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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-01
SOLONS VISIT
LINCOLN HOME
Illinois Legislators Make Pilgrim
hge to Old Salem Where "HOn-
est Abe'' Kept Store.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 1.-Legis-
lators will make 2 pilgrimage tocay
to the site of Old Salem, near Pet
ersburg, where Abraham Lincoln
once kept store 1t was from this
place that he was elected TO the Hi
nois house of representatives, then
sitting at Vandalia.
By special enactment the old river
site came into possession of Illinois
as state park at the present ses-
sion.
Representative Homer J. Tice,
sponsor of the bill accepting the
title to the land tract, who is in
charge of today's excursion, said
$50 members of the general as
emily would make the trip. A spec
ial train will carry the lawmakers
and bring them back to Springfield
tonight. The train will leave here
the middle of the afternoon.
No exercises have been arranged
at Old Salem, and the legislators
will be permitted to employ all the
time there in going over ther his
toric site. Many of the original
buildings have been restored by the
Olu CdIGLu WHICH Is
arranging and paying for today's
trip.
Clean up Work.
Both houses met this morning
for business session in order to
clean up the work on hand before
afternoon.
The senate agriculture committee
today reported back with an I'M
favorable recommendation the kess-
niger bill providing for a commits
sion to study the land tenantry
question in Illinois. The measure
was opposed by Lieutenant Govern
or Oglesby, who appeared before the
committee yesterday. No need ex-
lists for such a commission, accord
ing to the lieutenant governor, who
is a land holder and has a large
of tenants in Logan coun-
ty. The commission proposed in the
Kessinger bill was backed by Gov
ernor Lowden who urged in his BIZ
ennial message some sort of legisla-
ton to encourage tenants to i'm
prove their land.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-01
NOSE HURT WHEN
MACHINE CRASHES
INTO TREE TODAY

Mrs. Kate Skinner OF East Mo-
line sustained a badly bruised nose
at 9 o'clock this morning when the
machine in which she was riding
skidded on the wet pavement at
First street and Seventeenth ave
nue., East Moline, and crashed into
a tree. Mrs. J. J. Shirley of Sew.
enteenth street and Eighteenth avG-
nue. East Moline. was driving the
sedan. DR.. j. II. ElIingsworth.
who attended the injured woman,
said that he found no broken bones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-01
In the Lodges

Prospect hive, No. 993, met yes
terdsy afternoon in the home of
Mrs Ida Kumpf. 61012 Forty-fifth
street, Rock Island The attend
ance was large and during the bus
mess session plans were perfected
for a social dance to be held next
Tuesday evening in Swedish Olive
hall Members. their families and
friends, are invited to attend. A
tWo-piece orchestra will furnish the
music and before the close of the
evening the guests will be invited
to the dining room where refresh
E1entS will be served.
All the News All the Time
The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-01
PELT TO TALK
AT MOLINE DINNER

Rev. Samuel Van Pelt, pastor of
the First Methodist church of Rock
Island will deliver the principal adj
dress tomorrow evening at a ban
quet to be held at 7 o'clock in the
Methodist church of Moline by the
Mems Bible class.
James Andrews and Ross Beedee.
laymen of the Presbyterian church
of Davenport, will be additional
speakers. Music for the evening
will be furnished by the male quar-
tet of the class.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-01

Seventeenth avenue, East Moline,
ran after a truck on which he
thought he would ride home. He
caught hold of the machine, but
lost his grip and fell to the pave
ment. He was taken to the home
of a friend in Moline, with whom
he and his mother had been stay
ing since the high waters had made
it impossible for them to stay at
their home on River road. DR.. E.
A Soule attended the boy and
found that he had sprained his
ankle, bruised his hip and sus-
tanned other minor bruises. He
will be able to return to school in
a few DAYS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-01
The War a Year Ago

Three women injured in the long
range bombardment of Paris.
German troops occupied the
famous Russian fortress of Sebasto-
pol.
Leading statesmen of the allied
countries met in conference at Yer
sailles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-01
HERBERT P. WILSON
ROTARIAN SPEAKER

Experiences of his three weeks
trip through the south and visits
at New Orleans and Galveston
were related by Herbert P. Wilson.
assistant manager of the Barnard
&, Leas Manufacturing company, at
the Moline Rotary club luncheon at
the Manufacturers hotel yesterday
noon.
Wilson p Hunt, president of the
club, and F. c. Raney, secretary
tary club convention at Salt Lake
were named delegates to the Ro-
city next June.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-01
MAN IN
EAST MOLINE AS
CHICAGO ROBBER

