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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
ALLEYS SHOULD
Be KEPT CLEAN
Municipal Commission Is Aroused
Over individuals Who Litter
Clean Alleys
WILL HOLD UP THE WORK
Progress of the Street Department
Is Rapidly PrOgressing-Is
Half Through.

With the work of cleaning the
alleys in the city almost half COM
pleted certain disagreeable fea-
lures connected with the work have
arisen which has aroused the ire
of the city commission to a con-
siderable extent
Upon Commissioner Frank WITCH
has devolved the supervision and
he has been a personal visitor on at
least one occasion each day. How
ever in his rounds during the last
few days he has noticed several
instances in which an alley al
ready cleaned by the city had again
become the open receptacle for
debris and litter of all description.
thus making the status of the alley
in question, that had already been
cleaned, the same as before. Hence
the ire of the commission.
Must Be Discontinued.
This practice" declared Com
missioner WITCH, must be discon-
tinued. Unless the, people cooper
ate with the city in this phase of
the matter it may be weeks and
even months before the work of rid
ding the alleys of all unsightly de-
bris is accomplished-for the work
must be finished"
Commissioner WITCH offers the
suggestion that each householder
place a receptacle in the alley
which has already been cleaned,
thus assuring the city that the al
ley will DE kept in the proper
state.
Twenty teams are on the job of
cleaning the alleys and the work
is progressing in a satisfactory
manner. The refuse is being
dumped in the ravine on Thirty
fourth street directly facing Ninth
avenue. By next week the teams
will be at work in the vicinity of
the seventh ward, east of Thirtieth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
TAX ON NEAR-BEE
FALLS ON BREWERS

Washington, May Regulation
for administration of the Is per
cent tax on near-beer and other
beverages made of cereals, and the
10 per cent tax on manufacture of
soft drinks, provide that the as
sessment is against the original
manufacturer in the case of near
beer, even though he sells to an
other concern, which bottles and
sells the product. If the beverage
is subjected in the process to any
remaking, sales by the second man
ufacturer also are taxable. The
tax is on the manufacturers price,
not the retail price.
The tax on soft drinks, as diff
ferentiated from soda fountain pro-
ducts, is on unfermented grape
juice, ginger ale, root beer, pop,
artificial mineral waters, apple
juice, loganberry juice and other
juices. The tax is paid by the
manufacturer, and these articles
are exempt from soda fountain
taxes.
Whales have been known to dive
at the rate of 300 yards a minute
when struck by the harpoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
PREEMPTION

In spite OF the condition Of TIM. roads
/ 81. Johns church was crowded Sunday
evening when members Of the choir and
guilds rendered "A Resurrection story
3 in costumes Of the period.
: Fred TrenkcH-chuh won many compll-
monts on his rendering Of the roe Of Pom
titus Pilates Centurion, while o. Schuy
, bert. r. Doonan, II Blakley and j. hsln
strong made admirable Roman spdirfsr,
c. d. Doonan in the roe OF Caiaphas, the
high priest, with G.. George Gau'ry and
james II. Hicks as his fellow priests car
rird his part with q disp ay Of craftines7
which would do credit TO professional.
Mesdames c. -. Doonan. Emma John
ston aud Winifred Armstrong in the parts
Q of the Blessed Virgin, Mary Magdc'ene
and Mary the mother of Cieophas. raEpee-
lively rendered a splendid Interpretation
John Gauley Jr made an imposing
Pontius Plate. while Lester Gau.ey az
Ju'as Iscariot completed the cast.
Mesdames s. Johnston and the Misses
Addie Z aKley. Myrt and Bessie HicEs
Mamie Haywood acted wu,u of the
period and with the other ladies acted
a. the chorus in the hymns rsndf red
throughout the story
Mesdamcs E. r Sederquizt and Il. Ba'y-
/ ley took well their roles OF angels at the
tomb on Easter morning
The story was written and produced
by A bert II. Head. the minister in charge.
whi'e Mr.. Clark ohieiated At the organ
throughout.
! A pleasing feature of the story was the
reading Of appropriate verses from The
hb'e which preceded each scene, by Mary
Hicks in the costume Of a Herald
The story great success and
did credit to those taking the yarious
parts.
! An offering during the evening was tzhs
en- for missionary work IN the dios4st
! Mrs. J. c. Noffitt is staying with her
! parents. Nj. and Mrs. James Y Johnston,
! for the week.
| Mrs. Sadie MayaH was a Sunday Wis
J itor at the home OF Scott Vance and fam
! lily.
BENJAMIN DoonEn was an Aledo visitor
| Monday with James Powers and faui E-
/ Dean Musson from Moline was a Wis
/ itor IN this neighborhoOd Saturday.
/ Many of the cellars are now making
admirable cisterns after the recent heavy
rains.
/ The purchasing Of tractors secms n
\ be the order OF the day with Pre- mptIOH
I farmers lately, many having been ordered
/ and some delivered this week. The trae.
| tor is now a familiar sight on almost
J every farm.
I Emery Doonan, who recently underwent
an operation for poisoning OF the finger
I is doing nicely
All the news all the :ime-The
] Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP.

