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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
SUNNY HILL

Miss Marie Branberg of Coal Valley
visited Friday with Mrs E. P Lawson.
Rev. Mr.. Spencer, the state Sunday
school missionary, gave an excellent
address at Sunny Hill school house
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johnson OF
Briar Bluff spent Sunday at the J. r.
Meeken home.
Will and Allen Tenant visited the
past week with relatives in Chicago.
The Clarity brothers were called to
Moline last week to attend the funeral
of their grandfather, William Killing
Rev. Mr.. Adair is in Monmouth. The
Homestead pulpit was filled Sunday
by company of Monmouth boys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Wahlstrom
announce the birth of son.
Will Morrison has received word
that his cousin W. G. Warnock Of Gen.
eseo, who is we'll known here, has Sc
cured the position as manager Of the
Arp farm southeast Of Moline.
The Helping Hand class was enter
tanned Saturday afternoon by Alice
Harsha, with program. A fine lunch
was served and games were played.
The annual meeting of the tele-
phone company which was to have
been held Saturday was postponed to
later date.
Mrs, J. R. McMeeken who has been
quite i'll the past week is slowly i'm
proving. Her daughter Mrs. Ray Nc
Donald is staying with her
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson and daughter
of Chicago are visiting Mrs Wilson's
father, Thomas McMinn. Miss Marga-
ret McMinn also of Chicago, made a
short visit here last week
The two adult classes of Sunny Hin
! Sunday school will be entertained Sat.
urday evening by Mr. and Mrs. c. A
Johnson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
oII0TES HARDEN
On Good DEMAND
- ,mouu, Of Actiyit! Shown by
e' shippers Has Strengthening
Effect on Hogs.

u,,,so Feb. l2.-Hog prices hard
!. ,ossv on account of active de-
'D "a from shippers, Cattle quota
g. we're almost nominal There
=. net much inquiry for sheep or
snbs ,... . ono firm. hulk
my 40, light, 7.95GS.4O; mixed,
sss ny heavy, S.o5GS,4S; rough
se o'.,Ie - Receipts. 200; steady;
....rs s.25T9.65; cows and heifers.
:sSsoo: calves. S.25G11.25.
'S Sspsep-Receipts, 1000; weak; weth-
~ 7.soGS.25; lambs. S.75al HIPS.
kansa~Eity Livestock.
r,,sas City, Feb. 12-Hogs-Re-
ints 1000; steady; bulk, 7.SoQS.15;
Nv Nv Sl5GS25; light, 775GS,1o;
Siss, s.5OG7.6O,
...srs. 6.5OG9O0' COWS ana heilers'
sssG ZOO: heifers, 6.25Qs.75; calves,
I5oG1O5o.
sheen - Receipts. none: steady:
ennis, 1880 1890; yearlings, 5000
Is: wethers, 7.5oGS25; ewes. 1000
80
st. Louis Livestock.
g. Louis. Feb. 12,-Hogs-Receipts
:, noo lower: pigs and lights, $50
40; mixed, S05qS.4O; heavy, S.50G
$40
cattle - Receipts, 200; steady;
ssers. 7.5Od9.5O; cows and heifers
Sa6s.S5; calves, 6.0O@11.5O.
Sheep Receipts, none; nominal
vssrling wethers, S.OOGlo,OO; lambs
swflL25; ewes, 6.25GI75.
Omaha Livestock.
Omaha, Neb, Neb. 12.-Hogs-Re.
csIpts, 1880; higher; heavy, 1850
500; light. 7.7OG79O; pigs, 6.5OG75(
bulk, 7.SOa790.
Cattle-Receipts, 200; steady; steers
S25GS25; COWS and heifers, 5.35d
s75.
Sheep-Receipts. 100; steady; year,
lings, S.25d9.25; wethers. 700@S.00;
lsmbs, 1O.3Oq10.90,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12

