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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06

Change Name Of Park-The name
of Suburban Island, which nearly
two years ago became a part OF
DaYenpOTt's public park system
will have its name changed.
This much has practically been
decided by the park board. Various
names are now being considered.
Qne of the most favored appears TO
be Credit Island Park"
Credit island was the original
name of the place. II was here that
the historic battle of Credit island
was fought on Sept 5, 1914. 1t was
the third expedition of the British
up the Mississippi. The British and
Indians one one side were arrayed
against the Americans. The Amer
leans were defeated.
At various times the site has been
known as Offerman's island, Man
haitian Beach, Grand Isle and
Suburban Island. For many years
it has been one of the popular
amusement resorts Of the TIL
Cities.
Since being converted into a city
park the park board has been
working on extensive plans for its
Improvement. In time it is expected
to connect the island with the main
shore by a permanent bridge over
which automobiles and other forms
of conveyance may cross. At the
present time only street cars cross
the dam.
Form Civic Welfare League-Or
ganiZation of the Community Wei
fare league, with the personnel of
the old Scott County Liberty loan
teams, into a permanent assocla-
ton to sponsor all movements for
the public good in Scott county was
effected at the big banquet in the
Hotel Blackhawk last night at
which Robert G. Cousins, former
iowa congressman, was the prln-
cipal speaker.
Officers elected to serve until the
first annual meeting in 1920 we're:
President-A- F. Dawson.
First vice president-E. P. Adler.
Second vice president-Adolph
Arp.
Third vice president-Frank Yet
ter.
Fourth vice president-Peter J.
Thede.
Secretary. c. Mccarthy.
Treasurer-Ray Nyemaster.
Executive committee - Officers
and Geo. NJ. BechteI, Lee Dough-
erty. Frank Throop. Frank Keppy,
George Randolph, Adolph Miller.
Helmets Given as Reward-Thir-
ty-four German helmets, honor
flags and 500 medals cast OF cap
tured German cannon for every
loan worker, were awarded to the
members of the Scott county Lib
erty Loan organization at the jubi-
lee banquet in the Hotel Black
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
NABBED BY MOLINE
COP FOR SPEEDING

Motoring with pleasure as he
was having it yesterday afternoon,
L. z. Van Staten was arrested by
Pleasant Negley, Moline speed cop.
Van Staten was going into East
Moline, where he lives, when he
was arrested.
Negley arrested Van Staten on a
charge of speeding near First
street and Seventeenth avenue,
East Moline. He followed him
from Forty-ninth street, Moline.
Negley said he first saw him speed
ing on Fifth avenue between Forty
ninth and Fifty-ninth streets.
The defendant will be arranged
before Magistrate Gustafson this
afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
News of the Day i'm Moline and East Moline

women will be given June IS. July
% and Aug. 20. The salary offered
is $3.50 per year. Productive en-
gineer and pattern makers exam
nations will be given July l. sal
aries being 1928 per diem and so
cents per hour, respectively. Tests
for July include those for assist
ant designing engineer. $500 per
diem; electrical instrument max
er, 1880 per annum; July 8, store
room supervisor, $1,000 per annum.
Year round tests for nurses, for
men and women, Panama canal,
salaries $135 and $40; coal yard
foreman, $1,000 per annum, and
catalyticaI chemists, assistant and
junior catalytical chemists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
Police News

G. Storm, 2752 Thirteenth ave-
nue., will be arraigned in police
court at 7 this evening on a charge
of driving a motor vehicle with an
open cutout Storm was arrested at
Sixth avenue and Nineteenth street
at IL last evening.
Jim Slavin of Davenport drove
his car in the ditch near Rock river
bridge and Bridge lane this morn
ing, and then, say the residents
of that vicinity, be began to abuse
and curse everybody who came
near him.
Slavin was arrested by Sheriff
John Miller and Deputies Bahnks
and Willis. He is now locked up IN
Moline city jail. Sheriff Miller was
called by farmers living near the
bridge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
DAVIDSON HOME.

