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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
GIRL MURDERED;
HOLDING SUIT0R
GwendOlyne Holden, ID Years Old,
Found Dead in Unused Room OF
HOme-Lad COnfeSSes.

Aurora, Ill, May 25.-Gwendolyne
Holden, 15-year-old daughter OF Mrs
Anna Collins, was found dead in her
home here last night and 19-year-
old boy is said to have confessed to-
day that he killed her BY the side Of
the body of the girl was found a cup
of poison which the boy said he in
tended to take himself. had not his
nerve failed him.
1t was the climax of childish ro-
nance in which Jack Armstrong,
whose real name is said to be Verhoye,
attempted to pursue his Courtship at
ter the girl had tired of him. He de-
clares he became jealous of the at
tentions Of other boys to Gwendolyne
and this jealousy led to his strangling
her while her mother was away from
home.
Mrs. Collins discovered the crime
when she entered her home last night.
She found the body of her daughter
lying on a couch in an unusued room
of her boarding house in the down
town district On a table nearby was
cup half-filled with poison. The
room was locked and the keys were
in the locks on the outside.
AS soon as she had notified the po-
lice, Mrs. Collins declared that her
daughter had been killed and that
! without a doubt Armstrong had com
mitted the crime. The boy was ar
rested short time afterWard, but the
incident was not made public until
! today, when, after a night of severe
! questioning, he is said to have broken
down and confessed that he strangled
her to death. Chief of Police MCCarty,
in announcing the confession, said ::
Il cannot give you the details now,
! but the lad admits he choked the girl
to death. He intended to take poison
| himself, but lost his nerve He was
jealous because he thought she had
! been going with other fellows of late "
Armstrong made no attempt to leave
the city Mrs. Collins had not approx
| ed the boys attentions to her daugh-
| ter.
Armstrong has pursued my daugh-
ter for more than a year. she said.
| although he was repulsed time and
! time again. Gwendolyne did not like
| him, but he was so persistent he had
her frightened"
Chief McCarty was at first inclined
to believe the girl had committed sui
eide, but the mothers insistence that
Armstrong had slain her daughter led
him to begin search for the boy with
in a few minutes after the discovery
of the body.
The tender age of the girl is said
to have been the main reason for Mrs.
Collins objection to the attentions of
Armstrong.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
MEAT CAUSE OF
KIDNEY TROUBLE
Take Salts to Flush Kidneys
1t Back Hurts or Blad- ?
der Bothers.

= II you must have your meat everv
DAY, eat it. but flush your kidneys
with salts occasionally, says q noted
authority who tells us that meat forms
uric acid which almost paralyzes the
kidneys In their efforts to erna, II
from the blood. They become slup.
glsh and weaken, then you suffer with
Gull misery in the kidney region.
sharp pains In the back or sick head.
ache, dizziness, your stomach sours.
tongue is coated and when the wealth.
or is bad you have rheumatic twinges.
Inc urine gets cloudy, full OF sedt.
ment, the channels often get sore and
lr1tated, obliging you to seek relief
1~o or three times during the night
To neutralize these irritating acids,
70 cleanse the kidneys and flush off
the body's urinous waste get four
ounces Of Jad Salts from any phar.
macy here; take a tablespoonful in a
glass OF water before breakfast for
q IS" days and your kidneys will them
act fine. This famous salts IL mads
from the acid of grapes and lemon
Juice combined with lithia and has
been used for generations to flush and
stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to
neutraiize the acids in urine, SO II no
longer irritates, thus ending Bladder
weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive: cannot IN.
]nre and makes delightful efferves
cent lithia water drink.
Harper House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
BACCALAUREATE TO
BE BY REV. BABCOCK

Rev. R Wilbur BabcOCk Of the First
Baptist church will preach the baCca
laureate sermon to graduates of Mo-
line high school Sunday evening in the
school auditorium. Rev. Mr.. BabcoCk
was selected by a vote Of the class to
deliver the annual address.
The Sunday evening meeting will be
a union one and most of the churches
in Moline will suspend evening ser
vices in order that the members may
be afforded an opportunity to hear the
address to those about to leave the in
stitutiOn Exercises will start at S.
Class members have voted to wear the
cap and gown at the baCCalaureate SER
mon and at the commencement eXer-
cises the following Friday.
Glass day exercises will be held to-
morrow evening in the auditorium. All
desiring to attend this should secure
tickets from some member OF the grad
uating class. Program for commence
ment exercises, to be held one week
later, is in hands of the board of edu-
cation and will be announced in a
short time. Diplomas for the 40
graduates are also being engraved
with names this week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
FIELD DAY MEET
FOR EAST MOLINE
Industrial Extension Committee OF l.
VI. c. A. Arranging Municipal
Program Saturday.
FIRST OF KIND STAGED THERE
Ribbon Prizes Offered and Competition
Among the Boys of City Is
Already Keen.

