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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
vsPBERRY SHRUBS
EXHIBITED; MANY
STILL IN GROUND

-a-e-fs an exhibit Of the injur-
European barberry shrubbery
=. shaw window of c. H. Sohr-
Is drug store. Fifth avenue and
,r.esnth street. Moline.
p-rcbes were taken from shrub
- ri two dangerous varieties,
4. me berberis vulgaris, having
.-.s7 and yellow flowers, and the
- +be berleris yulgaris atropur-
"a with purple leaves. In max,
-orrf trips over the Fourth
--srgs and Elm street car lines re
.r-iy 4. c. Wilson OF Moline, who
5.rset=rg the crusade against the
srstberv. saw no less than II
INNS OF these two varieties in
g-iGe and Rock Island.
T- wilson believes that persons
~ have not vet oheyed orders of
.ss national council Of defense in
sss,rovirg these dangerous shrubs
4, not know them by the descrip-
ror published recently For that
,sas3n he is displaying samples for
tzaeit Of the public
Destruction OF these shrubs is
,s7eested for the reason that the
msr from them carried by the wind
fsfs into wheat fields and kills the
grain
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
CARPENTERS IN
OUTING IN PARK
Moline Trndesmen Celebrate goth
Anniversary With a Picnic ut
Prospect Grounds.

Carpenters union, Local No. 24l,
of Moline, Saturday afternoon OBJ
served the goth anniversary Of It's
organization.
There was a picnic at Prospect
park which included everything that
a goth century outing should have
and the men and their families en-
loved themselves TO the full limit
of the opportunities of pleasure al
forded. There were ball games and
racing, dancing in the auditorium,
program OF songs and speeches
and later a basket supper in the
greensward.
w. B. Mcintyre of Rock Island.
emulating the sunshine OF the day,
made the principal address. speak
ing OF happiness and its achieve
ment through cooperation, fellow
ship, kindness and service. z. J.
Carlson of Rock Island. business
agent of the building trades unions.
gave a brief history of the organ
ization, saying that the union was
started with IA members and under
went many hardships and setbacks
at the beginning. At that time, he
stated, union carpenters received 20
cents an hour and labored 10 hours.
In conclusion he said:
Our union has grown and has
demonstrated the value of union or
ganization. We no longer are only
ID in number nor do We receive
only 90 cents an hour"
Thrift Gfuu1TRg--
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
FARM WAGES HIGH
IN NORTH AND WEST

Definite information concerning
the great increase in the wages Of
farm labor last year has been pro-
vided by the United States depart
ment of agriculture in a recent pub
LEGATION. Wage rates per month in
hiring by the month or seasonwith
board in 1917 ranged from S21.SS In
the south central states to $3623 in
the north central states west OF the
Missippi river and $44.25 in the
western and Pacific, with a national
average of $2S.87. Without the
board the monthly rate for the
United States was $40.43. with
range from S30.S0 in the south Al
lantic states to 1896 in the west
north central and $69.59 in the
western and Pacific. Harvest wages
with board were as high as S277
per day in the west north central
states and as low as S1.55 in the
south Atlantic, while the United
States average was S208. The
rates without board were IS 10 50
cents higher in the various sections.
Outside OF harvest, day rates OF
wages with board ranged from S1l7
in the south Atlantic states to S19l
in the north Atlantic and $2.03 in
the west north central. and the
United States average was Sl.66.
Without board the RACES were So 20
80 cents higher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
GERMANS TAKE
RUSS ROYALTY

Amsterdam, May 13.-The Ukrain-
ian press bureau has received In
formation from Odessa according to
which the former Dowager Empress
Maria Feodorovona and Grand
Dukes Nicholas Nicholaievietch and
Alexander Nicholaievitch (Michael-
ovitch) who had been living at
Dulbara near Aitodor, in the
Crimea. are in the hands Of the
Germans.
Special dispatches from Moscow
publihsed last Saturday reported
that the domager empress had ar
rived at Kiev, the Ukrainian capt
tai. This news was coupled with
the statements that General Skoro-
padski, the new Ukrainian dictator,
had been one of the pages of the
former empress, and that Grand
Duke Dmitri Pavlovitch, who also
was reported to be in Kfev, had
| taken a prominent part in the coup
/ d. etat by which the Ukrainian rada
was overthrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
FATHER AND SON
IN FRANCE; ONE
IN THE SERVICE

