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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
DANIELS COMMENDS
TAR FOR BRAVE ACT

Washington. Jan. 31-Secretary
Daniels today commended Ships Cook
James Marcio for bravery in rescuing
Chief Quartermaster Robertson,
washed overheard from the U. S. s.
Smith on Dec II while endeavoring to
clear a jam in the steering gear dur
ing heavy gale while the ship was
rolling at SIS degrees. Robertson be-
came exhausted by the cold md
rough sea and was unable to help him
self when Marcio tied line to his
waist and jumped into the water af-
ter him. With the assistance of Lieu
tenant Richard J.. Connolly the two
men were hauled aboard again.
Marcio lives in Philadelphia and
Lieutenant Connolly at Waukegan, ILL.,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31

80 per cent OF the people would pay
their amount promptly and 1t would
not be necessary to collect, although
many will have to be reminded OF the
fact that they are taking part in the
drive.
Mr.. Bender said that where 1,500
people formerly paid the amount ask
ed in the many campaigns that 14,OO0
will support. thereby balancing and
distributing the amount asked more
evenly.
He urged the men present to realize
that the campaign to be undertaken
will be one of the largest undertake
ings that the city has ever attempted
and urged their support until it was
launched and their help after.
C. A. Hallgren, acting as chairman
of the session, urged the business men
of the city and the factory owners to
boost the sale of thrift stamps. He
asked the men to purchase the seals
and have them on hand n their places
Of business and to boost their sale to
the employees. He stated that the sale
of stamps in Rock Island has been
way below what should have been sold
and said that he wanted every man In
the city not only to purchase stamps
but to get the other fellow to do the
same.
Speaks Of Coal.
George Kingsbury, secretary OF the
Business Mems association Of Rock
Island, placed the fuel situation be-
fore the members. He told them how
the emergency fuel board had been es-
tablished and of the word that had
been done. He pointed out that Sill
Wis and WATERFOWL are suffering to a
great extent. He said that each of 1S6
families in Silvis have but five to six
bushels of coal in their homes. He
declared the situation in >ock Island
is growing more serious every day and
that no doubt more drastic steps will
be taken by the fuel board to conserve
coal
AS guests at the luncheon nine Boy
: Scouts were present and were given
the Chamber of Commerce medals for
selling % Liberty bonds each during
the recent campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
HUNDRED ENROLL
At LOCAL OFFICE
Illinois Free Employment Bvr..,
Registering Many Men for weva
Of Machinists.
TO STAY OPEN THREE NIGHrs
Will Record Names of Men Desir...
Of Government Work During IL
Evening.

About one hundred mechanics b,,.
registered at the Rock Island sta,s
free employment bureau Office for. a.,
vice with the United States go,ern
ment.
This announcement was made tod,
by Fred w. Rinck, superintendent !,
the local Office, who declares the "a
Spouse made to the appeal for ma.
chanics for the government has ~,
exceptionally good in this distric,
Mr.. .Rinck is Of the opinion, hovevs,
that there are more mechanics who
desire to register for work for ~
United States and accordingly has -.
ranged to keep the employment one.
open on Saturday, Monday and We'd.
nesday nights for those who are nm.
able to call during the daytime. NJ
Rinck declares there are MANY n r.
city who are DESTROYS of registerin,
but cannot do SO if compelled to cal
before the shops close as they are mo.
permitted to leave their work.
Continues Next Week.
The campaign for mechanics vii,
continue until Saturday of next veet
The tradesmen are to be sent to shin.
yards and are enrolled as members of
the United States shipyard volunteers
Of the public service reserve.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
NATION STILL HELD
IN GRIP OF WINTER