Harry Davidson, son of Upton
Davidson. 2402 Fifth avenue. who
for IS months was assigned to the
motor transport section of the
spruce production division, airplane
service, returned last night from
Camp Lewis, where he was dis
charged. Soon after America en-
tered the war Davidson enlisted in
the spruce division and was imme-
diately assigned to Vancouver bar
racks. He spent Is months there
driving trucks. Three months ago
he was transferred to Camp Lewis
Wash, remaining in the motor
transport division until his recent
discharge. Harry was employed at
the Peoples Power company, Mo
line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
Mabel Elizabeth johnson.

Many friends attended funeral
services for Mabel Elizabeth john
son, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
Johnson, held at 2:30 yesterday
afternoon in the home of her par
ents, 539 Forty-ffth street, Rock
Island. The Rev. ]. Eckholm Of
ficiated and Mrs. R. Odelberg, Miss
Mollie Peterson and Fred Frutiger
sang. Bearers were Clarence T..
BIoomberg, Ernest Lind, Robert
DanieIson. Edwin Faust. Herbert
Gould and Carl Lofgren. Interment
was in Riverside cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
Obituary
Anton M. Larson.

AntOn M LdfsUHs
Death came to Anton M. Larson
Wednesday in the Tri-City sani
tarium, which place Mr.. Larson
had made his home for some time.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 this afternoon in Seventh
Day Adventist church, Elder o. NJ.
Kittle to officiate. Interment was
in Riverside cemetery.
Mr.. Larson was born Oct. 2S,
1857, in Sweden. He leaves to sur
vive him a, father and four sisters,
in Sweden. and one sister. Ida Lar
son, in Minneapolis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
SENTENCE
CUT BECAUSE OF
EXTREME YOUTH

Washington, June Con recon-
mendation of General Pershing,
President Wilson has committed to
10 years Imprisonment the death
sentence imposed on Private Philip
Sohn. of the 109th infantry, Twen-
ty-eighth division for deserving in
the face of the enemy. General
Pershing based his recommendation
on the extreme youth of the soldier.
who enlisted at the age of Is years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
GIRL TO FLY HAWKER ROUTE

Cleveland, o.. June 6.-Ruth Law
has announced that in her attempt
ed transatlantic flight, she will go
over the route Harry Hawke al
tempted to use.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
OVERHEATED OVENS
SETS TOOLS AFTRE

A carriage load of small tool
handles, being treated in the
ovens of the Strombeck-Becke
Manufacturing company furnaces.
Fifty-first street and Fourth ave
nue.. became overheated last night
at 1910 and burst into flames. The
Moline fire department was called
and the fire was extinguished by
the use of chemicals. Damage was
normal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
FnRD,S SIDE RESTS.

Mt. Clemens, Mich, June 6.-Di-
rect evidence for the plaintiff in
Henry Ford's libel suit against the
Chicago Daily Tribune was com
pleted today, and presentation OF
the defense, expected to last a
month, was begun
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
The Day in Davenport

