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Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-01
Reception For Miss Horn.

Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer Horn will be
at home of o2l Lincoln boulevard,
Wednesday afternoon and evening
in honor of the confirmation of their
daughter, Miss Bessie Horn.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-01
Fare thee well! yet think awhile
On whose bosom bleeds to doubt thee;
Who would rather trust that smils.
And die with thee. than live without thee !-Moor

Mrs. !. {. Sanders, Mrs. Clarence
Kubendall, Mrs. Dan Durham, Mrs.
T. A. Chamberlain and the Queen
Esther circle
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-01
Old Peoples Home,

The Rev, Chss. Bair OF the Hans
comb, Park Methodist church will
conduct services At the Old Peo-
pies Home, Eortenelle boulevard.
Sunday afternoon ct $50 -..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
ARK DEDICATED
TO EAST MOLINE.
j. W. Casio Defines Possibilities in
Community and Pays Trib-
ute TO Soldiers.

Defining community possibilities
in East Moline and paying tribute
to the soldiers of 81, ]. w. Caste.
superintendent of the East Moline
township high school, addressed an
audience of 300 men, women and
children at the East Moline play
grounds early last evening.
Yesterday marked the dedication
of the grounds by the East Moline
Community league to the city. Mr..
Casio in his talk encouraged devel-
opment of the city, but at the same
time did not fail to bring in the
work of the men of 81 who died to
save this country so that we can
now develop our cities and towns.
In the absence of Mayor G.. F.
Johnson, H. J. Banta, community
extension secretary, presented the
recreation grounds TO the city in
behalf of the woman's organization.
Children of the seventh and eighth
grades presented wand drills, folk
dancing and races. Following the
program John Kreher, physical di-
rector of the East Moline Y. NJ. c..
a. led the youngsters in races. Miss
Mile Beck, supervisor of music in
the schools, pleased with a solo.
Three reels of movie pictures con-
Guided the program.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
Edwin SWANSON
is MUCH ALIVE
Mail Service Is Reason Mother Did
Not Hear From Son Since
Nov. s.

Just poor mail service, nothing
more, kept the letters from Private
Edwin Swanson of the American
expeditionary forces from reaching
his mother, Mrs. Emily Swanson,
402 Third avenue, Moline.
Private Swanson had written
several times each month since last
Nov. s, when his mother received
the last letter from him, until the
other day. Mrs. Swanson had writ
ten many times within the last
seven months to know what was
the trouble with her boy and she
had appealed to the war depart
ment.
Private Swanson says he saw the
hardest kind of fighting on Nov. 40,
the day before the armisuc was
signed, but that he was not injured.
lie was one of the four men select
ed from his battalion to take part
in the American eXpeditionary
forces rifle and pistol shooting
match which was to have been held
at LeMans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
MOLINE SOLDIER
BROWNS IN LAKE
NEAR ROLLA, MO

William A. Axelson, age q, re-
Gently returned from overseas,
where he was severely wounded
during the Mouse and Argone Of
fensive, was found drowned yester-
day in a lake in the Ozark noun
tains, near RoIla, No. Only mere
reports of the fact of his death
have been received by his sister,
Miss Alphylde ]. Axelson, teacher
in the Rock Island high school.
Tn body will be brought to Mo-
line for burial and services will be
held at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon at
the First Methodist church. Burial
will be made in the Riverside ceme-
terry.
Mr.. Axelson was one of the first
men to leave with the draft call
FROM Moline and soon was given
temporary exemption because OF
his agricultural employment. lie
later enlisted in the Sixtieth in
fantry at Camp Greene, Charleston
and received all of his training
there before sailing for overseas.
Always Lived in Moline.
,Mr. Axelson had been a lifelong
resident of Moline, born March 70,
1892, graduating from the Moline
high school. He was member Of
the First Lutheran church.
His mother and two sisters are
the only survivors. The family had
been temporarily residing in st.
Louis and had planned to remove
to their Moline residence, 1928
Eleventh avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
f. & v. MEN SEND
PRAISE TO NAVAL
HEAD FOR FLIGHT