According to a letter received by
Clarence Lucas of Moline from Pri-
vate George W. Thompson, both he
and his father are over in France.
The letter does not state whether
the father is in the service, but it is
presumed so. The epistle stated
that the parent was back in another
town from the one the>son was in.
Private Thompson was formerly a
clerk in the Jericho drug store. He
writes:
II suppose you wondered what
happened to me. Well, l am over in
the rainy France. Have been here
about three months and am work
ing in a machine shop, near the
front, repairing everything from
cap pistols to aeroplane parts. l
came all the way over with my
father, who is now back in another
town. I am surely feeling fine and
have gained in weight, so that goes
to show that army life agrees with
me- | have been in about every
large town in France, but am far
from any such thing now. There
were many men from Camp Dodge
dropped in here Saturday and l was
certainly glad to see them as they
were the first familiar faces I have
seen. Among them were about fiji
teen men from Moline and three
from Horst & Strieter. There are
George and CONCERT Bear and Ho-
mer Willie and Ewede Elstrom and
Walter Smith here. | guess that
we will all have a chance to get
where the hot stuff is flying before
long and it sure flies high, wide
and handsome"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
THUGS Get S35
and 500 stone
Six Youthful Gangsters Hold U
Man in Moline and Escape
With Their Booty.

A diamond valued at 500 and a
pocketbook containing S35 was the
booty of six youthful thugs in Mo-
line near midnight Saturday.
The victim of the holdup is M. l.
Neshine, % years old, 1927 Elev-
enth street, Moline The scene of
the robbery was Sixteenth street
near Second avenue.
The victim and another man got
off of street car on Seconds ave
nue. and walked as far as the alley
between Second and Third avenues
on Sixteenth street when the thugs
approached Both Neshime and the
man with him were attacked. The
latter escaped, but Neshime was
caught
Then they went after me-" said
Neshime. They threw me down
and took my pocketbook l think
they had been drinking, for wher
they ran away one of them dropped
a big bottle of whisky.
Il ran after them, but when
got TO the railroad tracks they
turned into an alley and 1 didn't
see them any more.
'They were all pretty young and
fairly well dressed. Only one Of
them seemed to be 81 years OLD"
Carl Anderson, 424 Railroad ave
! nue., has notified the police that he
also was held up, slugged and rob
bed, Saturday night. The holduI
occurred at Fourth avenue and Fiji
teenth street. The stickup men OBJ
tanned Sc.
G. c. Shaw was held up at the
same place about midnight Satur-
day. He succeeded in getting away
without being touched.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
News OF the Day in Moline and East Moline
MARINE THROUGH
BATTLE SAFELY,
WRITES PARENTS

Leonard Ali Of Moline, who en-
listed in the marine corps at Rock
Island a year ago, has passed
through his first battle in the front
line trenches without a scar. In a
letter to his mother. Mrs. John ALL,
1929 Seventeenth avenue, Moline, he
says:
This is the first letter l have
written in a month, for we have
been very busy of late Have just
spent 10 days in the front line
trenches and one has no time to
think of letters or the like while
there. Not that It is so very dan
gerous, but because it is all so in
teresting. We really have it easier
in the trenches than anywhere else,
it seems. We fire just a few shots
day to let people know that we
are around. I do not know when
we viii go in them again, so please
do not worry, for am all right and
feeling fine. While in the trenches
we had very nice weather, but it
has been raining about every day
since"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
HABERDASHER IS
ENJOYING THINGS
AT CAMP AT WACO

