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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
THREE CAUGHT
AND FINED FOR
SELLING BOOZE
BOOtleggers Contribute $3.50 to
City for Dispensing Liquor
in Rock Island.

Three bootleggers we're arrested
and fined by the Rock Island po-
lice yesterday.
A person giving his name as
Nels Carlson was first to appear
before Police Magistrate D. ]. Gle
land. He was assessed $3.50 and
costs. He was arrested yesterday
by Chief of Police Tom Cox and
Detectives Bennett and Ginnane,
operating a soft drink parlor- at
the southwest corner of Sixteenth
street and Fourth avenue. The
place was formerly operated by
Pearl Hampton, who was himself
fined several times for bootleg
ging.
Two others, arrested for selling
liquor on the streets1 paid 5000
and costs each. They gave theiI
names as Frank Johnson and
Charles Light. Both were ar
rested by the same party of Off
GERS which nabbed Carlson, aided
by Detective Sehnert.
Two offenders, Howard John
son and Jack Snyder, paid SIS and
costs each for disorderly conduct
Another peace breaker, Henry
Meyer, was assessed $S.15.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
NEW FARE PAID
AND KICKED AT
ON INITIAL DAY

Today people of Rock Island rid
ing the street cars paid two cents
over the regular nickel. The penny
now comes into another use, having
been already considerably perse-
cuted for the sake OF war tax.
Strange tales given birth by the
increased fare are alfloat today. All
kinds of distress are limited at A
summary of the stories heard and
told by the average gossip today
would have:
Persons who got on the car with
five cents and failed to get away
with its.
Persons who made bright re-
marks about I'VE do this to get ice
cream, why not street cars ?-19.
Persons who tried to bluff the
conductor out of the two extra cop
pers and failed-6.
Fares are being paid in the usual
way on cars, outside of the % ac-
cidents reported by rumor. Both the
jit and its accompanying pennies
are dropped into the fare box. There
is no confusion resulting from the
change of fare in the Garments ac-
counts.
However, the general sentiment
CT commuters today was one of
envy of Davenport where the extra
charge cannot be levied for 80
more days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
LABOR PARTY IN
FIRST MEETING
Officers for Rock Island County
Branch of State Body
Are Elected.

Officers for the labor party OF
Rock Island county were elected
at Industrial hall last night at the
first meeting of the local organiza-
ton. The officers are:
President-F. NJ. Moody, Rock Is
land. metal polishers' union.
Secretary-O. M. Reen, Rock Is
land, switchmen's union.
Treasurer-G. S. Kouns, Silvis,
sWitchmen's union.
Several hundred were present at
the meeting. The labor party is
said to be stronger in Illinois than
in many other states. Headquar-
tiers are at 166 West Washington
street, Chicago. The local leaders
plan to perfect an organization of
several thousand, which will have
influence in the coming elections in
Rock Island county. A member
ship fee of so cents is charged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
MERCHANTS FEEL
BUSINESS LOSSES
CAUSED BY PHONE
Especial Moline servicel .


Moline downtown merchants are
feeling the telephone strike more
than the general public can see. Al
first it was thought that the street
car strike would seriously affect
their business, but on the contrary
even more people than usual came
downtown last week.
With the return of car men to
work the merchants now note a
decline in their business, which
they attribute to the phone strike
Grocers, meat market men and all
dealers in foodstuffs feel the loss
more heavily than mercantile es-
Establishments. Residents outside
the close-in business district have
felt the strike more severely than
others. Orders cannot be placed
by use of telephones. One Moline
merchant said yesterday:
THE situation with US is-more
serious than the public can appre-
ciate. 1t is coming to a point where
many merchants must devise
means of getting that trade or face
unusually heavy losses. Unless
some relief is forthcoming and
within a few days we will begin to
advise our patrons to place mail
orders and we may have to send
out stamped. lf-addressed enve-
lopes to do it,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
SELL FLOUR AT
$40 BARREL TO
REDUCE PRICES
United States Grain Corporation
Takes Step to Bring Cost to
z Cents a Pound.

