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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-21

don more than a century before then.
In 1863 basket makers "and other for
eigners" were banished by the COM
mon council to the old manor OF
Blanche Appleton, aNd N 1888 even
those English basket makers who were
still permitted TO live in the city were
similarly dealt with, on account OF
their indifference to the danger from
fire-London Chronicle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-21

Places Young American Want to
Know e. r. Tomlinson.
Fair Play''-Hawley Williams.
Story of the Cid for Young People
&C. ID. Wilson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-21
Ancient Basket Makers.

The Worshipful Company of Basket
Makers dates back to 1869, but basket
making was a recognized craft in Lon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-21
To t'ure a Cold in One Day.

Take LAXATIVE BROMO QuININE
Tablets. Druggists refund money if
il fails to cure. f. ". GROVES sigma
tnre is on each box, 25c.-(Adv)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-21
LEGISLATORS TO
COME NEXT WEEK
Committee Which viii Visit Rock Is.
land Has Membership of Thirty
Representatives.
SEEN UTILITIES IMPORTATION
DESTROYS OF Learning Sentiment OF
This Community asto Whether
Act is Success or Failure.
SEEN UTILITIES IMPORTATION

The special committee of the house
Of representatives of the Illinois gen
eral assembly which Sunday begins a
tour OF the state, stopping in Rock Is
land next Friday, consists of so men,
hers. Whether or not the committee
in its entirety or only in part will
come 10 this city IS not known at pres
ent
It is thought, however, that practi-
cally the entire membership will be
here, owing 10 the Importance OF the
town. Following is the personnel of
the committee:
NediIl Mccormick. chairman, and
Representatives DeYoung, Brinkman.
Brswn, ". NJ. Dudgeon, Gregory.
Hamlin, HeIwig, Lantz, lie Page.
Murphy Provine. Turnbaugh, Turner.
Vickers. Vursell West, L. 0. Browne
Burns, Cooper, Dalton, Franz, Cor
man, Hilton, Jacobson, McGloon, Null
cahy. Ryan, F. J. Smith and Thomp-
son.
The committee will arrive in Rock
Island next Thursday night. coming
from Peoria over the Rock Island &
Peoria branch of the Rock Island
lines. The train is due here at 10
o'clock.
1t is expected that plans will be
made here within a few days TO re-
ceiye the committee when it arrives.
The Rock Island Business Mems as
ISOLATION may cooperate with the mu-
nicipal authorities in welcoming the
members Of the house. AS far as is
known no plans for the meeting place
have been made, but it is expected that
the session will be held at 10 o'clock
Friday morning in one of the theatres
or possibly at the Rock Island club.
The committee is to be on tour of
the important cities of the state and
has scheduled five stops, East st.
Louis. Peoria, Danville, Rock Island
and Ottawa. The committee hopes to
ben enlightened as to whether or not
there is any need Of amendments to
the Illinois utilities act The purpose
Of the tour TO some extent is TO de-
termine whether the utilities law is a
failure or success. When the mem
bers have sounded the opinions of the
public they will report their findings
back TO the legislature as a guide to
that body in amending or revising the
law, should occasion demand such
alterations.
Wish to Hear From All.
It is the purpose of the committee
on the problem Of development and
control Of the utilities TO hear all in
terested parties, whether they be rep
resentaties Of commercial bodies, pub
lie utilities companies. farmers asso-
cations, city officials or others.
The committee will leave Chicago
Sunday night and will hold the follow
ing meetings.
Monday and Tuesday-East st.
Louis.
dnesday-Danville
hursday-Peoria
Friday-Rock Island.
Saturday-Ottawa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-21

All the news all the tIme-The
Argus.
The sun., 1916-10-30
LAUREL ENTRIES.