The law partnership heretofore
existing between Charles ]. Searle
and Charles B. Marshall of Rock
Island, ILL.,, has been dissolved In
future Mr.: Searle will occupy the
office in the safety building, hereto
fore occupied by the firm, and Mr.
Marshall will continue the practice
of law in his new offices in the Pep
pies Bank building, Rock Island,
Illinois.
CHARLES ]. SEARLE.
CHARLES B. MARSHALL.
All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
INDIANA WELCOMES MEROEs.

Indianapolis, Ind, May 1.-In-
diana today officially welcomed
home its sons and daughters who
took part in the war A parade Of
Is 600 soldiers marines, sailors
and nurses marched through the
streets of Indianapolis. The OLc
Hundred Fiftieth field artillery OF
the Forty-secoGd Rainbow divi-
sion led the paraFa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
Local Man Gets
First News Of
Home In Argus

That The Argus brought the first
news from home to him in nearly
two months was the word received
from Corporal E. o. Holmgrain in
letter to his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. o. V. Holmgrain, Gil Forty
fourth street
AT 8 a. m. today MAY p. I re-
turned to Camp Upton from two
days visit in New York city. writes
Corporal Holmgrain. While there
l made my headquarters at the ILL
nois Welcome committee rooms,
where l was made to feel at home
They had the Rock Island Argus
there, and it was through an item
in the society notes of the issue of
April 26 that l got my first news
from home since March II, the day
on which the last letter reached me
in France
THE item told me of your birth
day party, mother. and believe me,
! it was good news. knew of
course you would not be entertain
( ing unless everything was all right
! at home.
There is no comparison between
! life as I have found it since step
ping down the gangplank last Sun
day morning and the nine months
preceding, especially the last four
or five OF those months, during
which time living conditions i'm
proved somewhat. but homesick-
ness grew worse each day. Amer
lea is very appropriately called
/ Gods country and thank God, I'm
back here again, approaching it as
| never did before"
The French Legion of Honor has
a much larger membership than mas
any other prominent order.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
PLANE CARRYING
Is PASSENGERS
GOES UP 1872 FIT.

Paris. Tuesday. May 6.-The
giant Farman airplane Goliath.
which has been flying between
Paris and Brussels, last night as
cended to a height of 500 meters
approximately 1872 feeD, while
carrying 25 passengers. The as
cent was made in l hour and Is
minutes and the descent in % mill
utes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07

Amount fees collected .!..... $94
Government housing permits. .217
Fees for government houses. .$217
Two hundred thirty-Dne water
tests were made by the plumbing
department of the city of Rock Is
land during the month of April is
what the report of Inspector Littig
shows. The following is the COM
plete report:
JOurOPvmpD Dlum hers EXAM
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07

sponded to during the month of
April-a number which speaks
well for the carefulness of tho
tenants of the city. The following
is the complete report submitted
by Fire Chief August Schmidt:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07

Wagon calls, So.
Lodgers, II.
Lights out, 35 hours.
Cases discontinued: State Ii;
city, 9. Cases withdrawn, none.
Women tried: State, O; city, 3.
Meals furnished, % at 25 cents
per meal.
Total number of fines collected,
$263SO.
The report of Anna Kirkman.
police matron, showed a busy two
week period.
The following is the health re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
OFFICIALS Give
APRIL REPORTS
During TwO-Week Period Police
Department Handles So City
and State Cases.

