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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17

The above appeal was wired to Fuel Administrator
H. A. Garfield Washington, and to State Fuel Admin
strator Williams of Chicago this morning.
The closing of stores in Rock Island, Moline Svis
and East Moline Mondays would mean that Daven-
port would profit The fuel administrations orders af-
fecs only cities of the Mississippi thereby excluding
Iowa The commercial organizations believe that allow
ing Davenport to remain normal and the other towns
closing would be injustice to this community Daven
port is considered part of these cities. 1t has been
quested that Davenport be included in the regulation
Rock Island and the other cities be excluded, which
would allow all of the cities to be the basis Men
would be of work this side of the river and people
would flock to Davenport to buy their supplies and in gen
era Davenport would profit at the other cities expense
1.-THE coal situation is serious in Davenport is in
other Cities, H. A. Cevenstine chairman of the Rock Is
land county fuel board said There is why the
manufacturers and merchants must suffer in Illinois
while the Iowans gain, the Iowa people fuel
while this city is conserving and obeyng the regulations
No protest would be registered if Davenport not in
this community and considered one of the ricities
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
CHEF MILLER GETS
BOOK INSTRUCTIONS

Chief of Police Phil Miller, who is
chief registrar in registering all alien
enemies in Rock Island. this morning
received a book of instructions on the
subject from Springfield. Later he
will be provided with blanks. Alien
enemies will not be forced to register
until some time early in February, the
date to be announced later. Ample
notice will be given. This affects all
Germans and Austrians, both men and
women. who are not naturalized citi-
zens of the United States. In all cit
les Of 5000 population. and over the
chief Of police acts as registrar. In
cities. of less than 5000 the postmaster
acts as registrar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
FUEL BOARD Goes
INTOSESSIONF FOR
STUDY OF RULING
County Body Meets in Moline to Con-
slider Latest Instructions From
Federal Administrator.
COMMITTEE NAMED
Three Are Selected to Pass Upon All
Requests for Fuel Made In
Three Cities.

ACTION BY FUEL BOARD:
Factories as mentioned in fuel
administration order to close con-
strued as coming under the direc-
ton of the state factory inspec-'
ton bureau.
Appoints county fuel emery.
eRcy board.
Makes no change in rules here.
tofOre established for closing
hours Of various stores and bust.
ness houses.
Decides to divert coal IN next
few days from industrial to do
nestle uses.
The Rock Island county fuel
emergency board this noon went into
session at the Moline club to consider
the ruling of the federal fuel admin
istration closing factories for five
days and suspending all business on
Monday of each week for the next ten
weeks.
Among the important matters dis
cussed by the board is the discrimin-
atory effect the ruling will have on
Rock Island, Moline and East Moline,
inasmuch as business will be sus-
pended on this side of the river and
Davenport stores will be open on
Mondays. 1t is understood that the
Davenport fuel board is willing to CO.
operate in every way to either have
that city included in the orders or to
have Rock Island county excluded. II
is expected some definite word will be
available tomorrow on the matter.
Emergency Committee.
The county fuel committee in SEES
sion in the Moline Commercial club
rooms this afternoon appointed the
following as emergency committeeman
through whom emergency orders shall
pass:
Rock Island-W. s. Parks.
Moline-G. E. Erickson, municipal
commissioner.
East Moline-G. F. Johnson, mayor
1t was decided to make no change il
previous closing orders for bushes:
houses. On all days of the week ex
cept Mondays, saloons, confectionery
stores. cigar stores and drug stores
will open at O'Clock in the morn
ing and will close at II at night.
Grocery stores and meat markets
will open at s o'clock in the morning
and will close not later than 6:3(
excepting Saturday.
Factories Must Close.
The board construed factories al
mentioned in the fuel administration
orders to close for five days beginning
tomorrow, az any concern under thu
state factory inspection bureau. Thil
applies to laundries with the excep'
ton that they can be open on Frida!
and Saturday. Cigar and candy fac
tories must close all five days.
It was stated today that there will
be more coal for domestic consump
ton in the next few days as a result
Of the order closing the factories. Be
tween forty-five and fifty tons Of Goa
was received today, the bulk of whicl
was given over to industrial use. A,
the factories are to close, however
there will be no immediate demand 70
coal by them. This will provide NOR
for the small consumer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
MASONIC TEMPLE
ON SATURDAY WILL.
CLOSE FOR Is DAYS

CLOSED until February l." will be
the sign that will be hung In front OF
the Masonic Temple after 6 o'clock
Saturday night.
The organization has decided to
close the building during the coal
famine and help to conserve the sup
ply. The last social function will be
held Saturday afternoon and after that
the entire building will be shut to
members.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
COCKTAILS AIDE NAMED

New York. Jan. Up. N. Adams.
president OF the Missouri Pacific Rail-
road company has tsen appointed d.
rector OF inland transportation under
Quartermaster General Coethals and
will have charge Of the movement Of
government supplies to the Atlantic
seaboard. It was learned here today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
BUSIEST PHONE IN
TOWN DURING COAL
CRISIS is NEWEST
"Tinga-l inga-ling."

