Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-28
LIVE ONES CHOSEN
TO GET WAR FUND
IN ONE BIG EFFORT

lneS0 are tu0 uSu WuU next MOL
day morning will start out to raise q
minimum of at least $250,0o0 for a
community war chest in Moline, South
Moline and Hampton townships, the
sum to be secured In one week and to
be broad enough in its scope to in
clude all subscriptions for patriotic
work during the year, with the excep-
ton of additional Liberty bond issues,
which are regarded as an investment
rather than aNQnation to Uncle Sam:
Committee No. Ill. E. Mutt, H. w.
Cooper Saddlery company, chairman;
&c. r. Gardner, Velie Motors corpora
ton; o. E. Childs, Velie Carriage COM
pany; Mauritz Johnson, Moline Fur
niture works; C. o. Mason, Velie Mo-
tors corporation.
Committee No. 18-E. j. Johnson,
John Deere Pillow company, chairman;
George Borg, Borg, & Beck company;
N. A. Peterson, Deere & Mansur COM
pany; George Leach, John Deere Plow
company; o. F. Lundahl. Deere &
Mansur company.
Committee No. &c. r. Rosbor-
ough, williams, White & Co., chair
man; w. A. Hood, Oliver Chilled Pillow
works; C. ]. F. Ekstrom, Sechler Car
riage & Implement company; ]. A.
Condo, Mutual Wheel company; A. E.
Sandberg, Williams, White & Co.
Committee No. 20-Frank Silloway,
Deere & Co., chairman; E. E. Parson-
ace, John Deere Wagon company;
Frank Stofft, H. NJ Railsback, ". G..
Dufiield, F. H. Cooper and Max Sklov-
sky all of Deere & Co.
Committee No 21-E D. Hilton, Mo-
line Plow company, chairman; T. ].
Marshall, Moline Plow company; A. K.
McCurdy, Moline Heating & Construc-
ton company; r. K. Baker, Moline
Plow company; W. L. Eastman, Mo-
line Pillow company: E. L. C. Clark,
Moline Tractor company.
Committee No. pa. G. Abraham,
A. G. Abraham company, chairman;
H. P. Wilson, Barnard G. Leas; X. l.
Willis. Willis & Co.; P. L. Davis, Mo-
line Heat; G. P. Freeland, Desaulniers
& Co.
Committee No. 23-E. H. Wilson,
Wright Carriage Body company, chair
man; W. P. Hunt, Moline Tool COM
pany; A. G. Johnson, Velie Motors cor
poration; A. c. Vinton, Wright Car
riage Body company; c. W. Gleason,
Moline Tool company
Committee No. 24-7W. e. Mack, East
Moline, chairman; L. A. Paradise,
Harvester plant; B. J. Rough, Mar
settles plant; Paul Andree, Moline
7 Auto.
Two committees have been appoint
ed to canvass East Moline. The town
will be divided with one committee
working west of Ninth street and the
other handling operations east of
Ninth street. Personnel Of these com
mittees is appended -
Ninth street west-C. E. Mitchell,
chairman; Frank Vermuellen. H. r.
Cox, E. H. Heider, A. B. Johnson,
Henry Siebke, r. E. Anderson, Or.
A. E. Baker, R. E Rowe, A. E. Rock
we'll.
Ninth street east-Rene VanSpey-
brock, chairman; Louis Haemer, For
rest Allsbrow, Oscar Anderson, AL
phonse De Scheppers, John Greogair-
| iopolus, ELY Darris. Gust Kandis,
Adolf VanDerbecke, Ernest VanSpey-
brock.
Arrangements have been made t6
serve noon lunches for the campaign
Workers each day during the drive at
the Moline club, commencing next
Monday.
At conference Of the eight Office
committees held last evening r. B.
Lourie, campaign chairman, outlined
plans along which the drive is to be
conducted, and explained what would
be expected Of the workers.
At the MONDAY luncheons to be held
during the campaign, reports of the
different committees will be heard
and the figures will be posted on a
/ blackboard to be hung in the dining
room. Each committe will have Ia
BILE, as will the directing heads. As
the chairman of each committee makes
his report the figures will be tabulat-
ed and it will be possible to announce
the total day by day.
A meeting Of Boy Scouts has been
called for tomorrow evening ct the Mo-
line club. The Scouts have been en-
listed in this campaign and they will
make a house to house canvass under
the direction of H. M. Craig, scout ex-
ecutiVe.
4 HARDING ASKS REELECTION.
! Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 28.-Gov-