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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
HOT CAMPAIGN IN
COUNTY PLANNED
Municipal League Holds Annual Meet
ing and Decides to Vigorously
Fight Prohibition.
HAAS REELECTED PRESIDENT
Death of Henry W. Carse Is Regretted
Talks ON Local Option Issue
Are Made.
HAAS REELECTED PRESIDENT

Decision to conduct vigorous cam
paign against local option was reached
/ at the annual meeting Of the Municipal
League of Rock Island county held
last evening at s o'clock at Turner
hall. The gathering was attended by
over 500 members.
The following resolution offered by
Max Rosenfield was adopted unani-
mously:
1--WE, the members of the Municipal
League Of Rock Island county in con-
vetnion assembled, appreciate the good
work done in the past toward the de-
tense of personal liberty and of our
property rights.
Therefore, be it resolved, that it be
the sense of this meeting that this Or
ganization again take up the war
against prohibition and fight the i'm
pending local option battle"
Officers Named.
! J. L. Haas acted as chairman of the
meeting and ]. E. Murphy, Moline, sec
rotary. Nominating committee was
appointed by the chair to suggest Of
ficers for the year and the report was
unanimously adopted as follows:
PRESIDENT. L. Haas, Rock Island.
Secretary. E. Murphy, Moline.
| Treasurer-G. o. Huckstaedt, Rock
Island.
Vice President-John W. Carse,
Henry Lange, J. G. Warner, Rock Is
land; Joe Van Lanker, Fred Peterson,
Conrad Grantz, ST., and Louis Fasting,
Moline; Joe Van Hoe, East Moline
Richard Walsh, Silvis; Martin Sievers,
Coal Valley; H. F. Schroeder, Hamp-
ton; Thomas Latin, Milan.
Deplore Carse Death.
While waiting for the nominating
committee to report, Mr.. Haas called
attention to the death of Henry Carse,
one Of the vice presidents of the league
and committee to draft suitable reso-
lutions to be sent to the family and
the press, was named composed of j.
L. Haas. W. c. Maucker and C. ].
Smith.
Short talks along the line Of the ap-
preaching campaign and the leagues
connection with it were made by
President Haas, W. c. Maucker and
Max Rosenfield. On motion of C. ].
Smith the chair was authorized to in
vite the Bartenders' union to name a
committee Of five to meet with the ex-
ecutive committee of the league in or
der to discuss the situation arising
from the influx of Davenport saloon
men into this. city Adjournment was
taken SUBJECT to the call of the chair
man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
SPEAKERS COME
| FROM THE WORLD
All Nations to be Represented at Mis-.
sionary Convention in Davenport
This Week.

The program for the Iaymen's mis-
sionary convention to be held in
Davenport Wednesday to Sunday, in
elusive, contains the names Of about
twenty men who will speak in the diff
ferent sessions of the convention, and
is without doubt the strongest relig-
| ious program ever presented in this
vicinity.
The speakers are men of extraordin-
airy ability. They come from Africa,
India, Burma, Korea, China, Japan,
Russia, France and Australia and from
practically all parts of the United
States. AS an indication of the breadth
of vision and ability they will bring to
the convention, Executive Secretary
Clapp has called attention particularly
to DR.. E. R. Fulkerson, whom he styles
as coming from the world"
DR.. Fulkerson was appointed to the
Orient, to Japan, In 1887. He was presi-
dent of the Anglo-Japanese college at
Tokyo for two years, and for is years
was president of the Chinzei college,
Nagasaki, Japan, the largest Christian
college in Japan. When the Spanish
American war broke out he was ap-
pointed vice consul of the United
States and legal adviser Of the United
States In the far east. During that
period his duties took him all over
Japan, China, the Orient, Siberia, Siam,
and India. He had much to do with
the settlement of the problems grow
ing out Of the Boxer uprising in China
in 1900. He has made four trips
around the world, crossed the Pacific
Is times, ETC.; has lectured in most of
the leading universities Of the world !;
has been life student of social prob
lens; is now general western secre-
| tary of the Board Of Foreign Missions
of the Methodist Episcopal church, de-
tailed to handle the Methodist end of
the Davenport convention.
| The ultimate object of the conven-
ton campaign Of the Laymen's mis-
sionary movement is the church wide
enlistment Of men for world wide con-
quest in the name Of Christ The i'm
mediate urgent need for the campaign
at this time is the failure of two of the
three great Protestant powers of the
day on whom the burden of missionary
responsibility has hitherto rested.
or the entire income provided by
Protestant Christendom to finance the
world missions Of the church, about
one-half has hitherto been provided
outside the United States. the bulk of
this coming from Great Britain and a
few millions from Germany. The strife
in which these two powers are now en-
gagged throws a large share of the re-
sponsibility upon the United States. To
present this obligation and to enlist
the competent manhood of the
churches in this great task will be the
main object of this campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
APPROVE CHANGES
CAFERECULATIONS
Ordinance Amending Saloon Regula-
ton is Adopted by Rock Island
Municipal Commission.
WILL CONSIDER STREET NAMES
Councilmen VIII Meet as Committee
OF the Whole and Hear P0stmas-
ter's Idea on New System.