The industrial extension committee
of the y. VI. c. A has made plans for
running off municipal field day meet
among the boys of East Moline-trst
of its kind TO be staged there. The
meet, which will be a municipal prof.
ect- competed in by boys OF all schools,
will commence at , Saturday afternoon
of this week on the ground at Elghtn
street and Sixteenth avenue. II sue
cesssuI il will be an annual affair IN
the future,
Ribbon prizes have been offered and
competition among the boys is keen.
Events in which the high school boys
will compete are the 100-yard dash.
220-vard dash, 440-yard dash, high
Jump, SS0-yard run, broad jump, shot
put and relay race. Program mapped
out for fifth and sixth grades includes
25-yard dash, 5O-yard dash, 100-yard
dash. 220-yard run and egg race.
Boys from the seventh and eighth
grades OF one school will compete
against like grades from other schools.
The fifth and sixth grade sections will
do the same. Three prizes, first,
second and third. are offered for each
event. The general public is invited
to attend and it is hoped that a large
number will encourage the innovation
by their presence Boys who have not
already entered may do so between
l and Saturday afternoon.
Are Meeting Regularly.
Public school boys of East Moline
are meeting each Monday and Wednes-
day afternoon on the grounds where
the meet will be staged TO play bal
and other games with ". f. Mack, ex
tension work secretary. If sufficien
interest is manifested it is probable
that the field will be used during thu
summer vacation as an athletic fielC
and playground for boys 10 years OLE
and more during the day and for olde
boys at night.
Other projects which the extension
committee is backing in East Molin
are the city beautiful contest, boy
garden campaign and factory work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
Solo--A, B. Dietrich.

SODA, B. Dietrich.
presentation of diplomas 10 mgh
school graduates-Dr. +. A. Soule.
Presentation of diplomas to eighth
grade graduates-T A. Adelman.'
Music High school orchestra.
Benediction-Rev T. C. Cady.
Three will receive high school di-
plomas:
Grace German, Claud Schrohn and
Nina Murray.
The class motto is Our aim. sue
cess; our hope, to win" Class colors
are gold and white and the class
flower is the yellow rose. High
school colors are orange and black.
Those who will graduate from the
eighth grade are:
Russell Hosfeldt, May Haddlck'
Solomon Cooksey, Ethel Philllpsen'
Florence Bookman, Helene Otte, Flor
ence Sarginson. Anna Larson, Lloyd
Schildmiller, Mamie Siefkin, Leroy
Osborn, Marietta SOrenSon, Clarence
Carlson. Theresa Tietink, Harry For
rest, LaVerne Klingebiel, Mildred
Dick. Lyle Murray, Caroline Young
Dorothy MARYLAND, William Peterson
McClelland Moody, Charles Nogler'
Nora Howell. Thomas Mckee, Violet
Anderson, Milton Geisler, Madalene'
Loete, Alice Cady Merlin M1llett,
Gussie Johnson, Boyd Bensenberg
Abby Gum, Duane Reid, Floyd FIJI
bert.
Glass colors are blue and gold and
the class flower is the sweet pea
Glass motto is Climb, though the
rocks be rugged"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
fine FOR Rheumatism!
Musterole Loosens Up Those Stiff
Joints-Drives Out Pain

You'll know why thousands use MUS
TkROLE once you experience the glad
relief it gives.
Get jar at once from the nearest
drug store. 1t is a clean, white ONT
ment made with the oil of mustard. Bet
ter than a mustard plaster and does not
blister. Brings ease and comfort while
it is being rubbed on!
MUSTEROLE is recommended BY
doctors and nurses. Millions of jars are
used annually for Bronchitis, Group,
Stiff Neck, Asthma, Neuralgia, Conges-
ton, Pleurisy, Rheumatism, Lumbago,
Pains and Aches of the Back or Joints,
Sprains, Sore Muscles, Bruises, Chill
blains, Frosted Feet, Colds of the Chest
Git often prevents Pneumonia).
At your druggists, in 25c and Soc Jars,
and a special large hospital size for $3.50.
Be sure you get the genuine MUS
TEROLE. Refuse irnitations-get what
you ask for. The Musterole Company,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
EXERCISES ARE HELD
IN COALTOWN SCHOOL