First Rsce-Two. year-old maidens: nve
and n half furlongs: Home Sweet Home,
fle: Swoon ump.l, li2. Grand Jury. liz:
Deios, n2: snndale ump.D. lo7; Mary
Beall, il?;. Water Wings. ia; Jack Daw.
son, i12: Mae Murray. 1903: Polly j.. 100.
Second neutrality-suspicious. and up-
ward selling: steeplechase handicap: about
two miles: Racebrook, lj7: Idle Michael.
1t6; j. X. johnson, ltc; otto Floto. 1873:
Sequence. 1872. Dixon Park, 1874: March
Court. l+3; Cynosure. 40; Chevron. 1874.
furlongs: Lively. II; Cherry Ripe. Iii.
Amalgamator. los; Triple Crown. iO5. oiyn
O., III: Kebo. III: Sandal. lOs.
Fourth Recall ages. the Canvas Back
Handicap, 1000 added. selling: six fur.
longs: Yankee Notions, 1924: tsir Villa m
johnson. 1917, Presumption. LOG; Favour.
io5: sherwood. 100: True as Steel, ll2.
mouch. 100.
Fifth Race-Three ;year-oldsi purse: one
1oi, Turmoil, ldt. Marse Henry. 10. Piau.
ditto. i0t curraghaleen. io+: Ampere III.
ump). iO2.
az; Surprising, llti Salon, llE -Presump'
iion. IA: Lady London, III Landslide.
1og Blue Cap, io6: 'pierrot. lls: Southern
Gold. IA. Surcget, IA. Pharaoh. IA;
Superintendent. IL; Finalee. al: Snrap-
mel, 100. Golden List. ios,
seventh RaCe-Three-year-olds and up-
Star Ga~- lis, ArteLsiow.. ia. Aesop. 1917
svslas. 1903; 'Blackford. 100; Little Eng.
land, us; Day bay, IA: Ed Bond. lO7
Ash Can, 100. Song Of Valley. 10a.
apprentice allowance claimed.
IVY. ]. Anderson entry.
The sun., 1916-10-30
LOCAL BOUTS THIS WEEK.

This will be one Of the busiest Monday nights
In the way Of boxing since the season opened.
Four clubs will stage bouts and there is one
star attraction In the list. This II the match
between Fighting Billy Miske and Battling
Invinsky at the Clcrmont A. &, The pair met
at the same club a few weeks ago and the
patrons Of the club are stu discussing III"
thrilling encounter. There Ia every reason To
believe that there viii he another exciting con
test, Ms both men are fighters Of the most com
bative sort. ITvinsky got the decision by n
narrow margin In the frst meeting. but Miske
says he can't do II again.
4 new ciih. tho I.yccum A. C.. situated nj "a
Fast Fourth street, viii throw open it's doors
tonight under tho management Of Joe Nc
Krnns, The opening attraction will be Shainus
0'Brien against Johnny Clinton, and the meet
Ing should he productive Of a warm scrap.
The Olympic A. e, will introduce Frankie
Conifrcy and Eddie Smith az the chief actors,
As a riot followed Conifrcy's last appearance In
the ring his recntry will he watched with In.
tcrest.
The Vanderbilt will TO. night present Kid
AlbertH and Willie Langford.
The broadway sporting Club will stage nm.
other interesting bout to morrow night. when
Bill Brennan, who disposed Of Tim Logan 50
quickly, will try his punch on Tom Cowler.
The Pioneer =. &. will present Eddie Nugent
and Eddie West on the same night.
| On Friday the Harlem \. G. will put Eddie
Dorsey end Johnny Lustig forth In the feature
Of IN all star bill.
The sun., 1916-10-30
Amateur Achieves Greatness.

Without dctractlrg from tn" mary
truly fine courses which the r'ufr,-!0"-
ais have built II Is "A condition ~ tho
advance of links architecture tn, sc
amateur has been the creator - ~
most wonderful and most difficult 'rf'
in the land. The amateur has boon 'N'
one who has dened convention and ,'I.
Gated the American people 10 4 NicE'-
form Of coursc demands.
To dctract from the profess or1's
who have been in the fore front q, or
second national game and say that they
have been pr"saic woU'l %" unjgs' mr..
less We quil,fiel II with tho S'i'one';
that have the architects - 'Nr
paid profession been given 80 r,''e
blanche orders as regards money N'i
men. Instead Of being urged 20 MAKE
the best regardless Of COS, 'Har ft.A
been urged to give tho most for '0e
least money and often tho sum 'a1',
was small indeed Creative C''iIs D."
the professional was not allowed =
spring forth.
In the case of the amateur. N'Devo~,
We find requirements d,mnnd.r- -. host
in the world REGARDLESS 4 cost W''N
money untold. there was a ,.Hr"' 'or
imagination. FIR the copying ~ '.' h'.'
holes in the world. for consult ,..' WI
many Of the best players and .".''* 50
that ii is small wonder that ~, N
the midst of a whole chain ~ r"N}
born courses. each Of which n '., scope.
mands given To the alch.'c,: urr Jrd
out. is 10 be the best iu the N.ri
The sun., 1916-10-30
Minnesota Ranks High
in Championship Race

