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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
STATE RECORDS
! FEVER EPIDEMIC
Trace Typhoid Disease in Moline
Since Outbreak in July, 1917,
TO Fall OF 1918.

Moline's typhoid epidemic of last
summer and fall is recorded in the
recent issue of the Illinois Health
News, published by the state de-
partment of public health. The ep-
idemic is traced from the time OF
the development of the first cases
i'll July. 1917. to discovery of nearly
fifty cases between Jan. 1-15. 1915
Ey Paul Hansen. chief sanitary en-
gineer. The report says;
During the progress of the
investigation suspicion pointed
strongly toward the municipal wa
ter supply and. after certain RENE
dial steps were taken, the epidemic
seemed to abate the latter part of
January and the situation seemed
practically clear during February
and March" OF the return of the
epidemic in July the report con-
tinued:
With a recurrence of the cpl
demic the division of sanitation
placed its representatives in the
field and undertook a more pains
taking and exhaustive study of the
situation. 1t was finally determin-
cd that the epidemic was due 10 the
faulty operation of the munici pal
water plant whereby raw and un-
treated water from the Mississippi
river had been permitted to enter
the local supply.
During the study of the Moline
typhoid fever epidemic, it was
found that there is maintained in a
number of the large industrial
plants a double system of water
supply. one being derived from the
ordinary city service and the other
Drawn directly from is source and
TO no treatment. II was
also ascertained that in certain OF
these industrial plants there are
pipes between these
two water supplies protected by
valves so that the untreated supply
may be drawn open in case of
need for large volumes of water
While the Moline epidemic was not
traced to this dual wafer service.
steps are being taken by the divi-
sion of sanitation in conjunction
with the business men and manu-
featuring interests of Moline and
with the municipal health depart
ment to do away with this system
y hich may at airy time become a
source of danger"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
THREE-FOURTHS.
TAX COLLECTED
About 100000 is Paid in Moline
Townships of S552, i24.33
Levied is Report.

About 100000 or nearly three
fourths of the 1852, 124.33 levied in
resident tax payers of Moline town
ship have been collected, is a
statement made today by Mrs. Flor
tence. Southerland, deputy TO County
Treasurer II. ". Whiteside Mrs.
Sutherland is in charge OF the office
in the Moline city hall.
Altogether approximately $500 200
has been collected by the Moline Of
fice. said Mrs. Sutherland. part of
this representing taxes paid by res
e idauts OF South Moline and Hamp-
ton and other upper end townships.
The tax levy for South Moline
township is $I04,55957. The levy Tor
Hampton is $70,74O.10.
Interest charges of one per cent
Will be attached to all taxes paid
after MAY l. The interest is IN
creased two per cent on June /
p The office will be open until at
least June l. Delinquent special
assessments for the city Of Moline
are also being collected by the Mo
I'ne office. Heretofore such del,n-
quent payments were made at the
county building in Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
CROWDED MAILS
CAUSE OF delay
PCstponement in Naming Of POST
master Due 10 Applications Not
Reaching Destinations.

Delay in the appointment of a
postmaster for Moline * attrib-
uted to the crowded conditions Of
the capitol registered mail service
in Washington, according to re-
ports received in Moline
/ Twelve or fifteen Moline resi-
dents have announced themselves
candidates for the office, this many
applications having been issued by
Fred c. Werlich, civil service man
at the Moline office. Bat hoca4se
such a large number of returnG7S
! soldiers have applied for their SEQ
war bonuses, the papers have prob
! ably not yet reached their desuna-
| ton.
The applications, which are ex-
am nation papers, were to be in the
hands Of the civil service commits
sion by April 10. The Office Of post
master will be vacated by Edward
/ Coryn a S soon as his successor is
named.
In pamphlets received here. the
civil service commission den os
SAattulfHlS WHICH are Hdlu 10 NdFe
appeared recently in the press that
the examination has been so franz
ed as to permit the postmaster gen
eral to place one of his confidential
agents behind the scenes, presum-
ably 10 make sure as to the polit'-
cal affiliations and activities Of the
candidates, and in order 10 have
his recommendation count four
times as much as the actual exam
inat.on in determining the rating Of
the candidate" ~
Mr.. Werlich stated that the exp1ii-
inauon is not political matter
and that a postmaster OF Moline. in
his opinion, will not be appointed
because of any party affiliations
The examination is of a quasi
civil service nature. The question
naires, or applications, are exam
ined and rated by the civil service
commission and the names of the
three men standing highest are rec
commended TO the postmaster gen
eral
The presidential order requiring
these examinations does not make
it mandatory for the postmaster
general to be guided by this civil
service rating. For the president
himself makes the final appoint
ment and he may set aside his own
order.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
CONSERVE COAL OR
CHINA WILL Guido
THE UNITED STATES

