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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Waterman-AIlen Engagement.

DR.. and Mrs. William Larned
Allen of 1927 Arlington avenue,
| Davenport, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Eliza
beth Marian, to Charles Dana Wa
terman, son of Judge and Mrs.
Charles NJ. Waterman of GIG Kirk
wood boulevard.
A dozen intimate girl friends OF
the bride-to-be were told of the en-
gagement at a prettily appointed
pink-rose luncheon at Miss Aliens
home yesterday. The tables were
set on the screened sun porch and
pink Russell roses were used in
profusion. On the table they were
arranged in silver golf trophies
won by Miss Allen and her brother
in the various tournaments, the
centerpiece being a massive tai
loving cup won by the brother OF
Miss Allen, while around it were
four smaller silver trophies which
had fallen to the bride-to-be at diff
ferent times.
Dainty place cards in the form of
double photo frames, Ornamented
in nuptial designs in water cOlOrs
by Miss Julia Clifford held minia-
ture pictures of Miss Allen and Mr..
Waterman. The date for the we'd
ding has not been announced.
Miss Allen. who is the only
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. l.. AL
len. is a graduate of St. Rather
ines school, finishing at Miss Ben
nets school, New York. She holds
the women's state golf champion
ship for Iowa and also the women's
championship of the Rock Island
arsenal golf club, and has made
splendid records in the Midwest
ern Golf association tournament,
playing in the semi-finals.
Mr.. Waterman, on graduating
from Dartmouth in 1913, was
awarded the Rhodes scholarship
for a course at Oxford, but chose
to come back to Iowa for his law
course at the state university. and
after graduation there entered the
Office of his father. He took an of
ficer's training course at Fort
Smelling, receiving his commission
as first lieutenant in the infantry
He went overseas in August, 1918,
with the 350th infantry. He re-
turned three weeks ago. He will
resume his practice with the Lane
& Waterman law firm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Farewell Party for Miss Martyr.

Farewell Party for Miss Martyr.
Miss Helen Grace Martyr of the
Perry apartments, d: ~enDort, who
is to leave Saturday for Santiago
Calf, to make her future home
was given a farewell party Tuesday
evening by Miss Camilla Soil at her
home, I'LL East Seventeenth street
Davenport. The guests were II
girl friends of Miss Martyrs, fell
low employees at the VOss Bros. Co
The hours were spent playin
"kootie," an interesting new card
game. Three tables were played
and prizes went to Misses Frances
McMannon of Rock Island, Dor
othy Hampton, Gertrude Orr and
Helen Martyr. The honoree was
presented with a pretty farewell
gift A supper was served in the
dining room, where the table was
decorated with asters. Miss Martyr
entertained last evening at dinner
dance in the ball room at the Perry
apartments. This evening Miss
Nolia Bennett will be hostess at a
theatre party, and there will lie a
farewell spread at the Voss Bros.
office Saturday noon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11

Rudolph Reuter-, piano and Charles
Brueckner, cello. Mr.. Becker will
be connected with Augustana col
lege as teacher of violin and he will
also act as director of the Tri-City
Symphony orchestra and with his
big interests conferred here the com
mittee expects to be able TO again
secure him and his coworkers for
the concert series. According to
present plans the concerts will be-
gin during the holiday season and
it is expected that not more than
four will be given during the win
ter. these TO be held again on Sun
day afternoons at the Blackhawk
Fall Swimming Term Schedule.
Miss Alice McNulty, physical d.
rector of the Y. W. c. A. has ar
ranged a schedule for the fall term
OF swimming lessons at the Angus
tina college pool, which begins
next Monday. There will be be-
ginners' classes, advanced classes
for both younge. and older women.
AS yet no arrangements have been
made for children's classes, but the
younger people may enroll in the
other groups for the present, until
provisions can be made for them.
AS Dr. Phebe Pearsall is out OF
the city, those who wish to join the
classes but who have not had
physical examination by DR.. Pear
sail within the year, may attend
the class they choose until her re-
turn when they will be required to
take an examination.
The regular Monday and Thurs
day class will meet from to 1920
each week, (which is an advanced,
special class. There will be an ad
vanced class from TAO to 500 only
on Monday nights, and the same
hour on Thursday night there will
be a beginners class. From $40
8 o'clock on both Monday and
Thursday nights there will be a
beginners special class.
Wednesday mornings there will
be classes for older women From
10 to 10:40 a women's beginning
class and from 1910 to 11:20 an
advanced class for women.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
CAPITAL TOO TONY
TO BUY ARMY FOOD

