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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-19

Notice Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
state OF Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
Ia the Circuit Court. May term. 1917.
Abigail wright, complainant, We Fl
Louis Wright. defendant TIL Chnnccryg
AHidaVit Of non residence or the aald
Louis Wright, the above defendant.
having been nled in tho clerks once
ot Lhe circuit court on said county. no.
tiae ls therefore hereby given 20 the
said nonresident defendant that the
complainant filed her BIN ~ c0mplalnf
lu said court on the chancery side
thereof on the 6th day of February.
1917, and that thereupon q summOna
issued out OF said court wherein said
suit % now pending returnnble on the
hrst Monday in the month OF May. A. ~.
1917. next aa is by law required
Now. unless you, the said non-resl-
dent defendant above name ed, viz. Louis
wright shall personally be and appear
before said circuit court on tho frnr
day OF the next term thereof, 20 be-
holden at Rock Island in and for the
said county. on tho 7th day OF May. A..
I'D. 1917, being The first Monday IN May
1917, next. and plead. answer or dcmur
10 tho said compiatnautG bill o. com-
plant. tho same and matters and things
therein charged and stated viii be TAX.
"a as confessed, and a decree entered
against YOU according 20 tile prayer Of
GEORGE w GAMBLE. CIerae.
Rock Island. III Feb. z. 1915.
Andrew J.. Chezern, compliments go-
ltit4r Davenport Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-19
Noon Ere ON satnraa-.

IA few minutes before liz o'clock
noon. on Saturday. the terrorfziug
shrIIls of the fire whistle announced 4
fire, the scene OF which was the resi-
denee of Mrs. Hetty Garrett on South
Maple street. The home being aItuat-
ed only five blocks from the engine
house the fire apparatus was upon the
scene within very short period oI
time. An oTerheated furnace had
caused the cellar ceiling of the house
to become ablaze. and upon the ar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-19
Municipal Matters
BEGrLAR MEETING FEB. >. 1917

REGULAR MEETING FEB. D, 1917.
City Council Chamber. Rock Island.
ILL.,. Feb s. 19I7.-City council met i'm
regular session at 3 O'Clock p. m-
Mayor lIcConocaie and all commits
sionars present
The minutes OF the regular meeting
held Jan -9, 1917 were read and ap-
proved
Commissioner Rudgren offered a res
oluagu That the saloon license issued
10 Peter Llppeus to conduct a saloon
AT 800 Fourth street from the first
Monday of November 10 the first Mon
day Of May. 1917 be and the same is
hereby transferred no Claus Dau.
Carried 5y unanimous vote.
Mayor AcEoU0ChIe offered reso-
luton that the petition for a vote ON
the proposition for issuing $4,000 iu
bonds to motoriZe and mOderniZe the
fire department. just presented, be
laid ON the table. Lost, Nays. Rud-
Eren Liedtke and Murriu. Ayes Nc
Couochie and JuhI.
Commissioner Rudgreu offered a
resolution that the petitions Of voters
asking that this council submit TO a
vote Of the people q proposition for
the issuance of $4,000 bonds for a
motorized and modern fire depart
meut TO meet the demands OF the
times be received and placed on file.
and BE IL further resolved. That we
meet next Thursday afternoon at 3
o'clock to consider the same. Car
ried by unanimous vote
Commissioner Rudgren offered q
resolution that y. NJ Olson be and he
IS hereby allowed SIS for use of ground
10 bury night soil from Feb. /. 1917. TO
Feb. ]. 1918. Carried by unanimous
vote
Commissioner Rudgren submitted
the following weekly pay roll for
week ending Feb. 3, 1917, which. on
his motion. was allowed by unanimous
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-19
SPECIAL MEETING. FEB. Z, 1917.

City Council Chamber. Rock Island.
ILL.,, Feb. q 1917 The city council
met ia special session at 1Ot40 o'clock
a. M. Mayor McCouochie and all COM
missioners present.
Mayor AcConocbie offered a resoIu-
ion that Otto C. Seidlltz. manager be
and he IS hereby granted a license TO
conduct a saloon at 1854 Fifth ave-
nue., from Feb. z. 1917. 10 May Z, 1917.
and Be fl further resolved. That the
number, 4534 Fifth avenue De and the
same Is hereby designated as the OFF,
cial number fer said building Car
ried by unanimous vote
Adjourned on motion pr Mayor Me-
Cou0chie
~. T. BUDGBEE,
City Clerk
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-19

