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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
WILL BEAUTIFY DRIVE,

Commissioner G. Z. Ericsson of the
street department of Moline is laying
plans for the Identification al d i'm
provement of River drive. Work on
Moline,s river boulevard was begun
last summer and continued u',til win
ter weather prevented further activity.
A majority of the shacks a nd house,
boats between river and road we're
removed last summer. Chief DeJaeger
now has list of those Iersons who
refused to comply with orders to va
cate issued nearly year ago.
The city will press AL legal action
necessary to cleanAp ground between
road and river. If alleged squatters
on River drive appeal evacuation
writs to higher court the city's legal
department will go with them as far
as they wish to ght.
The street DEF artment at present Is
still occupied in removing snow from
streets and cutters. 1t is thought that
actual work of improving River drive
will not be started until April. In
the meantime the department will OBJ
tain cinders to rebuild the bad places
in the road and will make all other
possible preparations permitted by
weather conditions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
j. OGDEN ARMOUR
CALLED To STAND
President of Big Packing Company Is
Questioned At Hearing In Wage
Investigation.

Chicago, Feb. 1S.-J. Ogden Armour,
president of Armour and company
took the witness stand here today in
the packing house wage Investigation
being conducted by Judge Alschuler.
Mr.. Armour was questioned by
Frank P. Walsh, attorney for the en-
ployes who are seeking higher wages.
you are aware that number of
your employees have joined the labor
unions, are you not, Mr.. Armour"
asked Attorney Walsh.
Il believe they have" replied the
packer. He added in answer to other
questions, that he was familiar with
the demands Of the men and the ma
ture Of the arbitration.
Are you familiar with production
costs in your plants?" asked Mr..
Walsh.
in a general way, but 1 could not
give you exact figures off hand" Mr..
Armour answered.
Can you say what your total pay
roll is and the percentage of labor
cost to total production COST" asked
the labor attorney.
Il would have to consult the COM
pany's books"
Have you any objection to equal
pay for men and women doing the
same class and volume of work."
II understand that is done now. If
it is not done l see no objection to its
being done"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
LTTHERANS RAISE MONEY.

Emanuel Lutheran church, Moline,
last evening raised $3.50 for work OF
the national Lutheran commission for
soldiers and sailors welfare. Eman-
uel although having the smallest
membership of the denomination in
the county, was the first to respond
to the call for contributions for this
war fund Allotment Of Emanue,
church was S43, but it is certain that
this amount will be doubled.
Fifty-four synods of the Lutheran
church are active in the movement
to raise $750,00O to pay the expenses
of pastors who will be sent to the
cantonments of this country and to
the battlefields of Europe. Each
church member is expected to con-
tribute 81, and it is estimated that
there are 100000 members in this
country. But if each church does as
well as the Emanuel the goal will be
far exceeded. Approximately $4,000
will be needed to each year for this
welfare work.
The plan was presented at meet
ing last week in the First Lutheran
church by DR.. Andreen and others
who attended the national meeting in
Philadelphia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
Two ARE BURNED
IN FIRE AT SHOP
Several Bins OF Sawdust at Deere
Wagon Company Blaze and Elk.
plode, Iniuring Workers.

Two men were seriously burned and
part of the John Deere Wagon COM
pany plant, Moline, threatened with
destruction yesterday morning when
several bins of sawdust, shavings and
similar material caught fire and ex-
ploded in the boiler room.
Burning sparks showered in all di-
rections, many Of them alighting on
Frank Ruff and C. E. Hammerberg
who were working in the room. James
Lawson, Rock Island, escaped the
shower, and it was largely through
his efforts that the fire was conquered
and Ruff and Hammerberg saved from
fatal burns.
Hammerberg is in Moline city hos
pital. His face and hands are serious
ly burned He resides at S25 Forty
second street, Rock Island. Rufus in
juries are less serious and he was
taken to his home at sos Sixteenth
avenue, Moline. A hot poker is thought
to have started the conf1agration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
News of the Day in Moline and East Moline