Washington. Sept. 11.-So little
interest has been shown here in
parcel post sales of army foodstEIs
that postoffice officials today an
nounced that the sole would be dis
continued unless there was a pub
lie response. Less than 10 per
cent of the supplies allotted to the
capital have been taken.
Everybody has clamored for
cheap food" says an official an
nouncement, but when it is offered
only a few people want to buy it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
SOCIAL EVENTS

the following to serve during the
coming year:
Willis D. Sedw1ck.
Past chancellor Mrs. Mary
Shaw.
Vice chancelIor-Mrs. Bertha
Bruhn.
Chaplain-Mrs- Emma McCleary.
Recorder. F. Kramer.
Conductor-Mrs. Sarah Rudolph.
GUARDIANS. Susie O'Conner.
Sentinel-Mrs. NJ. Staassen-
Director-Otto Bruhn.
Musician-Miss Rosa Bruhn.
Installation Of officers will be
held at the first meeting in OctO-
Der, when the exercises will be
public. The drill team of the court
will be reorganized for the purpose
of putting on the work at this time.
At the session preceding the cleo
ton seven applications for mem
bership were ballotted on and &C
cepted and three were obligated
into the order. A social dance fol-
lowed the business session and in
cluded among the guests were No
line and Davenport people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Twin Rrothers Web.

A double wedding which was cell
ebrated yesterday was unusual in
that twin brothers were the
grooms, when John F. Block of
Moline and Alva Finger were mar
ried at the parochial residence of
the Church of St. Paul the Apostle
by Rev. Father DOnahue, and his
twin brother, William Block of
Davenport was married to Miss
Marie Flemming of Davenport. at
the parsonage of st. Paul's Eng
lish Lutheran church, by Rev. j.
A. Miller. The marriage of Miss
FIemming and William Block took
Mace at 10 O'Clock and they then
served as attendants at the Block
Finger wedding. There was we'd
ding dinner at noon. J. F. Block
is in charge of the Federal baker
les in Rock Island and Moline, and
his brother is interested in the
household sections of department
stores of Moline and Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Announce Wedding Date.

Rock Island friends will be in
terested in the announcement that
Miss Grace Jones of Racine, Wis,
and Harold DeBois of this city have
announced Sept. II as their nuptial
day. The ceremony will be per
formed at the home of the bride,
and after a brief honeymoon trip
the couple will live in Rock Island.
Miss Jones has many friends in
Rock Island. having taught in the
Rock Island high school last year.
Mr.. DeBois is employed at the
Rock Island arsenal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11

when members of his Sunday
school class of the First Method
ist church arrived to help him eel
citrate his 14th birthday. They
presented him with a large birth
day cake.
The evening was enjoyably spent
with games and roasting wieners
and marshmallows Mrs Anna
Little and daughter Miss Leona OF
Port Huron, Mich. were Out-of-
town guests. They are visiting at
the Edwards home
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Pre-Nuptial for Miss AIbrecht.

Miss Goldie Mowry Of Moline en-
tertained yesterday at a l o'clock
luncheon, honoring Miss Blanc e
AIbrecht whose marriage to Cecil
r. Wood of Moline is to be celebrat-
ed soon. The dainty meal was serv-
ed at the Colonial tea rooms, where
covers were laid for II at one long
table. The centerpiece was a crys-
tai basket of asters in the rainbow
coIors, and small bowls of the
flowers were placed in the corners
of the table. Many parties have
been arranged for Miss Albrecht
to be given before her marriage on
Oct g.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Pancratz- Weaver.

Miss Clarabelle Weaver, daugh-
ter of Mrs. L. NJ. Weaver of 4022
West Second street, Davenport,
formerly of Rock Island, became
the bride of Clarence c. Pancratz
of Dubuque, Monday. The cere-
mony took place at the Holy Ros-
airy church at LamOtte, Iowa, Rev.
Fred ]. Kriebs, cousin of-the bride
groom, officiating. Miss Winifred
Pancratz, sister of the groom and
Key West, were the attendants.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pancratz will reside
on a farm near ElwoOd, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Rnfh,s Rand Meeting.

