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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
DERAILED Street
CARS CHECK WORK
East Moline Service Is Hit Hard By
Storm and WOrkmen Reach
Factories Late.

East Moline industrial and CONNER
cial activity was seriously hit by this
mornings blizzard and residents of
Moline and Rock Island who are en-
ployed in East Moline reached their
work several hours late. Service on
the East Moline street car line was
crippled.
During the night the owl car was
off the track three times and snow
sweeper attempting to keep the tracks
clear was put out of commission when
the controller burned out. Shortly
after this morning the owl car, on its
last trip, went off the rails at the
turn at First street, East Moline. The
accident left four ears west of that
point tied up, and two on the eastern
section. Workmen stood on Moline
streets for hours, and the first car
went through at s. There were nc
more for considerably more than an
hour. The sweeper later in the day
went out of commission on the Silvis
branch and it was necessary to send
out an extra car to pull in the plow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
East Moline Society

Mrs. W. d. Chapman of Silvis has
returned home after several weeks
absence from the city.
Sunshine Workers were to have met
with Ruth Osborne last evening, but
on account of the storm the meeting
will be held next Friday.
We never stop for the weather is
the slogan of East Moline women, es-
pecially those who work for the Red
Cross. A good sized group of gauze
workers gathered in the new rooms
yesterday in spite of the storm and
worked busily all the afternoon.
These enthusiastic women accom-
plished great deal of work and the
Red Cross leaders were well pleased
with the way these brave workers
turned out. 1t was impossible to keep
the rooms open last evening owing to
the storm, but they will be open as
usual next Tuesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
CHURCHES SAVE COAL.

In order to assist in conserving the
supply of coal Moline churches will
hold no services after noon Sunday,
The morning service and Sabbath
schools. will be held as usual. The
young peoples meetings and the even
Ing services will be abandoned.
Coal is being distributed In small
quantities and all forces are at work
to make the supply the dealers have
cilities are improved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
Mrs. AlOnzO Sterrett.

Mrs. Alonzo Sterrett. rs years old,
died at her home, 1922 Third ave-
nue., Moline, last evening at IL O'Clock.
Her maiden name was Amelia Cordelia
Hollen and she was born Nov. 10. 1S41,
in Pennsylvania. She was a devoted
member of the Methodist church and
also a member of the Moline chapter,
No. 25S, Order of Eastern Star. She
leaves four children to mourn her
death. Arthur F. Sterrett, Minnesota;
Mayme B. Sterrett and James c. Ster-
rett of Moline, and Herman Sterrett,
Boise, Idaho, and also one brother,
Herman Hollen Woodstrow, and one
sister, Anna X. Boal, both of Wood
straw, Kan.
Funeral services will be held Sun
day afternoon at 2:30, at Grinnell,
Iowa, and interment will be in the
Hazelwood cemetery at that place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
WILL ORGANIZE FOR
WAR RELIEF DUTIES

Steps preliminary to formation OF a
finance committee, to which will be
delegated the task of raising money
for all war relief work in Rock Is
land county, were taken yesterday af-
ternoon at meeting Of the organiba-
ton committee called together by the
Rock Island county executive COM
mittee of the State Council of Defense,
held at the Manufacturers hotel, Mo-
line. H. H. Cleaveland of Rock Is
land, chairman of the county eXecu-
tive committee, presided.
1t was decided that the county exc
cutive committee shall consist of
81 members, the township to be the
unit, and the representation to be the
same as that for the county board of
supervisors. Under this plan there
will be 10 members from Moline town.
ship and 10 from Rock Island town
ship Hamptown township will have
two representative and each of the
others one.
G. A. Ste/lens, R. B. Lourie and
Andrew Olson were named a commit
tee of three to recommend the county
finance committee members for Mo-
line and all townships in the upper
end of the county A committee of
three is to be appointed by Chairman
Cleaveland to recommend the mem
bers from Rock Island and the town
ships of the lower end of the county
This committee will meet, probably
within week, on call of Mr.. Cleave-
land, at which time organization will
be effected The committee will name
its own executive committee of three
members to have general direction OF
the work in the entire county. TIC
the representatives in the various
township units will be delegated the
work of seeing that the people of their
own townships do their part in financ-
ing the war
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12

Obituary
Mrs, Sarah kiSOr.