Total Observation-Disclosures. SAB 40
Commission Rudgren submitted the
following list OF claims for salaries.
which, on his motion, was allowed by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-19

Total water works fund $685.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-05
NeU Charters

OKLAHOMA CITY, June 4-Secre-
tary of State j. l.. Lyon today Issued
the following charters:
Taneha Home Development COM
pany, Taneha; capital, 100000; incor-
porators, G. Il. Gilbert, r. c. Moeller,
Joseph r. Hendricks. Tulsa.
Brown Building Realty company,
Muskogee, capital, $50, 900; incorpor-
ators, g. l.. Gotwals. Norman T. Rey-
nolds. Paul 6. Williams, Muskogee.
1-14-12 Development company Ok
mulgce; capital. $4,000; Incorporate
ors. X. ID. Pine, Clark +. Bryan. ok
mulgce; Il. NJ. Kennedy Okemah.
Bowman's cafe. Henryetta, capital.
$4,000; incorpOrators Harry J.. Bow
man, Henryetta; X. 5. Davis, j. II.
Mitchell, Muskogeo
Durant-Ada oil company, Durant;
capital, $4,000; incorporators, j. ID.
Abbott, G. b. Cochran, w. c. Caudill,
Durant
Alahoma oil company. Blackwell;
capital, $500; incorporators, X. G..
Wclge, ID. S. Rose and others, Black
well
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-05
RUTH MAYES, WHO TOTES
BLUNDERBUSS, GOES UP
Higher Court VIII Try Case OF
NcgrcsS Who Tcrrorizcs
Little Africa"

Testimony rendered in the court OF
Justice OF the Peace Ed Warren yes
tcrday afternoon was Of such conse
quencc that Ruth Maycs was bound
over to a higher court, her bond beng
fixed at $500.
The defendant was charged with
having recently terrorized Little
Africa 20 certain extent when sn"
paraded thru that part of the city en-
deaVoring to learn the whereabouts
of another lady Of color. Seeking out
another member of the feminine sex
who she thot was acquainted with the
locality in which the woman she
sought was located Ruth made GER
tain demands for information wnicn
were repeate lily refused, whereupon,
evidence contends, she flourished her
blundcrbuss to considerable extent
a,thO no serious damage resulted.
Last summer Ru;h was witness In
a case being .rled in police court aud
during the course of the trial officer
Fowlir relieved her of a .3S colibre
revolver that she had concealed In
her clothing.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-05
FOUR THOUSAND
IS TULSA'S QUOTA

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
of information for all interested In the
registration.
The city board worked until late
last night classifying the cards from
Tulsans who are out of town. Precinct
number four will got the largest num-
her of these. All of the cards in
which no address is gwen excepting
the name of the city We're sent to
number four, IS the postoffice is In
that precinct. More than one hun
di ed Of these were sorted out.
serial Numbers.
The registrar must number every
card consecutively. The card on the
certificate must correspond to that on
,hc registration card. This is done to
avoid the possibility of anyone fors-
ing a certificate.
Every registrar will be on duty at I
o'clock this morning The local
branch Of the National League for
Women's service has volunteered to
prepare and deliver meals to all the
registrars At noon today and again At
6 o'clock. Thay have also had
printed four thousand cards, with
cords attached. one VIII be given -
each man who registers who can at
tach 1t to his coat lapel and thus show
that he has registered. Volunteer
women worked until late last night at
the home of Mrs. S. w. Parish, state
chairman of the league, tieing the
cords to the cards.
Policemen will be stationed Mt
nearly al registration places the
mayor said last night. Especially
strong dctachments will be on duty IN
the downtown precincts. In the event
OF serious trouble the board will call
on the local ambulance and engineer
companies to get under arms and as
aist in making arrests and restoring
order.
MAY Need ConscriDts.
IT is estimated that each registrar
can register eighty men in the II
hours he will be on duty. This Deing
the case there will have to be four or
five assistants in some precincts
Where there are not n sufficient
Gumber Of assistants the mayors
board will conscript bank clerks or
ether competent men and swear them
In for duty.
81 estimate the registration In Tulsl
at four thousand" said Mayor Sim
mons last night. "The largest num-
bcr in any one precinct will he 250.
West Tulsa, with all Of her refinery
and railroad employees. probably will
register the largest number"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-05
SAMAR|TANS GIVE
DEMONSTRATION
Oklahoma Ambulance Com
pany Gives Exhibition of
Ability to Serve.
EQUIPMENT IS INADEQUATE
Tulsa's Own War Organization
Is Well Manned, But Pitt
fully Outfitted.

