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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-04

much to please and entertain as to
actually instruct housewives. Their
needs have been Miss Poets deepest,
interest and most thoughtful study
for the past 10 or II years, and she
has learned to very rare degree just
how to meet these needs. Always the
aim Of her better foods, better homes
course is to help, and that she full
fills this aim as no other cookery
teacher does, is testified to by the
thousands Of women throughout the
country who have attended her lee
lures and cookery lessons.
It will be remembered by the prac-
teal housewives of Rock Island who
attended Miss Poets better foods, bet
ter homes school last year that she
speCializes at all times on economical
foods. Quality and the nourishins
value is never sacrificed, but she
shows very clearly how simple and
inexpensive foods are really the best
for mankind, and how the careful,
painstaking housewife can prepare
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-04

1T is further ordered that the COM
plant be and 1t is hereby dismissed
without prejudice, as to the defend
ants, Pharilda Yer Beist, H. c. Wood
ward, West Davenport Auto company
G. Herstein, Jess Smith, H. K. Walker
F. ]. Anderson. Art Haussler, T. c.
Meanor, c. B. Heller, Raymond Zahn
Hugh Clark, Maurice Brien, ]. c.
Painter, George kampostos, George
Hakes, Julius Lambrecht, G. A. Frick
J. P. Thomas, Ostlunds' garage, Will
liam Sackyille, John ]. Hutmacher.
Are Restrained.
at is further ordered that each OF
the said defendants, John Dietz, Hi
nois Taxi company, Sam kilso, F. D
Henry, Mike W. Kinney, Henry o
Frickel, Max Alter. J. c. Gardiner
David DeSmet. W. A. Huffman, Harry
Weston. Arthur Nelson, Jake Roth
Frank Poma, Oscar H. Anderson, Viii
lard DeGroff Richard Ross, ]. A. Dib
bern. B. F. Brussell, CASTOR VanHyfte
Ernest YOungmark. Lamont VerCan
teren, Otto Blackledge, Ben A Stew
art, Joe Bussche, August VanSpry
brock, Frank NJ Tamberber, George NJ
, Kern. Charles Halpenn, Clarence
Beatty, Louis Lano, Cyriel Verecke
Emil Swanson, John Roth, Carl Leaf
Harry Johnson, Robert E. Verne, c
F. Limberg, c. ". Griswold, John Wa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-04

The women of this city who so
thoroughly enjoyed the better foods,
better homes campaign held here last
season will welcome the announce
ment that arrangements have been
made by The Argus to again bring
Miss Florence NJ. Peet, popular do
mestic science lecturer, to hold a sec
ond annual better foods, better homes
school in Rock Island. This will be
along the same lines as the one held
last season, except that it will be far
better and more up-to-date.
Miss Florence NJ. Peet is one of the
most popular lecturers connected with
the national better foods, better homes
movement. Her work has been SO
exceedingly popular that it is felt no
other teacher could quite satisfy the
women here. Out of the broad exper-
fence she has had in better foods, bet
ter homes work during the past 10
years, she has evolved a new and mos,
attractive program, designed not 50
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-04

Johnson, Robert E. Verne, c. F. Lin
berg, G. W. GriswOld, John Waline,
Ostlunds' garage, Charles F. Shaw,
Charles NJ. Myers, William Sackville,
Wilsey c. West. Charles McChesney,
Allen kindig, Rollie Pomeroy, Bum
Parr, John ]. Hutmacher, defendants
"The two complainant companies
are operating electric street railways
in and between the cities of Rock Is
land, Moline and East Moline. and the
villages Of Milan and Silvis, in Rock
Island county. The complainant, Hun
toon, is the vice president and general
manager Of said companies.
What Complaint Charges.
Briefly stated, their complaint
charges that since about Feb. 10, 1915,
the defendants have engaged in the
business of common carriers of pas
sengers for hire, advertising and hold
ing themselves out as such, and that
said business is carried on by means
of 'jitney buses running to and from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-04

nois entitled, An act to provide for the
regulation of public utilities approved
June 30, 1913; that at the time said
act went into effect none of said de-
PENDANTS owned any city or village
franchise as such common carriers of
passengers for hire, nor was any of
them then engaged in said business,
or in the performance Of any such
public service as public utility, with
in this state: and that none of said
defendants has obtained or applied
for certificate from this commission
that public convenience and necessity
require the transaction of such bust
ness.
Excludes TaxicabS.
The commission further finds that
the defendants, James Galloway and
Robert H. Piper. during the whole of
the year 1913, and at the time the pub
lie utilities act went into effect, were
engaged in the business of operating
public taXicab or auto bus in the city
OF Rock Island, and had a license
therefor from the city of Rock Island
and that they are not required for the
continuance of that business to obtain
certificate of convenience and neces-
sity from this commission.
1T is therefore ordered that the
complaint be and it is hereby dis
missed as to the defendants, Charles
Bullock, James Galloway and Rober
H. Piper;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-04
JlTNEY men MAY
DRIVE TAXI CABS
Ceunsel for Operators Believes Re.
straining Order of State COM
mission Can Be Beaten.
CAN CHANGE WORKING PLAN
Passengers Could Be Taken to ANY
Part OF Tri-Cities Under the
New Arrangement

Tri-city iitney bus drivers believe
they have discovered a way to beat"
the edict of the state public utilities
commission requiring that they re-
strain from operation of their cars I'M
til they secure a certificate of conven-
fence and necessity. They propose to
operate taxi cabs Il is said, so as not
to come under the Jurisdiction Of the
commission.
The ruling of the commission SIM
ply holds that the jitneys cannot OPP
crate the business as it is now being
conducted" declared one of the coun-
sci for the drivers. IN other words,
the decision holds that the drivers, be-
cause they are transporting passen-
gers in cars on which are named the
termini. over a specified route for a
stipulated price, they are operating
public utilities.
All the drivers need to do is to
change their manner of doing bust
ness. They can operate taxi cabs. 1t
is. not necessary that they use speci-
fed routes. Drivers can haul pas
sengers, not only to Moline and DAY.
export, on a given route, but to any
point desired"
An OppositeYiew.
Counsel for the TrfCity Railway
company cannot accept this view OF
the situation at all They are con-
WINGED that the ruling Of the commits
sion simply puts the jitney drivers out
of business and that the taxi dodge
will not get by. They point out that
in order to make any money. the cars
must be operated over given routes
at a specified price and hold that
this cannot be done without coming
under the restrictions imposed by the
commission. They also believe it will
be impossible for the jitney men tC
secure the certificate of necessity and
convenience required.
Opinion in Full.
Complete test of the opinion fol
lows:
"Tri-City Railway company Moline
Rock Island and Eastern Traction
company, and John G. Huntoon, com
claimants, VS. John DietZ, Illinois Tax
company. Pharilde Yer BieSt, Jane:
Galloway. H. C. Woodward, Sam kilso
F. D. Henry, Robert H. Piper, Yves
Davenport Auto company, Mike W
Kinney, Henry O. F'rickel, Max Alter
C. Herstein, J. c. Gardiner, Jess Smith
H. X Walter, F. ]. Anderson, Ar
Haussler, David De Smet, T. c. Mean
or, W. A. Huffman, Harry Weston, Ar
thur Nelson, Jake Roth, Frank POma
Oscar H. Anderson, Willard De Croft
Richard Ross, Charles Bullock, j. A
Dibbern, c. B. Heller, B. F. Brussell
CASTOR Van Hyfte, Ernest Yo1lngmark
Lamont Yer Cameron. Otto BEackledge
Ben A. Stewart, Raymond Zahn, Hugh
Clark, Joe Bussche, Morris Brien, Au
gust Van Sprybrook, J. c. Painter
Frank NJ Tamberber, George VI. Kern
Charles Halpenn, George kampostos
Clarence Beatty, George Hakes,. Juliu
I.ambrecht, Louis Leno, Cyriet Yer
ecke, G. A. Prick, Emil Swanson, job
Roth, ]. P. Thomas, Carl Leaf, Harr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-04

ers, Wilsey c. West, Charles McChes-
ney, Allen Kindig, Rollie Pomeroy, and
Bum Parr, cease and desist from car
rying on the business which he is car
rying on in the manner aforesaid, OF
transporting persons for hire between
points within this state, until such de-
PENDANT shall have applied for and OBJ
tanned from this commission a ceruf-
cate that public convenience and
necessity require the transaction of
such business"
By order of the commission at
Springfield, Illinois, this goth day Of
April, 1916.
(Signed) R. V. PRATHER,
Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-04