to the navy department asking exact
ly where our navy ranks, l venture
to say that you will be sent little
pamphlet entitled Information Con-
corning Some of the Principles Of the
World" | doubt, however, whether
your question will be directly answer
ed On page 7 of that pamphlet, which
by the way was prepared by the Pnited
States Office of Naval Intelligence, you
will find a table of the relative order
of warship tonnage Of the principal
navies of the world afthe time the Eu-
ropean war broke out. The table shows
that on July l, 1914. reckoning YES
sells then building as well as vessels
already built, the relative standing OF
the leading navies of the world was as
follows:
Great Britain ..2,713,756 tons
Germany ......... ,304, $40 tons
rIduCe o5JySlO tOuS
United States ...... S94,S89 tons
. I believe in the Monroe doctrine.
believe that it is necessary for our self
preservation. l believe in keeping
Chinese cheap labor out of the coun-
try. l believe that the Asiatic exclu-
sion doctrine is sound. Those doc
trines are first class doctrines, but
you never can support them with a
third class feet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
Legal.
Executors Notice.


Estate of Anna Schmale, deceased.
The undersigned having been ap-
pointed executor of the last will and
testament of Anna Schmale, late of
the county of Rock Island, state of
Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice
that he will appear before the Hon.
Benjamin Bell, judge of the probate
court of Rock Island county, at the
probate court room, in the city of
Rock Island, IL the April term, on the
first Monday in April next, at which
time all persons having claims against
said estate are notified and requested
to attend for the purpose of having
the same adjusted. All persons in
debted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment to the under
signed.
Dated 9th day Of January, A. D.
1916. WILLIAM TREFZ,
Executor.
Witter & Walker, attorneys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12

Victor L. Littig and ]. H. Weir, repub-
licans; ]. D. Selman, socialist.
Aldermen at large - William H.
Gosch and Christ Keuhl, democrats;
]. F. Nebergall, A. E. Ballow and
Adolph Angst, republicans; John H.
Reeves and Tony Petersen, socialists.
Ward Aldermen: First-Julius Jeh-
ring, democrat; William Brehmer, re-
publican.
Second William Moeller and
| Charles Ruhl, democrats.
Third-Adolph Harbeck, A. H. (Ma-
jor) Meyer, democrats; William Tuch-
farber, republican; A. ]. Krejci, So
cialist.
Fourth-Al Hartwig, democrat; Joe
Cummings, Jr., republican; ]. w. Full
Ter, socialist.
Fifth-E. S. Arnold and B. M. Raben,
republicans; Gustav Magnus, socialist.
Sixth - Frank Boyler. democrat;
Charles Lindholm, republican; Oscar
Brodine, socialist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
The Day i'm Davenport

southeast quarter of the northeast
quarter Of section three, Liberty town
ship. Consideration, $1,000.
Anna Schupp to Lena Hall, west half
Of lot three, block Sc, LeClaire's sew
enth addition. Consideration, $1,000.
Evert E. Baker and wife to John E.
James, lot Y, Home addition.
Emma Heusch, ct al to Francis E.
Green, ct al, tract of land, southeast
of Long Grove.
Two Couples viii Marry-Two cou-
Piles will marry within the next two
days and were given licenses today
from the Office of the clerk of district
court. They were George Greek and
Mary Borhidan, both of Bettendorf,
and Hugo c. Sierk and Gertrude L.
Helble, both of Princeton.
o.
May Form Symphony Orchestra
A number of local music lovers met
Thursday evening at the Commercial
club to further discuss plans for or
ganizing a Symphony orchestra in
this city. While plans are at present
in an immature state, they are suftici-
emily advanced to encourage the pro-
moters into the belief that the enter
prise will be put through successfully.
Last evening was the second meeting
of the promoters. 1t is hoped to in
duce the best talent in the city TO join
the organization and to start with an
orchestra of fair size and gradually in
crease in membership. No member or
musician in the orchestra will be paid
a salary with the exception of the di-
rector. Ludwig Baker, the well known
Chicago violinist, is favored for con-
certmaster and may be engaged for
this work If so he would come to
Davenport one or more times a week
: to direct rehearsals. At Thursday
evenings meeting committee was ap-
pointed to confer with the Tri-City
Federation of Musicians to ascertain if
it would be possible to secure their CO.
operation. No guaranty fund will be
asked of the public at the start. Each
member of the orchestra will be re-
quired to pay his or her prorata share
of the expense until such time as the
organization may be placed on a self
supporting basis. 1t is the expecta-
ton to have the orchestra thoroughly
organized and drilled to a high state
of efficiency before making a public
appearance. This may require six
months or more time. AS one of the
Headers expressed himself, I'VE want
to be fully prepared before endeavor-
ing to present anything to the public
At that time we expect to give good
account of ourselves. Until such a
time we shall not ask any support from
the public"
\
Candidates File Petition-The candi
dates who have filed their papers sc
far are:
Mayor-John Berwald. democrat
Rudolph Rohlffs, republican; A. Fl
: Wise. socialist.
Il Clerk-Hugo Moeller, democrat
Harry Hilson. Socialist
Treasurer-Alfred Norgordt, demo
crat; G. Z. Robson, republican. Ma
Clark. socialist
: Assessor--John II. Gundaker. dem
ocrat: E. c. Struck, republican; Franz
Z, Brown, socialist
Magistrate-W II. Scott. Otis Gil
/ brech, Ernst Clausen and Glen i
, Kelly, democrats, Henry L C. Ditzen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12

