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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
News Of the Day in Moline and East Moline
EAST MOLINE

The Tuesday Elite club meets
with Mrs. Ed Milloen Tuesday aft
ernoon.
The Kensington club of Silvis
Will go out to the cottage. of Rev.
and Mrs. M: B. Van Leer on the
Mississippi river front, near Hamp-
tom Tuesday afternoon.
The Watertown Baptist AID
meets Wednesday at the church
parlOrs.
Mrs. Paul Andree will go to Chi
cago to spend some time with her
sister.
The Plymouth circle meets
Thursday at the Congregational
church parlors.
r. NJ. Harper was home from Pc
oria, over Sunday.
Corporal Vincent L. PARROT
left last night for Camp Dodge.
He expects to go east soon. Mrs.
PARROT will remain with her par
ents.
The Ea.-Mo.-Illi. Campfire girls
gather tonight and if the weather
permits will hit the Indian trail ="
j. NJ. Mckeown has sold his
rooming house to William ferris
OF Moline. who will take possession
soon. Mr.. McKeown is building a
summer cottage on Fifth street
terrace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
EAST MOLINE OFFICE,
SOCIALISTS NAME
CANDIDATES FOR
COUNTY OFFICES

At a convention Of the Socialists
Of Rock Island county held yester-
DAY afternoon. The following were
chosen 10 run for county Offices on
the party ticket al the election to
be held in November:
sheriff-W. 0. Olson, Rock Is
land.
Probate judga-Ernest sechner,
probate clerk-E. 7. Mcfarland,
AG County judges D. Marchant,
Slvis.
Rock Island.
County superintendent OF
sehools-Mrs. L. f. HaemeT, East
Moline
County Treasurer-C. A. Gustaf-
son, Moline.
Owen knosiCek presided a. the
meeting which was held at party
headquarters, 1924 Third avenue,
Moline. Edgar Owens ofaRock Is
land is secretary Of the county
organization. Both were named as
& committee TO attend to the filing
Of petitions and to the filling Of
vacancies in cases any should de
cline 10 run.
The annual picnic Of the county
organization Will be heid~at Camp
bells island July 2S William B.
Lloyd. Illinois socialist candidate
for the senate. will be the speaker
Of the occasion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
Miss Marian Hobart.

Miss Marian Hobart, aged 81 a
resident of Rock Island county for
over so years, passed away at 3
O'Clock yesterday afternoon at her
home with her sister. Mrs. Anthony
Wells, on = farm near Hampton.
Miss Hobart sufferet a paralytic
stroke in April and had been failing
since then.
She was born april is, 1897, in
Boston, Mass. Coming west by way
OF the Ohio river when a baby she
settled with her parents in south
ern Illinois. Shortly thereafter the
family moved TO Rapids City and
in 1888 moved to Port Byron. Since
1854 Miss Hobart had been a men,
Der OF The Port Byron CongTega-
tional church and had been well
known throughout the upper end Of
the county for many years. Surviv-
ing is her sister.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed at the church in Port Byron at
2.30 Wednesday afternoon. Rev. H.
NJ. Walker officiating. Interment
will be made in Port Byron Gene
terry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
ONLY ONE FAVORS
MORE PUBLICITY:
BUT HE WINS OUT

Commissioner c. V. Johnson of
Moline wanted to make public the
maximum wages to be paid to fire.
men and coal passers at the city
water plant. The rest of the com
mission did not. Commissioner
Johnson won out.
Eighty dollars a month and a 10
per cen$ war bonus were provided
in the resolution amending a previ-
Gus resolution fixing Wages Of men
employed at the waterworks.
"One of the biggest criticisms of
The commission is that we don't tell
the public enough about what we
are doing" said Mr.. Johnson, I'm
in favor Of publicity"
Commissioner oldest stated that
they could not get men to work for
that schedule of pay and Commits
siOner Erickson said that with the
high wages paid by the government
on the arsenal it was hard to keep
men in any of the city departments.
Il think each commissioner
ought to have authority TO hire and
fire men in his deartment and to
pay them what he thinks they ought
to be paid" said Mayor Carlson. "If
the commissioner isn't doing
what's right we can fire him"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
AIRPLANE FALL
KILLS AVIATOR
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Jackson.
Formerly Of Moline Dies
From Injuries Saturday.