Herb Liljegren, formerly a hab-
erdasher of Moline. writes enthu-
siasticaIly of the baseball team
representing the aviation signal
corps camp at Waco, Tex, where
he has been stationed three
months. First baseman is Roland
II Boyd of Sheffield. Boyd IS
known in these parts as a football
player, having helped the Moline
Indians in several games.
Liliegren and Boyd have been to-
gether since they left Camp Dodge.
Liljegren writes he saw bod Eller
at Waco when the Cincinnati Reds
were there on their spring train
ing trip. Hold looked fine. They
staged a tanning bee which lasted
several hours and now Herb feels
as if he knows all there is to know
about major league baseball. Zenie
Clayton, he says. is working lin
Waco, but he hasn't seen him as
yet.
Preparations are being made to
transfer the camp to Charlotte, n.
c., and Liljegren expects to be in
his new quarters this week.
The West Coast Leader, publish
ed at Lima, Peru, contains a pic
ture of Z. l. Carlmark of Moline,
driving a Moline Universal tractor
in a demonstration. The story
which accompanies the pictures tells
how the tractor is revolutionizing
agriculture in the fiat and fertile
valley lands along the coast OF
Peru.
The bullock" says the article,
(which from time immemoriaI has
dragged the pillow in Peru bids fair
to be Ousted from his supremacy
of centuries in the agricultural
sscheme of things.
within the last few months be
tween 80 and leo Of one of the
newest models of American trac
tOrs-the Moline Universal-have
been sold in this republic.
Introduction of this tractor in
Peru signifies more than a mere
item in craftsmanship and COM
merce. It comes as the beginning
of new era in agricultural devel-
/ opment. 1t was not many years
ago that Peruvian estates were be-
! ing operated on the same scale by
the same implements that ruled in
the day of the viceroyalty.
To-day a Moline Universal trac
tor plOws or cultivates as much as
can Is yoke OF bulls with Is mel
in the same length of time and at
! considerable less cost. The Moline
( tractor requires the services of
only one man, that is, in a country
where labor is perhaps the most
difficult problem Of all the hacien-
dado's Droblems. the Moline is
working on laber-saVing ration
! of Is to /.
! Referring to Mr.. Carlmark. the
writer says:
Mr.. CarImark for the last Il
years has been employed by the
concern which he represents as
one of their European demonstra-
/ tors and travelled the length and
: breadth of Europe before the out
/ break OF the war, especially the
I agricultural districts of Scandi-
navia, Germany and Russia. He
was in Hamburg when the wal
/ broke out"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
SEEK AGAIN TO
HOLD MEETINGS
Edgar Owens Appears Before Mo-
line City Commission and Asks
Use of Street

Following a conference held at
the Moline city hall this morning
1t was announced by city officials
that the Socialist party would be
notified late this afternoon as to
whether or not it would be given
permission TO hold a street meet
ing in Moline next Saturday.
The session this morning was the
10th time that the party has re-
quested city officials to permit it
TO have street meetings, each time
the request having been rejected.
Why don't you get behind the
government and help win the war 60
asked Commissioner Ericsson. The
world is on fire and now is no time
for half-hearted support and dis
cussions about socialism"
A discussion followed between
Edgar Owens, secretary of the So
cialists, and the city commission.
II seemed to center around this
question put TO Owens by Mayor
. Carlson: IF a permit is granted
what would be your attitude to-
" G1A PAAS prosecute TIE " dI
that we are now in 90
Owens first reply was: Helping
prosecute the war is interpreted in
many ways. We hold that success
full prosecution of the war means
public ownership and operation
The Socialist party as a party has
naver done anything to prevent sue
cessful prosecution of the war
You need have no fear about the
/ Socialist attitude toward this war
l don't think our speakers will make
any seditious utterances."
( 4 have not contributed anything
/ financially towards support of the
/ war" said Owens, in response to q
| question by Mayor Carlson.
What is your reason?" asked the
! mayor.
! The principal reason, and thai
| ought to be sufficient, is that I am
/ financially unable to do So" replied
, Owens
| Owens discussed for an hour the
Subject of a permit for a Socialist
meeting on the streets of Moline
! At the end of that time he was mott
/ fed that the council would take the
! petition of the Socialists under ad-
/ visement.
! Owens stated that he did not
/ know what the position of the So
( cialist party on the war is. Il know
! this" he said, the Socialist party
/ will not throw monkey wrench
/ in the machinery of the govern.
ment that is prosecuting the war
{ All that we want is to see that ouI
constitutional righs are not in
I fringed upon"
/ 1t looked at one time during the
meeting as if the commission was
/ going to relent and grant the So
, cialists a permit for one meeting
, The mayor even asked Owens i
, he insisted on holding the meeting
at Sixth avenue and Fifteenth
( street. And Commissioner Stout
fer asked if the corner of Fifth
4 avenue and Sixteenth stree
, wouldn't do as well.
Owens replied that the Socialists
, wished to work in harmony witt
the city commission and all its reg
/ ulations Any downtown corner, h
| said, would do. It was at this pOin
that Owens declared he and thu
I Socialists had no intention of defy
ing the city authorities.
t a ne
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
TEACHER JOINING
NAVY GETS LEAVE
TO FINISH LABOR