The United States grain corpora
ton, the governments grain COM
pany which is handling the wheat
crop, is to lower the high cost of
living by selling -four at SO per
barrel in the territory west of the
Pacific coast and in the gulf terri
tory.
In that section of the country
east of Illinois and on the Pacific
coast the price of flour is to be
S1025. The -four has been bought
from the mills at a price that shows
a loss to the government and is to
cost the consumers 81 TO IS a barrel
less than the present selling figures.
By distributing the flour from the
mills in leading sections a big saw
ing Of freight is made. Those desir-
ing as good a -four as can be Sc
cured anywhere should avail them
selves of the governments offer.
Howard B. Jackson, second vice
president of the corporation, with
Offices at 226 South La.Salle street,
Chicago, has charge of the sales in
this district.
New York, Aug. "Details Of
the United States grain corporation
plan to sell -four at $40 barrel
were made public by Julius H.
Barnes, United States wheat direc-
tor. Under the plan restrictions
are placed on the price TO be charg-
ed by wholesalers, jobbers and re-
tailers.
In 140.POund Sacks.
The -four will be sold in 140-
pound sacks on a basis of $40 in
the territory west of the Illinois
and Indiana line and west of the
Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf
of Mexico, not including the Pacific
coast region, and at $1O.25 in the
of the country. Jobbers
and wholesalers must guarantee to
resell to retailers at not more than
rs cents additional, and retailers
are confined to an increase of not
more than SIPS over the wholesale
price for the original packages and
must not charge more than z cents
a pound for broken packages of any
size.
The grain corporation also an
that its weekly purchase
at Baltimore of wheat -four for ex-
port was 1,031 ,013- barrels at prices
ranging from $3.50 to s10.40 per
barrel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
MISRACHI LEADER
SUNDAY SPEAKER

The aims of the Jews to estab-
lish national homeland in Pal
estine will be the subject of the
well known MiZrachi leader, Rabbi
Barush Shapiro, of Seattle, who
will speak at the Beth Jacob syn
agogue tomorrow evening at 1880.
He will dwell strongly ON the
Mizrachi, an organization that
reaches over the entire globe.
The main purpose of the Miz-
rachi corresponds with that of
Zionism to establish a legally Sc
cured and publicly assured home
for the Jews in the land of Israel.
In addition, the Mizrachi aims to
establish home for their "Torah"
to which humanity owes its great
prophets and which will develop
some day in its full creative spirit
in it's own land.
Rabbi Shapiro is one of the
foremost Jewish Rabbits in this
country. He has the reputation of
being a deep thinker of great orig
inality and also an eminent orator.
He came here especially in the in
terests of the Keren Eretz IsraA.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
SEXTON NAMED
SUPERVISOR OF
COMING CENSUS
Rock Island Man Selected to Direct
EnumeratorS in This, The
Sixth District.

M. H. Sexton of Rock Island will
be supervisor of the census to be
taken next year IN this, the Sixth
district.
Announcement Of his appoint
ment was made in news dispatches
from Washington today. His selec-
ton was made along with other su-
peryisors in the state, the districts,
it is understood being coextensive
with the congressional district.
Rock Island is in the Fourteenth
congressional district but in the
Sixth census district. This is &C
counted for by the fact that Cook
county has 10 congressional dis
tricts whereas Chicago is made one
census district, and Cook county
outside of the city limits of Chicago
is made the Second district.
The Sixth census district is COM
posed of Rock Island, Mercer, Hen
derson, McDonough, Hancock and
Warren counties. Mr.. Sexton will
direct the work of the enumerators
in these counties and will maintain
headquarters in Rock Island. pre-
sumabIy in the postoffice building.
The census plums next year fall
to the Democrats for the first time
since the Civil war. Census of the
United States is taken every 10
years. In the coming canvass, it is
expected that the city OF Rock Is
land will show an increase of more
than ten thousand in population
over the census of 1910, which gives
the population slightly over a.
600.
List in State.
Appended is the list of supervis-
ors for Illinois:
First district-John j. Gaynor,
Chicago.
second district[Charles Stoffel,
Cicero, Cook county.
Third district-(To be announced
later.)
Fourth district-William F. Nc
Namara, La Sale. La Sale county.
Fifth district-(To be announced
later.)
Sixth district-M. H. Sexton,
Rock Island, Rock Island county.
Seventh district-William Schaef-
er. Quincy. Adams county.
Eighth district-John A White,
Peoria, Peoria county.
Ninth district-Martin A. Bren-
nan, Bloomington, Mclean county.
Tenth district-Emnlet L. Grady,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
EAST MOLINE TO
ASK REVOKING OF
PHONE FRANCHISE