Ruth's band of Broadway Pres
byterian church met yesterday aft
ernoon with Mrs. Hugh W. Craw-
ford at her home 1907 Twelfth ave
nue.. At the business meeting it
was decided to omit the October
session, because of the Billy SUI
day campaign.
Mrs. Robert Lee opened the
meeting, and conducted the devo-
tionals. The hostess. Mrs. Craw-
ford, was the leader for the after
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
HosnitaI Circle Meetings.

Yesterday afternoon the mem
bers of the Lutheran hospital cir
Gle held a meeting at the home of
Mrs. A. G. Anderson, 39OS Eighth
avenue. There was a good attend
anCe and the afternoon was spent
sewing. The hostess served re-
freShments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Announce Enhancement.

Acknowledgment Is made Of the en-
gagement of Miss Edith johnson of
738 Fifteenth street, to Frank Kirk
of Indianapolis. the wedding to
be an event of the near future.
Miss Johnson is to be the hon
Gree at a pre-nuptial party this
evening given by Miss Bessie
Bladel at her home, 1922 Ninth
avenue, and tomorrow evening a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Mrs. Bauman Hostess.

The ladies' aid society of the
Cleland Presbyterian church was
entertained yesterday afternoon by
Mrs. Will Bauman, at her home,
$50 Twenty-frst avenue. Routine
business was transacted at the bus
mess session, and a social hour
was enjoyed. Refreshments wera
served
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Spend Day at Church Quilting.

Members of the ladies' aid So
ciety Of the First United Presbyte-
rian church spent the day yester-
day at the church quilting. At noon
they enjoyed lunch together at the
Y W. c. A. cafeteria and resumed
their work in the afternoon. There
will be no meetings of the society
during the Billy Sunday campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Atkfnson-Judd Engagement.

ANNOUNCEMENT is made Of the en-
gagement and approaching mar
rage of Miss Hazel Judd of Gin
ton and Leslie Atkinson, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Atkinson of
7S5 Second street. The wedding is
to be celebrated in the early fall.
MIR. Atkinson served for two years
in the navy, on the L. S. S. Dent.
He was discharged from the ser
vice on April %. The home is to
be in Rock leland.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
ANOTHER TAKE FOR PRINTER

Vienna, wednesday, Sept 10
(By the Associated Press 1.-The
Bratiano cabinet in Rumania has
fallen, according to unofficial re-
ports which reached Vienna from
Bucharest today.
Take Jonescu is said to be form
ing a new government
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Junior Ladies' Society Meeting.

The junior ladies' society of I'm
manuel Lutheran church met yes
terday afternoon at the hall for the
regular session Routine business
was transacted and refreshments
were served.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Plan for Mission Festival

Women of the Emmanuel Luther
an church held a meeting last ev-
ening at the hall to plan for the
mission festival which is to be an
event of Sept. 81 in Rock Island.
General plans for the affair were
discussed last night. Another meet
ing will be held Monday evening,
when the program will be COM
pleted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
To Resume Chamber Concerts.

So popular were the chamber
music recitals hello last year on
Sunday afternoons at the Hotel
Blackhawk, that an effort is being
made TO again conduct a similar
series. The series received the ex-
cellent backing of tri-city people
interested in the advancement of
music with the result that concerts
of unusual merit were presented
The committee having in charge the
series hopes to secure the Chicago
trio responsible for the success of
the concerts last year and COM
posed of: Ludwig Becker, violin;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11

group of girls from the Central
! Presbyterian church are to give a
party in her honor. Numerous
other affairs are being planned to
honr the bride-elect.
Ihms-JanSen.
Miss Vera Jansen, daughter Of
| Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Jansen of
| 1920 Warren street, Davenport, be-
came the bride Of Edward Inns.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Inns
| of S24 Hancock avenue, Davenport,
at a home ceremony performed
yesterday afternoon by Rev. Carl
Holtermann of the Zion Lutheran
church, Davenport Miss Mary
Inns, a sister of the groom and
Ralph Jansen, brother of the bride,
were the attendants.
The brides colors, pink and
white, were carried out in the deco
rations in the parlor where the
wedding VOWS were taken under a
bower of ferns and flowers. The
bride was in a gown of crepe met
I cor, and she carried an arm
bouquet of brides roses. The
bridesmaid was in fresh coIored
satin and her flowers were flesh
pink asters. About fifty guests
were served a wedding supper fol-
lowing the ceremony, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Inns left last evening for a
wedding trip. They will be at home
after Oct. 1 at 1920 Warren street,
Davenport. The bride has been
connected with the paymasters' de-
partment at the Rock Island ar
! senal for the past year. Mr.. Inns
is employed at the Velie Motor
company in Moline
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Farewell for Mr.. AckIer.