Conserve coal or America will he
outdone by other nations in its I'M
dustrial supremacy. This statement
was made by Max Sklovsky, chief
engineer of. the Deere & Co. to
members of the Moline University
club at the Manufacturers hotel
last evening,
Mr.. Sklovsky said that Americas
water power resources must be de-
veloped. China" he said, has
vast coal resources and is conserv-
ing this supply She will overtake
the United States in industrial &C
tivities unless America is more
careful of her fuel.
I'VE must strive for greater
economy in bringing coal from the
mine and through the various
stages Of burning it and converting
into steam and power.
"One-tifteenth the population of
the world lives in the United States
but the United States uses more
than one-half of the fuel and power
Of the world. Our present suprem-
acy Is a matter of our power sup
ply and 1t devClveS upon US as a ma
ton to make every effort to develop
wafer power.
There are four sources of power
IN addition to coal. But of these
four-wind. tide sun and water
water power is the only
one that seems practical at the
present time. Increa sed cost of
fuel will tend to bring about the
development of water power and
that will mean the center of indus
try will move further west"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
DRINK 10 STEMS
OF 2 ga PER CENT
BEER; ARE SOBER

Newark, n. J.. April 23.-The best
test of the pudding is the eating
and the best way to decide if 2.75
per cent beer is Intoxicating is the
drinking of a large quantity and
watching the results. At least this
was the basis of a test conducted
here, and it was held yesterday the
beer is not intoxicating. Ten
men each drank 10 large stems of
the 2.75 variety, and after it was
all over there was no 10 little In
jun" fable results. They were all
sober. DR.. Charles A. Rosewater,
chief of the narcotic clinic of the
health department, conducted the
experiment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
Abram Henry JOSeDh.

Word has reached Moline of the
death of Abram Henry Joseph, for
merly of Moline, which occurred
at 8 O'Clock last evening in his
) home at Quincy, III, to which city
he removed from Moline last June.
Abram Henry Joseph was about
20 years of age and was born in
Toronto, Can. He came to Moline
and for q years was employed as
shipping clerk by Barnard & Leas
Manufacturing company.
Besides the widow, he leaves two
sons, Harry and Burdette G., and
two daughters, Margaret and Dor
othy, all residing in Quincy. A
brother and two sisters in Canada
also mourn his death.
Funeral services are to be held
Friday morning in Genese0. The
body will arrive in Moline at 7.45
tomorrow evening and will re-
main at the Burlington depot until
midnight, when it will be taken to
Geneseo~
Funeral OF Marie AerS.
Funeral services for Marie Aers.
aged 9, daughter of Mrs. Leontine
AeTs, $40 Thirty-ninth street, were
held in Sacred Heart Catholic
church, Moline, this morning. In
terment was in st. Mary's cemetery,
East Moline. PaIlbearers were girl
friends, Bertha Edgar, Marguerite
Mielke, Marie Mielke, Mildred
Thiesen, Esther Himbert and Lu-
ellie Wright.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
REPRESENTS SHIP
MEN OF HOLLAND:
VISITS IN MOLINE

Edward Coryn, Moline postmas-
ter. has visitor this week. Anton
Grollenberg. who for three years
before the United States entered the
war, was an electrician in Moline.
Mr. Grollenberg will return 10
Breda. Holland, next month. He is
in this country buying for 16 lead
ing ship-building and manufactur-
ing concerns.
Mr.. Grollenberg is given the
power. by the Holland concerns, 10
place orders for not less than lU0,-
900 guildens, ($50,000) with Amer
lean tool manufacturers. Before the
war, Holland ship-builders depend
ed upon German tool manufacturers
to furnish them with necessary
equipment.
In 1914. Mr.. Grollenberg returned
to Holland to live. but because of
his knowledge of foreign markets,
he was offered the position of rep
resenting Holland manufacturers IN
this country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
JOHN KREFTER IS
NAMED PHYSICAL
DIRECTOR Y. NJ. G. A