hawk, which ended the war work of
the teams and set them to follow a
new path blazed by the Community
Welfare league. The helmets were
awarded by lot. The winners were {:
\. H. Parks, Newton Ben Knapp,
W. A. Hickey, T. ]. Bode. Fred
Packenschneider, F. E. Ringey,
Henry Voss, d. III. Jagnes, H. ].
Lardner, Geo. w. Cable, Jr., George
Bawden, Ed Mueller. Ben Mueller,
| V V. Allen, John Tewes, Henry
Stutt, c. NJ. Dollarhide, j. Phillips,
H. H. Kleeburg. Ed Bischoff, Frank
Goddard. Frank H. Perry, Frank
Peters, Thos. L. Sharon, Carl LIE
BUM, Emil Kroeger. ]. P. McDow-
ell, VIM. Mueller, J. P. Hand, DR.. j.
S. Weber, August H. Weber, DR..
Raymond E. Peck, Ed Tallmon,
Walter Lucht.
Property Owners Meet-About 20
owners of property along the pro-
posed site of the Duck Creek i'm
provement met yesterday afternoon
with a committee composed OF rep
resentatives of the city county and
the park commission, and Mayor
Lee J. Dougherty.
Following the example set by half
the property owners the first part
Of the week, it is believed that
those who are being interviewed to
day will agree to donate the land
needed to establish a parkway along
the course of the stream.
1t is planned to establish a park
way several miles long on each
side of the creek, and to border the
park with drives which will be con-
nected with the city boulevard sys-
TEN.
Mayor Has First Wedding - Al
though Mayor Lee ]. Dougherty has
acted as chief attendant at scores
of ages-always in the second
line, understandable had his first
experience on the other side of the
altar Just before he left for Chicago
Monday.
In other words, the mayor played
justice of the peace, and tied the
nuptial knot good and tight for
Benny Brown of New Boston, Ill,
and Eva Curry, of America, Okla
The ceremony was performed in
the mayors office in the city hail.
The newlyweds will reside in New
Boston.
incidentally, the chief attendant
at the ceremony was City Attorney
Frank Betty, who was routed out of
his musty Blackstonian den by the
mayor to make the marriage legal.
Marriage Licenses Edward L.
MoIler of Rock Island and Wilma
L. Palmer of Davenport.
Robert Houer and Anna Jaeger,
both of Davenport
George F. Gibbs and Thelma Ma
rie Maxwell, both of Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
A Free Prescription Does Its Work Over
Night. HOu Can Prepare Il
At Your Home.

a FIee ETescIlptlou Ooes Ats WORK ONer-
Night. HOu Can Prepare Il
At Your Home.
New York: 1t is my own discovery and
1t takes Just one night to get such marvel
Gus results. says Mae Edna Wilder. when
her friends ask her about her wonderful
complexion and the improved appearance
of her hands and arms. You can do the
same thing il you follow my advice. she
says: I feel il my duty to tell every
girl and woman what this wonderful pre-
scription did for me. 1 never tire of
telling others Just what brought about
such remarkable results. Here is the
identical prescription that removed every
defect from my face. neck. hands and
arms. Until you try it you can form
no idea of the marvellous change il will
make in Just one application. The pre-
scripCon which you can prepare at your
own home is as follows: Go to any gro
Gerry and get ten cents worth of ordinary
oatmeal. and from any drug store a bottle
of derwillo. Prepare the oatmeal as
directed in every package of derwillo and
apply night and morning. The first ap-
plication will astonish you. II makes the
skin appear transparent smooth and vel
vety I especially recommend II for
freckles. tan. sun spots. coarse pores.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06
BRITISH HONOR BRAZHIAN,

London. June 6.-King George
and Queen Mary gave banquet at
Buckingham Palace tonight in
honor of DR.. Epitacio Pessoa, presi-
dent-elect of Brazil.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-06

Marriage Licenses Edward L.
MoIler of Rock Island and Wilma
L. Palmer of Davenport.
Robert Houer and Anna Jaeger,
both of Davenport
George F Gibbs and Thelma Ma
rie Maxwell, both of Davenport.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-19
... CHAPTER lss.
Certeis Goes on an Important Jour-
ney and Leaves Me His
Mystery Keys.
CHAPTER l69.

