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Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-03
Genoa Store Closes to Aid
Production of Live Stock

Genoa, Neb., Sept. 2.-(Special.) j.
The fir moi N. J. Skoog 4 Son,
which has for years conducted one of
the largest department stores here,
announces its intention Of discontinu-
ing all its departments excepting the
meat market. The manager, N. J.
Skoog, who has large live stock in
terests, says that owing to the dif-
fculty Of getting competent help they
have decided to close out and devote
their entire energies to food produc-
ton as win the war" effort.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-03
Large Cities Adopting
"Skip.Stop" Car system

Washington. Sept 2.-Thc skip
stop" system being adopted by street
railways oves the country at the. re-
quest of the fuel administration, is en-
pected to save 100000 tons of coal
annually. the administration an
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-03


will
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-03

nounced today in a statement en-
bodying suggestions to electrical rail-
way companies, state fuel admins
traitors and state and municipal off,
cials. This estimate is based on the
saving effected ain manv cities in
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-03

which the system has been put into
effect. Present expectations are that
by September IS the system will have
been put into effect in every city in
the United States of more than $4,000
poouIation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
WILL ORGANIZE LEAGUE.

Delegates from Sunday schools OF
various Moline churches will meet at
the Y. NJ. c. A. Friday evening to or
ganize two basketball leagues from
students OF the Sunday school classes
junior and q senior league will be or
ganized.
The professional and business men
Of the city will clash in volleyball in
the gym at 6:15 tomorrow evening
This is the second of a series of chal-
lenge games between picked volley-
ball teams. The public is cordially in.
vited to attend. Admission Is free.
Teams picked from the Trinity
Lutheran and First Methods,
churches will meet next week. Ami
Danielson and Walter Tillberg pastor
OF the church, are the mainstays Of
the Trinity team. Opposed to them
and forming the background for thu
Methodist are AL Vinton and Walter
Silver. The exact date OF the game
has not been determined,
The senior gym class will have &
social meet after physical exercise.
Friday evening. There will be music
and feed. ThisJs the first of a ser.
les OF social activities among gym
| classes and their object is to in
crease sociability among the elias.
members.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
PUBLIC APPEAL FOR
AID IN UNCOVERINC
FIRE MIGRANTS OUT

Do you want to help the city Of
Moline?
No, this is not another passing the
plate" stunt. All that's required Is a
good strong snow shovel and q little
elbow grease"
The fact is the fire plugs IN the
Pillow City are showed under. Al
though city employees. especially the
firemen have been working continually
since the big storm to rid the side
walks and streets Of the mantle Of
white, little progress has been made
toward digging hydrants and fireplugs
tout from under"
1t is all important that these be cas-
lily accessible, especially In case Of an
emergency and Commissioner A. c.
Stouffer feels like some Of his patrf-
otto fellow townsmen ought to be Will
ing to see that the taps are unobstruct-
ed in their neighborhoods.
Because of the fuel situation, teams
which are now hauling snow may have
to be used In transporting coal and
this will also initiate against speedy
removal Of the excessive beautiful
white" now banked on many streets
outside Of the immediate business dis
trict.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
EIGHT new CASES
OF fever FOUND

Pending a report from the state
health department concerning a re-
cent investigation of the city water
supply and other conditions in the
community, Moline officials are COM
batting as best they can the threatened
epidemic of typhoid fever.
Since yesterday afternoon eight more
cases of the dread malady have been
reported to DR.. H. S. Bennett, city
physician. Commissioner A. c. Stout
fer insists that the situation is not
serious and that only 81 cases have
been reported since Jan. I.
Physicians of Moline, interviewed
concerning the typhoid scare, said:
DR.. H. A. Beam-"I don't know what
the cause is 1t may be water, it may
be milk, and it may be something else
/ am not in a position to give an &C,
curate estimation. Boiling water and
milk will help avert danger"
DR.. c. l.. Carlton-"I am not in 6
position to give causes. The typhoid
may be spread by carrier-that is
| by a person who Is infected with ty'
phoid germs but who himself is no
| i'll Such a person may come in con
tact with a number of persons ant
infect them with the disease. Per
haps that is the explanation here"
| DIR. NJ. S. Dondanville-"1 don't know
what the causes are. Local health Of
fcials ought to investigate"
! DR.. d. B. Freeman-"There may b.
several causes, such as impure water
food. or a carrier. / heartily endorse
the advice that people boil all drinking
water"
DR.. Perry Wessel-"It must be some
thing taken in by way of the mouth
All public eating places should b.
asked to sterilize all dishes and silver
ware"
DR.. A. T. Leipold-"I don't know
what the causes are. Be safe and boi
water. To be still more secure-an'
especially il you are apt to fear tn
disease-be vaccinated."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
BETTER SEE 3LOUIE.,

