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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27

the headquarters company of the
One Hundred Twenty-third field
artillery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert w. Newton
and family of 1922 Sixteenth street,
have gone to Biloxi, Miss, where
they will make their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Druehl. 1130
Thirty-seventh street, leave for
Chicago Heights Sunday marning
where Mr.. Druehl will be employed
at the steel mills there.
Emil Ruark of Pennington, Ia,
spent Saturday with G. S. Kouns
of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mullen of Lincoln,
Neb., spent three days in the city
last week, returning to their home
Sunday.
Dale Hayes, who motored from
Dubuque Saturday to spend Sun
B. /. Hayes returned home.
day with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Miss Louella Long has returned
from Minneapolis where she at
tended the Minneapolis School of
Art during the past winter. Miss
Long won the scholarship for the
first year and also a prize honor
which is one of the highest honors
The school offers. She will spend the
summer vacation with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Long of 619
Twenty-third street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27
Mrs. Henry Mathey Head.

Mrs. Henry Mathey of Davenport,
was elected president of the Music
Students club at its meeting held
yesterday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. A. w. Lee of Davenport.
1t was the annual meeting and the
other officers elected were:
Vice president-Miss Gertrude
Branigan.
Recording secretary-Mrs. Peter
Schroeder.
Corresponding secretary-Miss
Meta Lerch.
Treasurer-Mrs. A. W. Lee.
Mrs. T. D. Starbuck was appoint
ed to have charge of collecting
records and interesting the mem
bers of the club in the recreation
camp which is to be established
for the summer. Miss Amelia HUI
Der and Miss Branigan were chos-
en- delegates to the biennial. Next
year recital programs will be Civ
en- with guests meetings each fourth
meeting. The club will hold its
first meeting next fall, Oct. 6, with
Miss Norma Wiess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27
Moline Chorus Concert.

An exceptionally good concert
was given last evening at the Hi
nois theatre by the Moline Ladies'
chorus under the direction of Miss
Mary Lindsay Oliver. The pro-
gram was varied, but each num-
Der was exceptionally well given
and the only regret is that there
was so small a crowd to hear the
local artists. The proceeds are to
go for the work of the chorus.
Miss Oliver was heard at the
piano. Her rendition of he Pre-
lude," by Rachmaninoff. was won
derful and delighted all who heard
her. She was to have played ''Tko
Aeroplane," by Tanning. but she
did not feel equal to the task of
giving this descriptive number,
and substituted the prelude"
She responded with an encore, Civ
ing Romance" by Schumann.
Mrs. Fred Leavens at the harp
played two numbers which she in
terpreted exceptionally well, and
Miss Kathryn EffIandt's whistling
solo was greatly enjoyed. Others
who appeared on the program anu
were each enthusiastically receiv-
ed were the Misses Helen Keough
and Bernice Vaz, Miss Mildred
Nessley, dancer, Mrs. Faye Hough
Mccarthy, reader, Mrs, Mae Mar
shall, soloist, and Miss Martha
Heasch, who sang with the chorus.
Another program will be given
this evening which will be worth
while as that of last evening, and
it is hoped that a larger crowd
will be present tonight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27

and the company proceeded from
the chalet to the open air stage,
near the Sixteenth street entrance
to the park. Japanese girls led
the procession, followed by the
girls of the daisy chain drill, the
May pole girls, the queens at
tendants who were 80 Hi-Y girls
all dressed in white, and the queen
herself. Mrs. c. W. Halves, chair
man of the girls work committee
of the association, who crowned
the queen, came next and Mrs. j.
H. Hauberg, who received the
queen, followed with the scepter
bearer and crown bearer, Dorothy
Donaldson and Dorothy Manhard.
Costumes worn last night were
very beautiful and as each group
of girls stepped forward to per-
form they were heartily greeted.
All the drills were we'll given. A
great deal of the success of tine
whole affair belongs to Miss Ruth
Blakemore, Miss Helen Johnson,
Claude Hippler, Miss Joan Wat
kins, Mrs. F. E. Marshall, Miss
Sarah Schmidt and Miss Hazel
Rust, who planned the affair and
worked hard training the perform
ers.
Ice cream and candy were sold
after the the festival, and a good
sum was cleared, which will be
used for sending members of the
girls department to the girls work
conference which this year is to be
held at Dewey Lake. Mich, from
June 80 to July s. Three girls of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27
Edison School Prnrram.

