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The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-27
BACK FROM SIGHTSEEING TRIP
 TO THE NORTH.

Mrs. i, R. Larson and Mrs Milson 5. Dobbs returned at F o'clock last night on the steamer Jefferson from a round trip Of southeastern Alaska A stopoverr Of week was made at Skag- way. 4 visit to Taku glacier and Sit ka were also part of the itinerary. The ladies are delighted with their two weeks trip and enjoyed every minute Of it
 Silk four-in-hand soc, washable four in-hand ties 25c at Fields. (adv. ]
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-27

Improved Order of Red Men meets tonight Members requested to be presently order of Ray Copeland.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-27

Carnival of clothing values this week at Heckman's. 6-24-3t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11

s 's . lk ties" such as that at Pointe aux Pins, in the heart of a great evergreen fer est, on Bois Blanc Island. Straits of Mackinac. visited by folks from Chi
 caso, Detroit, Toledo and Cheboygan.
 Here fishing boating and bathing gre at your very doors, and tennis courts, open air pavilion, amusement and con cert hall are for the use of every guest of tine. community, whether he stops aat
 the community hotel' or in one of the numerous picturesque cottages for rent ibX the, season, at very Reasonable rates !. In many localities tent cities can be found. such as those at Rocka Wa y Point and Ocean Grove. near New York, and at Santa Catalina, where many Los Angeles people have been wont sto spend their summers. These tents can be rented at prices that will allow a whole family to enjoy a surnme r's out ing at little cost. Many railroads is sue booklets devoted to the advantages of fscampsng parties, which are rapidly becoming popular with our democratic people. Nacationists often prefer this mode of living when visiting the. great natural wonders or when touring, any of our numerous national parks where
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11

age beasts. as they did in 1872, in. 1913 Their farms. their houses, the woods and plains and holy cities are under the heel of the foreigner. that is why they fight so well on defense.
 Russians seem to have a Greek feel- Ing for the land. for the wide flat plains, the deep forests. the mighty riv- CTS, the tremendous arch of sky that is over Russia the churches encrusted with golden jewels where countless generations of their fathers have kissed the ikons' for the tremendous impulses that she whole villages wandering in search of sacred river for the cruel hardness of the northern winter, for fhe herce love and the wild gayety and the dreadful gloom and the myths and legends which are Russia. Once young officer travelled with us in our compart- ment. and all day long he gazed out of the window at the dark woods, the vast fields, the . .le towns, and tears rolled down his checks. Russia is mighty. mother, Russia is mighty mother" ho said over and over again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
ilck. The, ship was built at Millbridge

luck. The, ship was built at Millbridge, Me, ,sin s1sO4. and was first, named the Myrtle tTunnell. Before she had sailed many years the Myrtle Tunnell had gone fast on Frying Pan shoals, off North Carolina. and 1t was several months before she was pulled off, bot tom up and lowed into Savannah to be rebuilt and renamed the Forest City: :
 The schooner was twice water logged and during the winter of l912 she was caught in a Eale on the New En ginnt coast. and battered sd badly that she putiinfo Nantucket Sound leaking bad ly. her sails blown away and spars broken soff.s Her captain wass sick and confined ato his cabin at the time and before help could come the schooner was frozen tight in the sound.
 Shipping men said the schooner never made voyage of any great length without having something happen to her
 E At the time of the fire Capt H. B., Allen was her master and lie was mak : ing his first trip in that capacity. It iss said that the Forest. City was the third ship he had lnst- She was scwned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11

San Juan, Porto Rico, May 2S.-(Cor- . respondence of the Associated Press.) The hull of the ill-fated American schooner Forest City. known among shipping men along the Atlantic coast as .shoodoo" ship, is to be raised from the bottom of the bay here and rebuilt The Forest City was burned here Qn New Years day. the blaze being finally extinguished. after burning for "A hours, by the sinking of the hull
 Now the hull has been purchased at public auction for sS and after pre- liniinary survey the purchaser has an nounced that the hull will be rebuilt at cost of approximately $85,Oo0. and when completed 1t is believed that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
John Reed. in the July Metropolitan.

