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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-25

months has been out of the city the
greater part of the time. For several
weeks he was the superintendent IN
charge of the Leon, Iowa, gas and
electric plant, one Of the municipal
service plants controlled by the Fish
er company. He will be out of the city
most of the time from now on Lieu
tenant Hinrichs states, and therefore
believes that his resignation is neces-
sary.
Recover Two Aut0S-Two stolen
autos were recovered by the police,
but in both cases, the culprit had dis
appeared when the machines were
found. L. NJ. Richards new car was
stolen Sunday afternoon from in front
of the American theatre, and was
found yesterday morning by Officer
Moeller in an alley between Third and
Fourth streets, near Pine. The other
car was stolen Sunday night from the
Burtis and found III Moline. 1t was
owned by Marcus Mehrens.
Asks $1,000 for Iniuries-A. ]. Pet
ersen through his attorney, Henry
Jebens, has filed suit in the district
court asking for $1,000 damages from
A. p. Griggs for in injuries received
from being struck by the defendant S
automobile. The plaintiff claims that
on the 18th of October he and other
persons had stepped off the curbing
and were getting on westbound
Third street car when the defendant
came along in his automobile and dis
regarding the traffic ordinance passed
the waiting street car and knocked
the plaintiff down. The accident hap
pened on East River street, by the cal
barns. Through his attorneys, Peter
sen claims that he was struck in the
side and back and knocked down, sus
. tanning bruises and injuries casing
him to pay $40 doctor bills and like
amount for nursing and medicine. HI
, also claims that he was kept from
work for ten weeks. He asks TO
81 900 damages for his trouble and 70
the injuries. The three counts he ha
! filed against Griggs are: Carelessl.
4, and negligently driving an automobil
on a public highway without regar
lfor pedestrians; failure to give warn
ing of his approach, and failure to oh
serve city traffic regulations abou
, stopping for waiting cars and allow
ing pedestrians to alight and get o
> cars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-25
Peoria Grain.

Peoria, Ill, April 25,-Corn = I'm
changed to &c higher; No. 3 yellow
79@791ac; No. 4 yellow, 2Q7212c;
No. 8 mixed, 73@731ac; No mixed
72@72Ac; sample, 506711ac.
Oats-A@1ac higher; No. 3 white
43k6431Ac; o. white, 4212c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-25

Omaha, April 25.-Wheat: No. ?
hard 1071am10S.
Corn: No. . white 7O@7O12; No. 2
yellow 711s@72; No. 2, 70@7012.
Oats: No. 3 white 41A M4l12.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-25
THE DAY IN DAVENPORT

day morning created a great deal of
favorable comment in behalf of the
battery and it is expected that much
help along the lines Of the preliminary
work will be available because of this
action on the part of Senator Henig-
baum.
Obituary RecOrd-Word has come to
friends here of the death of Mrs.
Grace Evans Smith, wife of Marcus
&c. Smith, which occurred at their
home in Los Angeles. She had been
seriously i'll for several months. Mr..
and Mrs. Smith were married at the
home of the bride in st. Louis in 1901,
and until few years ago, lived in st.
Louis, where Mr. Smith was actively
engaged In the management of the
Freeman-S Smith Lumber company Mrs.
Smith was a most loyable woman,
with many friends here who will deep
! " mourn her death. Mr.. Smith made
his home in Davenport for many years
before going to st. Louis. He has the
sympathy of many friends here.
At her home on Ohio avenue and
Boies street yesterday, after linger-
| ing Illness, occurred the death Of Mrs.
Clara Cunningham She was born in
Davenport, Sept. 16, 1886, and was
united in marriage to William Gun
ningham, Feb. 10. 1912. The survivors
are her husband, her father, Frank
Hoffman and two brothers, Edward F
and Richard L. Hoffman.
Mrs. William j. Meyer, wife of a
former well known resident of DaV-
export, died in Chicago, according &c
word received by Mrs. Herman H
Wahle, 8 Oak Lane Mr.. Meyer has
many friends in Davenport who extend
. their sympathy to him in his bereave
ment. The couple had lived in Chi
cago for about 40 years.
Max B. Deubbner passed away a
, his home, 722 West Third street, afteI
I lingering illness. He was born jun
= 4, 1863, in Cheunitz, Saxony, and came
to Davenport in 1887. He married
= Miss Sophia Ehlers in 1898. She pass
' ed away eight years ago. He is sur
2 vided by the following children
: Marie, Elsie and Grace. His mother
2 two brothers and one sister in Saxon
= also survive.
q RESIGNS As Rattery Lieutenant
/ Frank Hinrichs, senior second lieu
= tenant of Battery b., has handed !
/ his resignation 10 Captain A. M. Comp
J, ton and it is expected that electio
= of the battery will be held shortly
: fill the vacancy. Lieutenant Hlnrich
s gives business reasons as the caus
Of his resignation. He is employed
e superintendent and operating eng
q neer by the ID. G. Fisher company {
= Davenport and for the last tN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-25
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.