The total number of police cases,
city and state, for the two-week
period ending May 1 is So
OF this number SO are state
cases and 81 are city cases. The
following is the complete report
of Chief of Police Cox submitted to
the municipal commission:
STATE.
Disorderly conduct ....... 3
Violation, of motor vehicle law. Is
Obtaining lodging falsely. 800. /
Dairy food law vfolators ... l
Vagrancy INSTRUMENTATION. l
Fugitive from justice. .... 2
Murder 1
Burglary and larceny. ..... 5
Assault with deadly weapon....
Total state cases ....... SO
CITY CASES.
Disorderly conduct ......... 40
Drunkenness 8
Careless driving ............ l
Total city cases ....... 81
Ambulance calls, 81.
ooIIg
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07

All the news all the :ime-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07

Delivery to All Parts of City
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07

The French Legion of Honor has
a much larger membership than mas
any other prominent order.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-01-25
SATURDAY. JANUARY rs. 1919
To the Soldiers and Sailors oil
America

Approximately four million ostcers
and men OF the Army and Navy arc
now insured with the United States
Government for . grand total Of 81
most thirty-seven billion dollars.
You owe 1t to yourself and to your
family to hold Oh to Uucle Sans in-
,uranre. II Ia the strongest, safest,
and cheapest life insurance ever
written.
For your protection Uncle Sam has
established the greatest life insur-
ance company In the worlds CONF
pany as mighty, ~ generour. and -
democratic ~ the United States Gov
eminent itself. Just ~ Uncle Sam
Protected you and your loved ones
during the war, so he stands ready
70 continue this protection through
he days "f reAdjustln.nt and peace.
Tn. privilege Of continuing your
Government insurHpce IL . vAluabls
right given To y"u ~ part Of the COM
pensation for your heroic and triu,nih-
mt services. II !On permit the In.
,urxnce To lapse, you lose that right,
md you will never be able to regain
It. But II you keep up your present
,nsurxnce-by the regular payment
Of premiuns-you will be able to
to change It into . stand Government
,oIicy without medical examination.
Meantime you can keep up your pre-
cent insurance at substantially tha
the same low rate. The. Governmsnt
will write ordinary life Insurance.,
twenty payment life, endowment
maturing at age 81. and other usual
forms of insurance. This will be Gov
eminent insurnnce-At Government
rates.
The United States Govenment-
through the Bureau of War Risk IT,
.urancs Of the Treasury Department
will Safeguard you and your loved
ones with the spirit and purpose Of .
Republic grateful to its gallant d.
'enders. To avail yourself Of this
protection. you must keep up your
present insurance. Garry back with
you to civil life, rs All aid and an A.
.pt, the continued insurance protac-
ion Of the United States Governs
nent.
HOLD ON TO UNCLE SANS
INSURANCE.
W. q. MCADOo
Secretary.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-01-25

As has always been the cmatOn,
the last political campaign had its
usual hunk about cutting down state
expenses. A glance nj the the list Of
tppOintiv- officers and clerks named
for the lower house.of the Legislature
dives plenty Of evidence that tho
idea of reducing expenses vanished
with the count of ballots. 1t may be
that only the usual number Of favor
ed ones have been selected for this
ninety day vacation with pay. but =
casual glance leads one to believe
that the list has been increased about
~ per cent. With so many who have
nothing to do except draw pay, 1t 10
not surprising that Legislatures sell
dom accomplish anything worth
while.-Craig Empire.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-01-25
An Urgent Call For Workers

At present, the Red Cross has
before 1t . great task which
must he completed Immediately. II
10 the production Of a vast number
of refugee garments as quickly as
possible. National Headquarters adj
vises US that II these garments are to
be Of practical value In foreign relief
this winter, 1t Is imperative thar
they be shipped not later than Feb
ruary LIST. This order definitely and
forcibly controverts an Impression
that Red Cross Chapter work 10 end
cd.
In enlisAing workers for this pur-
pose, 1t should be with the under
stAnding that the call is not for All
activity to extend all winter. hut that
It liz. in reality. for II sewing or pro-
duction campaign or driv. for a short
period, and that 1t probably will be
either materially curtailed or entire
ly discontinued ~ suon as the pre-
sent allotunents are completed.
MRS. ]. N. NEAL
Supt. Of Garments
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-01-25
oId W,r,hlp, Put to coco U.e.

