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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26
PROPERTY HOLDERS NOTICE.
General No, 4S5.

Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested that the board of
local improvements of the city of
Rock Island, Ill, has filed in the
county court of Rock Island, a Ger
tificate of the cost of the improve
ment entitled in said court, "In Re
Petition of the City of Rock Island,
Illinois, to assess the cost of the
construction of a sewer on Egh-
teenth avenue from Twenty-eIgnth
street east to a point 20 feet west or
Twenty-ninth street." and said
certificate also shows the court
costs, the amount of accrued inter-
est, and the total amount of said
assessment and said certificate also
States that the said improvement
conforms substantially to the re-
quirements of the original ordin-
ance for the construction or the
same, as required by law, and that
final hearing on said certificate
will be had on the 18th day of Aug
ust, A. D., 1919, at the hour or 9
O'Clock a. m, or as soon there
after as the business of the court
will permit All persons desiring
may appear on the hearing and
make their defense.
Dated at Rock Island, Ill, this
2eth day of July A D., 1919
H NJ. SCHRIVER,
M T. RUDGREN,
FRANK WICH.
JOHN MURRIN,
WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS
Board of local improvements of
'the City of Rock Island, Illinois.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26
RAIN PROMISED
SUNDAY; IS is
SEASONS MARK
Yesterday and Today Hottest Of
Year, to Be Followed by Thun-
dershOWers Tomorrow.

Yesterdays temperature was the
highest Of the present season with
today's mark promising to either
equal or succeed it.
Mercury reached 96 in the shade
at yesterday afternoon, with the
forecast this morning that it would
be warmer this afternoon and to-
night.
But, hearkeni
Relief is on the way. The fore
cast adds that on tomorrow after
noon there are to be thunder show
ers.
And rain is badly needed. There
has not been a drop for several
weeks, the last precipitation hav-
ing accompanied a heavy wind
storm which created considerable
damage.
But while the middle west has
sweltered, parched by the long
drought. the east has had beau
coup" rain in the words of a re-
turned overseas veteran. You've
probably read much about this st.
Swithin person who has been held
responsible for the eight days Of
you probably have wondered the
why" of him.
The old book says Of st. Swith-
in:
"St. Swithin's day is celebrated
on July Is, the anniversary of the
transition Of his relics. This ira
dition is founded on a legend that
the Undetermined saint had beg
ged to be inferred in the opeE
church yard and not in the chan
eel of the church at Winchester,
England, as was usual with bish-
ops. Here he remained for over q
century, when the monks, thinking
it disgrace that so great a saint
should have so lowly burial
place, resolved to move the body
Unto the church. The 18th of July
vas appointed for the purpose.
But on that day a mighty rain
storm burst forth and continued
for 40 days The monks took this
as a sign of heavenly displeasure,
and instead of removing the body
they built a chapel over where 1t
lay.
Unfortunately for the legend,
however, it happens that the for
NAL transition of the relics of st.
Swithin from the grave in the
churchyard to a magnificent shrine
within the cathedral was in fact
effected on July Is, 971. only 100
years after his death, without any
meteorological interference.
The downpour in the east began
on July Is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26
WALKOUT
DISCUSSION IN
BIG MASS MEET
Organized Labor Gathers to COlOrs
to Defend Strikers in In
dustrial Hall Tomorrow.

All members of organized labor
unions in the tri-cities are asked
to attend a mass meeting in Indus
trial hall at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon, on the subject of the
present telephone situation in the
local exchanges.
1t is possible that a speaker from
Chicago will be present to address
the crowd, and at any rate several
good local speakers are to hold
forth. Charles Reagan will pre-
side. One of the chief purposes Of
this meeting is to discover the in
tensity of the general sentiment %
organized labor on the telephone
strike proposition.
WIN Pass the Hat
Another purpose is to arrange
financing of the strike. There will
be made a small assessment upon
every organized labor man in the
tri-cities, and the total sum will
be used in the various ways con-
ducive to proloEginE tho strike, an
long as the company refuses tho
proposed terms. Living oxponsos
for the strikers will be tho CHIEF
expenditure from this fund.
In general, the thought OF the
labor union groups In the three cit
les will be centsred on the tele.
phone situation IN tomorrow'a
meeting. and their cooperation
with organised labor's plans in this
Instance secured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26
BID WITHDRAWN
FOR ARMY FOOD;
PRICES WAITED
City Is Told to Await Action by
Congress for Open Sale Of
Government Goods.