Mass Meeting On Armory-Thursday
evening the campaign to secure stock
subscriptions to finance the new artil-
lery plant of Battery will begin with
a big mass meeting at the CONNER
cIal club at o'clock. Although there
has as yet been no organized eff
fort to sell this stock over $4,000 has
already been subscribed and but $685.
600 in stock yet remains to be sold.
Judge Nathaniel French will deliver
the principal address at the mass
meeting. One hundred Davenport
business men will back the campaign.
The Armory board met at the Com
merclal club at O'Clock last evening
to complete plans for the mass meet
ing. Captain A. NJ Compton Of Bat
terry B has arranged for an artillery
Dractice demonstration to be
given on Main street in front Of the
Commercial club Thursday evening
There will be at least one gun section
in this demonstration, probably
mounted. The Armory board calls at
tention to the fact that each subscrip-
ton of SIS will bring the subscriber
| one share of stock in the Armory
Holding company and that there IS
strong probability that at the end of
| two years this stock will pay or D
per cent. The equity in the 13-acre
tract on Brady street near the city
limits where the plant will be locat-
ed, as we'll as the buildings to be
erected there, will remain with the
holding company. AS this land is OK
pected to increase in value with the
growth of the city and as the ssnti
ment Of Davenport business men is
known to be in support of the arti!'
lery plant project the Armory board Ii
sanguine over the success Of the stocl
subscription campaign.
To Introduce Bill On Armory-Of1i
GERS of the Davenport Armory Holding
company, organized for the purpose o
securing a site and building an arm
ory for Battery B in Davenport, an
nounce that they have been assured b.
Senator F. G. Heningbaum OF this cit
that he would introduce a bill in III
general assembly next fall providing
for the payment by the state for tn
proposed ground and building. Ac
, cording TO the officers and member
of the holding company, the stat
should build a home for the loca
guardsmen and that the bill TO be in
troduced by Senator Henigbaum vii
call for an appropriation of $4,000
Several prominent Davenport men, in
terested In the organization OF the bal
4 terry are also expected to go to De
Moines when the bill is introduce
: and use their efforts and infuenc
among the Legislators to secure il
passage. The announcement yestel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-25
Horses and Mules.

East ST. Louis, Ill, April 25-Horses
and mules market active and stronger.
Horses - Heavy draft, 175@225;
eastern chunks, 15O@1S5; good south
ems, S56125.
Mules. Is 1872 hands, 15Oq 20
Is to l51a hands. 125q190; IA to 14k
hands, 65d125.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-25
HOG QUOTATIONS
SHOW STRENGTH
Fewer Receipts on the Market Today
Resulted in Prices Taking
An Upward Turn.

Chicago, April 25.-Strength devel-
oped in the hog market today owing
to the fact that receipts were fewer
than on the corresponding day last
week. Cattle offerings were unattrac-
tive. Supplies OF sheep and lambs ex-
ceeded the forecast.
Hogs: Receipts 10000; strong;
mostly Zoe above yesterdays aver
age; bulk 9,S5@995; light 9.5O@1O.0O;
mixed 9.6o@1o.00; heavy 9.5OG1O.0O;
rough 9.5O@9.65; pigs 74009.25.
Cattle; Receipts 3,000 steady; ma
tive beef steers S.00G10.0O; western
steers T.S5GS.S0; stockers and feed
ers 5.90@S.60 COWS and heifers 40
$3.50; calves 6.500950.
Sheep: Receipts 10000; weak;
wethers 6.75@910: lambs 760@11.50.
Omaha Live Stock.
Omaha, April 25.-Hogs: Receipts
| 11,300; higher; heavy 9.60@975; light
9.45@9.7O; pigs 775@S.75; bulk $500
$40.
Cattle: Receipts 400; steady:
steers SOO@9,5O.
! Sheep: Receipts 1000; steady;
yearlings S50@10.25; wethers 5000
900; lambs 10.55@1150.
Kansas City Live Stock.
Kansas City, April 25.-Hogs: Re-
ceipts, $4,000 10c higher; bulk. $500
9.S5; heavy, 9.75@9.9O; light, $500
9.75; pigs, S.25@9.10.
Cattle: Receipts, 1000; steady tc
strong; steers, 9.25@9.75; COWS, $500
SIS; heifers, 7.25@1O.OO; calves, 65O6
1850.
Sheep: Receipts, 1000; steady
lambs, 1075@1155; yearlings. 95od
| 1915; wethers, S.75@950; ewes, S.O0d
ISIS.
ST. Louis Live Stock.
St. Louis, April 25-Hogs: Receipts
5000; 10c higher; pigs and lights, 7.5l
@9.95; mixed, 9.75@1O.O0; heavy, SO;
$1,000.
Cattle: Receipts, 1000; steady; ma
tive beef steers, 7.50@10.O0; heifers
S.3O610OO; cows, 5.50@S.25; calves
6.OOG11.0O.
Sheep Receipts, 1900; steady; year
lings wethers, 900@10.75; lambs, 100
@11.65; ewes, 7.50@SS5.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-25
STOCKS DISPLAY
GREATER ACTION
General Interest and Prices Increased
on Reports OF Selling War
Speclalties.