The Parent-Teachers association
of the Edison school last evening
sponsored a very successful enter
tainment and social at the school
There were 125 pupils of the school
and their parents in attendance. e.
G. Fisher was the speaker of the
evening and the rest of the num-
bers were given by the school
pupils, as follows:
Song, Apple Blossoms "-Twelve
girls.
Recitation, "The Little Plant
First grade girls.
Recitation-First grade boys.
Dance, Kinderpolka, Il See You"
Second grade boys and girls.
Song by nine girls.
Story Observation-Disclosures grade
boys.
Song dramatization = Second
grade girls.
DrilI-Fourth and fifth grades
Flag pledge-School.
Song, America.
Address-E. c. Fisher.
Refreshments were served anc a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27
Farewell for Pastor.

Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Slime who
are to leave the city for New Bed
ford, Ill, where Rev. Mr.. Slime has
accepted a charge, were honored at
a farewell reception by the mem
bers of the Fifteenth Avenue Chris
tan church at the church last
evening. An informal program had
been arranged which was greatly
enjoyed.
Rev. Launcelot Hadaway, pastor
of the Memorial Christian church,
gave a short talk, and Rev. o. 1.
Bennett of Moline also spoke. Diff
ferent members of the Fifteenth
avenue church gave talks and Rev.
Mr. Slime responded with a fare
well address. The choir gave, sew
'eraI selections, and the quartet
composed of Adolph Levin, Ruben
Carlson and Uri and Bert Metcalf
gave several numbers. The orches-
ira played during the evening. Re-
freshments were served and Rev.
Mr.. Slime was presented with a
parting gift by the members of the
congregation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27
Musical Club Meeting.

The annual meeting of the active
members of the Rock Island Musi-
cal club will be held next Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 at the home OF
Mrs. ]. r. Tuckis, 1903 Fourteenth
and-a-half street. The annual cleo
ticn of officers will be the main
Business of the afternoon and tho
reports of the various committees
will be read.
Members who are not able to at
tend this meeting are asked to no
tify Mrs. s. ]. Nyquist at Rock Is
land 1921 as soon as possible. All
the members are urged to be
present.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27
Center Station PROGRAM.

The Center Station school chill
liren put on a very interesting pro-
gram at the school building last
evening before a large company of
parents and patrons of the school.
T.. C. Fisher gave the address or
the evening, explaining the propos-
Cd school tax proposition A candy
sale was also conducted in connec-
ton with the entertainment, from
which 1878 was cleared. Tomor-
row afternoon the children of the
school will receive a treat from
tie Parent-T Teacher association.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27
Black Hawk Court Entertains.

Black Hawk court, Court Of
Honor, entertained friends last ev-
ening at a card party at Mathis
hall. Ten tables were surround
ed and 500 was played.
Prizes we're won by Mrs. lilo
BARLEY and George Greim and the
consolation prize by John Larkin.
Refreshments were served at the
tables and an informal hour of
sociability enjoyed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27

Members of the Emmanuel Luth-
eran church Ladies society met
last evening and after a short bust
ness meeting at which only routine
business was transacted, spent the
evening in sociability. Refresh
menta were served by Miss Minnie
Burmeister and Miss Anna Lange.
The society will meet again the last
Monday in June.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27

the department have already signi-
fed their intention of going and
several more will be sent with the
sum taken in last evening. The
Misses Helen Moore. Yolande Ma
haffey, Virginia Battles, Sarah
Totten and Alice Journey were in
charge of the ice cream booth and
Miss Henrietta Dittman and Miss
Dorothy Kaupke of the candy
booth.
Folders describing the work
which is being accomplished by the
girls department and its aims for
the future were distributed among
the spectators during the drills.
Following is the program carried
out last evening:
Growing Of May Queen-Hi-Y
girls.
Piper of Pan-Nell Elwell and
Madeline Brown.
Winding OF May pole-U. S. W.
girl reserves.
Daisy chain drill-Philo Girl Re
serves.
Solo dance-Miss Ruth Blake
more.
Japanese lantern drill-Makio
girl reserves.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27
Is Surnrised ON Rirthdnr.

Irwin Laubensteim at his horne
BIO Fifth avenue, was last even
ing surprised when the Rambling
Dozen" arrived to help him cele-
brate his 21st birthday anniver-
sary. Refreshments were served
after several hours of music and
games had been enjoyed. At the
conclusion of the affair Mr.. Lau-
bensteim was presented with a
handsome remembrance and he an
nounced that in the near future an
affair of much happier nature
would be announced.
The guests of the evening were
William Gerlick, Red Murs, J. East
burn. Mac Garris, King Reed,
Prince Murlowski, Jake Kniffer.
Skeedick Ankeny, Cedric Rogers,
Jack Towers and George CIaping-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27
Party For Miss Kavanaugh.