CHICAGO. Oct. 2~9.-Scoring 236 points
in its last four games, as compared with
a total OF II points registered by It's
opponents. the University OF Minnesota
football eleven appears to be so firmly
intrenched in the lead for the big nine
championship that none OF the three
other c~ontenders Is generally conceded
much OF a chance to dislodge 1t.
Minnesota made its first start in the
Western Conference race yesterday.
burying Iowa undere n CT to 0 score n
eliminating the Hawkeyes from further
consideration in the championship race.
Wisconsin by its 80 to 7 triumph over
Chicago killed the last chances the Ma
rooms had of even finishing close up in
the Western Conference race, II was
Chicago's second defeat Of the "big nine"
season. Although Wisconsin played a
tricky game and Is conceded To he bet
ter han a year ago critics believe II will
have to play in much improved form to
even hold Minnesota to a close score.
Cigrand Out for Season.
Northwestern ran over the heavy
Drake University team, winning 40 to y.
The victory. however. was costly, as
Cigrand. one OF Northwestern's backncld
The sun., 1916-10-30
LESSER LIGHTS WIN
LOCAL ROAD RACES
While Best Runners Seek
HOnOrs in Jersey Youngsters
Earn Brackets Here.

While the best barriers in the metro
politan district were striving for he
numerous prizes in the ST. Peter Clubs
road race in Jersey City yesterday the
lesser lights OF the sport were competing
In the different runs held by clubs In
this city.
Frank Davey of Macombs A.. C. was
best OF the score of youngsters who COM
peted In the Rradhurst Clubs four and
a half mile run in Harlem. He led his
opponents home after leading most OF
the way. J. DAILY. another Macombs
Club lad. finished second. II. Jacobs OF
the Park House A.. A. was third. Davey
travelled the distance In 24:3S.
OF the small pack that started In the
Long Island Athletic Leagues race In
Brooklyn. Harry Mclaughlin OF the
knights Of st. Antony was returned the
winner He was In receipt OF a handi-
cap NJ . minutes and 45 seconds. This
enabled him to beat \. Mack. a team
mate. home by less h a 1--WE yards. NJ.
Lynch Of the Long Island A. G. finished
third. The Long Island A. c. won The
point trophy. It's representatives Tailed
80 points.
W. Deegan won the first race OF the
Ozanam A.. 4. Of The Bronx. He beat a
dozen barriers over a three and a half
mile course.
Harry Loboda finished first In the
four mile members handicap Of the
Mohawk \. c. J Donohue finished sec
ond and NJ. pwycr was third. Joe Ma
lone. tho former senior metropolitan
cross country champion. won the time
prize.
Running unattached. Daniel Pores, a
brother OF the noted marathon runner,
won the three and a half mile run OF the
Holy Cross Lyceum.
J. Brunson OF the Salem Crescent &C.
carried off nrst honors in the four mile
race OF the Dominican Lyceum.
The sun., 1916-10-30
Pcnnsy Gets Cha M pionships.
MEREDITH PREVENTS SWEEP.
IL Only American Athlete To Lose
in sweden Ga

