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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08

Oscar Trigger Does Thriving Busi-
ness While Cheating His
Customers.
Is FINED IN POLICE COURT
Taxed $25 For Making Sales OF
Rotten Peaches-Start Filming
Daycnporters.

Oscar Trigger paid a fine of $25
in police court this afternoon on a
charge of selling peaches that
were unfit for human food. The
police court was crowded with wit
nesses against the man for whom a
warrant was sworn out by one of
the women present.
DIR. G. T. Foster was called as
a witness, and after examining the
fruit, stated that while it seemed
perfect on first examination, it
nevertheless was unfit for food, be-
cause of stone rot The inside Of
the peaches were entirely rotten.
Sales from one box up to whole
crates were made
Trigger had a large automobile
truck, and had evidently been do
ing a good business. One woman
stated that after she had made her
purchase, and had examined the
peaches, she made a remonstrance
and was told that if she was fool
ish enough to buy them she should
not make a complaint.
The offender became suddenly
anxious to settle up with his Gus
toners after he was notified by the
Judge that he would be fined $25
for each case that might come be-
fore him brought by other purchas-
ers.
William Amato, Davenport, paid
a fine of SIS on a charge of operat-
ing a commercial car without hav-
in gan Illinois license. The judge
stated that Davenport men have
been warned previously and thai
his policy from now on will be
drastic. All persons arrested or
this charge, he stated, will be
fined.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
Mrs. Alice Katharine Carlson.

Funeral services for Mrs. Alice
Katharine Carlson were held at l
o'clock yesterday afternoon at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Nels
Johnson, of River road, Davenport,
and at 2:30 in the Zion Lutheran
church in Rock Island. Rev. John
Ekholm was in charge. Pallbear-
ers were George Swanson, Herman
Beck. Andrew Anderson, H. w.
Petchford, Carl c. Wallin and Gus
Lindblom. Interment was in Riv-
erside cemetery, Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
With Islanders
In the Service

Bert H. Kemper, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. H. Lubbock, $50 Fifteenth
street, who left with Rock Island s
draft contingent which entrained
for Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg,
Miss, last May, has been promoted
from the rank OF private to that OF
musician in the One Hundred and
Forty-ninth infantry band, accord
ing to a recent letter to his parents.
The promotion carries with it an
increase in pay. Musician kemper
writes that all at camp are eager
and anxious to go across.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
MEET TO CHANGE
ELECTRICAL LAW

Members of the Rock Island city
commission met in special ses-
sion this afternoon to amend the
present electrical ordinance which
demands that conduits be used in
electrical wiring. The revision will
allow the contractors to dc certain
wiring without using the conduits.
The change is being made owing
to the lack of material Of which
the contractors complain, which in
cludes a saving of steel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
LUTHERANSLAY
CORNER STONE
Ser,iccS Celebrating Placing of
Corner Block at ImmanueI's
Church 10 Be Sunday.
NOTED DEvNE Is SPEAKER
Exercises to BE Conducted in Eng
Iish Ianguago-Wm Place
Many Articles in Box.

Services celebrating the corner
stone having OK the new school and
81 elilca OF The ImmaGueI's Lu-
therau congregation VIII be held
sunday afternoon at O'Clock at
,he building, Fifth avenue and
twentieth street All the eNer-
discs VIII be conducted Ia the Eng
Hsh language To give all citizens
ia opportunity 10 paTtake in them.
The pastor of the congregation.
pey Tl. Wilhelm. viii conduct the
Services and the speaker OF the
5av VIII be Rev. Frederick Brand
ri Springfield. Ill. DIT Brand is
one Of the leading men Of the Amer
lean lutheran church and very
widely known ia Lutuera., ana 9th
or circles Tor Ile patriotic speeches
thar De has delivered. For ila.-
wears bc was the president OF the
central Illinois district OF the Mis-
s5url synod and since the Couven-
non lu Milwaukee last June has
been one of the vice presidents OF
the synod. Tie is also the chairman
al the var council Of that church
body and ls held i'm high esteem not
only ny his fellow Lutheraus, but
also tE the civil authorities in the
state and country
Tie program OF services will be
carried ont as follows:
Hymn -Gad Bless Our Native
LAM
Prayer and scripture lesson.
Gloria Fatrl-
Hymn. G-oi-ouS lnlhSs OF Ihee
are Spoken
GTaI2I o- hSF- fTederlch brand-
ICuuS ladies' chorus, Praise the
Lord. All the Nations
Hymn. Praise 10 the Lord, the
Alm-Ehjy-
LAWNS oL lEe cornerstone .
Confession OF the creed Thy the
whole assembly,
Prayer Psi tle pastor and LORI 5
PRAYER hE ING assem- nly
tlcil- Ana W iii the TTeal' E'eT-
lal Goo
LORD me IOr All MANKIND we
pray.
OF every cline and coast,
On, near uS Tor our native t~nd,
The -ana We love the most.
Esle fIcLiun and DONOlOgy.
Contents of Box.
Tho .-..r,ar box which viii he
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08

