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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
TRANSPLANT WITH
CARE FROM GARDEN

Be very careful with the seed box
plants when you transplant them 10
the garden, says today's bulletin
from the National War Garden COM
mission of Washington. The plants
started indoors are tender and must
be hardened off" before setting
them in the garden. Do this by set
ting the seed boxes and plants IN
open windows and reducing the
amount of water given to them. Do
not, however, let the boxes become
so dry that the plants wilt. After
few days you can leave the plants
outdoors uncovered all day and
even on mild nights. Then they are
ready for transplanting. The hard
ening process requires about two
weeks when the weather is still
cool
In transplanting from the seed
box take the young plants up with
sufficient soil. if possible so that
their roots are not exposed. If the
dirt shakes off, puddle" the roots
by dipping them into thin mud. Do
this Immediately so that the roots
are not exposed to the air on the
way to the garden. Any reader of
this paper can obtain a free garden
book if they will send a two-cent
stamp for postage to the National
War Garden commission, Washing
ton.
Work swiftly in the garden, set
ting the plants in hollows punched
with a round stick Press the soil
just enough to give the roots
thorough contact with the earth. al
lowing no air spaces to remain I'M
der the surface.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
HENRY HUYVAERT
CASE CONTINUED

The case of Henry Huyvaert,
charged with selling liquor in Mo-
line, was continued yesterday after
loon by Magistrate Frank Gustaf-
son until tomorrow afternoon Alb
scnce from the city of James John
ston, city attorney, caused the post
ponement. Huyvaert was released
On his own recognizance.
He was arrested with his moth
er-in-law, Mrs. Mary Van Louw,
S mday night at the residence, 1877
Sixth avenue, Moline. Mrs. Van
Louw was fined $100 and costs yes
terday and Huyvaert's case was
continued. He denies that he is
guilty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
OFT REELECTED
GENESEO MAYOR
Hot Campaign Is Victory for Chief
Executive-WiH Serve His
Fourth Term.
Especial to the Argus)

Geneseo, April S.-H. r. OFT was
yesterday reelected mayor of Gene
SEQ for his fourth term. winning
from John Stein by majority of 81
votes. OFT headed the municipal
ownership ticket and he carried
into office with him three of the
four aldermen. Rasteda in the First
ward and Smith in the Fourth ward
being reelected The new council
members are: Charles Anderson,
municipal ownership, in the Second
ward, and Charles Goss, Citizens
candidate, in the Third ward. The
vote:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
FORMER MOLINER
BUYS NEWSPAPER

Frank F. Swan, former Moline
newspaper man, is now sole owner
of the Gooding, Idaho, Leader, a
paper on which he has been en-
pIoyed for the last year. He took
charge as editor and publisher
April /. having purchased the build
ing and plant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08

Reward for BOdy.-LeRoy Stieg-
er. 1861 Warren street, father of
3-year-oId Harold Vernon, who met
death in the Mississippi river Sat
uriay afternoon, offers reward of
$50 for the recovery OF the child's
body. Searching parties dragged
the river near the presumed scene
of the tragedy Sunday and few
F. struggling fishermen patrolled the
murky waters yesterday. No trace
Of~the child's body was found.
Smoke Gives Scare.-Mrs. James
Delp nearly dropped the lemon pie
on the floor and fell into it when
she looked around yesterday after
noon and saw smoke pouring out
Of the floor near the steam pipes
back of her. The family occupies
living rooms at 21112 Second street.
They were seated around the table
when smoke was detected. The first
gas volley came from the wash
room, but it disappeared. About
the time dessert was ready to serve
the smoke was pouring up through
the floor in the room. When the
department arrived the smoke was
thick enough to cut into cubes.
Some of the flooring was lifted,
but no flames were discovered. 1t
is supposed that the trouble was
caused by a short-circuited electric
wire.
Fire at Booze RuHnerS.-Whfle
booze runners dashed madly by In
their laden automobiles, govern
ment agents shot up the landscape
n
Claire streets Sunday night. One
bullet went through the plate glass
window of a garage in the vicinity.
IT was the second time within few
weeks that the glass had been shat
tered by bullets. The police pro-
fessed ignorance of the matter, be-
yond the fact that the broken win
dow had been reported to them.
Thief Takes Reward. - Someone
who evidently knew something
about the theft of an automobile
stolen Friday night from Charles
B. Kaufman, called the Midwest
Motor company on the telephone
and asked if a reward had been of
fered for the machine. He was
given an indefinite answer. Later
the police found the car abandoned
IN Rock Island. All the oil and gas
had been run out of the machine,
evidently by the maliciously mind
ed persons who stole it
Eyes Werth $I0,00a.- Oaks
will sue for $4,000 to recover
damages from the Tri-Cfty Rail-
way company for an injury that
has now, it is alleged, affected both
OF her eyes Two actions had been
hEoms5zt sf7hiR e@s& f&z taaa7 @am~aJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
News Of the Day in Moline and East Moline
Obituary
Funeral of Howard A. Stein.