MAlMo. Sweden. oct. e9.-Tcd Mcr-
edith again prevented the American
athletes from sweeping the board in
the athletic games held here to-day.
Many thousands, including a number OF
Americans. Witnessed the contests. II
was an enthusiastic gathering and the
Swcdes were vociferous with their cheers
and praise for Uncle SANS quinte, OF
champions.
Bob simpson won the broad jump,
Fred Murray the 10 meter hurdle race.
Andy Ward the eco meter dash and 10
LOOMS. Murray. Ward and simpson car
ried Off first honors IN the 400 meter
relay. Meredith was again beaten by
]. Bol!n IN the 500 meter run.
The summaries:
40 Meter Hurdlrs-won by Murray: Thor
SER. Sweden. second. Tmc-!6 10 seconds
Uish Jump-Kuilcrstrand. sweden. snd
Murray tied at meter 10
900 Meter Run-wou by Ward; simpson.
second. Murray. third. Timc-23 20 seconds
sn Meter Run. Bolln. sweden. won.
Time--i:57 SO. Meredith was second. Time
- Is 80, .
urosd Jump-won nv simpson. with $
meters CO centimeters: Olson, sweden, second.
with G meters g. ccn,imr'crs LOOMS. thlrd,
With & meters 81
Relay Race. lo Meters-Won by the Amer
can team in " SO seconds. sweden was
second with ~ $40 seconds
The sun., 1916-10-30

Members OF local walking clubs were
out In force yesterday. Most Of them took
long hikes through the suburban districts.
The veterans Of the Walkers Club Of
America travelled forty-hye miles, They
left upper Broadway at A. NJ went to
Nonkers, through Hastings, Tarrytown.
Dssining. Peeksk!ll, around Storm Noun
tain, and arrived at Garrison at t30 l.. N,
An OF the men finished In good condition.
They were =. Abhihl. A. bernstein. l..
L.c,berman. T. Geary, w, C. Redcy. John
Hcnerncn. ]. II. Hooking.
Another squad OF members OF this club
left this city In charge Of Dick Remer.
national champion. and travelled from Van
Cortlandt Park to Hastings and return. In
this squad were l.. I.aborwitz. T. u. Dayi-
son, n. Dunnc. ]. j. Dolan. II. Weilbach,
j. Goldstein. Lew Reich. j. v. Maher and
-, Coldsie!r.
The sun., 1916-10-30
Mayo wins Fast Time Prize.

There were two other prizes. They
went to Eddie Mayo OF the Brooklyn a.
4. for making tho fastest time and q.
Greenberg of the Seward A.. A. Tor
being the first novice to finish. Mayo
started from scratch and finished IN
forty-seventh position. His time was
81 minutes and : seconds.
william Kennedy of Chicago. who nm
ished ffth in the ten mile national
championship on Saturday. was among
the starters. lie showed little speed
and finished In iiftieth position.
The contest attracted to the course
one of the largest crowds that has ever
witnessed an athletic contest in New
Jersey. All along the route the con-
testants were walled in by "A crowd that
stood seven or eight deep. To a visitor
1t looked as II the entire %populace OF
Jersey City had turned out to see the
race. And II was an enthusiastic crowd
too.
Masterson. who was one OF the limit
men. set the pace until the last half
mile. where Lehman. who had worked
his way to second place during the first
mile and a half, came with "A rush and
beat him home by more than fifty
yards. Masterson finished a similar
distance ahead of Walsh.
The sun., 1916-10-30
HOCKEY LEAGUE MEETING.
Onicers VIII He Chosen In 81. Nick
Rink.

The annual meeting OF the American
Amateur Hockey League will be held
next Thursday evening at 3 o'clock In
st. Nicholas Ice Rink. 60 West Sixty
sixth street. Delegates from all the
hockey clubs represented in the league
Will be present. George q. Hallock OF
the Crescent A. c., president of the or
ganization. will preside. New officers
will be chosen to serve a year. and the
playing schedule for the winter will be
laid out.
The outlook for hockey this season is
very promising. since all the clubs are
exhibiting unusual interest In the sport.
In addition to this new players have
come to New York from Canada and
other portions OF North America since
last spring and these will undoubtedly
strengthen the teams Thus an excellent
grade OF hockey may be expected at the
big rink.
The sun., 1916-10-30
BrOokly "Peds" Out.