ing post, and tore a huge gap in
the parapet. The third fell right
on top of the post itself. But the
concrete of the structure was
strong, and the shell actually ri
cocheted clear and burst several
yards away.
That has frightened them" ex-
claimed the major suddenly, as
four figures appeared from behind
the sniping post and raced madly
for the crest of the ridge. Just
then a shot rang out from the
British trench, and the first Ger
man pitched forward on his face.
The second fell a yard further on.
The remaining two were dropped
as they reached the crest.
Besco brooms, Beardsley's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
Funeral of HjaImar Ramsten.

Funeral services for Hjalmar
Ramsten will be held at the late
home, S21 Forty-fourth street, at
2;30 Saturday afternoon. Rev.
John Ekholm, pastor of the Zion
Lutheran church, will have charge
Of the services at the grave. In
terment will be in Riverside, Mo-
line
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
MEN ARE ARRESTED
ON DINNER CHARGE

William J. Bannon and Charles
Smith were fined IS each in police
court this morning.
The men were arrested by Motor
cycle officer Earl Shannon for OPP
Grating automobiles without having
proper lights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
Arrives Safe.

Word was received today by Mr..
and Mrs Henry Ruben, 219 Seven
teenth street, of the safe arrival of
their son, Private Louis Ruben,
overseas. Private Ruben left Rock
Island April 20, with the draft
quota for Camp Dodge, Des Moines,
Iowa. He was later transferred to
the medical corps and to Camp
Travis. Waco, Tex. from which
r1ace he was sent to an eastern
port and then overseas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
Obituary
Funeral of c. w. GustafsOn.

Funeral services for the late c..
W. Gustafson will be held at the
home of the deceased's niece, Mrs.
NJ. L. Sutherland, 1874 Forty-second
street, at 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. Rev. A. F.. Bergstrom, pas
tor of the First Swedish Lutheran
church in Moline, will officiate. In
terment will be in Riverside.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
Funeral of Hrs. Mary Spaulding.

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Spaulding, late resident of 1905
Thirty-eighth street, were held at
20 o'clock this morning at the Knox
chapel. Rev. ]. C. Granger, pas
tor of the First Baptist church, and
Rev. W. G. Oglevee, pastor of the
South Park Presbyterian church,
had charge of the services. Inter
ment was in Chippiannock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
FRACTURES ANKLE
WHILE DOING WORK

Jesse Drag sustained a broken
right ankle bone this morning
while working on a grading project
on Forty-seCOnd street between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth avenues.
The man was taken to St. Anth-
ony's hospital where the fracture
was set by DR. c. T. Foster.
All the news all the time-The
Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08

Phone r. L 2s5. Trefz Express Co.
Tri-C--y Towel Supply company.
Auto whirIi1E flags, BeardsIey's.
BeSc0 waffle syrup, Beardsley's.
r J. Clean Towel Service. Phone
R j. 4f-f.
" A. Le.-hler, merchant tailor,
over Harper House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
PERSONAL POINTS

Misses Mary and Genevieve Car
roll. 1873 Eighth avenue. left this
morning for two weeks visit in
Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08

Non-alcoholic wines, Beardsley's
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
NEGRO DIES,

Edgar Il Bowen, a negro,
the only son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Bowen. 1916 Eighth avenue,
died this morning at $50. He was
born Oct. %, 1897 at La Grange,
Mo.
Funeral services Will be held a.
10 O'Clock Saturday morning at
Knox chapel. Interment Will be in
ChippiannOCk.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30

