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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
PERSHING A G. O. P.
SAYS RELATIVE

Milwaukee Wis, Jan. lS.-"tncle
John is a Republican and an Episco-
palian," afiirms Serst Major NJ. 3.
Allen, related to Gen. John J. Perish
ing on his mothers side OF the fam
lily. Thus are two yexed questions
set at rest.
Democrats and Republicans have
been rivals in claiming the head OF
the American army, while various
church cOmmunions have likewise
been DESTROYS 10 show that the be.
Ionged to them.
Young Allen, who spent the day in
Milwaukee, said he grew up near the
general. living in an adjoining house
on Fifty-third street, Chicago.
I've known Uncle John since ] was
baby" he said.
He isn't exactly my uncle, though
we always called him 50.
THE relationship comes through
my mother, who is a cousin
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
Schumann-Heink Concert.

o Students will begin selling tickets
for the concert Monday. BY buying
of them you help them to earn theirs
as each student who sells ten gets
one free for himself. These exchange
tickets bought of students may be eX-
changed without extra cost for re-
served seat coupons at the Weiss
drug store, beginning February LIST.
All seats are reserved. There is one
price. Every seat costs 81.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
Married Men, Read This.

A translator of the Bible into the
New Guinea tongue wanted a proper
idiom for the 'rase, Far be it from
me to do TINS thing" He consulted n
learned native, who replied, Il under
stand. We have the precise idiom; we
say: May | speak to my mother-in-
law before | will do Thu, ting" That
sounded rather like II joke to the trans
lator, but it wasn't, for in that land Of
strange taboos, one Of the unpardon-
able sins is for man to open his lips
to his wife's mother.-Boston Trans
cript.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
Schumann-Heink Concert.

Students will begin selling tickets
FOR the concert Monday. BY buying
Of them you help them to earn theirs,
as each student who sells ten gets
one free.for himself. These exchange
tickets bought of students may be eX
changed without extra cost for re.
served seat coupons a the Weiss
drug store, beginning February LIST
All seats are reserved There is one
price. Every seat costs So
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
One Cutt!efish Handicapped.

There is one unfortunate specimen
Of cuttlefish, Nautilus, which cannot
produce the smokecloud, but all the
other species are able to do so by the
simple process of dischargng the con
tents of their inltbags. The result is
a dense, impcnetrable cloud of sepia,
under cover of which they have little
difficulty in effecting their escape.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
FAVORS HIGH PAY
FOR REGULAR ARMY

Washington. Jan is -- 1t will cost
$S4,000,O0O to provide America
= folders during the next fiscal year
with the same pay in peace times
shat they receive i'll war times, Gen
Lord, director of army finance, told
she House Military Affairs Committee
his afternoon.
Members of the committee intimat
ed that they favored the war scale
instead Of the SIS month before the
war pay, which General March had
told the committee was the war de
partments class.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
TO CUT A. T. F. TO
THIRTY DIVISIONS

Washington, Jan. Is - The Ameri
can Expeditionary Forces will be cut
down to the lowest possible number
consistent with the International OF
legations of the United States, Gen
eral March announced this afternoon,
Ut his weekly conference with repre-
eentatives of the press.
While the General was unable at
] his time to reveal the exact number
of troops that would be kept overseas
The said that it would be considerable
less than 81 divisions.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
CITY and Vicinity
News

