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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
SCHRIvER SAYS
STORIES FALSE
Candidate for Mayor Brands Tales
in Circulation as Political
Untruths.
DECLARES HE is MIsQUOTED
Qualities Some of the Assertions
He Made at Illinois Theatre
Sunday Night.

H. NJ. Schriver, candidate for
mayor, in three meetings he adj
dressed last night branded stories
circulated by a local minister and
others as vicious lies
His principal address was made
at the meeting of the Street Rail-
way mems union at Industrial hall,
and he also addressed neighbOr-
hood gatherings, one at iii Nine
eenth-and-a-half avenue, and one
on Seventh avenue
Lies have been circulated by a
certain minister and others rela-
tive TO my character and home life
On the face of the stories you can
sSe their untruth.
Il have been grossly misquoted
on what [ said at the Illinois thea
ire Sunday night / did not say
that ministers and church bodies
should keep out of politics. l did
say, hOweve-, that ministers,
church bodies, individuals or any
organizations have no right to ped
die vicious remarks against my
self or any other candidate. have
no objections to pastors. church
bodies or any other organizations
entering into politics but l do
criticize them if they go so far be-
yond the bounds of truth in their
statements"
Mr.. Schriver outlined his plat
form at last nights meeting stat
ing that he has always stood for
boosting Rock Island and its bust
ness houses and referred to his
record as mayor as showing his at
tttude on upbuilding the city.
Has No Slate.
Il want you to know" he said,
that / have no slate of commits
sioners. I have lined myself up
S%ith no one. l am making thi
race for mayor alone and | have
never given a thought to tell
the men and women of Rock Is
land who they should elect for
commissioners. That is a matter
for the individual to decide"
Mr.. Schriver closed his address
by telling his audience that stories
have been circulated that he has
only the support of the disreput-
able element and lies have been
passed relative to his character and
home life. He declared that the
mere telling OF these stories is
sufficient to brand them as untrue.
Tonight he addresses a meeting at
Center Station town hall Mr.
Schriver has several meetings a
day scheduled for the remainder
of the week Thursday night he
will address a meeting of the vot-
ers of the Twenty and Tween
ty-third precincts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
ONTARIO TO VOTE
ON DRY QUESTION

Toronto, April S.-The Province
Ut Ontario will hold a plebiscite on
the repeal of the Ontario temper
snce act and on measures permit
ting the sale of liquors, Premier
Hearst told the legislature yester-
day The date will be announced
Eater. Questions to be voted on are:
Repeal of the Ontario temper
Ence act
Sale of light beer in sealed pack
ages under government control.
Sale of light beer over the bar.
Restrictive sale of spurious
Equors generally under government
control.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
Drawing Plans.
u. S. NAVAL FLYERS
RUINED IL GERMAN
SUBS DURING WAR

Boston, April S.-French records
credited United States naval flyers
with having damaged and possibly
destroyed II German submarines,
according to Captain Thomas c.
Craven, U. S. N, commander of all
the United States naval aviation
forces in France, who returned on
the q. S. S. Agamemnon yesterday
His department, he said, took a
more conservative view and con-
coded the sinking of two and the
damaging of eight of the enemy
craft.
Captain Craven described the
rapid growth of the United States
air forces in France from nine
small seaplanes to a great fleet op-
Grating from port near Brest with
more than 200 battle seaplanes of
the best types.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
SEND EDUCATORS
TO FIGHT SPREAD
OF RED MOVEMENT

New York, April S.-The war de-
rartment plans to send a mission
of ten of the country's leading edu-
Gators to Europe TO combat the pos
sible spread of bolshevism in the
army OF occupation, and to use the
league Of nations as an antidote for
it, it was learned here today. The
new commission will be designated
the international relations division
of the overseas educational war
work of the war department.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
SIX BANDITS ROB
BANK IN DAYTIME

Minneapolis, Mimi, April s.
Six bandits held up the Peoples
State bank at Seven Corners, a
busy Minneapolis business district,
shortly before 10 O'Clock this fore
noon, and escaped with 81. 500 cash
and S13. 900 in Liberty bonds Cash
Ter A. E KoIsted was locked in the
Fault.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
SIX ASSESSED FOR
BEING DISORDERLY

Whether its the weather the po-
lice do not know, but their bust
ness seems to be increasing.
Six disorderlies faced Magis-
trate C. ]. Smith in police court
this morning and paid fines as fol-
lows: John McCourt, 50; John
Laurey, 50: William Wilson, So;
Peter Emerniyee. So; l.. Settrick,
So; Arthur Edgington. So.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
MICHIGAN VOTES
TO REMAIN BONE
DRY; REJECT BEER