James Burns, wanted in Chicago
for robbery, was arrested in East
Moline last evening and is being
held at the station until Chicago
authorities arrive.
Burns was standing on a corner
in the business district of East Mo-
line waiting for a Suvis car, which
he was about to board. when the
police nabbed him. Chief Tom
Schaffer received a telegram from
Chicago detective yesterday in
structing him to keep on the look
out for Burns. The quick arrest
of the alleged robber is accredited
to the work of East Moline police.
All the News All the Time
The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-01
TRIES TO HOOK ON
TRUCK, LAD FALLS;
INJURY rs SLIGHT

Joseph Ray Allen, aged 9 years,
has been taught a lesson I not
learned during school hours. Yes
terday the lad upon leaving the
Lincoln school, Fourth street and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-01
Funeral of Robert S. BIakemOre.

Funeral services over the re-
mains OF the late Robert s. Blake
more, 1921 Seventh street. were
held at 1920 this morning at the
home. Rev. p. c. Ladd had
charge. Singing was by Miss Ber-
nice Mason. Pallbearers were
Harry Ainsworth, G. l.. Ackley,
George Champion, Wilson P. Hunt,
Arthur Blakemore and Morris
Heagy. Interment was i'll the Riv-
erSide mausoleum.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-01
News Of the Day in Moline and East Moline
The Argus.

MOLINE OFFICE,
1507h Third Avenue A
Phone Moline so.
Goldie SOsna ..... City Editor
EAST MOLINE OFFICE,
Telephone East Moline 168-R
4. Martens. Circulation Manager
1C40 Fifteenth avenue.
For social and personal items call
East Moline 104-W.
Delivered by carrier at Is cents
per week in Moline, Fast Moline
Silvis and WATERFOWL
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19
D. CRUBBS
HELD OVER
Postal Telegraph Co.'S Robbery At
Paducah Deeply Involves Former
Hopkinsville Man.

Faducah, KY, July 15.-Attorneys
for M. D. Grubbs, former manager of
the Postal Telegraph Company here,
accused of appropriating $11, 900 Of
the companys money to his own use,
today argued before City Judge An
drew Nichols for a reduction of
Grubbs' bail, set at $4,000. Judge
Nichols took the matter under advise
ment.
Grubbs was bound over to the
grand jury today after strong cir
cumstantial evidence had been pro-
duced against him.
Inspectors for the Postal alleged
the books show Grubbs had made fire.
quent transfers of several hundred
dollars, often under fictitious names.
to buy stocks.
Grubbs alleges the transfers were
made for Boone & Company, of this
city, and that payment was made him
finally in two sums, $4,000 and ST.
900, which he left in the company
safe and which, he alleges, was robb-
ed.
The prosecution secuted Grubbs'
story and introduced witnesses who
testified that Grubbs had been play
ing the market under fictitious names
and dispatching money orders by
wire to cover his purchases.
M. B. Holmes, manager of Boone
& Company, witness for the defense,
could not be found when the trial
was called.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19
Facts Concerning HoOkMsviIe.

The population of the city of Hop
kinsville is conservatively estimated
to be 1900 and is located in South
western Kentucky, $50 miles east Of
st. Louis, 289 miles South of Chi
cago, 72 miles north of Nashville, 35
miles south of Evansville, and 1873
miles southwest of Louisville.
The city is in the center of an in
dustrial and agricultural community
Transportation facilities of Hop
kinsville include the following rail
ways: The Louisville & Nashville
Illinois Central and Tennessee Cen
trail. Hopkinsville has a belt line
connecting all the above railroads
which gives access to wonderful fac
tory sites and splendid switching SER
vice for industries located thereon.
Hopkinsville has one of the larg-
est wagon factories and brick manu-
featuring plants in the state. One of
the largest crushed stone and railroad
ballast plants in the state. Four large
-four mills, fourteen large re-handling
tobacco factories for exported to-
baccoes, two cigar factories, overall
factory, three wholesale houses, two
of the most up-to-date laundries, one
of the largest florists plants in the
state and other industries of smaller
proportions.
Hopkinsville is located within ra-
dius of twenty miles of the famous
Western Kentucky coal fields, and no
city can obtain fuel for it's industries
any cheaper than can Hopkinsville.
Labor conditions at Hopkinsville
have always been favorable. Labor
supply is plentiful, reasonable wage
scale predominates.
From standpoint of agriculture
Hopkinsville is the largest export fire
tobacco market in the western dis
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19