After five weeks illness with heart
trouble, Mrs. Sarah Kisor. IS years OF
age, died yesterday at her home. 23lS
Nineteenth street, Moline. She was
born in Ottawa, H.. in 1S43, her
maiden name being Miss Sarah =
Randall. She was united in marriage
to Miles Dales in 1861. who died some
years later. She was then married tc
John Kisor. For nearly half cen
fury she was member of the Seventh
Day Adventist church. Surviving are
one daughter, Mrs. Theodore Eflandt
, a sister, Miss Della Randall, and four
grandchildren, all of Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
IS M|LLEO
BY OMAHA FIRM
Federal Operatives Learn Sack Con.
tanning Ground Glass Came
From Nebraska Concern.

1t was an Omaha concern that milled
the flour in which ground glass was
discovered by Moline family recent
| ly, according to statements made to-
day by secret service agents of the
government, who are conducting a
thorough probe to ascertain if the
dangerous substance was Intentionally
used by pro-German plotters.
Operatives have also learned through
the Moline jobber that the -four prob
ably was manufactured last October
Although all of the same brand of
flour which the merchant in question
carried was carefully examined and
analysed, no more glass was found
and no further instances of like ma
ture were reported. Members of the
family who came so near eating the
glass, consider themselves very fortu-
nate. for only two pieces of bread
made from -four containing the glass
were eaten and no ill effects have re-
suited.
Following an investigation oftri-city
dealers, jobbers and manufacturers,
federal agents are convinced that the
flour which was milled and sacked in
Omaha, had not been tempered with
or opened after leaving that city and
that there is no evidence to Justify
any suspicion that German propagan-
da had anything to do with the Incl
dent.
Looks more like the work Of some
dissatisfied worker of the l. w. W.
type. who may have thought this a
good way OF making a particular
brand of flour unpopular and thus get
revenge on the manufacturer" was
the opinion which government rep
resentative expressed today.
The entire investigation has been
turned over to the western district of
the department of justice, of which
Omaha is the headquarters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
LOST CITY is FOCND.

Madrid. News has been rscs's ~
here of the discovery in Brazil y 4
site OF the Incan city known 70 .
Spanish and Portuguese expioss.S =
Ell Dorado. and hitherto regsrag
Legendary. The ruins are locs.s, ~
the Manoa region, near the bolAs
frontier, in the midst OF dense
est. An archaeological expeditios -
Guiding Brazilian. Spanish ana Nv
guese scientists. will make . ass
study of the district.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
INDICTED FOR HIS
THREAT ON WILSON

Springfield. Jan. 12-Robert Erd-
man of Bloomington. cobbler, was
indicted by the federal grand Jury here
yesterday on charge of making
threats against the life OF the presi-
dent.
Severine Oberdan. alias Sam Ober-
dean, an Italian. indicted yesterday
for bootlegging, was held to trial by
the grand jury today for thes alleged
violation of the espionage act. Ober-
dan. whose home is at Nokomis, was
said to have fomented trouble among
coal miners at N0komis In an attain nj
to embarrass the government,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
HORSESHOERS ELECT.

Master Horseshoers held their an
nual election Thursday evening in
East Moline. The following officers
were elected:
President-Linus Haberthur, Rock
Island.
Vice president. F. Haemer, East
Moline.
Secretary-W. II. Wilcox, East Mo-
line.
Treasurer-C. j. Verhale, Moline.
Trustees. for one year-Phil Weber,
Rock Island; John Radcliffe, Moline !;
Albert Moosman, Moline
Next Thursday evening the lodge
Will hold a family party in Rock Is
land.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
At THE pAJ.Acp

Jack C0well & Co.. in 1.-The Stacker" "
will headline the new bill to be Of
fered Sunday at the Palace. Moline.
Other acts are to be: Ernette Asoria
e. CO., in cancing numbers; Bob Zeno
and Eva Mandel, In a snappy sketch
called THE Bee Hive: Dewey and
Dayton.in patter and dances; Lapoy
and BENJAMIN. In clever acrobatics,
Boyle WoolfOlk's new musical tabloid.
THE Merry Co. Round comes to the
Palace for an engagement beginning
next Thursday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
NICKEL COINS CALLED IN.

Amsterdam.-AII nickel five and ten
pfennig pieces have ben called in by
the German government. 1t is an
nounced that no more viii be issued,
and all citizens are ordered to take
all nickel coins in their possession to
the nearest postoffice for exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
Funeral OF Mrs. VanDewalle.