Detroit, Mich, April S.-Casting
She heaviest vote ever recorded at
a biennial spring election. Mich
gan electors on the face of incom-
p!ete returns early today rejected
yesterday proposed amendment to
modify the prohibition law, adopted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
AUCTION OF ARMY
PAPER NETS $1,000

Chicago, April S.-Wrftten. edited
and published by army men, THE
Fort Sheridan Recall" made its ap-
pearance today. The first copy of
the paper was auctioned off at a
gathering of society folk and
brought 1000. 1t was presented to
Ehe Chicago Historical society.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
new LIGHTS ON
ISLAND APPEAR
Night is Turned Into Day Around
the Rock Island Arsenal Store
Buildings.
Is FOR PROTECTIVE SYSTEM
VIII Make Work of Guarding Fed
eral Shops Easier for New
Civilian Forces.

Around buildings and Storehousos
at Rock Island arsenal darkness is
no longer to be known.
The darkest night will find the
island as light as day.
In connection with the new pro-
tective system being started under
Jordan, new lights have been placed
about 80 of the buildings now being
used for the storage for vehicles.
The structures were erected for am
munition storage purposes
Installation of the lights will tend
towards making the work of guard
ing the island easier. 1t will be i'm
possible for any trespasser to make
his way unseen near any of the
island buildings.
New lights have been added to
those on the government viaduct
and Rock Island arsenal presents
at night the appearance of a fairy
land. Residents of the tri-cities
who live on the bluffs have made no
little comment on the attractiveness
of the island with its new lighting
system.
Easy IOf EIyeTSs
Rock Island arsenal will be cas-
lily found by aviators when aviation
comes into its own as is expected in
the near future. While lights of
the three cities, Rock Island, Mo
line and Davenport, stand out prom
inently because of the cities being
so near together, Rock Island ar
senal could be identified because of
the uniformity of its lighting sys-
TEN
The protective system outlined by
Colonel Jordan calls for the en-
ployment of civilians. who will re-
place the present military guard
units. His plan is to have the is
land guarded as closely now as dur
ing war time and no laxity will be
extended
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1919-03-27
No More Crippled Beggars.

Instead r lhIs nation D.ing fill-d
from Nam, to California with thou.
sands Of AR h-.fgars and war crip-
pies. u depressing sight to any nn-
tiou and - constant reminder ~ the
horrors Of war We will have thou.
sands of ne~i, ,fsined and rr,tained
men ~ho Will i've their own lives
aud 81 thrif o~n Nay without any
recourse 10 governmental pensions
or private OF public charity
The funds Of the Fifth Liberty Loan
Issue will make It pusslblr for these
thousands Oi highly trained men to
eo ahsssd without having the glory
ui their sacfificr tainted IN any way
by moral of mental hrcakdowns
They will be- lyue heir own lives,
tnkinG care Of themselves and ask.
ms np man fut anything better than
a fair chance aud q square deal.
hes are heroes and the plans Tor
masine them self supporting mem
hers %, the community will not tar.
nlSh their glory or take away any of
the hnlildnce OF their fel:S At arms.
That they viii make better citizens
because of II. goes Nifhuu, saying
And ,hl> great plan Of rrmakine the
wounded soldier Of America and
glNIuE nm a fair chance along with
his un~ounded fellow citizens. j.
one of The big reasons why the Fifth
LIbefN Loan must be subscribed
and u,rr-Subscribed
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1919-03-27
Red Cross Wants Your Old
Clothes

t. provide relief for the destitute
people Of Europe the American Red
Cross has been called upon to fur.
nIsh at least 10000 tons Of clothing
shoes and bedding. OF which amount
1000 tons has been assigned the
southwestern division as its quota
To meet this demand a clothing col
lection campaign has been planned
for the week Of March 24,3l and
twice as large a quantity as was
raised last year for the Beleians
must be raised for them and others
Millions of people who were driven
from their homes in northern France,
Belgium, Italy. Roumania, Greece,
Serbia. Montenegro, Palestine, Al
ban,a, Czecho Slovakia, Poland and
Southern Slav countries are rapidly
returning. They find villages and
small cities a complete waste and
In the larger cities factories have
been dismantled and the equipment
taken to Germany. There are no
textile factories to produce cloth
from which clothing could be made,
consequently clothing is almost i'm
possible to be had. even to those
who have money. Such conditions
have been unanimously verified by
representatives Of the American Red
Cross and the European Relief adj
ministration,
To meet this emergency the Amer
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1919-03-27
Prominent Physician Of Oak
Ridge Died Last Sunday.

