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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-24
PLACESFOR TESTS |
HAVE Been Fixed
Annual Rural Eighth Grade Examina.
tons Are Not to Be Held In
Rock Island.
CHANGE IN PLANS NECESSARY
Too Much Inconvenience Caused By
Forcing Pupils to Come to One
Central Point.

Announcement is made today at the
Office of the county superintendent of
schools that the annual rural eighth
grade examination will not be held in
Rock Island this year. as was the case
year ago. The test will take place
May Il at the various points which
have been designated
Inability of pupils to reach Rock
Island early in the day from their
homes and inconvenience which was
oCCassioned by forcing the students to
come to this city, caused a change in
the arrangements this year.
All teachers having pupils to take
the examination will be expected TO
accompany them 10 the place destg-
hated for the test. while teachers, who
have no pupils for the exam, will be
required to report in order to assist
In grading papers.
District Schedule.
District schedule arranged follows:
Districts /. >, 8. T. and 6-Cordova.
Districts :, S, 8, 10, IA, Is and 16-
Iillsdale.
Districts 10, II, u, II, is, 10 and
20-POrt Byron.
Districts IS, % and champion.
Districts 26 and 33-Osborn.
Districts q, %, %, "a and 25-Jos-
lin.
Districts 81 and 32-Barstow.
Districts 50 and 36-Carbon Cliff.
Districts AZ. 40 and 44-Sears.
Districts As, 46, AZ and 4S-East
Moline.
Districts 40, 50, SO, 60, 81 and c.
Milan.
Districts 50, 81, So, "a. So, 66, ST, IS,
So, 80, 81 and 92-Coal Valley.
Districts Sc, SO, "a, 95 and 96-Rey-
nclds.
Districts 81, IS, 50, 10 and 71-Tay-
Tor Ridge.
Districts So, Sc, 81 and 5S-Anda-
lusia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-24
Notice Of Application for Saloon Ii.


cenSe.
We, the undersigned property own
ers in the city of Rock Island, county
Of Rock Island, and state of Illinois,
being the owners Of the property de-
scribed opposite our names and of the
number of front feet described oppos-
lite our names within 300 feet of the
front door of the premises to be known
as and called 4532 Sixth avenue, in
the city of Rock Island, county and
state aforesaid, do hereby petition the
honorable city council of the city of
Rock Island to grant a saloon license
to ". c. Mueller, or his assigns, the
said above described location and
hereby consent to the issuance of such
license.
Otto Adams, lot I, block 2, William
f. Brooks addition to East Rock Is
land, $50 feet on Sixth avenue.
Robert Froeter, part lots and 8,
block /, William E. Brooks addition
to East Rock Island, rs feet on Sixth
avenue
F. G. Maihack, lot s, block 2, Will
liam E. Brooks addition to East Rock
Island. $50 feet on Sixth avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-24
FLOATS DESIGNED |
FOR ISLAND SHOW
Ten deliberately Illuminated Cars to
Be Seen in the Centennial
Night Procession.
ARE NUMBER OF UNIQUE IDEAS
First Bridge With Train Passing Over
1t to Be ReprOduced-Benson
Works Out Details.