John Reed. in the July Metropolitan.
 Russians are not patriotic like other races, I think. The Tsar to them is not the head of the government; he is a di- vinity. The government itself-the bu- reaucracy-command no loyalty. from the masses, it is like separate na- tion imposed upon the Russian peo- ple. As a rule they do not know what their flag looks like, and if they do it is not the symbol of Russia. And the Russian national hymn is a hymn, a half mystical great song; but no one feels it necessarily to rise and remove his hat when it is played. As a people they have no sympathy with imperlial- isIn---they do not wish to make Rus
 sia a great country by conquest; in fact, they do not seem to realize that there is any world outside of Russia, {, that is why they fight so badly on an invasion of the enemys country. But once let the enemy set foot on Rus sian soil and the mojiks turn into saw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
Inexpensive Summer Vacations

A young woman in Newark writes us that she has but s25s,to devote to her
 annual summer outing and adds how she can. best invest it in aSyacation. W C receive numerous inquir ess 4Ike tn.s each year. To many this may seem a
 small allowancs. but a two weeks va
 cation on $25 or less can be had, in-
 cluding transportation. if one likes to
 camp and set up party of from four to six. Around New York, and we pre-
 sume near every large city. are pleas ant little lakes. rivers and streams on
 the banks of which small cottages or bungalows. with broad piazzas for sleeping porches, can be rented at very low figures. Usually they are roughly
 but comfortably furnished. with fairly
 good beds or couches and facilities for simple 4houselSeeping. In some sections one finds regular cottage communi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
Hull of Hoodoo Ship to be Raised
 From San Judn Bay and Rebuilt

schooner will earn back her cost in a very short time.
 The Forest City. disabled by storms and with more than half of her crew of II ill of beriberi. was brought into port on December IS. last, after having been out Fl days from Calabar. on the west coast of Africa. The schooner was in distress when lowed into port, she was leaking badly, some of her spars were gone and 1t was thought she would into dry dock before she could carry cargo again. Her cargo of palm. oil valued at $125,000, was being unloaded here when she took fire on New Ye;.r's day and was thought to have been n;com- pletely destroyed when the remains of her hull were sunk in the bay by. the coast guard cutter Itasca.
 The fire was not her first bit of ill-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11

by Frahkel &,wCo.. ard was. registered at Savannah, Ga. The schooner cost $40,000 to build and had a cargo ca pacity of 500 tons M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
Russia the Mighty Mother

camping accommodations are provided on libeval terms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11

One case of fine 36 and 40-inch Marquisette. Has beautiful mer- cerized silk finish, hemstitched and fancy drawnwork borders. Fine, medium and cable cord weave cur tain goods; worth regular 10o 35c to soc Yard .......... lOO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17
QUOTES TUMBLE
ON BIC RECEIPTS
Greater Number OF Arrivals Than We're
Expected Causes Sharp De-
cline in Hog Market.

Chicago, May 17.-Big receipts to-
day made hog values tumble. Cattle
supplies were likewise overplentiful
There was no urgent call for sheep and
lambs.
Hogs: receipts $4,000; fairly active
at 15c under yesterdays average;
bulk 9.75@995; light 950d9.90;
mixed 9.550l000; heavy 95501000
rough S.55@9.70; pigs 7.50G9.35.
Cattle receipts $4,000; weak; ma
tive beef cattle S.00@10.25; western
steels S.10@s.lO; stockers and feed
ers 6.OOGS.S0;, cows and heifers 4.40G
$50; calves S00@1100.
Sheep: receipts $4,000; steady;
wethers 7.60010.00; lambs S.75G
1855; springs 1l00@3.50.
ST. Louis Live Stock.
st. Louis, Mo-, May 17.-Hog re-
ceipts, 10000, lower; pigs and lights
9.75@9.S5; mixed, 9.70@9.s5; heavy
9.90@9.95; bulk, 9.7069.90.
Cattle receipts, 2,40O; steady; steers
7.50@9S5; heifers, S.506975; cows
725@S.25; yearlings, 8.75@9.50;
calves, 6.00G11.00.
Sheep receipts, 1900; steady; weth-
ers, 7.00@S.50; lambs, 1000G1225:
clipped lambs, 90061040; clipped
ewes. 7,50@S,5O; spring lambs, 1906
@14.00.
Kansas City Live Stock.
Kansas City, Mo, May 17.-Hogs
Receipts $4,000; lower; bulk $500
.9.75; heavy 9.7069.SO; light 9.45d
go; pigs 8.50M900
Cattle: Receipts 1000; steady
steers 7.50@9S5; COWS 5.50@S.25;
heifers 7.5o@96O; calves 65O@10.O0.
Sheep: Receipts 5000; steady;
lambs 100061225; yearlings 925G
11.25; wethers S25@975; ewes S.O(
G940.
Omaha Live Stock.
Omaha, May 17.-Hogs: Receipts
$4,000; lower; heavy 9,5069,70; ligh
9.3569.55; pigs S,OO690O; bulk "a;
@955.
Cattle; Receipts 4,50O; steady;
steers S,O0@975; COWS and heifers
6.756S.25.
Sheep: Receipts 1000; steady;
yearlings 8.7561O75; wethers 8.256
975; lambs 10.85@1235.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17
Grade Preliminary Held,