Mrs Elsie De Mynch entertained
a company of II friends at her
home, 1705 Twenty-ninth-and
half street in honor of Miss Flor
ence Kavanaugh, who is to be a
bride of next month.
The house was decorated with
flowers and many gamss were
played. Prizes were won by Miss
Frieda Schlueter and Miss HiIda
Larson. Delicious refreshments
were served later in the evening.
The honoree was presented with
many lovely gifts by the guests.
Dancing and music was enjoyed
until a late hour. A number OF
other affairs are being arranged
for Miss Kavanaugh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27
Mrs. Myers Department Head.

Mrs. Fred T. Myers was elected
president Of the Monday Study club
at the luncheon meeting held yes
terday noon at the Long View park
chalet. She succeeds Mrs. F. o.
VanGalder as head of the club.
Mrs. c. J. Searle was reelected
vice president, Mrs. A. L. Rich
ards was chosen secretary and
Mrs. Presley Greenawalt was re-
elected treasurer.
This was the annual meeting of
the club and closes the years
work. The program for the next
year was announced, and the
study will be the new European
states. The committee on pro-
grams which included Mrs. A l..
Richards, Mrs. H. W. Ward and
Mrs. Fred T. Myers reported that
the year books were ready for the
printer and would be gotten out in
a short time. Reports of the work
done during the past year were
given. The club will begin next
fall with the October meeting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27
Hold Work Meeting.

The Girls Friendly society of the
Trinity Episcopal church met last
evening at the parish house for the
work meeting and put in the even
ing hours making a quilt. Next
Monday will be the social meeting
when a program will be given and
refreshments served.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27
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Phone R. 1. 2S5. Trefz Express Co.
R. 1. Clean Towel Service. Phone
r. 1. 4476.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
R. I. 4476.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27
Mrs. Scar Heads Init

Mrs. Suzanne Scar was elected
president of the Over the Top unit
of the Community Service league,
composed of employees of the L. S.
McCabe store at the banquet meet
ing held last evening at the league
rooms. Miss Marie Smith was
chosen vice president and Miss
Title Nyquist was reelected sec
retary-treasurer.
There were Sc members sat
was served in the large hall. Mrs.
F. w. Bahnsen, chairman of the
Community Service league board,
and Miss Marian Clark, the sec
rotary of the league, were special
guests of the evening.
After the meal the reports of the
work done during the year were
given, which were most gratifying.
Among other hings the league
supported two French war or
plans, and during a week end cam
paign sold over $1,000 worth of
thrift stamps. A great deal of knit
ting was done by the unit members
for the Red Cross and for boys
from the store who entered the ser
vice. Short talks were given by
Mrs. Bahnsen, Miss Clark, w. P.
zimmerman. Miss Daisy Brown gave
a vocal number, Miss Eva Simonds
readings, and Miss Marie Smith
sang a group of popular songs.
Later in the evening dancing was
enjoyed when young men friends
of the girls arrived and enjoyed all
informal hours dancing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27
SOCIAL EVENTS

Following is program as it was
carried out last evening:
Address-E. C. Fisher.
Folk dance-Lower room pupils.
Recitation-He1en Wheeler.
Play, 1.-THE Frog-fairy."
Elizabeth Wheeler.
Flag drill-Upper room pupils.
Butterfly dance-Four girls.
NageI-BIOck.
Announcement was made yester-
day of the engagement of Arthur
NageI, son of Mr.. and Mrs. I. Nagel
of 1881 South Pine street, Dav-
export to Miss Elinor Block, young
est daughter of Mr. and Mrs Henry
Block of 2459 Wilson avenue, Chi
cago. No date has been set for the
wedding
Mr.. Nagel is well known in the
Davenport high school and studied
at the university of Chicago. He
was just recently discharged from
the Great Lakes Naval training sta
ton after nine months service. It
was while he was in the service
that the romance began.
He is associated at present in
Chicago where he has charge of
the Chicago Office of a Cleveland
concern. The home will be in Chi
cago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27

social hour enjoyed. This is the
last activity of the association tor
this year
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27
BE GOOD TO YOUR FEET

BE UUUD To IUUh fiji
One of the greatest blessings OF
life is to have your feet feel COM
Portable. Come in and see our
new machine for shaping the shoe
to the foot.
BERT'S SHOE STORE,
In the 1900 Block, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-27
Pre-Nuptial for Miss Alderman.