The final designs for the floats to
be used in the electrically illuminated
night pageant on the avenue on Rock
island during the huge celebration
commemorating the building of Fort
Armstrong, to be held June 1925 I'M
der the auspices of the Rock Island
torical section of the Davenport Acad-
envy of Sciences, have been completed
by Director-General George D. Ben
son, who will be in personal charge
of this feature of the celebration, and
workmen are already assembling the
material for their construction.
The pageant will consist of 10 large
cars and will be decorated and illum-
mated by hundreds of small mean
descent globes. connected with a spe-
cial trolley wire that Colonel G. W.
Burr has given permission to be
strung along the avenue.
Car No l will be The Flight of the
Indian Spirit" with the Great Spirit
of the Indian legend depicted leaving
the cave Emerging from the cave will
BE- fairy queen holding aloft in one
hand her wand while the other holds
ribbons attached to a great bird that
| is flying above the float.
| Car No. 2 represents THE Coming
Of the White Man." showing in the
| background the west end of the island
and standing in canoe bearing a
On the bow of the canoe will be burn
ing an old-fashioned torch Of birch
bark. Father Marquette is accompan-
led by numerous Indians.
| Car No. is The Coming of the
Flag" and bears a reproduction OF
the block house, with a soldier, fur
| trader and a frontiersman standing
near the door. A picturesque figure
representing Columbia will raise the
flag.
Shows Mills In Operation.
Cars No. and represent Pho
neers' and agriculture" and No. 6 is
Lumber or Forest Riches No. 7
represents Manufacturing, and shows
in the distance mills running at full
blast with the windows illuminated
, and machinery whirring. Commerce
is the title Of car No. s, and will rep
resent the point of the island with a
reproduction of the first bridge with
{ a train going over it. A life group
| representing Commerce" will also be
seen on this float
Car represents Peace and Pros
perity," while the 10th and last foat
, will be America" one of the mos
5 gorgeously decorated cars ever de,
= signed by Director General Benson
More than 300 lights will be used or
< the Car Triumphant" to make the eff
, feet as beautiful as possible
: Work was commenced this morning
, on the excavation for the foundation
for the restored block house of ole
Fort Armstrong. The foundation vii
be of stone and will be made as nearly
. as possible to resemble the origina
foundation-that is, what is known a.
' dry wall. The restored blocl
house will be in what was known a:
! the south angle" and is located OF
5 the narrow strip of land between For
3 Armstrong avenue and the down
= stream end of the island only few
< feet from the cannon planted there t.
mark the site of the old fort. Thu
work is being done by McConochie
Sons
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-24
Notice In Contractors.

Bids will be received. 9 a m. May
3, 1916, at the mayors office, for paw
ing Thirteenth street, Seventh to
Eighth avenue, with brick. Certified
check Of $500 must accompany bids.
WILLIAM McCONOCHIE,
Mayor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-24

lena. All of these officers, recently
elected, must pass the test before
their commission is received. First
Lieutenant Bickel and Battalion Quar-
termaster John Chase, Chicago, staff
officers, were also examined.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-24
New Jersey to Aid Iowa Suffs.

Des Moines-New Jersey suffrag-
lists, though defeated at home, have
decided to assist Iowa aspirants of the
ballot, according to the Iowa Equal
Suffrage association, The Women's
political union of New Jersey has noti-
fed the Iowa suffrage headquarters
that it is to give a luncheon in New
ark for the benefit of the cause in
Iowa and at which Mrs Carrie Chap
man Gait will be guest An Iowa con-
gresham will be present and will de-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-24

Districts 54, 70, 70, "A. IS, 81 and 80
Districts SO. rs, 76, II. rs. 70, so, 81,
50, IS, 81, 80, 100 and 101-Illinois
City.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

street southwest, Saturday night. The
brick broke Mrs. Weber's eyeglasses and
drove a splinter OF glass into the lens
Of her right eye.
Frederick Charles, 134o Four-and-a-half
street southwest is in the Fourth pre-
cinct, charged with assault with a den
gerous weapon. The police charge he be-
came disorderly on the street car on
which Mrs. Weber was riding and was
elected by the conductor. Then he threw
the brick which hit Mrs. Weber, 1t is
said.
DR.. C. n. Chapman, who treated the
woman Immediately after the accident,
declared 1t almost impossible to save
the injured eye.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02
OTHER TEMPERATURES.
BIRTHS REPORTED,
WHITE.


Richard o. and lily Curtin. boy.
Charles R. and Grace A. Brown giJ
John A. and Eva G. CoIborn, sirI
William A and Francis Hutson boy
Walter z. and Mabel NJ. Williams g;v,
Herbert z. and Mary Lowe, boz.
George and Margaret Wolfram bov
Claude D. and Myrtle Phillips, eiri
Floyd B. and Lizzie F. Mastin. eirI
August V. and Margaret A. Rutherford. bo.
HAIRY JOSEPH and Margaret V. Leer, bow
David Moy and WI Kee, boy.
Lee Sing and Leong Nom, Cirl.
Lewis D. and Mary Bailey, gii.
COL0RED.
Thomas and Grscs Brown, girl
James and Marie Robinson. girI.
John a. and Bessie West, girI,
William H. and Ethe Burns, boy.
Edward A. and Mary Cook, girl
John II. and Nellie Collins. girl.
John and Josephine Brooks. boy
Marshall and S. Thomas. boy.
Clarence and Ida Garter, boy.
Harrison and Henrietta Mills. boy.
Charles and Florsnos Bucman, bon
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02
QUANTICO OFFERS SITE
FOR u. S. ARMOR PLANT