Am ,ndments TO the saloon ordin-
ance providing for stricter regulation
of cafes were adopted yesterday by
the Rock Island municipal commits
sion. The measure as adopted pro-
yides:
No scantily clad entertainer will be
permitted to perform in cafe.
No suggestive songs will be allowed.
No entertainer permitted to mingle
with guests.
Dancing is prohibited.
Only hotels having capacity for so
guests, or gardens now established
where meals are served, will be IL
censed as cafes.
Council has power to revoke license
and forfeit fee if provision of ordin
ance or state laws are violated.
The owner of cafe, the license Of
which has been revoked, cannot re-
new 1t.
Notification that the Rock Island
Bonding association had withdrawn
from the bonds of saloons conducted
for the Union Brewing company and
Taxman Bros. was read to the coun-
Gil. II was decided to renew the
bonds, the firm of Taxman Bros. sign
ing them. Only four saloons were af-
fected by the change.
Initial claim growing out of the re-
cent flood in the west end of the city
was filed with the commission. 1t
came from Frank Singleman, sos Third
street. He asked that 81 be refunded
him for rent, Sc for loss of coal, and
$3.50 for carriage OF his household
goods, as he was compelled to move
them from his home. The claim was
fled and no action was taken.
e Weekly pay roll in an amount Of
s25935 was ordered paid.
May Drop Half Street Designation.
Decision was reached by the COM
mission to have a meeting this week
as committee of the whole with Post
master H. P. Simpson, who in COM
munication asked the council to
change the name Of half" streets and
sehalf" avenues, using court" and
place" instead. For instance, Four
teenth-and-a-half street would be
known as Fourteenth place" and
Fifth-and-a-half avenue as Fifth
court" The change would remove the
insignifcance that the half" gives to
the highway. The commission pro-
poses considering the change, and if
it finds that the new system would be
better than the present one will make
the change.
A second communication from the
! postmaster was received and placed
n on file, with the understanding that
" the board Of local improvements would
take up the matter referred to in the
spring. The postmaster called the at
tention Of the commission to the fact
that there are a number Of sidewalks
in the city whose condition made then
almost impossible. He declared that
new walks would greatly aid the mai
carriers in covering their territory
with more speed. A fist on file at his
Office will be inspected by the board
The ordinance providing for the paw.
ing of Twentieth street from Seventh
to Eighteenth avenue was adopted by
the council.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

All the news all the time - The
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

provement according to the frontage
of the property assessed along the line
of the proposed improvement, said as,
sessment being payable in nine INSTALL
ments, each bearing interest at the rate
of five per cent per annum, and an as
sessment therefore having been made
and returned to said court, the final
hearing thereon will be had on the
2Sth day of February, A. D. 1916. at the
| hour of 9 o'clock a. m. or as soon
! thereafter as the business of the court
will permit.
! All persons may file objections In
said court before said day. and may ap,
pear on the hearing and make their de-
| tense.
Dated Rock Island, ILL.,, Feb. II. 1916.
ROBERT KUSCHMANN,
Commissioner appointed to make said
| assessment.
John X. Scott, City Attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
Trup to Life.