Funeral of Mrs. Simon VanDewalle,
Moline, will be held at $3.50 Monday
morning at Danielson & Furgie chapel
and from the Sacred Heart church. Mo-
line. at 8 with Rev. J. B. Culemans
officiating
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12

Total membership Jan. 1, 1913. "a
At the reception brief talks wer
given by Rev. r. Wilbur Babcock, Rev
P. c. Ladd. c. B. Hall of the Y. NJ c
A., r. S. Haney, former pastor. and
W. L. STANCE. superintendent Of u
Sunday school, A pleasing musical
program was given and refreshmenh
were served.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
DID YOU KNOW THAT

Teachers in private schools, such as
Browns Business college or Angus
tana, are not exempt from the war in
come tax, according to Louis Funken-
stein, tax inspector for Moline. Sal
aries received by instructors in state
schools are not taxable, however.
A letter of appreciation has been
received in Moline from James B. For
gan, Chicago, thanking residents of
the Plow City for the donation of
$60S5 for Halifax sufferers. Mr.. For
gan is chairman of the Chicago dis
trict of the Halifax relief fund, and in
his statement he says $4,000 has al
ready been sent to the Canadian city
and that $4,000 more is ready for
transmission.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
Funeral Of George A. Crawford.

Funeral services for George A. CraW-
ford will be held at 2::30 Monday att
ernoon in the home at Hampton. Rev
J. v. Kennedy will officiate and bur-
ial will take place in the Hampton
cemetery J
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
NAIL CARRlERS IDLE.

Mail carriers did not leave
line postoffice this morning, N.Y.
rare course for them. mai
In small quantities only, re-
running.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
BRITISH STAGE RAID.

London, Jan. Early this morn
ing our troops successfully raided en-
envy trenches east of Loos, capturing
a few prisoners" the war Office an
nounces. There is nothing further
to report"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
Edna Beatrice Swanson.

Edna Beatrice Swanson, 2-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Swan
son, 141S Sixth avenue, Moline died
yesterday morning at 11:45 in the
home OF her parents, after an attack
of pneumonia. She was born Oct. 6,
1915, in Moline. Besides her parents,
she leaves one brother, Erward. Flu
neral services will be held Monday aft
ernoon at 2:30 in the home. Burial
will be in Riverside cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
STAMPS GOING GOOD.

The sales of thrift stamps in the
Moline public schools this week
amounted to 1926. while savings de-
posits totaled $206.63. Appended is
shown deposits for each school:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
THE ARGUS.

Delivered by carrier at 1877 cents per
week In Moline, East Moline, SiiVls and
Watertown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12

All the news all the tlme-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12
Give new PAST(R
warm CREETlSe
Rev. c. A. Parmi.er Tendered -.
ton at Annual Meeting Of Secs.1 B
Congregational Church.

Rev c. A. Parmiter, new pas.o. =.
the Second Congregational chr
Moline. and his wife were given < 20
dial welcome at the animal m....1
OF the membership Thursday events,
The financial report given shov, \.
total expenditures for 1917 wer. $
21S.12. all Indebtedness agaipn q.
church having been met.
Officers were elected as follow.
Treasurer-V Richards
/ Clerk-Louis F. Nordine
| Trustees - Alvin Anderson. Ch.,,..
B. Hall, E. c. McClain. c, r.. Wa,
strand. John Geisberger, John =
Creutz,' E. J. Cameron.
Deacons - w. " Richards. NJ
Humphreys. w. L. STANCE, H. IL a,
by, W. j. Stewart.
Deaconesses = Mrs. j. E. Creus,
Mrs. Hattie Darling, Mrs. Alfred ~
vail.
! Sunday School Officers.
SUPPLEMENTARY. L. STANCE
Assistant superintendent /,
McLain.
Observation-Disclosures Cronandar
Junior--Mrs. Caroline Paul.
Primary-Mrs. f. S. Herman.
Missionary-Mrs Belle Morgan
Special days-Alvin Anderson.
Secretary-G. H. Steging.
Assistant secretary-Ol!ve Johnsm
Financial secretary-Roy NordouIn
l. Treasurer-W V. Richards.
Organist-Marguerite Enburg.
| Assistant organistLHelen Greim.
Sunday school committee Mrs. Nh.
ME Samuels, Mrs. Elmer C. McLain
Mrs. Laura B. Harrah.
Church music committee-Mrs. Id
M. Colman, Mrs. Romeo Owens, Mn
Olive Johnson.
Church ushers-John Geisherger, Dr.
Hugh A. Beam. Adolph Anderson, Rob.
ert Lundahl, Elmer C. McLain. Alvin
Anderson, Clifford B. Paul, H. H. Col.
by.
The clerks report shows:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-06