John Fl. Kreher of Hemstead
Long Island. yesterday began. ais
duties as director of the physical
work department in the East. Mo-
line Y. NJ. c a Mr.. Kreher was re-
Gently discharged from the army,
and at camp was one Of the best
physical directors. He comes to East
Moline highly recommended, having
successfully been at the head OF the
boys and mems department in the
Y NJ. c 4. of Lakewood, y. J.,
Cortland. y :. and Berwick, Pa.
The new director will meet with
boys who are interested in physical
work Friday evening at 1880 at the
Y ", c. A Every man and boy in
the city is invited, even though he
is not a member of the association.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
EAST MOLINE TO
PAVE STREETS TO
HOUSING PROJECT

The East Moline board of local
improvements has decided on three
blocks of paving on Seventh street
hill to extend to the United States
housing project in that city. The
paving Will stretch from Twenty
first to Twenty-fourtn avenues. The
government has agreed to share the
expense of this undertaking with
the city.
The board considered the paving
of-Thirteenth street, best known as
State street, from the pavement at
Fifth avenue north to the Burling-
ton depot and also paving of Ninth,
Tenth, Eleventh, Nineteenth and
Seventeenth streets from Eigh-
teenth avenue north to the Burling-
ton tracks. These projects were
not approved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
SAYS GIRL WAS
NOT KIDNAPPED
Mrs. Shallene, Sister of Father
Declares James DarneIl Was
Innocent Bystander.

James Darnell. former Rock Is.
land chief of. police, and now con.
stable. for whom a warrant was is
sued charging him with kidnapping
the two-year-old daughter of Mrs
Mabel Bernice Hayes, Monday aft
ernoon. did not kidnap the child
nor did he even touch the baby
declared Mrs. Leone ShalIene to
newspaper reporter last night
Mrs. Shallene is a sister of How
ard Hayes, father of the child
Jane Louise Hayes.
Mrs. Shallene's story of how the
little girl was taken from the home
of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
nue., Moline, with whom Mrs. Hayes
had been making her some, is:
My brother. the father of the
girl, picked Jane up in the yard
OF her grandmother and took her
in the house. He asked his wife's
mother. Mrs. Malcomb, for the
baby's coat Mrs. Malcomb would
not give it to him and my brother
put his own coat around the little
girl.
He didn't touch the grandmoth-
er at all. There was no violence or
force used. My brother didn't run
away. either He went to a store
nearby and was there for quite a
while Then he walked home"
Mrs. Shallene stated that she and
Darnell were innocent bystanders.
She says that she and others were
at the Malcomb home Sunday even
ing. watching from the outside and
said that they have enough evil
dence to secure a divorce for Mr..
Hayes.
And what is more" says Mrs.
Shallene. my brother has still
more evidence and will soon have
a divorce from his wife"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
MARK SULLIVAN OF
GOLFERS WEEKLY
WILL SPEAK MAY !

Mark Sullivan of Golfers Week
ly will lecture before the Moline
After-Dinner club Thursday even
ing, May l. Mr.. Sullivan has an In
ternational standing as an editor
and possesses unusual gifts of
phrasing. stating facts with a MN
imum of words with maximum
clearness. Although a busy man >Ir
Sullivan was persuaded to give time
to the platform this year. His lee
ture in Moline will be on Editor
tally Speaking" II will be in effect
a discussion of great event of the
week or month which has Just pre-
ceded its delivery
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
News of the Day in Moline and East Moline
ENGINEERS WILL
BE GIVEN GRAND
RECEPTION HOME

The Twelfth Engineers, in which
many tri-city boys enlisted, will be
welcomed in st. Louis, at which
city it was recruited, upon their ar
rival there. Plans are being made
by the Women's Auxiliary of the
regiment for a regImentai parade,
reviewed by Governor Gardner,
Mayor Kiel and Senator Spencer, to
be followed by dinner party at the
Coliseum and talks by prominent
men of st. Louis and Missouri. The
regiment is expected in New York
Saturday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
Obituary
George Tutbuy.