kilograms of congratulation to
the navy department and to Com
mander Read of the N. c. 4 have
been sent by a committe represent
ing 200 foremen, shop executives
and department heads of the Root
& Van Dervoort Engineering COM
pand and the R. & V.-Wagner Ord
nance company OF East Moline.
The messages, addressed to Secre-
tary Daniels of the navy depart
ment and to Commander Read
were sent in accord with resolu-
tions adopted by the r. & V. men
at the banquet Thursday evening
as a welcome home to w. H. Van
Dervoort, president of the compan-
les.
w. A. Layman of st. Louis. pres
ident of the Wagner Electric
Manufacturing company, the st.
Louis partner in the R. & V
Wagner Ordnance company, called
attention of the men to the sigui-
ficance of the achievement of the
N. c. 4, and proposed the congrat-
ulatory kilograms. His motion was
unanimously endorsed with en-
thusiasm by the shop executives.
In view of the fact that the local
manufacturing plant executed
large and important contracts for
the manufacture of naval ordnance,
the employees of the plants take a
particular interest in the accom-
plishment of the navy air pilots.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
|. 0. O.F.TO HOLD
SERVICE SUNDAY
Memorial Exercises to Honor De-
parted Members to Be Given
at Riverside Cemetery.

Two thousand Odd Fellows will
take part in the parade and ser
vices which are to be held tonor-
row morning as a memorium to
the departed fellow members of
the order. Services will be held at
Riverside cemetery.
Moline canton No. 80 will head
the parade. Members OF the can
ton are to meet at $50 at the
Swedish Olive hall. The march
will proceed from the Swedish
Olive hall east to Fifteenth street,
south to Sixth avenue and east on
Sixth avenue to the cemetery. In
case of rain the services will be
held in the Palace theatre.
The program for tomorrow Is.
Opening ode-Svea Male quar-
tet.
Prayer = E. Kubik, chaplain OF
Manufacturers lodge.
Reading of grand masters proc
unauthorized Wiese of Moline
lodge No. 1873.
Selection-Svea Male quartet.
Reading of roll of dead MEM
bers-Clarerce Wah,strom.
Selection-Groover band OF Rock
Island.
Memorial address-W. n. Blood
Of Chicago. past grand master.
Selection-Svea Male quartet.
Selection-Band.
Closing ode.
Prayer--W. Kubik.
Taps.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
HEAD OF STREETS
TAKES UP DUTIES
WITH CITY SOON

Oscar Abraham, this week ap-
pointed street commissioner of
Moline, will take charge OF his
work Monday. Until now he has
been employed by Horst 4; Co, and
his contract with them did not ex-
pire until today.
Mr. Abrahans headquarters will
be in the city hall and he will be
in his Office from the hours be-
tween 10 and II o'clock. Com
plants about streets and alleys
should be made to him at that
time either personally or Ey tele-
phone.
He today finishes his work with
the housing corporation, for which
he planted and did all the lawn
grading and similar work in con-
ncction with the government
houses
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
UNDERTAKES TO
ATTEND MEETING
AT PEORIA JUNE

Under given predictions the thir-
ty-eighth annual state undertakers
convention which will be held in
Peoria June 10, IL and IL will be
well represented by the Moline and
Rock Island undertakers. The
headquarters will be at the Jeffer-
son hotel and the sessions will be
held at the coliseum.
The program for the three days
follows:
OPENING SESSION, TUESDAY
MORNING AT $3.50.
Call to order-President ]. H
Thorsen, Leland, Ill.
Invocation-Rev. B. G. Carpenter,
Universalist church, Peoria.
Music-Rotary quartet.
Address of Welcome-Edwin N
Woodruff, mayor of Peoria
Rasponse-D. B. Quinlan, past
president of National Funeral Di-
rectors' association, Of Chicago.
Music-Rotary quartet.
Roll call of members.
Reading of code of ethics.
Report of membership commit
tee.
Minutes of last convention.
Address-Rev. B. c. Carpenter.
Report of executive committee
P. ]. Cummings, chairman, Chi
cago.
Annual message-President ]. B.
Thorsen.
Report of secretary-H. NJ Kill
patrick, Elmwood, Ill.
AFTERNOON SESSION AT P. NJ.
Communications received.
New business.
Talk-"My Experience with In
fiuenza Cases"-Prof. Albert w.
Worsham, president of Worsham
School of Anatomy, Sanitary
Science and Embalming, Chicago.
Addrrss-"The Modern Under
taker"-James c. Gavin, Chicago.
Report of standing committee.
Heart to heart talks.
EVENING SESSION.
Steroptican views and lectures
Prof A. n. Worsham.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Unfinished business.
Reports of delegates to national
convention.
Address Better Business Meth
DDS for the Funeral Director
Clifford G. Askin, Indiana.
Address-"Vital Statistic Laws in
Relation to the Undertakers"-Or-
rim Dillow
AS a result of the many ideas
received in the recent research
the entire afternoon session will be
given to Prof. Albert \. Worsham,
who will bring to the convention
this year special material for the
purpose of introducing to the mem
bers of the association his prod
ucts.
A grand ball and entertainment
will be given in the evening, under
the auspices of the Illinois Tray-
elers' Cooperative association.
The treasurer, E. B. Knox of
Moline will give his report along
with the many others that are to
be given. Election of officers, cleo
ton of delegates to the national
convention to be held at Atlantic
City, n. j., and selection of next
place of meeting also will be held
on Thursday.
Thursday evening after the close
of the convention an exhibit on
caskets, motor vehicles and funeral
furnishings will be given in the
coliseum and will be open to the
puhIic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
MOLINERS WATT
WILSON RETURN
VIII Not Name Postmaster for
PIOw City Until President
Comes From Europe.