C. ". Jackson. son of Mr.. and
Mrs {. W. Jackson. formerly OF Mo
Ane and nephew of Fred d. Holt
Io52 Eleventh avenue. Moline, in
Cured injuries in falling in an air
plane at the aviation field at Mt.
clemens, Mich. which resulted in
his death Saturday afternoon. Ire
was student flyer.
According to a telegram received
ny Mr.. Holt the accident took place
IN the morning, death resulting a
few hours later. No details were
contained in the message.
Mr. Jackson was % years old.
The family resided in Moline for
many years and later moved to
Kansas City, where the son was
born Surviving besides his par
ents are an older brother, AreI, in
The navy, and two sisters Funeral
services were conducted at the
home in Kansas City this afternoon.
Mrs F. A. Burgston of Moline is
an aunt of Mr.. jackson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
AWAKES AND FINDS
TWO HOME FRIENDS
BY HIM IN FRANCE

It would seem rather strange to
wake up one fine morning in an
American camp in France and find
that in the same room with you
were two friends from home,
wouldn't it? That is just the ex-
perience Of Lieutenant Harry Bar
Der had not long ago. for he writes
his father, A. c. Barber, POPS Sixth
avenue, Moline, that he found Lieu
tenants Clifford Josephson and Ted
Toline each on a cot on either side
of him on awaking one morning
after having come into camp late
the night before.
Since suffering injuries at the
front Lieutenant Barber has been
confined to hospitals, but he says
he is getting along fine, due to the
excellent care received at the hands
of the American medical forces. He
says he now is allowed to state
that he is at Blois, France, con-
valescing Blois is on the Loire
river, west of Paris. He is eager
to be back again at the front and
he says he has been officially mott
fed that he is soon to be promoted
to first lieutenant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
CAN YOU STILL
SECURELIQUOR?
From Number of Drunks Moline
Police Think Blind Pigs are
Doing Rushing Business.

IAN investigation to unearth blind
pigs is under way in Moline. For
the past few days arrests for in
toxication have been on the increase
and 1t is suspected that the fiery
liquid is being secured within the
supposedly dry territory.
ID. j. Williams, aged SO, says that
stranger" gave him whisky. viii
liams landed in the police station.
He was picked up yesterday after
noon. 1T was about o'clock in
the morning" stated Williams, "and
we were in restaurant A man
came along and said he had some
booze. Then he went and got it
out in the country" Authorities
laughed at the story and fined him
50 and costs. He did not have the
money so he will be in custody for
the next six days during the time
the investigation is being pushed
drunkenness have increased in the
Even though the arrests for
last few days the Moline police re-
port for June shows that with Rock
Island and East Moline dry there
have been fewer arrests recently
for drunkenness than at any time
during the past two, years. Only
IS were found drunk last month.
Forty eight were arrested during
the same month a year ago.
In calling attention to this rec
ord Mayor Carlson said, THAT
shows what happens when the en-
tire community is dry. Heretofore
we have had to fight booze of East
Moline and Rock Island"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
SKIPS TOWN WITH
ALDERMAN'S CASH

Alderman Joseph o. Giesler of
East Moline is $50 poorer today as
result of a rather impolite trick
perpetrated by a roomer at the
Riverside hotel, of which he is pro-
pTietor. Charles Collins is the
mans name and last night he dis
appeared with half a hundred dol
lars which he secured from the
cash drawer in the office of the
hostelry. Collins had been regis
tered at the hotel for several weeks.
Police are on the alert and hope to
land the thief. 1t is probable that
he fed to another city.
B. Mintzer of East Moline was
fined $40 and costs this morning
before Magistrate Niles for allow
ing his horse to run at large in the
city limits. Harold Skinner dis
turbed the peace at a river camp
last night and on complaint of
neighbors he was taken by the East
Moline police. He isenow out on
bail bonds and his hearing is
scheduled for tomorrow. Earl
BObb was picked up along
with Skinner on a charge of vag-
rancy. He has been under the sur
veil'ance Of the police chief for
some time and has been warned TO
secure work or suffer the conse-
qUences. He was lodged in the po-
lice station and his hearing was
scheduled for this afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
MORE AGREE TO
CLOSE Up SHOP
Moline Clothing and Shoe Mer-
chants to Adjourn Business
Wednesday Afternoons.