Mrs. c. A. Cation and daughters
Mary and Elizabeth. of the north bluff
went to Chicago this morning to at
tend Grind Opera.
Lyle Mills, who has been stationed
at Camp Dodge, Ia, for the past sew
eral months, has received his honor
able discharge from the service and
has returned to his home, SAB Marcy
street
Mrs Johanna Weitland of Marseil-
les visited her niece. Mrs II. G.
Kruse in this city today.
Vernon Bruck of Dayton was an OF
tawa visitor yesterday.
Winston Colwell, who is stationed
in Chicago, is visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Colwell, on o.
taWa avenue.
Mrs. John Pillion of DAYTON visite
friends in Ottawa yesterday.
Walter Tepfer, who has been sta
toned at Camp Houston, Texas, ha-
received his honorable discharge and
has returned to his home.
Miss Hazel Scherer daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs Fred Scherer, 1913 West La
| fayette street, has gone 10 New fori
in the interests of the F. II. Flander
| Company of Chicago. Miss Scherer /
| the designer for this firm.
Miss Vera Ham, G27 Cornell street
went to Chicago this morning t
spend the day.
DR.. II. X. Leland of Utica was a!
Ottawa business visitor today.
Miss Helen Crowley Of North OF
tawa is visiting friends in IStreator.
| j. j. Hornung of Deer Park town
ship will leave tomorrow for DenyeI
and Colorado for a business trip,
w. F.. Stanton left today for De
land. Fla, for a visit with his wifC
| and little son, who are Winterini
| there. On the way home Mr.. Stanton
| viii visit the New York markets az
do his spring buying.
| John NJ. Doughetry left today foi
+, Hot Springs, Ark, for a months Wis
1t.
Mrs. Al Richards, who has bee
visiting friends in Chicago for th'
| asst few days, returned home today.
| William Mulholland who has beel
stationed at the Great Lakes NaVa
| Training Station for the past tw'
| weeks has been ordered back aboar'
The L. s. Steamship Michigan wher'
he spent four months on the Atlantic
Turing the late summer and earl.
fall.
Harry Cook returned home la7
evening after a visit in Chicago.
Mr., and Mrs. Michael Mack of Wa
ace township are the proud parent
of baby son born at noon today d
| Ryburn Memorial Hospital
Charles Claudon spent yesterda
in Chicago transacting business.
]. l.. Mcleod transacted bushes
n Chicago yesterday.
Miss Marie Miller. who is atten1in
| Northwestern University, is spen,
ing the week end with her parent
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Miller, on MI
berry street.
Mr.. and Mrs George Corcoran an
daughter lneZ and son Russell wel
to Morris today for a short visit wit
friends.
Mrs. John Deis of Illinois avenue
spending the day in Morris visitir
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs b. J. Stanley an
daughter Of East Ottawa went t
Chicago today to visit friends
MIR. and Mrs. James d. Cai.in {
the north bluff are spending the da
n Chicago visiting friends.
Gus Schmidt is spending the day i
1hicago transacting business.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
POINCARE WELCOMES
THE PEACE ENJOYS
CONTINUED from page ID

enter the channel and when they il
Structed their ambassador to say t
France, We will only accept a decl.
ration Of neutrality on your part !
YOU surrender to us Briey Toul ar
Verdun.'
ut is in the light of these glories
gentlemen, that all the conclusion.
that all of you will haveto draw from
the war will take shape.
Your nations entered the war sue
cessfuly. but came one and all to The
help of threatened rights"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
MILITARY DICTATOR
AT HELM IN BERLIN

London. Jan IS - A virtual mill
larry dictatorship has been sent to
Berlin said a dispatch received here
his afternoon from Amsterdam.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
Have You Money to Loan 2

| have a few splendid loans not yet
closed up. Any person having 81 900
or more to loan on farm security call
at once at SOC Central Life Building.
H. NJ. KELLY.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
Ottawa Woman's Club.

: The Tuesday Study Circle of the
Woman's Club will meet Tuesday,
Jan. 81, at the home of Mrs. Carl
StaCkman.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18

The largest number Of licenses Is
sued went to Cook County, the re
ceipts from that county amounting t
1890, 35lS5.
Downstate the largest contribution
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

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WANTED-Y0 to see the cut price
advertisement of Edward Hayne on
Bergougnan tires in this paper
statesmen WANTED - The yeal
just ended was the busiest the nur-
serymen ever experienced; bigger
business is still to come; an interest
ing sales proposition awaits you. Ad
dress CHASE BROTHERS CO, Ro
chester, New York
WANTED-A competent girl for gen
eral housework Apply to MRS
GEO. w WILEY, 432 Pearl St
Phone 31S.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
CHICAGO MARKETS

Chicago market repor: furnished to
the Free 1rader-Journal by W. L.
Etnyre, member of Chicago Board OF
Trade, Moloney building. phone 104A
Correspondent Lamson Bros. & Co..
Chicago
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
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SOCIETY NOTES