Appropriate exercises marked the
closing yesterday of the Coaltown
school, three miles out of Moline. Miss
Clara Meyer, the teacher, was in
charge. The program:
Song by the school.
Memorial Day and Its Object
Lena Griffin.
Gettysburg address-Russel Hunter
The Red, White and Blue"-Jessie
Settle.
Song, illinois BY the school
Driving Home the Cows"-Ger-
trude Belouske.
Our F1ag"-Owen Griffin.
THE Blue and the Grey"-Lillie
Lewis.
Poem-Clarence Belouske, Robert
Lewis, Roy Griffin, Clifford Hunter,
Florence Seine, Janet Belouske, Le-
Roy Lewis, Gilbert Griffin.
Address-E. B. MCkeever.
America-All.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
ART EXHIBIT AT LIBRARY.

Art lovers of the tri-cities will have
an opportunity of viewing the rare
and costly paintings now contained in
the private galleries of a dozen of the
wealthiest residents of Davenport,
Rock Island and Moline, June %,
when a big loan exhibit will be ar
ranged in the Moline public library.
The works of art in the tri-cities
now are valued at hundreds of thous
ands of dollars. All of the owners of
these works of art have been asked
to loan their paintings for the ex-
hibit. Among these are c. A. Ficke,
Arthur D. Ficke. Mrs. W. P. Betten-
dorf, William H. Wiese, Charles Grilk,
Mrs. Harry Evans, DR.. c. T. Lindley,
Dr. L. F. Guldner, DR.. P. A. Bendixen
and the Misses Emma and Clara
Brandt of Davenport; Mrs. Ben Cable,
George Marshall and Walter Rosen-
field of Rock Island, and G. A. Ste
phens, William Butterworth, W. l..
Velie and George W. Mixter Of Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
PRENTPTIAL FOR MISS SACK.
VILE

Mrs. Robert Berger and Mrs. NJ S
Martin entertained at thimble party
yesterday which complimented bride
to-be, Miss Margaret Sackville. Twen-
ty-tive guests enjoyed the affair and
were entertained with reading given
by Miss Edith Young and a piano solo
rendered by Miss Mildred Garnes. In
floral contest Mrs. Dale Chambers
took the prize, bud vase.
1t was a miscellaneous shower for
Miss Sackville, and she received a
beautiful lot of pretty and useful
things The hostesses served a deli
cious collation..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
OLIVE CLUB FAREWELL PARTY.

Members of the Olive club gathered
in the home Of Mrs. Elmer Grafton
yesterday for a farewell party arrang-
ed as a courtesy for Mrs. J. F. Kelly
and Mrs J. E. Stouffer. rirs. Kelly
leaves Saturday with her children to
join Mr.. Kelly in Milwaukee and make
their home there. Mrs. Stouffer will
depart soon otter the close of the
school term for Detroit, accompanied
by her daughter, Nancy. She has
been a member of the club for y
years and Mrs. Kelly has been a mem
Der for the last eight years. Both will
be greatly missed. They were made
the recipients of cut-glass compotes
as parting gifts.
Five hundred was the diversion of
the afternoon. Mrs. Kelly took the
high score favor, boudoir cap; Mrs
Ed Hammer the second prize, plate,
and Mrs. J. W. Temple was given a
powder box as all-cut trophy.
Each member had taken some arti-
Gle of refreshments with her and these
were served at the conclusion of the
i games.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
Moline Society
SOCIAL SEXTET ENTERTAINED.

Social Sextet club held its meeting
Tuesday, entertained by Mrs. c. Z.
Oberlander, and there were three
guests present besides the member
ship: Mrs. George Nystrom of Win
field. Kan, who is visiting Mrs. Ell
mer Hallgren; Mrs. B. c. Holm of Des
Moines, the guest of Mrs. F. W. Dyce.
and Mrs Lester Quick. The hostess
served refreshments in the late af-
ternoon. Mrs Victor Beck will enter
tain the club in two weeks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
HIGHLAND HEATH CLUB PARTY.