After the arrival OF President
Wilson from France Moline candi-
dates for the appointment as post
master to succeed Edward Coryn
will expect TO receive action by the
civil service commission.
II is expected that the president
will sail for the states within 10
days and until he arrives there
will be no action taken or the part
of the commission. There will be
no political influence when the
new postmaster is selected.
The ten men who have taken
their civil service examinations
have not been notified as yet as to
their standing although the coma
mission rules that each man shall
receive immediate notification. A
personal inquiry was made in Mo-
line three weeks ago by civil SER
vice and postoffice officials II was
then announced that the reports
would be forwarded within 4S
hours to Postmaster General a, S.
Burleson, and the name of the can
didate selected would be sent TO
President Wilson and then to the
senate for confirmation.
Because of the fact that no an
nouncement of the ratings has
been made two or three of the pros
pective appointees have been out
spoken in their belief that the To-
cal political standing will have
some effect on the recommended
lions TO the senate. The civil SER
vice officials. however, during their
stay gave assurance that the de-
cisions would be made upon the
mpritg
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
News of the Day in Moline and East Moline

ponder, No country or flag can be
mine except the United States, but
il could go to this war as a citi-
zen of the world / would pray to
be allowed to do So
I'VE get a new sense of the sa-
c-edness of the old simple funda-
mental virtues of life. Liberty,
righteousness, justice, law, home,
they are common-places no more.
These words have been hallowed
with new meaning. The stately
message of Edmund Burke when
writing of the French revolution,
one of the finest passages in all po-
litical literature, should be read
again at this season. He speaks of
society as a contract, a partnership,
not only between those who are
living but between those who are
living and those who are dead, and
those who are yet to be born.
the living and those yet unborn.
Our enemies violated this great
contract of humanity and made it
a scrap of paper. Our heroic dead
kept the faith on the fields OF mud
and blood, out on the grey seas
amid the viewless air they kept the
contract with the past, with Wash
ington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and they
kept it with us. And as President
Wilson has said in his last message
we are entrusted with a new obli-
CATION to keep the homes and the
land law abiding, with ordered lib
erty which these dead died to de-
fend. These have laid a new duty
upon our shoulders and we cannot
stand still we must go forward.
These have restored honor upon
the earth and a new sense of obli-
CATION"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
COMMITTEEIN
FAVOR OF SITE
Adopt Resolution to Be Given City
Council in Which They Rec
Ommend Purchase.

That George W. Ross site for an
East Moline park which is ada
cent to the East Moline township
high school property, will be pur-
chased by the city, is the general
belief of residents today. The COM
mittee of business men and from
the council at a recent meeting
agreed that the site was the best
adapted to the citys purpose.
They adopted a resolution recon-
mending the city council to puT-
chase the spot. Five councilme1I
who were on the committee, signed
their names to the resolution and
two other councilmen are known
to be in favor of the proposed park.
George D. Long, city attorney,
told the committee that on the plan
presented by the East Moline Land
company, of which Mr.. Ross is
head, he is sure the city can meet
the demands with one exception.
Here is what the company pro-
poses: to sell approximately thirty
acres of land at 1915 an acre, city
to make a payment of $1,000 down;
annual payments to be extended
over a period of IL years at per
cent interest. Mr.. Long is of the
opinion that the city can fill the
contract, with the exception of pay
ing the $1,000 down, but he be-
lieves that a mutual agreement can
be made between the contracting
parties. ]. W. Crowley, commits
s1oner of public works of Daven-
port, inspected the proposed site
and was hearty in his comments on
it He said that the site is an ideal
place.
The resolution, which will be
presented to the city council Mon
day evening and which was signed
by the committee, is:
BE it hereby resolved, That we,
the undersigned. a committee rep
resenting the business interests of
the city, delegated as a committee
Mems association, and a committee
appointed by the mayor under au-
thority of motion of the city coun-
ell, do hereby recommend that the
city council purchase the park site
proposed by George w. Ross, and
as a further evidence of our rec
ommendatiOn we have each of US
affixed our signatures"
The business men comprising the
committee were E. M. Heider, c. D.
Metcalfe, g. E. Mitchell, Jean A.
Pope and Frank Rubeck. The five
aldermen of the council we're Emil
DeDoncker, j. K. Williams, Harry
NcMillen, Louis A. Miller and c. A.
Wood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
CHURCH PLANS ARE
SOON TO BE DONE