It is now up to the red rag bunch
of roughnecks" and their white
washing newspapers to come out
with the statement that Judge
Lands and the jury that convicted
Haywood and his tribe of un-Am-
erican cut-throats were in league
with the "plutocrats" and high
brows. One thing is certain.
The evidence adduced at the trial
conclusively proved that the I. w.
w. in this country without excep-
ton, were in league with the kaiser
and his under-st study, the devil.
Why all this hullabaloo about an
other trial with the added expense
for that bunch of traitors. Save
the money for ammunition and use
some of the ammunition in target
practice with the 1. w. w. as tar
gets. Give the boys at Camp
Grant a chance and use the inside
wall of what is left of the postoffice
building as background for the
targets.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-06
Term BEGINS
Schools Of District No. IL Open
For Fall Term.

The schools at Ely, Winton, Sa-
voy and White Iron comprising
the schools of District No. IL,
opened for the fall term Tuesday
morning. Each and every room
besides the extra rooms established
by the board before the opening
are filled and in many cases there
are too many pupils for the ca
pacity of the rooms and the work
of the teachers.
The out-of-town teachers began
to arrive Friday and all were on
hand Monday at noon. The teach
ers's meeting was held Monday af-
ternoon at which a tentative plan
for the season was outlined.
The enrolment in the several
buildings was as follows:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-06

Do not convert the Liberty
Bonds into any other denomina-
ton or sell them for love or
money. Keep them. Leave them
as you purchased them. A higher
rate of interest means an added
expense to the government. I'm
less you Immediately turn the in
terest drawn from them into w.
S. s. Do not look on the bonds as
a money making buy. 1t is your
loan to help finance the war. Be
patriotic with them. Keep them
until we win the war. Go hun
CRY and then some before you let
go of them. Take up your hunger
belt to the last hole and then wait
a few days before selling them.
Buy more-all you can. 1t is
mighty unpatriotic to juggle with
them for profit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-06

The old shot gun comes out of
the mothballs again ON the 10th
of the present month, and once
more the old logging roads will
be mussed up with partridge
feathers. In 1917 the Legislature
gave the partridge an immunity
bath for three years, but to some
people who never read, this plump
little bundle of springs is still
game" Could law be passed
and enforced requiring one to get
them on the wing, the partridge
family would be walking on Main
street of the city with perfect
safety. Just why wood ducks
are protected is not known And
who can tell a wood duck from
a mallard or a canvas-back, any.
way? But we must learn for the
law protects them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-06
Order to Examine Fin al Ac.
count, Etc.

state Of a sf Es In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Amanda
Nordquists Decedent.
The petition of Joseph Fleming as repre-
sentative of the above named decedent, together
with his final account of the administration of
said estate having been filed in this court. repre-
senting among other things that he has fully adj
mnistered said estate and praying that said final
account of said administration be examined, ad-
justed and allowed by the Court. and that the
Court make and enter its final decree of distri-
button of the residue of the estate of said
decedent to the persons entitled thereto, and for
the discharge of the representative and the
suret.es on his bond.
1t is ordered. That said petition be heard,
and said final account examined. adjusted. and if
correct. allowed by the Court. at the Probate
Court Rooms in the Court House. in the City of
Duluth in said County on Monday the Goth day of
September. 1918. at ten o'clock a. m, and all
persons interested in said hearing and in said
matter are hereby cited and required at said
time and place to show cause. if any there be.
why said petition should not be granted.
Ordered Further. That this order be served by
publication in the The Ely Miner according to
law.
Dated at Duluth. Mimi. September 4th, 1918.
BY the Court
Attest: S. w. GILPIN.
A. r. MORTON, Judge of Probate.
Clerk of Probate
(Seal. Probate Court. St. Louis County. Mimi
go 9-2on H. ]. Merdink. Atty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-06