Gaiety; "A Stitch in Time" (Olive1
Bailey, Fulton; Julia Sanderson and
Joseph Cawthorne, Globe.
Back Again" (Weber & Fields),
Apollo; "See You Later" elliott, Com
stock & Gest), Longacre; Friendly
Enemies" GA. H. Woods), Hudson
over the Hills" David Belasco), Be-
lasco; "Daddies" David Belasco), Ly-
ceum; Jack Barrymore management
Arthur Hopkins), Booth "a Very
Good Young Man." with Wallace Ed
dinger (Arthur Hopkins), Plymouth;
musical play unnamed George Broad
hurstl, Broadhurst; "Gloriana," with
Eleanor Painter (was "a Widow by
Proxy") (John Cort), Cort.
Leo Ditrichstein in a new play (Co-
han & Harris), Playhouse; "One of
Us" (Oliver Morosco), Morosco; new
Bolton, Wodehouse & Kern play for
the Princess; "The Passing Show"
(Shubert's), Winter Garden; "Maid of
the Mountains" elliott, Comstock E.
Gest), Century; "Sinbad" (Shubert's).
Forty-fourth Street; "Flying Colors"
(Smith e. Golden), Criterion.
The Empire will probably house an
opening attraction which will be the
joint work of David Belasco and Alf
Hayman.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30

perienced as l walked on the stage and
tried to remember to forget the sudi-
ence and my shaking knees.
AFTER two seasons of playing in The
Planters Wife Hazel Kirke' and Es-
meralda'-Georgia Cayvan was in the
two last plays-I went back to Boston.
Mr.. Thorne, my uncle, was then leading
man of the Boston Theatre company,
and the best American actor of his
time. The leading woman was Agnes
Booth, and her husband, John Echoehel,
is now the manager of the fremont
Theatre, in Boston. played in tss
famous plays about that time -syeutf
and The Silver King (Which is abeas
to be done in the movies.
Edith Kingdom, now Mrs. George
Gould, was member of the same con-
pany. I can see her now as she locked
In Youth playing the part of French
adventuress-vampires, l believe they
call them now. She was altogethsr
| SVSS~-s
none Of US young men could know that
it was written she was to marry George
Gould, so we all paid her our assidneas
and respectful attentions. She s'stih
charming to her old friends, and nm.
spoiled by wealth and society.
"Next / went to the Museum for :
season. In the company at that tins
(it was in 1856 were Charles Barren,
Annie Clark and William Warren sh
players of the highest merit. One ca
imagine the inca.culable value thsH
work was to youth who was aspirfne
to an opportunity to act. To my mane
these actors have never been surpasssa
in their particular line of work--ces.
tainly never in one city.
"At Selwin's Theatre, too, now Isns
passed out of existence, found vel
come opportunity to study the methods
Of the great Charles fletcher, JAnN
Wallack, jr., George Honey (who dres
the then unheard-of salary Of $soO Z
weekly and Katherine Rogers. Later !
became the Juvenile man with Dica
Boucicault and John Mason at the M
scum.
II was in the original productions 4
Shenandoah which we played s0s
three seasons; Charles Aunt NO
and Women and David Haruin.
have played with W. 81. Crane, Willisn
Gillette, Maude Adams, J. E. Dodseas
Henry Miller, J. K. Hackett and MAI.
Doro. Also, have been with one eons
opera, one vaudeville act and one ~
tion picture"
Many are the amusing sdvensss
Mr.. Burheck has to tall. In faee A#
usual things have happened - n
quensly to him that they have - j
but the commcnplaces u his ~
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
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"Whatever Miss Frederick is, or is
not, there can be no diversity of opin-
ion about the suitability of one term
for her always-and that is vivid. She
is magnetic enough to make her beauty
and the looks Of other women seem un-
important.
Surely we have enough cheaply
pretty stars without an ounce of abil-
ity. Why have critics who do not rec
ognize the difference?
Miss Frederick is better suited to
the part of gypsy girl or any other
'dashing' role than a great many Of
the others, because those roles need
personality.
when Mr. Brown desires dash there
is always Eva Tanguay Ull) and May
Murry. For an 'emoter' there is Lillian
Gish.
There is standard in taste with
motion pictures to-day, just as there
Is IN literature and music. One in
stantly classes the people who do not
at least appreciate the work of Mar
guerite Clark, Pauline Frederick, Madge
Kennedy and few others with the
people who admire Robert Chambers
and cannot stand anything but ragtime.
ut was, according to Haywood, 'un-
gypsylike' for Miss Frederick to ride
sidesaddle. Did he look at the picture :?
1t does not seem that it would matter
much one way or the other, but if he
did not look at it why criticise it :?
Miss Frederick was with fashionable
friends in Paris who were introducing
ner into society. Was it the natural
thing for her to ride as they rode, or
astride because her mother was
gypsy?
"What idiotic criticism! Surely. n
paper like The Tribune had better re-
main silent about the passing shows
than to print such junk. There was
only one sensible thread running
through his discourse-it was a .sillv
story Miss Frederick has not had
anything but bad stories for the last
two years. Any one with less ability
would have been swamped long ago.
"l'll dare you to print this letter.
wish you would, but I'll bet you do not
with fond regards to Haywood.
yours very truly, Mrs. B. e. H."
In these dull days we would print a
letter twice as long even if it contained
no dare and offered no wager. And vet
we will confess that it disturbs us.
Our correspondent is correct; it is a
shocking thing that critical columns
OF comment should be turned to an an
praisal of the charms Of this per-
former or their absence in another.
But what can a critic do? We have
found it feasible to write about the
stage and pay only the most casual at
tention to the pictorial qualities Of the
performers. The movies make this i'm
possible. When the machine flashes
upon the screen the face of 4 young
lady magnifed to heroic mural propor-
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
Plays for Next Season