Queen of my heart" Certeis
murmured the words as if it were
a joy to him merely to repeat them.
I was standing in the vast hall of
his house. his man was putting
on his coat and Certeis was say
ing goodbye" before starting on
his important trip 70 the Pacific
Coast.
l held up a forbidding palm but
Queen of my heart'-he repeated
II shall like to think of you as
being also queen of my house while
1 am away"
1 could only make a mocking
obeisance. and hope that by accept
ing bis speech lightly, l would seem
to miss the sentiment of it. Ger
tets had always been an adept love
maker; had always delighted more
in telling his love than in hearing
that he was loved in return. In
our long acquaintance, myself had
see-sawed curiously between hate
and friendship for him while he
had maintained an attitude OF de-
votion, sometimes avowed, often
hidden. and rarely had he demand
ed a response.
1t would fiatter any woman and
turn the heads of most girls to be
The Washington herald., 1919-03-19
Confessions Of a War Bride

so adored, but many time have l
wondered how. long such a one
sided love would last after mar
riage.
IF the world were what would
have it," Certeis went on, II would
take you in my arms and kiss you
goodbye" The man spoke SO SOL
emnly that 1 did not dare to mock
him again. But as IL is, / am more
than grateful for this poor foreign
custom" His lips touched my An
gers and fingered there so long that
the warmth of them crept to my
consciousness and / blushed furi-
ously and hated myself for the
blush.
And you will not even say that
you are sorry 1 am going!" was his
reproach.
81. hope you win have a very sue
cessful trip" l said, trying to put
little feeling into the conventional
speech.
1t has happened before that some
stupid remark of mine has brought
a startling change in Hamilton Ger
teis. He made no verbal comment
on my stilted good wish, but his
eyes flashed sharply straight into
my own and made me feel almost as
if he were saying, You would not
wish that-if you knew!" Then he
returned to his bantering with:
May beg Your Most Gracious
Majesty to accept the keys of your
domain" With that he held toward
me a neat bunch of keys. delicate
shining bits of metal which looked al
most ominously important.
I was startled and I drew back and
looked UP at him in wonder.
IF anything should happen to me.
Jeanne. you could be of great service
to me-through these" he said. dam
Cling the keys before me. Railroad
wrecks do occur. you know"-I shud-
dered. remembering poor Eloise-'in
case / should not come back, ! wish
you would destroy all the papers and
letters In my desk. Burn them in the
office fireplace"
But the servants-your butler-why
not let him keep these keys?"
The dead have no rights. Would
Berghoff refrain from reading my
stun? Or fail to use 1t TO his own ad
vantase?" Certeis asked with a cynl-
cal shrug. No! All the papers my
lawyer needs are In the safe. You,
Jeanne, are the only person I can
trust with the contents Of my desk.
When tell you that there are secrets
concerning the Lorimers-facts which
would imperil their happiness"
Give me the keys. Tony" I said,
and l held out an upturned palm. And
because | felt very serious indeed, in
side my own mind, put on that
whimsical, theatrical! air again:
MY Lord Bluebeard," said.L"which
is the key l positively must not use?"
ITO Be Continued.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-19
CRUEL DOMESTIC WIT
Bv DOROTHY DIX
THE WORLDS HIGHEST PAID WOMAN WRITER

.sThe thing that has kept me frsn'
marrying" said a bachelor the other
day, ''is the fear Of ridicule. ] have
q horror OF being made figure OF
fun, and having a searchlight turned
on the absurdity OF all OF my little
peculiarities in order to get laugh
and show what clever jokesmith !
am married to.
"And my observation shows me that
such ID the fate Of the married. The
domestic brand Of wit 10 Of the day
ing-them-alive kind. and 10 subject to
no law of good taste or kind feeling.
It consists in the husband pitiiessly
exposing his wife's every weakness.
and the wife holding up to public
mirth her husbands eccentricities and
mistakes.
II am not of the heroic mold that
would enable me to endure a wife
who was humorous at my expense.
know would Inevitably arise some
time and slay her Just after she had
set the table in a roar by making me
the point of her joke. SO I have played
safe by staying single. But when
hear the cutting speeches that people
who are united in the holy estate
make to each other in public. and
when see the way in which they de-
liberateiy make each other look like a
fool, I wonder that husband and wife
murder is as rare as IT Is. I should
think It would be the favorite indoor
sport of the married.
what makes people. who admired
each other enough to pick each other
out for life companions. desire tc
cheaper each other In the eyes OF
their friends and acquaintances? Why
do they want to point out every de-
feet in their bargain to strangers?
why does a man call attention tc
the fact that he has selected as hi.
mate a woman with the fustered in
tellect Of hen7 Why does q woman
reveal that the man whose name sh,
bears. and with whom her own for
tunes are inextricably interviewer. 1.
nothing but a painted balloon thai
her sharp tongue can prick and max,
| collapse at will?
Heaven knows. My poor intel
lect has long ceased to wrestle witt
the problem. I only know that. aftel
having passed pleasant evening
sharpening their wits at each other,
expense and offering each deadly in.
suits, husbands and wives go off hom,
together. and you meet them botf
still alive the next day. and heat
nothing Of divorce proceedings. Boti
of which are miracles.
| Apparently matrimony makes th'
average couple grow an epidernis a.
thick as the hide of the rhinoceros
and look as II she enjoyed it.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-19