In the dnys before the war. one OF
the features OF Ryde. Isle of Wight,
wns the fleet OF obsolete wnrshlps
which rode mournfully ut anchor to
the west of the pier. There was
curious air. OF desolatiOn about them
with their gunbont grny showing rust
everywhere, their truncated mnsts
cleared decks, and blnckened brasses
As the ferry steamed out OF Ports
mouth, come four miles away across
the Solent. they hnd wnrllke appear
ancc enough. but the nenrer one came
to them the more one saw that their
fighting days were over.
But were they? Mny there not have
been amongst them some Of the old
cruisers which Joined In the now ia
nous run for Zeebrugee the other
night? Perhaps they are Ryde bonts
which now lie gloriOusly ut the bottom
Of the sea. blocking the way to the
'nests Of Bruges."
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-01-25
WHY RUSSIA WANTS REPUBLIC
Any Other Form Of Government Would
Present Many Difteuitlss, u
Not impossible.

A last point to which wish to call
attention is that from the first hour
of the revolution the republican idea
made extraordinary progress in the
minds Of all classes. writes Captain
X" In Scribner's. live among Rus
SLAMS and could therefore watch Its
growth day by day. Men Of letters
and men Of business, merchants, hnan-
ciers, lawyers. professors saw Them
one after another. come to the same
way Of thinking. For the first weeks
1t seemed Impossible to many OF
conservative turn Of mind that there
should be Russian republic. They
said:
"Our country Is not ripe for one.
Think of all the hard experiences
which you French went through before
the republic was really Mt home In
France. and yet your people are high.
ly developed. while ours are not" And
80 on. These same men have now
come round, little by little, to the re-
publican idea. One reason Is that
any other form Of government would
present many difficulties. II, indeed. 1t
Is not impossible. The Romanoff dy-
nasty is discredited. to say the least
1t Is not conceivable that 1t should be
reinstated, and there are no other
available aspIrants to the throne. even
supposing that the nation wished to
return to a monarchy.
Anyone whos feels inclined to pro
nounce judgment upon the Russian
revolution should bear this in mind
the old regime was 30 detestable that
any new one, even II far from perfect
cannot be worse. From the military
point of view. which is of course what
Is most interesting to Russia's allies
the former system, or want Of 1t. had
so dIsorganized the whole country that
1t was becoming more and more dim
cult to carry on the war. 1t Is hard
to see how now either the Russians OF
we of the allies can suffer by the
change, because what has been thrown
away was absolutely worthless. That
should always be in our minds when
we are inclined to criticize Russia. In
order that we may keep our proper
mental perspective and see things n
they really are.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-01-25
MEN KNITTING FOR SOLDIERS
Show Remarkable Ability At Clicking
the lens Maidstone an TX.
pert at Tattino.

The art Of knitting has long been
considered exclusively a feminine &C
complement, but the theory that man
has not patience or inclination to
spend his leisure hours in clicking the
needles has been exploded in Califor'
MIA, where wonders never cease.
A dispatch from Red Bluff. Tehan,a
county, records that Gorham King,
manager of a department store there,
has almost completed his FIRST knitted
set. consisting Of sweater, muffler
wristlets and pair Of socks. for some
soldier In France.
King spent his vacation at Moon.
stone Beach. and there he learned to
knit In nm effort to forestall threat.
ened nervous breakdown. His sister
and mother have vouched for his pro.
fciency In the art, and say, besides,
that knitting has cured him Of much
Of his nervousness. 1t 10 no uncom.
mon sight, say the natives Of Red
Bluff, to see him drop his work at the
store and sit down for "spell" OF
knitting.
w. F. Baird, assistant cashier Of n
bank at Woodland. Cal, is another
convert. He Is said to have won the
plaudits Of the fair ones In that city
since his wife disclosed the fact tina.
"Will is the best latter in Woodland"
With knitting now in vogue 1t develops
that the banker has also mastered
that art. Baird il widely known in
baseball circles.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-01-25
FOR THE RELIEF OF THE sTARv
ING IN THE. NEAR EAST.

Seventeen cents . day. $500 .
month. $4,000 year, will keep alive
one Of these unfortunates. The only
pity that can help them is the pity Of
your dollars.
Thirty million dollars must be
raised this week to carry them
through their present need and put
them on their feet. Give as much as
you can.
In the name Of your own dead, In the
name Of your living. give. Give out Of
gratitude that you and yours have not
had to bear this awful fate Of the
Near East-and never will have to.
Give Your Utmost. Today.
-Four Million Are Starving.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-01-25
Problem for EnsIn. Builders.