George Tutbury, aged 70 years
well known resident of Silvis, died
yesterday at his home on Fourth
street. Since the death of his wife,
May 4, 1916, he had lived with a
nephew and niece of Mrs. Tutbury,
Willis and Alice Allen. A brother
Of bIrs. Tutbury, Charles Garner of
Chicago, arrived in Silvis yester-
day to arrange for the funeral. Mr..
1dtbury's only surviving relatives
are two sisters in England. He
was born in Sheffield, England. in
1S47 He married Miss Dorothy
Allen, April IA, 1875, in Kirkby,
England He had resided IN Silvis
10 years. For p years he was en-
ployed by the Rock Island rail-
road He suffered a stroke of par
alysis five years ago and had not
been we'll since.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
COLLIDE;
DRIVERS NOT HURT

Fate saved Frank Cole and Ross
Dick of East Moline from being ser
iously injured at $50 yesterday aft
ern6on, when the roadster driven
by Cole and the touring car driven
by Dick collided at the Seventh
street hill, East Moline, at Sixteenth
avenue. Neither OF the drivers was
injured. Cole was driving west on
Seventeenth avenue and Dick was
just going up Seventh street hill
when the accident happened. The
roadster was badly damaged, having
a broken aXel, damned in radiator,
broken windshield and was bent
considerably. The running board
and fender on the Dick machine
were bent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
BAND SERENADES
MAYOR SKINNER:
WAS A SURPRISE

Charles P. Skinner. mayor-elect,
was serenaded at his home last
evening by members of the Moline
Plow company band. The band did
not hold its regular meeting in the
Pillow company plant, but the entire
organization journeyed to the Skin
ner home, where the members sur
prised Mr.. Skinner with the sere-
made.
Mrs. Skinner somehow had a pre-
monition that something was going
to happen, because when the mem
bers of the band were invited into
the house, they found a welcome
luncheon awaiting them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
JOHN MOODY NOW.
AT CAMP DEVENS

John ". Moody, a private in the
One Hundred Twenty eighth field
artillery, is now stationed at Camp
Devens, after II months service
overseas, according J., word re-
ceived by the parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Peter A. Moody. 334 Thirty-fourth
street, Moline. yesterday. He ex-
poets to he discharged from the
Massa chusetts cantonment in two
weeks.
Private Moody saw service in the
Argonne wood. st. Mihiel and Yer
dun. A brother, Frank A. Moody.
is visiting his parents on a 3O-day
furlough from Camp Custer. He
VIII return May 10. He received
his discharge but re-enlisted for a
years service in Honolulu.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
HE GOT HIS BOOZE
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI

Arthur Wagner. alias John Jen-
sen, aged "a years, of Davenport,
had several drinks in that city
yesterday afternoon and then he
drove TO Moline. a little later DR..
J. II. Long OF East Moline found
Wagner stranded on sidewalk on
East Fifth avenue, DR.. Long took
Wagner to the police station, and
there he pleaded guilty to charge
Of driving a vehicle while he was
intoxicated. Justice F. c. Entrikin
finde the defendant S25 and costs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
COUGHING SPELLS
BREAK YOUR REST
Put a stop to them with old
reliable DR.. Kings. New
Discovery

JInat raw, hoarse throat must be
eoothed. That phlegm-loaded' chest
must be ioosened- That cough must
Z be checked so you can sleep.
Or: Kings New Discovery has been
relieving colds, and coughs for half a
century without the least disagreeable
after-e6ects.
Your druggist has It because It e
veIl-known and IN big demand. 6oc
and $40.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
JUDGE BELL OPENS
HIS CAMPAIGN FOR
STATES ATTORNEY

Captain B. S. Bell returned last
night from Waco. Texas. to devote
himself 10 his campaign for the re-
publican nomination for sta te's at
torney. Captain Bell has been in
Texas for the last month investigat-
ing oil interests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
Police News

Frank Buckler was arrested in
East Moline last night and this
morning he pleaded guilty to a
charge of intoxication, appearing
before Magistrate A. A. Niles in the
East Moline police court. He paid
IS and costs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
PEAS.

Peas are not adapted to growing
in very small gardens. as they re-
quire much space. The smooth va
rieties may be sown very early or
Just as scoop as the ground is In
shape to work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
Try this for Constipation

Keep the bowels on schedule time
with DIR. Kings New Life Pills, the
system freed from poisonous wastes,
the complication clear, the stomach
sweet, the tongue uncoated, the breath
untainted. = Mild yet positive. 25c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
HALT CAR SERVICE
CAMPBELL'S ISLAND

Street car service 10 Campbell's
island wilT~ be discontinued until
the water recedes. This morning
the water was bur 20 inches from
the tracks on the bridge leading TO
the island. Quantities of driftwood
have lodged on the bridge and pas
sage is impossible. There will be
nc street car service there until
the wa er recedes.
All the News All the Time
The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-23
FACTORIES BUY
SSO7,SOO BONDS
Moline Corporations Credited With
- S530,OO0 and East Moline
S277 800.