The plans and specifications for
the new Sacred Heat church, Thir-
teenth street and Seventh avenue,
Moline, will be designed by Davis
e Davis. Chicago architects. The
definite plans for the new building
have not been decided upon as yet,
but are hoped to be completed with
in the next few days.
Bids will he called for within the
next few days ami the building
committee is planning 10 start the
structure as soon as possible. It
is hoped to have the building COM
pleted in the early fall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
The Day in Davenport

Attempts Suicide-Despondent
over a long siege of illness, Mrs.
Harriet Valley put her two chill
dren to bed and then attempted to
kill herself by inhaling gas at her
home, 111615 West Second street.
She was found by her mother be-
fore the fumes had done their
work The city ambulance and
pulmotor were summoned. DR.. f.
F. Rudolf was called. She will re-
cover.
Hit By AutO-Although for sew
eral hours after he was found I'M
conscious at Twelfth and Main
streets w. ]. Brown, aged 70, was
unable to remember how he was
injured, he later had faint recol-
lection of being hit by an auto
mobile. Mr.. Browns home is in
Clinton.
Staff Visits MayOr-Attired in
full dress. parade regalia, with
puts" shining, spurs jingling and
swords clanking at their sides, the
staff officers of Rock Island arsenal
paid a formal visit to Mayor Lee J.
Dougherty. Colonel Harry B. Jor-
dan, commandant, was attended by
his staff composed of four captains
and one lieutenant. Their visit
was to formally extend the hospi-
tality of the arsenal to the new
mayor and the members of the city
council. At a short conference,
Colonel Jordan expressed the de-
sire of the arsenal authorities to
have the subway for Milwaukee
trains completed as soon as pos
sibIe. This is a plan fostered by
the levee commission, and re-
quest had been sent to that body
by Colonel Jordan to expedite the
work as much as possible. Arsenal
workmen returning from and
going to their work are constantly
endangered by the fact that the
railroad tracks run at right angles
to the government bridge, and only
a short distance from the Daven-
port end. 1t is the plan of the
levee commission to have a sub
way built, in order to put these
tracks underground.
Farm Brings $50,OOO-The NJ.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
MOLINE TO HAVE
new WARD MAPS
City Council VIII Submit New Re-
district Plans to Plow City
Officials Monday.

Members of the council committee
who are working on plans to re-
district the city of Moline into
wards claim they have a new
scheme which they believe will
solve the great problem and when
it is handed to the board of super
visors and the council it will prove
satisfactory.
The new plan will leave all the
aldermen in their present wards
and will eliminate some of the de-
fects of the plan now working.
Maps of the new plan are being
made today and will be presented
to the council Monday evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
GASOLINE LEAKAGE
is CAUSE OF FIRE

The cause for the burning of the
motorcycle owned by John Dean of
Moline yesterday afternoon in
Twenty-fifth street near Seventh
avenue has been laid to the leak in
the gasoline tank. AS soon as the
fire was discovered Mr.. Dean, as
sisted by 'neighbors. attempted to
extinguish it with sand and clay,
but was not successful. The Mo-
line fire department was called and
cL emicaIs were used to control the
fire. Both tires. handle grips and
other leather parts of the cycle
were burned off.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
FOUR MOLINE MEN
ARE FOUND DRUNK

Four Moliners happily celebrated
Memorial day yesterday when they
became intoxicated. Their pleas
ures were soon cut short when the
Moline police rounded them up and
put them behind the bars for a
hearing this morning. Two of the
men were not yet sober so were
kept locked up. but the other two
men were fined SO and costs and
we're set free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
TO AWARD SCHOOL
CONTRACT IN WEEK