Hello, is this the coal bureau?"
People in charge at the emergency
clearing house for coal buyers say
that the new telephone installed today
in the Chamber of Commerce head
quarters was the busiest phone in
Rock Island.
No sooner had the last wire been at.
tached to the instrument when the bell
rang and somebody asked il ton OF
coal could be had. People in charge
stated that Rock Island 1166" was
the busiest phone in Rock Island to-
day and would continue so for some
days to come. Every order or appeal
for fuel must 90 through the emery.
ency Office and the telephone company
has been warned to have a new bel
ready as the present noise maker is
predicted to wear out soon with the
work that it is being put to.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17

But a comparatively small amount
of coal arrived in Rock Island today
to satisfy the ever increasing demands
of the public.
Just exactly hoy much coal was re-
ceived in the city could not be learned.
II. A. Clevenstine, chairman OF the
Rock Island county fuel administra-
ton, who has been in close touch with
this feature, of the famine during the
last few days, was unable today to
check up on the amount OF fuel arriv-
ing in Rock Island, inasmuch as his
time was devoted to attention to the
lew fuel administration orders and
the enforcement of them.
Less Than Yesterday.
It was learned at the Rock Island
emergency coal clearing house head
quarters at the Rock Island club that
but small amount was obtained,
less, it is understood, than yesterday.
The clearing house was established
today as an emergency move, the OBJ
ject being to give complete control
of the depleted local supply to COM
petent directors. With the establish
ment of the clearing house, it was
also announced that not more than
one-half ton of coal would be given to
one patron. Heretofore the limit was
one ton.
With the situation more grave today,
nearby coal mines in Rock Island and
Henry counties were looked to to aid
in supplying the city. The roads, many
of which were blocked by high snow
drifts, were in better condition to-
day and teams found travel easier
than yesterday. Much will depend on
these mines in relieving the situation
here.
Brings Relief Sooner.
The severity of the fuel situation in
Illinois was brought home by the gov
eminent fuel administrations orders
closing factories for five days begin
ming tomorrow and practically sus-
pending all business on Monday OF
each week until March %. 1t was fig
ured here, however, that with such
regulations the probability Of earlier
relief in the famine is more certain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
IS FOUND; KILLS SELF.

New York, Jan. 17.-Scarcely an
hour after relatives of William H.
Baker. former vice president of the
Postal Telegraph company and former
secretary of the Western Union Tele-
graph company. had asked the police
to search for him today. he was found
In room In the Ansonia hotel. The
police reported he had shot himself
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
Protest Sent by Rock Island
Claims Order Discriminates


Rock Island, IT., Jan. II, 1918.
II. A. Garfield Washington, D. c.
commercially Rock Island, Moline and Davenport
city without physical lines of demarkation The
enforcement of Monday holiday proclamation is rank
discrimination against Rock Island and Moline, giving
Davenport lowe commercial and industrial advantages
and jeopardizing employed labor and merchandising in
Rock Island and Moline. We advise that Scott county
either be included Rock Island county excluded from
enforcement of proclamation.
"CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
F. w. Bender, Secretary.
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY FUEL BOARD,
III. A. Clevenstine, Chairman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
ALL SALOONS IN
ROCK ISLAND TO
CLOSE. MONDAYS
Order United States Fuel Administra.
tor Places Ban On Buildings
Selling Liquor.
PLACES MUST BE LOCKED UP
Barkeepers VIII Not Be Allowed to
Dispense Drinks, Even in Cold
Thirst ParlOrs,

"On each Monday, beginning
Jan. q, 1918, and continuing up
to and including Monday, March
Is, 1918, no fuel shall be burned
for the purpose of heating rooms
or buildings in which liquor is
sold, on those days."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
HOW FUEL ORDER HITS
rnTYNTY