t-1 u m W III "a ~ JtSIIIs
Funeral of Howard Arthur Stein,
infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Stein. lis Fourth avenue. Moline.
who died in a Moline hospital Sun
day night, will be held at 2:30 to-
morrow afternoon in the home.
Rev. Fred J. Rolf of Rock Island
will conduct the services. Inter
ment will be in Riverside GENE
terry.
He was the only child and was
born in Moline, Feb. 6, 1917.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
Funeral OF Mrs. Eliza Goodwine.

Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza
Goodwine, aged 25 years, who died
at her home, 352 Twelfth street,
East Moline. Saturday morning,
were held at o'clock last even
ing in the Zion Mission church. In
terment was in Hampton cemetery
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08

Motor trucks are being used
more extensively than ever before
to haul hogs to market, according
to reports by representatives of
the bureau of markets.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08

Otis vote was 37S men and $40
women: total, 74S. STEMS vote was
2e5 men and 272 women; total, SGT.
Otis majority was 81.
NnAa m, AIho.rnn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
Mrs. III. W. Willing.

Mrs. H. w. Willing, wife of Rev
H. W. Willing of Cleveland, Ohio.
and before her marriage a Moline
girl, died Sunday night at Cleve-
land. Immediate surviving rela-
tives are the Rev. Mr.. Willing and
four children, Arnold, Paul, Her
bert and Limmea.
The father, Nels Wedien, resides
in Moline, as do three sisters, Mrs
A. P. Peterson, Mrs. r. l.. Peter
son and Mrs. Gust Olson. Another
sister, Mrs. A. G. Peterson, lives at
Viola:
Mrs. Willing was born in Moline
March Is, 1875, and lived here I'M
til the time of her marriage, March
rs, 1896.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at Cleveland. Mr. We
diem and Mrs. A P. Peterson left
yesterday for Cleveland to attend
the funeral.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08

All the News All tho Time
The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
Charles C. Pratt, Jr.

CharleS L. Prdtt, Jr-, aged ii
years, of Moline, died yesterday
morning in the Universal hospital
of Chicago, where he had undergone
an operation for a brain tumor,
from which he had been suffering
for the last year Mr.. Pratt was
taken to Chicago Saturday and the
operation was performed Sunday
morning.
Funeral services will be held at
3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the
home of his brother-in-law, John
Condo, 43S Fourth avenue, Moline
Interment will be in Chippiannock
cemetery, Rock Island.
Mr.. Pratt was born June 10, 1878,
in Stuart, Iowa. When a child he
came to Rock Island, and had made
his home there until few months
ago, when he removed to Moline He
was an accountant by occupation.
He and Miss Leila Condo of Moline
were united in marriage June 20,
1905, and to this union was born
one child, Tom, who survives with
the widow. Mrs. Charles C. Pratt,
ST., mother of the deceased, sur
wives in Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
John w. OFT.

John W. OFT, aged 43 years, died
at O'Clock last evening in local
hospital. He was i'll one week of
pneumonia Mr.. OFT made his home
with w. J. Odendahl of East Mo-
line.
He was born in 1876, in Lyons,
Iowa, and came 20 Moline 25 years
ago. He was employed as assist
ant engineer at the Marseilles
plant of East Moline. He. was a
member of st. Mary's Catholic
church of East Moline.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs
Edward Odendahl of Carroll, Iowa,
and one brother, Joseph OFT of Wa
terloo. Iowa. Remains will be TAX
en- to Lyons for burial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08