Frank Limo, instructor IN man
uaI arts at the Moline high school,
who departed on Saturday for Chi
cago TO visit his parents before go
ing on to the Great Lakes naval
training station for training, has
been granted a leave to finish his
work in the Moline schools.
On Friday he received word TO
report to the training station and
he departed Saturday afternoon.
Principal L, A. Mahoney got III
touch with the commandment of the
station and secured a leave of abb
cence for Mr.. Limo which will per
nait his remaining here until the
end OF the month,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
PLAN FOR BILLY SUNDAY.

Men Interested IN bringing bIIIy
Sunday to the tri-cities for evangeI-
istic meetings gathered at the Mo-
line Commercial club at noon tod
ayy TO make plans for the sending
of a delegation to Sunday with the
invitation.
The meeting was devoted Target :
to formulating the arguments to ba
laid before the evangelist why he
should come to this locality at an
early date.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
STREET OFFICIALS
ARE REAPPOLNTED

All officials Of the street depart
ment of Moline were re-appointed
today on recommendation of Com
missioner Ericsson. J Those Clfic-
ials are:
Assistant street commissioner
Andrew Peterson.
City civil engineer-Lle Payton.
Assistant engineer-A. d. Payton,
Plumbing inspector-ROy ntrikin.
Roller engineer and inspector of
public works-FranG Mckusker.
r.r.ft L.. L.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
AUSTRIAN RULER
LEAVES FRONT TO
SEE HUN LEADERS

Amsterdam. May 13.-Vienna dis
patch reports that Emperor Charles,
who has been on visit to the Ital-
ian front, departed Friday for Ger
man great headquarters.
He was accompanied by Baron
Burian, Austro-Hungarian foreign
minister. and Field Marshal ARR
Won Straussenburg. Austrian chic,
of STAFF.
According 10 telegram from Vi
emma, Emperor Charles has made
Baron Burian a Hungarian count in
recognition OF his services In CON
nection with the, conclusion of
peace with Rumania.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
CARBON CLIFF BOY
rs SAFE IN FRANCE

81 have arrived safely in France, ~
is the word received by Mr.. and
Mrs. Phil Stombs of Carbon Cliff
from their son, Private William
Davis Private Davis enlisted June
Z, at which time he departed for
Kansas City, Mo, where he, entered
Camp Nichols, on Sept. s. He was
removed to Camp Doniphan, Fort
Sill, Okla, later being transferred
to a machine gun company.
Before enlisting Private Davis
was employed by the Velie Auto
company in Moline as a top-builder
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
EAST MOLINE HAS
REPETITION FIRST
SCENES AS OASIS

Scenes similar to the first two
nights, East Moline was TING oasis
in a large dry community occurred
in the city Saturday night, Polic:
reported 40 arrests were made.
Drunk and disorderly cases were
in the majority. 1t was the last
Saturday night of legaliZed liquor
selling within a radius of many
miles and the customary weekend
business of a large dry community
was thrust upon the tipping
II O'Clock Thursday night, at which
time the city will become dry ter
rit0rV
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
FIGHT Is DROPPED.

The fight on the Moline Mar
quette addition sewer project was
dropped when DIRECTORS withdrew
their opposition. Judge G. o. DietZ
in Moline city court this morning
confirmed the assessment roll and
the city may now advertise for bids.
Had the objections filed several
weeks ago remained in court, jury
trial would have resulted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
MOLINE CALLED
TO EHTRAIN 21O
Mere Than Two Hundred to Be Left
in Class One After May %
Quota is Entrained.

