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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
News Of the Day in Moline and East Moline
EAST MOLINE

Mrs. A D. Richardson of Beloit,
Wis, is visiting at the home of her
brother, A. Biederstedt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Collin Dewrose and
daughter Jane are spending the
weekend at Rapids City.
Mrs. NJ. Flynn of Davis, Ill, and
Mrs. Fred Bordner and daughter
Phyllis of Dakota, H.. are visiting
at the Ralph Bordner and George
Guyer homes.
The Red Cross and surgical dress
ing class was well attended Friday
afternoon and many tampOns were
made. The quota for East Moline
is large and the ladies are urged to
attend that the work may be ac-
complished.
Glen Haddick. who left for Great
Lakes naval station, was sent back
to await a later call.
Miss Stella Parrot, who has been
visiting her aunt at Wyanet, Ill,
has returned to her home.
Miss Dorothy Peterson's campfire
girls cleared $50 from the sociable
held at WATERFOWL Friday even
ing
The Misses Agnes German and
Catherine Wiley, who have been
attending school at Macomb, Ill,
returned to their homes Friday.
Miss Bernice Woodruff is visiting
in Geneseo and Springfield.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
SURGEONS FAVOR
USE OF CIGARET

Parls-Anti-cigarette refOrmers
would get scant consideration from
the medical corps Of the United
States army, according 20, major
surgeons stationed in hospitals
along the front, some Of whom say
mat the cigarette produces a re-
taxation for the wounded and the
men Just out of the trenches that
no medicine could possibly pro
duce-
i have seen men borne in on
stretchers or staggering in on their
ieet, with their faces Contorted
showing either physical pain OF
mental strain from their grim ex-
per1ences in the trenches. relax.
smile and ask for something to
eat, after having a 'whiff' Of a Gig
arctic" said d surgeon in charge
u a casualty clearing station.
The effect Of the cigarette is
wonderful. Il certainly IS not
medicinal for the actor IS too
quick As soon as the lads take
thelF first 'whiff.' they seem easel
ana relieved of their agOTv."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
NOTED BELGIANS
COME TO MOLINE
FOR BIG HOLIDAY

Three Representatives of the Bel
gian government and the president
OF the Belgian-American alliance
will speak in Central park, Moline,
tomorrow afternoon upon the oc-
casiOn of a celebration under au-
spices of the United Belgian So
cieties of Moline. The program will
begin at 2 O'Clock. Revenues de-
rived from the celebration will be
devoted to relief of Belgian SOL
diers. No general admission fee is
to be charged. The speakers are:
Baron L. De CARTER, Belgian min
lister to the United States, Washing
ton, D. C.
L. Van Crombrugge, chancellor
of the Belgian legation at Wash
ington, D. G.
DR.. c. Vermeren, Belgian consul,
Chicago.
Felix J. Streyskmans, president
of elgian-American alliance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
BEGIN ROAD WORK
NEXT WEDNESDAY

Yesterday the committee appoint-
ed by the Merchants association to
repair the road approaching the Co
Iona bridge journeyed out to the
scene of their future labOrs and
were so impressed by the bad con
dition of the highway that they i'm
mediately proclaimed Wednesday
afternoon, next, as the date OF the
road improvement. 1t is intended
to shave down the rocky surface
and the ruts will be filled in an
effort to construct a fine rOAdbed.
Dangerous washouts were also dis
covered by the investigators and
these. too, will be given attention.
Some time ago the association
decided to fix up the road and
since stores in Moline are now
closed on Wednesday afternoon a
large number are able to lend their
services. The road army will as
semble at the scene of operations
at o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Each one is to come armed with a
shovel and a lunch. for six hours
time at least will be required for
the work. A tractor will be fur
nished by a Moline factory. Any
one other than a merchant. need
not feel that he is excluded from
the group of workers, it is declared,
for the aid of anyone will be highly
acceptable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
LOYALTY SHOWN
AT R. V.PLANT
Eighty Per Cent OF Employees Work
Saturday Afternoons and Over
time to Speed Production,