Contract for the new Coal Val
lev school. bids for which were
opened Thursday, will not be let
until next Thursday. Twelve con-
tractors. including several tri-citT
firms, were represented in the
bids which were submitted.
Some changes are being contem-
plated in the original plans and
contractors will have opportunity
to readjust their bids to these al
terations. The new building will
OCCUPY the site of that destroyed
By fire this spring.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
BOOTLEGGER GIVEN
MAXIMUM FINE IN
E. M. POLICE COURT

Three East Moline police raided
the place of ]. Herritti yesterday
and found him in the act of selling
booze. Herritti was Immediately
arrested and taken to Jail and this
morning was tried in court and
was found guilty Herritti did not
plead guilty but the evidence was
too strong against him. He was
fined 5000 and costs.
1t is expected that some of the
Greeks friends will bail him out
this afternoon, otherwise he will
have to spent 10 days in Jail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
INVITE MAYORS TO
PRESS CLUB MEET

The Tri-City Press club has in
vited the mayors of the quad-cities
to their meeting next Tuesday
night at the Manufacturers hotel
in Moline at $50 o'clock. Each
one of the mayors will be called
upon to give an address. The sub
iect to be discussed is 1.-The Ad-
vantage of Cooperation in the
Quad-Cities."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
Obituary

After an illness Of ten days, MISS
Lima Person, aged 60, died today m
a Moline hospital. She had resided
with her sister, Mrs. Adolph Ber-
gren. 1928 Tenth street, Moline, anC
had been a resident of the city
thirty years. Surviving relatives are
Mrs. Bergren and a sister IN
Sweden.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31

In an effort to secure the services
os a marshal, city authorities OF
Earlville, Ill, are advertising for
bids from persons desiring the Of
fee. Recently a night policeman
was appointed, but up to the pres
eIt city officials have failed to find
anyone for the Office of city mar
shall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
Police News

East Moline police yesterday ar
rested two speeders. They were
brought into court this morning and
fined IS and costs. They gave their
names as Frank Smith and o.
Stonehouse. They were arrested by
Chief OF Police Thomas Shaefer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31
BROTHERS FIGHT
AND ARE JAILED

Two brothers who are proprietors
of the little stand on Fifth avenue
and Fifteenth street, whose names
are Peter and william Kalamaras,
are very annoying, according to
Frank Burke. a popcorn stand pro-
prietor, adjacent to the Kalamaras
business. Burke claims that the
two men are jealous and many
fights have ensued. Sergeant Gre1l
of the Moline police force hap
pened along just in time for one
of their family squabbles and took
charge of the men and said he
would testify against them.
The two brothers will be ar
raigned before the Moline police
court Monday morning on charges
Of disorderly conduct.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-31

Spelletich farm Of 225 acres, To-
Gated between MaysvilIe and Plain
view. has been purchased by Otto
and Robert Smallfield for a consid-
Grafton of $4,000. 1t is one of the
choice farms of the county and is
purchased by the Smallfield broth
ers as an investment.
Campaign for $125, OO0-A special
campaign to raise an additional
$3.50 for the Lend-a-Hand club
will be launched June IS, accord
ing to plans outlined late Thurs
day at a special meeting of the ad-
visory board. The money is re-
quired to defray the expense of
erecting a new building for the
club at Front and Main strets.
Members of the advisory board to-
day expressed the belief that the
additional $125,000 would be sub
scribed in less than a weeks
time.
Tells Fairy TaIe-When Roy
Bingham turned his twin boys
over to Byron Rumsey, probation
officer. he told a very touching
story about his shattered home and
the difficulty he has had in trying
to be both a father and a mother
to his little ones. Upon that occas-
ion he gave his name as L. M. Pei
mont He was arrested last even
ing upon the order of Judge Will
liam Theophilus and gave the
name Of Roy Benjamin. Pelmont
or Bingham who is alleged to
have been living under both names
was arrested by Detective Bishop.
He will have to put up a more c.
herent story when he is brought
before Judge Theophilus. The
twins, two exceptionally bright
and well-behaved little children,
are now at the juvenile home.
Connects With Island-RaiI con-
nection with Suburban island was
re-established yesterday and a
large number of pleasure seekers
took advantage of the fact to visit
the island park in the Mississippi
river. The Tri-City Railway COM
pany has had a large force at work
for several weeks repairing the
damage to the dam and the tracks
across it, due to high water.