The brooklyn branch ~ the American
Walkers club went from cypress Hills To
'recdmorc and return. "A distance ~
twenty-five miles.
At the end no one showed any signs OF
distress. This squad was composed OF the
following: II backs, =. Member. l.. Fuu-
quet, X. Zulch, NJ, Dahut. 4. Volensky. j..
herman, A. urlauh ID J. Kllfoyle. s. H.
nerkowit2, q Trcfry. Jr, A, Ra%Linowitz,
witz. s., Ashipsky. A. Spicer, A.. Hundert.
mark. \. Dahu,. 4. Ahlstrom. q, Vein.
stein. Nj Doeble. +. Mcra. j. Green, u.
Trefry, Sr. J. W. Cosncy, j. Mandula, y.
Hegatty, H.. Murray. Il. Gillespie. {. Howe,
a. Ashare. j. Hagcman, a, Speer.
The sun., 1916-10-30

Members OF the New York Branch OF
the American Walkers Association hiked
from the Plaza In Long Island City to
Flushing. At this point tho short distance
squad started back while the veterans con-
tinued to Little Neck and return by way
OF Jamaica. The men who made this hike
were;
A. scanlon. ], Goodz. 4. Linsner. r.
Hellstern.- =. Garcia. l.. Attention. A. Ga
horcz. l.. Bennedette. +, Seufert. ]. Daniels,
W. Decker. J. J, Lynch. j. Haltigan. p. J,
Hughes. n; Kaufman. G. Gross. ~. Pal
hieri, A. Brcndel. W: Kunz. C. Kunz. ID.
Berger. q, Rorner. u, Donnelly, NJ Rundy,
E. Koenigsberg. T. Spencer. g. Winter, E,
jackson. y. ~connaughton. =. C. Hooker.
The sun., 1916-10-30
LEHMAN LEADS Big
FIELD OF HARRIERS
Aided by Liberal Handicap He
Wins Road Race in
Jersey City.
MORNINGSIDE A.. c. BEST

Edward Lehman. a rugged youngster
belonging 10 the Mornlngside A. c. or
Harlem. beat home a field of more than
a hundred and fifty barriers yesterday
afternoon in a 1--WE mile handicap road
race Of the st. Peters Club through
the streets Of Jewey City. Lehman ran
a good race but he was not the fastest
man in the pack. He won because OF
his handicap. which was 3 minutes and
10 seconds.
II. Masterson of the Swedish American
a. c. was the second man TO cross the
finish line and T.. Walsh OF the irish
American A. c. was the third to pass
the judges. Lehman travelled the i've
miles In 20 minutes and II seconds.
Lehman helped his eliminates carry
Off the point trophy. h Morningside
aggregation recorded the low score or
40 points. The Paulist A. c. was sec
ond with 81 points and the swedish
American A. c. was third with "a. or
the Hudson county organizations the
Jersey Harriers proved best. They
scored 1875 points and were awarded a
special prize,
The sun., 1916-10-30
Gardiner White In Golf Final.

Gardiner W. white viii compete With II.
II. Royd for the championship Sof the
Flushing Country club IN the finals next
week. lie won his way to that stage of
the cha pionship contest yesterday. when
in the semi-hnals he defeated Morel +,
Lewis by 3 and /. white almost equalled
the course record Of 72 In his match, which
he considered the hardest of the series
Boyd won his way to the semi-fnal by
defeating T.. =. Oates. who had previously
defeated l.. G.. !. Smith. The finals win
be played next week.
The sun., 1916-10-30
Richmond Wins Golf Title.

Lewis NJ. Richmon retained the cham
pionshlp little Of the Oakland Golf club
Yesterday, when In the tnal at 81 holes
he defeated Theodore cassabeer by 10 up
and Q TO play. This Is the second year
that Richmond has held the championship.
i. II Moore won the Mary Garden cup
with cards of 81. 40. 81, lA-i3-lA3,
for 36 holes.
The other best scores were; II /" 10
CART, 1856. 36-i50. j IL. Hailock. ls6, Sc
$50: W. v. swords, 1874, lilo,
The sun., 1916-10-30
WEEKS NOT IN DANGER