A preliminary track meet was held
Monday afternoon in which the stud
ents of the fifth, sixth, seventh and
eighth grades of the public schools
took part. The purpose of the meet
was to select representative in each
OF the grade events in the Mercer
county track meet to be held in Aledo
Saturday Arrangements were recent
ly made for several grade events for
this years meet the purpose of
which is to produce stars to compete
in the future meets, when the young
sters shall have entered high school
Much interest was manifested in Mon
days preliminaries by the grade boys
and many contested in an endeaVor to
excel so that they might be entered in
the track events on Saturday A large
crowd is expected from the neighbor-
ing towns whose schools are entered
in the Mercer county meet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17
Personal Mention.

E. f, Enrich was passenger to
Rock Island, yesterday.
Miss Grace Rush was a passenger
to Matherville, yesterday.
Mrs. Arthur Seafelt was an Aledo
shopper from her home southeast Of
town, yesterday.
z. S. McGinniS was business Wis
itor in Matherville, yesterday.
c. A. Campbell Of Galesburg was an
Aledo visitor, yesterday
President Ward l.. Ray Of William
and Vashti college returned last even
ing from a business trip to Kansas
City.
H. E. kellogg was business visitor
in Aledo from Galesburg, yesterday.
Rev. A E. Moody left Monday for
Atlantic City, where he goes to attend
the general assembly of the Presbyter-
ian church of the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17
Wanted None of the Gentle Wild in


While directing, William Robert
DAILY Of the Selig company becomes
so imbued with the spirit of the emo
tons he desires his actors to por-
tray he is entirely oblivious Of his
surroundings. In one Of Selig's pro-
auctions two of the players were sup
posed to make goo goo eyes" at a
young leopard while fondly stroking
it. They were a little bit squeamish
about doing it, but to show the players
that the animal was perfectly tame,
Director DAILY took it in his arms and
began to pet it. Just then he was
called away, and, thinking that Bill"
the animal trainer, was behind him,
he said, without backward glance:
Here, Bill, take the cat" But the
arms in which he put the leopard were
not those Of Bill, but belonged to a
big negro. He gave one look and then
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17
ALEDO AT A GLANCE
Daily Dongs in Mercer County's Busy Capital
Streets to BE Oiled Soon

Action was taken Monday night at
the meeting of the council in regard
to the stretching project for this
summer. 1t has been decided that ali
the principal streets of Aledo as far
out as the corporation line shall he
oiled Work will be started as soon
as weather conditions permit. Ii is
the purpose of the city to grade all the
streets to be oiled and to put them in
the best possible shape before apply
ing the oil. The roads already oiled
in the city have proven very satisfac-
tory and the furthering Of this plan nv
the city. council is to be commended.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17
Standnipe Is Located.

The matter of selecting a location
for the new city hall, necessitated by
the sale Of the present site to the gov
eminent for a postoffice building, has
been placed in the hands of a commit
tee. This committee is searching about
for a favorable site for the city hall
building. The committee has, how
ever, made arrangements for a new
standpipe to be placed in the center o.
the tie yards. The old standpipe is
situated on the postofTice site also. The
new pipe will be at least twice as
large as the present one. 1t is ex-
pected that city hall site will be Sc
lected within the next few weeks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17
T@day'@ Market Quotations
KANSAS REPORT
CAUSES DECLINE
Suggestions That Damage By Hessian
Fly Had Reached a Maximum
Results in Bearish Action,