Dr. J | Ellis. Of Oak Ridge. one
Of th, Trominent physicians of the
county lied at his home last Sun
day morning. following a stroke Of
apopleNy suffered the evening he
fore while attending a patient He
was taken 10 his home. where med
iCal attention was given. but death
followed early the next morning.
DR. Ellis was a man prominent in
his profession. and had led an active
life He was born in Tennessee. Oc-
tober s, lS4l. -Four years later. in
1865, his parents moved to Bollin.
ger county, Missouri, where he grew
to manhood and received his edu-
cation. In 1897 he represented Boil
lineer county in the state legislature.
In 1889 he completed his medical
course and located at Sedsewickville.
in Bollineer county. Two years lat
er he moved to this county and To-
Gated at Oak Ridge, where he con-
tinued in the practice of his profess
sion until overtaken by the grim
reaper while at his work.
In 1889. the year he moved to this
county, Dr. Ellis was united in mar
riaee to Miss Willie Harris, a daueh-
ter of the late Oliver Harris. To this
union was born one daughter, Esther,
who is now Mrs John Henry, Wife
and daughter both survive.
Funeral services, conducted by
Rev, D NJ. Marerave. was held last
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1919-03-27
Drainage Bill Passes House.

Jefferson City, March l5-Ihe
Speer bill to amend the drainage Law
so that drainage districts will be COM
PEELED 10 pay for bridges where their
bitches cut established highways,
was enerossed in the house on Thurs
day afternoon by a vote of 81 10 53
The Babcock amendment TO pre-
vent drainage districts from making
a reassessment or levyine additional
taxes for bridges was adopted by a
vote of 81 to 81 Poplar Bluff Citi-
zen-Democrat.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1919-03-27
Quick Work Saved Town.

Neelvville, Mo, March l7.--Quick
work on the part of two young men,
colored, probably saved the town Of
Neelyville from being destroyed by
fire SUNDAY. John Harvey, of Pop
lar Bluff, and George Hutson, of this
place, noticed blaze in the roof OF
the Mosaic Templars hall, which had
been caused by faulty fiue, and
breaking through door made their
way to the roof and drawing water
up the side of the building were able
to extineuish the blaze
The prompt action of the two men
is thought by many to be the only
thing tha, prevented the building
from burning down and endaneering
the entire business section. A purse
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1919-03-27

'can Red tfuss Is sending 100000
garments ln the refugees moulhlN
aud ih, Au.,rledn I~ople haN. hrru
asked 10 furnish 10000 tons ui
clothing To continue this relief
This clothing collection campaign
differs IRON the one lasl year ~ that
Il Is for the hemiir If the people Il
all the devastated countries aud the
American Ret Cfus. h-romrs fe.
sponsible ful The clothing from the
time oi it, collection uuul II g. dis.
lfiouttd {" 'lr ur,ri, individual IN
Eufop". Tie u,mpaieu ta.rs place
wien Am,firtus ate changing from
heavy a. h.Hrf ~-aEng appsr-l
Many thousands oi suits. df, ,....
cuats. OVrfguit, shO.s blankets. ~.
t,clcs of h',iding Mt !a,s prev. ~
cotn vii lH psi aSai dnd much ui
u will never afiin br ussi II j.
from thus surplus of used clothing
and material that the 10000 ,ous
must com' BS this slghi ssrnfirr
Americans uay be- Of ,ilally nc,-
rsSafy srfS see o. millions of t-,plr
~bo have proven their worth by en
during the mos, distressing pflya-
tIons aBd rfu-l,ie> the civilized
world has ever knONn
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1919-03-27
Marble mn (irCuif.

