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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
Horses and MulaS.

East St Louis. Ill, May 11.-Horses
and mules market, steady to I'M
changed.
Horses. Heavy draft extra, $175@
225; eastern chunks, $150G185; good
southern $S50125.
Mules, 16 to 1917 hands, $1500275;
Is to 151a hands, $125@190; IA to 1412
hands, $65@125.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11


The 18th annual Mercer county
track meet will be hceld in this city
May 20. The entire day will be spent
in various contests. In the morning,
commencing at 10, the declamatory
and musical contests will be held at
the opera house. At / o'clock will
come the track and field meet This
year there will be a new school in the
contests. This school will be Mather-
vile. A new idea has been introduce
ed this year which will make the meet
interesting for the under-class men
as well as the members Of the high
schools. There will be contests for
pupils Of the sixth, seventh and eighth
grades. The object of this addition is
to make athletes of the younger set
to take the place of the students who
are continually graduating or leaving
the school,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
County Jail Losing L0dgers.

Sheriff Lutrell is fast getting rid
Of his large family of boarders and
roomers. Tuesday he discharged Wal
ter Vance, the Keithsburg bootlegger.
Edward E. Diehl retained in Jail for
the past two months for wife abandon
ment, was also released Tuesday
Richard Stein was received by the
sheriff. He was charged with disturb
ing the peace, but upon a short hear
ing yesterday sufficient evidence for
his detention was lacking. He was re-
leased Immediately.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
The Theatre
IN THE MOVIES.

Spencer Square-Blanche Sweet in
The Sewers; Burton Holmes Tray-
logues.
Majestic-Douglas Fairbanks in
The Habit of Happiness, Emma
Dunn in Mother"
Black Hawk Marguerite Clayton
in Beyond the Law; The Serenade,"
Best-'Lord Johns Journal The
Eye of Horus," Love and Vaccina-
ton"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
Church Plans Progressing.

The plans for the building Of the
new Methodist Episcopal church in
this city are well under way and the
building will no doubt be started in
the near future. Those in charge re-
port that subscriptions to the amount
of $4,000 have been secured and a
number of the members remain to be
seen as yet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
Rebekah Assembly Here This Year.

The annual assembly Of the Rebekah
lodges in this district will be held here
this year on June 1G Efforts are be-
ing made to secure the use Of the Ma
sonic hall and lodge room for the oc-
casion, it being much larger than the
Rebekah hall. There will be day
and night session in which a large
number of delegates will participate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11

flowers. The regular park tenders
are reinforced with an army of work
ers in their efforts to rid the parks
of the flowers Older residents say
that this is one of the largest crops
that has been seen in this city for
some years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
SHARES DISPLAY
UNSETTLED TONE
Stock Market TRANSACTIONS Reccde
and Recover in Repetition OF
Yesterdays Activities,

New York, May 1.-THE forenoon
session of the stock market today
was almost an exact repetition of the
preceding day, prices soon receding
and as suddenly recovering. Deal
ings were less diversified, however,
being largely limited to the prominent
specialties, some OF which were again
adversely affected by peace rumors.
Marine preferred led the list in &C
tvity and extent of gain, advancing
over four points. and Mexican Petro-
leum rose briskly on reports OF IA
7orable Developments in Mexico. To-
wards midday improvement became
general, Canadian Pacific leading the
rails and United States Steel, the
standard industrials. Bonds were
firm, with further gains in Rock Is
lands and fair inquiry for Anglo
French SIS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
4. VI. RarrOD Resigns Position.

A. NJ. Barron. general superintend-
ent OF the Tri-County Light & Power
company in this city, has resigned his
position and will leave soon for Cal
ifornia, where he expects to engage
in the auto accessory and electric
supplies business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
FRIDAY.

Spencer Square. Lenora Ulrich in
The Heart of Paula; Bray's cartoons.
Majestic-George Walsh and Doris
Pawn in Blue Blood and Red"
Black Hawk-Helen Holmes in THE
Girl and the Game" and Mary Ander-
son in La PalOma.'
Best-"The Sphinx" Red Feather
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
Personal Mention.

