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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
PhilbrOOk-Drake.

4 wedding which took place Sat
urday afternoon and will come as
n. surprise to the many tri-city
friends of the bridal couple, is that
Of Sergeant Leroy Philbrook, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Z. L. Phiibrook.
1906 Twenty-eighth street, to Miss
Lila Mae Drake. daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. G. E. Drake, 1921 Sixth
avenue, Moline.
The ceremony was performed at
O'Clock Saturday afternoon at the
r. G. Pearce home. 727 Nineteenth
street. Rev. Mr.. Pearce officiating.
Mr. and Mrs E. L. Philbrook, par
ents of the groom were the only
relatives present. After the cere-
money a wedding dinner was serv-
ed to the immediate relatives of
the couple at the home of Mrs. Sam
Hunt, 1900 Twenty-ninth street, a
sister of Sergeant Philbrook. The
lSfde wore a tailored blue serge
suit with blouse. hat and veil to
match. She wore a corsage bou-
Quet Of pink and white sweet peas.
For the present the couple will
reside at the home of the bride
groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L.
Philbrook. and will later go to
housekeeping.
Sergeant Philbrook has Just re-
turned from France, where he saw
service with the One Hundred and
Twenty-third field artillery. He
was both wounded and gassed and
was returned as a casual. being
one Of the first of the boys of Bat
terry D to come home. The bride
is a graduate of the Kewanee high
school and has been employed as
supervisor at the Moline office of
the Central Union Telephone COM
pany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
PIT. A. Will See Playlet.

The regular monthly meeting of
the Parent-Teacher association of
the Kemble school will be held
Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock
al the school building. The pro-
gram will consist of a colonial
playlet to be given by pupils of the
first, second and third grades. In
connection with the program fol-
lowing the business session cof-
fee will be held. the proceeds to be
for the benefit of the French war
orphans. An invitation is extended
to the public to attend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
Observation-Disclosures.

Announcement is made of the
marriage OF Miss Laura Christian
sen, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. l..
Christensen, of 313 East Fifteenth
%reet, Davenport, to Antoine Lee
Claire OF 60 East Tenth street,
Davenport. The wedding was a
quiet ceremony of Saturday after
noon at O'Clock, taking place at
the manse of the First Presbyter~
ian church, DR.. l.. NJ. COffman Of
ficiating
The bridal couple left after the
ceremony on a wedding trip and
will be at home in Davenport after
April l. The bride was in a gown
of sand-coIored geOrgette. with
which she wore one of the chic new
dolmans or coat-capes, with hat of
a spring model of the matching col
or, trimmed in the back with a
plume, punches of cherries in front
giving the touch of color. She wore
d corsage bouquet of spring flow
ers.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Christensen, the
parents of the bride, were the at
tending witnesses. Mr.. and Mrs.
LeClaire left Immediately for Chi''
cago after the ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. LeClaire planned
70 keep their marriage a secret for
a1Njme. but some of their friends
discovered the plot to deprive them
of extending good wishes and will
probably take their revenge on the
return of the bridal couple from
Chicago.
The bride has for the past ten
years been the cashier of the Bee
Hive Mr.. LeClaire is with the
Martin Cigar company, and has
been connected with the store in
the New Putnam building for the
past number of years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
Needle-WOrk Guild.

The Helpers circle of Kings
Daughters will foster the annual
meeting of the needle-work guild
to be held March at the home of
Mrs. ". ]. Sweeney, SIS Twen-
tieth street
There are no dues, but the CIV
ing of three new articles constitute
membership in the guild. These
articles and all money donated are
divided among the Associated char
tiles, Bethany home. West End Set
Element and the Visiting Nurse as
ISOLATION. Anyone, so desiring.
may designate to which one her
gifts may be sent
1t is hoped that all who have be-
longed in former years will contrib
ute again, and that many new
members may be added. SO that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
DOING coon RTSINESS.

Trier, PrusSia.-SeVeraI thou-
sand American troops are quar-
tered here and many OF the shops
have been doing an excellent bus
mess. American spoken here
was the wording OF sign which
appeared recently in a Tricr post
card store. Another sign, in per
fectly good English. read: shoes
repaired here while Won wait
bring your own leather"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
PIOg-Helfrick.