Suspends operation Of all In.
dustrial plants in Rock Island,
Moline and East Moline from mid.
night tonight until midnight
Tuesday Of next week.
Suspends Industrial plants on
Monday Of each week for 10
weeks.
Places $1,000 men Of the county
out of employment for these five
days and on Mondays Of each
week until March Is.
Three Thousand men In Rock Ii.
land factories will be unemployed
on days ruling affect.
Two thousand five hundred
more living in Rock Island and
employed in Moline and East Mo.
line will be idle.
On Mondays Of each week, made
the same as legal holiday, about
nine Thousand Rock Island PEG.
pie will be idle.
Fifteen thousand men employed Il
Industrial plants in Rock Island coun
y will be idle for period of fiv
lays beginning tonight at midnigh
Ind on Monday Of each week unit
March Is, as q result Of the order 3
Fuel Administrator Garfield for tn
Of coal.
At the annual banquet Of the Tri
City Manufacturer association hel
1t the Outing club in Davenport Tues
lay night, it was estimated that Their
ire $4,000 men employed in the fac
.ories in Rock Island, Moline and Eas
Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17

All the news all the time-yre
ArguA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17
NO GREAT SUPPLY
Of COAL SECURED
FOR ROCK ISLAND
Only a Small Amount Of Fuel Arrives
in City Today, Making Situation
More Grave.
ARE LOOKING TO NEARBY MINES
Fields in This and Mercer Counties
Are Expected To Help Much To
Assist Community.

FACTS on COAL FAMINE.
Only small amount of coal ar.
riyes in city.
Fuel clearing house headquar.
ters' established at Rock Island
club.
COnsignments amounting to 300
tons arriving yesterday are prac-
ticaliy consumed.
Amount allotted to each patron
reduced from one ton to a half
ton.
Nearby coal mines are looked to
for relief.
Severity Of famine brought
home through orders for suspen.
sion on Industrial and business &C.
tiyity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-17

All the news all the time-The
Argus. w.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-28
RATTLE THREE TIMES
FOR POSSESSlON OI rows
1y Nsanrinird irfss

..H 'fN''N -
WITH TUE AMERICAS ARMY
lN THE AIsNE MARINE FRONT.
july 90 Evcnimgl No great dril-
lery activity characterized fsh'luc
TODAY Yesterday. the Americans
fought three times for the pUs,s-.iu
lf Epieds. The Germans couuf,uug
every time The Americans passed
Epieds TODAY With comparatively li'.
%, resistance The French Yn their
part of the .n ealso found the enemy
willing to move.
liot rear guard actions arc con
uuuiur tIr losses Imons The Ger.
mans b,y. uoen tighter than usual
uu account of their failure Co e.isf
.frpuuousIr The advance OF the allies
North of Chateau Thierry. the allied
forces used mounted patrols 40 $50
places Boz maintaining contact with
their 1rmIo n the rear
Do is known nov thai General Nou
io'hm che German commander 600
. fhs front has Managed tn move a
large part CD. hts guns and store,
owing tu fhe fact that The dl' vas
I.ri.bf au1 hero vas little wind ssiB.
inrs PLAYED au important role boz The
flbtuE
American aviators in combat
NORTH of - Marine on "wednesday
ioHued five German machine The
american. Uttered no losses Their
nrst nght W. with a German squad
ron of planes. the battle lasting
nearly 100 hours Four German
were doVusi Later the Americans
.Iof down mother euem, plane.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-28
AME R|CANS REPORT
SIEVE RE FIGHTING
GERMANS REPORTED CONCEN-
TRATING SOi rH on SOUS.
Sons.

~ Associated Press
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
ON THE A1SNE-MARNE FRONT
July - Extremely hard suns
has been going ON along the line
south OF scissors. whore the Ger
mans are concentrating in tull
strength In order To prevent the fur
Their imperilinI OF their lines over
which supplies must reach them
iut The allies have made gains
The main railroad nov Is useless
lu far as the Germans are concerned,
while the heavy guns OF the allies
are reaching many Of the WAGON
roads which the enemy has fought
to hard 90 retain
The Germans can obtain limited
supplies. bat % Is believed, that ibos,
viii not boz sufficient 90 warrant
keeping the big army In the salieu'
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-28
TRENCH NSO DECLARE
INGAGINENTS ARt FIEKt :

q. i.fa Z 80
uN THE FRENCH FRONT IL
FRANCE lHr g4-The fighting Co.
iss vas extremely severe south.e est
o' 'he Our. where the Americans
Goo Eniei hich they lost vesier-
tlv and al ICED. together With the
French a. east three kilomefers.
hre1feuir Fsre-eu- Tard"uoIs. which
under con .fant hombardment
Around l.1ut Armeniiercs tho
Germans hHI ms-scd hundrcds az
machine suns which caused some
trouble hlt Guild not sfay tn adj
vance of fha allied troops The
inruei o. aasd vas reached. BREEZY
Cen and fhe franco American on-
tanned a FOOTING In the Lefere wood
sonihwesi q Rheims. the British
and French lave been fiehiing the
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-28
GENMNAR SCHOOL BIRNID
Al Na.AIIS. NI,IIpNA