SO per cent of the passengers carried
by these defendants on said route are
carried between Rock Island and DAY.
export.
Other defendants answering, deny
that they are public utilities within
the act.
The matter was set for hearing at
Rock Island, and at the hearing coun-
sci for the defendants asked leave to
withdraw their appearance and answer
for the following defendants: Phar-
Tide Yer Beist, H. c. Woodward, West
Davenport Auto company, G. Herstein,
Jess Smith, H. X. Walker, F. j. An
derson, Art Haussler, T. c. Meanor, c.
B. Heller, Raymond Zahn, Hugh Clark,
Maurice Brien, J. c. Painter, George
kampOStOs, George Hakes, julius
Lambrecht, G. A. Prick, j. p Thomas,
Ostlunds' garage, William Sackville
John ]. Hutmacher.
| The defendants named were not
present and had not been notified of
that hearing, except through notice
mailed to their attorneys. AS to these
defendants, the complaint will be dis
missed without prejudice.
The cause proceeded to hearing as
/ TO the other defendants and a stipula-
ton of facts was entered into and
signed by counsel.
Held Public Utilities.
THE commission having considered
the evidence and the arguments of
counsel, finds that the defendants John
Dietz, Illinois Taxi company, Sam Kill
| so, F. ID. Henry, Mike W. Kinney,
Henry 0. Frickel, Max Alter, j. c.
Gardiner, David DeSmet, W. A. Huff
man, Harry Weston, Arthur Nelson,
Jake Roth, Frank Poma, Oscar H. An
derson, Willard DETROIT, Richard Ross.
j. A. Dibbern, B. T. Brussell, CASTOR
VanHyfts, Ernest Youngmark, Lamont
| Yer Canteren, Otto Blackledge, Ben A.
Stewart, Joe Bussche, August Van
Sprybrock, Frank NJ. Tamberber
George NJ. Kern, Charles Halpenn,
Clarence Beatty, Louis Lano, Cyriel
Verecke, Emil Swanson, John Roth
Carl Leaf, Harry Johnson, Robert E.
Verne, {. f. Limberg, c. W. Griswold
John Waline. Charles F. Shaw, Charles
M. Myers, Wilsey c. West. Charles
McChesney, Allen kindig, Rollie Pom
| eroy and Bum Parr, since about Feb
-, 1915, have been engaged in the
business of carrying passengers foI
hire, with automobiles or so-called
'Jitney BUSES to and from various
places in and between the cities OF
Rock Island, Moline and East Moline
and the villages of Milan and Silyis, in
| Rock island county, Illinois; that said
automobiles or buses are run upon
the public streets and alleys, and upon
various routes described in the peti-
ton, and indicated by signs displayed
on such vehicles naming the termini
OF such routes; and that said business
is conducted by said defendants in the
manner more particularly described in
the said stipulation of facts: that the
said defendants severalIy control. on
crate or manage. within this state, for
public use, certain automobiles or mo.
tor buses used for the transportation
OF persons between points within this
state, and that they are public utilities
within the meaning Of an act of the
general assembly OF the state OF Iii,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-04
Answer of Defendants.

In their answer, the defendants,
John Dietz, Illinois Taxi company,
James Galloway, Sam Kilso, F. ID.
Henry, Robert H. Piper. Mike ". Kin
ney Henry G. Frickel, Max Alter, and
j. c. Gardiner, deny that they are en-
gagged in the business of common car
rying of passengers for hire to and
from various places in and between
said cities and villages, but admit that
they are running and conducting
divers motor buses or vehicles, COM
monty called jitney buses, to and
from the city of Davenport, Iowa. to
the city of Rock Island. Illinois: they
deny that they are public utilities
within the meaning of the act. but
state that if they are common carriers,
they are engaged in interstate com
MERGE exclusively and are not under
the control, direction or supervision of
this commission.
at appears in evidence that these
defendants follow route No. / de-
scribed in the complaint, as follows:
beginning at TWenty-fourth street and
Third avenue, in the city of Rock Is
land, thence west on Third avenue to
Sixteenth street, north on Sixteenth
street to Second avenue, east on Sec
ond avenue to Twentieth street. south
on Twentieth street to Third avenue,
east on Third avenue to Twenty-fourth
| street, the place of beginning, but it
| also appears that they continue on
from Twenty-fourth street and Third
avenue, in Rock Island, across the
bridge over the Mississippi river to the
business district of Davenport, Iowa
and return; that except on very infre7
quent occasions they take on no pas
| sengers between the Illinois end OF the
bridge and the business district OF
| Rock Island, and that approximately
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-04