Chicago, May 7.-Suggestions that
the damage from Hessian fly had about
reached the maximum for this season.
had a bearish effect today on wheat.
Besides, there was gossip that the in
jury 10 the winter crop would slim
ulate spring wheat farmers to push
seeding as late as possible. Liver
pool reports that buyers were nervous
owing 10 peace talk tended also to
handicap the bulls. Opening prices.
which ranged from the same as yester-
days finish to sc lower. with July at
117&s 10 I.1712 ind September at
117l4 to 1.l7l2. were followed by a
slight rally and then a moderate sag
all around.
In the later trading, no important
reaction took place. The close was
steady, q to 7s61c net lower with
July at l16h01165s and September
at 1165s.
Corn showed frmness, the result of
country offerings being light. Signs OF
export demand counted too in favor
of the bulls. After opening a shade to
* higher, the market reacted some
what but again scored an advance.
Bears we're at a disadvantage
throughout the session. Prices closed
steady at u QLc to nc net advance,
Oats kept pace with corn. Fluc-
tuatinns though. we're narrow and the
Volume of transactions small.
Larger receipts of hogs than ex-
pected gave a downward swing to-
nroyieioTs IN the decline free buv.
-, do,.aIonoa "a = eborr rolI,- on
ms ~,
''ieS' vi Ni
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17

wife who tries to regain the atten-
tons of her husband Many laughs
are in the piece E. J.-Moore, talka-
tive trickster, is an offering that en-
braces both comedy and mystery, will
be one of the important acts on the
new show. Lulu Coates and three as
SlStantS will offer an exceedingly
swift singing and dancing specially
They have an act that is worthy of
the biggest Of time vaudeville. SLIDER
and North were added at the last min
ute to put the necessary class to the
show as team offering. Manager
Blanchard states that the show is one
of the most expensive of the season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17
Bankers to Meet.

Tomorrow evening beginning at
1880. the third annual meeting OF the
Mercer County Bankers Federation
will be held in the city hall here.
There will be short addresses by J.
A. Wells. president Of the First Ma
tional bank of Aledo, p. A. New
comber. cashier of the Farmers bank
of North Henderson. W. J. Graham,
member of state legislature, and J. F.
Gillmor, county agricultUrist After
the speeches are completed the meet
ing will adjourn for luncheon at the
James cafe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17
CoUneiI Meeting,

The city council met Monday night.
C. E. Duvall, postmaster, appeared be-
fore the council in behalf Of the Uni
ted States government requesting that
the city of Aledo pay rental for the
ground occupied by city buildings on
the site recently purchased by the
government for the new postoffice this
rental to be paid until notice for va
eating shall be forwarded This mat
ter was referred to- the finance COM
mittee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17
Douglass Sells Ont.

Charles Douglas has sold his dray-
age outfit to W. H. O'Dell. Mr.. Douglas
will take well earned rest while Mr.
ODeil will endeavor to handle the ex-
tehSlFe business enjoyed by
the former. Then new drayman is al
experienced man in the business. He
Will probably take over the Wells
Fargo express business, which was
handled by Mr.. Douglas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17
Initiation Pnstnnnnh.

A correction is due the readers of
this section, for statement made in
last evenings items. 1t was there
stated that the Rebekah lodge was to
hold an initiation and social on that
evening. This event was not held be-
cause at the last moment it was
learned that some Of the candidates
for admission to the lodge would be
unable to be present. Regular lodge
meeting was held the initiation eXer-
cises to be held in the near future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17
THE DAY IN DAVENPORT

Kelly as his attorneys and they filed a
counter claim.
Seek Use Of River Front If the
Davenport Gun club secures the con-
sent OF the war department to shoot
across the Mississippi river, if the city
council will grant it the right to dis
charge fire arms within the city limits,
if it will agree to supervision of in
stalling its trap machine by the leyee
commission, if it will put up bond OF
S., 900 for one person injured and $40
600 for two or more injured and il it
will pay $25 and get off any time the
tract is leased for industrial purposes
the club can have the right to shoot
clay birds on lot of the leVee. The
levee commission so decided. ". j.
kunkel is president of the club.
Gives His Share to His Country
Some people say Henry Follmer is a
German He himself says he is a neu-
tral. But his action yesterday stamp
ed him as a patriot, an American first,
last and all the time. He has bought
!
terry, costing $25.
More Publicity-More national pub
licity is on its way TO Davenport. The
Ladies' Home Journal, which last year
published photographs of the results
obtained in the City eBautifulP con-
! test of the Rotary club, now wishes to
tell its readers Of the window Box
Campaign" of the Commercial club.
/ John E. Parker, the art editor OF the
publication, has written 10 Secretary
/ Norwood of the Commercial club ask
| ing for photographs Of Davenport S
! two miles of window boxes He says
if the photos, look good the publica-
ton will display them on a feature
! page in the spring of 1917. The
! photographs will be sent.
! Reapp0int Malloy Engineer the
regular meeting of the board of super
visors ]. NJ Malloy, the present conn
/ ~ engineer, was reappointed for the
/ coming year. His salary was fixed at
! So 900 which is to include the trans
portation of the engineers and their
appliances. The bonds OF James
Hickey and I'd T. O. Fcke were pre-
scented and approved by the board The
question of taking over the confident
/ ial exchange secretary from local
charitable organizations which came up
at a special meeting of the committee
of the whole in the morning and de-
cided upon, was duly passed in the
regular session. Several minor petit
tions came up for the board to dis
cuss, the majority of which, however
were turned over to the various com
mittees to decide. A license was
granted to S W. Martin and 3. A.
/ Lamb of LeClaire which allows them
to run a ferry across the Mississippi
| for period oil three years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17
AT SPENCER SOUARF.