The following list of thirty-two at
fractions already housed for next sea-
son Is printed by Variety" Most of
them open around Labor Day in the
Times Square district:
"The Bubble Girl" (musical version
OF "A Full House") *. & E.), George
M. Cohan; "The House That Jack
Built" *. & E.), Amsterdam; French
Leave" (K. & E.), Liberty; "David,s
Adventure" (Cohan & Harris), Cohan
q harris Theatre; "My Boy" "a. H
Woods>, Eltinge; "Tea for Three" (sel-
wyns), Harris; Information Please -
Jane Cowl (Selwyns), the New Selwyn:
Dolly of the Follies" CA. H. Woods).
Republic; Ruth Chatterson in new
play, Henry Miller Theatre; "Keep
Her Smiling" with Mr.. and Mrs. Svd.
ney Drew Orchard Walton Tully). AS
tor; Lightning" (Smith & Goldenl
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
Benefit at Astor

The benefit to be given tonight at
the Astor Theatre for the Chappaoua
Chapter of the Westche ster Division ~
the Red Cross promises to be not onlv
one OF the most successful affairs of
the KIND held this season, but by far
the most novel and original of any
held IN many seasons. It has been Az
ranged entirely by Adele Rowland, a
member of that division of the Red
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
':Siir Sir; the Carriage Waits "
When Frank Burbeck Began Players
Had to K Knolu Hamlet" and "Macbeth"
Before They Were Given That Line
By Solita Solano

Frank Burbeck, of "a Tailor Mad,
Man." received his schooling in tn,
days when any super with a line about
"a waiting carriage was physically and
vocally able at moments notice to
replace an ailing Hamlet or a tempera-
mental Macbeth.
Schooled in the companies of the ole
Boston Museum and Boston Theatre
stock organizations, Mr.. Burbeck alb.
sorbed the best traditions of the stage
and was associated with some Of the
finest players this country has ever
known.
Those we're the days when actors
learned their art through toll and
minute observation. No "type" actor
became star in a fortnight then
egad! Players studied we'll their
Shakespeare before ever speaking q
line and until they had memorized the
roles of the most frequently acted
plays, mastered fencing and dancing
and sounded as if they had attended to
their adenoids when very young, they
were not allowed to be conspicuous
while the curtain was up.
After Mr.. Burbeck's talents had been
mellowed and cultivated by constant
association with thoroughly trained &C
tors, he allied himself with the late
Charles Frohman, under whose man.
agement he remained for twenty-one
years, supporting the luminaries of the
great star system that Mr.. Frohman
founded here.
But there is no very good reason
why Mr.. Burbeck should not tell about
himself directly. After all, it is his
story.
II was born in 1857 in Boston. There
I prepared for Harvard and doubtless
would have been graduated and there
after lived the life of a staid PROBES
sional or business man had not tho
lure Of the footlights dragged me OF
from an existence Of stability" re-
lated the actor as he bestowed fond
pat on the white whiskers he wears in
the role of Abraham Nathan, steam
ship president and discoverer of prom
Using youth.
my first professional part was in
1878, when went on the road to play a
small part with Robson and Crane,
sr., in The Two Dromios.' Two years
later was thrust unexpectedly into my
first big part--things came more slowly
in those days to young actors--through
Charles Webb, the English actor, hav-
ing missed the boat from Liverpool.
was twenty-three years old, and was
given the part of an old man to play,
whose first speech was fifty lines. l
have never forgotten the feeling ex.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30

tlons something must be said about II
The head seems to be only four or five
inches away and the eyes are LOOKING
into yours. A decision is imperative.
Concerning such large head and such
close one neutrality is impossible.
Either it is the face that "launch'd a
thousand ships" or it isn't.
1t seems to us that beauty blazes
when the play of expression is ever 80
rapid. Mere opulence is not enough.
vivid women, we think, have BRIGHT
but small eyes, thin lips and rather
high cheekbones. Further than TINT
We cannot classify. Whatever the pen
atty, we must insist upon coa.inuine
to believe that Mns Pauline Fred nrick
was not implicated in the confiagration
which consumed "the topless towers If
llium."
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30