Washington, Jan. 31-The cold wave
area today with temperatures Of zero
and below extended from the upper
lake regulations Of Michigan, Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota, southwark and
southwestward as far as central Okla
homa. La Paz, Saskatchewan, report
ed Sc degrees below zero.
Chicago. Jan. 31.-Some below zero
temperatures reported today are:
Bismarck, n. D., &c; Charles City
Iowa, 26; Davenport, 4; Denver, TO-;
Des Moines. 20; Duluth, Is; Dubuque,
IA; Kansas City, s; Keokuk, 6; Mil
waukee, s; Omaha, 20; Sioux City,
IS: Wichita, g. Temperatures in Illi-
nois were generally near freezing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
PINCH OF SHORT
COAL SUPPLY IS
FELT IN COUNTY
In Rock Island Alone Tl~rc Was but
800 Tons on Hand and Only
Four Cars Arrived.
FUEL BOARD GOES IN SESSION
Body Meets in Moline Commercial
Club TO Consider Further Steps
to Speed Up Delivery.

Continuing the policy of alternating,
the situation with regards to fuel in
Rock Island county today was very
grave.
Yesterday the supply seemed quite
sufficient for the present demands.
Today, however, in Rock Island alone
there were but 500 tons of coal and
only four car. 200 tons, arrived.
Forty calls were received by the
emergency fuel board at the Rock Is
land club this morning. These were
from people who had TO have fuel i'm
mediately. Many dealers were with
out lump and some had to refuse
their steady customers.
As a result of this the Rock Island
county fuel board went into session
at the Moline club at noon to consider
further what can be done to cause
the railroads to speed up delivery.
Serious in Moline.
Mayor Martin r. Carlson character
ICED the coal situation as 1t appears
in Moline as serious. The mayor was
more pessimistic today than he has
been since the first the coal shortage
problem appeared
There are only $50 tons Of coal ir
dealers yards in Moline today. NJ
coal appears TO be on the way.
No coal designed for local indus
tries is arriving, said Mayor Carlson
No coal for domestic use arrived thi:
morning.
The city water works was almos
without coal this morning. A car wa
obtained somehow this noon and tn
situation was temporarily saved.
Commissioner Ericsson, chairman o
the Moline emergency committee, i
still supplying many households witt
coal He is about holding his own
however, as far as filling orders re
ceived. But the emergency commit
tee is delivering in halfton lots only
The mines at Coal Valley are no
producing enough to supply all tn
teamsters who call there for Goa
Thirty teamsters were turned ava
yesterday and had to drive back t.
Moline with empty wagons.
One teamster started out for tn
bankse at o'clock this morning. .
am not going to be turned away to
day" he told his protesting wife. AM
he told Commissioner Ericsson that h
was going to divide his load amonl
five households.
Commissioner Ericsson says there i
no need for people to be absOlutel
without coal. He found such HON
last evening. But the empty bin
were due to the householder's neSli
gence as the emergency committe
was not notified until last evening
when the mans coal supply was eX
hausted.
Commissioner Ericsson supplied hin
with wood to carry him over unit
morning when the emergency com
mittee would send coal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
LIQUOR FIRM HERE
20 YEARS CLOSING

J. J. Taxman and NJ Taxman to-
morrow will begin devoting all OF
their time to the oil business.
Under the title of Taxman Bros,
they have been agents for the Union
Brewing company Tomorrow r. F.
Wood of Peoria will take over this
agency. Taxman Bros have an oil and
refining business in Eldorado, Kan.
Phil II. Taxman, a brother, who has
been manager of the liquor business
for the last six years, will leave for
Kansas on Feb. Is to associate himself
with his brothers in the oil business
Taxman Bros. has been a liquor firm
here for 20 years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
PAPERS TO FREE HIM
ON SNOWBOUND TRAIN