The life of photodramatic' star is a
gay one. Recently at the Lasky studio,
during the perturbation of '"The Race. y
which will be seen! at Spencer Square
today and tomorrow, Anita King was
locked in a garage with her automo-
bile. The exterior of the garage was
sprayed with gasoline and the build
ing then set on fire. When the flames
began to blaze merrily all Miss King
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17

several years ago, when she moved to
Chicago. She is survived by her moth
er, Mrs. A NJ. Burge, 1908 Dubuque
street Two sisters, Miss Vannie
Burge of Davenport and Mrs. Ed.
Weber of Iowa City; a brother,
Charles, of Los Angeles, Cal, and her
husband in Chicago survive TO mourn
her sudden death
At Mercy hospital occurred the
death Of Mrs Mary Dorothy Rehling
after a short illness. She was born in
Germany Oct. y, 1853, and came to
America and directly to Davenport
when years of age. In 1872 she
was joined in marriage to Louis H.
Rehling, who preceded her in death
% years ago Three daughters, Mrs.
Edward Jucksch, Mrs. Martin, J.
| Gadient and Mrs. Jasper S. Stout. one
son, Louis p Rehling, and the follow
! ing brothers and sisters survive. Mrs
Hans Jepsen, Henry Roenfeldt of Clin-
/ ton and William Lift of Portland, Ore.
/ Appropriation May Be Given Bat
| Whether or not Battery B will
get the $4,000 appropriation for which
they petitioned the city council at a
meeting some time ago, will be de-
cided at the meeting of the city coun-
Gil at the meeting of the city council
| tonight At a meeting of the finance
committee, the matter was taken up at
some length, and it was finally decided
! that it would be referred 10 the CON-
{ 90 . n 1e
able. according to statements made by
members of the committee, that the
appropriation may be recommended to
the city council for passage.
Desertion Case is Continued No
7 trial was held in the case of H. B.
Knowles, charged with desertion by
his wife. His trial was set for Tues
day in the court of Justice of the
Peace Phil Daum, but by mutual
( agreement, the case was continued
The man agreed to pay his wife a
stated sum of money every week.
kuendel Victor in Damage Suit
After five days Of battling in the dis
trict court, Carl Kuendel, the defend
ant in the suit Of O. +. Fryer VS.. Carl
kuendel, was returned victor by the
jury after five hours deliberation and
awarded $l7969 on a counter claim
which he preferred. The suit arose
out of an accident when the two men
were driving their automobiles and
they collided on the Blue Grass road.
{ The plaintiff claimed that he was
forced to go to the wrong side of the
road in an effort to avoid an accident.
When he went to the wrong side of
/ the road, Kuendel also came 10 this
side and the two machines collided.
( Fryer commenced suit for 10000,
through Attorneys Wilson, Grilk &
Wilson. kuendel secured Maines and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17
Unclaimed Letters.

List of letters remaining uncaHed
for at this Office for week ending May
IS: Miss Ethel McCOin, Clair Haskins
Walter Carlstrom, Mercer County
Newspaper Publishing company. These
letters will be sent to the dead letter
office May so if not called for before
that date. c. Z. DUVALL,
Dor+r,,-+.r
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17
Horses and Mules.

East St. Louis, Ill, May 17.-Horse
and mule market, strong to unchanged.
Horses, Heavy draft extra, $1750
225; eastern chunks, $150M165; good
southern horses. $85G125.
Mules: Is to 1612 hands, S150d275;
16 to 1872 hands, $125d19O IA to 1415
hands, $65Q125.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-17

had to do was to crank the car. break
down the doors of the garage and
drive safely out before the roof fell
in. Miss King did all this. but I'M
fortunately the heat from the burn
ing building blistered the film in the
camera so that it was worthless, so
the press agent declares.