various places in and between said
cities and villages. on the streets and
alleys thereof, paralIeling complainant
companies lines and service, and
mostly on the same streets, in COM
petition with said street railways The
complaint describes the different
routes on which the defendants are
operating and states that at the time
the public utility act was passed and
went into effect, the defendants did.not
have any city or village franchise as
common carriers of passengers for
hire, nor were they then engaged in
such business; and that the defend
ants have not applied, and do not pro-
pose to apply, 10 this commission for
certificate of convenience and neces-
sity. The prayer is that the defend
ants be required to answer, and that
the commission make such order in
the premises and take such action as
may seem meet.
The defendant, Charles Bullock an
swered, denying that he had ever op-
Grated a jitney bus or motor car for
the carriage of passengers for hire;
and as to him, the compliments moved
to dismiss their complaint.
The other defendants appeared by
their attorneys, J. T. and S. r. Ken
worthy, and moved to dismiss the COM
| plant upon grounds which were ar
gued, and the presiding commissioner
having indicated purpose to over
rule the motions, the defendants an
| SWpred
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-14
TALKS ON THRIFT
Your Business Character

1 In all business operations involving credit, certain requisites are essential | if the risk is to prove satisfactory to the one who extends the credit. These requisites are best expressed in what has we'll been termed the Three Big C's of Credit" namely, Character, Ca- l pacity and Capital. This talk will cover the first.
 In order to possess business char acter. a man need not have what is ordinarily known as business honesty, | for business honesty is not as big a thing as business integrity. Neither 1 need a man say long prayers. and pass | the plate, however admirable these traits may be. He must have more than 8 semblance of religion:-he must car ry the religion of the Ten Command | ments. the Sermon on the Mount and the Golden Rule into his business life. He must do no tricky thing; he must be on the level. He must give the square deal. His word must be better l than his bond. He must mark goods fairly, advertise honestly, rectify any error. correct any misunderstanding | and never forget that his best adver- | tisement is a satisfied customer, and
 satisfied customers are made only by business integrity.
 The underlying reason why some men have become great merchants Is to be found in the spirit of the house." There are great stores in every large city whose greatness is due to the sim gle fact that they have back of them business character. Their good will worth millions. Is a good will of in tegrity. It has taken years to build 1t up.
 The buying public soon finds out the spirit of the house. You can catch sucker but once. It doesn't pay to try the second time. You do well to inquire how this element of integrity enters into your business life. for if the bank CT does not believe in you, you can this priceless asset by single lapse i from business virtue. and once it is lost it is hard sledding to regain it. A certain bank made a large sized loan to 8 builder for specific opera tion. with the understanding that the funds were to be used to purchase ma terial and pay labor for that one job. It soon developed that in spite of the fact that the contractor claimed to be pro- gressing well with work, nothing had been done-he had used the money elsewhere. It was breach of trust. The banker had checked him up, as bankers generally do. He has lost his character
 
 goes
 Another concern was buying automo- piles with the banks money. giving the bank a trust receipt whereby cars could not be delivered without obtaining a release from the bank and paying or the loan. The banker became suspicious that something was wrong and checked up the cars presumed to be in stock on the trust agreement and found that four had been sold without accounting to the bank. Result-a nasty calling of the entire loan, loss of confidence, loss of helpful business arrangement. friendship.
 You cannot play fast and loose in business and win out. You cannot de- ceive your banker for long. He has knack of finding things out. Gossip gets to him fast. He has second sense that smells danger. He is detective. Therefore, build your business struc-
 ture witA character as the first of >hrce
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-14
MRS. CANDLES SAYS SHE SUFFERED FOR TWENTY LONG YEARS
Had Lost All Hope-Takes Tanlac and Is Now We'll
 and Strong Again