Saturday afternoon at the rectory
OF St Mary's Catholic church Miss
Lose Helfrick, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. c. G. HeIfrick, 1929 Thirty-first
street, became the bride of George
J. Plog of Moline.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Joseph S. Kelly, pastor of st.
Mary's Catholic church, Moline, be-
cause Of the illness OF Rev. F. J.
Jehlein. The couple was attended
by Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Resch of
this city. The new home will be
IN Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
DeRolt- Rasmussen.

Miss Marie Rasmussen and Glen
DeBolt were married at O'Clock
Saturday afternoon at the parson-
age of the First Baptist church of
tnis city, Rev. J. Clark Granger per
forming the ring ceremony.
There were no attendants. Imme-
dIately after the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. DeBoIt left for their home on
a farm near Sheffield.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
CAMP LOGAN CLOSES.

Chicago.-Camp Logan, an auxfl-
larry of the Great Lakes naval train
ing station and one of the best rifle
ranges in America, has closed its
gates. Thousands of sailors were
trained in the use of rifles and
small arms during the one year ex-
istence of the camp.
This camp, opened when the
state of Illinois turned over the
land near Zion City for the period of
war. has been very efficient as a
school for instructors" says the
Great Lakes Bulletin. official paper
of the naval training station. MANY
instructors were furnished to the
various ranges along the Atlantic
coast"
Camp Logan, at one time, had a
personnel of more than 1000. There
were seven ranges for different dis
lance shooting. The buildings will
be presented to the state for hav-
ing offered use of the land. All
equipment of the range will be
shipped to the 200-yard range near
North Chicago.
All the news all the time-The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
Invited to Dance.

NasOnS are invited TO attend the
dancing party to be given this even
ing at the Moline Commercial club
by the Zal grotto Of Moline Whites
orchestra will furnish the music for
the dance program. and it is an
nounced chat many novel features
are 10 be intrOdnced
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
CLARK E. CARR OF
GALESBURG DEAD

Colonel Clark E. Carr OF Gales
burg, former United States min
lister to Denmark. friend OF Abra-
ham Lincoln and leading figure in
Republican party affairs for many
years, died Friday night in a SAM
tarium in Peoria He was 50 years
Of age and had been an invalid for
a year. Besides being a politician
he was a writer of considerable
note, dealing with early Illinois
political history.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03

Every number on the program
given Saturday afternoon by the
students department of the Rock
Island Musical club was we'll given,
and the young ladies proved them
selves coming artists, indeed.
The program was given at 2:3O
at the home of Mrs. J. F. Robinson,
613 Twentieth street, by zelda
Jeter, Thelma Stegeman, Eileen
Moeller, Katherine Fuller. Oenone
Apple, Marjorie Sala, Elizabeth
Barbou, Elsie Franck and Celeste
Olson.
The numbers were as follows:
THE Skating Party" ......
............ Theodore Dutton
zelda Jeter.
(a) "Minuet" .... Beethoven
Cd Traumeri" ....... Schumann
Eileen Moeller.
"Old Black Joe" ... arr. Gimbel
/Thelma Stegeman.
Ca) "Oh, Tell Us Merry Birds" .
White
tb) Don't You Mind the Sor-
rows ....-.... Eugene Cowless
Katherine Fuller.
by the Brookside" 49,. Karganoff
Oenone Apple.
(a) Loves Golden Hour" Forster
(b) Il Know Il Lovely Garden.
-........... D'Hardelot
(c) Highland Joy" ...... Stickles
Marjorie Sala.
The Butterfly
Elizabeth Barbou.
'L'Adieu" .. BurgmilIer
Elsa Franck.
(a) Il Sometimes Wonder" .Finden
(b) "a Little Gray Dove" $500.
Fred CowIes
Celeste Olson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
Dance at Arsenal Wednesday.

All the young women holding
tickets in the social league have
been invited to attend the dancing
party to be held Wednesday even
ing at the arsenal Y hut. The girls
are asked to meet at Third avenue
and Twentieth street. where they
will board cars for the island The
young women attending will be re-
quired to present their cards on this
occasion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
Rabbi Marx Gives Talk.