Mrs. Fred Lange, at her home on
Eighth street, yesterday entertained
members of the Highland Heath club
at party in celebration of her birth
day anniversary. The ladies occupied
themselves with fancy work ard in the
late afternoon were asked to lay aside
their work and were invited to the
dining room where lunch was served,
lilies of the valley with birthday
cake forming the table decorations.
The club gave Mrs. LANCE nice party
gift
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
ALV|NE'S WIDOW
AWARDED $500
Arbitrator of Industrial Board Grants
Compensation to Wife of Detect
i've Shot in Silvis.
CHAsTINE CONVICTED OF CRIME
Case Will Probably Be Appealed to
Board as a Whole and Then Posi-
bly, to the Supreme Court

j. J. Healey, arbitrator for the state
industrial board, yesterday awarded
the sum of $3,120 to Mrs. Wilhelmina
Alvine, widow of Hugo Alvine, special
detective for the Rock Island road,
who several months ago was shot
to death by Dan Chastine. The case
will probably be appealed to the board
as whole by the respondents, who
if not satisfied then have the privilege
of carrying the matter to the supreme
court. In determining the amount to
which the widow was entitled the arbi
traitor based the settlement on four
time the amount of a years salary AL
vine was getting at the time he was
killed. c. S. Roberts appeared for Mrs.
Alvine.
Faces Peculiar Case.
The case of Crawford VS.. Deere &
Mansur company, which came before
Mr.. Healy yesterday, presented an un-
usual phase inasmuch as it was the
first time since the Illinois industrial
board was inaugurated, that an en-
ploye sought compensation for having
frozen his feet while in the discharge
of his duties. A continuance was TAX
en- until Mr.. Healy's return, which
will be in about thirty days. In the
meantime additional witnesses will be
subpoened.
Crawford, who was driving a wagon
| for the company last winter, had his
feet frozen, and it was necessary to
iamputate two of his toes. No law was
available on which to determine the is
sue. this being the first case of it's
! kind to come under the compensation
! law in Illinois.
Mr. Healy left for Chicago last
night
Local Concern Bankrupt.
c. E. Oberlaender and Anna Ober-
laender, doing business under the firm
name of Oberlaender & Co, manufac-
turers of sweeping compound, have
filed voluntary petition in bankruptcy.
Liabilities are estimated at $4,000 and
assets represent an approximate value
of 5000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
Mrs. Laura L, Woodwork.

Funeral services for Mrs. Laura L.
Woodwork will be held from the home
Of her son, Charles Marks, Thirty
first street A and Twenty-second ave-
nue., at tomorrow. The Rev. J. II.
Miller of the United Presbyterian
church will officiate and burial will be
in Rock River View cemetery. In ad-
dition to the relatives mentioned in the
account of Mrs. Woodworths life yes
terday, she is survived by a daughter
Mrs. Lyle Burns of Los Angeles, Cal,
and a brother, Zachary Taylor of keo-
kuk, Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
|. HEAD STUFFED FROM
CATARRH OR A COLD
Says Cream Applied in Nostrils
Opens Air Passages Right Up.

Instant relief-no waiting. Your
clogged nostrils open right up; the air
passages of your head clear and you can
breathe freely No more hawking, snuff
fling blowing, headache, dryness. No
struggling for breath at night; your
cold or catarrh disappears.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
a little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream in your nostrils. 1t pen
etrates through every air passage of the
head, soothes the infamed or swollen
mucous membrane and relief comes in
stantiy.
It's just fne. Don't stay stufed-up
with cold Or pssty catauh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
PLAN EXERCISES FOR
EAST MOLINE PUPILS

Joint commencement exercises of
the East Moline township high school
and of the eighth grade of the public
schools of that city will be held Fri
day evening, June ?, at the Majestic
theater. The exercises, which will
mark the fifth annual commencement.
will begin promptly at s. Program:
lnvocation-Rev. T. C. Cady.
Music-High school orchestra.
Song-Eighth grade chorus.
Address-Rev. NJ. Z. Chatley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25

Mars, and Laurney and company, ma
gicians.
Season tickets will again be sold for
81 and it is hoped TO dispose Of 81 500
worth. Seat reservations for each en-
tertainment will be made at the Y. NJ.
c. A. desk. The course is practically
a Redpath offering.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
MOLINE OBITUARY
Mrs. Thomas McCann.

Mrs. Thomas Mccain, 1900 Twelfth
street, Moline, died at 230 this morn
ing at st. Anthony's hospital, follow
ing an illness of one year. Among
other relatives she leaves one son,
Robert Z. Mccain of Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
Visiting Cards.

While it would be difficult to say
just when visiting cards were first
used, we are quite certain of the fact
that they are not of very ancient date,
Apparently they were adopted in Eng
lish society before they were generally
used on the continent 1t was proba-
bly, about 100 that they came into
fashion in Great Britain, and it was as
late as 1910 when they were introduced
in Paris. 1t appears that the first Wis
iting cards were regular playing cards,
the backs of which were used for the
address.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
Pleasure.

