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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-03
iowa PLEASURE
CARS ARE SAFE
Automobiles Operated for Profit On
This Side OF the River Must
Have Illinois Licenses.
Alex NJ. Mcleod.

Bert Mason Of Decatur, repre-
sentative of the automobile depart
| ment, under Secretary Of State l..
| L. Emnerson. is in Rock Island
| aiding local officials search out vio-
| lations of the state auto license and
chauffeur license laws.
Mr.. Mason states the law gives
| an owner 10 days within which to
make an application for license
after purchase of the car, but the
| attorney general has ruled that
during that 10 days one may not Op-
! crate a motor vehicle in streets or
/ highways without license plates on
the front and rear Of the car.
/ Driving with 1917 numbers or
| Dashboard numbers, etc, comes IN
der classification Of fictitious num-
| bers.
Any person operating motor
| vehicle as mechanic or enpfoye, or
| for hire or pecUniary profit must
have a chauffeur's license.
| All dealers are required to have
plates on front and rear of their
cars. They must not run with one
plate.
| The owner is liable for employ
| ing an unlicensed chauffeur.
| All Iowa commercial cars using
Illinois highways are required TO
have Illinois licenses. This does
not include pleasure cars.
These blanks can be secured from
any justice or from the police mag
! istrate.
Considerable misunderstanding
has resulted here from the differ
ence in the Iowa and Illinois auto
| license laws. A number Of sales
men from Iowa have been arrested
| by the local police for not having
chaufeurs' licenses md Illinois IL
/ Censes for their cars.
Mr. Mason wishes to clear up
this matter. All Iowa cars that are
operated in Illinois for profit must
have an Illinois license.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-03
LARGE DONATION
NOT NECESSARY
Contributions to Fund For Munich.
pal Bathing Beach Need Not
Exceed Small Sums.
SEND MONEY TO THE ARGUS
More Than 5000 Is Required to
Open the Recreation Place
In City.

Providing a municipal beach Is
to be started this year, Rock Is
landers must provide sufficient
money.
Thus far two patriotic citizens
have subscribed $1,100 or about
one-half Of the amount needed to
open the recreation place and pro-
vide the necessary bath houses
and equipment. The city is unable
10 provide the funds owing to the
deficit in the treasury. The Rock
Island Argus. has offered to accept
subscriptions but there has been
some Misunderstanding on the
part Of the public. Two people
have subscribed thus far, one CIV
ing $1,000 and the other 500, but
is is not necessary for all to give
large sums. Small contributions
Will be as welcome as large. Ev-
cry dollar will help to make the
needed amount providing a suffi-
Gent number of citizens contrib
ute.
Send in Sums.
1t is planned to establish the
beach at the extreme west end OF
the city on the land owned by the
Rock Island Bridge and Iron
works. There, it is claimed, a safe
bathing beach could be opened.
The money needed will be expend-
ed by the city. A guard will be
on hand at all times to protect the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-03
PROGRAMS TELL OF
SUMMER Y. w. LIFE,

"Recreational programs" were
distributed today to every girl and
woman within reach of the local
Y. W. C. A.
!. On one side of the program is set
forth the advantages of the Davis
cottage at the Watch Tower, situat
ed on an attractive site overlooking
Rock river and valley. that has been
arranged for girls who are denied
q vacation this summer. Girls NAV
spend their evenings and have rest
full nights at the comfortable cot
tage. Weekend groups and over
night guests can receive further in
formation regarding the cottage by
calling the association rooms.
Account is also given the vaca.
ton home, located one mile north
OF Port Byron, with Mrs. II. f. Van
Duzer as chaperone. The camp is
beautifully situated on the river
front. There are quiet places to
rest, hammOcks, swings, croquet
and other delightful comforts are
ready for the young women's use.
Fresh fruit, vegetables and farm
products can be had In abundance.
Reservations may be made by inter-
viewing Mrs. Jessie Anderson, sec
rotary of the Y. w. C. A.
On the reverse side Of the pro-
gram amusements obtainable dur
ing the summer months at the Y. w.
c. A..are enumerated. Included in
the group are: swimming. tennis.
vacation camp, hikes, club meet
ings, Patriotic league sociables and
the summer conference at Lake
Geneva Aug. 9-19. Specials for iu-
Nor girls, between the ages Of -
and 1S, are given as: swimming.
camp fire. woodcraft, rainbow club
and Hi-Y club for high school girls
only.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-03
FILLED BLANKS
ARE COMING TN
Those Mailed to CORscripts Of 1915
Glass Are Now Practically All
Returned.