Rabbi Jerome Mark of Temple
Emanuel, Davenport, gave a splen-
did talk on The League of Ma
lions" before the Illinois Iowa
branch of Collegiate Alumnae Sat
urday afternoon, at the home of
Miss Dorothy McCabe, 1920 Fifth
avenue, during the course of which
he took occasion to especially en-
phasize the thought that all or
CARNATIONS and society are found
cd on friendship for cooperation
in promotion of unity and peace,
and that force is only used against
the abnormal member"
DR.. Mark went on to discuss the
league of nations, not as a league
to enforce peace" but as an or
ganization which should seek to
curb strife and through its efforts
bring all nations into the circle of
friendship, mutual understanding
and brotherly intercourse.
Dr. Mark had a deeply interested
audience for his talk and there
were many questions pertinent to
the subject at the close. There
was a social hour and refresh
ments were served.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
LINCOLN SCHOOL IS
LEADER IN SAVINGS

Lincoln, KembIe. Irving were the
three leading schools in the war
savings collection made by State
bank of Rock Island Saturday.
In the regular school savings,
Hawthorne. Grant and Horace
Mann occupy the first three places
on the list.
The savings score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
YOrdi-Carpenter.

At 1890 o'clock this morning at
the Hotel Blackhawk, Davenport
took place the marriage of Miss
Edith Carpenter and Frank YordI
both of Iowa City. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. J. Clark Or
anger, pastor of the First Baptis;
church of this city.
The couple was attended by Miss
Mary and Oscar Carpenter, sister
and brother of the bride, who were
the only witnesses. A wedding
breakfast was served following the
ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yordi left at noon
for a wedding trip and upon their
return will reside on a farm near
Iowa City.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03

there will be a goodly store OF
underwear, stockings, bedding and
other necessities of the sick room,
| for these four charities.
Please see that all articles are
sent to Mrs. Sweeney before Thurs
| day, March 6, so that they may be
put on exhibition, and attend the
meeting on that afternoon, which
will be a social tea.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03

ing up the stairs at'her home. when
she fell, breaking her ankle. Mrs.
Merit tripped, and in catching her
self in falling, sustained the injury.
She was taken yesterday after
noon to the home OF her daughter,
at 1880 Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
Announce Marriage.

Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Baker. 907
Sixteenth street, Moline, today an
nounced the marriage of their
daughter, Leola, to Joseph Harper
of Silvis, which took place in Aledo
Jan. Is. The marriage has been
kept a secret until this time from
friends of the couple, although their
immediate families knew of it. Their
friends will be interested in the an
nouncements where were received
today.
The ceremony took place at the
home of Mrs. James Bjorkman, a
friend of the bride. in Aledo. and
was performed by Rev. Mr.. Moody,
pastor of the Presbyterian church
there. The couple was attended by
Mr. and Mrs Roy D. Lindstrom of
Rock Island, Mrs. Lindstrom being
a sister of the bride.
Today Mr.. and Mrs. Harper left
for Chicago and after April Is will
be at home to their friends in a
new home which the groom has
prepared.
Mr.. Harper is employed as a
brakeman in the Silvis yards and
his wife was until her marriage
employed as a stenographer at the
John Deere Pillow company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
FALL RESULTS IN
FRACTURED ANKLE

Mrs. Margaret Mertz, 2717 Eighth
avenue, met with a painful accident
early Saturday evening, while COM
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
Omen Honse Draws Crowd.

A company OF 225 people attend
ed the open house reception held
yesterday afternoon at the com
munity service rooms, the hostess
es being the members Of the Mod
ern Woodmen Patriotic league
Each week larger crowd enjoys
the hospitality of the club rooms.
W. B. Mcintyre gave the ad-
dress of the afternoon, and there
were readings and music which
made the time a most enjoyable
one There were 10 served to
supper, and the evening vas spent
with more music and games.
Tonight at 1880 in the gymnas-
ium of the Rock Island high school
the basketball teams OF the com
munity service league will meet
for practice. The French classes
will also meet this evening, the be
ginners class from 7 to o'clock,
and the advanced class from s to 8
O'Clock. Both classes are open for
more members. A drill team is
also to be organized this evening
to be directed by Sergeant Leroy
Philbrook. This class is also open
for any patriotic league member
who cares to take up the work.
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-08-08