Arrangements for purchase of q
carload OF government foods for
sale to the public have taken a
new course, under information re-
ceived from the zone supply officer
at Chicago.
Instead of placing bids for the
commodities, as the city was at
first advised to do, information has
now been received stating that
bids will not be necessary.
A price list will be sent out to all
cities and institutions, according to
latest instructions. Whether or
not this measure will be taken soon
is not known, but Mayor H. M.
Schriver has been advised to await
developments. The city's bid has
been withdrawn.
A sample price list which has
been brought to the attention OF
Mayor Schriver shows some of the
prices by which certain canned
meats, vegetables and bacon will
be sold to cities. The figures are
slightly above those in the city's
bid in most cases, but 1t is still ex-
pected that the goods may be pur-
chased at prices which will enable
the city to offer them to the public
at amounts much below retail fig
ures in Rock Island. -
One sheet lists bacon at "a cents
per pound. The city's bid was a
trif1e lower. Canned meats and
vegetables will be sold at approx
mately the same prices as those
estimated by the mayor and city
clerk. The public Will be able to
buy goods at cost similar to those
paid by soldiers on the Rock Is
land arsenal, possibly a little high
er due to transportation expenses
of the city.
Open Sale Plan.
Latest dispatches from Washing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26
CELEBRATE
BELGIUM DAY IN
STYLE TOMORROW
fspecial Mollne servlee.

Belgian independence day VIII
be commemorRted tomorrow by the
Belgian population Of East Moline.
A series OF programs for the en-
tire day has been prepared. Var
ious organizations are taking part
and the proceeds Melted as a result
OF the celebration will be donated
to the Belgian bureau in New York
city.
NJ $50 In the afternoon a big
parade starting at Twelfth street
and Fifteenth avenue, marching
west 70 Seventh street and then %
Thirteenth street hill, will be tho
opening feature OF the day. AZ the
Thirteenth street hill, a picnic Will
be held. A free open air dance
WILL DO held there. music 10 DO fur
nished by the Belgian-Amerioan
band. Games and races VIII be on
the afternoon program. At o'clock
In the evening, ascension Of three
halloonA Ia expected to attract
large crowd, Everybody % In
yited to attend,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26

Cleveland, Ohio.-Edgar Allen
Poe never conjured up a more mys-
tifying setting for the fantasies Of
fiction than the realities of the Dan
Kaber murder, psychologists vainly
attempting to untangle the threads
of this case are agreed.
Dan Kaber, successful Cleveland
publisher, pa-alyZed with neuritts
to an extent that deprived him Of
the use of both legs and arms, was
dragged from his bed shortly be-
fore midnight Friday and stabbed
"a times in the abdomen, presum-
ably with a dagger made from q
sharpened file.
The searchlight of publicity has
failed to establish motive for the
crime. No tenabIe reason has been
advanced for mutilation which
seems deliberately to have avoided
vital spots and left the victim to
die a lingering, painful death.
Two mysterious fires at the Ka-
Der home, 1887 Lake avenue, Lake
wood, within the last Is months
and an anonymous letter warning
the dead man that he would be
waylaid, have been mentioned to
strengthen the theory of a plot to
secure some mythical revenge.
In the Kaber home the night OF
the murder, besides Kaber, were
Mrs. ]. A. Brickel, Kaber's mother
in-law; Miss Marian McArdle, step
daughter of the murdered man;
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Miss McArdle, and F. W. Utterback,
male nurse for Kaber. Utterback
slept on the third floor. Kaber and
the others slept on the second floor.
Utterback was the first to reach
Kaber, being aroused by his cries
of Murder! Murder" He found
the invalid lying on the floor beside
his bed in pool of blood.
No one heard the murderer or
muderers enter or leave. No clew
as to how they obtained entrance
to the house or the way they Left
was unearthed. 1t isn't definitely
known whether one man, two men
or a man and a woman did the deed.
Mrs. Kaber was not at home.
She had gone to Cedar Point, Ohio,
two days before the murder, to
visit her sister.
At the coroner's inquest she told
of having started for home Friday
afternoon and then, when at YER
million, about half way home, turn
ing around and returned to Cedar
Point She gave trouble with her
auto as the reason.
She arrived at her mothers home
in Cleveland Saturday afternoon,
where she first learned of the
tragedy.
The only clews the Lakewood po-
lice have to the perpetrator or per
petrators Of the deed are the file
dagger, found in the room; a razor
dropped in the kitchen; one canvas
glove. dropped in the house; the re-
port that a man, greatly agitated.
boarded a car near the scene of the
stabbing that night and Kaber's
words after the stabbing.
Kaber. according to the nurse
and police, said:
"a woman ordered it."
"Get the man with the cap"
The coroner's inquest failed to
unearth any tangible clews. Coun-
ty Prosecutor Doerfler put Mrs.
Kaber through a grilling examina-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26

ton. state that Chairman Graham
OF the house war investigation COM
mittee is preparing a resolution
calling upon the war department to
arrange for the immediate sale of
$120, 900, 900 surplus stock of army
foodstuffs. Unless other measures
than this are provided or quick ac-
ton is taken on the plan, ii is be-
lieved that the goods may not be
secured for the Rock Island public
as soon as was first contemplated.
However, the open sale method is
more favored here, as the city will
know exactly what is being pur-
chased for the public. ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26
PROPERTY HOLDER'S NOTICE.
General No. 1873.

Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested that the City Coun-
Gil Of Rock Island, Ill, having or
dered the construction of Sewers
and watermains in CampbelI's ad-
! dition, the ordinance for the same
Aeing on file in the Office of the city
clerk of said city, and having ap-
piled to the county court of Rock
Island county, Illinois, for an as
sessment of the cost of said i'm
provement ""cording to Dement'S,
said as 1t being payable in
nine 90 lHsLaIlments, each bearing
interest at the rate of five per cent,
per annum, and an assessment
therefor having been made and re-
turned to said court, the hearing
thereon will be had on the sixth
day of August, A D., 1919, at the
hour of O'Clock a. m. or as soon
thereafter as the business of the
court will permit
All persons desiring, may file OBJ
jections in said court, before sard
day, and may appear on the hearing
and make their defense.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois,
July 81, A D., 1919.
CLARENCE ISAACSON,
Officer appointed to make the as
sessments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26

fine and 80 days in jail II the OF
Tense which you commit calls for
fine as large as 500 your case can
not be tried in a justice Of the
peace or a magistrates court.
Therefore, George Thompson, ar
rested on a charge of Offering for
sale cat fish less than Is inches
long could not be tried in Magis-
trate Frank Gustafson's court iu
Moline yesterday afternoon. just
where the case will be taken Is not
known, yet.
Thompson pleaded ignorance Of
the law and declared that he had
caught a few more fish than he
could use at home and was selling
the surplus merely to his neigh
bors. The new law went into
effect July /.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26
THREE ARE FINED
FOR DISTURBANCE

Three persons, giving their
names as Ralph Clark. George
Bronson and John Davis, were fined
50 and costs each by Police Mag
istrate d. ]. Cleland last night.
They were arrested jointly for Gre
ating a disturbance on the streets.
A ]. Harris succeeded. in secur-
ing liquor somewhere and paid SO
and costs for drunkenness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26
ATTENTION G. A. r.

You are requested to meet at the
Chippiannock cemetery at o'clock
p. m, Sunday, July 81, to attend the
funeral of Comrade Wetherell.
G. H. CHURCH,
Commander.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26
CAUGHT CATFISH;
WAS IGNORANT OF
NEW STATE LAWS

Especial Moline servioa,
If you catch or sell catfish tn Ilii-
nols less than 10 inches in length
you are liable to = penalty Of 500
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26

ber's father and brother. Mrs.
Kaber's family also engaged coun-
sci. Questioning of the witnesses
brought many sharp clashes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26

ton. Mrs. Kaber's counsel was
present.
Attorney J. ]. Sullivan, noted
criminal lawyer, represented Ka-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26
TAYLOR RIDGE

Mrs. Cyrus Miller and Miss Hannah
Miller visited Wednesday at the home of
James Miller.
ThreshinE has begun in this community.
Mrs. Charles Dunlap was Rock Island
passenger Tuesday.
Mrs. Fred e. Garnett OF Cambridge, NJ
called at the home of Mrs. Hinterrneister
Tuesday. enroute to tho home of her Sis
ter. Mrs. Adolph Dunlap.
All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-26
KIPMEY PflIa

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Arizona republican., 1919-02-15
LEAVE FUR EAST ID
 BRING THEIR PLANE
 HERE THROUGH AIR