NUGLAEs VIA luly = IN.
believed to have been ~ iucinda-t
lr.rin destroyed the grammar school
here tonight The loss va esfI.
mated at f1f 0on The building
vas damaged by fire two months
sEo and repairs gsting ti0.00o had
Just been completed
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-28

Germans necessarily for Give days
'The Germans are irving 10 protect
the pivot on which their armies are
rotrcating northward But they have
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-28
RAMEY ARRESTED;
THEFT IS CHARGE
BY HIS DAUGHTER

her h. vas going 20 get $1,000 u
that money and that they could 20
on 90 wichita Pals and got mar
ried She said thar she told both
her husband and Boone u This and
me tvo planned ~ meet them on
the road and rot them
She declared that Bean and Boone
then left the CITY about 80 o'clock
on Tuesday afternoon She and
Ramoy in another car later over
took Bean and Boone ahO had
stopped and were pretending 10 iN
their car Ramey she said offered
~ Get out and help them and when
no did get out. ne was oyerpowerod.
tied and gagged and s. 500 IN
money was taken away from him
while he vas left alone the roadside
She SAYS that Boone gave Bean
$500 and said that no would bring
Tho rest 10 Amarillo and hide D. and
he then left then
The above g. substantially Tho
statement made in The presence ~
Witnesses by thp woman Another
H~nod statement 10 is understood
was given 10 District Attorney Ernest
Miller
Officers say that This is not the
first time that Boone has been in
trouble he u said to have been
convicted ~ embeyyl.nr 800 from
the postoffice o. So Francis Tex
about y year ago 20 have been tried
and convicted ami 10 have paid his
fine and secured hIs release
Hoonc Arrested Later.
he was arrested here AZ d O'Clock
Wednesday morning but turned over
70 sheriff Dozier and sent 10 Clarcn
don. where he will boz confined apart
from the other prisoners. pending m.
action NJ the grand fury in the cases
IN appearance Mrs Bean is a
modest retiring woman and seems
10 boz of more than ayerare intelli
gence She Is brunette small aud
considered pretty
Ramey was arrested ~ is said on
complaint ~ his daughter who came
10 the shoriff's office stating that tho
moncr had been siakon fo1m her
room hg her father ~ their home
while she was In another room dress
ing to go downtown She said that
she saw him. told him thar she want
ed the money back. hut that ho kept
tho money and came 10 town
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-28

not stopped the allies IN the last
two day. hundred of prisoners from
enemy shock divisions have been
taken. while several German points
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-28

wrs Sam l. s.ay vino underwent
serious surgcal operr h.'
FRIDAY ~ ths MAYO urUs efufuHuu
H Rochester MINI is slowly CON
KnIr1ciuF
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-28

established IN the small woods have
auccumbcd 10 allied attacks.
EdisGn Mazda Isamvs.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-28
LIE IS GIVEN To
COMMAND
As TO SET PLAN
ORDER GIVEN TO TROOPS OF
GENERAL NON BOEHM
so RED.
EXPECTED TO ADVANCE
Dcplorrd Eating of Food without
Authurity ifter IL Had Been
Captured by Army
Ia Held.

Nr Associated ifeaa
WITH TIE BRITISH ARMY ~
FRANCE. Tuesday. July % The
claim of the German higher command
llf tho retirement on the Mafno is
ptrf of 90 200 program is given the lie
y au order az Gen Won BOchm, com
uluIrr of the seventh army
Tho seventh army has borne the
uH weight 90 the Foch counter Of
.en.sr ~ the west and rs divisions
round SCISSORS suffered heavily al
,H. hands of the Americans. while
fupse east 0f Chateau Thiorry were
.UrHu back across tho Marue by the
pressure 90 the French
For fh.s reason the order ~ Gen
tm H0ehm written month prior
tr 'hr beginning ~ the battle. is ct
unusual ignificsuce Ho deploros
,hr hrk nf discipline which resulted
boo mo- p.I'agInr OF stores 10 the back
lrUr during the advance in May,
whom au edible booty found In The
wake 90 fha retiring French speedily
Uabed. instead of being distribut-
aI among iho hungry troops Ia due
lr0puri pns
The order continues
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-16
KEEP 8 CHILDREN
IN SCHOOL, SAYS COURT