trict, having eight loose leaf tobacco
sales warehouses and selling on an
average of thirty to forty million
pounds annually; one of the largest
wheat and corn markets in the state.
Hopkinsville is the largest mule
market in the State.
In banking, Hopkinsville has three
State Banks, one National Bank and
Two Trust Companies, with combined
resources mot including trust bust
ness) of more than $4,500,0OO and
deposits of more than $3,5OO,OO0.
Hopkinsville has a splendid system
of schools consisting of three graded
schools, one high school and a most
up-to-date college for young ladies':
in addition high school, graded school
and college for colored pupils.
Churches representing all the de-
nominations.
Hopkinsville has one daily, one
semi-weekly and two weekly news
papers.
Hopkinsville has two beautiful
parks, three well equipped children's
Fairgrounds and free library second
to none in the State.
Hopkinsville has one of the most
up-to-date Elk's Homes in the state.
Hopkinsville has two of the most
magnificent picture show houses in
the State.
Hopkinsville has one of the largest
and best equipped hospitals in the
State. Has to up-to-date hotels.
Manufacturers or Others desiriu
any other information concerning
this city are urgently requested to
write and give us an opportunity to
SHOW you why you should locate in
this community.
HOPKINSVILLE BUSINESS MEMS
ASSOCIATION, Incorporated.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19

Prof. Grover C. HOFFMAN has re-
signed as principal of the Hopkins
vile High School and will leave short
ly to accept the position of principal
of the Senior High School at Shreve-
port, La. 1t is with sincere regret
that the people of Hopkinsville and
Christian county will receive this an
nouncement.
Prof. Hoffman is a native of Ten
nessee, having been born and raised
at Humboldt. He received his early
education at Union University and
later graduated from the University
of Chicago. He is man of wide
school experience, having taught in
the high schools of Oklahoma City
and also in Cox College in Atlanta be
fore coming to this city in 1915, and
will without doubt meet with success
in his new position.
Prof. Hoffman came to this city
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19

when the high school was badly in
need of man of ability and his gen.
ial personality and fine executive abiI
lty speedily met with success and
made the local school one of the best
in the State. His high ideals of
what is right in the class room and
on the athletic field has been instill-
ed into the school until the spirit of
II. H. S. tds become famous through
out West Kentucky. He has been
popular with the teachers and popu-
lar with the patrons of the school
but what is perhaps more praisewor-
thy ne has remained popular with
the pupils. Both he and Mrs. Koff-
man have many friends here who
wish them success and happiness in
Shreveport.
AS yet the vacancy caused by Prof
Koffman's resignation has not been
filled.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19
BIG AIRSHIP
HIT BY BOLT

The British airship NS-11 was de-
stroyed when struck by lightning off
the Norfolk coast and twelve of her
crew lost, it is believed. A great ex-
plosiOn was heard and the airship
was seen to plung into the sea in a
mass of flames that lit up the sky for
miles. Parts of the ship have been
washed ashore, but no trace of the
crew has been found. The NS-11
made a worlds record recently when
she flew 1000 miles over the North
Sea in forty and a half hours.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19

This represents an increase Of So
7O8,9S1.23 in valuation over the fig
ui,es given by Mr. Hardin in his pre-
vious report.
The inheritance tax appraiser, Civ
ing a complete list Of all amounts Of
requests to legatees of Mrs. Bingham
shows that on the basis of his report
the sum of s4,7o4,S2O.ss is due the
State of Kentucky in inheritance tax
es on the estate, therefore in the final
paragraph of his report Appraiser
Hardin reports and recommends to
the court assessment for the inherit
ance taxes in the amour named.--
Louisville Times. ..syrn
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19
BURLESON FAILS TO STOP
CLEVELAND PHONE STRIKE

Cleveland, July IA ruling by
Postmaster General Burleson late to-
day that Cleveland's two telephone
companies are not compelled to rec
ognize unions among their employees
under order No. 5000 failed to bring
operators and electrical workers.
settlement of the three-day strike of
The ruling came in reply to a tel
egram sent by acting Mayor Fitz,
gerald asking Interpretation of the
order. Mr.. Burleson said there re.
NAMED no doubt as to the meaning Of
the order and that orders have beer
given for the restoration of telephone
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19
PROVIDENCE ALSO HAS
A SWIMMING POOL

Clyde Mann, well known Madison
vile contractor, was awarded the con
tract for the concrete work on the
swimming pool here and will start
to work Friday or Saturday, as the
excavations are about complete. Mr..
Mann's bid was S2,49O, which was
accepted. The contract for the bull
ding and other work has not been
arded.-Providende Enterprise.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19
Joseph Altsheler's Will.