"And don't you know other men. All
OF whose choicest stories hang on
some mistake of their wives7 wife
signed check, Yours lovingly, Ma
mie.' or wife made some bid at an
auction sale. not dreaming she would
get the thing she was running up for
the excitement of the thing; or wife
called in the police to hunt for the
baby. whom she believed to have been
Kidnapped. and who was found asleep
on the sofa.
silly domestic happenings, but when
dressed up and given the proper
touches OF carfcature that made the
woman look like a brainless idiot and
that brought the blood surging to her
fact In shame as callous fools gur-
fawed over IT.
And women are just as cruel to
their husbands. as men are to their
wives, about making them look ride
uious. Don't you know plenty OF
women who criticise their husbands
pronunciation in public and make run
OF their Southern drawl or Western
twang? Haven't you heard a wife say
OF her successful self-made husband.
o. you'n have to excuse him. he
hasnt gotten over his logging camp,
or slack pile. manners yet"
Don't you know wives who reveal
the Intimate things of a mans daily
life, and because II is good for a
laugh, reveal the secret of his toupee
the fact that his teeth are only his
so that none of the barbed conjugal
speeches pierces through to the quick,
and hence they do not realize how
terribly embarrassing they make
things for the Innocent bystander-
who does not know whether TO laugh
at the wit Of the family humorist or
weep tears of sympathy with the VIC
tim.
For instance. you are trapped into
playing a game Of cards with a hus-
band and wife. Wife asks what
trumps are, or she plays the wrong
card, or makes some silly blunder. II
Is the cue for husband TO get funny
about the entire feminine sex. and
especially about the poorest specimen
of II which he somehow had unloaded
on himself
What he says makes wife look
like 30 cents. and causes you to feel
like kicking him around the block
He expects you TO laugh. but how
ever amusing wife batting may be to
the individual who is doing it, It
doesn't hit the funny bpne Of those
who are watching a hopeless. quiver-
| ing little woman who is biting her
| lips to keep back the tears OF morti-
fcation, and putting out every ounce
| Of her strength trying to be a sport
The Washington herald., 1919-03-19
HOROSCOPE.
Wednesday, March le. 1919.

wednesday. march ID. 1919
Venus and Saturn are in evil aspect
today. while Uranus changes from
threatening to friendly sway, accord
ing to the reading of astreIogers
This is held to be day lucky for
men who deal with women in busi-
ness affairs, but it is not favorable
to women, who are likely to lose all
profits.
The stars indicate agitation in
which women lead. This may be a
strike that brings about great re-
form movement
Warnins-is given by the planets
that all who would hold to ancient
privileges and old-time advantages
are to lose largely in the readjust-
ments of the new period.
Planetary indications are sinister
where persons who have long held
power OF any sort is concerned. All
the signs foreshadow sweeping
changes.
There appears to be some sort ex-
citement over mines forecast by the
stars.
Prosperity for the country is pe,-
sistently presaged by the planetary
aspects, those who read the stars de-
clare They. foretell q closer union
OF states and one Of the prophesies
Is that highways wei built and care
Iuly maintained will connect all the
states In continuous roadway that
tory.
Places under Cancer should now
The Washington herald., 1919-03-19