Officials of East Moline are pre-
pairing a petition asking the Illinois
state public utilities commission to
revoke the FRANCHISE of the Central
Union Telephone company in that
city
The petition will be filed early
next week, according to word re-
.eeived from East Moline today. This
petition is a result of circumstances
concerning the strike of $50 en-
pIoyes of the company.
Public sentiment in East Moline
and Silvis against the phone con-
Germ is greater than in Rock Island,
citizens state, due to the large num-
Der of union laboring men. espec-
tally in Sily4s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
TWO FIRES CAUSE
MUCH DAMAGE TO
ADJOINING ROOFS

Two adjoining residences on
Twenty-fourth street were dam
aged by a fire of unknown origin
early this afternoon. The home OF
Harry H. Morris, s41 Twenty-fourth
street, caught fire on the roof,
which Is totally destroyed. The
roof of the house belonging to-
Caleb L. Carpenter at S43 Twenty
fourth, was also damaged to a con-
siderable extent. The fires had
gained such a Roadway by the time
the fire fighters arrived on the
scene that it took an hour. from
I2s45 to 1:45, two lines of hose
operating, before the blaze was ex-
tinguished. The damage is said
to be considerable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09

Kankakee, Kankakee county.
Eleventh district-Alfred E. Ed
en-, Sullivan, Moultrie county.
Twelfth district John W.
Groves, Jacksonville, Morgan
county.
Thirteenth district-(To be an
nounced later.)
Fourteenth distriet-William N.
Baltz, Millstadt, ST. Clair county.
Fifteenth district-Frank l.. Shup,
Newton, Jasper county.
Sixteenth district-John Nickel
ligott, Shawneetown, Gallatin coun-
t..
In the Second Iowa district
which embraces Davenport, Sam
H. Edwin Of Davenport was ap-
pointed supervisor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
STILL
OUT;NONE HAVE
CONE BACK YET
Especial Moline Service


Denying newspaper reports yes
terday that many of the railway
strikers have returned to their jobs
the SiIvis federated crafts union
this morning received a report
from the Chicago district council
that no men have returned.
The Chicago council also denies
the report that a large number of
striking shopmen at Boston had
gone back to their posts. The ST.
Wis men are waiting word from the
district council and they have no
intention of going back, they say,
until word is received by the coun-
Gil.
H. w. Whittemore, secretary of
the Silvis union, this morning said
that the Chicago council is prepar-
ing to lay the situation before the
regional director, not with view OF
going back before settlement is
reached, but to inform them of how
things stand now.
M. N. Pennell of SiIvis, one of
the business agents of the sheet
metal workers over the Rock Is
land system, attended the session
this morning. of the executive COM
mittee of the Silvis union. He ex-
pressed his views. He advised the
men to stick to their demands, but
put no proposition up to them. He
is not in the city on official bust
ness, but has come to his home
after being on official duty in
Washington and other cities in the
east. Two other business agents,
a Mr.. Hart and Mr.. Ireland, are
also in the quad-cities today, but
not on official duty.
Linemen Out.
All linemen on seven points on
the Rock Island system went out
at 8 O'Clock this morning. The line
men include telegraph and tele-
phone electricians stationed at va
rious points on the route. The
men are out at Union, Mo; Tope-
ka, Kan; Harrington, Kan; Pratt,
Kann; and Dalhart, Tex. Con-
struction men are also on strike at
Harrington, Kan.
A trainman passing through here
this morning told Silvis strikers
that the report that 5000 shop
men at Kansas City, Mo, returned
to work was false. a message
from ditrict headquarters says that
1000 men at Albany, Ala, on the
Louisville & Nashville road, walk
ed out today and that all crafts at
Denver on all roads are out.
BOilermaker Meet.
Boilermakers' union No. 377, will
ut 10
morrow afternoon in the Empire
skating rink, Rock Island. W.
Lloyd, president of the union, and
Mathew j. Andrews, secretary,
who announced the meeting, said
that the session is not called to
urge the men to return to work, but
just to take up routine business.
The freight tieup, occasioned by
walkout of shop employees, has not
yet seriously affected local fac
tories, although continuation of
the situation will soon make itself
felt in production and shipments.
Income of raw materials has not
been greatly interrupted and with
such reserve stocks as have been
available production schedules
have been maintained and will ap-
parently continue for some time.
Shipments, however, have been
late because of inability to secure |
cars. The car shortage has been !
felt throughout the summer and a
few weeks before the shopmen went |
out, the demand for cars in the |
harvest field created an acute sit
uation only emphasized by the re-
cent walkout.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
LIST IA NAMES
FOR SHIP CITY
is TO SPONSOR
Suggestions Made to The Argus
Forwarded TO Frank Mixter
For Final Decision.