PRoyInrNCE. Il. T., Oct. gN-Joshua
Weeks. the Brown football player. who
was injured in the Rutgers game yester-
day. was reported as resting comfortably
tonight. Attending physicians at the
hospital state that there Is no evidence
now Of a fractured skull. that Weeks
suffers from conclusion and is bearing
up spiendidiy. His condition is not con-
sidered serious.
The sun., 1916-10-30
COLUMBIA MUST
PERK UP; ELEVEN
SHOWS POOR FORM
Blue and Whites Work in
Williams Game Causes Ad-
verse Criticism.
N. Y. us PLAY PLEASES
SUPPORTERS OF VIOLET

Far from being encouraged by the
Showing of the eleven In holding Will
Jams to a scoreless tie Saturday. follow
ers Of football at Columbia. particularly
the alumni, who are watching the prog
ress Of this years team with doubt. are
all present at Saturdays game II was
evident hat Columbia was outriayed
from the start and that the resulting tie
was a miracle. As a matter Of fact the
result was a discredit to Williams rather
than a credit to Columbia. Judged solely
from the brand Of play exhibited by the
two elcvens
l. Poor Judgment in the selection Of
plays at critical moments by the rival
quarterbacks. Lewis Of Williams and
Raimando Of Columbia. d~etracted large
ly from the kind OF a game looked for.
But above all the ragged attempt at the
forward passing game. PARTICULARLY by
Columbia, and the miserable punting
furnished by Williams and Columbia
alike marred the game throughout.
Better things had been looked for
from Williams after the good stand
against Cornell and the clean cut victory
over Union. For Columbia II must be
- ...a,ss ~. a.. ,s,.,a.a. -.
~. .o Tha go ,as,
Saturday displayed a lack of knowledge
Of the rudiments OF football and repeat
eddy failed to furnish n runner with in
reference. Yet that Is exactly what the
CoiuH.oiahs nave oone III u e"rnee
played ,ne man car
rying the paii 10 WORK OUT ms own sal.
vation. Inc oa'kfeic must sno" a sreat
oeai OF Improvement ~ 'he team Is.o
win a single game on the oaiance oi inc
schedule.
Critlcs are polnting 70 tne ,act 'na'
the coaching system seems 10 lave un-
necessarily 'pabled the team Ier'ain
II II that the eleven Is not driven haro
through the week. usually holding out
one or at most two scrimmages Some
thing must be done and don't In a hurry
yy,or yyes,ov,n WAS ou,n,o we'd by
n. Y. Y. in the first half Of the game a
week 6 critics declared mat shorty
the Violet eleven would hnd Itself ana
play top football. Evidently this Is what
happened at schenectady against Union.
for the Violet players romped through
the upstate eleven and registered a
decisive victory. lnasmuch as Columbia
was defeated by Union n. T.. U. sup
porters are looking forward to the CLASH
between the local institutions with con-
siderable confidence.
In Cam and Bernstein ~. Y. L. has
~wo players OF more than average ability.
One is a great kicker and open field
runner and the other Is a line plunger
equal TO the best. When they get Into
action there must be strong opposition to
check them. Coach Eustis has rounded
out a team which should make II inter-
esting for the opponents left on the
schedule.
Like Columbia, n. Y. U. has not been
able to have its strongest team In the
held at any time this season. Just why
II Is that the best players have ounde
legs, arms and heads Is an unexplain-
able mystery that the coaches would
like to have solved However, the men
are getting hardened to hurts and are
The sun., 1916-10-30
New Rochelle Yacht Club shoot,

Commodore A.. p. Bennett Of the New
Rochelle Yacht club carried on the honors yes.
trriay a. the preliminary shoot Of that club
on Harrison Island, II was a 100 ''bird' han.
dicap match. IN which eight men took part,
and III" conditions were 40 favorable a. IN
wind and light that full scores were returned
In all but one Of the Ave events.
The sun., 1916-10-30
A P DADMUN INJURED.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Oct. 29.-The Har-
ward football team came through the
Cornell game without serious injury,
Capt. Dadmun twisted his leg and
Harte received n severe blow on the
head. hut neither man will be handi-
capped by his mlshap for the weeks
work,