Charles II. Byers Succeeds GoodselI
Charles H. Byers, graduate Of
Northwestern university, postgraduate
student at Chicago university and
graduate of the London Commercial
college at London, Ontario, Canada,
has been secured by the Davenport
school board to succeed n. J. Goodsell,
who resigned several weeks ago. After
a search of several weeks the school
board decided ON Mr.. Byers. While he
has had no previous teaching expert
ence, he comes with the highest rec
ommendation from his teachers and
Principal George Edward Marshall
was pleased to make the announce
ment of his acceptance of the position
this morning. He will report for work
in the commercial department Monday
morning.
Burke and Clarke Sentenced-C. M.
Clark, who pleaded guilty to charge
of forgery, was sentenced to seven
years at Ft. Madison penitentiary by
Judge Theophilus yesterday. Clark
claimed the sentence was excessive
and announced his intention of ZAP
pealing from the sentence" Judge
Theophilus also imposed a sentence OF
one year at Anamosa reformatory on
Earl Burke, found guilty of assault
with intent to murder. The woman he
tried to kill, Esther Lee Johnson, is
now serving a 15-day sentence in the
county Jail on charge of drunkenness.
Charles Mackenzie will be arraigned
before the court Monday, and accord
ing to his attorney, J. p. Weir, will
plead guilty to a charge of forgery.
Sentence will be imposed Immediately
following his plea.
Increase Stock of J. W. Davis Conn.,
pany-The capital stock of the j. W.
Davis company, the winter cucumber
growers with greenhouses at Davis
gardens above Bettendorf, has been
increased from $4,000 to $4,000, and
the amendment to the articles OF in
CORPORATION have been filed by Attor-
ney Wilson, erik & Wilson.
Suffrage Leader Is Working Here
Miss Lodge, of the National Equal Suf-
frage association, is in the city today
in the interests of forming a local as
sociation here. She has conferred
with a number of the local suffrage
leaders and believes that a Davenport
! local will be formed shortly.
Democrats VIII Caucus Thursday
Ward caucuses of democrats OF the
city will be held next Thursday even
| il was announced today. The places
of the meetings have not as yet beer
announced. but it is understood thai
they will be arranged for during the
next day or two. The call is issued by
NJ. ]. Malloy, chairman of the city cen
tral committee. The number OF dele
gates TO which each precinct is en-
titled was announced yesterday. THESE
! figures are based on the vote cast foi
the party candidate for mayor at Inc
last election. At the caucuses dele
gates to the city convention to be heit
a week before the regular election
April /, will be recommended. Pre-
cjnct committeeman will also be Sc
lected and placed on the primary pal
lot.
Real Estate Transfers fie'
and wife 10 John klanker, part oil IN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
Legal.
Notice of Final Settlement.

NOtlCt VI L Iudi Otttlcmtuts
Estate of John G. Jemeland, deceas-
ed. ....
Public notice is hereby given that
the undersigned, Robert w. Rank. has
this day filed his final report and set
Element as such in the probate court
of Rock lland county, and hearing ON
said report has been set for Feb. II,
1916, at 10 o'clock a. NJ, at which time
persons interested may appear and
make objections thereto, and if no OBJ
jeotions are filed, said report will be
approved at that time. and the under
signed will ask for an order of distri-
button, and will also ask to be dis
charged.
Rock Island, Illinois, Jan. ii, 1916.
ROBERT w. RANK,
Administrator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
Call Reports Exaggerated.