Patriotism OF the employees of the
R. & N.-Wagner ordnance plant in
Last MoAne is being demonstrated
by their willingness to work On
saturday afternoons during the hot
summer and the lack of protest
Nhen overtime work is necessary
according to- officials of the CON
Germ.
A short time ago W. H. Wander
WORT, head of the companies. put
the matter of Saturday half holt
days and overtime up to the men
and told them that they should per-
sonally decide the matter. He said
they could have the afternoon If
they wanted with no time counted
against them. No ilI feeling would
exist, he said. If they refused to
work on Saturday afternoons, but
lnasmuch as full capacity produc-
ton is now necessary in ordnance
plants in the country, as many
workers as possible were needed for
the additional time in order to in
crease the output A force of from
so TO 90 per cent is now at work
on every Saturday afternoon.
Overtime work, it is said, is done
as Cheerfully.
Recognition of the fine spirit dis
played by the men is contained in
a letter from Ralph Earle. chief of
the bureau of ordnance of the navy.
1t says:
This bureau understands that a
large amount of overtime work is
done by your employees on navy de-
partment production, and that they
have worked Saturday afternoons
and Sundays continuously for sew
eral weeks. The bureau greatly ap-
preciates the spirit of these en-
ployes in aiding the navy in meet
ing a serious emergency, and trusts
their efforts will result shortly in
attaining the necessary output TO
meet war conditions"
Mr. VanDervoort, speaking for
himself. says:
Our men are loyal and patriotic
They know that the man in the
trench is not getting Saturday aft
ernOOns off when he's fighting the
enemy, and they are just as ready
to do their part as are the boys at
the front The r. & Y. men are
showing their patriotism in a prac-
teal way. We are proud of the at
titude of our employees and we
think the recognition given them
by the navy department is their
due "
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
ORDNANCE PLANT
PLANS ADDITIONS

Two new buildings that will add
greatly to the facilities of the ord
nance plant of the r. & V.-Wagner
Ordnance company are now being
built The improvements will in
volve about $4,000 expenditure.
One building is a heat treating
plant, supplicating the present
equipment for this process, and the
other is a saw-tooth addition TO the
main ordnance shop. The buildings
are to be completed and in use in
a month.
The addition to the ordnance
shop will be 32x450 feet in size. It
is being built at the north side of
the original shop, which was de-
signed for enlargement in this
manner. The original building is
FOG feet long. 1t has a floor space
of 10000 square feet, and the addi-
ton to the building will Slcrease
this to 133,5OO square feet. The
building is of brick construction,
similar to that of the main build
ing. The rapid increase in the
number Of women employees makes
enlargement of service quarters for
them necessary. Every possible
convenience for the women is pro-
vided, and the additional space will
accommodate a large number of
employees.
The Henry w Horst company of
Rock Island has the contract for
this building, and work is well I'M
der way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
FIND STOUFFER
is NOT GUILTY
City Commissioner Cleared In
Damage Suit Brought BY JUS
tee Pierce Charging Assault

At AIS yesterday afternoon the
case of Pierce VS.. Stouffer went
to the jury. Shortly after {
o'clock the jury informed the court
that they had reached a verdict
Neither the plaintiff nor the de-
PENDANT were in the court when the
u men filed in and only Judge
DietZ, bailiff Kittlesen and a re-
porter were present when they
solemnly announced, I'VE find
Stouffer not guilty"
Ira Nels Pierce, Justice Of the
peace, based his case In the dam
age suit almost wholly on the cpl
sode which was enacted in Hick-
ey Bros cigar store last year on
October II. He claims that City
Commissioner A. c. Stouffer came
in and assaulted him. He sought
$4,000 damages. Stouffer main
tanned that the justice had made
slanderous remarks about him and
had caused 10 be published arti-
cles denouncing his conduct. An
unusual and remarkable feature of
the trial was that the attorney for
Pierce introduced as evidence two
articles published in a Moline pa
per and Stouffer's attorney intro
duced the same articles as one of
the foundations OF his defense.
Stouffer admitted that he had as
saulted Pierce, saying that he had
been slandered and in turn Pierce
admitted writing an open letter
containing insinuations about the
commissioner.
Last evening Mr.. Pierce stated
that he had nothing to say for pub
LEGATION, but limited that he may ask
for new trial, and may even ap-
peal the case If the trial is not
granted. Harold Weld, attorney
for Pierce, remarked following the
verdict that the jury put its stamp
of approval on the beating admin
istered TO the justice by the com-
missioner OF public health and
safety"
For a while yesterday it looked
as if the trial might be mis-triaI.
for shortly before the case had
been turned over to the jury, W.
r. Kent, foreman, was overcome by
the heat and deliberations were de-
layed about 20 rinutes. A ply
sician was called and Mr.. Kent was
revived.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
FIFTY MEN DOING
HEROIC WORK FOR
AMERICAN TROOPS