Frank Ascher, colored, living at
1920 +. Howard ST. was warned by
Judge Gilmer in city court Saturday
morning that he must send his eight
children TO school every school day
or go 10 jail. Ascher was arrested
on the complaint of Truant Officer
D. NJ. Calvert.
Ascher told the court that he kept
. few of his children out Of school
because they did not have clothes
warm enough 10 warrant them being
sent out in the cold. Truant officer
Calvert testified that shoes had been
provided for four of the children,
but still they were kept out OF
school by the father. Ascher COM
planned that it was a hard task 10
furnish money enough TO properly
clothe eight children. The judge
gave Ascher a So and costs sus-
pended fine and told him that unless
ne sent all Of his children to school
all Of the time he would have TO go
to Jail.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-16
The Housewives Economy Calendar
by Frances MARSHALL :

names may be as interested to prove
that their ancestors of this day
fought in the great war of 1918 as
we are TO prove that our ancestors
were revolutionary patriots. Need
less 10 say, a very foolish reason for
us TO buy anything for our homes
would be the consideration of these
our descendants or 10 be influenced
in our selection of table silver or
family portraits by what we think
their taste in those things might be
Still. il would be profitable for us
10 inquire whether in all the mass
of furniture, bric-a-brac. pictures
and tableware that we accumulate
from year to year we are getting
one thing that would really be
worth boarding as an heirloom
one thing that even our children
could look back upon and point 10
with conviction that we were per-
sons Of taste and discrimination
Is there one picture in your house
that YOU have spent time enough in
selecting or having made really to
be proud of Is there one bit of
bric-a-b rac expressive of your real
individuality or one chair that you
would like TO have your descendants
Judge you by?
Copyright, 1879
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-16
announcements

John Singer Sargent - Master
Portrait Painter will be the sub
ject of a paper read by Mrs. Il. ID.
Coon at a meeting of the depart
ment of art and music of the South
Bend Woman's club Monday after
noon at 3 o'clock in the club rooms.
Mrs Coon will also give an inter-
probation OF Sargent's frieze, The
Prophets" AS a comparative study,
the members of the music section
viii Nudy Charles Wakefield Cad
man. A paper will be presented
10y Mrs. r. NJ. Hutchinson. Vocal
selections by Cadman viii be given
by Mrs r. g. Sackett and Miss Dor
othea Keegan will render piano
numbers by Cadman Election of
officers for both sections Will take
place at this meeting.
Mrs Emma Ireland. SIS y. Scott
ST.. viii entertain the members OF
the Philathea class of Westminster
Presbyterian church Monday even
ing Miss Janet Mckinley will be
assistant hostess
4 paper on the History of the
Americanization of Indiana" will he
presented by Mrs Ryell T. Miller
before members of the Woman's
civic league Monday afternoon at
2.30 o'clock at the Chamber of
Commerce. a round table discus
sion will also be held on the subject
of the Foreigner in South Bend"
which viii be treated by Mrs.
Thomas Walling. Mrs Thomas Prid-
more and Mrs. Frank Tritt Fol
lowing the program officers will be
nominated. Those who have been
chosen TO serve upon the election
board include Mrs r. p. Nicely. in
speCtCr. Mrs A. p. Perley, poll book
holder: Mrs MaUde Stonecipher
and Mrs. l.. r. HoUar. clerks; Mrs.
q. II. Winkler and Mrs. Thomas
Pridmore judges.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-16
ALEX KOVACH.

Alex Koyach died at his home
1917 Indiana av., after a long ill
ness with tuberculosis. Mr.. KO-
vach was born May %, 1892. and
had been a resident OF this city
for the past 10 years. He is sur
vived by one brother, John of South
Bend and one sister i'm Hungary.
The funeral will be held Saturday
afternoon at St Stephens church.
Rev. Horvath will have charge OF
the services Burial viii be in Ce-
dar Grove cemetery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-16
P0ET-LECTURER WILL
ADDRESS W0MAN'S CLUB

Edmund Vance Cook. the well
known poet-lecturer, will make his
appearance here before members
Of the South Bend Woman's club
and guests Tuesday evening, March
>. in the Rotary room of the oliver
hotel. "Potluck With the Poet
1900 and Now will be the subject
of Mr.. Cooks lecture, which gives
promise of being one Of the finest
attractions of the season.
Dinner will be served at $50
o'clock. reservations for which may
be made through any of the mem
bers of the club. Those who desire
only TO attend the lecture may pur-
chase lecture tickets.