The farm tractor engine has been
described as a 90 per cent engine be-
cause 1t Is under load the majority
of its time. The motor truck engine
might be spoken of as 40 per cent
one, and the motor car engine as n
Is per cent powerplant, in that 1t is
rarely II ever working at full power,
such as the airplane engine Is. Be
cause Of this greater load on the air.
plane engine, its manufacture is much
more difficult. One engineer has stat
ed that building 100000 airplane en-
glnes would be much more difficult
than building 100000 motor car en-
gines.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-01-25

Charles Evans Hughes says about
these starving and dying people
Probably at no time In the history oil
the world have there been SO many
fatherless and motherless as there arr
today. Hundreds Of thousands In Ar
menia, Syria. Caucasus, Persia. Meso-
potamsa and Palestine are not only
without parents but are without any
strong parental government to s.'e
them help and protection which or
phan children Of other lands enjoy. but
out Of the horror and nightmare thru
which these people have passed comes
the gratifying word that We can be Of
assistance, that we can share with
these orphan children the bounty
which we As Americans have enjoyed
for years. May America respond to
their appeal"
A national campaign for thirty mil
lion dollars will be put on Jan. II.
1919 and all good. true. loyal and SYM
pathetic Americans are asked to give
freely to these destitute people in the
near East.
France. Belgium and Italy can all be
helped by governmental aid. but the
dying Christians in this devastated
land have no government thru which
governmental aid can come. The priv
ilege and task belongs to America.
Every dollar subscribed goes to tho
relief work-not one penny goes for
expense. All funds are distributed
thru United States consuls or Amer
lean agencies and all moneys are
cabled thru the Department OF State
Ex-President VIM. Howard TAN
says: Nov why the need Of money
for Armenia? Who are the Ar
menians? They are one Of the Oldest
Christian people in the world. They
lived in a province that lies north Of
Mesopotamia, east of Asia Minor. west
of Persia and south Of the Black sea
One million eight hundred thou.
sans Armenians lived in that country,
cultivatIng the valleys and making
them blossom like the rose The
Turks hated them because they were
indur fious and enjoyed the prosperity
tb~1 comes from industry.
Later when Turkey entered the
eat European war as the ally Of
.trmany she invited German officers
into her army. Her army was shortly
differed by German officers who d.
rected the army to go into Armenia
and deport 1890. 900 Armenians. which
they did; Six hundred thousand es-
capped, the other 100000 were driven
by the army into the desert-and in
the drive the army deliberately killed
men, women and children, by rifle
ball, by bayonet, by knife. by driving
them over precipices, by driving them
into deep running rivers. Out Of
those deported nearly 100000 died Of
starvation. Then Germany turned
them over to Turkey; Turkey proceed
ed to attend to the Armenlans In that
kindly fatherly way! That is the
story"
There are now over 100000 Of
starving people In the near East that
must be fed by America or they die.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-01-25
WAR MAKING New World.

New activities are steadily produc-
ing new words, and. coined as they are.
for the most part, under stress Of cir
cumstances, they make NO pretense at
preserving pathological amenities. The
latest, like 10 many others. comes from
France. 'This afternoon" writes an
officer. in 4 letter from the front. 1--WE
motored over to the Tankodrome." As
one writer very Justly exclaims: "And
only q year ago we had yet to learn
what tanks were Christian Science
Monitor.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-01-25
.Meanllahter. Introduced.

A new type Of garden labOrer. known
rs the 'moOnlighter," has appeared In
London (Eng.) suburban country dis
tricts, owing to the shortage Of general
laborers. The moonlighter IL work.
man who Is employed I'LL day. but who
Is willing to earn IL little extra money
by working during the moonlight
nights In the gardens md nllotments.
His IL the only sort Of labor that the
suburbnnite can now employ In the
digging and sowing Of the vegetable
plot which every suburban householder
regards us an essential part Of his
household.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-01-25
judo, Wa, Emphatic.

In his volume Of recollections Bal
four Browne tells a story of Justice
Martin, bluff lawyer. who was noted
for his bulls"
One of these Is still remembered as
probably the best example ever uttered
by Judge in his Official capacity.
He was sentencing a man who had
been convicted Of sheep-stealing. and
after treating the unfortunate prisoner
to lengthy lecture on the enormity OF
his offense, he wound up as follows:
my man. II you had been tried for
this eighty years ago. you would have
been hung tomorrow morning.