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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
CHURCHMEN IN
MONTHLY MEET
April Meeting Held Last Night
Proves One of Real Rejoicing
for Federation.

The regular meeting of the Rock
Island Churchman'S Federation.
held last night at the annex of the
irst Methodist church, proved one
of real rejoicing because of the vic
tory of the drys at the polls yester-
day, the Federation being largely
responsible in furthering the local
option campaign.
Two hundred sat down to a din
ner served at o'clock, and 125
more members came later in the
evening Carlton G. Taylor presided
as POSTMASTER and he called upon
the following for informal talks:
W. n. Phillips, chairman of the
executive committee of The Asso-
citation for Saloonless Rock Is
land, F. o. Van Calder, DR.. G. A.
Andreen, DR.. J. n. Goltra. campaign
director for The Association for a
Saloonless Rock Island, Rev. d. A.
Johnson, G. L. Walker, Frank Mix
ter, Mrs. F. o. Van Calder and Miss
Georgia First.
The Local Option quartet, which
has been singing at the precinct
meetings here, rendered several Sc
lections.
It was announced that the next
meeting of the Churchman'S Fed
Grafton would be held at the First
Baptist church on May 7. At this
time officers will be elected for the
ensuing year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
CITY PLANS TO
OPERATE MINUS
$4,000 FUNDS
Municipal Commission Is To BE
without Usual License Fees
from Liquor Dealers.
EXPECT TO HAVE NO TROUBLE
With $4,000 Derived Under New
Law and Other Revenue Differ
ence viii BE Made.

Rock Islands municipal machin-
cry will operate during the ensuing
year minus $4,000 of revenue for
merly provided through the Ii
censing of the liquor traffic.
Municipal commissioners today
set about to study the annual ap-
preparation ordinance and to ar
range to meet the reduction in rev
enues. Last year $4,000 was
turned over to the city in revenue
as follows: 5000 from each saloon ;
$500 from each cafe; and 5000 from
each wholesale liquor house. By
reason of the government estab-
fishing the half mile liquor zone
about fifty thousand dollars would
have been cut off of the city's rev.
enue, anyway. The actual loss in
revenue to the city, however, is
$95, 900.
When Moline went dry two years
ago, it was in better financial shape
than Rock Island is today, mas
much as the city of Moline during
the current year was spending It's
revenue of the preceding year. Now
however, the city is spending the
revenue of the current year, the
same as Rock Island. Rock Island
on the other hand, when it goes
dry, will be spending its revenue
of the current year. Moline when il
went dry was in the same position
as a man who is this year spending
salary of last year, while Rock Is
land when it goes dry on May l
will be in the position of the man
who is spending this years salary
this year.
Little Inconvenience.
The city commission has belief
that it will not put hard by the
reduction in revenue. 1t has al
ready discovered a plan to raise
$22, 900 by placing the three mill
tax provided by the state legisla.
ture as effective July l, 1917. The
law gives the city the right to levy
a three mill tax for public i'm
provement
The city commission may also IL
! cense certain business lines such as
Davenport is doing, as a means Of
providing additional revenue. The
commission believes that it's ex-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
ORDER YOUR COAL
AT ONCE Is PLEA
FUEL CHAIRMAN
l. Order your coal at once.

l. Order your coal at once.
2. Place your order for your en-
tire years needs.
3. If your order is not accepted
report to your local fuel chairman
at once.
If you want coal next winter,
those are the three things to do
TO get it. The fuel administration
will not hold itself responsible for
the fuel supply Of the state unless
it is laid in now.
II you have storage space for
your years supply take it all in
now. If you haven't. try and make
space. Fill up every space you
can with coal, until you have
enough TO keep you warm until
March 81 next.
The railroads were unable 10
haul the coal that was needed dur
ing last winter If you want coal
next winter, you'll have TO get Il
now If you order now and take
the coal as soon as you can get II,
the mines will be kept running this
summer, and there will be enough
to go around
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
OUTSIDE PAPERS
FAIL TO MENTION
CITY GUSTS BARS