To fly their first big airplane from New York 10 the Pacific coast and then bring it to Phoenix, with a full crew and passenger list, and to thus prove the feasibility of aerial pas senger transportation. Wes Hill and J. Robinson Hall, president and vice president of the Apache Aerial Trans portation company, respectively, left last night for New York City. If the flight is carried out as planned, the plane and her passengers will arrive here about March 10 nd active aerial service between here and Globe will begin less than a week later.
 Before the long flight from New York is begun, Mr. Hall, who is flight commander of the company, will superintend putting the pig Handley Page converted bomber through her factory test flight at Hampstead, Long Island. The plane. which weighs more than four tons without fuel, crew or cargo will be taken up carrying eight tons of sand and manOeUvered in the air five hours without landing before she is accepted by the buyers from this city.
 Incidentally, before beginning the tests, MT. Hall will be a guest neX. "NN-iNoNdN nlSuA dL tue SiSdnllC banquet at the Hotel Waldorf in New York, given by the Aero club of America, in honor of the aces of the world, with an attendance of thou sand fighting fliers from all allied countries. The guest of honor at the banquet will be Lieut.. F'onck of the French army, pscmier ace of the world, with record of 16 downed German planes. Hall will represent the first priNate aerial passenger carrying line in the country to be established
 In the flight overland from New York, the Apache companv's first plane will be handled by the factory crew, with Hall as commander. The Aero club, various government departments and the press will be represented on the trip, with other invited guests. Newspaper men representing the leaG- ing papers of the west and east have been invited to accompany the party expressly The flight will be charted by the Aero club, with stops in Chi cago and through the middle west. and again on the Pacific coast. before the big plane finally reaches her final des- tination at PhOepix. About five days will be required to make the flight. In making the flight overland from the east. Hall and his company will establish a record for commercial fly
 ing. as never before has the transcon tinental flight been attempted by a machine Of the Handiey- Page size carrying 40 nersons and fully loaded. The flight will completely test the possibilities of aerial passenger trans | portation. as well as the comfort oi the special Pullman the plane will be l equipped with. Incidentally if made
 it will be one of the greatest adver- tisements Phoenix has ever had in tho | east.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-15

own efforts. but having failed in this. yesterday appealed to The Republican to aid her in her search. Worn out from the strain and worry occasioneC by lakes absence< Mrs. Hensley has given up her single handed search and has asked assistance of the officers and the public in general,
 My boy is not old enough to care for himself said the little woman tearfully as she gave a description of Jake to the authorities. He is just d little lad, only II, and does not realize what it is to be at the mercy of the world. I am sure he is not alone, how ever. I believe that another boy of IS has something to do with his absence l have asked the sheriff to look for Jake, but I feel sure that if something is put in The Republican, someone who has seen the boys will report to the authorities or leave word for me at the newspaper office"
 Mrs. Hensley, who lives at T10 West Madison street stated that she had told her son she intended to go to Los An geles to make her home and that she was going to place him in a boarding school. She said he objected and said he would run awav. but she did not regard his threat seriously.
 She, said the boy was last seen at the Gila Indian reservation on Saturday and that the Indians had hunted for him for two days and had then given uo the search. When he left home Jake was wearing an old red sweater khaki overalls and tan shoes He has light brown, curley hair, brown eyes and is rather dark compleXioned.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-15
VISITING SHERIFF TELLS PROSPERITY
 IF MOHAVE COUNTY

Sheriff w. r. Mahonev of Mohave county is in the city, but not this time on official business. Mrs. .Mahoney for the last ten days has been in the Sis ters' hospiub and has lately undergone an operation, from which she is re, covering. Mir. Mahoney will probably remain in the city today.
 Mohave county and barticularlv the Oatman district is now in better shape than it has ever been. Some years "oo there was d boom at Oatman, but now everything is on a rock bottom. confident basis. Several new gold properties in that vicinity are being opened up. Meanwhile the United Eastern and the Tom Reed are con- tinuing production. It may be sur prising to learn that just at this time that section of Mohave county is pro- ducing half the gold produced in the United States
 The Gold Roads mine shut down on account of high prices of materials. powder and steel and high wages. There had been blocked out about S2,0O0,000 of ore but the owners felt that it would not lessen in quantity or deteriorate in value until it could be taken out under more favorable cir cumstances.
 The sheriff said that if only the 'wobblies' would stay away. the pros perity of the Oatman district was a- sured and, he added, they come ana go pretty quickly
 The bootlegging business. said the sheriff, though not quite extinct. is on the wane, but it has not entirely been stopped and cannot be stopped bv any force that is available for guarding the river from the Searchlight ferry to inc Planet mine. But it has been made such precarious business that com paratively little is coming through by automobiles, though a great deal finds its way in through other avenues.
 The excellent cooperation now be- ing afforded by the sheriff of Yavapai county and Sheriff Montgomery or this county. said Sheriff Mahoney. is discouraging to the bootleggers who had been using Mohave as a trail 10 Prescott and Phoenix. There are many carloads of whiSkey piled uo at Needles intended for this district. The sher HTS office causes search to be -snade Of trains. The officers have taken off many suitcases filled with liuuor bpt generally they are not found in tba | custody of anybody and nobody calls at the sheriffs office to claim them. The sheriff has the backing of the superior court. There are no sus-