Subscriptions made by corpora
tons of Moline and East Moline to
the Victory Liberty loan total $S07,
500, according to r. B. Lourie's re-
port. Mr. Lourie is handling cor
poration subscriptions.
Moline corporations purchased
$3.50 900 of this total, the Deere &
Co. plants subscribing to 5000, 900
East Moline is credited with $277,-
500, of which 100000 was pur-
chased by the Deere factories in
that city.
Totals for the entire east end dis
trict are not yet available. The Boy
Scouts are still on their Cleanup
canvass.
Corporation subscriptions. ac-
cording to Mr.. Lourie's report, were
fnlInUS
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-21
Albuquerque Morning Journal, Wednesday, May 21, 1919

as uniform and unintelhgible. Expert
advice is, of course, available in this
very practical matter, and the public
interest is manifest. Neither the tele-
sraph nor the telephone service of
the country can be said TO be in any
sense a national system. There are
many Commissions and Inconsistencies
of rates The scientific means 10y
which communication by such instru-
mentalities can he rendered more
thoroughly and satisfactory has not
been made fan use Of An exhaust
we study of the whole question of
electrical communication and Of the
means by which the central authority
of the nation can be used to unity and
improve it. if undertaken, by the APP
prODriate committees Of the congress
would certainly result, indctly even
if not directly. in great public benefit,
The disqualification of the military
forces of the country has progressed
to such a point that it seems to me
entirely safe now to remove the ban
upon the manufacture and sale o:
wines and beers but | am advised
that without further legislation have
not the legal authority to remove the
present restrictions. | therefore rec
ommend that the act approved No
vembcr 81. 1918, entitled IAN act to
enable the secretary of agriculture toI
carry out. during the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1919, the purposes of the
act entitled AN act to provide further
for the national security and defense
by stimulating agricultural products. /
and for other purposes be amended |
or repealed in So far as it applies to |
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-21

been called to this ma't0r on past CO.
casions and the measures which are
now recommended by the tariff COM
mission are substantially the same
that have been suggested by previous
administrations. l recommend that
this phase of the tariff question re-
ceive the early attention OF the con-
gress
win you not permit me, turning
from these matters, TO speak once
more and VERY earnestly of the pro-
posed amendment to the constitution
which would extend the suffrage to
women ana which passed the house
Of representatives. ut the least session
of the congress? II seoms To mo that
every consideration of Justice and of
public advantage calls for the imme-
date adoption Of that amendment and
it's submission forthwith 20 the legis-
latures of the several states Through
out the world this long DELAYED extern
sion fthe suffrage is looked for i'm
the United states, longer ! bclcVe|
than anywhere else, the necessity for
it and the immense ADVANTAGE of it toI
the national life, has been urged and
debated by women and men who saw
the need for it and urged the policy of
it when il required steaGtIst courage'
to be so much beforehand with the
common conviction; and ! for one,l
covet for our country the distinction
of Icing among the first to act in al
great reform.
Return of Railroads.
The telegraph and telephone lincsI
viii, Of course, he returned to their
owners as soon as the reJrlusfcr canI
he effected without administrative
confusion so soon, that u.s. as theI
change can be made with lclst posi- |
bic Inconvenience to the public andI
to the owners themselves The rail-
roads will be handed over to theirj
owners at the end of the calcndarl
year; if | were in immediate contact
with the administrative quesuonsi
which must be given the rcrransferI
of the telegraph and telephone lines, !
l could name the exact date for their |
return also Until am in direct con- |
tact wit hthc practical questions in ,
VOWED ! can only suggest that in thet
case Of the telegraphs and telephones, |
as in the case of the railways. it isl
clearly desirable in the public inter !
est that some legislation should be-
considered which may tend to makei
Of these Indispensable inStrUmentali- |
ties of our modern life a uniform and !
co-ordmantcd system which will at
ford those who use them as complete !
and certain means of communication
with all parts Of the country as hasI
SO long been afforded by the postal
system Of the government and at rates
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-21

According to British scientist.
Mays are the most extreme ruys at
the ultraviolet end Of the spectrum.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-21

For further information write to
DR.. Glass. Mason Bldg. 4th and
broadway. Los Angeles. Cal.