Hearing a shot, seeing her son fall
with shut eyes and still face upturned
to the blazing sun as on foreign bat
tlefield-that was the experience that
befell Tulsa mother on Saturday aft
ernoon when oklahoma ambulance
company No. l put on private dem
onstration at the free county fair
grounds, where the ambulance equip
ment is being housed.
In double quick time two litter bear
ers under the command Of a sergeant
brought up a litter. lifted the wound
ed" man thereon. loaded him into an
ambulance and conveyed him to a
dressing station where he was given
first aid. Then the litter bearers, re-
turning to real life, carried their COM
rade behind the emergency tent and
dumped him with much hilarity. And
the tension relaxed.
This ambulance equipment. dis
played on the streets for the first time
in the Decoration Day parade last
Wednesday, was one of the grimmest
suggestions of war tnat has yet pcne-
trated into Oklahoma.
"Oklahoma ambulance company No.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-05

tanks. sanitary drinking water bags.
meat saws, etc. an ice box, food boxes
containing alcohol stove, tea. coffee.
sugar soup, etc. (also inadequatc), "a
campaign cooking outfit containing
can opener, dipper and alcohol stove.
The personal field equipment of an
officer Is horse with saddle and bride,
"A hat, two shirts. two pair breeches,
socks and two shoes. a dispatch bag,
field glasses. Colts revolver and
sabre; mattress. two blankets and
squad bag.
A privates equipment is much the
same. In addition he has a pup tent
a haversack containing canteen, knife,
fork, spoon and cup. belt with i
Colts revolver, and hand AK attached
first aid packet, a hospital pouch
containing tourniquet, corp knife, wlrc
splints, amonia, scissors, antisceptics
handagcs, two empty bottles, a packet
containing two hermosteats. tweezers
safety pins pins. The scrgeants, IN
addition to the above carry an emer-
Eency medicine pouch containing
emergency drugs in vials, hypoder-
mic case and needle, thermometer and
emergency kit containing three oper-
ating knives, a groove director
needles and the various threads. The
officers orderly carries a pouch con
tanning set of emergency instru-
rents-four knives. groove director
cathether. two hormosteaats. chloro-
form, disinfectant, hypodermic needle
and case bandages. wire splints and
cotton.
There is set of Identification slips
by which each man is kept track of,
taking the first check from the alumni
num Identification disk which ho
attached thn neck ms
shirt.
And there are 15j brave hearts AMI
80 skll:ul hands intent upon serv-
I've To- vLnl-ridden hmmnnitN
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-05

and courage rise to meet the no less
serious duties of the hour" The re-
sponse was delivered by Mrs w. j.
Behau, president general Contcdcrdtcd
Southern Memorial association
sons Urge Enlistment.
The Sons of Veterans held their
opening meeting tonight and Ernest
g. Balwin of Roanoke, Va, their COM
mander-in-c chief, in calling on them to
respond to the call of duty which the
nation is now making, declared:
Il feel we would be unworthy of
the previous heritage of our fore
fathers did we not, with single NINA
ana single voice, answer the can thht
comes to us at this crucial period OF
our national history. II is "A call for
a renewed spirit Of patriotism aud
warm cooperation, with those into
whose hands we have committed the
welfare of our country
The escort 10 General Harrison Tor
the hg parade on Thursday, which
will be reviewed by the president, VIII
be detachment from the second
corps association, Army of the Poto-
mac, headed by their presiding OFF,
Ger. col. Myron NJ. Parker. Colonel
Parker and Col. Andrew Cowan, who
rose to the rank of lieutenant-colu
in the Union army, are honorary mem
ncis Of the local camp, L. c. V, while
Col. Hilary A. Herbert is an honorary
member in the second army corps as
sociation of the c. A. r.
Brig. Gen. w. A. Clark OF Column
bia. S. c.. brought with hin. pal
metto tree from the coast of South
Carolina which he will plant on Penn
sylvania avenue in front of the hotel
where tho South Carolina headluar-
ters are located.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-05
FARMERS ESCAPE JURY DUTY
Muskogcc Judge Declares unpatriotic
10 Take Tillcrs of Soil

MUSKOGEE. June 4-Declaring
that it was unpatriotic to take farm
ers from their fields under any cir
cumstances at "A time like this. Judge
II. y. Degraffenreid adjourned the
term Of the district court in Wagner
this morning when he learned that a
majority of the jurors are tillers of the
soil
The farmers. forgetting the dignity
Of the court, greeted his announcement
with cheers.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-05
Alien Suspects Rounded Up.