Why this provision? Why seek in that
measure, as in the railroad bill, to
perpetrate power asked to prosecute
the war into the days when there shall
be no war? TheeG are war powers.
They are asked for war purposes.
They are not constitutional, they are
not in harmony with the spirit of our
constitution. They have no place in
our peace and every patriot should
cry out against these efforts to take
advantage Of the extreme necessities
Of war to seize unlimited authority to
be used for some purpose in days of
peace.
81 am willing to confer upon the
president" the Indiana senator contin-
ued, "all the powers necessary to win
this war; have voted for several
measures, the necessity of which I
doubted because he stated that the
authority sought was essential to the
successful prosecution of this con-
flict; but / am not yet convinced that
IN order to win this war, it is nee
essary to confer upon the president
these tremendous powers for period
OF peace long after the conflict shall
have ceased"
Senator Watson approved the pro-
vision in the railroad bill limiting
government control over the railroads
to Is months after the war, but OPP
posed the administration original
proposal to leave this period indefin-
lite.
Adoption of the standard Of COM
pensation provided in the bill was
also urged by Senator Watson. He de-
clared it better under existing cir
cumstances to deal generously with
the railroads than to have eighteen
billions of properties plunged into
litigation"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
WATSON ASSA|LS
0vERMAN'S BILL
Declares Measure Unconstitutional
and Objects To Giving President
"Unheard of Powers"

Washington, Feb 1S.-Provisions of
the Overman bill giving President Will
son wide powers to reorganize the
war branches of the government were
denounced as unconstitutional" and
"autocratic" by Senator Watson today
in the course of speech in support of
the senate draft of the administra-
tons railroad bill
1.-The Overman BILL" declared Sena-
tor Watson, "confers upon the presi-
dent unheard of powers. many of
which to my mind are entirely unjusti-
fable but the most reprehensible fea-
ture of that measure, in my judgment,
is the one that provides that this auto
cratic authority shall continue for one
year after the termination of the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
COUNTY TO NAME
State DELEGATES
Thirty-fve Representatives TO Swed.
ish.Republican League Meeting
Chosen on Wednesday.

Members of the Rock Island County
Swedish American Republican club
will meet next Wednesday evening in
Syea hall. Moline, at which time dele
gates will be chosen to the annual
meeting of the state league which will
be held at the Hotel LaSalle, Chicago,
on March 6.
Thirty-flve delegates are to be cho-
sen. 1t is understood Rock Island
county does not have any candidates
for office this year. The feature is the
John Ericsson banquet. The gather
ing usually attracts much attention,
and it is thought this county will send
its full quota to the convention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
COUNTRY FAIR OF
| ELkS IS SUCCESS
War Savings Stamps Amounting II
S2,O69.25, Sold at Big Social Do
ings Of Bills Saturday Night.

So much fun was pulled at the coun-
ty fair which Moline Elks staged Sat
urday evening that the members for
got to burn up their mortgage, sig
nifying release from an Indebtedness
which has been hanging on for years
This was to have been the featur@ OF
the occasion and it was to proper'y
celebrate the lodges financial stand
ing as we'll as the 50th anniversary
of the founding of the order that the
affair had been arranged. The bonfire
is now scheduled for the next regular
meeting.
Although there was much merri-
ment at the fair which outrivaled JOS
Inns classic event in the palmiest days
there was a bit Of seriousness mani
tested through the sale of war saw
ings stamps, a total of $2,069.25 being
disposed of, every member present
participating. Over $500 was cleared
from the concessions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
Oh! THAT AWFUL BACHACHE
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS

comfort when urinating. bloody.
cloudy and stringy urine, too frequen:
or suppressed passages. All these are
natures signals to warn you OF dis
eased kidneys or bladder. which may
lead to fatal Bright's disease.
Don't wait until the danger Is upon
YOU. Go to your druggist at once. Get
a trial box of GOLD MEDAL Harlem
OIL Capsules. They are made OF the
pure. original, imported Harlem OIL.
the kind your great-grandfather used.
About two capsules each day will keep
YOU toned up and feeling fine. Money
.refunded il they do not help you. But
remember to ask for the imported
GOLD MEDAL brand. In sealed
packages.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
MOLINE HIGH LOSES.