Metropolitan morning newspa
pers-some of them-whicb did ncs
hesitate to comment extensively re
Gently upon the alleged vice condi-
lions reported to have existed here
after the government had sent Off
GERS to this city, today failed to
mention that Rock Island swung
into the dry column
This caused much comment in
this city today.
However, these metropolitan
morning newspapers were'fully in
formed. Local correspondents wiz
ed these dailies before s O'Clock
last night, SO as to be sure to get
the stories in the first editions o.
the morning sheets.
There was an impression in the
city that the correspondents held
back the information from the out
side newspapers. This IS not the
case.
The Associated Press, which ser
vice is used by all of the larger
dailies, was informed, as were the
papers direct, long before the final
total was known, but at a time
when there was no doubt but that
Rock Island was made dry by a
substantial majority.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
LITTLE WORK FOR
THE DEPUTIES IN
WATCHING POLLS

There was practically no work
for the special deputies appointed
by Sheriff Richmond to watch the
polls during the day yesterday.
Each deputy reported that no at
tempts were made to cast illegal
votes as far as could be learned,
The deputies were placed at the
polls following the action taken by
the committee of law enforcement
of the Chamber OF Commerce
short time ago. The committee be-
lieved that Illegal registration took
place and accordingly took steps
to prevent the casting oil illegal
votes.
Had there been any arrests the
laws would have been strictly en-
forced. The offender would haI e
been prosecuted to the full extent
of the law. Attorneys were on
hand in the sheriff's office to take
care of anyone that might have
been apprehended.
Together with the report issued
by the sheriff, the police report the
same situation. No arrests were
made during the day and but few
after the saloons resumed opera
ton at o'clock. The entire night
was quiet, the police report, with
the exception of a few men ar
rested on "a charge of disorderly
conduct for being intoxicated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
LOCAL BREWERY
PLANS TO keep
PLANT RUNNING
Although Rock Island Is Voted Dry,
Beer May Be Manufactured
Here just the Same.
MUST SHIP OUT AND RETURN
In Order to Sell Wet Goods Here.
1t Will Have To Be Sent
Into City.

The Rock Island Brewing COM
pany will continue the manufacture
of beer.
Although Rock Island will be-
come dry territory after May l.
the brewing company is permitted
under the law to continue to man
ufacture its product.
However, the brewing company
will not be permitted to sell beer
direct to the homes in this city. 1t
will have to establish a warehouse
and office in some wet city, ship
its manufactured product to that
city and then ship back here to
fill its orders.
Robert Wagner, president of the
brewing company, today said that
the concern had not fully advised
itself as to the law as yet, but that
it would remain within the law
He declared that it is probable the
foregoing procedure will have to
be gone through in order to deliver
beer to the private homes.
The voting of Rock Island dry
will reduce the force at the brew
cry. This will be particularly felt
in the draught beer department
The Rock Island brewery sells tC
few saloons outside of Rock Is
land and naturally its draught beer
business is more greatly affected
than will be the bottled beer de-
partment.
Other Cities.
Breweries in Rockford and Ke
vance, both dry cities, ship theil
product to warehouses outside o.
the city and then ship back to fl
orders within each N Inicipality.
Whether or not a new company
to handle selling will be required
is not known by Mr.. Wagner. If i
| is necessary to form a new com
pany under the law to handle the
/ selling end, he said, this would BIZ
/ done.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
A CLEAR COMPLEXION
Ruddy Cheeks-SparklingEy Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Says DR.. Edwards, Well-Known
Ohio Physician

Dr. F. NJ. Edwards for 17years treated
scores of women for liver and bowel all
ments. During these years he gave to
his patients a prescription made of a
few well-known vegetable ingredients
mixed with olive oil, naming them
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets. You will
know them by their olive color.
These tablets are wonder-workers on
the liver and bowels, which cause a
normal action, carrying off the waste
and poisonous matter in ones system.
If you have pale face, sallow look.
dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, head
aches, a listless, no-good feeling. all out
Vt sorts, Inactive bowels, you take one of
Ir. Edwards Olive Tablets nightly for
time and note the pleasing results.
Thousands of women as we'll as men
take DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets-the
successful substitute for calomel-now
and then just to keepin the pink of condi-
ton. l0c and 25c per box. All druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
SALTS FINE FOR
ACHING KIDNEYS
We Eat Too Much Meat Which
Clogs Kidneys, Then the
Back Hurts.