NAMES SUGGESTED.
Fort Armstrong.
Black Hawk.
Island City.
City of Rock Island.
Island of Rock Island.
Pere Marquette.
lie de Pierre.
Stephenson.
Fort Stephenson.
Eleanor
Arsenal City.
Hillman.
River to River City.
Rock Island City.
Fourteen names have been sug-
gested for the ship which will be
sponsored in the east this fall by
Miss Eleanor Cleaveland, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Cleaveland.
The Argus received suggestions
until noon today, at which time
they were turned over to Mr.
CIeaveland, who forwarded the
list to Frank Mixter, chairman of
the Liberty loan committee, who
is sojourning in Michigan. Selec-
ton will be made by Mr.. Mixter
and the title decided on will be
communicated to the war loan or
ganization of Illinois, which in
turn will inform the emergency
feet corporation.
The names range from French
to English. Up to yesterday only
six had been suggested, but this
there came a flood of
One resident offered
lie de Pierre" which is French
for Rock Island, the literal trans
Iation being Island of Rock"
One suggestion by Miss Henrietta
Sherrard of Reynolds was for
Stephenson" which was the
name of Rock Island as a village,
before the city was incorporated
in 1S49. Mrs. James Carl offered
Arsenal City" and River to
River City" arguing that the name
Rock Island should be preserved
in the title Of the ship. Fort
was suggested by Mrs.
]. M. Allen Of Forty-seventh ave-
nue.. C. L, Thompson offered
Eleanor" declaring that it would
be very appropriate to use the
christian name of Miss Cleaveland,
who had been selected to sponsor
the ship.
"Hillman' in honor of the late
Colonel Leroy T. Hillman, former
cOmmandant of Rock Island ar
senal, was suggested by Edward
Ash, 507 Twentieth street.
With one ship named "ROck Is
land" the title first suggested to
mind for the vessel, is of course
The Argus on Wednes-
day announced it would receive
suggestions for names, and consid-
ering the short space of time in
the response was very
In the list of IA,
Mr.. Mixter will have a wide range
Of suggestions from which to make
his selection.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
STRIKERS DANCE
IS BIG SUCCESS;
THOUSAND THERE
fSnaciaI Moline Service. }

NopeCIaI HIUIIHb DSI FIOc'J
One thousand dancers jazZed
away at the street dance given
last evening at Sixth avenue ard
Sixteenth street, Moline, for bene-
fit of the striking telephone oper-
ators. A six-piece orchestra fur
nished the music, the crowd dane
ing until midnight.
One-half block on the street
north of Sixth avenue was roped
off for the dance. The music was
furnished gratis, the permit for
the dance granted by the city and
the refreshments donated by local
dealers. The proceeds of the dance
went to the strike fund.
Many young people from Rock
Island and Davenport attended.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
REGISTER STOLEN
FROM GYMNASIUM

Rock Island police are searching
for clue leading to the arrest of a
party who looted the Helping Hand
society Of a register yesterday aft
ernoon.
The register was stolen from a
dressing room adjoining the Aug
nstana gymnasium swimming pool.
1t contained $40 in cash and jewelry
belonging to Miss Ruby Johnson.
BOB Fifteenth street, amounting to
$50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
MOLINE WANTS
STATE HEARING
Especial Moline service0

James M. Johnston. Moline city
attorney, will probably Monday
or Tuesday file a petition for a
hearing before the Illinois public
utilities commission to get some
action on the telephone situation.
Mr.. Johnston will ask that
measures be taken TO improve the
service. Should the commission
grant Moline a hearing, it is prob
able that the Central Union Tele-
phone company will plead the
strike situation in its answer.
This will be the first time Mo-
line has appealed to the state COM
mission for relief from inconVen-
fences caused by a strike.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
BLOCK RAILWAY
FIGHT AGAINST
WATER ROUTES
Seek Method to Abolish Unfair
Competition Of Railroads Re-
straining Boat Traffic.