Ben" AckIey of SAT Twenty-first
street, who is to leave soon to be-
gin his studies at the University of
Chicago. was honored last evening
at a dinner party at the Hotel
Blackhawk. Davenport. by the
Cinnamon club. The club, which
consists of eight members, was an
organization which was well known
in the high school last year. Mr.
Ackley was at one time president
OF the organization. The dinner
was informal.
Eighty-five per cent of lame peo-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11

noon, and India" was the topic
Mrs. Edward Manhard. Mrs. H. E.
Van DuZer and Mrs. John McGown
Stevenson read papers on the sub
ject. Mrs. Arnold Lau closed the
program, reading a letter from a
missionary in Siam.
Refreshments were served by the
hostess and a social hour followed.
The next meeting will be held
Nov. II.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Conrt RI Names Oficers.
CLAIMS He HELPED UNCLE SAM
THE MOST TO Win THE war

Our prices Of hemstitching before the war were
10, II and Is cents per yard When the war broke
out we reduced the price to 8, 10 and 1919 cents
our ways and means of cutting the prices during the
war; we have helped thousands of women in the tri-
cities, especially Rock Island making their own
dresses, through the assistance of our hemstitchng
work.
These women taking the advantage of this price
cutting were making their dresses, who never
before had done So They saved a considerable
vested in Liberty bonds and War Savings Stamps
This helping Uncle Sam in winning the war.
claim to be the only business established man
in the United States, who cut the prices of work
where others raised it, and are still doing hem
stitching for the same prices during the time
Cotton cents, Silk 10 cents
WE FURNISH THREAD FOR THE BEST HEM
STITCHING IN THE TRI-CITIES
RICHARD P. KLINDT,
Ladies' Tailor and Dressmaking
19O71z Second Ave Phone R. |. 1910
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Mrs. Lister Circle Hostess.

Mrs. M. E. Lister in her home,
1929 Fourteenth-and-a-h street,
acted as hostess to the members Of
the Margaret Giles circle of Kings
Daughters at the regular Septem-
Der session yesterday, a goodly
number spending the afternoon as
her guests. Various matters OF
routine business were transacted
and plans made for the winter
work. A photograph Of the French
orphan the circle is supporting and
a letter from him was received by
the circle. VictrOla music was en-
ioyed and the hostess served a re-
freshiug lunch. The October ses-
sion will be an all-day sewing to
be held at the home of Mrs. ]. c.
Souders, 1892 Forty-second avenue.
Court 81 Names Officers.
Court of Honor, No. 81, selected
officers last evening at the annual
meeting held in Odd Fellows hall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11

Eighty-f1ve per cent of lame PEG
pie are affected on the left side.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Meet With Mrs. SchuItze.

The Covenant Bible class of the
First Methodist church met yester-
day afternoon with Mrs l. o.
Schultze at her home 1928 Four
teenth-and-a-half street. Mrs. Fred
belong and Mrs. W. D. Mexican
were the assisting hostesses.
Routine business was transacted,
and social hour enjoyed when re-
freshments were served. The date
of the next meeting has not been
set because of the coming Billy
Sunday campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11

Birthday Surprise Party.
Raymond Edwards, at his home,
1921 Twenty-ninth street, was
pleasantly surprised last evening
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-16

officer. He does not know it yet.
but / did. l got myself sent to the
hospital for two weeks and at the
end of that time Invent to the G. O..
and told him that it had been proved
that / wasn't indispensable-be-
cause the other fellow had done the
job better than did, He could not
deny il and he let me go.
That gave me my chance to try
my luck as fighting pilot. / have
had extraordinarily good luck
Every man who has been flying for
any length of time at the front and
is still alive has had good luck. 1t
is scientific murder. The men who
have learned their trade go at it that
way, and as long as they do 60 at it
that way they have an excellent
chance to accumulate victories and
survive nevertheless. The expert
enced fighting pilot does not take
unnecessary risks. His business is
to shoot down enemy planes, not to
get shot down. His trained eyes and
hand and judgment are as much
part of his armament as his machine
gun and $3.50 chance is the worst
he will take or should take, except
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-16