Cambridge high school defeated Mo-
line Saturday evening by the score of
"a to 81 on the latter's floor. The
lineup:
Moline (2)-Crampton and Conrey,
forwards; Swanson, center; Green
and Ford, guards.
Cambridge (34D-Stiers and John
son, forwards; Wientke, center; Pratt
and Anderson, guards.
Substitutions Taze for Green,
SandQuist for Johnson.
Field baskets-Crampton Q; Conrey
2, Swanson 4. Stiers 8, Johnson 2,
Wienke 2, Anderson 2, Sandquist.
Free throws-Swanson s; STEERS 2.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
TAYLOR TO SPEAK
ON FOOD SUBJECT
Local Administration Will Address
GrOcers and Meat Men on Rules
Which Government Imposes.

DR.. W. E. Taylor, local food admin
istrator, is to give an address tomor-
row evening before a meeting Of re-
tail grocers and meat market men of
Moline, East Moline and Silvis in
Swedish Olive hall, Moline, at which
time he will discuss in detail the gov
ernmental regulations relative to the
handling Of foodstuffs.
In accordance with the request Of
federal authorities who are anxious
for the fullest understanding of the
food situation and the requirements
In the interest of conservation. William
Carstens, secretary Of the Business
Mems association, arranged the gath
ering. DR.. Taylor has given careful
study of the problems of line fool ad-
ministration and is in a position to in
diligently present the subject.
All the news all the time-The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
NOT SERIOUSLY HURT.

Rudolph Watkins. 1904 Fifteenth
street, Moline, switchman for the
Rock Island road. who was crushed
against telegraph pole Saturday aft
ernoon when a freight car on which
he was riding jumped the track at
Twenty-second street, is not seriously
injured.
Mr.. Watkins right arm Is broken
He has numerous bruises on all parts
of his body, incurred after being
thrown from the car. There are nc
internal injuries. Mr.. Watkins is in
the Moline city hospital.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18

An unhealthy body, and the I'M
happiness and misery which follow,
may be prevented by ordinary 1udg
ment and care. Keep your stomach
and kidneys In shape and you will have
Good health. The Kidneys work is 10
throw off the poisonous matters which
enter the body. II they perform this
!, work regularly and automatically the
other organs will take care OF them
belves.
! Diseased conditions o. the bladder
q Kidneys are indicated by nervous
ness. sleeplessnes. thae<'rfa oXornout
Telling. dizziness, nausea, backacne'
j lisym9HSsy< rheumatism. pain IN the
NHdt abdomen, many so-called re
nalt troubles" severe pain and dis
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
FIGHT Is STAGED IN
EAST MOLINE JAIL

Two tramps in the East Moline city
Jail got into a scrap last evening over
a division of the bunking privileges
and in the fracas one Joe Doe hit one
Bill Roe a wallop in the face that
nearly caused riot. John was fined
$505 this morning and strange as i;
would seem he had the kale to pay
up.
"How's it come you can settler
asked the police magistrate.
Conservation" was the wise reply
of the hobo as he beat it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18

Homework, even my washing and have
little baby who is as healthy as l
could ask-thanks to your Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. +. H. STONE, "a
Bowdoin St, Worcester, Mass.
Women who suffer from displace-
ments, irregularities, inflammation,
liberation, backache, headaches and
nervousness should lose no time in giving
TINS famous root and herb remedy,
LYDIA f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, trial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
MORE WILL LEAVE.

Preparations are being made by the
Moline exemption board to send %
more volunteers to Vancouver Bar
racks, Wash, some time this week.
Clerk John H. Coburn is inducing ap-
plicants as last as they come, for he
is DESTROYS of having as many volun-
teers as possible go from this district.
ut sounds better when we say a
man is a volunteer than 1t does when
he Is referred to as conscript," said
Clerk Coburn, land a volunteer has
better treatment at the hands of the
regulars"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18

weakness and pain
which used to keep
me in bed for two
days each month. l
tried many doctors
without benefit until
l was really discour-
aged. My mother
urged me to take
Lydia E. Pinkham 8
Vegetable Co M
pound as it had
helpedher somuch. l
did so and soon saw
a change for tn Q
better. l kept on
takingit and am now
SO well and strong
that I ran do all NV
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
FARM OVERLOOKED.