True to Life.
First really realistic novel I ever
read"
What's so realistic about it?
Didn't you notice? The heroine
does about six times as much talking
as the hero" -Exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
COUNTY MAPS.

We are making deliveries In the
tri-cities of our new maps Of Rock Is
land, Henry, Whiteside and Mercer
counties, each county separate, all
farm ownerships, with owners name
and number Of acres shown, also
roads, towns, railroads, electric lines
everything in detail. Real estate
men, lawyers, automobile owners, and
the large business concerns are all
buying them. Taken together. these
four counties give the trade terri
tory In Illinois of the tri-cities. Prices
reasonable. If interested, our repre-
sentative will call. Address T. W. Full
Ter, Harper House, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
ON COUNTY RECORDS
Warranty Deeds.

Moline Trust & Savings bank to
Sarah Wolstencroft, lot in outlot 9,
Highland addition, Moline, $1S5.
Rudolph Wiechert and wife to AL
bert Olsen, lot 4, block 4, R. S. Wood
burns addition, Moline, $3.50.
Charles Hilbert to William Filbert,
his undivided one-third interest in
north part Of northeast quarter of
southeast quarter, section 4, IS, 2e, Us
acres), 81.
F. w. Hunt and Daisy A. Hunt
to Clyde w. Becker, lot 4, East Edge
water addition, Moline, 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
Poslam's Work
Felt and Seen
Improvement Daily as Skin Heals.

A Pimple to dispose Of
A Rash to Danish
A Complexion to clear
Eczema TO heal
Trust Poslam, with its intense, ever
active healing power, to do the work
quickly and we'll
If it is but a slight irregularity of
the skin, single application may be
sufficient. II more stubborn trouble,
daily improvement may be seen.
Poslam must produce visible, pro-
gressive results-a severe test, but
how well met by this efficient remedy
its many users know
Poslam Soap medicated with Poslam
the tonic soap for the skin
For samples, send &C stamps to
Emergency Laboratories, 32 West
Twenty-ffth street, New York City.
Sold by all druggists.-(Adv)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

CONGRESSMAN Jacob f. Meeker.
Congressman Jacob E. Meeker until
four years ago was in the pulpit. Now
he occupies the seat for the Tenth dis
trict of Missouri in the house of rep
resentatives. In 1912 he was pastor
of the Compton Hill Congregational
church of st. Louis, Mo-, but quit the
pulpit to study law and was admitted
to practice two years ago. Congress
man Meeker was born on an Indiana
farm 50 years ago. He is a republic
can.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
Special Taxation Notice-Gen. No. $40

OPcCIdI IdAdtIUH NUIICc-UeH' NVs odV
Notice Is hebey given to all persons
interested that the city council of Rock
Island, ILL.,, having ordered that Eighth
avenue be excavated, graded, curbed
and paved with brick blocks from the
east curb of Ninth street to the west
line of Nineteenth street, the ordi-
nance for the same being on file in the
Office of the city clerk of said city and
having applied to the county court OF
Rock Island county, ILL.,, for an as
sessment of the cost of the said i'm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15
FeIinities,

The Girl-You1l never make me be-
lieve that opals are unlucky. Why, I
was wearing them today, and became
engaged to Herbert. The Cat-But
what about Herbert, dear Passing
Show.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-15

Druggists refund money II PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Prvtruding Piles.
First application gives relief so cents.
-(Adv.)
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-25
Stories of the War
Injury to Munition Workers.