Rome. - Special. Fifty Ameri-
can Y. NJ. c. A men now with the
Italian army are doing heroic work
They secured permission from the
commanding generals to move with
the armes and were ready with
their supplies, such as hot soup,
hot drings, chocolate and tobacco,
as the soldiers went forward in
their victorious movement along
the Piave.
These heroic workers not only
aided the wounded, but went for
ward into the trenches under con-
slant shell fire, carrying up their
supplies for the men in the front
lines. They are also attending to
the American aviators who are with
the Italians and are assisting the
ambulance men as stretcher bear
ers and the first aid work under
fire.
lie Roy Corbin, one of the Y. NJ
c. A. workers, has been twice dec
GRATED for bravery in taking sup
plies forward under fire. Others
are similarly distinguishing them
selves.
Inc !. NJ I. a men report WOu-
derful new spirit among the ItaI-
ian troops. They are determined
to crush the Austrians. and in their
ordeal they have been much heart
ened by the presence OF the Amer
leans The red triangle men also
report that Austrian prisoners seem
and anxious 10 quit.
They are astonished at the news
that large American forces are in
Europe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
WEEKLY PROVISION
AND GRAIN REVIEW

Chicago. July 2O-Corn smashed
down in value this week. influence
ed to a great extent by victory
news from France. Compared with
week ago, the market this
morning was ~ 10 92sc net lower.
Oats were down = ole to l CSC and
provisions varying from 1c decline
TO soc advance.
BY far the biggest downward
sweep Of corn prices came after
the allies had successfully demon
trated power TO attack on a grand
scale Where before offerings had
been light, general selling by all
classes Of traders developed, and
the only reactions were from prof
ii taking by shorts. Soaking rains
and big receipts had done much
before hand TO undermine the
bulls. and so likewise had PresI-
dent Wilson's veto of the bill to
enhance the price OF wheat The
finish of the wheat harvest in the
southwest and the fact that wheat
premiums over the government
guaranteed minimum were almost
thing of the past tended also to
pull down corn.
Wet weather delays TO cutting
and threshing kept the oats mar
ket relatively steady. Bullish crop
reports from North Dakota and
Canada were also effective in min
imiZing pressure 10 sell.
Provisions were upheld largely
by reports that government orders
TO- supplies would soon be placed
on liberal scale
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
ARE DETAILED TO
LOCAL SITUATION
Especial to The Argus

Springfield, Ill. July 20.-Health
Officer George H. Little of the
Galesburg district and Assistant
Engineers NJ S. Sjoblom and l.. J.
Pollock. both of this city, have been
dispatched by Dr. c. St Clair Drake,
director of the state department of
public health, to Moline and DR..
J. J. McShane of this city, chief Of
the bureau of communicable dis
eases, left here last night to take
charge Of the typhoid fever situa-
ton there.
In accordance with the federal re-
0uiremeuts. DIR. Drake today tele-
gTaphed the commandments of the
environments at Camp Dodge, Grant,
Custer and Taylor and Scott avia-
ton field at Belleville, Ill, and
Chanute aviation field at Rantoul,
Ill. and the Great Lakes Training
Station Of the epidemic of typhoid
at Moline and of infantile paral-
ysis at Dubuque, Iowa
This information was furnished
to the camps for the purpose Of
properly handling arrivals from
Moline and Dubuque and control
ling furlOughs to those cities. There
are so cases OF infanti1e paralysis
in Dubuque and three each in East
Dubuuue and Galena, Ill. DR.. Clar-
ence East, infantile paralysis eX-
pert of the state department. OF pub
lie health, will be in Galena next
Monday. DR.. Drake also telegraphed
10 Hon. A. c. Stouffer. health officer
of Moline, advising that a commits
sioner Of public health be appointed
by the city authorities who would
devote seven hours to the work OF
the office
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
WHOLESALE KILLING
Is RUSSIAN STYLE