Louis Funkenstein. tax Inspector for
Moline, anpolhced today that he will
be in his office in the municipal build
ing by appointment tomorrow and Fri
day evenings and all day Sunday. APP
poinfments may be made by callins
MIR. Funkenstein at the city hall TO-
morrow or Saturday.
Arrival of tax blanks to be used by
men with taxable incomes of $4,000
makes this step necessary. Begip-
ming with next Monday evening Mr.
Funkenstein will be in his Office regu-
larly every week day evening and on
Sunday by special appointment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
misunderstood ORDER.

Registrars claiming exemption on
industrial. and agricultural grounds
who have been placed in class / OF
the QUESTIONABLE, are storming the
headquarters of the Moline exemption
board believing that the classification
made by the local board is final. As
a matter of fact the Plow city board
has no jurisdiction in classifying reg
istrants claiming exemption for indus
trial and agricultural reasons.
In the majority of cases where q
registrant claims industrial or agri-
cultural exemption, and that regis.
trant is not married, he is placed in
division A. class l, temporarily. He
remains in that class until the district
board at Peoria has passed on his
case, and then he is given deferred
classification as his case warrants
This misunderstanding on the part Of
the selectives is causing the board
members needless labor.
Registrars, too, are under the i'm
preston that they may enter claims
for exemption now because of physica
deficiencies, which, in a number o.
cases was discovered at the time they
were examined under the old rules
Attention of these men Is called to tbs
fact that the findings of the examiners
then will not be considered in classify
ing registrants. It will not be known
until they have been examined agar
what their physical qualifications are
After the examination, however, the!
may appeal to the medical examining
board for exemption for physical rea
sons, II they do not feel that eorrec
diagnosis has been made the frs
time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
AMERICAN LABOR
IS CALLED LOYAL
Mayor Thomas Van Lear, Minneapolis
Says Charges Of Lack of Pat
riOtism UnfOunded.

American labor has been charged
with disloyalty but the accusation has
not been proved" declared Thomas
Van Lear, Socialist mayor Of Mime
apolis, in an address last evening at
Turner hall, Moline, in which he
roundly scored capitalists" for using
the present war emergency to keep
the worker from receiving his Just
dues"
Relative to the war, the speaker
hedged bit. I'VE are in it and the
only way to accomplish any results
now is with the ballot. Well have our
chance in November when it will be
our duty to support candidates who
stand for democratic peace" was the
way he referred to it.
Mayor Van Lear took occasion to
take both of the dominant political
parties to task for their alleged 81 1T
comings, especially hurting verbal
broadsides at Roosevelt, Taft and
Bryan.
That the minister Of the gospel can
no longer properly stand aloof from po-
litical and economic affairs was the
statement which Rev. o. /. Bennett
pastor of the First Christian church
Moline, made in brief talk. He said
he was fully in accord with the So
cialist theory concerning economics
and that he wanted to see the wal
end and social justice come"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
FACTORY CHIEFS
VOIC|NC PROTEST
Besiege Mayor Martin r. Carlson With
Requests to Be Exempt From
Closing Order.

The meeting of the Moline city COM
mission this morning. called to dis
cuss measures to secure local relief,
was continuously interrupted by tele-
phone calls for Mayor Martin R. Carl
son, secretary of the Rock Island fuel
committee. The calls were from cit
.zens anxious to obtain fuel for their
homes or from factory heads who
sought Interpretation of the order is
sued last evening by Federal Fuel Ad-
ministrator Garfield
Il must have COAL" was the tener OF
the appeal from the citizens. To all
of them the mayor gave the same an
swer, Give us your name and address
The city commission is discussing re-
lief measures at this moment"
Officials of local industries spro-
tested against Garfield's order clos
ing all factories for a five-day period
Some wanted to know Of their plants
weren't exempt Others wished more
accurate explanation than was con.
tanned in dispatches so far received
from Washington.
One official declared he could TEN.
porarily operate his plant on shaw
ings and similar material. Cant
keep running?" he asked. Mayor Carl
son informed him that the fueiSom
mittee for Rock Island county would
meet early this afternoon. .
Another industry head declared tina
part of his men could work under tenn
perature necessary to keep the plan
from freezing. shall 1 tell these mel
tc come to work tomorrow" he in
quired.
''The coal committee will meet earl!
this afternoon. l will present you
case" replied the mayor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
OUESTIONNAIRES ABOUT DONE.