NEW YORK, June THE gov
crnments activities against alien
enemies have resulted in arrests of
14l persons In northern New Jerscy
and western Connecticut Specific
charges have not been made public.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
Much Distress Found
Among Poor of New York

New York, Jan. 8.-Despite the gen.
eral prosperity that the demands on
charity organizations in this city are
virtually the same as inS time of bus
mess depression, says the Charity Or
ganization society in it's annual report
today. The report shows that during
the year ended September 80, aid was
given to 6,575 families, only 200 less
than the number helped in 1912 or in
1913, the years preceding the period of
unen ploynent which reached its cli-
max in the first nine months of the
war.
THAT there should be so much dis
tress in a time of general prosperity"
sold the report, "is only another con-
frmation of the society's long estab b.
lished position that prosperity is not
merely a problem of employment Oh
not one entirely of eco-
nomics and Industrial conditions. but
that it is ALSO a complex social prof.
lem whose roots lie deep in environ
ment, heredity, character and health -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
INETEEN SIXTEEN GREAT YEAR
FOR TEXTILE INDUSTRY, SURVEY
= OF new ENGLAND CITIES SHOW
Profits Have Been Big Despite Increased Cost Of Material
and Manufacture Still Seeking AZ Protective Tariff

trouble in the mills for some time
past on account of dissatisfied opera
tives, wages having been advanced rs
per cent during the year. Jewelry
manufacturers continue to receive
substantial orders from all parts of
the country, and many Of the factor
les of Providence and of the Attic
boros are working overtime. A scar
city of skilled help~is hampering many
of the plants in their efforts to get
goods out on time. Lace factories,
silk mills, and the narrow fabrics
plants have all been operated at full
capacity, their chief difficulty being
the securing of competent workers.
Rubber factories are driven hard with
work and there is still a demand for
help that is greater than the supply.
The managers of these plants are
worried over the lack of employees
competent to hold up their end and
thus maintain we'll balanced working
forces than because Of any other con-
ditions, but this cannot be remedfed
under existing circumstances. In the
rubber factories the bonus method
instead of advancing the wage scale
has been adopted to enable the opera
tives to meet the abnormal high cost
of living due to the war. The last
increase was made in the form Of
ten per cent. bonus to be added to
the weekly earnings until further no
tice
While all industries have been hav-
ing difficulty in obtaining the skilled
operatives necessary to fill war or
ders, the textile industry has possibly
suffered from the labor shortage more
than any other. The high wage scale
offered by muniuon plants has taken
many workers Of both sexes from the
textile mills. immigration is not active
because of the war, and the textile
industry depends considerably on i'm
migrants for it's Nemployees.-N.\ Y.
Evening Post.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
find CRUDE OIL
OUTPUT BIGGEST
EVER LAST YEAR
Petroleum Fields Surpass
1915 Record BY Eleven
Million Barrels.

That 1916 was a record breaking.
year for the petroleum industry of
the United States is indicated in
preliminary estimate Of the output
of crude oil made by John D. North
rop, Of the United States Geological
Survey, Department of the Interior.
Mr.. Northrop estimates that during
the year just closed 292,000,O0O bar
rels Of crude petroleum was produced
and marketed in the oil fields of this
country. This quantity is greater by
100000 barrels, or per cent, than
the output in 1915. In addition to
the quantity Of oil produced and mar
keted in 1916, several million barrels
were produced and placed in temporl
airy field storage in Kansas and Okla
homa-
Prices
Prices Of crude petroleum at the
wells averaged considerably higher in
1916 than in 1915. The upward ten
dency of the market, inherited from
1915, persisted, with steady advances
in the, prices Of practically every type
of high-grade Oil, until March, when
relative stability at high levels was
attained. In this period Pennsylvan-
ia grade advanced from $2.25>to 81 so
a barrel and observation-disclosures grade
from $1.20 to $1.55 a barrel, and the
product of the Cushing pool COM
manded a premium of SO to 60 cents
above the price last quoted. Except
for reductions Of little significance
in the price of one of the low-grade
crude oils produced in northern
Louisiana, in June, and in the prem
iums paid for Cushing oil, these high
prices were maintained until the mid
die of July, when, led by all northern
Louisiana grades on the 18th, and
followed by Observation-Disclosures grade
on the Oath and by Pennsylvania and
associated grades on the 29th, a re-
Progressive movement was begun,
which lasted until late in August and
reduced the price of Oklahoma-Kan-
sas grade to 80 cents a barrel, prac-
ticaily eliminated the Cushing prem
ium, and brought Pennsylvania grade
to $3.50 a barrel. This depression in
the prices Of Gushing field, general
activity in the old pools and in newly
discovered extensions had been at
tended with success so great as to
bring about overproduction. The
prompt curtailment of production In
the more prolific newer fields pre-
vented further reductions in price,
and the features of the closing months
Of the year were an advancing market
that affected Pennsylvania grade on
September % and Oklahoma-Kansas
grade on November 20. The closing
prices per barrel for these typical
grades were: Pennsylvania, $2.S5;
Oklahoma-Kansas, $40.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08