Special to The Washington Herald.
Fredericksburg, Va, Oct l.-Ouantioc
has entered the competition as a con.
tender for the location Of the govern.
ments S1,OO00o0 armor plate plant He,
claims are being boosted by Fredericks,
burg and Manassas
In the brief filed with the Secretary Of
the Navy and the Advisory Board, Ouan,
tlco cites It's nearness to the naval prov,
ing grounds at Indian Head and fbs CO..,
that it is only thirty-fve miles rrorr
Washington.
Quantico has also offered to donate 3
site Of from IS to 800 acres. This wouIC
De saving to the United States ot
N,O0,0 900. 1t is asserted.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Dlsu1ct Of Columbia and Maryland-Fair Mond,v
ana probably Tuesday with slowly rising teznpers,
tu[e gentle northeast to southeast winds
Firginia-Fair Monday. warmer IN N. ,,..-..-
IuesdAy lair, warmer; moderate to fresh porthes \
TO southeast winds on the coast
rosts' mostly heavy. were general Sunday morn.
Tennessee the Lower Lake REGION and N. tnt.Is
o. the Middle Atlantic States and New England
Virginia. - 'ou'u"eStern
LOCAL TEMPERATURE.
Midnight, IS; a. m, R;4m Sa.s 90.
q. m'' .; 10 a. m. 50; Il noon, 50; Q D. m so.
= 4i Z; m. q; p. m. 81; p. m, g; 10 p M q
Relative humidity-S a. m, a:2nn
m, "a VI p H. 81 D.
Fainfsu Is p. m. to 8 p. MI o. bor,, ., ,r,,
Al1ne n.3; per cent Of possible sunshine %
, IenpeTature same date last year-Highest 81
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02
WOMAN HIT BY BRICK
MAY LOSE USE OF EYE

Making desperate efforts to save their
patients sight, physicians Of the Walter
Reed Army Hospital last night attended
Mrs. Catherine Weber, wife Of Sergt.
Weber, Of the United States Marine
Corps. who was struck by brick thrown
into a street car on Four-and-a-half
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02
RELIEVE RHEUMATISM
FOR A QUARTER

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druggist for q box OF Natures Remedy
CNR Tablets). The first dose will make
you feel better. Here's the reason-NR
acts mildly and pleasantly en- the di-
gestlye and eliminative organs-the
Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels.
Try II tonight Guaranteed. Your money
back II you want 1t. Get a 25c box
At all four Peoples Drug Stores:
7th X SITS. n. W. 7th & E SITS. N. W.
ADV.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02
DEATHS REPORTED.

WHITE.
Mary CochrIne, So years. Wash. Asylum Hospt
Mamie Peck. g. Georgetown Hospital
Anna MAsEino, B tuberculosis Hospital
Julia Bowen, 80. Garfield Memorial Hospital
Marguerite L. Newton, 10 days, sls G st ~.
Edmund ". Woodruff, T6, lEG Euclid E- NV.
COLORED
Henry Graves, 90 Freedmen's Hospital
Carrie Herbert, 8, % Defrees St
Alice L. OVeTton, ., zo2 st. NV
william P. Felt. g., " Sd st. ne
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02
DIPORTANT TO PUBLIC SPEAKERS
AMI TAIKERS

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uIpsack Of EemS topicaIly arranged. ls2 Pages.
An invaluable companion for SpeI1tnd1s q
EVERY DESCRIPTION. Single copief sent post
Regular price, soc Per COPY For sale at Fred
LudT's Book, Stationery Store and News Agency
northwest conner 18th and Girard sts NV, wash
tnEton D, C.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

Central Oflce Detective Henry W. Fort
ney is on ten days leave terminating
next Sunday. Detective Sergt James P.
StrinEfeIIow. Of Central Office, will spend
two weeks with relatives in Culpeper, Va.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

Fire in the home OF Clarence L. Breene.
So2S Fifteenth street northwest, at noon
yesterday, did S1c0 damage.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

Taken suddenly I'll at his home, 1910
Tenth street southeast, yesterday morn
ing. Henry N. Willis, IS years old, died
before medical attention could reach him.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

Chester Bid, of the Government Print
ing office, has returned to the city aftor
two weeks stay in Atlantic City.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

Detective sergts. Fleet s. Hughlett, of
the Central office, and R. E. Dalrymple,
assigned to the White House, have re-
turned to duty from leave of absence
Detective Hughlett spent a week fishing
on the Lower Potomac. Detective Dali
rymple has had three weeks leave.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