T have taken two bottles of Tanac and my rheumatism is gone,s said Mrs. Elizabeth Canoles, in telling of the bene- fits she has obtained from this medicine few days ago. Mrs. Canoles is the wife of c. A. Canoles, a well-to-do farm CT They live on the "old home place" on R. F. D. Mo- 2, AdamsvilIe, two and a half miles from Ensley, where she was born and reared, and are well known throughout this entire section of the state.
 For 20 long years I was a great suf- ferer," continued Mrs. Canoles and until began taking Tanlac I didn't see much hope of getting any better for had taken about everything in the way of medi- cine that I could hear of and nothing seemed to do me any good. I was so ner- yous and restless that I couldn't sleep but little and I had headache almost con- stantly. My appetite was mighty poor, my food didn't taste right and had in digestion so bad that it kept my food from doing me any good. About my worst trouble was the rheumatism. 1t pained and worried me day and night, and many times it would hurt me so in my arm and shoulder that I couldn' t move them about without suffering agony. I lost a great deal in weight and 1 had very little strength and no energy left and the least work would wear me out, and I felt weak and tired and very bad and seemed to be getting worse every day
 But I feel altogether different now Other members of the family had been taking Tanlac and it helped them so much that I decided to try it, too, and it cer- tainly has been a wonderful medicine for me. It has relieved me of the rheuma- tism entirely; I don't feel sign of it in my arm and shoulder and my nerves are as quiet as they ever were. I don't have the headache any more, and I sleep fine every night. My appetite is splendid now and Nmy food tastes better to me than it has Tn long time. I can eat most anything I want, meats and vegetables of all kinds, nothing hurts me at all and I certainly do enjoy my three meals day. All that weak, wornout feeling has left me- I have gotten my strength back again, and it's easy now for me to get around and do my work Tanlac was just the right medicine for me, and I believe it will help anybody who is in the same condition was in
 Tanlac is sold in Birmingham exclu- sively by Eugene Jacobs Drug Store and Patton-Pope Drug Co.,; in .Ensley. by D. w. Morris Drug Co.,. in Bessemer by Pegram-Patton Drug Co.,; in Pratt City by Gale Drug Co.,, and in North Birmingham by Walker Drug Co.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-14
ENGLAND IS ABLE ID KEEP PAYING
 OUT GREAT SUMS Now Spending Average of 15O,OOO,OOO a Week to
 Maintain War
FINANCING ALLIES
 ON ENORMOUS, SCALE
Report of Deutsche Bank Regarded as Remarkable Exhibit of the Financial Ability of
 the Germans
By HOLLAND

New York, June 13.-(Special.) .)-After making a rapid computation which was based upon authoritative figures he had received from London, one of the Amer ican leaders in international financial re- lations pointed this morning to figures which show that. Great Britain is now expending for war purposes on an aver age of $15O,000,0OO week. The authorita- tive figures, Jdenominated in pounds sterI- ing, show that for several weeks Eng lands expenditures on account of the war averaged a31, 100000 a week. Expendi- lures are not decreasing, but appear to be increa sing.
 Tn these figures, said this financial authority, lis to be discovered the vital factor in Englands financial condition'' ?
 A hundred and fifty millions a week thus expended are on the whole a dead loss, or almost all of it is. It is either burned up, blown up or eaten up by those who are in the English army or navy. It can never be replaced. Al though it is a dead loss Great Britain seems disposed to maintain and increase these expenditures no matter how long the war lasts.
 English financing, the internationa, fnancier said now involves the con. tinued emissions or sale over the counter of short-time treasury bills. Last week G15,000,0000 sterling of these bills were sold and 910,000000 more were ready for sale, making an aggregate of G25, ,0O0, 000 or, reduced to American money, $125, ,000,- 000 Apparently this process is to con- tinue steadily until the day comes when there is no further need of it. England has already incurred an aggregate in. debtedness of G3100,O00,0 ,0O0 or about a15,- 000000,000 on account of what are purely war expenditures.
 At the close of the war England will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-14
LITTLE LE NEW YORK STORIES
 BY A BIRMINGHAM MAN
By ALLEN GRIFFIN JOHNSON

New York June Especial, ,)-Samuel Griffin of Bedford City and Roanoke, Va, attorney for the Norfolk and Western railroad, and civil war veteran who at tended the Birmingham reunion, was in New York last week for one day, en route to visit his daughter, Mrs. Will liam Cheney of South Manchester, Conn.,, where Cheney silk is manufactured by her husband.
 MT. Griffin was at the Biltmore when saw him, and gave me to understand that New York was too big for any le- gitimate purpose, telling me, however, that since he had been in this city this time, he had hardly caught a glimpse of light from the sun. He was clearly inn pressed with the Magic City, however, and said he could conceive of nothing bet ter, in this or the world to come, than to be living in Birmingham with per- petual Confederate reunion in progress.
 His experience here was to him rather odd, as regards his lack of sunlight: He reached the lower end of the island, was taken into the subway and came up to Grand Central station underground. Get ting off the train there he walked, under ground, through the Grand Central rail- road station different from the subway station of the same name, but connected), and, still remaining sub terra, walked thence to the Biltmore hotel. He was in a room on the ninth floor when I saw him, and was eagerly peering out of the window at the sky which, he said, seemed to be quite an unusual sight, in New York city.
 When he left for South Manchester he went underground again into the