The will of Joseph Altsheler, a
New York newspaper man, brother
of Henry Altsheler of this county,
was admitted to probate in New
York. His estate of cover $4,000"
was left to his widow and son, the
sons part in trust, after leaving his
sister $500 and a sister of his widow
Mrs. John 7. Hall, $1,000. Mr.. Alt
sheler died June 5.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19
INCREASE IN
| final REPORT
Places Amount Of Inheritance Tax
Due State Of Kentucky at
I'll s4,7o4. s2o.ss.

A total valuation Of 1OS,29S, 79zs
81 is put upon the estate of Mrs. Ma
ny Lilly Flagler Bingham in the final
and complete report filed in the JEFF
ferson county court by G. w. Hardin,
inheritance tax appraiser and COM
missioner for the county and State,
ia connection with the administra-
tom of the estate of Mrs, Bingham.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19
FLU MAY RETURN
AGAIN NEXT WINTER

DR.. A. T. Mccormack, of the Ken
lucky State Board of Health, fears
Kentucky will suffer from a new
epidemic of influenza and pneumonia
this fall unless proper precautionary
measures are taken to ward off the
disease. He urges incubation as the
surest preventative, saying that in
1918 out of 100000 inoculated only
three died of the disease.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19
Young Man Passes Away.

Brandon Traughber, a stepson of
Mr.. John R. Dickerson, of Lafayette,
died week ago of tuberculosis. He
had been i'll for a long time. The
burial took place in cemetery near
his home.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19
service here.

service here.
Union leaders declare the strikers
would not return to their work until
the employees were granted union re-
cognition and the right to bargain
collectively with their employers.
Normal service was reported by
officials of both companies.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19
Lewis Fleming.

Announcement has been made of
the approaching marriage of Mr.,
Ralph Emerson Lewis, of this city,
to Miss Lois Fleming, of Newman, Ga.
a niece of Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Arnold
Sr. The wedding win take place late
in August.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19

Two German prisoners of war are
being brought to this country. No
body knows why.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19

DR.. ]. w. Clifton, of Nashville,
Tenn, has accepted call to the May
field Baptist church.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-19

Swinging flower baskets, window
boxes that will look beautiful for
months, at METCALFE'S.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-09

The total value of the American
fish crop, including that of Alaska ana
the insular possessions, is estimated
now to be S15O000,000, allowing for
the advances in value of the last year.
The capital invested in the hsher'
les of the United States, including YES
sells and the land establishments for
handling the fish, is estimated at about
S75OO0,OO0, and the number OF per
sons employed is 100000. The value
of the sea products turned out by the
canneries is $50000,000
Food experts did we'll during the
war times to urge Americans to eat
more fish, not only because this helped
conserve the supplies of beef and pork
products but also because eating some
good fish frequently means a change
in the average mans diet which IS to
his benefit. The same argument holds
true in regard to vegetables and green
things, of which many people IN CIT
les do not eat enough for their own
good.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-09
Engage Forestry Head
E. l, Terry Goes to Middlebury to
Supervise $4,000 Acre Forest
and Teach Forestry

Middlebury college has engaged
f. |. Terry, recently with the st.
Maurice Paper company, as Profess
aor of Forestry and Supervisor of the
Battell Forest, bequeathed TO the in
stitution by the late Joseph Battell
and comprising some $4,000 acres of
forest land in the Green Mountains.
MI Terry graduated from Harvard
college in 1907 and later received the
degree of Master of Forestry. For
four years he was conencted with the
United States Forest Service, hand
ling timber sales in the National For
ests of the West and in charge of
forest investigation in Montana,
Idaho, and eastern Washington.
While with the National Forest Ser
vice he was engaged in making forest
surveys and timber estimates and
prepared volume and yield tables for
the principal commercial species of
that region. In 1912 he was made
Director of the Department of Fores-
try in Colorado College, his duties
including the management of a tract
Of 5000 acres of pine lands in the
mountains of Colorado. In 1917-1S
he was appointed exchange professor
from oCloradoNColle at Harvard
University. Mr.. Terry will assume
his duties about July Is and make
his headquarters at Breadloaf Inn.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-09
IN NEED OF MARINES
! Want Four-year Enlisted Men for
Navy Mechanics School in
Marine Avitaoin