Eyes Werth $I0,O0a.-Anna Oaks
will sue for $4,000 to recover
damages from the Tri-City Rail-
way company for an injury that
has now, it is alleged, affected both
OF her eyes. Twosact5ons had. been
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-22
ID n71HE Solver of Business Problems
LII u DOzAL By HAROLD WHITEHEAD
0prKho Author Of ~e Bmma, cr o p~ u -
about as good as 1t will when in the

about as good as It will when in the
home.
"You understand, Mr.. H~azelbrook," he
went on. speaking in that deep voice OF
his. that this will make 1t a little more
difficult to sell furniture. You may
ever lose an occasional sale, but when
the furniture is sold 1t will be properly
sold and therefore will be more likely
to stay sold"
/ had been a silent Ind interested
listener to Dukes analysis. and when
he stopped l felt a pang Of d~lsappoint-
men that my work in the shipping de-
partment had apparently been of so lit
tie value. 1 kept quiet o 1t, wisely,
as II afterward t~ranspired.
Duke pulled c~ontentedly at his hookah
and Hazelbrook relit the cigar he had
allowed to go out.
THANK you, Mr.. Duke" he finally
aid. II appreciate the logic Of your
advice and I'll certainly follow 1t. There
Is only one other thing I want to know.
What did you ask me bou Emmett?
Why when the trouble Is with the sales
men mention 'him?"
He glanced su~spiciously at me as he
spoke and evidently suspected me Of
being the cause of the comment-and he
wasn't far wrong at that.
II mentioned Emmett because 1t IL In
his department that the greatest mis-
chief is working. I fear that, while
absolutely loyal to you, he needs execu-
tive help"
"Emmet the real cause OF my return
ed problem? Good heavens how?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-22

Veal Bcauiieu keeps an Inn IN the
uAfnc-Csnadian border ana caters TO
euugslcrs. His daushter. EvauEeiine,
educated in . convent. rrtsrns home un-
expectediy. rebels against the nature Of
his business. refuses 70 marry the man.
David Roi. . smursier. whom her father
las chosen for her. and leaves home pen
nIless. determined 10 become n teacher In
. "Ysnkc school, further north. Norman
Aldrich. q "Ysnkee'' customs officer.
meets Evanweline At her home. under
and her position and falls In love with
Der. The two accidentally meet on the
way 10 the ''Yanke school" and become
easneed. The Acadian peasants do not
swn the lands they live on. Evanselinc
arrives ut o time when they are being
evieted by wealthy "Yankce" lumber
dealers. Louis Blais. an attorney. seeks
- arouse the country people against the
American Government and In antaeonised
by Father LeclaIr. who In turn II eriti-
clsed by the bishop. David Roi arrives
IT Attegat. finds Evangeline. who refuses
% return to her home with him, and he
enters Into an agreement with Blais. Tn
public school at AttcEat, built By the
s~'yankees," burns under suspicious Cur
>-.us,.-
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talk inside the church troubled them
instead of convincing them. Their
good priest, who had been so wise in
their interest in the, past, who had
helped the poor people to bear their
burdens, now faltered advice to them
to turn the other cheek, to obey cruel
mandates.
Blais, walking by the side of the
road, waved his hand to this one and
that. He shouted brusque advice that
they hold tight, cheer up, remember
that Acadians should stand together
for Acadians! The men nodded
m%ournful assent. They did not I'M
derstand very well, but here seemed
to be n who was full of courage In
their behalf, who did not falter ad-
vice to be meek, who was bold and
assertive; and they felt that they
needed a leader who was bold.
So they nodded to him and some
smiled.
At n place in the street the rough
men had collected other men in a
good-sized group. and this group
cheered Lawyer Blais when he passed.
THE campaign is we'll under way,
and the good Father Leclair will not
be here to boom the goat.whiskered
Clifford" Blais informed his compan-
ion, with satisfaction. II dropped a
letter into the postofice just now as
came past and IL I'm any Judge of
how things will move. the tlme-fuse
will operate in about three days. And
that's plenty far ahead of the legisla.
tive convention. Cheer up. Dave!"
we can team love and politics in a
tandem hitch-and so long as we man.
age to get there I'll make love the
wheel horse for your sake, II you insist
on 1t. There are slicker ways of cut.
ting Aldrich out of this thing than by
a club or a gun. You smugglers have
too much rough-and-tumble about you.
Leave 1t to me-"
Far ahead Of them Pere Leclair
trudged down. the dusty road toward
the little stone house. He was bowed.
His face was care-worn. His worn
cassock tapped about his legs, and he
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-22