Rock river is on a rampage in the
vicinity of Hillsdale and Barstew
With the breakup of ice. flood condi-
lions are prevailing, especially at the
former place. 1t is said that thu
Charles Zeller farm is nearly under
water.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
Mrs. Thomas BRYAN.

Mrs. Thomas Bryan, aged so years,
grandmother of T. ]. Schafer, chief of
police of East Moline, died Saturday
evening at Perry, Iowa. The remains
will be brought to Port Byron this
evening and funeral services will be
held tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
at Rosehill east of Port Byron and in
terment will be made at the cemetery
at that place.
Mrs. Joseph Schafer, East Moline, is
daughter, while the grandchildren
are Mrs Rose Wainwright, Hillsdale !;
Mrs. William Filbert, East Moline !;
Mrs. ]. L. Donahoo. Moline; and T. J.
Schafer, East Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
Police News

Henry Faust, residing at the Moline
police station, was arrested on
charge Of intoxication Saturday even
ing. Faust was arrested on a similar
charge several weeks ago. His latest
offense, according to the police, hap
pened in the city hall. Faust is the
city hall janitor.
Joe Harris, zoos Third avenue, has
complained to the police that someone
stole his overcoat from a Fourth ave-
nue. restaurant Saturday evening.
Harris was eating lunch and had
hung his coat on a rack.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
Mrs. Mary Ann DOrmady.

After an illness of over year, Mrs.
Mary Ann Dormandy, died Saturday
evening at 5 o'clock at her home, TIA
Seventeenth avenue, East Moline. She
passed away on the seth anniversary
Of her wedding.
Mrs. Dormady's maiden name was
Miss Mary Ann McDermott and she
was born in 1858 at Scranton, Pa. She
was united in marriage to Stephen
Dormady, Feb. 16, 1882 When young
girl she was brought to Illinois by her
parents and after her marriage she re-
sided at Gilchrist and Edgington until
five years ago, when the family came
to East Moline.
Surviving are the husband and five
children: Frank, John, Alice, who is
teacher in the East Moline schools
Anna and Joseph; her mother, at
Shawnee, Okla; brother, John
Drummond, Ind; and the following
sisters, Mrs. Michael Kelly, Edging-
ton; Sister Mary Gertrude, teacher in
parochial school at Elk City, Okla.
and Miss Elizabeth McDermott, East
Moline.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning at O'Clock at the
home, Father Van Stappen officiating
and at $3.50 at st. Joseph's church.
Rock Island, with Dean ]. ]. Quinn
in charge. 1nterment will be in Cal
vary cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18

All the news all the time-Ths
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
Lundberg Infant,

The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Lundberg, Hampton township, died
yesterday. Burial was made to-day in
Riverside cemetery, Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
nGo* ORS
LED TO HELP
En-: ia z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Re-
moved the Cause of
this WoInan's Illness.

Worcester, Mass took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
Funeral of Mrs. May FernaId.

The funeral of Ms. May Fernald
was held at o'clock yesterday after
noon in the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. B. Cornwall, 1899 Thirty
fourth avenue, Moline. Rev. O. B.
Enselman officiated and Mrs. Harriet
Thompson and Mrs. Sadie Miller sang.
The pallbearers were Clarence Trevor,
Herbert Miller, William Quick, F. c.
Thompson. Leonard Oakley and Fred
Cooper. Burial was made in River
side cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
Obituary
Mrs. L. r. GAYLORD.