Stenographers at the Red Jacket
Manufacturing company of Daven-
port entertained last evening at
prenuptial party for Miss Clara
Alderman, who was formerly en-
ployed at the company and whose
marriage to Joseph Houston. for
merly of Rock Island, now living
in England, is to be celebrated in
England in June The affair was
held at the Fejervary Park inn.
The table was decorated in pink
and white crepe paper and garden
howers being used to carry out the
colors. After the meal Miss Ack-
erman was presented with beau
tifuI leather Turse by the girls. In
formal soeiability occupied the
after-dinner hours.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-30

For any information you may desire. on any subject pertaining to 1oca-
tons, plans, materials. fnishin2s. furnishments. equipments, costs,
information concerning architects. contractors, etc--cai at the Building
Information Office. Nota thing to cell, but q great deal to give awayl
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-30
Give 1t a Chance to
Work for You

Build a house upon that vacant lot and convert it
from an expense into an asset. Then instead of
owning idle land which brings you nothing, you
will have valuable property which will always be a
source of income.
One of the greatest needs OF America today is the
need of homes. Read the opinion handed Town by
the publishers of the atlantic Monthly on the SUBJ
ject of building conditions:
The best authorities at this time state that the
United States is short on practically all character
of buildings. As a whole, this country is Forty
Per cent mderbuilt."
This being the case, don't you see that you are
actually losing by not building? Because the de-,
mand for homes is SO great at the present time,
rents are higher than ever before. Why don t you
build a house and rent it?
BY building on that vacant lot you are increasing
the value of all real estate in the neighborhood,
your own along with the rest.
Build noocl Authorities state that you can build
as economically today as at any future time that can
yet be foreseen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-30
The Dead Weight of
a Vacant Lot

See this vacant lot: perhaps it is your lot. In it you
have tied some Hundreds or Thousands of Dollars
from which you are not receiving a cent of profit.
Is it good business to let money lie idle when it
can be SO easily made productive?
@aFe
1t is actually worse than idle money. 1t is a con-
slant. annual source of loss-an expense. The tax
collector attends to that. Is it good business to pay
tax on property that is p~rofitless to you?
Furthermore, this city actually needs more homes.
You are holding a piece of ground which might be
turned into some ones residence. To this extent
you are under moral obligations to the city to build
And by allowing your property to lie, unslghtly and
unimproved. you are hindering the enhancement of
property values in your neighborhood. Thus you
suffer still another loss.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-24

Man" and the Saginaw Kid had
fought II rounds to a draw at Sag
NAV, making the first sional
appearance of Lavigne. These two
long, even bouts with a veteran of
proven ability showed that La
vlgne was conner" and he was
matched with the best of the Amer
lean stars of the ring, among them
Joe Walcott, weller, whom he
whipped. Rather than risk a battle
with the little Saginaw wonder.
Jack McAuliffe retired from the
game and turned the title over to
Lavigne. The Kid then went to En-
gland and defeated Dick Burge,
then lightweight champion of Great
Britain. Ten years after making his
start in the ring against Siddons,
Lavigne lost the title to Frank
Erne at Buffalo, N. Y.
In the second Armour game.
last Sunday, Manager Bill Jackson.
playing first base for the Rourkes,
and -"Chuggs' Ryan the initial
had a wordy war every inning. Bill
was little quicker of wit than Ry
an and carried off the honors. He
wound up with the remark: Its a
lucky thing they furnished you with
a uniform. "Chugs wanted to
know the why of that remark, and
Bill said, "Why the fans wouldn't
know you were in the game if you
didn't have it on, for you can't play
ball', and then he walked off. The
game was over before the scrapy
little Armour baseman had recov-
cred from that thrust.
When Kopp relieved Fuhr in the
seventh inning last, Sunday he
asked the umpire to watch the hop
On his fast one. He threw a few
and with Alive Graves at the bat,
said, Watch this one" and threw a
straight ball, wide of the plate, Nc
0uade, b1uffed, called Strike" At
er that one, though, the boys rode
lin hard, SO he was a little more
:areful and didn't pull" so many
It the plate. -
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-24
Sport Shorts
BY KID GRAVES.