Questionnaires sent out TO tie
class Of June, 1918. are now being
returned to the local exemption
board at a rspid rate. Yesterday
was the last day Of grace for the
returning OF those which were
mailed June %. a period Of seven
days is allowed for the return %
the quesionnaires from the date o.
mailing.
II is believed that practically all
mailed out the first day are now in.
Registrars are inforped that the
regulations must be strictly abiieG
by. Failure to get returns within
the stipulated time places the regis
trants in predicament where they
are liable to be reported as deiin,
quents and be Immediately placed
in class !.
Several OF the blanks were re-
turned mot called for" bus were i'm
medlately mailed to other adj
dresses. All Of these but one have
now found their destinations. The
board reports that Tony Frank
Gruiskey can not be located.
The last OF the questiounaircs
are due TO be returned Friday and
classification Of the registrants viii
then be started
Reglstrants must subscribe - the
oath at the bottom Of the last page
before the QUESTIONABLE can bs
considered. ANY attorney will aid i'm
filling out the blanks free OF
charge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-03
REPORT SO ARE
GIVEN PERMITS.
Police MatrOn in Monthly Schedule
Tells of Registering German
Alien Women.
WORK IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS
Health Officer Instituted 81 Quar-.
antineS in Cases Of Communal
cable Diseases.

German alien women registered
here number 60, according to the
monthly report of Police Matron
Mrs. Anna Kirkman. who has had
charge of this work.
Registration cards are being is
sued and the work is now practi,
cally completed No one is to be
allowed access to the executive reg
istration affidavits, according to a
government ruling on this matter
Publication of the names of the
alien women is left to the discre-
ton of United States Marshal V. Y
Dallman, and SO far Mr.. Dallman
has failed to give his consent for
the names to be published.
The report Of the police matron
as submitted to the city commits
sioners follows:
Calls made in the interest of the
work. 40
Calls received in the interest OF
the work, 49,
Neglected children looked after
s.
Hayward boys looked after, s.
Maynard girls looked after, 9.
One girl taken into county court
and sent to the Geneva school.
One girl given lodging for one
night at the station.
One child sent to the Newlan
home
Cases referred to Or. Foster, 8.
Registered alien German women
so.
Persons in women's department,
8.
Health Officers Report.
The report of W. A. Holdings
worth, health officer and inspector
Of weights and measures, follows:
Number of guarantees Of COM
nunicable diseases, 81
Number released from quarantine
Of communicable diseases, 115.
Number of sanitary inspections,
$50.
Coal scales tested. 4.
Grocery scales tested, I.
Fee, SC 20.
Plumbing Inspector.
The report of John -Joers, ms
spector of plumbing, follows:
Number plans approved, As.
Number of fixtures inspected, 236.
Number of sewers approved, "a.
Number of water tests, 81.
Number Of final tests, 81.
Number Of permits issued, 70.
Amount Of inspector fees collect
ed. S270.
Deposited with city treasurer
June 90, $270.
Electrical Inspector.
V. A Murphy, electrical inspec-
tor. submitted the following report:
Number of permits issued, 81
Number of new residences, So.
Number of old residences, 81.
Miscellaneous buildings, l.
Fees collected, S121.03.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-03
Personal Mention.