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for and touched wet, coarse garments,
and gasped:
"My God! Have you killed him?"
Temporarily" said Sprouse, be-
tween his teeth. 'Here, unwind the
rope I've got around my waist. Take
the end-here. Got a knife? Cut off
section about three feet long. I'll
get the gag in his mouth while you're
doing it. Hangmen always carry their
own ropes" he concluded, with grew
some humor. SCOT it cut? Well, cut
two more sections, same length"
With incredible swiftness the two
of them bound the feet, knees and
arms of the inert victim.
II came prepared" said Sprouse, so
calmly that Barnes marveled at the
iron nerve Of the man.
by heaven, Sprouse, II believe
he's dead We've haven't any right
to kill a.
Don't be f1nicky," snapped Sprouse.
cit wasn't much of a crack and it
was necessary" Strengthening up,
with sigh of satisfaction, he laid his
hand on Barnes shoulder. We've
just got to go through with it now,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-08-08

will have to come from the outside.
1t will be dangerous-terribly danger
GUS"
"You say O'Dowd will not assist
you to escape?"
"He urges me to stay here and take
my chances. He believes that every
thing will turn out well for me in the
end, but / am frightened. must get
away from this place"
'"Then keep your eyes and ears open
for the next night or two. Can you
tell me where your room is located?"
"It is one flight up; the first If the
two windows in my room is the third
to the right of the entrance. l am
confident that someone is stationed
below my windows all night long"
"You still insist that 1 am not to
call on the authorities for help?"
"Yes, yes! That must not even be
considered. have not only myself to
consider, Mr.. Barnes. am very
small atom in"
"All right Well get along without
them" he said cheerily. "Afterward
we will discuss the Importance of
atoms"
"And your reward as well, Mr..
Barnes" she said. Her voice trailed
off into an indistinct murmur. He
heard the receiver click on the hook,
and after calling "hello" twice hung
up his own with a sigh. Evidently
O'Dowd had warned her Of the APP
proach of a less considerate person
than himself.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-08-08
CHAPTER xII-continued.

"With the landlords approval" he
explained, pointing to the instrument,
shut unknown to the telephone COM
pany, you may be sure. Call him up
about half past ten. O'Dowd may be
up at this unholy hour, but not she.
Now I must be off to discuss literature
with Mrs. Jim Conley. The hardest
part of my job is to keep her from
subscribing for set Of Dickens. Con-
ley's house is not far from Green
Fancy. Savvy?"
Barnes, left to his own devices,
wandered from taproom to porch,
from porch to forge, from forge to
taproom, his brain far more active
than his legs, his heart as heavy as
lead and as light as air by turns.
More than once he felt like resorting
to a well-known expedient to deter
mine whether he was awake or dream
ing. Could all this be real?
Ten minutes later he was in
Sprouse's room, calling for Green
Fancy over an extension wire that had
cost the company nothing and yielded
nothing in return. After some delay
O'Dowd's mellow voice sang out:
"Hello! How are you this morn
tng|
GENEROUSLY lonesome" replied
Barnes, and wound up a doleful ac-
count of himself by imploring O'Rowd
to save his life by bringing The entire
Green Fancy party over to dinner
that night.
O'Dowd was heart-broken. Person
ally he would go to any extreme to
save so valuable a life, but as for the
rest of the party, they begged him to
say they were sorry to hear of the ex-
pected death of so promising chap
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-08-08
"SHE is LYING AWAKE"

Synopsis.-Thomas K. Barnes,
a wealthy young New Yorker,
on a walking trip in New Eng
land near the Canadian border,
is given a lift in an automobile
by mysterious and attractive
girl bound for a house called
Green Fancy. At Harris tavern
Barnes finds a standed troupe
of Transforming" actors, OF
which Lyndon Rushcroft is the
star and miss Thackeray" the
leading lady. He learns Green
Fancy is a house Of mystery.
That night Andrew Room and
his servant, guests at the tavern,
are shot near Green Fancy.
Barnes comes under suspicion
and stays to help clear up the
double murder. He gets into
the Green Fancy grounds; meets
the mysterious girl, who gives
him the cut direct, and is polite
ly elected by O'Dowd, an inter-
esting adventurer. Enter at the
tavern another man Of mystery,
Sprouse, shook agent" Barnes
visits Green Fancy with the
sheriff and stays to dinner. En-
ter still another mysterious per-
sonage, "Loeb." secretary to
Curtis, owner of Green Fancy,
who does not appear because Of
illness. Barnes again meets
Miss Cameron" the mysterious
girl, who is ravishing beauty
in evening dress. She is a pris-
oner and secretly appeals to him
for help. Sprouse reveals him
self as a secret service man and
tells the enthralling story Of
the Green Fancy representatives
of a royal house oppressed by
Germany and his purpose to re-
cover royal papers and jewels
that night.
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Barnes, Sprouse and
"Miss Cameron" have an
exciting night at Green
Fancy.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
CANNOT IMPROVE ON VOL IN
Centuries Pass, but No Difference Is
Seen in the Structure of This
instrument