Cross, and, having taken part in scores
of benefits herself, she has known
what to do and what not to do to make
this initial effort of herself as an i'm
presario decidedly different.
Just what the novelty surprises are
to be Miss Rowland will not disclose.
Suffice to say, the people are not just
going to walk on, do turn and walk off.
The entire proceeds of the benefit
are to go direct to the Red Cross. The
Astor Theatre has been donated by
Selwyn & Co. and the members of the
"Rock-a-Bye Baby" company have all
offered their services for any purpose
from selling tickets at the box office
to helping out with the show.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
The Marioneftes

The two performances of the Mario
nette Theatre given at the Community
Welfare Association clubhouse, 49
Vandam Street, last Friday and Satur-
day evenings, were received with great
enthusiasm by the large crowds that
attended. Because of this fact the
theatre feels sure that even larger
crowds will turn out at the last two
performances on this Friday and Satur-
day, June 20 and 20, at $3.50 p. m.
The two plays which will be repeated
are "Orlando and the Dragon" in
Italian, and "Uncle Sam, the Devil, or
the Kaiser" in English.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30

ticket speculating is the enormous
amount of hypocrisy which it has en-
tailed. AS disciple of the late Mr..
Mill we could hardly complain if man,
agcr said: "Now, if this new show of
mine is success I'm going to charge
81 seat, and if it'sino good I'll charge
81" That would seem to be an equi.
table arrangement justified under the
law OF supply and demand. But no
manager ever did anything like that.
he Always advertised that good seats
were on sale at the box Office at 50, and
II his show went we'll he sold his So
seats at So or 81, or'thereabouts. If his
plays were not successful he sold to the
set rate ticket hen for as low as 81 or
rs cents. And all the time he con.
tinaed TO advertise good seats at the
DC, Office for $2." In consequence the
vorst place in the world to buy tickets
was in the lobby of theatre. The man
who went to the box office either got
nothing at all or paid price higher
than that charged the sagacious por-
tion of the public which went to the
cut rate agencies. At many a per-
formance it would have beer possible
to have found three people sitting in
the same row, each one Of whom had
paid . different price for his seat.
F. Ziegfeld, jr., seems to be making
successful fight against the specula.
tors. Up to date "The Follies" has
been drawing approximately $3,4oo a
performance, but, Of course. Mr.. Zieg~
fields fight is costing him money, par
ticularly as he no longer receives the
boosting OF the hotel agencies. Mr..
Ziegfeld held out fer an arrangement
with the ticket brokers whereby they
~spuld gustantee to resell the tickets
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
''The Kiss Burglar" Moves

On Monday night "The Kiss Burglar"
will be transferred from the George NJ.
Cohan Theatre to the Eltinge Theatre.
The original cast, with Fay Banter,
Denman Maley, Stewart Baird, Grace
Field and Harry Clarke, as we'll as .The
Peacock Alley Chorus" will continue in
the piece.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30

at an advance not to exceed 80 cents.
IN former years the spectators have
received as much as $25 a seat for
front row stalls at "The Follies" and
$40 for seats as far back as the twelfth
row.
We will be interested to hear from
readers of The Tribune in regard to
ticket specializing and will be glad to
print the spectators side of it as we'll
Letters for next Sunday should be sent
to The Tribune Dramatic Department
not later than Wednesday,
And now we win a bet.
"The New York Tribune.
"New York City.
Dear Sirs: Whoever Mr.. Haywood
Brown is, whatever latent ability he
possess elsewhere should be encour-
aged. AS q critic, he is a long wav
from home.
Although Elsie Furgerson's main idea
OF 'emoting' is to automatically heavs
her bosom and look slightly worried.
we can stand hearing from the critics
that she plays on their heart strings
because Elsie looks so lovely most Of
the time that we do not care whether
she can actually act or not.
But, when they say that Pauline
Frederick is placid looking, as soon Is
we regain consciousness We feel callsd
upon to demonstrate.
III Haywood (what a pretty namely
Brown thinks Miss Frederick is not a
'raving beauty he has perfect right
to his little opinion, although his
rather unnecessary remarks in that di-
rection would lead one to suspect he
may have some time been slightly
|squelc&ed BY this placid looking lady.