We had fine services al FairyIeW
Sunday and at Gravel Hill Sunday
night The weather vas very nice
and we had large congregations.
Mrs Vim Day gave us o sack ofpo-
tatoes and Mrs Ross some canned
fruit, for which We are very thank
full There will I've services next
Saturday night and Sunday at Hick-
orv Grove, in the afternoon at 80
at Parkview, and Sunday night at
Hahn Chapel II f CoRRN, Pastor
SWOPE IS COMING. APRIL 81
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1919-03-27

Tue>da, and the body was buried
IN Old Goshen cemetery DR. Ellis
was a member of the Methodist
church and a Mason The funeral
was one of the largest ever held IN
the county Many people from this
city and other points IN the county
attended to pay their tribute of le-
spect to the memory of the man and
citizen whom they loved and honor
ed jackson Cash Book.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1919-03-27
BoMnger
nolsium. Germany

Dcaf pAt
Wei all s-nd yuE tr~ ''ns-
t.riyh, An feeling Frv,ty g'.si
no~. ba, hass hsa ar a~fui cnld
Evr,thins Is ~ uscal - far -
Insu row Hopr YOU all arc chj"S
ing v,-.i hcalth and all the o'hsf
plcAsur- that rHsy cun" Nout NAs
I ha,y h--u uU = trip This ~t~s
AM hsd a ,cry n.cr time ! l"''i ~
"a trll you Ahau, It hri. iasi
Mnn.ia, morning rafo an 'idc'
oan,r irip The orderly ru.'n Tor al
,h.. havrt. in the s,Eh division 10
rrt..ft II urc. 9 TfirNrs. ''cru'aas
n,..r.ar. 81 b,Ig.cu ia my battalion
T~o tattrf,cs - battalion We
r,Ils-l our paess and ~ into bis
American tr,scs ard drove 10 Al''
d.rf C,~r1uany lukllometcrs. Incfr
-, found all the bugirr- 4 the S'and
E.ld Ar,,.lcr p 4 thcin. or Us
rbrn ur al had = rial soesi hand
shake f,r i, was the first time ~
had ..~n cAch other ssnNr ~ left
r,.nrr % our Say To- the iroat
a,lOa m. 49, ~, into '~o big |.
= maehinrs-rcAl on~s.-and drove
,a rr,.,,-s at abuu, ~ miles an hour
Still wr did not sno~ what "r ""r'
going for
We'll wv found ou' finally that "'
serr "a rrpor, Ia the &ssth Infantry
headquarters and wr had dinner
,h.w All a0p M W. wrrr shown
our beds The buildings were ter
man barracks. same as a' Jefferson
RnrrHrks We sure had everything
nicr
Az ~ p m. ~e had TO report 10
-, officer Col L.<.. who told US We
x.rr 10 practice some marches and
r.lls NIL ,oyrthcr--abcu, l25 eusiers'
Al -, he said Boys. ! am going
10 take all Of you 10 coblent, Ger
many. and there W. are going to
have a football game and ] want You
buxlers for "rcoters' for our grand
,ld division ard when the other d''
,,,s,o, .roo,ers' star, to yell all You
fellows begin to blow and drown
them out"
Now tha, WAS a very easy joo'
We practiced Tuesday and "edt'es-
dny and wen, to Coblenz THURSDAY.
We .ef, Trievcs at 7;o5 a. m, Went
Dbv rail in the usual way. box
carsha'' must not forget to say
WE had our brigade band. That is
three regimen,al bands combined
making a l5o-piece band. and we
had some music.
Col. Lee told US, Now. boys. have
. v.od time. yell Is loud as you
ran bu, don't forget you represent
Missouri and Kansas. the Sth, the
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1919-03-27

Out of a total of S0SO93 Chicago
voters registered in anticipation of
the municipal election on April |.
303 $50 are women. This is said to
be the best showing which women
in that CITY have made since they
were granted a limited franchise.
Those who persist in saving that wo-
men would not take the trouble to
vote if given the chance should pom
der these figures, Ii Ought to be add
ed that in twenty-three of the thirty
five wards of Chicago, the names Of
more women than OF men we're re-
corded on the final day of reeistra-
ton Christian Science Monitor.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1919-03-27