FIadivostok.-The murder Of 19
persons on an estate in the su-
Durbs OF Vladivostok caused great
excitement in this city and event
ua1ly led 10 the killing Of three
men believed to be the assassins.
1hose murdered included a we'll
Enown man by the name Of break
etoFltch and several members OF
MS family.
8, when the local militia heard
MAJ the assassins had taken refuge
u a restaurant detachment ot
RED Guards surrounded the place
ohortly afterwards. three unknown
persons left the building and got
mo phaeton. They started off
~ 4 mad pace, firing their revol-
'els az the pursuing militia.
Inc soldiers returned The shots
A1a killed TWO Of the men in The
Iarriage. The third man Jumped
'ut and fled down q side street
'1t was pursued by a Mon teuegriu.
brother Of one OF the murdered
men who shot the criminal dead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
RED CROSS SUPPLY
TAKEN BY YANKEES
IN GERMAN CAMPS

Germany now has 81 prison
lamps where American soldiers
captured in battle are held.
The American Red Cross has &C
curate information about these
camps and with the aid OF the Swiss
RED Cross keeps American soldiers
and sailors supplied with nouIish-
ing food new clothing, soap and
other necessities
At The beginning of June there
were about three hundred men in
uniform in German prison camps
The American troops have captured
considerably more than 1000 Ger
mans, so the score is more than
even in that respect.
In Berne, Switzerland, the Amer
lean Red Cross has a great ware
house from which is sent to each
American prisoner in Germany 20
pounds of food every week. The
government pays for this food and
equipment and the Red Cross sees
that it reaches the men.
Already there are enough sup
plies in the Red Cross warehouse
at Berne 10 take care of $4,000
American prisoners the Ger
mans can take that number.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
Police News

Roger Woodward, IS years old,
was arrested by Moline police yes
terday afternoon on a charge of
having stolen a Liberty bond at
Clinton, Iowa. A former employer,
it is said, is the man from whom
the youth made the theft. This
man was in Moline last evening and
said he identified woodward as the
youth who had taken the bond.
Woodward was taken to Clinton in
custody of a Clinton police official.
The alleged Liberty bond thief was
taken in custody while lettering
around the Burlington station. He
had $94 in his possession at the
time. Woodward denied the charge
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
MOLINER THOUGHT
TO HAVE BEEN ON
TORPEDOED CRAET

There is a possibility that Albert
WoOdyatt. youngest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. 4. c. WOodyatt, 1904 Third
avenue, Moline, was on the United
States cruiser San Diego which is
reported to have been tOTpedOed
by a German submarine and sunk
yesterday morning. Young Wood
yatt enlisted in the navy last May
and according to word sent his sis
ter, Mary Woodyatt, VINO resides in
New York, he set sail on a ship a
few weeks ago which caught fire
and was forced to return to port. At
that time it is said he was trans
ferred to the San Diego.
Clark HartzelI, son of Mrs. Mar
garet Hartzell, POOL Seventh ave
nue., may also have been on the ill
fated boat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
STEPS TAKEN TO
ELIMINATE LICE

Paris.-Steps have been taken to
prevent the breeding of lice in the
zones of the allied armies, in or
der TO stop the spread of trench
fever. This malady has taken first
rank in capacitating the soldiers
OF modern armies, as typhoid and
malaria fever did in other wars.
The fight against the louise re-
suits from the finding of
the American research com
mittee. headed by Major r. P.
Strong. which occurred with the
medical authorities of the British
armies in convicting tho louise of
transmitting trench fever to sol
diers.
"Delousing units" have been
formed and a system of disinfect-
ing the clothing OF men returning
from the trenches has been put in
operation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
RECALL INCIDENT
WITH COMING OF
BELGIAN PRIEST