Joliet, H., Jan. 31.-Mrs. Halpin is
here, and JohnJ. Halpin, former chief
of the Chicago detective bureau, re-
Gently pardoned, was more than ready
to leave the prison walls to go to her
but the final papers were on a train
stuck in the snow
Parole papers, in which Halpin is
promised job at $3.50 a month, are al
hand in due form. 1t was said that
the final papers would arrive by night
Halpin was convicted of official cor
ruption and has served II months OF
an indeterminate sentence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
Cured His RUPTURE

was badly ruptured while lifting a
trunk several years ago doctors saio
my only hope of cure was an operation.
Trusses did me no good. Finally gvt
hold of something that quickly and CON.
pletely cured me. Years have passed ana
the rupture has never returned, alth04kh
/ am doing hard work as a carpentsr
There was no operation. no lost time,
no trouble. have nothing to sell, but
will give full information about hew
you may find a complete cure without
operation, If you write to me. Eugene
M. Pullen, carpenter, 100 d Marcellus
avenue, Manasquan, n. ]. Better cut out
this notice and show it to any othen
who are ruptured-you may save life
or at least stop the misery of rupture
and the worry and danger of an opera.
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
LOCAL CHURCH IS
FIFTY YEARS OLD
Memorial Christian Congregation Il
Cclebfate Jubilee March p With
Special Service.

The Memorial Christian congTega-
ton will celebrate the fiftieth ami
versary OF its organization with q spe-
cial program and service. Friday,
March %, such decision having been
reached at the annual meeting of the
congregation held last evening at the
church. Invitations will be sent to all
former members Of the church who
have moved from the city and the pas
tors that have served the congregation
will be asked to return for the ami
versary to take part in the services. or
that not being possible to write let
tiers, The church was formally organ
lied March %, 1868, but that date fall
ing on Saturday this year. the time
of celebration was changed to more
convenient day. The church has seen
many trials and in fact its organiza-
ton was undertaken many years be-
fore it Was finally consummated. 1t
was through the instrumentality OF
Grandmother Holt, mother of the late
Orrin Holt, and p. L. Mitchell that the
state missionary was sent to the city
to organize the congregation which had
a list of Is members enrolled. The
present church edifice was the gift of
Mrs. Mary Wadsworth. who in 1915
furnished the money with which the
church was erected as a memorial to
her father, P. L. Mitchell, thus the
church became known as the Memorial
Christian
Committees will be appointed to
make necessary arrangements for the
celebration of the anniversary.
The meeting of last evening was
largely attended and all reports were
most encouraging, the officers reporting
that in every department of the church
there is a cash balance on hand. Off
GERS for the coming year were selected
as follows:
Church Clerk-John Spilger, Jr.
Financial Secretary-R. E. Dean.
Treasurer. A. Graves.
Elder Three Years-H. E. Shiffer.
Deacons for Three Years-Ira Smith,
C. ]. Percy, W. G. Edwards and Jay
| Swisher.
Deacon Two Years-A. D. Phillips.
Deacon One Year-Lee Kaupke.
The church pastorate is vacant since
the resignation of Rev. M. E. Chatley
alst fall, and no pastor has yet been
secured although negotiations are
under way towards that end.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
CHIMNEY SPARKS ARE
CAUSE FIRE ON ROOF

, A fire which resulted from chimney
sparks, did damage amounting to S25
at the home of Frank A. Murrin. S44
Twenty-fifth street, at S:44 this morn
ing. A small hole was burned in the
roof near the chimney
At 5:4S last night the department
was called to the home Of Victor l..
Frykman, 1901 Twentieth street, to
find only the chimney burning out. No
damage resulted. Neighbors called the
department,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
THE CURFEW SHALL
RING OUT TONIGHT

Rockford. H.. Jan. 31.-Commenc-
ing tomorrow night curfews will ring
in Rockford and every night hereafter
at $50 O'Clock. An old city ordinance
will be revived and Camp Grant Off
GERS will aid local authorities in en-
forcing it. Boys and girls under Is
will not be permitted on the streets
after $50 p. N.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
Funeral Of Mrs. Emily Lowry.

Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Emily M. Lowry will be held at 2
o'clock today at the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. H. K. Casteel, 4424
Eighth avenue. Rev. David A. john
son, pastor of the Central Presbyter-
ian church, will officiate. Interment
will be temporarily in vault in the
Moline Riverside cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
HAVE YOU FELT THE
SERVANT SHORTAGE:

New York, Jan. 31-There is a
shortage of house servants throughout
the country with no relief in sight and
with no possible way of meeting the
problem, according to statement is
sued here today by the United States
employment service of the department
OF labor.
Improved status of female workers
increasing range of employment open
ed to women by war conditions and the
decline in immigration are given as
the reasons for the shortage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
KanstAnd BerhOye.