Washington, Feb. 12.-Indian Super
intendent Runke at Tuba, Ariz., re-
ported today that the trouble caused
by the killing of Navajo Indian re-
Gently while resisting arrest had been
exaggerated and that there ere no in
dications of an uprising.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
st. IOuis Provisions.

St. Louis, Feb. 12.-Poultry-Un-
changed; springs, 19c; turkeys, 21c;
ducks. 1Sc; geese, 11Ql3c.
Butter-Unchange
EggS-22c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
Liverpool Grain.

Liverpool. Feb. 12.-Wheat-No.
hard winter new, 13s SID.
Corn-American mixed, lis I'd.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
EIgin Butter.

Elgin, ILL.,, Feb. 12.-Butter-75 tubs
Slice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12

All the news all the time - The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12

Kansas City Provisions.
Kansas City, Mo, Feb. l2.-Butter,
eggs and poultry, unchanged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
London Silver.

LONDON Sllfers
London, Feb. 12-Bar silver
26 15-16d per ounce. Money, 4@412 %
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12

Real Estate Transfers fieu
and wife 10 John klanker, part oil the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12

Suffrage Leader Is Working Here
Miss Lodge, of the National Equal Suf-
frage association, is in the city today
in the interests of forming local as
sociation here She has conferred
with a number of the local suffrage
leaders and believes that Davenport
local will be formed shortly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
LOCAL MARKETS.

Feb. 12.-Following are the whole
iale quotations on the local markets
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-12
loTAL NUMBER SHOTS sss; Turn NUMBER HITS 4s % HTS
DAY l>pvrpvAl Spu>o TARGET PaAcr1cr.
BnyLrsup FLEET 1914.

\.}. lIH>i fit WE'RE OBTAINED FLM PRIV ALE Mn Kills
~ i>tRM>IHN AMI ARE uEliEVED NJ ne Ct,RREcr.
u - itaN tilt TiLAT OER bA MNrINiD ii
H'i ,hhbD !MA\laM PtAI ice IN TIE Ara> OF FDl T.
It>LARi V9sc. APO klp>I.k
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-27
Mr.. Advertising Man,
Co1vsntfon Hall,
Philadeiphia, Pa.

fseeS~cbP"S0S
Dear Sir:
There used to be lot Of theory and guesswork
about advertising.
You can recall the tme-and still be a young
man at that-when advertising was only another
name for Pretty Pictures.
And there was period before that when it
was commonly described as X-The Great I'm
known Quantity.
Advertising has made some progress since the
time when old Uncle John bought space in The
Buss SGso because the genial solicitor had
Winning Way with him.
That we are living to-day. in an age of Adver-
tslng Facts and Figures is due mainly to the
sound constructive work of the Associated Adj
vertising Clubs Of the World.
The advertising business is getting on a Def
mite Basis and the Foot Rule and the Microscope
are part of every modern advertisers equip
ment.
There's where we thrive, for the New York
American g value to advertisers is something that
can be Weighed, Measured, Analysed and Ap-
praised
Listen-
The citizen with an income ranging from $4,000
to $4,000 is the advertisers ideal prospect.
He has a well-furnished home-dresses in
good taste-belongs to clubs-keeps car-is
wide awake and open to new Impressions
In the United States there are 276,727 people
with incomes Of $4,000 to $4,000, according to
the official figures.
And Of this 276,727 not less than 81, ,132-or %
per cent-live in metropolitan New York
Thjnk of that! One-ffth Of all the real Live
Wire Incomes in this big country are to be found
in an area that measures up about the size of
carpet tack on the map.
There is on deposit in the savings banks Of the
United States about five billions of dollars More
than one-quarter of all this gigantic sum-or
81, 000,000-is on deposit in savings banks in
New York City
The combined payroll In New York Oity's
manufacturing establishments exceeds ten mill
ions of dollars week-to say nothing Of salaries
to office people, executives and so on
Last year new homes for 269,53o people-a
bigger population than there is in Louisville OF
Denver-were built in Greater New York. And
the cost of building-not including the ground
was $122, 2,794.SoO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-27