With the coming of Father John
Deville, Belgian missionary Of Chi
cago. to Moline tomorrow to talk
at the Belgian independence day
program at Central park, the peO-
pie of Moline will recall the part
he played in restoring to Mr.. and
Mrs. Edmond Van Der Kerckhove
Of Moline their two sons, Albert
and Michel from war devastated
Belgium.
About one and a half years ago
these two youngsters, then six and
three years of age respectively.
were in an orphanage in Belgium,
having been left there because of
lack of funds when the parents
came to the new world. The or
phanage was burned by the bar
barous Huns in their advance
through the kingdom and all but a
few of the children were cremated.
Luckily the two Van Der Kerck-
hove children escaped and wora
reached the anxious parents that
they were being brought to this
country by a relief society of Chi
CdSO. Ci tlle udy dppOIhleu Ldi
the arrival of the small lads in Mo-
line the mother went to the rail-
way station, but sat and waited all
day in vain for her children.
She appealed to Postmaster
Coryn and while talking with him
happened to notice the picture of
the two children in a Chicago paper
that Mr.. Coryn was reading The
photo showed them loaded with
luggage as they landed at New
York. Word was sent to Chicago
and the next day the two boys were
reunited with their parents. This,
it is said, is only one case of the
many that Father John De Vile has
helped in TO aid the trouble-strick-
en- people of Belgium.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
ROBIN HOOD FOR
GENERATIONS TO /
COME, VILLA SAYS

Juarez. MeX-FranCIsCo Villa
nrouises to be the Robin Hood for
fr,ure generations in Mexico. Many
legends have sprung up among the
natives about the bandit leader,
who came out Of the Sierra Madres
IN ioin Francisco MadeTo in his
revolution against General Diaz aud
later led movements against Huer.a
and Carranza. Many Of these stories
are pure fiction and always made
villa grin broadly when they were
told to him Others have some fOun-
dation of fact
One of the most popular legends
connected with Villas life is the
one telling of the causes which
forced him 10 assume the role Of
a bandit chief According TO this
legend he avenged q wrong done
his sister at the hands OF an officer
of the old Diaz army and was fore
ed 10 lead a brigand's life after
that. As Villa had no sister this
story is fiction.
Another tale the natives delight
10 tell is that Villa has the power
10 change himself into a little dog
and bark at the heels of the SOL
diers pursuing him. Villa at differ
ent times has been charged with
having as many as six wives at the
same time. The most he ever had
was TWO.
Villa was also said to have been
born in Oklahoma and to have ne
gro blood in his veins This is also
untrue as he was never out of Mex
lco except when visiting FL Paso or
some other border port and is d
native of Durango. He has no chill
iren, despite stories written Of the
2rCwess Of his sons in battle His
1nly son died at birth in San An
ircS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
100000 RESERVE
HUNS ARE UNABLE
TO STOP FOCH MEN

Paris, July 20.-The Germans
have been forced to bring up 100,
900 reserves to the army Of the
German crown prince as a result
of yesterdays fighting and the
French and Americans, after fluc-
tuations, have been enabled to
strongly fortify the newly gained
positions southwest of scissors,
says Marcel Hutin in the Echo De
Paris.
NJ. Hutin adds that the enemy
menace toward tho Paris region
has been frustrated and that the
efforts of the crown prince against
Epernay, Montmirail and Reims
have gone for naught.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
SLIPPED ARC
TO MAKE
Pittsburgh, Pa.-AIu

Pittsburgh, Pa-AIr
Dunsmore. a nephew of -
of Labor William B. Wilson,
not add one cubit to his ST., e
he did reduce his height one-ha4
inch and thereby lowered bars that
had kept him out of the marine
corps.
Dunsmore, whose home is at
Curwensville, Pa, applied here for
enlistment two months ago He
was told that he was a half-inch
over the height limit Recently he
returned and passed.
To the 'how-did-you-do-it" in
quiries he explained that a surgeon
had slipped" his arches the half
inch He narrowly missed a new
danger, that Of flat feet, by the op-
Grafton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-20
In The Lodges

Moline drove, No. 106, P. P. o. s.,
conferred initiatory degree on
% candidates at the regular ses-
sion held last evening. Decision
was reached to hold public dedi-
cation of the service flag some time
next month Definite arrange
ments will be announced later.
There are at present IS stars on
the flag. After business was trans
acted, a smoker was enjoyed.
At the session of Moline court,
No. 100, Court of Honor, held last
evening. four candidates were voted
in and arrangements were made for
the outing they will hold July "a at
Campbelps island. All tri-city
courts are invited to attend.