New York, April 25.-Activity quick
ened on confident absorption of offer
ings and prices kept pace, the turn
over of the morning exceeding half
million shares. An unusual variety of
rumors contributed tc the advance
which was the most impressive of sew
ersl weeks. Reports were current
that Berlin has acceded to the more
important demands of this govern
ment and the course of United States
Steel pointed strongly to an extra div
idend at today's meeting of the direc-
tors. War shares and specialties were
higher by three TO six points, with 10
for Bethlehem Steel at 439. Bonds
x-orn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-25
ST. Louis Live Stock.
Kansas City Grain.

Kansas City, April 25.-Wheat, No.
. hard, 1O7@113; No, . red, 112@
116.
Corn: No. 2 mixed, 70A @71c; No. 2
white, Tic; No. 8 yellow, 72c.
Oats: No. white, 4312Q4412c; No.
9 mixed, 40G41c.
Rye, sec.
Hay steady, unchanged.
Toledo Grain.
Toledo. April 25.-Clover seed prime
cash $50; April sos; October S.5212.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-25

All the news all the tilne-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-25

Marriage Licenses Robert Willett,
Edgington, Ill. and Lulu Whitfield
Tiskilwa, H.; Maurice Block, Moline,
and Fanny Rothschild, Davenport;
Carl Johnson and Mandy Johnson,
Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-25

London Silver
London, April 25.-Bar silver 52u
per ounce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-25
LOCAL MARKETS.

April 25.-Following are the whole
sale quotations Oh the local markets
to-day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-07
CHAPTER vi,

Mrs. Vertrees "sat up for her daugh-
ter, Mr.. Vertrees having retired after a
restless evening, not much soOthed by
the society of his Landseers But Mrs.
Vertrees had long vigil of it.
She sat through the slow night hours
In stiff little chair under the gaslight
in her own room, which was directly
over the front hall" There, book in
hand, she employed the time in her
own "reminiscences, though it was her
belief that she was reading Madame de
Remusats.
Her thoughts went backward into
her life and into her husbands; and
the deeper into the past they went, the
brighter the pictures they brought her
and there is tragedy. Like her hus-
band, she thought backward because
she did not dare think forward definite
ly. What thinking forward this trou-
bled couple ventured took the form Of
a slender hope which neither Of them
could have borne to hear put in words,
and yet they had talked 1t over, day
after day, from the very hour when
they heard Sheridan was to build his
new house next door. For-so quick
~ does any ideal of human behavior
become an antique-their youth was Of
the innocent old days, so dead! Of
breeding and "gentility," and no
craft had been more straitly trained
upon them than that Of talking about
n +borl
in was marked the most vital differ
ence between Mr.. and Mrs. Vertrees
and their big new neighbOr. Sheridan
though his youth was of the same
epoch, knew nothing of such matters
He had been chopping wood for the
morning fire in the country grocery
while they were still dancing.
1t was after one o'clock when Mrs.
Vertrees heard steps and the delicate
clinking of the key in the lock, and
then, with the opening of the door,
Mary's laugh and, "Yes-if you aren't
afraid tomorrow
The door closed, and she rushed up
stairs, bringing with her a breath Of
'old and bracing air into her mothers
room, eyes" she said, before Mrs.
Vertrees could speak, "he brought me
homer
She let her eloak fall upon the bed,
and, drawing an old rGd-velyet I1caing
chair forward, sat beside her mother,
after giving her light pat upon the
shoulder and hearty Kiss upon the
cheek.
'Mammaw Mac exclaimed, when
Mrs. Vertrees had expressed a hope
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-07