More than one thousand hours OF
time have been devoted to the bust
ness of aiding registrants fill out their
missionaries by members of the Mo
line advisory board sitting in the city
hall. The board suspended operations
last evening.
More than five Thousand registrants
have been given assistance by Moline
and East Moline attorneys and others
who have served on the board. Regis
trants who have not yet filled out their
missionaries may call at the office of
attorneys for assistance. Judge Dietz
stated they would be welcomed by at
torneys.
The board was in session in the
municipal building for % working days.
Each day attorneys and lay members
were present for at least nine hours.
The East Moline branch observed
similar hours for as many days.
Moline attorneys responded very
periodically and Willingly" said Judge
Dietz in summarizing the work done
by the legal advisory board. "They
gave willingly of their time and often
sacrificed their own business to do so.
And l understand the same is true of
East Moline members"
Several members, stated Judge
Dietz, were especially to be commend
ed. T. N. Jones of the Manual Arts
training school, devoted nearly his en-
tire Christmas vacation towards help
ing registrants. NJ. J. McEniry, Judge
Dietz himself and Police Magistrate
Gustafson were on hand nearly every
day of the % that the board was in
session.
There were as high as ten attorneys
or laymen present at one time. An
average of six men were always ready
to be of assistance. Thirty-five law
yers in Moline gave their time and ad-
vice. In East Moline there were IL
attorneys and laymen who aided the
registrants.
Judge Dietz, chairman of the Moline
board, stated that probably 1000 reg
istrants who had registered in dis
tricts outside of Moline and who were
now employed in Moline or East Mo.
line had been given aid by Moline and
East Moline men.
|. Frequently the attorneys remained
at the Moline city hall until midnight
frequently they forgot to eat lunch OF
dinner. Not one man was ever turned
away. They stuck to the job" said
Judge Dietz, until the last dog was
hung, Whereby the judge meant tina,
If registrant was only patient enough
he was not turned away, that the ad.
Visors were as patient as the regis.
trant and waited until the last mar
had been served, no matter how late
! the hour.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
ADMITS FORGING CHECK.

After holding out for two days I'M
der severe grilling. Joe Jesunitt,
aged IA, admitted that he himself
wrote the bogus check he passed last
week at the East Moline Mercantile
company store, purporting to have
been issued by Andrew McKaufsky and
payable to Fred Miller. 1t bore what
purported to be Endorsements Of Helen
Miller and F. Miller. The check was
for s19.66. The boy related nHmber
Of stories, and had the police on the
90 two days looking for others the
boy said were implicated. When he
finally admitted the making of the
check himself. he declared that he
lost the s1966 he obtained on it. He
claims the money was in pocket
with his handkerchief, and that he
lost the cash.
Arrangements were made by his
parents 70 make good the amount OF
the check Disposition Of the boy has
not been determined. He probably will
be taken before the county court on
delinquency charges. This Is not his
first police court experience. Last fall
he was involved in the theft Of $50
from an East Moline residence. Wher
confronted by Tom German, manager
OF the store, and w. II. VanderVoort
on Saturday, the boy told cleverly
conceived story, aid he stood pat
through two hours of questioning
When the police began work on the
case Monday Joe was arrested, ant
Tor two days he told one story aftel
another before he finally admitted thai
he wrote the check and had no accom-
plice. after his other statements hat
been proved false
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
death RESULT OF
BURNS INFLICTED.
Julius Van Gallo Suecumbs After
Three Weeks Of Suffering Duo
to Accident

julius Van Gale. 1914 Eighteenth
avenue, East Moline, died yesterday in
a Moline hospital, death coming q =
relief after three weeks of horrible
suffering from burns accidentally In
fiicted.
Three weeks ago Sunday morning
Van Gale attempted to thaw out froz-
en- water pipes in the cellar Of his
residence. He piled some rubbish
about the frozen pipe, poured Oil over
it, and set it on fire. The flames ex-
ploded . gasoline can standing beside
Van Gale, and a quantity Of burning
fluid was sprayed over his body.
Lacking presence Of mind, Van Gale
ran from the house to the yard, his
clothing all afire. There were . num-
Der of Van Gales friends standing In
the yard but they were so startled
by his presence in their midst q liv-
ing torch that they could not move to
aid the unfortunate man. His cloth
ing was all burned from his body be-
fore spectators were aroused and
turned to his aid.
Deep and intensely painful burns
were inflicted about the lower abdc-
men, his legs were burned almost to
a crisp from the hips down to his
ankles, and both arms were burned
the full length below the shoulders.
From the first it was apparent that
the mans injuries were Of such q ma
ture that recovery was improbable.
He was rushed to a hospital and ev-
erything possible done by surgeons to
relieve his suffering. That he survived
as long as he had since the accident
is remarkable. ass
Van Gale was 80 years old. Sur
viving him are the widow and two
children.
Brief funeral services at Satur-
day morning in the rooms Of the East
Moline Undertaking company will be
followed by mass at $3.50 in st. Mays
church, conducted by Father Leon Van
Stappen. Burial will be in St. Mary's
cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
News of the Day in Moline and East Moline
In the Lodges

Officers of the Edward Kittilsen
camp No. 2, United Spanish War vet
Grams, Moline, have been installed by
Past Commander Frank Haynes, as
follows:
Commander-W. II. Wilcox.
Vice Commander-G. J. Benson.
Adjutant-R. O. Butterfield.
Observation-Disclosures kittilsen.
Officer of the day-August Lind
burg.
Officer Of the guard-R. A. Hadlee.
Chaplain. e. Devol.
Sergeant-Major- w. Bouslog.
Color Sergeant-Emil Freeman.
Chief Musician-R A. Laughlin.
Historian-Myron Jordan.
The initiatory degree was granted
to nine candidates by the Manufac-
urer's lodge No. 4S5, l. O. o. F., at a
meeting held Friday evening in the
X. p. hall, Moline.
Moline lodge, No. 235, Loyal Order
of Moose, held its regular meeting
Tuesday night in Red Mems hall. Siz
new applicants and two transfer cards
were received and it is expected thai
large class will be initiated at the
next meeting, Feb. s. The lodge is to
give a dance tomorrow evening at
Turner hall.
Members Of Moline lodge No. 133
l. o. o. F. held regular meeting Tues.
day night, at which time the initiatory
degree was conferred on a class OF
candidates.
AS next Tuesday is the anniversary
of the lodge, the entertainment CON-
mittee has been devoting most of its
time to planning patriotic celebration
to be given at that time.
Members Of Lincoln camp No. 81
Woodmen of the World, Moline, in.
stalled officers last night as follows
Past council commander William
Stallman.
Council commander-Clyde Baker.
Vice lieutenant-Paul Raps.
Escort-A. F. Pears.
Banker-Andrew Olson.
Watchman-vChris Jorgeson.
Sentry-L. Johnson.
Managers-Emil Johnson, John Linn
berg and Peter Olson.
Members Of the entertainment com
mittee of Leo council No. 716, X. o.
c., Moline, held special meeting las
evening. Arrangements were made
, for Lincoln dancing party to b.
given Feb. II at Elks' hall, and also &
card party Wednesday evening, Jan
%, in ST.. Mary's hall.
The Woman's Benefit Association O
Maccabees, Hive No. 119, met last ev
ening in Swedish Olive hall, Moline
Two new applications were received
and the next meeting will be held il
/ the homie of Mrs. Francis Bicknell.
Stewart camp No. Asst, M. W. of A.
held its regular meeting last evening
in Glenn & Trevor hall, Moline. Or
account of the absence of several mem
bers, the installation Of officers, which
should have taken place last evening
was postponed until the next meeting
| Visiting neighbors from other camp!
were present. After the business SEES
, sion was over the clerk, c. S. Trevor
invited the camp to his home, wher'
refreshments were served and yer.
pleasant time was enjoyed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
MAUD IN SERVICE;
I FIRE AUTO BUCKS
East Moline Borrows Reserve ca
from Moline While Repairs
are Made.

East Moline's single piece of auto
ire apparatus Is out of commission.
Fortunately East Moline has a good
ueighbor In Moline, and the depart
ment has been loaned Maud, the re-
serve auto Of the Moline department.
The East Moline truck has been prac-
tically out Of service since the hard
run made last Saturday morning in
the blizzard. Getting through the
snow in the storm was hard task for
the truck, and the machine was put
to severe test. It has an engine of
but 30 horsepower, and in returning
to headquarters the firemen had to get
out and push the truck through the
drifts. The engine clutch was dam
aged in that trip. Mechanics are at
work on the truck today endeavoring
to get it into service again. East Mo-
line is seriously in need of a higher
powered machine. With snow on the
ground it would be impossible to run
the machine up any of the hills of the
city, and even a run on the level would
be hard strain.
Last Saturdays fire has brought to
light forcibly the. inadequate equip
ment of the East Moline department
With property values running to mil
lions in the city, East Moline depends
for fire protection upon one truck
and a company of three men. 1t has
not chemical pump, and only a linn
tied amount Of hose. The truck doesn't
carry a ladder long enough to reach
the roof of two-story house. Mem
bers of the fire department declare
that the city's needs in the matter Of
fire equipment have been shamefully
neglected by the city authorities. Re
quests for new apparatus have beer
repeatedly turned down by the coun-
Gil, and petition of the men, who are
paid but sS5 a month, for an increase
in pay, has been rejected. For sew
eral hours last Saturday the city was
entirely without protection. There Is
no fire alarm system, and the tele
phone service is limited and has al
ways proved an unsatisfactory method
of sending in fire calls.
Maud, the Moline reserve truck, ha!
proved valuable possession and i
several times has been loaned to Eas
Moline. The truck is the origina
piece of motor apparatus in the Mo
line department service. 1t it Veil,
machine converted into truck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
DIXIE SOME COLD
IS OCLE'S CLAIM
staf About Sunny South Is Called
Simon Pure CamOuflage by For.
mer Moline Lad.

Even Dixie is feeling the present
cold blast In letter which Claude
Ogle, member of Uncle Sans navy,
stationed at Piney Grove camp, at
Charleston, S. c., has written to W. f.
Harper of the Moline Y. NJ C. A., he
says that all talk about the sunny
south is pure and unadulterated ca
mouflage, for although the sun shines
it's mighty cold.
Among other things he says:
Navy life is fine, but at present we
are under quarantine as spinal menin-
gitis suspects. There are great
many pine trees down here and a
queer kind of gray, stringy moss
which grows on the branches makes q
very pretty sight.
Among some of the states We went
through while coming down were Ten
nessee and North Carolina.> The APP
palachian mountains extending into
these states are very beautiful. Some
OF the people live in old log cabins
though every now and then we saw
some very pretty homesteads.
line !. NJ. y. a. Is uOlilS very uuCL
for the jackies in more than one way
and all OF US aim to show our appre.
citation in whatever way possible. The
bugler has just finished blowing taps
so I'll say goodbye"
Likes Camp Dodge.
Herman Il. Reutand, another for
mer resident of the Y, writes to Mr.
Harper that one of the biggest feat
ures of life at Camp Dodge is the worl
Of the army Y. NJ. c. A. "The Y" hi
says, 'is the means of keeping mum
Der of young men from spending theil
time In town and possibly spending i
where they shouldn't.
There are eight Y buildings on thu
grounds and l for one never realized
what great work the Y was doint
until | came to Camp Dodge. Ever.
time ! meet a man on the street
feel like taking my hat off to him. Yol
may remember me to the boys at thu
and tell them not to be afraid Il
come to Camp Dodge, for they will b.
treated fine"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
Police News

Axel Haglund, 40 years old, OF Day.
EXPORT, charged with disorderly con-
duct, was fined IS and costs yesterday
in Moline police court and was also
sentenced to clean the sidewalk in
front OF the women's exchange on Six
teenth street. Haglund paid the fine
and cleaned the walk. He was al
legged to have acted Extensively to-
wards several women.
julius Zukerman. charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon by his
brother, Nose, yesterday paid $3.s5
In costs in Moline police court and the
charged against him was dismissed,
The only witness in the case. Nose
Zukerman, declined to testify.