TIL. Cobb of Springfield is here for
a visit at the home of Justice George
A. Cooke.
Mrs. G. F. Harbour went to Gales
burg Tuesday for a short visit with
friends.
Mrs. T. ]. Stead went to Viola Tues
day for short visit with friends.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
LAZY Dramatists Get on Our Nerves.

One of the most amusing features
of most flm-plays is the way the lead
ing characters overhear what is being
said to the others who may chance to
be planning an elopement, murder,
or a dinner dance. It's what they over
hear that turns the plot and permits
the play to go on, instead OF coming to
full stop.
Long ago this device was denied to
writer's for the stage. 1t survived only
in musical comedies.
Then came the movies to revive the
art of overhearing what is being said
by others, It's the device of a care
less, lazy dramatist, who doesn't take
the trouble to figure out more natural
ways of keeping his story going.
Have you ever been in love-" Stuart
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
Unclaimed Letters,

List of letters remaining uncalled
for in this office for week ending May
8, 1916:
]. J. Berguss, Barna Bundy, J. A.
Downy, W. P. Hunt, John Lindstrom.
Miss Ethel Mccain, Manager Picture
Theatre Playing Vaudeville, Mrs. H. L.
Steiner. Telephone Company, Mrs Will
liam Vance.
These letters will be sent to the
dead-letter office May % if. not called
for by that date. c. Z. DUVALL,
Postmaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
Large Crop OF Dandellons.

All over the city the wandering eye
of the pedestrian is confronted with
a binding glare of our most profuse.
if not beautiful, flower The boule-
wards, instead of being beautiful and
rcstful tint of green, are covered with
an eye strainins mass Of the yellow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
COLUMBIA.

Vaudeville (Davenport. Two per-
formances daily, at PAS and Sis.
Three Saturday and Sunday, at 2:45,
7:30 and 8 o'clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
Marriage Licenses.

The following persons have recent
ly made application TO County Clerk
Gibson for marriage licenses. This
year is already reported as being the
busiest year along that line since the
year 1912, The girls are at it in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
Fire Damages Button Factory

fire at the A p Huggard button fac
tory at the foot of South Howell street
resulted in a $500 loss. When the
alarm was turned in at the central
station, the flames covered the lower
end of Cooks Point and it looked like
a big fire had started.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
County Expenditures.

County Treasurer W n Duffield
makes the following report of the ex-
penditures for the months Of March,
April and so far in May:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
THE DAY IN DAVENPORT