Clothing and shoe merchants will
no longer keep their stores open
on Wednesday afternoons during
the summer months, according to
an announcement made this morn
ing by William Carstens, executive
secretary OF the Retail Merchants
association. The order goes into
effect this week and will continue
in force until September. Clothing
establishments will remain open on
all holidays until o'clock in the
evening.
Grocers and butchers who are
members of the Retail Merchants
association have already agreed 10
close on Wednesday afternoons.
Mr.. Carstens stated this morning
that he was sure the general pub
lie would approve of the action OF
the merchants and will in the fu-
ture to their shopping either on
Wednesday morning or on Thurs
day.,
The following clothing and shoe
merchants have agreed to close
their places offs business: Wander
Vennet Clothing company, w. j..
Tally, Coleman & Schultz, Holm
gren & Lage, DeWolf & Bloomgren,
H. T. Miss, Charles Ydeen, y. IS.
Smith, Mayer & Johnson, G. S. Fitz-
gfbbon, Akin-Schwenker company,
Ranks Shoe stores, Wynes Bros,
The Square Deal Shoe company. H.
Widdel, Carl Selin, .Walk-Over Boot
shop.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
FRANCE IS RINGING WITH THE WORK
OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, SAYS
WOMAN WRITING TO OFFICIALS HERE

New York.-France is ringing
with the work of the American Red
Cross, writes Mrs. Belmont Tiffany
Of New York, to Red Cross officials
in America. Il only wish America
could realize the extent of work
as well as France does" she added.
Mrs Tiffany has been engaged in
organizing rest stations for Amer
lean troops at railway stations in
France
Never have I been happier,
never have l liked work nor felt
that ! was so useful" she wrote
in a recent letter. Ever since !
came abroad / have had before my
eyes a vision Of fathers, mothers
and sisters Of the soldiers in aud
fences from Maine TO Texas. They
will hear and know about our great,
beautiful hospitals, with the best
surgeons, doctors and nurses, work
ing under the best possible condi-
lions with the best possible mater
ial
"All these things are expected of
their Red Cross and taken for
granted, but I wish them to know
too, that when their boys are well
they have a refuge and a home as
they pass along. l want them to
think OF them as writing and sing
ing in the gay, bright room while
waiting for their train and eating
their good, warm meals or being
sent off with sandwiches by Amer
lean girls.
when an American mule train
came in at one station, the men said
they wanted nothing. which seemed
very unusual. From one of the
we learned that there had
been no pay day lately When the
men were told it was 'on the Red
Cross every pitcher and basket was
over and over again. So
on applications to Paris it was de-
cided that unlimited coffee, Amer
can coffee. with fresh milk, cocoa
milk and bread and butter or jam
should be served free
10 the travelling men. After that
the mule trains and the troops went
out cheering Justify and in very
much gayer mood.
1.-THE first night We opened at d.
we had $50 men at l p. m. They
ate us OUT of house and home
though 1t seemed a strange hour
10 eat. They carried off every mag
azine and paper we had; they
drank coffee and cocoa and milk;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
GAS HOUSE rs NOT
LIKED BY ROCKIES

Roy W. Larson, Harry Hunter
and Jude EffIandt of Moline are
all at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg,
Miss, writes the first named to
friends back home He says that
he is in a machine gun company
and Hunter shares, the same tent
with him Efflandt is in another
machine gun company few streets
away.
Larson writes, that the days
schedule beginsfat O'Clock and
they are worked steadily until noon.
From until they are on thu
range The 10-minute session in
the gas house is the most disagree
able part of the day, he writes, and
another job they do not long for is
lying beside a machine gun. that is
pumping bullets at a rapid rate.
Just like regular city here"
writes Larson, only there are lots
more policemen and fremen.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08

they ate bread, butter and jam and
cakes and chocolate; their officers
were fed, too, and finally the major
came and shook my hand over and
over again and said they were all
happier and less homesick than any
time since they'd left America and
when the train pulled out the whole
unit went out to see them off. They
nearly fell out of their carriages
to shake hands once more and they
went off cheering the Red Cross,
the president and the L. S. A.
Bless them! Such babies and such
dears.
AT No 8 we had lot of marines
for our house warming; they were
there 300 of them for two hours.
After supper they insisted on help
ing us wash up and clean generally
and of course we felt as If they
were old friends and nearly wept
when they left. Besides all this
travelling, shifting clientele there
are also the regular customers.
all the military police. the signal
corps men, engineers and traffic
regulators.
good and kind they are to US, The
moment they find out that have a
boy of my own here they talk their
old heads off TO me and it is my best
bet that in half an hour or less
they will all be sure to show me
their best girls picture back
home" and their mothers too.
Mothers, l may say, become very.
very valuable people out here.
Major Patten asked me TO go
home for a few weeks just tell
the people of what is being done
here. l could not go because the
state department says mother"
may not come over any more, but
if l had gone there was just one
thing l would have said:
THE work is bigger and better
and finer than even / with all my
dreams ever dreamed of / never /
knew there were so many altruistic /
selfless men and women In the /
world, not one penny Is being |
wasted, from the fact that even the /
majors themselves have no motors !
and usa-no gas for them if they /
have them down to the message |
placarded everywhere. do not /
waste a single scrap of paper, It is
too valuable in France" the whole /
policy is the strictest economy with .
ourselves and the greatest generos- /
ity to our armies and dependents" /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
MAKE RECORD TIME
GOING OVER THERE