The manufacture of the high explo- sive known as tri-nitro-tOluol is seri ously d1fecting the health of thousands of intuition workers. It causes un- usual drowsiness, frontal headache, eczemn and loss of appetite and some times jaundice, according to a com mittee which has been devoting much study to the health of the munition workers.
 In a few cases even death had re- suited. The committee also found that tetra -Chlor- -etnane, a non-infiamable liquid, which forms an ingredient of the varnish applied to aeroplanes, is also having a dangerous effect on the workers It smells in vapor form like chloroform and is powerful anaes- thettc. leading to death- In searching for a substitute the committee learned that the heads of the munitions de- partment have found an effective var nish which does not contain the pois- onous chemical. but that the supply of its ingredients is at present insufficient to meet the demands.
 The committee found overwork a source of waste and says that it is C. be hoped that the study of industrial fatigue and the science of management l based upon 1t, may leave lasting re- suits to benefit the industries of the country during the succeeding years of peace.
 Our national experience in moderT | industry" the committee reported. 'i. | longer than that Of any other people | It has shown clearly enough that fals,
 ideas of economic gain. blind to pny. | siological law. must lead, as they ieC | through the nineteenth century. C vast national loss and suffering.
 Tt is certain that unless our indus
 trial life is 10 he guided in the futurl by the application of physiolozica science to the details of its manage ment it canont hope to maintain it position hereafter among some of it
 foreign rivals. who already in that re
 spect have gained a present advan
 tage."
 Proper attention earlier in the wa
 to the need for weekly rest would.
 stated. have prevented a large part e
 the diminished capacity that has up
 peared. and would have averted mus
 costly and wastefJH expenditure upO imperfect work.
 In very many cases. perhaps in al
 most all. in which staleness is we
 marked. or has even advanced to de finite sickness, the committee foun
 that a single day off. given occasional . ly at the right time, would have avoid ed much wasteful reduction of capaC . ity. and in the worst cases the tot; loss of many days Jf work.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-25

mostly hiden in smoke. Now and then n compact block would break forward a only 10 be cut down like corn ny mt raTileusc fire. The Boches tried hard, and made six rushes there Tn two hours. but it was quite impossible IL Is rerna rlgah!c that their discipline can still maintain such sacrifices
 Further to the east. in the Chaut- . four wood. which is more sheltered
 from a western enfilade. they made
 some progress, but it must have been
 cold comfort That wood. you know,
 is n regular charnei house of German 2
 bodies. the majority of which are stiil
 unburicd It was after the failure on
 the April attack that their shattered
 assault columns broke from east and
 west to the shelter of the wood and four 75 batteries d1rinEly moved right up and simply slaughtered them In droves. A friend whose company IS holdir- one of the Chauffeur trench es told me that when the wind Wal from the north the stench was so hor- hfbIe his men could hardly stay in thS | trenches.
 .-The German losses on Monday can ! not have been far short of l5,Oeo | though they were more scattered aloni t the front than they were on April | But Pepper Hill alone has prove' | a terrible death trap It must hayl | cost them 5O,OO0 are told, and is stil | untaken-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-25
SHOWS NEED OF PREVENTION.

In the city of Providence new thought is being given to the impor- tance of prevention by the fact that in the past year the fire loss has amounted to the large sum of S364,- 900 or practically a thousand dollars a day on the average. The fire losses of a city are not the same each year any more than they are the same each day, but whatever the amount is, it does not require a lengthy study of the causes to reach the conclusion that they would be materially reduced if there was the proper amount of at tention given to overcoming careless ness, and to taking steps which would eliminate the f1retraps and contribu- tory reasons.
 Let fire department be as efficient as it may, it is impossible for 1t to prevent fires. Its duties are to do the best it can to put a fire out after it is discovered, but an even greater re- sponsibility rests upon a community and that means the individuals, to do its utmost to see that the fire hazards are kept at the minimum and that preventive measures are taken which would guard against the possibility of serious losses from fire.
 This can be done in many ways fl there is the proper amount of thought given to it, for aside from the firebus and few causes for fires over whict there is little control the majority ot the cases where property is destroyed by fire show that negligence plays z prominent part in increasing the fir, losses in every community. The olt saying that an ounce of prevention fl worth pound of cure is as applicabl regarding fires as it is for othe things. Unfortunately it does not ge as much consideration as it shout, though every time it is revealed wha city suffers in this respect it is on of the greatest lessons for preventfv work that could be set before the peo pie.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-25
NEW WORKS PosTMAsrERsHIP.