The advertiser who knows the ms and outs Of
selling would rather have thousand circulation
with Personality behind it than five thousand
without it.
Some newspapers have no more personality
than an iron fence
The New York American does not belong to
that class. 1t is fighting newspaper.
No fighter ever lacked personality, and the New
York American has what Elbert Hubbard would
have called Personality Plus.
It's readers believe in it. They are all back of
it to a man. They endorse its crusades-its stand
for public morality-its battles for the peoples
rights-its honesty and its ideals.
This quality Of Personality works out in many
interesting ways. The Confidence of Readers, for
instance.
Here's an incident that shows what we mean:
About a year ago the New York American
started department of Information for In
vestors. The purpose of this department is to
advise the readers of the American as to the in
vestment value of stocks, bonds and securities It's
service is free, and it gives Real Informatiom--
not clippings from prospectuses Every PROPOSE
ton about which an inquiry is made is investi-
gated right down to the ground, and the results
Whatever they may De-are printed.
Readers of the American were advised that re-
plies to their inquiries would be printed in Sun
days and Mondays American.
IF we had kept that up we would have had to
increase the size Of the paper. Inquiries average
about one hundred day and the replies to nine
tenths of them are sent by mail. The remaining
tenth-of general public interest appear in the
American.
1t Is a revelation-how much money people
have awaiting investment.
Most inquiries have reference to sums ranging
from $500 to $4,000, and letters from people
who have from $4,000 to $4,000 lying idle are
an everyday occurrence.
The point is A newspaper that did not pos
sess the full Confidence of Its Readers would
never be deluged for requests for advice like this
There's moral for advertisers in this. It is
obvious.
Yours truly,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-27
Nen1 Hot (11lettra1l
srsnatrsrSsS

Within fifty miles Of the New York City r
there are approximately 125,00o automobiles
This is three times as many cars as there are in
the earth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-27

There are seven morning newspapers printed
in English in New York City.
The New York American-daily-has twenty
five per cent of the combined circulation of the
seven newspapers
Twenty-Five people out of every hundred in
New York City read the American every morning.
The remaining seventy-fve divide their prefer
ence among the six other morning newspapers.
If you could sell your goods to one-fourth of
the people in the richest community on earth you
would no longer have any cause for worry.
All you would have to do then would be to
Speed Up the Plant-and start efficiency and
bonus systems to develop larger output
It isn't just pure luck that gives the New York
American twenty-five per cent Of all the morning
newspaper circulation in New York City.
1t is Complete Newspaper complete
newspaper is an uncommon production.
The best foreign news service-the iVest local
news-the best financial pagan up-to-d0te real
estate departmental HVe-Wire automobile sec
tion-a editorial page Witb punch-the most
interesting cartoons and pictures-these are some
of the features that keep The American on the
crest of the metropolitan wave.
The New York American numbers among it's
contributors hundreds of the worlds most cele-
brated men and women-leaders in politics, litera-
ture art, finance and affairs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-27

The Biggest Thing newspaper can have is
Personality. It's the most intangible quality,
too-the hardest to put your finger on.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-27

We don't have to tell advertising men what
these Facts mean-what world beating oppor-
tunity for Big Results, Increased Sales and
Larger Profits is tied to them
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-12-21

In the latter part of the summer /
secured, thru the agricultural COM
mittees in the different localities, a
complete list of all the silo owners in
the county. I then wrote each one a
letter, calling his attention to a meth
cd of growing two crops of silage on
the same ground in one year. This
method had been demonstrated in the
county. / have already learned of a
number who have begun to grow
crops under this plan.
Ito be Continued
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-12-21

sucn a signal may be wholly invisible.
ms lamp is worn like wrist watch
except that it is fastened by an elastic
70 the back of the hand instead of
20 the wrist. The lamp is described
IN the january Popular Mechanics
magazine. It is equipped with ruby
ouii.eye which is sure to attract at
tentlon. The words "Safcty First" are