Most folks forget that the kid
neys, like the bowels, get sluggish
and clogged and need a flushing oc-
casionally, else we have backache
and dull misery in the kidney reg
ion, severe headaches, rheumatic
twinges. torpid liver, acid stomach,
der disorders.
You simply must keep your kid
neys active and clean, and the mo-
ment you feel an ache or pain in the
kidney region. get about four
ounces of Jad Salts from any good
drug store here, take a tablespoon
full in glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys will then act fine This
famous salts is made from the acid
of grapes and lemon juice. COM
bined with lithia, and Is harmless
to flush clogged kidneys and slim
ulate them to normal activity. II
also neutralizes the acids in the
urine SO ii no longer irritates, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless: inexpen-
sive; makes delightful efferves-
cent Whitewater drink which
everybody should take now and
then to keep their kidneys clean,
thus avoiding serious complica-
lions.
A well known local druggist says
he sells tots of lad Salts to folks
who believe in overcoming kidney
trouble while II is only trouble
(Advl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
FORTY BARS ARE.
CLOSED BY VOTE

Forty saloons in Rock Island
township will be closed as a result
of the election yesterday. They are
as follows.
Fred McCullom, FOL Twelfth
street.
Carl seidel, $50 Twelfth street.
Joseph Schatz, 700 Ninth street.
Achiel DeSmet, 301 Seventh ave-
nue..
schuster & Moran, 1921 Second
avenue.
Henri Heyman, 4O1 Seventh ave-
nue..
P. H. schwab, 1901 Second ave-
nue..
Clarence D. Skinner, 1922 Third
avenue.
Raymond R Tranwaen, 1916 Sec
ond avenue.
Fred Schmidt, 1906 Second ave-
nue..
Peters & DeGultenaef, 700 Sew
enth street.
William Nienstedt, 1901 Third
avenue.
Pat Denahy, 700 Second avenue.
Thomas Simcox, 1430 Fourth
avenue.
Charles schwarz. 1880 Fourth
avenue
S. R. DeBrouwer, 14O1 Thirtieth
street.
Ed NJ. Elliott, 1000 Fourth ave-
nue..
Valentine Deisenroth, 1901 Fourth
avenue.
Emil Volts, 141S Seventh avenue.
Emil F. Schieberl, 701 Thirtietn
street.
Fred Gregg. 1926 Seventh ave-
nue..
Emil Van Kerrebroeck, 41O1
Fourteenth avenue.
Cyreil DeWitte, 400 Ninth street.
Alfred Danielson, S31 Third ave
nue.,
Fritz Luchma1n, 1922 Four
teenth avenue.
Louis Ortel, 1907 Second ave-
nue..
William Kroeger. 4O1 Fourth
avenue.
William Kroeger, 91S Ninth
street.
Ed Cramer, '725 Twelfth street.
Henry Geisler. 1900 Second
street.
Charles Hartman, 401S Four
teenth avenue
Howard Wright, 329 Fourth ave-
nue..
c. T. Aabye, 300 Fourth street.
Alois Duyvejonck. 800 Fifth
street.
Albert Rostock AN Seyentean+b
street.
Simon Lewis. 230 Seventeenth
street.
Otto C. SeidIitz, 1924 Fourth ave-
nue..
Arthur Van Newell, Twelfth street
and Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03

of Rock Island, to direct the cam
paign, did not figure in public meet
ings held or publicity given which
contributed toward revealing con-
ditions in this city. The Associa-
ton for a SaIoonless Rock Island,
as an organization, contented itself
with conducting a house to house
canvass and precinct meetings to
further its cause.
Seventeen precincts returned dry
majorities. Nine returned wet ma
jorities. The 14th, the polling place
of which is Cassilly's store, 2016
Ninth avenue, returned the largest
dry majority, 324. The 18th pre-
cinct, the polling place of which is
Ullemeyer's drug store, 1901 Fiji
teenth street, returned the largest
wet majority, POI.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
IF EAST MOLINE
VOTES DRY THEN
BUREAU NEAREST