A life of pleasure cannot support
itself SO long as one of business, but
is much more subject to safety and
dlsgust.-Hume.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
GOOD TALENT IS
ASSURED MOLINE
Committee on Attractions Selects
From List Of Stars Those Who
Will Come to City.
MYRNA sHARLOW IS TO APPEAR
Young Prima Donna Who Has FIRE.
quently Substituted for Melba to
Open Lyceum Course.

That Moliners will be furnished with
an array of lyceum talent next winter
which will surpass any like course
ever sponsored in the tri-cities, was
assured last evening when the COM
mittee on attractions-C. B. Hall,
John Lindblad and Miss Ruth Lowe
made out the list of attractions for
the year. OF special interest will be
the appearance of Myrna Sharlow, %
year-old prima donna who has fire.
quently appeared as a substitute for
Melba; Ida Tarbell, writer of maya
zine articles on working conditions,
and Montrabille Wood, scientist, who
has been associated with Thomas
Edison, and inventor of the electric
switch button
Talent alone will cost $1,000, &C
cording to the program outlined last
evening The committees report will
be referred back to the association of
lyceum hackers as whole, but there
will be no changes in the course from
that made out last evening, it is I'M
derstood
Myrna SharIow comes here with a
company of four others to open the
course and is the most expensive at
traction listed. Other musical attrac-
tions will be the Chicago orchestral
choir, Shuman quartet, Weather broth
ers' quartet and the six native Hawaii
ans who sang at the San Francisco
a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
Ida Tarbell to Lecture.

Lecturers listed in the 10-num-
Der course are Ida NJ. Tarbell,
Montrabille Wood and Clarence l..
Miller. The last named lecturer has
been called the find of lyceum" and
will deliver one of his celebrated ad-
dresses. Of special interest, also, is
the reading of The Message From
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25

Canton East Moline No. 72, Patri-
archs Militant, |. o. O. F., held its reg
ular meeting last evening in Odd Eel
lows hall, East Moline. Regular mat
tiers of business were disposed of and
a social session was enjoyed after this.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25

All the news all the time-Tha
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
RAT POISON USED
TO CAUSE DEATH
Charles Hutt Is Thought To Have End.
ed His Career by Eating Prep.
arati0n for Rodents.
BODY FOUND IN LONELY woons
Left His Home Sunday With cbeerv
Farewell to His Wife-Thought
People We're Down on Him.

Believing that Everybody was down
on him." Charles F. HUT. 1929 Twen-
ty-ffth avenue, left his home Sunday
noon, entered a nearby woods and il
thought to have eaten quantity of rat
poison, commonly known as rough
on rats" His lifeless body was dis.
covered at 6:15 last evening by boy
of the neighborhood. The body had
entered into a state Of decomposition.
"Goodby, mama. take good care Of
yourself" were the parting words Of
the man as he left his home Sunday
noon. His wife never saw him again.
1t is said that HUT applied for work
of a South Moline township farmer be-
fore entering the woods on the old
Erickson farm. Twenty street
and Twenty-fifth avenue, Sunday. He
was told that there was no work to
be had. 1t is supposed that he then
entered the woods soon after and in
dications are that he slept through the
night. 1t is thought that death came
about Monday noon.
Place where the body was found is
one seldom visited A boy named
Erickson last evening stumbled upon
the remains. Police were at once neti-
fed and the body was taken to the
Knox morgue. An inquest was opened
at this afternoon by Coroner R. C. J.
Never
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25

Stewart camp No. ASH, NJ W. A, met
last evening in Glenn and Trevor hall
in regular weekly session. Routine
matters only were disposed of.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
IN MOLINE LODGES

Six candidates were initiated into
Nobel lodge No. 288, Order OF Fasa,
last evening. -Four. applications were
also received and a social session was
enjoyed by the large number attending
after the business meeting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25

All the news all the time-TN
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
Factory Employe.

HUT had been an employe Of vari-
Gus Moline factories for some time. It
is said that he and his wife had had
differences several years ago. The
widow, son and daughter survive
him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25

Moline homestead No 1897, Brother
hood of American Yoemen, held a So
cial session last evening after its reg
ular business meeting. A program of
unusual merit was given and refresh
ments were served. The meeting was
held in Swedish Olive hall and was at
tended by large number.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25

Sewing circle of Idun lodge No. -.
Ladies Of Svithiod, served refresh
ments last evening after the regular
business meeting. A large number at
tended 1t was the semi-monthly
meeting. Delegates of the lodge are
now attending the state convention OF
the order in Chicago.