Local friends of Earl Puyear, the
Denver bantamweight scrapper,
will be pleased to note that the lit
tie boxer was awarded the decision
over Nate Jackson at Fort Worth,
Tex, last Saturday night, after Is
rounds of desperate battling. Tie
mill was SO good that the match
maker of the club has rematched
the littl. fellows for another bout
next Monday.
One of the best base bale stories
to come out this spring is one from
Muggsy McGraw, manager and
president of the New York Nation
al League clug, Muggsy was taking
to Harry Sparrow, the business
manager of the New York club, in
front of the Auditorium hotel in
Chicago when Eddie Pigeon, a
former newspaper man, came along.
Eddie knew them both and they
chatted a while and Dan Canary,
an old-time bike racer, came along.
Neither Pigeon nor Sparrow knew
Canary, so they were introduced by
McGraw. "Mr. Canary, meet Mr.
Sparrow said McGraw. Very
glad to meet you," returned the
bikestar. Now meet Mr.. Pigeon"
said McGraw in all seriousness. By
this time, Canary thought McGraw
was ringing in bird names on him.
He had responded to the Sparrow
but the Pigeon part
was too much, so he refused.
Think you're kiddin' me, do you"
he snorted and continued on his
way down Michigan boulevard with
the remark, That's too maly
BIRDS" If he had stuck around. and
Harry Bird showed up what a mess
there would have been.
The sporting editor of the Lin
:oln Star, Cy Sherman, submits the
anniversary story of the Kid La
ne-George Siddons battle which
:ook place at Grand Rapids, Mich,
80 years ago tomorrow, April Is. |
They went IS rounds to a draw.
The previous month the "Iron
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-24
Members Of Wild West
Entertained While on
Way to Fort Russell

Veterans, 500 in number, the
majority of them casualties of the
army of occupation and members of
the Wild West division, paid Om-
aha brief visit while enroute to
Fort Russell, Wyo., from which
place they will be discharged in a
few days. They were entertained
at the Y. M. c. A. at $50 Wednes-
day evening. The men were head
ed by 1t. Irving Breakstone, Madi-
son, Wis, veteran of the St. Mihiel,
and Moselle operations.
The men left Brest on March rs
and arrived in New York on April
2 on the Leviathan.
Sergt: John Christensen was
awarded the Belgian Chevalier.
order of Napoleon II, the highest
medal accorded by the Belgian gov
eminent, for capturing two German
machine guns while a mile and
halt in advance of the front line
trenches. This occurred in the
Argpnne forest drive near Very,
The Belgian Croix de Guerre was
awarded to 0. H. Brookbank of
the signal corps. A heavy barrage
had been thrown around the ad-
vanced position of the Americans in
the Lys Scheldt engagement, cutting
OFT all communication with the main
forces. Brookbank made several
trips through the barrage and re-
paired the communicating wires.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-24
HARRY WILLIAMS
ITO BOX DEMPSEY
IN EXHIBITION
Local BalI-PIayer-Box to Go
Three Rounds With Heavy
weight Title Contender, As
Will Murray and Johnson.

The great Jack Dempsey Athletic
carnival will show at the Omaha
Auditorium tonight and the part Of
it that will interest Omahans most
is the exhibition bout between the
heavyweight challenger and Harry
Williams the popular big ball play
ing boxer. They will go three rounds
and fans will have an opportunity
of seeing whether Williams will
ever reach commanding position
in the boxing game, or not. An
other exhibition bout of especial in
terest will be the three-round affair
between Dempsey and John Lester
Johnson, the giant six-foot. four
inch and $50 pound New York negro,
who was awarded newspaper YER
dict over Dempsey on the chal-
lenger's first New York City appear
ance.
Friends of Paul Murray, former
heavyweight negro boxer, have an
nounced that he will step two rounds
with Dempsey also. Murray has
boxed Jess Willard and Jack John
son and performed creditably and
he favors Dempsey as better man
than either of the other two big
fellows, SO he wants to box couple,
of rounds or SO with him.
The Papillion carpenter, Charley
Peters, will wrestle Cardini the car
nival's best heavyweight wrestler,
to fall or so minutes. Tom Ray
and Jesse Queen will go the same
route and Matsuda, the Jap, will take
on Ludecke, the Panama and Cen
trail American champion, over the
same route.
Tickets have been on sale for the
past four days at the Auditorium
box office and have been going fast.
1t is likely that crowded house
will see the show. Dempsey sup
porters will be anxious to see their
favorite in action and the Willard
faction will want to see how good
he is.