go.si old L s 4 and Oli GLORY
started The railroad run right
along the sid, of ,h- AS-ilc river
yuu have f-ai ~ much ahuut iuf ~
the WAf | saw some wonderful
-r-herN down thr Mo~.'l,e. mount ain
after mountain. old castles. funny
lacking little houses AMI taans
Surny svrr yvry pretty though
Unr mountain side 49, 80 .trrp =
90, could not climb .t--hon~,tiy.
jus, straight Thcy be- thusc bi..-
sides a., IN sincyAFis. uusAui, -
acrys They earn mA.Irr " IN
their haeks IN li;,lc bAss Is
Finally 49, landed =, ocr d.>tlna.
tiou ahng, = On AS a-,n As ~
gut oui 4 the stat IN onto the strr~t
A. started IN playing oar blgi,~ "a
the march ", y.ay,,i the march,
You r. "a thy Arm, Nns and that
way ~ ~rnt 60 tta ba.. ground
amid rra, American army autnmp-
bilcs, American men. American y
NJ e. \ women And Red Cu-s N,-
men
forgot Ia SAY ~ ~ nrauyd lnr
eats az sA~ Old Glory floating 90
the br.~rr from the highest point p
the city As ~r nrared the ball
ground W. saw an uh~er, alton bal.
loon right over the hall ground, very
low. which had Old Glory swinging
from il and three men in H. When
they got real high one man Jumped
out IN his parachute
Well. the game soor started and
then We cumuenc,sd yelling. blowing
and roofing the other side. the
ith division. At the end II the first
half the score WAS d 10 o Then the
lth division put on n parade while
the players were resting They
marched around the ground with a
~ piece hand and abou, loo men.
yelling. They also had few clowns
and thought they were doing big
things.
But had confidence in our team
and all the while our division flag,
which is blood red and about two
yards wide and four yards long with
a large white " in circle in the
middle Of il. was flying When the
gau9e was over the score was Ii to 0
in our favor.
Now. daddy. we sure did put on a
storm. Out marched our l5o-piece
band. we buglers fell in behind them.
officers and men fell in behind us
and then our parade started. There
was a moving picture man there
making pictures of US all the time.
Now the seth team is the cham
pion of the army of occupation. We
have one more game to play at
Paris, France. and If we win 1t we
are champions of the A. E. F. in
football. We are already champions
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1919-03-27

When the "doughboys' were or
dered TO 90 over the top and drive
the enemy from his positions their
speed and bravery and fighting abil-
ity changed world history. Let us
show equal speed when the Victory
Liberty Loan is offered.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1919-03-27

In hAchAl. stand a very good
chauce q going O. that game faf all
A. huglrr might gct TO e. And.
daddy that wi. - SOME trip Tor
your sqlinch ,yyi' snu John
W. stuted bArs 90 THIEVES about 6
. N and got tu b-,d AZ . a ~ I
came back . . the battery Frday
evening and Vhcn ! gvi here they
hai turned ms l't'c Ted horss IN
and almost had a nc ", are being
motorized noN ard turn % horses A.
fast a. W. car st motors a. take
their places Only have the cap
tAln's hors, T. care for. which Is q
very easy job The other two
hugicrs 30 all the husl'ng. A. | am
the oldest ,n the regiment
WI! daddy dear. I will g., o. rr-
member ryrpthtn. SO can te,. yuu
everything when | cune home Yes.
u Is officially announced that w. wjil
start hum, soon.
Your son,
BUg.cr John Hansen. Jr..
Battery +. Ji2nd Field Artillery.
Ngh niyisiun. \ T.. r
Thru the Kindness of John Han
srn. Sr Marquand. Mo. W. are able
20 puh.ish this letter. Ed
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1919-03-27

j. 10 be- raised a. reward for the
TIVE IL was sand today Poplar Bluff
Ciuzen-Democrat
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1919-03-27

The western mountains contain
more than 72 per cent of the poten-
tial water power of the United States.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-07-24
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following is the list of letters remaining for fifteen days i'll this office unclaimed and if not called for by Aug. L 1919. will he forwarded to the Dead Letter Office.
 GenLS-.Iames Armstrong. John Mor- gun. Robert Gire, \. T. McMillian, Dave Naming, James w Smith. Willie Brandon. G ]. FehIhaber, l. D. Free man. r. Poloquin. Carl Prince. !. k. Jones. Frank F. Mans. Lott Futeh. H. \. Dalaugh. l. C. Cole, James Moore, iodie Young
 Eadies-MrS. Deliah Thompson. Mrs. Mattie l.. Thomas, Miss Rosebud Young Mrs T.. R. ASkcw, Miss Margaret Ave I'd. Miss Margaret Ayera, Miss Ina Mae Davis, Mrs. Minnie White. Mrs. I've Johnson. Miss Lois Harper, Miss Mary Green. Mrs. Anie Noble. Mrs. Matte Graves. Anie Mead0r. Mrs. Al ice RankinS. Miss Ellarmay Richardson Mrs Alpha Young Mrs Margaret Wright, Mrs. Maud White, Ellar May Gulley.
 When calling for the above, please say Advertised" and pay one cent on delivery. John A.Marr, Postmaster.