abolishing old
civil service lists upheld. Denver
loses fight to compel state insane au-
thorities at Pueblo to admit insane pa
tients from this county. Col. James
C. Bulger must hang week of May 21
for Staying of L. F. Nicodemus. Su-
preme Court refusing to grant rehear-
ink of sanity trial
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-04-07


London, April Ga victory for the
British over the Turks on the Tigris
below kut-el-Amara has been report
ed by Gen Lake in command OF the
British forces there.
The Turkish entrenched position at
Umm-el Henna was attacked and car
ried by the Tigris corps, Gen. Lake
telegraphed. and the operations are
proceeding satisfactorily.
Germans repulsed in attempts TO
Metal believed to be part of Ger
man torpedo. found in steamer Sus-
sex, forwarded to Washington.
Berln.-When the Imperial Chan
cellor, DR. Won Bethmann Hollweg,
arose to deliver his pronouncement Of
attitude of Germany with respect to
the war, the Reichstag presented the
aspect OF former great days. All the
members we're present and the gal
leries were crowded. Among the for
eign diplomats were the American
ambassador, James w. Gerard; the
Argentine minister, DR.. Luis Molina;
the Dutch minister, Baron Geyers.
and the Greek minister, n G. Theo-
toky A hush of expectancy was
upon the house when the chancellor
began. but after his Introductory
words be was interrupted by an out
burst Of applause.
The chancellor reviewed the mill
tary situation and showed that thru
ress had been steady and certain
He declared that Germany was at
war only to preserve her existence
and to hold back her enemies from
the German frontiers
Germany had been threatened, he
said, with annihilation; with parti-
tion of her realm: with destruction
OF her essential, political and econom-
ic forces--and the answer to any sug
gestions OF peace on the basis OF de-
struction of Prussian military power
was the German sword.
! Germany had no aggressive aims
against the American continent. and
she was not fighting for new terri
| tory.
| The new Europe which would arise
out of the war, he said cannot re-
semble the past Whatever it might
| be. IT must be for the nations that
| inhabit it-a land of peaceful labor.
| The peace which shall end this
war shall be lasting peace the
/ chancellor said .'It rnusf mot hon
| The germ of new wars, but must pro-
| vide for all peaceful arrangement of
| European questions"