Henry Fraser was a visitor IN
Keithsburg over Monday night.
Laverne Runbom returned TO Joy
Monday after spending Sunday at
his home in Aledo.
Mrs. Macy Parkman arrived in
Aledo Monday from Des Moiness ia
see her brother, Warren. before he
returned for duty at Chicago. Mrs
Parkman has been staying with her
husband who is stationed at Camp
Dodge.
]. J. Kersdorfer OF New Boston
was a business caller in Aledo
Tuesday.
Mrs. Chris Thede and Mrs. Ralph
Thede were tri1tity callers Tues
day.
I. F.. Gillmor went to Chicago
Monday evening to attend a meet
ing of sheep men. which was to be
held there Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Caldwell are
visiting with friends in AIedo. Mr..
Caldwell was principal OF AIedo
high school for two years.
Mrs. ]. c. Keilman and daughter
Lucille Of Seaton were callers in
Aledo Tuesday.
William Marsh was a business
visitor in Rock Island Tuesday.
John p. Berg went to Davenport
Tuesday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Wilmington
Of southwest Of Aledo are the
proud parents of a baby girl born
Sunday morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-03
DISTRICT COURTS
OF HONOR STAGE
JULY 4 PAGEANT

An elaborate symbolic pageant,
representing America as the melt
ing pot Of the nations. will be
staged by the ten Courts of Honor
Of this vicinity in Forest Park,
Davenport, July 4 The Program
will commence at in the after
noon but the orders are planning
an all day picnic affair and are
expected to assemble at the park
at 10 a. m.
Extensive plans have been made
for the carrying out Of the page
ant and it is anticipated that the
ceremony will convey a beautiful
idea Of American nationality. Lo-
cal lodges have been divided into
nations and the members Of each
will carry the flag and wear the
costume of the country represent
ed. When the procession has
reached the melting pot, these
flags will be thrown in and all
will receive the American flag.
John Weir, states attorney of
Scott county, B. H. McCorn of
Bloomington, and H. A. Smith of
Des Moines will be speakers OF the
occasion. The men are we'll
known and prominent in lodge
work
In the evening there will be a
display of fireworks, including
large set pieces, one Of which, BOX
80. pictures Betsy Ross making the
American flag. There will be
dancing TO the music of a jazz
band. Contests and games will al
TO take place in the afternoon.
The occasion will be considered
doubly commemorative by mem
beers OF the Courts or Honor mas
much as the 23d anniversary of the
founding of the order occurs this
month and the celebration July A
will be in observance of this event
Membership is now approximately
1900 in 10 tri-city lodges, and it
Is expected that large percentage
OF this number will take place in
the pageant and exercises July f.
Meeting of the committee In
charge OF the entertainment took
place yesterday evening at Forest
park. The committee is headed by
c. E. McCollister OF Rock Island.
E NJ. Boyle, Mrs. Alice Hoover,
Mrs. Anna Z. Loan, Mrs Margaret
Wood, P. H. Reesing and II. G..
Nygieu, all of Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-03
ROCkiSLAnDERS
ACQUIRING Vim