by right Of purchase. that he Is fussy
about his diet and mortsliy afraid OF
germs?
II wonder IL these husbands and
wives never realize that the most
deadly weapon in the world is ridi-
cule. and that you can slsy love with
II quicker than with anything else.
We can forgive any other ofTense
against US more easily than We can
The Washington herald., 1919-03-19

being made 10 seem absurd and fool
ish. a laughable figure Of fun.
Good sense and good feeling should
prevent married people from ridicul-
ing each others peculiarfties and mis-
takes. II they don't, good taste should
prevent them from husband and wife
batting in public, because u Is a pain
full and embarrassing situation for
the bystanders"
The Washington herald., 1919-03-19
I NIT'he
WIfpGQps(I(g
Nv "DOUG,- HART,

By "DOUG.- HART.
Film row is proving quite n
source OF revenue to the bowling
allies at the new Aim building on
q street All the boys are taking
ming at the pins.
Which reminds me that Messrs.
Greenhalgh and Flax form a good
fat mans duo. Greenie says he
and Sam will roll any two other
men in film row for the fat mems
nonors at catch weights.
Tom Moore is thinking of award
ing a d. S. c. to old man Weather.
This has most certainly been a
great winter for the golfers, and
when Tom isn't building theaters
he's playing golf.
People are beginning to find out
that the Truxton is a theater and
not q garage. Meper Emanuel. for
mer Film Club treasurer, is making
70 of this so called white ele-
phant. He's following the very
simple formula Of giving a real
sRcw. Success, brother, success.
Mr.. Shreve, who has been on an
extended vacation-no. not a per-
manent vacation-will soon be back
on the job at the Revere.
Harry Crandall is said to have
made attractive offers to several
of the canaries. Something seems
to be delaying his dodo birds.
Harry Crandall had the IS. r O."
sign out at the Metropolitan so
many times yesterday that it got
tiresome. why don't you run that
picture of Norma Talmadge the last
three days OF the week. Harry?
Shirley Mason has a whole collec-
ton of historic fans. including one
which Is said to have been owned by
Nine. Pompadour. of France. Larry
Beatus. manager of Loew's Palace.
says she has another collection of
fans" that are not so historic, to
judge by the audiences that have been
gathering to see Shirley in THE Win
ming Girl" now playing at the Palace.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-19
AT the Theaters Tonight.

hht eiiS Ait>S ASAASie'
NATIONAL
The Merle Month Of May
sHUBERT-GARRICK-
30 East"
POLLS
"oh. Iookr'
sHUBERT-BELAsco-
Yesterday"
KEITH's-
Vaudeville
Rose Sydeil's London Bellies.
COSMOS
Vaudeville ....-
MooRE's RlALTo-
The Turn in the Road
LoEw's PALACE ....
Elsie Ferguson Ia The Marriage Price"
MooRE's STRAND
William Russell in Where the West Regina
LoEw's COLUMBIA
Enid Bennett in Partners Three.''
CRANDALL's METROPOLITAN.
Norma Talmadge in The Probation Wife"
CIiANpALL's.
Alice Brady In ''The World To Live M
CRANDALI.'s KNIcKERBoCKER.
Mabel Normand in Mickey
CRANDALL's APOLLO.
Pauline Frederick in
The Woman On the Index"
CRANDALL's AVENUE GRAND.
"a Romance Of Happy Valley
CRANDALL'S SAVOY.
Alice Brady in The World To Live In.'' %
LYCEUM-
DiKon's Big Revue
MoORE's GARDEN
Billie Rhodes in The Lamb and the Lion
PALAGE-Nintn, pear the Avenue
rhe Mans Theater. Smoke II you liks