90
The Misses Margaret and Maria
DonOhue entertained the members %
Wallace Red Cross 1T their home in
Wallace township Tuesday. The aft
ernoon was spent in a social manner
and sewing on refugee garments.
business session was held, when II
was decided to adopt French orphan
and also to return the money col
lected for the supper which was TO
have been given Oct II. Dainty re-
freshments were served. The next
meeting will be Jan %. at the resi-
dence OF MIS- j. J. O'Donnell
The Young Womens Missionary
guild of the First Congregational
church will hold a regular meeting ON
Monday evening in the parlors of the
church Supper will be served at
$50 o'clock and in the evening Il
missionary study will DE conducted
Miss Inez Tress will act as hostess
The ladies' auxiliary Of the A. O..
II. will hold "A card party and dance
IN Monday evening, Jan 81 in Schae-
fer's hall Cards will be played from
| : until 10 o'clock, and Hentrch's or
,hestra will furnish music for dane
ing from that time until midnight.
rhe general public has been invited
o attend this affair, and the commit.
tee in charge are planning to see
hat everyone attending has an ex.
telent time.
The annual luncheon of the Philan
thropic Department of the the OF
taWa WOman8 Club will be held on
next Wednesday, January 22nd, at the
home of Mrs. Al Richards, HOS
Paul street. All members of The de
partment are cordially invited to al
lend this luncheon. There is {
amount of charity sewing, which must
be finished during the next few weeks
and the day will be spent in sewing
on these garments.
q q =
The Tuesday Study Circle of the
Ottawa Wonans Club will hold a
meeting on rueslay afternoon, Jan
Il, at the home Of Mrs. Carl stack
nan in the Congregational parsonage
Mrs. Stackman will have the pape'
If the afternoon on the life and work
If Zane Grey.
Miss Cecilia Scherer entertained
twe.ye young ladies at her home OF
Poplar street last evening with an i'll
formal evening party. The girls spen
IN enjoyable time playing games anc
with music, and dainty refresAment.
were served at a late hour by tht
hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. W. Hess have an
bounced the engagement of thei
laughter Hazel to Seaman Charlie
Hook Of the battleship Texas, Sea
nan Hook Is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Hook of Baltimore.
- - %
A meeting of the Girls Patriod
Service League will be he'd Monda
avening, Jan. 20. in the Knights O
Columbus club rooms. Lieut.. Richar
Dunn will instruct the members in IT,,
military drill.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
The Philanthropic Department


OF the Ottawa Woman's Club will
meet Wednesday, January %, with
Mrs. AL. Richards.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18

When Baby was SICK We gave her
Castoria.
When she was q Child she cried for
Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to
Castoria
When she had Children she gave them
Castoria.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18

Miss Cecilia Scherer entertained
Twelve young ladies at her home OF
Poplar street last evening with an i'll
'ormal evening party. The girls spent
IN enjoyable time playing games anc
with music, and dainty refresAment
were served at a late hour by the
hostess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-24
RAZE REMAINS OF
HISTORIC HOUSE
PIONEER FAMILY

Close to three-quarters of a cen
fury ago Eric Okerberg, pioneer
settler of Moline. built house for
himself on a picturesque lot on the
top of Thirteenth street hill. To-
day there remains but a few stones
n1the foundation of the old home
stead, and these few stones will be
removed and a new residence will
he constructed.
Harvey Soverhill, formerly of the
Root and Van DervOort company,
but now connected with the Dav-
export Locomotive works, has let
the contract for his residence on
the site of the Okerberger home to
Horsts& Co. 4 permit for the erec-
ton of the house was granted yes
terday by Charles Mattson, Moline
building inspector. Building oper-
ations will start Immediately
Eric Okerberger was a pioneer of
Moline and he built the house on
Thirteenth street hill. A half cen
tuFy or so ago, the Stephens. Wi
mans. Peeks Deeres and numerous
other prominent families decided to
build in that district
MIR Okerberger was prominent in
the civic affairs of Moline. When
Third avenue was the main bust
ness street in the Pillow City, Mr.
Okerberger and his son, Eric. Jr,
conducted a jewelry store across
from the Manufacturers hotel Mr.
Okerberger has now been dead for
more than a generation and his
son died several years ago.
The old homestead has been de-
serted since
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-24
FIELD MEETING
TO Be ON june 7
twenty-five Troops of Scouts to
Compete in Races for
Silver Cup.

Details for the second annual
field meet of the Moline Boy Scouts
to be held June 7, at the new scout
camp. will be made by Elroy
Brandt, scoutmaster of Troop l; Il.
c. Simmon, scoutmaster Troop s
and Emil Peterson, scoutmaster
Troop ). The committee was named
at meeting of the scout council
held last evening.
Field and track events, signaling
fire building. cooking. wall scaling,
equipment races and a cross
country run probably will be the
program for both the morning and
afternoon. Twenty-Five troops Of
Moline, East Moline. Silvis and
Hampton will compete in the races
for the silver trophy cup. The cup
was won by troop 5 last year ard
is held by the winning troop for
one year. and is the permanent pos
session of the troop that wins it for
three consecutive years. There
will be about four scouts in the
races this summer.
The field meet is to be attended
by parents and friends of the boys.
The event also marks the opening
week in which scouts Will start
camping. Scouts will spend 10 days
at the camp, sections being organ
lied on that basis and alternates 50
that every scout will have a chance
to go camping.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-24
CITY ATTORNEY
TO Get $1,000
Moline Commission Changes Mind
and Grants Increase to Official
Counsel of $500.