greater part of credit granting is don. with
NJ No. iurther investigation tnan a siance AZ
has always puzzled me as 10 lust what ow !. u
estim.m men work on when all they have is an
us o. its 81 .t a SdHInsern,s y wsr1th and = grad:
nov nigh the company has been sold ana
what mere q cn must be some proportion between
s zee where credit men would know whe ren to
Kindly IL you would give m. AM idea you very
hit "I y your column or by mail. about what
fossibly you are acquainted with n hooy
w ~nnd explains this point. Would YOU 81
SO0u enough to give me its name2
"A good credit man does not ,ust
,nereIy refer, to a Dun or Bradstreet
rating. II the rating is sent in Nv y
sdrestnan, the salesman will undoubtedly
condifjon % OF the appearance or the
II IL Is a concern Of any size n w,I,
psonapIy De known to the credit man.
II isn't. he may ask for references.
the n nraS put an inquiry through any Of
III credit associations. He will consider
me relation that the investment i'm his
me or goods should take to the wbnis
business and thereby get some idea Of
the credit limit. S" VI
For instance, suppose a dry goods man
sent an order to a maker OF lei :. sau
nose, ana the maker of hose finds that
III dry goods man has $780, 900 capitai
ne credit man would then reason thus
tine average dry goods store this s,zs
mould carry $4,000 worth Of stock
now this man carries three other make.
OF nose than mine, and it would perhsns
ne safe In limiting his credit to siooo'
aou understand. Of course, that These
nsures are not offered as exact. INF
merely illustrative. ~ oue
iou VIII see by this that It is impos-
sioie 10 name any proportion on fhe
OASIS you speak about, as 1t depends M
much upon each business and the cor.
oitions under which the goods are sold.
Could you please tell me II I'm ton xo,r~
~ nave mad enough education TO study law;
~, m sixteen years of age. have gone throurh
eItInentarX school and n half year AZ bish
s1ooUnooi Mhere I'm employed now I have
Irt my W STUDY L. Y. w.
What a pity. that you were allowed to
leave school before you finished your
You would be unwise to think of ,aw
uhtll you have secured that or its equiv
alent. III you've got moral co,,rage
enough, and that Is possible, 1 would 90
PACK and finish high school.
Call on one of the law schools in the
about 1t. " soy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-22
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES--ByD
"THE FOUR GOOD DEEDS

that Baiky Sam, Billy Goat n Judge
Owl?"
1T was brave and generousi" they
cried.
"Balky Sam gave up his time and his
ambition to give Joy to sorrow-stricken
children. What do you think of that
Judge Owl, Billy Goat and Johnny
Buil7"
ut was splendid !" they shouted.
There. you see. you navy done your
good deeds even though they were not
Just what you set out to do" declared
Peggy. You have served your SEN
fences and won honor in doing II. I
love you every one"
The four Black Hooters looked at
each other In establishment. They
couldn't believe their ears. Then when
they realized that what each had done
out of the goodness Of his heart was
really as worthy a deed as though II
had been more spectacularly heroic,
their faces lighted UP. their chests
swelled out, and their disappointed
gloom gave way to proud happiness.
Hee Haw. I'm going back to jolly up
that orphan asylum every day." brayed
Balky Sam.
TN going to see that Bert the Bully
becomes Bert the Brave" bleated Billy
Goat. ~
I'm going to keep an eye on Nan
the COW and look after the family she
Feeds" parked Johnny Bull.
I'm going to guard every corncrib
In the country" hooted Judge Owl.
.There's more fun In doing good than
doing HARM" declared Peggy, and with
this wise saying. she babe the Black
Hooters and Billy Belgium goodnight,
for she was SO sleepy she couldn't keep
her eye open.
-IlNert tofH be told the story Of tho
Wild FIouer Queen.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-22
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
A CHANGE OF BLOOD
BY Alice Roberts

A YEAR OF the great war had changed
"A Walter Chambers-now Lieutenant
Walter Chambers-from a blue-blood to
a red-blood. incidentally, II also changed
the Who'll course Of his life. This was
due, not to the mere casing he suf-
subtle transformation of his soul. He
had seen life and death. He had become
a man.
Yes, Chambers had red blood in his
veins now. And the difficulty he met
most often since his return to his Old
blood of his stay-at-home friends had
not changed its color in the least
OF course they were all very kind.
They suffered a brief recital of a tale of
his adventures-and then asked him II
he IA heard of the slump In the steel
patted him gently on the Jack and
asked for information about the style
Of evening dress In Paris. Then old
Baker had offered him his former posi-
ton at the bank: OF course he refused
He could not think Of It now. And,
besides-there was that offer of Beard.
He was telling Katherine about It
now: Katherine had always been re-
garded as his. There had been no en-
gagement-but engagements are mere
Katherine boosted of the size and num-
Der OF blue corpuscles in her blood.
And So" he was saying, "this offer
Of Beard looks pretty good to me. /
could never work indoors again. The
gas. you know, touched a couple of
tubes I'm one of my lungs, SO that"
you never told me that, Walter -
She seemed alarmed.
"Oh, it's nothing at ALL" he assured
her. But I've grown so used to being
go back to the bank and dictate those
hhNhly exciting letters-'Yours of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-22