If YOU want 1t badly, you'll have
to go to Bureau. 60 miles east OF
here, after May l.
That is, If East Moline votes dry
on April 16, and you can't have it
in your cellar, you will be COM
PEELED to journey to the Bureau
county village to get your wet
goods. 1t will be the closest wet
spot to Rock Island. 1t has three
saloons.
Peoria, which is 81 miles away,
probably will be the mecca of some
of the thirsty ones" over the week.
ends. Rock Island county will be
wholly dry if East Moline GUSTS the
saloons. Mercer county is saloon
less, and so is Henry county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03

penses will be decreased somewhat
also by reason of the saloons going
out, that not so large police force
will be required and that reduc,l
tions in the size Of the police and
fire departments can be made In
order to help the city adjust itself
to meet the reduction in its rev
enues Z
From taxation and revenue the
city last year had S474, S63.0S. II
| is probable that the amount or
funds for operation of the city this
year will run over four hundred
thousand dollars. With the reduc-
ftion in various departments, the Of
ficials believe that the finances can
be readjusted with no inconveni-
ence.
Rock Island now has a bonded
Indebtedness of $4,000 which will
be cleaned up in five years. Bonds
now standing against the city are
for the waterworks, waterworks ex-
tension, parks, Milan bridges and
police alarm system. The bonded
| Indebtedness of the city now is the
lowest it has been for years.
At the present time there is only
one project before the city COM
mission which may require the
floating of a bond issue. It IS the
southwest storm drain. Because of
the size OF the improvement 1t
probably will mean that the city
will have TO pay for one-half of 1t
as the assessment against the prop
erty owners would be too great in
comparison with the benefits. The
project will run over one hundred
thousand dollars. Probably one
| half of it will have to be carried
by the city, meaning that bond or
| $4,000 will be asked if the city de-
cided to go ahead with the proposed
improvement.
Below It's Limit.
| The city's bonded limit under the
law is 3 per cent of its assessed
valuation. The assessed valuation
Of the city is now s7.469,477. Five
per cent of this figure is $273.473.S5.
Rock Island now is bonded only
! SIS, 900, showing that it is practi-
cally within 100000 of its bonded
| Indebtedness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
SALOONS TO GO
OUT MAY 1;LAW
GIVES 80 DAYS
First Of Next Month Last Day Tlp.
ping Houses Can BE Open
ia Rock Island.
MUST BE CLOSED on MAY J
City Attorney Scott Pledges Ser.
vices Of ONCE 10 Prevent
Illicit Sales.

"The Inquiry has been made
rs 10 when the provision OF
the local option Law becOmeg
operative, after an affirmative
vote on the question ~ 10
whether or not this city should
become 'anti-salOOn territory'
Il will say that the pr0yi.
siOns OF the act 90 into effect
on the Both day after the elsc.
ton at which such vote was
cast, and at that time All forms
OF the legalized liquor tranie
Will end in this city.
at is the purpose Of the elfy
administration 10 use the great
est degree Of vigilance IN try
1ng 10 stamp out all Illegal
sales OF liquor and / viii vel.
come any Information that any
citizen may have Of any breech
of the laws In that regard and
the offender Will be prosecuted
vigorously.
The people have spoken IN
unmistakable terms and their
mandate viii be carried out.
JOHN X. SCOTT,
City Attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
FIGURES ON WET
AND DRY BATTLE
IN FIVE CLASHES

Rock Island in returning a ma
jority of 1,076 votes in favor OF To-
cal option oVercame a majority OF
2O38 votes for the vets recorded
two years ago. In figures here Is
the story OF five wet and dry bat
ties in Rock Island township In the
lngf In YParA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03