Save your old Ford. Next year
it will double in value. PrOduc-
ton of cars is going to be less
and less each year until the wax
is won. We must have the steel
for the manufacture of presents
for the Heinies. The steel in one
ear must be made to make a hun
dred Germans look like the pro.
verbal good Indian. The differ
entail in the Lii OF Ford can
make a dozen helmets resemble a
porous plaster. The axles can be
worked over into a couple of ma
chine guns with a capacity OF
forty trips across the river Styz
a minute for the river boatman
Each SPARKLING can be made tc
hurry up the court language OF
Hades into "Kamerad." And so
save the Ford. Make it last I'M
| til such time as the boys can lei
a monkey wrench fall from al
airship on Bills bean. That tim,
is not long off, by the looks o.
the headlines.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-06

The second brother of Mrs. Jo-
seph Startz of this city has met his
death in France. A message re-
ceived announces that Frank Sni-
der was killed in action in France
on August 18th. He has been in
the service with the Mafines since
1916 having enlisted at St. Paul.
His younger brother, Anthony,
was killed in action on May 81
while fighting with Co. L. of the
18th infantry. Both boys were
born at Soudan but of late years
have made their home at Mar
luette, Michigan. Only two men,
bers of the Snider family remain,
Mrs. Startz of this city and John
Snider of Marquette, Michigan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-06

We sincerely hope that those re-
sponsible for bombing the Chicago
postofice will be caught and dealt
with in a manner BETTING the
crime. Hun dope, without doubt,
emanating from the think tank of
some crack Drained criminal and
executed by some slave of I. w.
w. ism. Sabotage in its worst
form. Sabotage, advocated in Ely
and excused by the municipal court
with the statement that sabotage
meant wooden shoe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-06

The closing down of gasoline
stations on Sunday will never
save pint Of gasoline. Perhaps
this is not news to the Safety
Commission. However so far as
learned, the closing of these sta
tions is not a governmental order,
but merely one inauguratedb by the
garages with a hope perhaps that
it would save on the gasoline
supply.
just now any request from the
government is an order to be OBJ.
served closely. The observance .
is left up to the conscience of the
user so far. And they must know
that every trip around the
horn" at midnight is taking five
gallons of the needful from soma
Red Cross truck in France. Ever.
minute the engine Dis left running
while the driver is taking drink
of Bingo is leaving some gun
without ammunition or a delay
in getting some brave lad to the
first aid station. Every triu
around a city block just to hear
the engine purr is withholding
gasoline from a ton of dynamite
to do it's work from an airplane
Each turn around at BURNSIDE
loop has destroyed enough gaso
line to carry a loaf Of white
bread and a cup Of coffee to 8
mile of front line trenches. A
trip to Sandy Point just to see Il
the dust has settled there yet has
burned up enough of the need
full to run a cooling fan in some
base hospital for a long time.
| just now, cut out the fool trips
Walk to the postoffice once in .
while and save the gas. Oul
country needs every pint of i
lover there. Let us not wait foI
an order from Washington blu
inaugurate one ourselves here il
Ely.
Patriotism is born, not forced
on us from headquarters.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-06
Notice for Hearing.

Notice is hereby given that at
the regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Ely, Mime
sofa, to be held in the Council
Chamber Sept. 18th, 1918, at 8
O'Clock P. M. the council will meet
and hear reasons for and against
the proposed extension of and as
sessments for a sanitary sewer sys-
tenn, benefting the lots in blocks
one and two of Wallbank's Addit-
ion, and connecting with the sani-
tary sewer at the intersection of
Camp Street and Third Avenue
West.
By order of the City Council.
Dated, September Sd, 1918,
1. VISITED, JR.
1868 City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-06

for his headwork. You bet, this
is rich mans war-he is pay.
ing for it. 1t ought to be his,
then. His sons are fighting elbow
to elbow with your son and mine.
He is writing checks larger in
proportion than yours or mine
at the request Of our Un-
Gle Sam. His alleged profits
are whitfield to point as fine as
yours and mine. Sure this is q
rich mans war. When we pay
for something, it is ours. How
long would the war last but TO.
men like Rockefeller, Schwab
Guggenheim and scores of other
disgustingly rich men. Had they
been slackers, there would be BY
now Heinie "gendarmes" on oul
streets and German the Offcia
language of Ely. 1t takes none,
to win war and the Stacker he
disgorged about as much a
would be needed to finance a Bo.
Scout with Peerless chewing to
bacco.