STOCK MARKET

New York, Jan. S-Opening.-The
leading steel and iron issues, coppers
and prominent equipments, were the
features Of today's moderate opening,
at gains Of to 2 points, with six for
Gulf States Steel. Mexicans and
leather issues also made substantial
advances with Atlantic Gulf and West
Indies and beet sugar. The inquiry
for rails was again nominal at irreg-
ular price changes. Dealings were
light with general recessions before
the end of the first half hour.
. Noon.-Less than 600 shares
changed hands in the first hour with
the market on a declining scale after
the first advance. Steel made an ex-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
BOUQUETS
JOHN EECK q SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
One of Taxi Shooting
Victims Passes Away

Brookline, Mass, Jan. S-Janes j.
Riley who was shot while riding in
taxicab with Miss Mildred Melzian
near the young woman's home here
on the night of Jan. 4, died at a hos
pital today. 1t was announced that
he had made no statement regarding
the shooting. Miss Melzian, who was
less seriously wounded, was still at a
hospital today but was said to be re-
covering.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
Health Department
Adds Another Nurse

Miss MARITIME Keane, a graduate Of
ST. Vincent's hospital nurse-train1ng
course, was added to the corps Of the
health department today. She will
work with DR.. E. A. Mcclellan, the as
sistant health officer in the communi-
cable disease work.
Miss ,Keane's work will be to see
that the guarantees are strictly en-
forced and to do follow-up work on
all cases of communicable diseases re-
ported to the health department: Her
salary will be $780,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
IRENE loss Of is points from it's best

IRENE loss of 2 1-8 points from its best
with 1 to g. for. Crucible and Lacka-
wanna Steels, Westinghouse and Utah
Copper and to 4 for Baldwin Loco
motive. Industrial Alcohol, Atlantic
Gulf and, West Indies, Texas Company
and Cuba Cane Sugar. Dealings in
rails We're generally at price. conces-
sions with pronounced heaviness IN
Canadian Pacific and New Haven.
Businese was duller in the second
Thou with a few irregular recoveries.
Bonds were steady
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08

The cotton mills are reported to be
behind in their orders, and buyers
have been making all sorts of de-
mands for shipments Of goods that
are needed by the stores OF the coun-
try. There has been only little
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
HARRIS LODGE SOON
TO REACH 800 MARK

The newly installed officers of
Samuel H. Harris lodge. No. 80.
I. O.. o. F., will start the 1917 term
at the meeting of the lodge in Odd
Fellows hall tonight by comforting
the initiatory degree upon a large
class of candidates. The lodge gets
away to a flying start on the new
year and all indications are that the
officers will be kept busy throughout
the term, with the membership
climbing rapidly towards the 500
mark.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, 49,,
PROBATE COURT.

December 29, 1916.
Estate of Jennie A. Hurley, late OF
the town Of Bridgeport in said dis
trict, deceased.
The Court Of Probate for the Dis
trict Of Bridgeport hath limited and al
lowed six months from the date hereof
for the creditors of said estate to ex-
hibit their claims for settlement.
Those who neglect to present their
accounts, properly attested. within
said time, will be debarred a recov-
cry All persons Indebted to said
Estate are requested to make imme-
date payment to
ROBERT E. HURLEY,
Administrator.
A 6 SIP
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
New York Stock
Exchange Quotations

Reported over. the private wires of
T. L. Watson & Co., Bankers and
Brokers, Corner Main and John SITS,
Bridgeport, Conn. Members Of New
York Stock Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08

William r. Dorman, of BROOKLYN,
was appointed as counsel for the
State Excise Department, succeeding
Charles F. Murphy, who resigned on
account of his election to the State
Senate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08

The coal operators must really
want to see the government take
their property away from them, the
way they have kept raising prices for
the past season.