More than two hundred regis
trants in Moline and the upper end
OF Rock Island county will be left
in class / after the May 25 call Of
210 men is sent to Camp Shelby,
Hattiesburg, Miss
This announcement was made to-
day by the Moline exemption board.
Some districts will not have enough
men Of class l, excluding those ac-
tually engaged in farming, TO fill
their quotas, but they are to send
all they have.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
PASTOR Is VOTED
ADVANCE OF $500
IN YEARS SALARY

DR.. o. /. Bennett, pastor of the
First Congregational church OF
Moline. has been voted an increase
of $500 per year by the congrega-
ton. The duration of his stay IN
the Pillow city was also extended
for an indefinite period. DR.. Ben-
nett was called TO Moline for one
year when he was selected as pas
tor of the church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
MOLINE BOY GETS
y TO FRANCE SAFELY

c. D. McKeeveF of Moline, who
went to Camp Dodge less than
three months ago, is now IN France.
as a member Of an engineers regi-
ment with the American eXpedi-
tiouary force He has been over
there two months and he is well
pleased with conditions. He is back
of the lines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13

N J. DuTyea, executive secre-
tary of the Moline Commercial
club, has caused himself and his
desk to be enclosed in a nalf wood
and half glass compartment on
the second floor at the south end
Of the building. This corner has
served as deskroom for TWO of his
assistants, who have moved into
she big room to the west.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
DELEGATES HONOR
FLAG WON IN LOAN

Hampton township has dedicated
the honor flag 1t won in the third
Liberty loan. Patriotic exercises
were held at the Carbon Cliff Meth
odlst church, with NJ j. McEniry o.
Moline and Rev. VI. E. Van Leer Of
East Moline as speakers. Other
townships in the upper end of Rock
Island county are planning on sim
liar meetings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
Funeral Of Prfy-te Anderson.

Military funeral services for Pri-
vate Elmer E. Anderson of Moline
were held at $50 yesterday after
noon Hi the Knox chapel Rev. P.
C. Laid OF the First Congregational
church was in charge. selections
were rendered by the Svea Male
quartet. A detachment of soldiers
stationed at the island escorted the
body TO the grave, where they fired
a salute.
Pallbearers were six street car
conductors: C. J. Erickson. j. I.
Bauer, C. L. Snyder, T. A Thomi-
son, George Barker and Frank
Steel. Interment took place in
Riverside cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13

ss Hazel Chubbuck. PotterviiIe.
oiisaLas Of women drag along
- II. GAY 10 DAY In Just such Il mis-
~sie e3nlitigp as was Mrs. Club
80 or suffering from dispIace-
80, Irregularities. Inflammation.
- ~ a--o1. tacftaaae. sideacle. head
Sc uervousres4 or 'rha blues"
$50 women zEolld TrgHg by Mr5e
49, lie as experience and try this
-S root and herb remedy. Lyd d
Flnkti.i-ll' Vegetable Compound,
n LAe RELIEF from tAcir offerings
1 ~ ~ special =at<r-- tons In regard
allfnHlf write Lydia T. Pink
-, Sleqielne Co. Lynn. Mass The
kaa- " is 4oIs experience is at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
SALES OF STAMPS
IN SCHOOLS 1925

A total of s425.75 in sales OF
thrift stamps was reached by pu-
Ellis Of the Moline schools last week.
Grant school leads with S107.75.
Savings deposits amounted to
$112.33. Appended is the list of
schools and the amount subscribed
for war savings stamDS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13

side, and was so
weak from my
trouble that l
could not do any
lifting or hard
W O 2 X o ( q p y
kind II 7 tried
TO straighteu out
when lying down
il 3 e c IL g d as
{ 3 0 u z D. som O.
thing would tear
loose Lydia +.
Binkham 3 NeEe-
table Compound
has restored my
health and I am
quite III > 3 e ! I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13

General Plumer, who is one of the
British generals in command OF the
Flanders front. has declared that he
is confident sbf an ultimate British
success and that the lines are sure
to be held and the Germans driven
back
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
|NCA WOMAN
NOW WELL
iook Lydia E Piakhsm's
Vegetable Compound.
Read Her Letter.

E-'teFFille. Pa--'For a long time
rs oothe--d with pains in my
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-13
ROCK ISLANDERS
eau CIT SPEEDING

fFo Rock Island men are listed
VIE three other motor drivers who
ae-e arrested ny Moline police yes
'etdsy. The list follows:
s1paus Irde1s. 1919 Ninth avenue.
A9lne: George Paul OF Rock Is
ale, l. {. Peterson Of East Mo-
Al5, R. G, DahlEje,m. 1925 Sixth
1,5lle, Moline. and Leon Robinson
oi Rosy Island.
Thrive by Thrift. Buy
war Savings Stamps.