circuit court. 1t is generally known
that there is very strong factiOnal
feeling between the two sections of
Rockingham, the two parties working
against each other at all times. This
factiOnal feeling, it is believed. is re
sponsible for the fact that the eastern
faction seems to desire annexation by
Davenport.
Hold Woman on SuSpici0n.-Marie
Taylor, cOlOred, believed to have been
one Of the two women who Monday
night robbed Louis Samson of Burling-
ton, OF between $35 and $38 in bills in
an alley near Eighth and Harrison
streets, was given 15,-day jail SEN
tence on charge of vagrancy. She is
being held on suspicion until a definite
charge is made against her. The other
woman who is believed to have been
implicated in the robbery is still at
liberty. Detectives Kinney and Bish-
OPP, who are working on the case, are
expected to make arrests in a short
time.
G. NJ. TourOff Draws Big Fine.-On
charge of obstructing the, sidewalk
in front of his second hand store by
having an awning less than seven feet
above the sidewalk, G. NJ. Touroff was
fined $40 and costs in police court.
Touroff. it was charged, was warned
twice by the police that he would have
to either take the awning down alto
gether or make it higher. Failing to
do this, he was arrested.
/ DavenpOrter Heads GrocerS.-Jonn
| H. Schaefer Of Davenport, Iowa, was
elected president at the meeting of the
| national organization of grOcerS in
| New Orleans. No opposition was pre-
| scented and Schaefer was unanimously
| elected
Two Smallpox Cases.-The follow
ing smallpox cases have been reported
| to the health officer in the city hall:
! F. A. Paul, 1l05 West Fifth street, and
Rose Speakman 1922 Franklin.
Fire Damages Button Factory
fire at the A. p. Huggard button fac
tory at the foot of South Howell street
resulted in a $500 loss. When the
alarm was turned in at the central
station, the flames covered the lower
end of Cooks Point and it looked like
big fire had started.
Couple Placed Under Arrest
! I'll Al
ser and Susan Vanlaningham, were
/, arrested seven miles southwest of this
CITY by Constable Phil kahIes and
brought to Davenport. A preliminary
hearing will be held next Monday al
o'clock in the court of Justice of the
Peace Phil Daum. The information or
which they were arrested was signed
, by Mrs. Vanlaningham's husband /
is charged that they have been livinE
together for some time, and were no
married.
Council Approves Placing of Bonds
, | At the meeting of the committee o
the whole yesterday afternoon, the ap
. prevail of the council was placed OF
: the placing of the 100000 leVee bond
{ witt the George NJ. Bechtel company
of this city The bonds were AWARDED
r Mir. Bechtel at meeting of the financ
| committee with the levee commission
4 some 'ime ago, but the approval of tn
/, council was needed to make the actiol
e vai.d.
I o.
- To Pick New Three ne'
n policemen are 10 be selected for tn
e Davenport police department at
n meeting OF the police and fire commits
V sion tomorrow afternoon. Examine
II lions will be held al that time for tn
$ places. and a number OF applicant
e have already signed up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
At THE MAJESTIC.

For novel openings, the new Tri-
angleFine Arts picture. The Habit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11

Market Square Sales.
May II. 1916.
loads oats .................. 50c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11

Louise Lester the other day renewed
her wardrobe insurance policy of s10,-
600.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11

A series of western and underworld
stories are being arranged for Harry
Carey by the Universal company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11

Have you ever been in love-" Stuart
Holmes, the leading movie villain was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11

Marguerite Courtot has had soda
fountain drink named after her in
Jacksonville, Fla.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11

Two Smallpox Cases.-The follow
ing smallpox cases have been reported
to the health officer in the city hall:
F. A. Paul, 1105 West Fifth street, and
Rose Speakman, 1922 Franklin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
G. NJ. Touroff Draws Big Fine.-Or

a charge of obstructing the, sidewalk
in front of his second hand store by
having an awning less than seven feet
above the sidewalk, G. M Touroff was
fined SO and costs in police court.
Touroff, it was charged, was warned
twice by the police that he would have
to either take the awning down alto
gether or make it higher. Failing to
do this, he was arrested.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
LOCAL MARKETS.

May Following are the whole
sale quotations on the local markets
To-Day:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11

circuit court. 1t is generally known
that there is very strong fractional
feeling between the two sections OF
Rockingham, the two parties working
against each other at all times. This
fractional feeling, it is believed, is re
sponsible for the fact that the eastern
faction seems to desire annexation by
Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
Violation OF Sanitary Laws-Zach


RUS Calaris, a Greek, charged with
violating the sanitary laws, will be
tried Friday morning in police court.
He is the proprietor of an ice cream
store. and the conditions in his place,
it is stated, are revolving. He was ar
rested on the charge of giving short
measure, but when his place of bust
ness was investigated, the charge
against him was changed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
Dayennorter Heads Grocers.-JoDn

II. Schaefer Of Davenport, Iowa, was
elected president at the meeting of the
national organization of grOcerS in
New Orleans. No opposition was pre-
scented and Schaefer was unanimously
elected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11
Council Approves Placing OF Bonds.

To Pick New Officers Three new
policemen are 10 be selected for the
Davenport police department at a
meeting of the police and fire commits
sion tomorrow afternoon. Examina-
lions will be held at that time for the
places. and number of applicants
have already signed up
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-11

asked by Einar Linden. Not enough
to affect my amateur status" said
Holmes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
NEW ENTERPRISE
 OF AMERICANS
 TO AID WOUNDED
Design Appliance to Relieve Wounded and Assist in
 Healing Fractures.