Capt Thomas Peck and Detective
Harry Cole, OF the First precinct, have
gone on a two-day trip to Aqua Creek
for bass.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

Mrs. Mamie McMichael left Saturday
for York, Pa, where she viii spend her
vacation.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

Mr.. and Mrs. B. W. Butler have re-
turned to the city froh three weeks
vacation at worcester, Mass.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

Two barrels containing steam fittings
were stolen from the Easements of houses
at New Hampshire avenue and V street
northwest. The fittings were the property
OF D. D. Condor
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

The Southern Railway Companys gross
revenue In August was ss,4ss,71i, an in
crease as compared with 1915 of 81, ,oes, oo1 ;
operating expenses, taxes and uncoIlecti-
Bile railway revenue, sl,55l, sos, an In
crease as compared with 1915 of s5s5,so4.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

| Miss Mary Bartel, OF the Bureau of En-
craving, is on leave of absence because
OF illness.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

A gray mare and a buggy owned by
William H. Moreland. Of Ballston, Va,
were stolen from that town last night.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

The Tome School at Port Deposit, Md,
will open today with the largest ENROLL
fnent OF students In its history. Boys
from all over the United states and
seven foreign countries are registered.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

D. A. Lana of the City Postoffice, has
returned after motor tour through
Maryland.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

Fire in the premises occupied by Frank
Napper at g. G street southwest yester-
day did $50 damage.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

Noble Larner ana .Ie 400 Kansas ave-
nue. northwest, have returned from a two
weeks motor trip through the lake re-
gion Of the North Woods. Mr.. Larner
Is connected with the management Of the
local telephone company in the Alex
andria division.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

DR.. Wallace Radcliffe, after an absence
OF six months from New York Avenue
PRESBYTERIAN Church. because of illness
preached yesterday morning and wac
welcomed by congregation which nlled
the church.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

Robert W. Short Of the Bureau Of En-
craving watch force, has been transferred
to the office OF the Supervising Architect
Of the Treasury Department.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

Stumbling into a ditch near Fourteenth
and Decatur streets Saturday night, Will
lam Cunningham, 20 years old, Of s5
Twenty-hfth street northwest, broke his
ankle. He was removed to GARFIELD Hos
pital.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-02

Miss Martha Berry has been VISITING
friends near Viennp. Va.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-04

DAILY MATS. 100 10 500
doors open AZ l11Hl
NIGHTS 80 1900 anf NsIs
doors open az 6761
SAT- y. And HOLIDAYS
two Mats. az 4 ami $500
The Detroit times., 1916-11-04
SHOWS

Nmateur DANCING Contests 80 FrIday Nieht
The Spectator., 1916-04-11

hand. They might kill him; there was a chance of their accomplishing that; but never should they touch his daughters fortune.
 Jones, you go to the rear door and I'll take a look out of the front. We have an hour. I know the breed. They'll wait till midnight and then force their way in
 Hargreave saw dozen shadows in the front yard.
 Men all about the back yard" whispered Jones down the hall
 The master eyed the man.
 Very we'll, sir" replied the latter. with understanding. T am ready"
 The master went to the safe, emptied it of it's contents, crossed the hall to the bedroom and closed the door softly behind him. Jones having entered the same room through another door to be- fool any possible watcher. After long while, perhaps an hour, the two men emerged from the room from the same doors they had entered. So whis- pered the watcher to his friends be- low.
 'Hargreave is going upstairs"
 Let him go. Let him take look at us from the upper windows. He will understand that nothing but wings will save him"
 Silence. By and by a watcher re- ported that he heard the scuttle of the roof rattle
 Look" another cried, startled.
 A bluish glare came from the roof.
 Hes shooting off Roman candle!"
 They never saw the man-made bird till it alighted upon the roof. They never thought of shooting at it till it had taken wing Then they rushed the doors of the house. They made short work of Jones, whom they tied up like a Christmas fowl and bumped roughly into chair. They broke open the safe, to find it empty. And while the rogues were rummaging about the room, venting their spite upon many treasure they could neither appreciate nor understand, man from the out side burst in.
 The old man is dead and the money is at the bottom of the ocean. We punctured her. She's gone!"
 A thin. inscrutable smile stirred the lips of the man bound in the chair.
 CTO BE CONTINUED
The Spectator., 1916-04-11