Four more Moline men have ar
rived overseas, according to word
received by relatives or friends
Some of them have made exceed
ingly good time on the journey to
France, a number having left Mo-
line as late as April % for nation
al army cantonments. Following
are the names of the men:
John Celus, went to Camp Dodge
in April and later to Camp Ira
Wis, with regiment of engineers,
according to word received by his
brother, August Celus, 2015 Sew
enth avenue, Moline.
T. B. Shoquist, went to Camp
Dodge April 20. Formerly worked
at Moline-Cniversal tractor plant
Oscar Herngren, went to Camp
Dodge April 30. Word received by
his two sisters, Mrs. o. T. Rodg-
ers and Mrs. Arthur Liljegren. He
is with the infantry.
William Stolp, went to Camp
Dodge last September and later
sent to Camp Pike. He was en-
ployed at the Western Pattern
works. His mother at POS Third
avenue received word.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
Elhert c. Fitzpatrick.

An unfavorable report has been
handed the interior department by
the i've scientists chosen by the
Government 20 review a test Of the
mysterious ''Garabed." motor. It's
Inventor. Garabed T' K. Giragos-
stan claimed that the motor would
run with no fuel except energy de-
rived from the air. Now comes for
ward Gilbert c. Kirkpatrick Of San
Francisco who says that his "en-
ergy generator" is the same motor
which Giragossian submitted and
that mis- invention autedated Gira-
gossiau's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
TO EXTEND CAR
Line IN SPRING?
Expect State Body to Rule That
Moline Project Must Follow
United States Improvements.

1t is expected that the public
utilities commission in their rul-
ing on the Fourth avenue car limo
extension on Twenty-seyentn
street. Moline. will state that un-
til important improvements re-
quested by the government are
completed the extension project
will have to wait. Those improve
ments will probably be finished
this winter or early in the spring
and after that It may be found that
the extension that has long been
desired by residents Of the High
land addition may be undertaken.
These expectations are based on
testimony taken last Friday after
noon at the hearing held here be
tween city officials and officials OF
the Tri-city Railway company, AMI
on a conference held Saturday with
Col. L. T. Hillman, commandant at
the arsenal. At that time Colonel
Hillman stated that improvements
on the arsenal are of prime i'm
portance and that he could not
think of having the Twenty-sev-
9nth street extension interrupt tha
arsenal projects.
Although the commandment real
ICES that the Fourth avenue line
extension would benefit many ar
senal employees he does not believe
1t is of so much importance as the
larger improvements on the island
which will benefit all the en-
ployes.
New curve work will be begun
at Thirty-eighth street. Rock Is
land, 1t is also announced. and
Mayor Carlson states that he is
most pleased with this improves
ment which will enable the rail
way company to transport cars d..
rectly from the island to any line
in Moline.
The city of Moline asked the
public utilities commission to or
der the Tri-city Railway company
to extend the Fourth avenue line
from Fifteenth to Twenty-third
avenue on Twenty street,
claiming that it would benefit a
large number of people in the
Highland addition, many of whom
were arsenal workers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
BOYS ARE HONORED.