Saloonkeepers in Rock leland 10.
day prepared TO suspend business
on Wednesday, May /.
The local option law provides
that in cases where an affirmative
vote is cast the law becomes opef.
alive on the Both day from the da's
of the election, which is THURSDAY,
May 2. This means that the city
will become dry on May and that
May is the last day that saloons
can operate.
Against BOOtleggers.
City Attorney j. X. Scott IN !
statement TO The Argus pledges
the services Of his Office to the
rigid enforcement OF the law and
urges that people communicate
with him and inform him Of any
Illicit sale Of liquor in the city.
The licenses held by the saloons
expire on Monday, May 6. they be-
ing licensed from the first Monday
in November TO the first Monday 10
May. However, four days OF their
license period must be relinquished
by the owners Of the tipping
houses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
ALLTOWNSHIPS
VOTING RETURN
DRY VICTORIES
East Moline Remains Only Spot In
County Not on Record as
Against Saloons.
ISSUE UP TO CITY APRIL 16
Municipality Having Ten Saloons
VIII Decide Their Fate In
Two Weeks.
RESULTS IN COUNTY.

REStL1S IN SOt n IL.
Rock Island with 40 saloons
is voted dry by a majority of
1876.
South Rock Island with one
saloon is voted dry by a ma
jOrity of AS.
Moline voted to remain dry
by a majority of 3,215.
Black Hawk township, in
Guiding the village of Milan,
voted to remain dry by 269
majority.
Coal Valley voted TO remain
dry by a majority of 40.
The eyes of the wet and dry fac
tions turned today to East Moline,
which as a city will vote on April
16 to determine whether it will be
the only wet spot in Rock Island
county or will swing with the rest
of this community over to the dry
column.
All townships in Rock Island
county which yesterday voted on
the wet and dry issue voted against
the saloons by substantial MAORI
ties. The township of Rock Island
considered for years a wet strong
hold on the basis of the majorities
turned against local option, and
sprung the largest surprise of all
when it gave majority of 1,076 for
dry.
South Rock Island, which had al
ways given the vets fair major
ity, switched with Rock Island and
turned in a majority of 476 votes
for the drys. -.
Moline Dry BY 3,215.
Moline, which two years age
voted to GUST saloons by a major
ity of 6S, returned a dry majority
exact figure being 3,215.
Black Hawk township, dry foI
four years, returned a majority OF
269 for the drys. The village OF
Milan is included in this township
Coal Valley, which two years age
swung from the wet into the dry
column, voted to continue on minus
the tipping houses.
Thus East Moline today remains
the only city in the county not vot-
ing dry and upon the vote on April
Is will depend the life of the last
10 saloons in Rock Island county
where two years ago, there were
1S5 bars.
Two years ago there were tippling
houses in the townships of this
county as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
Women Show Power By
Carrying Day Against
the Saloons.
LARGEST VOTE CAST
Forty Bars Now in Opera
ton and 80 Wholesale
Houses Affected.
ROCK ISLAND VOTE.


Rock Island women made the
township dry.
Men returned a majority OF
1I9 wet
Women returned 4 majority
of I.794 dry.
Net dry majority is 1915.
Men vote: Dry 2,61O, wet
1929.
Women vote: Dry 3,5S5, wet
1,79l.
Total: Dry 6.195, wet 5,12O.
saloons in operation affected,
Al.
Saloon properties affected,
81.
Wholesale liquor houses to
be closed, 80.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03

In 1908 and 1910 only men voted
In the last three elections women
voted on the local option issue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
GtXBI2fS

Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For express call William Trefz.
r. ]. Clean Towel Service. Phone
. l. 4476.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03

Inc StrenRLl OF tne WOMEN 5 vote
is shown II comparison with that
Of the men. In yesterdays election
there were only 536 more mems
votes cast than women's.
Different Than Before.
The campaign in Rock Island
this year was different than in 9TH
er years. In former elections the
local option issue was considered
on its merits as an issue applied to
any ordinary community. How
ever, IN the election yesterday there
were outside factors which entered
into the consideration Of the voter
which it is believed had the effect
of switching the city from the wet
20 the dry column.
Among these was the influx Of a
fsTge number Of thirsty ones daily
from cities in Iowa Intervention
OF the government in the local sit
uation, with the publicity attending
alleged vice conditions that exist
ed here, is believed 10 have aroused
the voters.
AZ an organization, the Associa-
ton for a SalOonless Rock Island,
which was formed at the tnstiga-
ton of the Churchman'S Federation