Writing from Camp Grant, where
he went last week with the other
Rock Island boys, NJ. c. Fisher ad-
dresses "a member of The Argus
staff as follows:
You see, I fooled you. I am a
better man than you thought
was accepted Friday. l guess they
must have learned that l was city
| editor of The Argus for the last
year and a half, and figured that if
could stand that, 1 could easily
! stand armyJife.
| When We arrived here Thursday
We had a long hike ahead of Us TO
/ set TO our barracks. It's a long
/ way from the station. The Rock
/ Island boys were split into four
/ companies, the 33rd, 34lb, 35th and
seth, in the One Hundred Sixty-
first depot brigade.
The depot brigade is q training
/ brigade. We are instructed in the
| Tddiments here. Later we will be
| transferred to some branch Of the
| service, either here or to some 9TH
er camp.
We are not part of the Eighty
sixth division. We merely are an
attachment Whether or not we
| leave with the Eighty-sixth when it
goes-and it's no secret that it will
soon move-we do not know It's
/ all a chance.
That's the part of army life that
gives one a care-free feeling. One
dered TO next.
Everything is speed, pep and
snap here. Our captain is named
Mortenson He is in command Of
all of the companies in which are
the Rock Island boys. He has gain
ed the name of Dynamite" That
expresses his characteristics He
instills pep and action into the men.
He means business. 1t is all bust
ness here. We are kept on the
jump from morning until night,
ever doing something to increase
our efficiency.
Each morning on the parade
grounds we first have calisthenics.
1t is designed for the purpose Of
making the body entirely subser-
Went TO the brain and make the
brain act quickly. The captain
gives us training to see and act
quickly.
Ignorance is death
"'No company is stronger than
its weakest man; the same as no
chain is stronger than its weakest
link
These are some of the slogans
he tells US, to drive us on to eff
cheney A person in civil life has
no idea what the military is. It's
training that builds up mind and
body You are trained down to the
smallest detail
Last night the Rock Island boys
boxed some in the court near the
barracks. I had the gloves on and
held my own. There were some
good scraps, too
FRIDAY we were examined by
group OF doctors. There were "a
of them. Ten of the Rock Island
BOYS out of Go in this company were
rejected"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-03
Advertised Letters

United States Postoffce, Rock Is
land, July 2, 1918.-Advertised list
No. 26, published at Rock Island,
Ill:
Roscoe Allen, Mr.. and Mrs. AS
rick. Mrs. Nellie Rabbits, Miss Ruth
Booken, Mrs. E. A. Briggs, Miss
Jessie z. Britton, Mrs. Oscar
Brown, James Cannon, Jesse Car
lock, A. Carney, William D. Carr,
Joseph T Cary, Gustaf Deroughe
90, Dell Diveller, Mrs. M. E. Fen
ton, Mrs. T. B. Fenton, Louis Erie
stedt, Mrs. ]. Gahlbick, Mr.. Green
hill, Elliott Gilmore, Miss Louise
Gordon, Carl Hansey, Miss Ruth r.
Harrison, ID. B. Harvey, Greene
Hill. 2. Houston. Mrs. Charles Hunt,
Miss Mary Iverson, A. A. Johnson,
Mrs. c. L. Johnson. Frank Johnson,
Nettie Johnson, w w. Johnson.
Mrs. Jessie Longwell, Miss Bessie
Mathew, A. A. Mathews, George A.
Murray, c. +. Nelson, c. T. Oster-
berg. Charles Prante, Miss Irene
Parker. Frank Patterson, William
A. Rabbit, Carl Reschke, Miss Ber-
tina Reuter-, Otto Rooch, George
Rudd. Frank Serwenski. Mathew
Scanlon, Walter Seabolt. Floyd
Sparrow, Ben Smith, Frank Staley
(2), Ross ". Taylor, 3 Thompson,
Charles Verh0ye, Miss Turn White,
Clarence Wilhelm.
Foreign -Theophiel Boutens ZIP
aert, Karl ". Gustavsson, Ascel
Hagman, Nick 7. Houteff, Frandi
Liliuzio, Make Magontiotis, Howell
W. Olivier. Alouis Won Wolleghem.
When calling for these letters,
please mention advertised list No.
2e.
HARRY P. SIMPSON,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-03
MILAN