Paris, Nov. 29.-A new American enterprise in aid of the wounded has been formed in Paris by Miss Grace Gassette of Chicago, called the Fran co-American Corrective Surgical Ap- pliance Committee. It has among its members M. Justin Godart, Under Secretary of. War and head of the Military Medical Service, Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Foundation New York; pr. Daniel J. Mccarthy of the Pennsylvania university; Profes- sors Pinard and Pozzi of the Sor- bonne. pr. Paul Reynier of the Aca- demy of Medicine is president.
 Miss Gassette, who has been in charge of the Surgical Dressing de- partment of the American ambulance. is leading there to become the techni- cal manager of the new organization She has invented and designed many original appliances for relieving the wounded and assisting, complicated fractures to heal correctly. She has also employed the appliances or worked out the suggestions of emil nent surgeons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
A WOMAN'S FRIENDS.

Henry writes: "I should be glad if you would give husbands plea a space in your column. I have been married twelve years. I am forty eight, my wife is thirty. She is bright weighed so heavily upon me that ap- pear really older than my years am a tired business man, glad to rest when get home at night. That is the time my wife chooses to go galli- livanting about. She has gotten in with a. fast set of young women and men of her own age who do not want me about. She insists upon going with them, refusing to say where, while I am left at home worrying over where she is and how conducting her self The thing is becoming upbear- able. What I am I to do to break this line of conduct up?"
 A wife who truly loves her husband will gladly respect his wishes. Be sure that you are right concerning the ''fastness'' of her friends before plac- ing them on that plane and condemn ing them. If you have proof that their influence upon her is pernicious, set your foot firmly down upon her having anything more to do with them. Try persuasion first; that failing, be more earnest in your insistence. A heart-to-heart talk will do more to- ward causing her to understand your unhappiness and seeing her error. Her husbands peace of mind should be good wife's anxious study, first, last and all the time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
AN ESCORT NOT WORTH HAVING

Edith writes: I am a girl of 20, needing your advice badly about the
 following: I accompanied a young man friend to a dance recently and
 while there he met young girl whom
 I had known before who had come
 with number of other girls. He
 danced more with her than he did
 with me. He asked me if I would
 have any objection to his taking her
 home and coming back for me.
 answered I had to be home at cer-
 tain hour and it was nearly that time.
 He hurried away, saying he'd be back in time all right. He did not return and cot pie going my way took me home. My family were wrathy over it and told me never to speak to him again. The young man told friends he got to the dance just after I had left and was terribly upset over the trick had played him, stating that I should apologize. What ought l to do?"
 An escort who treated you as shab. l billy should be beneath your notice You would do we'll to cut his acquain tance without further ado. A young 1 man of honor pays respectful first at
 tention to the young lady who has placed herself in his charge. It wa! 1 his duty to be on hand at the time yor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
as. ass. !s.K1Essa1sslE', Esa1sE Esasl',

ing in fitness. |.
 The small ''o' perforation in front of belt section indicates the upper edge. Turn the edge under on slot pe9'orations, lap on back belt sec- tion, notehes and edges underneath even; stitch the right ends 1 inch from folded edge; finish the left ends for closing. Adjust belt to position on dress, co1ter-fronts and center-backs even, with upper edge of belt at small "oo perforations near center front and center-back of blouse.
 Take the underwaist next and plait lower edge of front bringing "T' to corresponding small Co" perfora- tions. Close under-arm and shoulder seams as notched. Turn hem in back at notches; centerback indicated by large 70" perforations. Lap right back on left, center-backs even and stitch to position at lower edge.
 The skirt comes last. Close center back seam. Turn hem at lower edge on small "o' perforations Form plaits, crea-ing on slot perforations, bring folded edge near center-back to the seam and bring remaining folded edges to corresponding small Coz perfcrations; press plaits. Sew to low CT edge of underwaist, center fronts even bringing seam of skirt to cen ter-back and easing in any fitness.
 The dress E1y be trimmed with buttons or braid.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
HOME HEALTH CLUB
Edited by Dr. David H. Reeder,
 Chicago, HEALTH AND COST OF LIVING.