ing up her fallen furs with a gesture
of flying grace as she sped
When she came down, at twenty
minutes after seven her father stood
in the hall, at the foot of the stairs
waiting to be her escort through the
dark. He looked up and watched her
as she descended and his gaze was
fond and proud-and profoundly DIS
turbed. But she smiled and nodded
gayly, and, when she reached the floor,
put hand on his shoulder.
"At least no one could suspect me to-
night" she said. al look rich, don't I,
paDaW
she did. She had a look that wor-
shipful girl friends called regal" A
head taller than her father, she was as
straight and jauntily poised as a boy
athlete; and her brown hair and her
brown eyes were like her mothers, but
for the rest she went back to some
stronger and Hvelier ancestor than
either of her parents.
Don't I look too rich to be suspect
ed?" she insisted.
you look everything beautiful,
Mary" he said, huskily.
"And my dress?" She threw open
her dark velvet cloak, showing a splen-
dor Of white and silver. Anything
better at Nice next winter, do you
think?" She laughed, shrouding her
glittertng figure in the cloak again.
Two years old, and no one would
dream it! 1 lid it over"
'You can do anything, Mary"
There was a curious humility In his
tone, and something mOre-a signif-
canoe not yelled and yet abysmally
apOlOgetic. 1t was as if he suggested
something to her and begged her for
giVeneSs in the same breath.
And upon that, for the moment, she
became as serious as he. She lifted her
hand from his shoulder and then set
it back more firmly, so that he should
feel the reinsurance of its pressure.
Don't worry" she said, in a low
voice and gravely. 81 know exactly
what you want me to do"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-07

that she had enjoyed the evening and
had not caught cold. "Why don't you
ask me?'
This inquiry obviously made her
mother uncomfortable II don't" she
faltered. ASK you what, Mary?'
How 1 got along and what he's
ike
"Maryr'
"Oh, it isn't distressingw said Mary.
And [ got along so fast" She broke
off to laugh; continuing then, But
that's the way I went at it, of course.
We are in hurry, aren't WEI"
"My dear, don't know what to"
What to make of anythingr Mary
finished for her. so that's all right!
Now I'll tell you all about it. 1t was
gorgeous and deafening and teetotal
We could have lived a year on 1t. /
think the orchids alone would have
lasted US a couple of months. There
they were, before me, but I couldn't
steal 'em and sell 'em, and so-welI, so
I did what I couldr'
She leaned back and laughed reas-
suringly to her troubled mother. st
seemed to be a success-What could. y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-07
He Pounded the Table and Boone
His Echoes of Old Songs.

so protracted a full view Of brilliant
eyes; and, with the look, his lovely
neighbor said-and it was her first
speech to him
Il hope you're very susceptible, Mr.,
Sheridanr'
Honest Roscoe was taken aback
and, "Why?" was all he managed to
say.
She repeated the look deliberately
which was noted, with q mystification
equal to his own, by his sister across
the table. No one, reflected Edith
could imagine Mary Vertrees the sort
of girl who would "really fiirt'' with
married men-she was obviously the
opposite of all that" Edith defined
her as thoroughbred" a mice girl;''
and the look given to Roscoe was as
founding. RoscOe's wife saw 1t. too
and she was another whom it puzzled
though not because its recipient was
married.
Because" said Mary Vertrees, re-
plying to RoscOe's monosyllabIe AND
"AHo oOSouoS VIC Ie ueAI-uOOE uclSuUUIS
at table, and it's dull times ahead for
both of US if we don't get along"
Roscoe was literal young man, all
stocks and bonds, and he had been
brought up to believe that when a man
married he married and settled down"
He knew that young married people
might have friendships, like his wife's
for Lamhorn; but SibyI and Lamhorn
never "tiirted"-they were always very
matter-of-fact with each other. Roscoe
would have been troubled if Sibyl had
ever told Lamhorn she hoped he was
susceptible.
"Yes-we're neighbors," he said,
awkwardly. Il live across the street"
why, no." she exclaimed, and
seemed startled Your mother told
me this afternoon that you lived at
home" Slowly a deep color came into
her cheek.
NO" he said; my wife and I lived
with the old folks the first year, but
that's all. Edith and Jim live with
them, of course"
Il see,' she said, the deep color
still deepening as she turned from him
and saw, written upon a card before
the gentleman at her left, the name,
Mr.. James Sheridan, Jr." And from
that moment Roscoe ha5 little enough
cause for wondering what he ought to
reply to her disturbing coquetries.
Mr.. James Sheridan had been anx-
iously waiting for the dazzling visitor
to get through with old Roscoe" and
give bachelor a chance. "Ofd Ros-
coe" was the younger, but he had al
ways been the steady wheel-horse of
the family. AS their father habitually
boosted, both brothers were capable,
Woodworking young business men"
Physically neither was of the height,
breadth or depth of the father. Both
wore young business mems mustaches,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-07