WASHINGTON, D. c., July @
The Aviation Section of the Marine
Corps is urgently in need of four year
enlisted men for gas engine machan-
les, machine shop mechanics, cleo
tricians wireWorkers, woodworkers,
welders, blacksmiths, ETC. Men Of
good character and mechanically in
clined ire satisfactory. These men
will be sent through the regular Navy
Mechanics school at Great Lakes, ILL.,,
and receive a thorough education in
all or part of the above trades. They
will be sent to the flying stations and
receive a thorough practical training
in mechanical work. This is a Won
derful opportunity for young men to
learn a profitable trade at the ex-
pense OF the Government. The ma
iority of men on Aviation Duty are
nom ommissioned officers, and most
of these receive in addition to their
regular nay, so per cent increase.
Mechanics who entered Marine Avia-
ton at the beginning nof the war with
qualifications allowing them to earn
only 81 or So per day in civil life, are
now expert mechanics and are secur-
ing, upon discharge, positions paying
$40 to $12 per day.
1t is urgently requested that a
drive be made to secure as many
men as possible who are intelligent
enough to assimilate the course of
training given and who have had
some mechanical experience, or, at
least a decided inclination toward
work. In order to be
sure that men enlisted for Aviation
Duty are not diverted to other duty,
an entry will be made on the enlist
ment papers, enlisted for Aviation
Duty" and recruiting officers will fol
ward at the time of enlistment
memorandum to Headquarters, U. S.
Marine Corps, of the names of men
for aviation.
-Four year enlisted men are also
wanted for service in Guantanamo,
Cuba; Managua, Nicaragua; Guam,
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-09
RARE MASONIC APRON
Fred H. Dolloff Loans Passumpsic
Lodge a Priced Emblem for Its
Reading Room

There has recently been hung in the
reading room of the Masonic Temple
a rare emblem which has been loan
ed the Masonic bodies by It's owner,
Fred H. Dolloff. 1t is a Masonic ap-
ron made in 1857 by Mrs. Eliza Dol
loft Fuller for her husband, Moses
Fuller, one of the founders of the
Masonic Lodge at Meridian, Texas.
1t was given to it's present owner by
a daughter of Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. Ida
Lumpkin, also of Meridian.
The apron is made of white satin
and has all the Masonic emblems,
some 80 in all, painted on the satin.
The colors were obtained from the
juices of berries, fruit and nuts. The
apron is now in a glass frame and
has attracted the attention and adj
miration Of all who have seen this
beautiful piece of handwork. The
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-09
JOHN FOX, JR., DIES
AT VIRGINIA HOME

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, July @
John Fox, Jr., widely known novelist,
died at his home at Big Stone Gap,
Va, yesterday after a brief illness
of pneumonia.
Mr.. Fox was one of Americas
most popular writer's of fiction, his
novels dealing with life among the
mountain people Of the South. His
leading books were considered to be
"The Little Shepherd of Kingdom
Come" "Trail of the Lonesome Pine"
"The Kentuckians," and "The Heart
of the Hills"
John William Fox, Jr., was born
in Bourbon, KY, Sc years ago. He
left Kentucky when young man and
had passed most Of his life at Big
Stone Ridge Mountains. He was a
member of the National Institute of
Arts and Letters and other honorary
organizations.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-09
Ghost Altogether Too Real

One of the most amusing miShaps
that over happened in any production
of Sir Henry Irving was in Hamlet
during the first appearance of the
ghost The actor mpersonatinG the
dead king Of Denmark was Suddenly
seized with a violent fit of sneezlng,
but sought vaIiantly to 90 on with his
lines, thereby giving a new and curl
GUS rendering to the words: "liam'et
-achou II am-achou thy fathers
-achou spirit ~ The house was in
an uproar, and when next the ghost
appeared a chorus Of snee2es resound-
ed from the gallery and another cpl
sole Of the great tragedian went from
the sublime to the ridiculous.