Mrs. L. R. Gaylord, well known Mo-
line resident, died yesterday morning
at 11:10 at her residence, TAI Twenty
fifth street. Mrs. Gaylord had been
i'll just two days with an abscess on
the brain, and her condition did not
SEEM serious, as it was thought at
first she was suffering from an ear
ache.
She was one Of the most active mem
bers of the Red Cross, having taken
a special course and receiving the red
cross, which is awarded at the COM
pletion of the studies, on Thursday
afternoon. She was also member of
the Daughters of the Revolution, the
Service circle Of Kings Daughters,
Benevolent society of the First Con-
gregational church, and also a men,
Der of the art and literature depart
ment of the Woman's club.
Her maiden name was Miss Minnie
Swartzenberg and she was born in
Cleveland, Ohio. She later moved
with her parents to Detroit, Mich,
where she was married to Lewis R.
Gaylord on Dec. 4, 1894. The couple
then moved to Moline, where they
have resided for several years. To
this union were born two sons, Har-
low and Lewis, who survive her, with
the widower She also leaves an aged
father, Sylvester Swartzenberg; one
brother, William Swartzenberg, De-
troit, Mich; two aunts, Mrs. Ida Bart
lett and Mrs Myra Walker, Moline,
and one nephew, Earl Swartzenberg,
who is now serving in the navy.
Funeral services will be held at
2:3O tomorrow afternoon in the home
and Rev. P. c. Ladd of the First Con-
gregational church will officiate. In
terment will take place in the River
side cemetery and services at the
grave will be private.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18

Ali the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
Funera, Of Mrs. Augusta Van Heck.

Funeral services for Mrs Augusta
Van Heck were held yesterday after
noon at 2::30 in the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Joe Lancker, 2024
Eighteenth street, Moline, and at )
o'clock in the Sacred Heart church
Moline. with Father ]. B. Culemans of
floating. The pallbearers were Ed
Coryn. CAMEL Vermuelsen, Florent
Calbrecht and Alfons Bruymooghe
Interment was made in st. Mary's
cemetery, East Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18
Eli E. Thomas.

In a Moline hospital at 8 O'Clock
last evening occurred the death of Eli
E. Thomas, who had been ailing two
weeks with leakage of the heart and
dropsy. Mr.. Thomas was born in
New York state in 1910 and lived prac-
ticalIy all of his life in Moline, where
he had been employed as a mechanic.
Surviving him are his two sons, Myron
and Clyde, and one daughter, Mrs.
John Dibbern, all of Moline.
Funeral services will be held at 2 80
Wednesday afternoon in the home of
his daughter, Mrs. John Dibbern, 23S
Forty-ninth street, Moline. Inter
ment will be in Riverside cemetery,
and the Graham post, No. 312, G. A. r.,
will have charge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-18

All The news all the time-The Argus.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-11

MONDAY, MARCH II, 1918.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-11

The industries of the country must
be maintained at full efficiency. There
must be no sIackness either in labor
or in industry, in transportation or in
the halls of legislation. There must
be complete coordination of effort.
This only can be accomplished by the
government exercising its full power
and authority to drive the war to a
successful issue. Those who may not
realize how subtle is the treason of
inactivity or concealed antagonism
may understand 1t by studying the pic
lures which are being presented
They show the Stacker and the worker.
They show the result of the efforts of
each and they show wherein We are
lacking in that concentration ard af-
ficiency and necessary force which
must be invoked to win the war.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-11
ASTONISHING MOVE
Seward Gateway

AoC"oAN CotS way
Politicians do queer things aud pol
itics make queer situations. People
admire gameness but it seems perfect
ny Ireaklsh, splniess, lndne, Tor a
governor, peeved at one or two per,
sons perhaps in an organization. to
frame up spite TICKET and place his
most Wiling rriend at the head OF the
ticket, frIenu and ticket TO go together
up salt river. William Maioney IS a
& eat, big, good-natured fellow, nut as
d candidate for deiega,e from Alaska.
on d spite ticket, he mas sacrificed his
good nature tor an ignobIe cause. The
spite ticket is not a strong Maloney-
aHCi-oltzer tlCke,, 1t is weak. woe
fully SO.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-11

Another murder is reported from
the Interior, and the fact that numar-
GUS crimes have been committed in
Alaska during the past few years in
which the perpetrators have not been
apprehended inclines many to the be-
lief that it is about time for some
drastic action, and the suggestion has
frequently been made that an organ
ization similar to the Northwest
mounted police or Pennsylvania state
constabulary would accomplish desired
results.