Albert c. Barber. Jr., POPS Sixth
avenue. Raymond Heider, 1902 Fiji
tenth street. Lowell Johnson, 1141
Fifteenth street. Merle Mutt. POLL
Sixth avenue, and Harold Taylor,
another Moline boy. have all been
given grade A al the June camp
and made instructors at the re
serve officers training camp.
which is to be held at Fort Sheri-
dan, July IS to September 16. Each
Of the five is but IS years old
and they are among the 20 per
cent at the camp just closed who
nave been awarded grade a.
Training at the Western Military
academy at Alton qualified the
ADS for entrance az the June camp
and after another year at school
and another course at Sheridan
Lney hope 10 win commissions I'M
less the government desires other
wise in the meantime.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
CITY TODAY STOPS
GARBAGE BUSINESS

Moline garbage is now being
taken care OF by the Tri-city Dis
posal company Today the COM
pany made its first collection. The
garbage will be fed to hogs. Tin
cans, ashes, rubbish and other re-
fuse will also be collected and dis
posed Of in another way The city
by contract pays $12,5OO annually
fOEthe work.
Commissioner StOuffer will con-
tinue TO act as supervisor of the
work and all complaints will be re-
ceiyed by him. Two trips each
week viii be made in the residen-
tial districts and daily trips in the
business section.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
IS STNGMASTER ON
A U. S. BATTLESHIP

Edwin d. Johnson, formerly Of
Rock Island and more recently re-
siding at 1918 Twenty-ninth-a
a-half street, Moline. now holds
the position of singmaster on the
battleship Arizona. He has been
at his new duties for about two
weeks and has musical direction
over the entire crew. 1t is sup
posed that he has been given an
officers rank, possibly that of en-
sign.
In the tri-cities Johnson is we'll
known for the excellent quality Of
his voice and not long ago he pre-
scented a program at Augustana
college, together with Robert Nc
Donald, another boy from this vi
cinity who enlisted in the navy.
Victor Johnson, brother of Edwin,
is stationed at the Great Lakes
training station.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
ERECT HOUSES TO
SHELTER WORKERS

4 new apartment building con
slsting Of eight flats and five
houses Of five or six rooms each
will be constructed by Deere &
Co.. on Twenty-ninth street be
tween Eleventh avenue a and
Eleventh avenue B. Moline. The
contract has been awarded 10 c.
C. North. II is expected that the
buildings will be ready for use in
two months. Houses Will be for
sale TO the company employees and
the apartments for rent. The hous-
ing movement is necessary. It is
stated. in order 10 provide men for
the factory. The apartment build
ing will be constructed Of tile and
stucCO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
Police News

David Morgan, 1921 Thirteenth
avenue, Moline, has notified the
police that his bicycle was stolen
from in front of a downtown
movie theater Saturday evening.
Harold Laurick, 2217 Eleventh
avenue A, Moline, reports to the
police that two rings. knife and
a small sum of money we're stolen
while he was taking a dip in the
Mississippi at Forty-eighth street,
Saturday evening.
Carl Anderson, the man who en-
gagged in a fight with Special Po-
liceman Hamilton before submit
ting to arrest, was fined SO and
costs by Magistrate Gustafson Sat
urday afternoon. Booze is said to
have been responsible for Ander
sons conduct
Leroy Purdue, 10 years old. was
arrested Saturday afternoon on a
charge of peddling bills without a
permit. The bills advertised an ex-
cursion to Campbells island. Pur-
due said he understood there would
be no objection to the peddling.
Magistrate Gustafson continued the
case for a week
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
DONATE TO RED CROSS.

After purchasing a beautiful new
flag, employees of the Root & Van
derVoort-Wagner Ordnance COM
pany in East Moline found that
$26.S0 remained in the flag fund, so
they periodically decided to turn
the amount over to the Red Cross.
Royal NJ. Miller, in charge of the
fund, has made the transaction and
the Moline Red Cross is made the
recipient. The ladies are very
pleased to get the donation and
highly appreciate the action of the
employees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
BELGIAN AVIATOR
BAGS SIXTH PLANE

Belgian Army Headquarters,
June %, Correspondence of the
Associated Press Olieslag-
ers, who was the leading Belgian
aviator seven and eight years ago,
and who established various rec
ords in those days of the develop
ment Of the airplane, has just been
credited with downing his sixth
German airpIane. Since the war,
OIieslagers has been the leadSr of
the Belgian air fighters. Before
taking up aviation he was rae
ing motorcyclist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08
POLEHIT BY BOLT;
MOVIES CLOSED UP

Lightning about 4 o'clock yester-
day afternoon struck a telephone
pole at Fifth street and Sixteenth
avenue. East Moline, and put lights
out of commission in the vicinity
for over half an hour Picture
shows suffered the most. having
to suspend operations during that
time. The pole was badly split.
but no other damage in the vicinity
is reported.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-08

To separate honey from the
comb put the cake Of honey, frame
and all, in a bowl in the oven, just
warm enough to melt the honey
and wax. Remove the frame and
let the money stand until gold.
Then the wax may be easily
skinned off the top.