There are two extremes in the man. ner of living and they lead to dis comfort, disease and death. One is a lack of sufficient wholesome and nutritious food and the other is an over abundance and too free indul- gence in rich food
 During the present war in Europe it Is claimed that the people in one great country has never been in bet ter physical health. Before the war began the people of that country were fat and fourishing, majority of the women suffered with obesity. A majority of the men had no waist line and were of the ideal aldermanic proportions. The physicians and sur geons were kept busy and were pros porous. Operations for appendicitis were common indeed. After IS months of war and war diet, which means restriction to actual neces- sities, there is seldom if ever an oper- ation for appendicitis. There are very few cases of contagious diseases | reported. Obesity is almost entirely overcome and the men are in good hard working order, free from the
 burden of carrying around too much fat and with energy developed in pro- portion.
 Temperance in all things is ne- cessity of good health, the joy of phy- sical life and a long time on top of the earth is desired.
 l Another of the countries in the war zone has not fared so well. Even
 at the beginning there was little if
 any food to spare. The people as a whole lived in poverty and the death
 rate was high. There were not many
 cases of Obesity and few operations for appendicitis. The devastation of
 war increased the distress, disease and deaths rapidly multiplied. A lack
 of food in even limited quantities caus-
 ed the death of nearly all of the 1 young children and old people. Pre-
 mature and still births are the rule
 not the exception. The end is not yet, but there is the other extreme right here in our own country. At I the present time our little nation of onyl one hundred million people of the earths population have over one-
 third of all of the gold in the world. We have an abundant food and cloth ing supply and we over-eat. Yes, I know prices are called terribly high,
 but there are comparatively few that have been compelled to restrict the quantity of food served daily on their tables. Obesity is common and sur- gical operations of all kinds are still more common.
 It is to be observed as a historical fact that whenever nation or king
 dom has grown so rich that it was l unnecessary to struggle to earn its
 bread, it has decayed and disintegrat-
 ed. Are we going to profit by the lessons of history?
 We are great wasters. The waste
 from many of our kitchens would
 keep from starvation another family.
 This wastage is greatest in the cities. For years one baking company in
 Chicago has sold daily several tons
 of day-old returned loaves of bread to poultry men for chicken feed. A few days ago I saw an advertise
 ment in a country newspaper In
 which a farmer offered 300 bushels | of choice pears at 50 cents per
 bushel. His farm is only 60 miles
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
WASN'T APPRECIATED.

According to Antonio Scotti, Metro politan Opera singer, the great Amer ican public does not always recognize art if the frame of the picture is not right.
 Scotti was a frequent attendant at the race tracks last summer, and he told a reporter friend that it did not make much difference to him whether he won or lost.
 'I have the voice." he said in his quaint way. What difference does it make? An! That reminds -eh? Lis- ten!
 ''I am hot-it is a warm day at Bell mont park. I say, T will swim in the ocean, will take the cool bath l go to the bathhouse, and I see the blue water and the white waves and the white sand, and I am happy.
 "I hum sing-ho-la-la! As un- dress me I sing the scale-the notes I sing Don Giovanni It is magnif1- cent-that! sing low, but splendid l am so happy! Then I pause, and hear voice from another bathhouse "a voice; and it say: 'Aw, for the love of Mike, shut upi'"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29

from Chicago and on the same day big cut price grocery house in Chi cago was quoting at special sale cooking pears at $1.75 per bushel
 One morning recently as I was walking to my office, a distance of two miles, I was forcibly struck by the great number of automobiles rushing to the heart of the great city. Most of them were large touring cars and had but one or two passengers. Tn walking four blocks I counted 81 vacant seats. Parallel with their route downtown hundreds, yes thous- ands of people were riding in the street cars for which the charge of only 5 cents was frequently great burden. The rich city dweller is get ting wabbly on his legs, he rides too much, he eats too much. Those that live on the farms in these days and work for living have the best of 1t if they do not overwork or overeat. How is it by you?