~ a r. Ellen Clarke. NJ Williamson
n, Hetauhton. III. and Mrs. Martha
- SsaIee ana daughter Jennie visited
week -''i'7 one oay las
8. Mrs. Mary Barnes Of Tucson. Ariz.,
81 ~ n.lsitlnS with the STROBE and PHI
MT anr Mrs. Clarence Lain NOV
% Rock Island SATURDAY.
VIZ Elizabeth Br1cknan visited
- ~ airs Jennie White Friday
sHs. Nellie Hruhaker Of EdglnR-
In spent Saturday and Sunday with
p NJ and Mrs. Charles olson OF
-, {, island spent Sunday with ROb-
NC onuel and family.
1ais- Ida Cohen and TWO daughters
tie IL s,. zone 70 Zell, 5. D., TO spend
Mr.. and Mrs. J G. Johnston are
rs,i,,q9lIs a week in East Moline with
Miss Mary schrier Of Carbon CIin
MAKING an extended visit with
aunt, Mrs Mary ScheIIman
MISS Katherine Carna CHAN spent
Pc. weekend a. the y. W camp at
| -Sft Byron.
vo Dr. ". = Eddy and family have
N On motor trip TO Sioux Falls,
y, q visit relatives.
Afs. Matte Simpson Of Diagonal
80 aud Mrs Francis Campbell Of
49, Island spent a few days last
- WIN Mrs. Elmer <tmbeu and
~ campbell and family.
go. H. q. Brown Of s.. Louis has
- eo "a series Of lectures in the
- terrain church He gave the
p-sased audience.
Mrs. Elmer Mace Of F4ulsdsre III
s4Ss Priscilla Wo1daU ~ e-fo,-
saoge end Reuben W0odaif of Dsv-
~ ono visited with their sister.
aSfs No0dalI. last week an fhe home
ar and Mrs A y. McCarfnev
T-Ass 21sbeI fOneEs who has been
ssshfipai Of the Milan schools for
ne time, left Ior an extended visit
w her parents at Paw Paw, Mich.
rs "ss accompanied by her nephew.
y 1ss ger victor walker, who will visit
Niles. bffch-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-03
THIEF OF SUNDAY
NIGHT STILL HAS
POLICE GUESSING

Local police as yet have failed to
get any information concerning the
thief who stole valuables amount
ing TO approximately $50 from
Frank Brown Sunday night.
Brown has a room over the Illi-
nois Oil company Office, 1919 Sec
ond avenue, and it is thought prob
able that a fellow roomer may
have perpetTated the theft.
The stolen articles include sew
eral valuable knives together with
shoes and other wearing apparel.
All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-03
MEET SATURDAY.

The executive coufe&l of the
Royal Neighbors of America will
held the regular business session
of the month beginning Saturday
of this week. 10 continue next week
Routine business will be before the
council, debt claims will be allowed
and bills settled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-03
WELLS ARE FOUND
ON COMPANY LAND

A 200-barrel oil and a 10000 900
barrel gas well have been brought
IN on the Broken Arrow property
OF the Illinois Refining company,
according TO q telegram received
by officials of the company in this
city today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-03
Aledo AT A Glance
Salaries Increased.

Mike Rush, superintendent Of
streets, appeared before the city
council Monday evening and asked
for increase OF salary. He was
given an increase to SIS.
The salary of J. T. Stead. super
intendent of water works, was in
creased TO 500 and a semi-monthly
report will be required Of him here
after.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-03

bathers. Send the subscriptions to
The Argus. and they will be turn
ed over to the>proper authorities,
to be expended for the welfare Of
the citizens who enjoy summer
beach bathing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-28
DIR. SOLF'S FICTION

Illustrations of German good faith
and "honor" come to US daily from
France and Belgium. IF we believe
the protestatiun Of the German peace
negotiators, the German armies are
more concerned in performing Red
Cross work in their retreat than IN
fighting the Allies. Yet. as these
"angels" retire, we find them giving
the lie every day to the tender-heart-
ed and benevolent Herr Solf. They
did not wipe out Bruges and Lille, but
for/ther enforced pretense of virtue
they appear to have compensated
themselves everywhere else. Even in
Bruges they stole everything they
could lay their hands on; and at st.
Quentin they stripped every factory
in the city, carrying off all models
and designs. and even the accounts
of the various companies. With the
special spite which they seem to en-
terrain for ecclesiastical structures
they attempted to mine the great pill
lars of the cathedral at st. Quentin,
but the rapid advance of the French
deprived them of this favorite pleas
ure.
The American Committee Of Dew
astated France, of which former AM
bassador Herrick is president and
Miss Anne Morgan is vice-presldent,
has received letter from its repre-
sentative in France describing the APP
palling conditions which the retreat
ing Germans have left behind them.
In 17S villages and towns the Amer
lear RELIEF workers are faced by the
necessity of almost recreatlng the
whole territory. No cyclone. no Hood,
could have done the job of destruc-
ton more thoroughly. And yet DR..
Solf assures US that humanity and
honor are Germany's strong points.
Sun.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-28