Traffic on the Mississippi will
probably be affected by the meas
ures on transportation now under
consideration by committees in tn
senate and house Of representatives
The rivers and harbors congress.
an Organization to promote closer
cooperation between rail and water
carriers, in it's effort to prevent
waterways from facing unfair land
competition and to arrange some
means whereby the use of water
and rail transportation may become
more general. has sent commercial
organizations all over the United
States a referendum balloth asking
opinions on four points.
First the congress seeks to es-
tabish an iron clad rule prohibiting
railroads from charging more for
an inland haul than for a similar
haul where there is real or possible
water competition. They say that
the practice of allowing a railroad
to make up by high rates on inland
hauls what it loses by low rates
necessary to kill water competition
on hauls where a water route may
be used is unfair and detrimental
TO the best interests of transporta-
-tion. Such low rates are not at
present in effect under government
control, but would be installed, says
congress, should the railroad revert
to private control.
Use INTERCHANGEABLE.
ha fG n
secure some difinite arrangements
whereby water and rail transporta-
ton may be used on the same ship
ment. AS matters stand now, the
only points between which water
service can be used are those which
have direct water connection. Some
method of utilizing water routes
insofar as possible and using rail
routes where water is unavailable,
which would mean that transfers of
shipments between water and rail
routes are carried on now would be
needed in case this plan should be
approved.
In addition they ask that now law
be passed which would make all
freight boats common carriers.
Railroads, they claim are natural
monooplies because of the character
of their construction and the neces-
sity of securing a right of way, but
water routes are open to all and
many who take advantage in small
way of opportunities thus offered
would be driven out of business
were they declared common car
riers and subject to the expenses of
compiling lists of tariffs and clas-
sifications. 1t has been suggested
that all water transportation COM
uanies be declared common car
riers, as the railroads at present
conduct an interchange of traffic
with those water companies which
are designated as common carriers.
Dut the Rivers and HarbOrs con-
gress requests that another ar
rangement for this interchange be
made.
Establish Board.
This could be effected, they say,
by establishment of a federal trans
portation board which would have
the power to control water trans
portation companies whether or not
they were declared common car
riers, and which would make suit
able arrangements for transfer of
shipments from rail to water or
vice versa.
Copies of this referendum ballot
have been received by the Moline
Commercial club, and it is probable |
that the matter will be considered
soon. ]
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-25
FALSE FIRE ALARM
TURNEDlN BY BOYS
MEANS PA" WILL PAY

Someone is In for serious trouble II
their identity can be established, IL the
statement issued by Ardmore police and
fire department heads who have a pret.
~ good idea that they are on the right
trail. and that is those who consider
1t n huge joke to turn in n false fire
alarm from some remote boxes, just
to see the department speed to the
scene OF supposed conflagration.
This has been n common practice in
the past and Chief Musgraves, the
mayor and the police chief are going
to make an effort TO catch someone in
the act. Wednesday night an alaNm
was turned in from Box 80, corner
of Fifth avenue and North Washington
street, about 10:30 o'clock,
When the firemen arrived they found
no sign of a blaze in any direction. The
glass door in the alarm box had been
broken, however, and the box had been
pulled according TO directions.
The work Is done by boys, the fire
chief thinks, but the parents will be
the ones to suffer If they are caught.
II costs the taxpayers OF the city
neat bundle of coin every time the de.
partment ls called into acttol, and
actual necessity Is sufficient to wear
out equipment rapidly, without being
called into service at the behest OF
lot OF thoughtless youths.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-25
PACIFIC NORTHWEST is
UNDER PAIL OF SMOKE
FROM BIG FOREST FIRES

San Francisco, July 24.-Much Of the
Pacific northwest was under u pail of
smoke from grass, brush and forest
fires burning today in Montana, Idaho,
oregon and Washington. Lightning
was responsible for a number OF new
blazes reported yesterday and last night
and high wind in many places overcame
the temporary advantage, brought by
the slight rainfall which accompanied
the thunder storms. 10 the thousands
of fire fighters who for weeks have
been waging an almost ceaseless strug-
gle against the flames.
In Montana and northern Idaho. ac-
cording TO forest officials, there have
been 6l2 fires since January 10, 100
of which have been reported within the
past 10 days. About $500 men are
employed in fighting the fires in that
territory.
A change in the wind last night
brought temporary safety TO the little
town of St. Regis. Mont, which for
several days had been threatened by
fires on three sides. The most serious
fire, to the north of st. Regis, covered
an area 80 miles in circumference
Fires in Washington were confined
to the slashings, but were reported TO
be spreading rapidly and threatening
standing timber Fires at several
points in Oregon followed an electrical
storm yesterday.