this proposition, Dave. You always
have been a little too strong on the
girl question"
Roi scowled.
You "a to take into account who
the girl is. Let me tell you, Louis,
that Evangeline Beaulieu is worth
more as a prize than all the picayune
political jobs you can draw down for
yourself.
did you ever know what it vas
to want a girl so much that your heart
ached every time you thought of her
and you couldn't sleep for thinking
Of her and longing for her? Did you
ever want a girl so much that when
you saw her you felt as though blood
was running out of your eyes? II you
haven't felt that way. don't talk to
me"
II know better than to lose my head
In any such fashion"
by the gods, If you have never lost
your head that way you don't know
what living is, you ice-water lawyer!
I never have found a girl before that
I couldn't have. Now. there isn't
another girl In the world I want except
this one. And you talk to me Of not
having enough Of a motive! Louis
the motive that puts the spur to me
In this thing is the motive that has
tipped Kingdoms upside down. The
rumor has gone up and down this
border that Aldrich has cut me out.
I'd go out now and hunt him up and
drop him II 1 had a way planned to
get me out of the scrape. II you're
the right kind of a friend and lawyer
you'll tell me a way"
Don't whip a willing horse, Roi
The thing is moving right II we dom,
rush 1t. Give me time"
But you are giving him time He
is counting her. They told me he was
at the fire with her"
"Oh, come outdoors and take a walk
I car argue with almost any one
except a man in love. You'll get hei
When the time comes right" said the
lawyer. starting for the door.
IN get her even II the priest has
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-22

something of the spirit on the border.
He drank deeply of Vetal's white rum,
and then he was freer in his disclos-
ures and threats: there were to be
some grand happenings in the north,
he declared. In Attegat parish would
the storm-center be.
And where is your girl, where is
E~vangeline. where Is my promised
wife in all this? She is in with the
gang that's against us. You have let
her run away and laugh at you"
Vetal met rage with surly protest.
Il did not let her run away. 1t
was to teach her a lesson! You said
1t would be good to teach her a lesson.
You said 1t when she left. 1t was the
advice of a fool. Dave Roi. I went
to bring her back, and I was one man
against the whole settlement Of Bots
de R%ancourt. Don't you blame me
They took the word of the Yankee
customs sneak and the word Of the
fiddler against me-her father. They
drove me away"
They wouldn't drive you away
now" stated the sullen smuggler.
They have found out about the Yam.
KEGS since then. They would moi
stand up for a girl who has deserted
her own people and is helping the Yam,
KEGS to steal u boys and girls"
He went on savagely: "A fine sight
1t is nowadays to see the girl Of Vetal
Beaulieu sitting under a tree teaching
Acadian girls to be Yankees. They
point her out and grin and say: That
is the daughter of tho rich Vetal
Beaulieu of Monarda.' Yes, sitting
under a tree since the big school has
been burned, walking In the field with.
out a roof over her head, helping the
Yankees to keep on in their dirty
work"
IF you have seen her there why
did you not bring her away, IL you
are so bold n so proud because she
has been promised to your" asked
Beaulieu.
That's a job for a father to under.
take. I have come down here to give
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THE RED LANE A By n %o.% "; ~. 1 s.sr "

pockets and strobe about the room, the
tails Of his frock-coat "winging" be-
hind him. Damn that Aldrich!" he
blurted.
we seem to agree almighty we'll In
our partnership to date, Louis" OBJ.
serve Roi, m~alevolently. And we're
certainly doing business together. A
schoolhouse and a priest and a Gus
toms sneak were between me and the
girl 1 propose to marry. The first
W seem to be out of the way to
some extent. Get busy in regard to
the last one just as soon as you can
and call on me for help"
"A girl" sneered Blais. II sup.
posed you had more Of a motive in