ing prescriptions, although the de.
mand for certain preparations is still.
in evidence. The rush.: however, seeris
to be over, and there 's-ieason to BE-
lieve the worst has passd.
According to tradition, Asiatic chol-
era travels about as fast as man
can walk-that is thirty miles day.
Spanish influenza, however. seems to
have put on seven-league boots dur
ing the past five or six weeks L has
the Atlantic to the Pacific. It is now IN
the tlantic to the Pacific. II IS now n
Mexico, and may go Oh to Patagonia
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-28
A FAMILY OF MURDERERS

The blood lust which has ever been
a faint of the Hohenzollern breed is
not confined to the veins of the king
of Prussia.
He has a sister, who was the wife
of the car of Russia. When the car
declared war on Germany and formed
an alliance with England and France,
the Hohenzollern remained truly
Teutcnic and betrayed her husbands
allies, her husbands own people and
himself.
Through a telegraph wire from her
own apartments direct to Potsdanh
the czarina kept her brother, Bloody
Bill. informed of everything she could
learn about the allies and their plans.
She even gave Potsdam information
about the projected trip of Kitchener
70 Russia, so exact and certain that
the Germans were able to destroy the
shin on which he sailed.
The Richmond Virginian IN conf
menting upon the above spys upon hes
IL i1opJ of Eitrhnnpr of
Kbartoum, a man in every way the
peer of any living man, worth more
TO the world than all the Hohenzo!-
lerns from that Frederick. who was
called Great. on down to the monster
who now occupies the Prussian throne
Lacking the character which made
Catherine great figure in history in
spite of her misdeeds, lacking the
tragic strength Of Lady Macbeth the
Hohenzolleln woman who shared the
Russian throne proved herself able tf
reach the utter depths of murderous
and reasonable depravity. Whatevet
hardships these later days may have
brought upon her will get her no sym.
pathy, once the magnitude of her Of
Tending is generally known.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-28
GIRL SUICIDES FOR FLAG
Charged by Playmates With Disre-
spect for Stars and Stripes.

New York, Oct 2S.-Broken-heart-
ed because her playmates charged
America was not first in her love,
Sadie Del!on, aged u, committed sui
eide early today by taking poison.
Other children threw .stones and
icered when she draped the Zionist
flag Of David over the Stars and
Stripes in preparation for last nights
bloch. party. The police ordered the
Jewish flag removed While bands
played the Star Spangled Banner and
q block flag containing 276 stars was
being unfurled, the child. alone i'll
her fathers home. wrote a pathetic
little note, in which she asked forgive
ness for her act, and explained that
she did not mean any disrepect to
the United States and then took the
poison that ended her life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-28
ARCHDUkES LEAVE

Zurich. Oct. 2S.-All of the Aus
trian archdukes have taken refuge in
a castle at Godollo, near Budapest,
fearing revolution in Vienna, said adj
vices from the Austrian capital to-
day. Emperor Karl, it is said. Will
soon leave Tor DebrecZin.
Demonstrations are taking place
in Budapest. The Magyar national
council has proclaimed its suprem-
acy over the existing authority.
Young nIen Jare organizing for mill
tary purposes, ,and crowds are parad-
ing through THE streets of the Hun
garian capital denouncing the alliance
with Germany.
Count Karolyi has been unable to
cheek the movement.