Hargreave covered good deal of ground, but during all this time his right hand never left the automatic in his overcoat pocket, except at those moments when he was obliged to sign his checks. He would shoot and make inquiries afterward.
 Far away young girl and her companion got on the train which was to carry her to New York the great dream city she was always longing to see.
 And the spider wove his web.
 Hargreave reached home at night. He put the money in the safe and was telephoning when Jones entered and handed his master an unstamped note.
 Where did you get this?'
 At the door, sir. I judge that the house is surrounded"
 Hargreave read the note, It stated briefly that all his movements during the day had been noted. It was known that he had collected a million in pa per money. If he surrendered this he would be allowed twenty-four hours before the real chase began. Other wise he should die before midnight. Hargreave crushed the note in his
The Spectator., 1916-04-11
disposal. sir. since that night you res

disposal. sir, since that night you res cued me-"
 Well, haven't the least doubt that when I ask you will give"
 Without question, sir. It was al ways so understood
 Hargreaves glance sought the mir TOT, then the smileless face of his man. He laughed, but the sound con veyed no sense of mirth; then he turned and went down the steps slow ly, like a man burdened with some thought which was not altogether to. his liking. He had sent an order for his car. but had immediately counter manded 1t. He would walk till he grew tired, hail a taxicab, and take run up and down Broadway. The wonderful illumination might prove di- verting. For IS years nearly; and now it was as natural for him to throw a glance over his shoulder whenever he left the house as it was for him to breathe. The average man would have grown careless during all these years; but Hargreave was not an average man; he was, rather, an extraordinary individual. It was his life in exchange for eternal vigilance, and he knew and accepted the fact.
 Half an hour later he got into a taxicab and directed the man to drive downtown as far as Twenty-third street and back to Columbus circle. The bewildering display of lights, how ever in nowise served to lift the sense of oppression that had weighed upon him all day. South of Forty-second street he dismissed the taxicab and stared undecidedly at the brilliant sign of famous restaurant He was neither hungry nor thirsty but there would be strange faces to study and music.
 It was an odd whim. He had not en- tered Broadway restaurant in all these years. He was unknown He
The Spectator., 1916-04-11
War Over a Glass of Water,

The war of the Spanish succession, in which the great duke of Marlbor- ough played brilliant part, was said to be the outcome of glass of water at a ball at the Tuileries in Paris. One of the court ladies had ex- pressed a wish for drink of water in the hearing of the British and Spanish ambassadors, who hastened to get it for her. Returning each with tumbler. they found the fair bird had flown and was dancing with a French statesman. The English dip lomat accidentally, it is presumed brushed against the Spaniard and up set the glass he was carrying. This ridiculous incident inflamed the jeal- ousies of the nations and turned the balance in favor of war.
The Spectator., 1916-04-11
The Mi||ionDo Mystery
 By HAROLD MAC GRAPH Hnsrafed from Scenes hu the Photo Drama of fhe TH0nhonser Film Company
Copyright, 1914, by Harold MacGrath)
CHAPTER l.
A Call in the Njoht.

N So'i h''S '~'S'~'
 There are few things darker than a country road at night, particularly If one does not know the lay of the land. It is not difficult to traverse a known path; no matter how dark it 1t, one is able to find the way by the aid of a mental photograph taken in the daytime. But supposing you have never been over the road in the day time. that you know nothing whatever of its topography, where 1t dips or rises. where 1t narrows or forks. You find yourself in the same unhappy state of mind as a blind man suddenly thrust into a strange house.
 One black night, along certain country road in the heart of New Jer- sey, in the days when the only good roads were city thoroughfares and country highways were routes to Him. bo, carriage went forward cautious ly. From time to time it careened like blunt-nose barge in beam sea. The wheels and springs voiced their anguish continually; for 1t was a good carriage, unaccustomed to such ruts and hummocks.
 Faster, faster!" came a muffled voice from the interior.
 Sir, I dare not drive any faster replied the coachman. T cant see the horses heads, sir. let alone the road. I've blown out the lamps, but can't see the road any better for that"
 Let the horses have their heads; 1; they'll find the way. It cant be much farther. You'll see lights"
 The coachman swore in his teeth. All right This man who was in such n hurry would probably send them all into the ditch. Save for the few stars above. he might have been driving Beelzebub's coach in the bottomless pit Black velvet, everywhere black velvet. A wind was blowing, and yet the blackness was so thick that 1t gave to the coachman the sensation of mild suffocation.
 By and by. through the trees. he saw flicker of light. It might or might not be the destination. He cracked his whip recklessly and the