Kanstand Berhoye died at o'clock
yesterday morning at the tuberculosis
sanatorium of tuberculosis.
Mr.. Berhoye had been at the sana-
torium for two months and had been
seriously ill for the last five months.
He was born in Belgium May 2, 1881,
and II years ago came to Rock Island.
Since that tine he has been living in
Moline and this city Up to short
time ago he was working for the Rock
Island Pillow company
Funeral services will be held at .
o'clock Friday morning at the Belgian
Catholic church. Interment will be
in Calvary cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
ORPHEUS CLUB DANCE SERIES.

The OrpheuS club announces ser
les OF dancing parties to begin Thurs
day evening, Feb. 7, at Rock Island
Turner hall. The series will follow
in order, Feb. 16, 81, March 2, Z, 16, 81
and 80, These affairs are to be for the
general public, which is invited A
special effort will. be made to make
dhe parties as pleasant as possible and
special courtesy will be shown to be-
ginners. The Orpheus society orches-
ira will play the dance programs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
OMt11dY
Funeral Of Ralph Edward Sears.

Funeral services for the late Ralph
Edward Sears, infant son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. n. Barton Sears. 1915 Thirty
second street, were held at 1880 this
afternoon AZ the late home. Rev. W.
G. Oglevee. pastor of the South Park
Presbyterian church. officiated. In
terment was in Chippiannock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
"a BELOW AT CAMP DODGE.

Camp Dodge, Iowa, Jan. 31.-With
thermometers here registering "a be-
low zero last night, guard duty was
cut from two hours to one hour for
each sentry to avoid serious suffering
from the cold. The usual frost bites
were reported today, but there were
no serious cases.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
BENDER EXPLAINS
ONEFUND METHOD
Arrangements Made for Raising $50,
ono in Single Drive Are Disclosed
to Chamber.
CITIZENS COMMITTEE DIRECTS
Body Of $50 viii Have Charge, Mem.
bers of Commercial Organization
Are Told.

Rock Island. will have the one
campaign arrangement instead of the
various drives that are carried in the
city during the year.
F. W. Bender, secretary of the Cham
Der of Commerce made the plan clear
to the members of the Chamber OF
Commerce at the semi-monthly meet
ing held this noon at the Rock Island
club.
Mr.. Bender stated that citizens
committee composed of $50 people
from every activity in the city would
meet the latter part Of next week to
put the finishing touches on the plan.
He stated that as conditions are diff
ferent here than in the northern city
that the straight kenosha plan was
not adopted but an arrangement that
would work locally had been drafted
from the Wisconsin city's plan. Mr..
Bender pointed out to the members
how the arrangement would save an
enormous amount of energy, showing
how the numerous campaigns that
were bound to arise would be elimi-
mated under the plan.
Mr.. Bender said $1S5,000 would be
raised during the year for the various
organizations that will need support.
He said that at least rs per cent of this
amount would be appropriated to-
wards war funds and that if the war
should terminate during the year that
this part of the amount would be
wiped out and only money needed
locally would be asked
For Fairgrounds.
1t was planned by the executive
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, Mr. Bender said, that if the war
terminates at the end of the campaign
year, which would be March /, 1919,
that the amount on hand would be
turned over to the children of the city
to provide permanent Fairgrounds and
apparatus. He reminded those pres
! ent that there are no permanent play
grounds in the city at the present
time. 1t has been carefully figured
out. said Mr.. Bender, to make all ends
of the campaign meet. Expense mon
ey to be allowed will be $4,000, which
sum it was decided On in order to
carry out the campaign. He stated
+, that Kenosha had allowed $500. as
expense money and had discovered
shortly after that the sum was not
sufficient. The amount allowed by
Rock Island will be entirely consumed
he stated, as Offices and clerical help
must be obtained to carry out the
drive successfully. He said that the
executive committee had figured that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
Funeral of Mrs. Anr. K. Jacobson.

Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Anna katherine Jacobson will be held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Beda Hog
lund, S31 Forty-first street, and at 2:3O
at the Zion Lutheran church. Rev.
Carl Kraft, acting pastor OF the
church, will officiate. Interment will
be in Riverside cemetery in Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31

warned Americans that it was dan
gerous to cross the Atlantic. A week
afterward, on May I, a German sub
marine sunk the Lusitania.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
Funeral of Jeremiah Evans.

The remains of jeremiah Evans
were shipped this morning to West
Liberty. Iowa. Funeral services were
held at 2:30 this afternoon at the Pres
byterian church in that city. Inter-
ment was in the West Liberty ceme-
terry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31

Wefeelthat have most intelligent clientele and
that public statements them bear least
the semblance of reason We haue only recently made
the rounds of the different representatives of the linen
industries. They all agreed the scarcity of linen
goods and told that the condition Mould be far
in the future and the prices, high they
nou, would be much higher. An all linen danask that
formerly purchased by buyers at 75c per yard
is priced 90 per yard; lunch cloth that
formerly cost 81 IS priced 49, 80 each all
linen crash that formerly cost II is priced
at27Aceven cotton crash that used to cost
3Hsc yard is priced at 9Hc. All large retail dis
trbutors of the above goods, just the kind of
goods they .nsh for their customers, placed their orders
many months ahead of their delivery PRICES THEN
WERE LOWER, so that the prevailing retail prices
much lo.Oer than they .0N be later. Naturally
,Uould be reasonable that the word reduced
in appealing to you to buy but by carefully considering
the and the fact that wholesale de-
partment anticipated the shortage of linens many
months prior to the time the average retail store did,
enough convince the buyer economically inclined of
the advantages this store offers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
PERSONAL POINTS

Mrs. Charles Collins, 1014 Twelfth
street, has returned after a months
visit in Cleveland, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31
Dancing Coliseum tonight.

Dancing Coliseum tonight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-31

Dancing Coliseum tonight.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-26
EXTRAD|T|ON OF
 NICHOLSON 0NCE
 MORE |S DENIED

Governor Hunt yesterday, following a rehearing, refused to honor extra dition papers issued by Governor Gardner of Missouri for the return to that state from Arizona of Elmo Nicholson who has been considerably in the limelight of late in Phoenix, and who has been arrested on sev- eral charges.
 The extradition hearing first was brought up about ten days ago and at that time was postponed to per init of an investigator being sent back to Missouri and Arkansas by the attorneys for Nicholson, and it was after the information secured by this investigator had been placed be- fore the governor that he refused the extradition.
 Nicholson had been charged with issuing checks upon an Arkansas bank when there were not sufficient funds to his credit in that bank to meet the checks. The information secured by the investigator and which was given at the hearing, was to the effect that Nicholson did have an account in a bank at Blytheville, Arkansas, and also that that bank held his note. Unknown to Nichol- son, the bank had drawn on his ac- count to meet the note, leaving less money to his credit than he sup posed and not sufficient to meet the checks which he later drew.
 That the State of Missouri became involved in the case and was the state to ask extradition of Nicholson. grew out of charges of the same nature.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-26
ATTAIN TEMPLE
 ID HELP! CADETS

Captain Oscar F. Temple. who for the past five years has been connected with the office of adjutant general of Arizona in the capacity of captain quartermasters' corps, is once more to return to Phoenix ad resume his old position with the adjutant generals office.
 For 30 years, Captain Temple was member of the regular army of the United States, having been retired as hospital steward. Last August he was recalled to active service and was commissioned first lieutenant in the sanitary corps and was placed in com mand of the supply depot at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
 It is at Captain Temples own request that he is relieved of his command at Fort Sam Houston and is returned to Phoenix and the adjutant generals of flee. Captain Temple owns a home in Phoenix where his family lives. He will have charge of the inspection of all cadet corps in the state.