stories Of reekiesSneSS on the >part
Of our aviators, there were men
like Frank Luke, whose record IL
one OF the brightest glofies OF our
air service and who gave his all,
his life, to the cause. LVke's Is
Huns include II balloons, and to
get a balloon you have to go
through the anti-aircraft and ma
chine gun barrage and the flaming
onions they send up to protect it.
Getting a balloon is so much more
difficult than getting a plane, in fact,
that the Germans credit pilot with
two victories for every balloon
brought down.
Luke from the beginning was a
wild man in the air. He would take
off and playfully do 4 series Of loops
within a few hundred feet Of the
ground. That sort of thing was
strictly forbidden in my own squad
ron. Men and planes are too valu-
able and too difficult to replace at
the front to be -risked unless there
is real reason. for the risk But after
a run of hard luck such as came
along Sometimes-when we had lost
lot OF men and the spirits of the
others were beginning to show the
strain, / used to go out myself and
do all sorts of stunts right out in
front of them. It had a surprising
moral effetc. The men said, "Any-
way, they haven't got Ricken-
bacher's goat" On the next sortie
they went up full of pep and snap
and ready to go anywhere and do
anything. =
Hat-in-Ring Squad.
My own squadron, the Ninety
fourth (Hat-in-the-Ri had a fine
record. We were the first American
squadron in the game; we had the
first ace and the highest record Of
air victories of any American squad
ron at the end of the war, and final
ly, we had chance to go into Ger
many at the head Of the American
army, which was a magnificent eli
max to the units active career and
an experience not to be forgotten by
any of us-flying over those cities
and castles and vineyards along the
Rhine that we had been thinking Of
as the distant goal Of all the fighting
that went before.
Some Of the men who have been
flying over there in France came
back saying they are fed UP and
have had enough Of the air. But !
do not think Jam one Of them. The
sky means something to me 1t never
meant before. When look up and
see the sun shining on the patch OF
white clouds UP in the blue, / begin
to think how it would feel to be up
somewhere above it. winging swiftly
through the clear air, watching the
earth below and the men on It no
kbigger than ants. / rarely go to
church except with my mother when
am at home, to show that = plain
Nebraska raising has ! not been
wasted on her boy but there is
something SPIRITUAL don't know
what else to call it-iDI the feeling
you get up there. AT least it seems
so to me, though somebody sug-
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-16

where the show is of the kind that
either for offense or defense justifies
the sacrifice of plane and pilot.
Both Wise Birds.
1t is not the old hand and the
expert flyer and air fighter who gets
another of the same sort. Both are
wise and shy birds. You will see a
couple of that kind meet now and
then over the line and watch them
circling experimentally around each
other. The next thing you know,
each has sized up his antagonist as
just as good or better than himself
and both have sheered off and are
flying away to look for a more
promising victim. What each is
hunting for is an enemy who can be
pounced on suddenly unawares and
a getaway made before his comrades
are on the victor's tail. The obvious
ly inexperienced pilot is the game
the scientific air fighter goes after,
and the majority of victories are
won that way. But on the other
hand, it is the novice who usually
gets the famous ace by doing at
some moment the unexpected thing.
He rashly attempts or blunders into
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-16
Coo Fiddler Rcembace Former Ona0hG Raee Dlvr 0nd Ace OF
u s. Aces Tells HIS Ouvn Sorg of HIS Experiences

gested that It was just, in 4 magni-
fled form, the feeling OF superiority
or exRltation, or Whatever Il Il, Of
the man on horseback or In . swift
automobile aS he looks down, - he
sweeps past, Upon the man on foot
To Continue Flying,
At all events, / expect to keep on
flying and / expect 4 part Of the
future Of flying to lie In the scope IL
gives to the initiative of the Aneri'
can boy in the sort of thing that
hunting used to mean to him in the
days when there was hunting close
at hand for almost every boy, and
that sport in many forms still means
to him and always will mean to
him. Whatever happens or does
not happen in the way OF the eom-
mercial expansion of aviation, flying
will always have the sporting ele-
nent, and military aviation, which,
through the fortune of war, is 50
much in advance of other forms OF
flying, must be kept alive and strong
as the backbone Of the others.
In a very real sense, the future Of
aviation in this country is in tbs
hands Of the men who have been
trained to fly in the army, who have
mastered the art either on fields
on this side or at the front, not with
ont paying a heavy price for 1t In
the lives Of comrades just as good
but not so lucky as themselves.