Even in this age Of hustle and
change, some few of the old stand
bys remain unchanged, but at that it
is rather startling to realize that the
violin, probably the bestowed of all
musical instruments, has remained
virtually unchanged in shape or sub
stance for three centuries. In that
time the harpsichord, lutte and spinet
have passed away, the harp has been
improved, the piano has been invented
and developed, but the violin, which
took hundred years to assume it's
present form, since the days of the
great Stradivari, the worlds most ia
nous violin maker, has remained I'M
changed.
The violin is popularity supposed to
date from the date of the ancient In
dams, but the present instrument had
its beginning back in the days of the
troubadonrs, who used musical boxes
called violes or guitar fiddles. And as
the years went by, the little violes we're
improved. The shape was altered !;
bit by bit the instrument changed.
Now bridge was added; now a waist !;
now the ST holes"-two carved OPEN
fngs on either side of the bridge
were added.
And from 1860 to 176O the violin
industry rose to its greatest achieve
ment in the development Of Amati.
Guarneri and Stradivari, Italian violin
makers living in the town of Gre
mona. Since their time there has been
no change, and the finest and most
priceless musical instrument of today
is Stradivarius violin, made three
centuries ago by the master crafts.
man, Stradivari, in Cremona.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-08-08

dead from the temporary graves dug
for them under fire or at night on the
field where they fell and laid them to
rest in concentration centers.
Each cemetery is surrounded by
painted fence and the grass on the
graves is kept green and cared for by
a detachment of soldiers left on duty
as caretakers. The largest is at Ro-
magne. where lie $4,000 Americans
who died in the Argonne and Meuse
sectors, and the next largest is at
Thsaucourt, where 1900 soldiers who
died at st. Mihiel and Toul are buried.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-08-08

some way or anOther-and she will
not leave! Now I've had a good look
at the front of that house. 1t is COW
cred with lattice work and huge
vines. can shin up like a squirrel
and go through her room to the
"Are you crazy. Sprouse? You'd
take your life in your hands and"
"See here" said Sprouse shortly,
II am not risking my life for the fun
of the thing. I am risking it fol- her,
bear that in mind-for her AMI her
people. And if am killed they won't
even say We'll done, good and faith
full servant So let's not argue the
point. Are you going to stand by
me or-back out?"
Barnes was shamed. ''Ill stand by
YOU" he said, and they stole forward
There were no lights visible. The
house was even darker than the night
itself; it was vaguely outlined by a
deeper shade of black.
At last they were within few
yards of the entrance and at the ecge
" q pct(C C4ACt 41OQ tOGtSA CiCdI gu
of shrubbery. Here Sprouse stopped
and began to. adjust the sections of
his fishing rod.
Write" he whispered. "There IS a
faint glow of light up there to the
right. The third window, did you say !?
Well, that's about where should
locate it."
The tiny metallic tip of the rod,
held in the upstretched hand OF
Barnes, much the taller of the two
men, barely reached the window ledge.
He tapped gently, persistently on the
hard surface Just as they were be-
ginning to think that she was asleep
and that their efforts were in vain
their straining eyes made out a shad-
owy object projecting slightly beyond
the sill.
After a moment or two of suspense
Barnes experienced a peculiar, almost
electric shock. Someone had seized
the tip of the rod; it stiffened sud
denly, the vibrations due to its fex-
Utility ceasing. Someone was untying
the bit OF paper he had fastened to
the rod, and with fingers that shook
and were clumsy with eagerness.
He had written: II am outside with
a trusted friend, ready to do your
bidding. Two of the guards are safely
bound and out of the way. Now is
our chance. We will never have an.
other. If you are prepared to come
with me now write me word or two
and drop it to the ground. / will pass
up rope to you and you may lower
anything you wish to carry away with
you. But be exceedingly careful. Take
time. Don't hurry single one OF
your movements" He signed it with q
large ''B."
1t seemed an hour before their eyes
distinguished the shadowy head above
AS matter of fact but few min
utes had passed. During the wait
| Sprouse had noiselessly removed his
coat, a proceeding that puzzled Barnes
Something light fell to the ground. II
was Sprouse who stopped and searched
for it in the grass. When he resumed
an upright posture he put his lips
close to Barnes ear and whispered: