Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-07
PRESS CLUB TO
HONOR TAFT IN
CITY THURSDAY
Farmer President Honorar: Mem.
her Of Organization. VIII Get
Ovation Here.
rnYNTTTEE PLANS AFFAIR
distinguished Visitor To Speak at
.ugl<tara College Auditorium
In the Evening.

The general committee Of the Tri-
rev Press club. composed Of H P.
samson. chairman. p. s. McGlynr.
RI Adler. :. W. Searle. Frank d.
Tsr,op and F. r. Sharon. has
rompgeted arrangements for the in
Gormal dinner to be given by the
rIub to Honorable William H. Taf:.
farmer president Of the United
Bates. al o'clock. on the evening
If his lecture at Augustana audi
,nr!u1l. under the auspices Of the
National Security league, on June
Is
The dinner will he given at the
Rock Island club, and in addition
10 the distinguished guest, the club
has invited the committee of The
gecurity league. and also Colonel
Leroy 7. Hillman and his staff Of
Rock Island arsenal. and General
Alex Mackenzie Of the United
States river engineers, to be pres
eEt
A conference between the mem
hers OF the committee and William
Butrerworth. Of Moline. who IS
chairman Of the entertainment COM
mirtee Of the National Security
league. and an old friend and
schoolmate Of Mr. Taft, was held
Yesterday afternoon and all the de-
tails were completed.
Arrives at Noon.
Mr.. Taft will arrive in Rock Is
land from the west at 1915 noon,
Oh the day Of his visit here. Mr..
Buttervorth and members of the
committee representing the Secur.
lty league and the Press club. will
meet Mr.. Taft al the Thirty-first
street depot. and he will then be
taken IN charge by Mr.. Butter
worth. driven TO the latter's home
II Moline. where he will be given
sn opportunity 10 rest. and possibly
later IN the day. If he so desires.
will make a visit TO Rock Island
arsenal.
AT s o'clock In the evening, the
Press club will entertain him and
g. O'Clock he viii deliver his al
Eress at AUgustana auditorium.
Buy Thrift Stamps
WOMEN NEEDED N KITCHENS.
Women are needed in the kitch-
ems more than in the fields of the
northwest and they will be more
Id demand to work at cooking
stoves than on tractors. according
to information sent out by Mrs. T.
G. Winter, director OF the woman's
committee OF the Minnesota divi-
sion. council of national defense.
The head of the public safety
employment Office says. We couldn't
place women field hands if we had
them There are going TO be men
and older boys to harvest the crops
Of the northwest reports Mrs.
Winter. But how about the farm
ers wife? Here the conditions are
altogether different. Women who
know how are going to be needed in
thousands and thousands Of kitch-
ans this summer and autumn and
here the bureaus are perplexed and
anxious. With the greater harvest
and the greater number Of harvest
hands to be fed. the good old dishes
and scrubbing takes on the glory
o. q great patriotic service and the
women must rise TO the occasion.
All the energies Of the state must
be called on.
The employment bureaus are go
Ing 10 do their part. but we must
reinforce them. In every cOmmU-
nlty The women who can spare tine
ought to list themselves with the
employment bureau. Miss Annie
shetland. who in her combined Of
ices Of chairman Of patriotic edu-
cation Of the council of defense and
supervisor Of rural schools and
woman labor agent Of the Mime
sota federal food administration. is
familiar with many phases Of the
SUBJECT. Is sending a letter TO the
teachers Of the state. urging them
70 secure registration Of women
willing TO raise gardens. to help
Win farm work, TO help in the vii
ltges 70 release men for farm work.
" to help in the homes to release
me farmers family for such ser
wee With this letter will go a
quesuonnaire asking what expert
s1ce women have had in cooking.
nlIklng, gardening. with horses. or
N held work. what is their physi-
cal strength and their willingness
Q, spirit and what time they can