Of Nancy Lee" naturally mfngling
some Bizet with the air Of that uxori-
GUS tribute.
No external bubbling contributed to
this effervescence; tie Sheridan's table
had never borne wine, and. more be-
cause Of timidity about 1t than convie-
ton, it bore none now. And certain
~ no wine could have inspired more
turbulent good spirits IN the host. Not
even Bibbs was an alloy in this nights
happiness, for, as Mrs Sheridan had
said, he had plans for Bibbs'-plans
which were going to straighten out
some things that had gone wrong
So he pounded the table and doomed
his echoes of old songs, and then, for
getting these, would renew his friend
ly railleries, or perhaps, turning to
Mary Vertrees, who sat near him,
round the corner of the table at his
right, he would become autobiography
zeal. Gentlemen less naive than he
had paid her that tribute, for she was a
girl who inspired the photographed
impulse in every man who met her-it
needed but the sight Of her.
The dinner seemed, somehow, to CEN
ter about Mary Vertrees and the jocund
host as a play centers about its hero
and heroine; they were the rubicund
king and the starry princess of this
spectacle-they paid court to each 9th
er, and everybody paid court to them.
Down near tie sugar pump works,
where Bibbs sat, there was audible
speculation and admiration. "Wonder
who that lady is-makin' such a hit
with the old man." Must be some
heiress." "Heiress? Golly, I guess I
could stand it to marry rich, thenw
Edith and Sibyl were radiant; at
first they had watched Miss Vertrees
with an almost haggard anxiety, Won
dering what disastrous effect Sheri-
dams pastoral gayeties-and other
things-would have upon her. but she
seemed delighted with everything and
with him most of all. She treated him
as if he were some delicious, foolish
old joke that she understood perfectly,
laughing at him almost violently when
he Dragged probably his first expert
ence of that kind In his life. It en-
chanted him.
AS he proclaimed to the table, she
had "a way with herr She had, in
deed, as Roscoe Sheridan, upon her
right, discovered just after the feast
began. Since his marriage three years
before, no lady had bestowed upon him
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-07

only make less noise! I want Mrs.
Sheridan to hear"
Shed say the same" he shouted.
shed tell me l was mighty slow if I
couldn't get ahead O. Jim. Why, when
l was his age
lou must listen to your father
Mary interrupted, turning to Jim. who
had grown red again. Hes going TO
tell Us how, when he was your age. he
made those two blades of grass grow
out of teacup-and you could see for
yourself he didn't get them out Of his
sleeveI'
At that Sheridan pounded the table
I'LL it jumped. Look here. young ladyr'
he roared. Some o. these days I'm
either goin' to slap you-or I'm goin'
to kiss your
Edith looked aghast; she was afraid
this was indeed too awful" but Mary
Fertrees burst into ringing laughter.
''Both!' she cried. Both! The one
to make me forget the otherr'
But which" he began, and then
suddenly gave forth such stentorian
Tumpetings of mirth that for once the
whole table stopped to listen. "Jim,"
he roared, IF you don't propose to that
girl tonight I'll send you back to the
machine shop with Bibbs"
And Bibbs-down among the retain
ers by the sugar pump works, and
watching Mary Yertrees as a ragged
boy in the street might watch rich
little girl in a garden-Bibbs heard.
He heard-and he knew what his ia
theirs plans were now.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-09-07

She glanced hurriedly over her shout
der and spoke sharply, but in low
voice: 81 don't think it's very nice of
you to bring it up at I'll, Bibbs. didn't
want them to frame 1t, and l wish to
goodness papa'd quit talking about it,
but here, that night, after the dinner,
didn't he go and read it aloud to the
of shameI'
Bibbs looked grieved. "The poem
isn't that bad, Edith. You see, you
were only seventeen when you wrote
it."
'Oh, lush upv' she snapped. 81 wish
1t had burnt my fingers the first time
| touched it. Then | might have had
sense enough to leave it where it was
| had no business to take 1t, and I've
been ashamed"
mo, no. he said, comfortingly. at
was the very most fattering thing ever
happened to me 1t was almost MY
last flight before | went to the machine
shop, and it's pleasant to think some
body liked it enough to"
''But l don't like itr' she exclaimed.
81 don't even understand it-and papa
made SO much fuss over its getting the
prize, l just hate it! The truth is /
never dreamed it d get the prize"
"You have to live it down, Edith.
Perhaps abroad and under another
name you might find"
''Oh, hush upl I'll hire someone to
steal it and burn 1t the first chance I
GET She turned away petulantly,