James Johnston, Moline city at
torney, will receive $500 a year
instead of $1,000 as paid the city
attorney under the aldermanic plan
eight years ago. The Moline city
commission yesterday afternoon at
a special meeting agreed to il
crease the salary. At a meeting
held last Monday the mayor and
aldermen were given increases in
salaries, but motion made to raise
the pay of the city attorney was
lost
Mr.. Johnston. who has been city
attorney for the last four years
under the commission form of gov
eminent and who was reelected a
week ago, had been receiving $500
annually. Last Mondays proposal
for the increase of the city attor-
ney's salary read to pay him 1900
a year and also give him l per cent
on all city contracts over $1,000.
No mention of the l per cent fee
was made yesterday afternoon.
Ordinances fixing the compensa-
ton of the mayor at $500 a year,
of the police magistrate at $1,000,
and of aldermen of s. a meeting
were introduced, and according to
statute will lie over a week and
then be passed. Resolutions on
these increases were adopted Mon
day.
This is probably the last piece
of legislation the Moline city com
mission will pass before the body
goes out of Office Wednesday, April
30
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-24
In the Lodges

Yesterday marked the third day
of the centennial week being OBJ
served in Moline of the hundredth
anniversary of the founding of the
lodge of Odd Fellows. In the after
noon a school of instruction in
charge of Mrs. Grace Henry of
Sandwich, ILL.,, president of the Re
bekah state assembly. presided. The
work was given in the Swedish
Olive hall lodge rooms. In the even
ing Rebekah degrees were confer
red on a class of approximately co.
the work being put on by the past
noble grand staff composed of mem
bers of the Swedish Olive Rebekah
and Myrtle lodges. A large audience
attended
Today is patriarch's militant day
This afternoon a school of in
struction in subordinate work was
put on under direct supervision of
Past Grand Master H. M. Blood of
Chicago. At 4:30 special grand
lodge degrees were conferred. This
evening patriarchs' militant degrees
will be bestowed on a large class of
candidates from East Moline, Rock
Island and Davenport. Degree staff
of Canton Moline No so will put on
the work
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-24
STAB MEXICAN
WHILE IN BED
Joe Samthez is Cut Over Heart BY
Two Men Who Enter Box
Car While Victim Sleeps

While Joe SamtheZ lay asleep in
his bed in a box car along the Rock
Island tracks between Seventh and
Eighth streets, East Moline, at mid
night yesterday, two men entered
his room and one choked him while
the other stabbed him in the
heart There Samthez lay
bleeding for eight hours, until s
o'clock in the morning when Mex
lean rushed into DR.. J. H. Longs
Office and told him to hurry over
to the box car as a man was dying.
Samthez was removed to the Mo-
line city hospital. His condition
is not serious and he will pull
through, said DR.. Long this noon.
The wound is just over the heart,
but extends only to the ribs. 1t is
about an inch and a half deep.
1t appears that Samthez and sew
eral other Mexicans had an argu-
ment earlier in the evening. Ii is
presumed that all were drinking
Samthez claims that he knew moth
ing of the alleged attempt to take
his life, until he saw the men enter
his room and grab. for him. He
said that he has seen the men be-
fore but does not know their
names. He told East Moline police
the exact address where each lived
and described them. Police have
a warrant out for their arrest.
The wounded Mexican told pO-
lice that he had done nothing and
did not know why the men would
seek to take his life
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-24
Odd Fellows Big
Parade Will Cover
Business Section