AS the president might have expect ed if he had given the matter due con sideration, his selection of R. F. Wag- ner for the postmastership in New York city is being attributed both to a desire to gain the German American vote and at the same time throw a little sop to Tammany Hall.
 That Senator Wagner should be se- lected for the post was as much of a surprise to him as it was to others It was said that it was a personal ap- pointment by MT. Wilson, which might be looked upon as a way of overcom- ing the fight which has been made by | the factions within the democratic l party in that city to have their candi- 1 dates named, but Mir Wagner vii 1 have nothing to do with it. That thert [ was politics in the choice cannot b, l denied.
 The fight for the postmastership il 1 that city has been a bitter one an( | it is not ended. It is one of the big | gest appointments which the presiden
 has tc make along that line and tn
 fact that Wagner has refused to accep | it leaves the situation as it was befor
 his name was mentioned or before i
 was offered to him. The factiona | fight will be renewed with increase
 vigor in order to land the plum, bu
 if the president is desirous of fillin
 the office by man of experience, on
 who is thoroughly in touch with tn
 duties and the existing conditions, an
 therefore the one who can be consid
 cred the most efficient because of tn record which he has established ther he will reappoint the present incum : bent, Postmaster Morgan, even thoue
 he is a republican. The office require
 the best man that can be had an : there can be no question but whs
 MT. Morgan fills the bill. It certainl would be an excellent time for th
 placing of merit before politics an patronage.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-25
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The HohenzoIIsrn Creed.

MT. Editor: With regard to Presi- dent Wilson's tolerance 1t may be well to heed this wegtern cautionary phrase: Don't shoot He is doing the best he can!" He is up against one of the toughest propositions the world has known.
 We should all famiIiarize ourselves with the Kaiser's creed as set forth by himself in his address to his de- ceived people.
 I've Hohenzollerns take our crown from God.
 2-war is a good thing. God will see to it that war always recurs.
 3-Weak nations have nrt the same right to live as powerful nations.
 4-The Polish. French and Danish press should be annihilated.
 5The Poles should be allowed three privileges: To pay taxes, to serve in the army. and shut their jaws.
 6-German should replace English, the bastard tongue. as a world lan- guage.
 We are beyond conception mor- ! ally and mentally superior to all oth- CT people.
 S-The German language coming di- rect from Geo sinlls into the heart | like a precious balm. 9-The Civilization of mankind suf- fers every time a German becomes ar | American.
 1O-We must fight Russian beasts | English mercenaries and Belgian | fanatics.
 1.-The ugliest stone marking ] German grenadier's grave is a nor, | glorious monument than all the cathe drals of Europe put together. 12-They call us barbarians! Wha | of 1t? The German claim must b' Education to hate. Organization O hatred. Education to the desire O hatred. Let us abolish unripe ant false shame. To us is given faith hope and hatred; but hatred is tn | greatest among them. | These are quoted utterances of tn German Kaiser and the Crown Prince It is evident enough they cannot b successfully parleyed with. that the must be overthrown.
 They have no love or respect for tn other races
 It may he we'll to inquire. as di Bcileau: Can such gall find plac in Cody souls?'
 AN AMERICAN.
 Norwich, April 24. 1916.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-25
5oo,ooo Lost at Pepper Hill.

The savage renewal of the Verdun battle after a weeks Hull is described by staff officer who has arrived in Paris.
 The German infantry began an at tack about D. m. on Monday, which shows they hoped to gain a substan- tial success, as merely local assaults generally occur under cover of the evening, while the early morning op- erations are hampered by the effect of darkness on the preliminary bomb ardment.
 Tn this case the latter was tre- mendous throughout the morning Their troops-Wurttembe and Prussians who prisoners indicated belonged to five different divisions | though the total force was under 70, OOO-advanced in deep columns an other proof of the seriousness of tho | operations, some trying to climb tht | heights on our left from the Brass ravine, others mounting the westerr | face of Pepper Hill, others descending | from the hills of the northern cres l against our trenches on the southern flank, and stil others moving from th' | north against the Haudromont spu Il on our right center.
 "The attempt was doomed to fail | ure from the start, for the heights O | the Mouse in this sector form such network of ravines that the defend CTS can crush attacks at any point b. enfilade fire. especially as long as the. hold Le Mort Homme and Hill 3O4.
 saw charges against our center wher the enemy seemed the most deter mined, and had massed fully ten me per yard of front They poured owe the crest of Pepper Hill. but could no get near our trenches It was mad ness to try to charge over distanc of 150 yards against such fire.
 "Our gunners made fine practic'
 although the enemy's ranks wer