Parade of the Moline |. o. o. f.
centennial celebration will be held
Saturday evening. April IS. Lodges
will form as follows:
Band at Fifth avenue and Twelfth
street, preceded by the police de-
partment, then Canton East Moline
No. 70, p. M, Canton Moline No. so,
p M. on Fifth avenue west of
Twelfth street; Myrtle and Swedish
Olive Rebekah lodges in rear of
cantons on Twelfth street; Swed-
ish Olive lodge No. $50 on Thir-
teenth street between Fifth and
Sixth avenues; Manufacturers
lodge No. 4S5 on Thirteenth street
between Sixth and Seventh ave
nues; band; Moline lodge No. 1873
form on Fourteenth street between
Fifth, and Sixth avenues; Pillow City
encampment No. 200 on Fourteenth
street between Sixth and Seventh
avenues; Moline encampment No.
1853 form on Sixth avenue between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets.
Line of March.
Form on Fifth avenue and
Twelfth street, east on Fifth ave-
nue. to Fifteenth street. south TO
Sixth avenue, east to Nineteenth
street, north to Fifth avenue, west
to Fifteenth street, north to Fourth
avenue; countermarch TO Fifth ave
nue.. west to Swedish Olive hall and
disband. Open meeting at Swedish
Olive hall after the parade, to
which the public is invited
This is Rebekah day of the cell
ebration and school of instruction
is being held this afternoon in
Swedish Olive hall, conducted by
Mrs. Grace Henry of Sandwich. Ill,
and Mrs. Mae Crowell of Rockford.
This evening the Rebekah degree
will be conferred by the centennial
degree staff, composed of past no
Bile grands of Myrtle and Swedish
Olive Rebekah lodges.
Thursday will be Patriarchs Mil
liant day and school of instruction
will be held in the afternoon in
the subordinate work. This will be
followed by a special session of the
grand lodge of Illinois, when the
past grand and grand lodge de-
grees will be conferred. Past
Grand Master II. NJ. Blood of Chi
cago will be in charge of the aft
eTnoon meetings.
In the evening the Patriarchs
Militant degree will be conferred
by the crack degree staff of Canton
Moline. Department Commander
General FairalI of Danville will be
present, accompanied by his per-
sonal staff.
Persons residing along the line
of march are requested to decorate
their places of business and resi-
dannns -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-24
TWO MORE WEEKS
TO MAKE PLEDGES
CHEST FUND GOOD

Pledges to the Moline community
var chest can be paid in the next
two weeks, otherwise "act on will
be taken on pledges not paid by
that time" according to the annual
report of the fund made by Mrs
Borghild J. White, secretary. Mrs.
Whites report has been verified by
an auditing committee composed of
c. T. BOhman, J. d. Bisschop, Os-
care Aldene, E. B. Werlich and W.
4. Hanson.
After all contributions have been
made, the' annual report extending
from March l 1918, to 1919 shows
a balance OF ISL ,9SO11 in the treas
ury. Collections on subscriptions
amounted to S24S,4656s and .ex-
penditures were $196.4S5.57. Pledges
turned over and expenses during
the year included: Moline Red
Cross, 100000; Red Cross war
fund, $4,000; United war fund.
s72.63O; salaries. $2.319.15: cam
paign costs. $1.O0S.49; Office equip
ment, $432.20; stationery and print
ing, S271; postage, $420.41s and
general expense. $1,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-24
PLAN FOR week
GIVEN BY STATE
Committee Meets This Afternoon to
Act On Suggestions for Pro-
motion OF Health.

Moline will join in the statewide
movement for a health promotion
week, May ll-17, and plans to adopt
suggestions for the week are being
made by a local committee meeting
this afternoon. Mrs. Josephine
Barnhardt is head Of the commit
tee composed of DR.. II. A Beam,
Mrs. Harry Ainsworth, Rev. X. s.
Haney and Mrs. n John Samuels.
At meeting held last week, Mr..
Smejkal. represeJ~eing the state dc
partmeat of public health, submit
ted plans which Will be revised by
the committee to meet local condi-
tions. The week is divided by tho
state as follows so that each day
is devoted to some particular
branch for the promotion of health:
Pastors are asked to use health
promotion and disease prevention
as sermon themes in the churches
Sunday, or to have a member of tho
health promotion week committee
speak on the subject. Monday will
be community cleanup" day;
Tuesday. swat the fly before he
starts; Wednesday, better babies"
day; Thursday. medical examina-
ton" day at which it is proposed to
encourage. every citizen who has
not had recent medical examina-
ton to undergo one and guard
against disorder; Friday, Amer
ica's Future Citizens" with spec
ial programs in all schools; Satur-
day, last day OF the week is "pag-
cant day"
The Illinois Health News, a pub
location issued by the state depart
ment of public health, says the fol-
lowing of the importance of health
promotion:
THE state department of public
health regards it as a duty incum-<
bent upon all good citizens, pat
riotic duty which the conscientious
individual cannot ignore, to observe
the proclamation of the general
assembly and to give of their time
and thought and service in making
health promotion week so success
full as to bring great and lasting
benefit to the people. This obliga-
ton seems to rest especially upon
public officials, upon organizations
dedicated to useful things. and
upon citizens who are blessed with
intelligence and education which
will permit them to see clearly the
importance and reason for such a
broad educational health revival"