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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
STEEL COMPANY
MAKE INCREASE
Local Company Raises Capital
Stock Higher Because Of
Demand of Wares.

Announcement was made this
morning that the capital stock OF
the Moline Pressed Steel company
is to be increased from 500, 900 to
$500, 900.
Youngclaus Stevens and Com
pany of Chicago are handling the
100000 stock issue for the direc-
tors Of the company. They state
that Chicago capitalists have al
ready taken over part of the issue.
The rest will be hoated in Moline
and vicinity.
Because of the increase Of bust
mes, the capital stock must be in
creased" stated F. A. .Lundahl,
president of the company, this
morning. The Moline Pressed
Steel company did nearly $1,000
600 worth of war work.
Several large contracts were
turned down lately because of the
lack of proper facilities. The COM
pany earned nearly $4,000 in the
last three years.
The Moline Pressed Steel COM
pany opened plant in East Moline
in 1910. Its capital stock then was
was increased to $4,000 and in
1917 100000.
The company now has in its en-
ploy 100 men and is engaged in the
business of manufacturing auto
mobile tenders and many other
motor parts. The officials an
this morning that they
have made plans for several new
things to manufacture in the near
future. Off1cers- and directors of
the company are:
= Presdent-F. A. Lundahl.
Secretary-treasurer-C. W. Lun-
dahl.
Directors-D. A. Lundahl, c. W.
Lundahl, C. E. Dietz, A. C. Lundahl
and w. A. sMacks.
Mr. Macks is production man
ager. He formerly was a lieu
tenant in the ordnance depart
mont, in charge of production for
the government in Moline and vi
cinity. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
DIR. w. o. COFFEE
TREATS EYE. EAR, NOSE AND
THROAT DISEASES.
EXAMINATION FREE SATUR.
DAY, MONDAY AND TUES

People eflicted with eye diseases. IA
ing sight. weak eyes, granulated Ids wild
hairs, Inflammation. ulcers. sore eyeA
scums or Erowths on the eyes. deafnesa.
ears. catarrh Of the nose. head. throat and
system should consult Dr.. W. o. Coffee,
the ocuhst and aur1st, about his special
nou-surKical treatment for most Of the
above diseases. He will agree 70 straight
en- any Gaze OF cross-eyes, no matter II
they are born that way. without chloro-
form or ether Hn removes adenotds In .
ious hemorrhage. He says most cases of
diseased tonsils can be successfully treated
without removal. he says catarrh is .
constitutional condition and often causes
rheumatism neuritis, stomach troubles.
nerve troubles. and especially headaches.
and every case is durable. He especially
urges people who arc growing deaf in one
ear, or have head noises Just starting in
the other. to zee him and try his treat
ment and sec II IL will not help them.
Many cases of deafness are quickly durable.
He Is curing many very bad cases. Treats
all diseases of the eye. ear. nose and
throat He will make an examination and
thinks his treatment will help you. free
of charge. He has had SO years exper-
fence in this specially treating thousands
upon thousands of cases. using q special
treatment developed by himself. This
makes it, possible for him TO succeed In
many cases where others of less expert
ence would fail. He treats about sixty
He Is in his Davenport Offices every Satur-
day. Monday and Tuesday from n. m. to
d. m. For further information tele-
phone Davenport 1914. Dr.. W. o. Coffee,
First National Bank building, Second and
Main streets. Davenport, Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
MOLINE LIBRARY
GETS INCREASE
CITY REVENUE

A promise from Mayor G. P.
Skinner and the aldermen TO the
Moline public library made last
night that the tax levy will be in
creased from IL mills to mills
was received gladly by the library
people.
Harry Ainsworth, president of
the library board, appeared be-
fore the council meeting last night
and declared that more money was
needed by the library. Mr.. Aims
worth appeared before the com
mission a year ago and was given
assurance then that the library tax
would be increased this spring.
Mayor Skinner and a number of
Aldermen stated that the library
tax had been increased to mills
some time ago, but Mr.. Ainsworth
replied that there had not been
any increase in the library rev.
enue for many a year.
Attendance and work at the IL
brary is increasing" said Mr.. Aims
worth. "We have had to increase
salaries and the price of books are
going up"
I'VE recently opened a branch
In one of the schools and we
should open a branch in the Will
liam Carr school and want to open
one in the new Logan school. We
will have to construct second story
stacks for the present stacks are
not large enough for all our books.
The library was built with the idea
of a second story stack and a mez-
canine" floor.
Mr.. Ainsworth also stated that
the library board wished to In
crease its industrial and mechani-
cal library. The moline library,
he said, intends to make a special
ty of industrial books for factory
men of Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
START SCHOOL.
BUILDING SOON
East Moline Officials Have Plans
for New Structure, but Bids
Are Not Called for.

City board of education of East
Moline met last night at regular
session, all members present The
main purpose Of the meeting was
for starting the new school build
ing. The plans were submitted to
the board by the architects. The
plans are complete with the excep-
ton of the heating system.
The school board members Wis
tied the Moline schools and inspect
ed the heating systems there. The
East Moline school dads VIII in
stall the Univent system in the new
East Moline building. This is a
new system and has proved satis-
factory to the Moline school Off
Gals
Bids for the new school have not
as yet been called for. That is the
only thing that is holding the
building from being started. The
board will hold a special meeting
next. Monday to decide upon the
bids and also call for them.
1t was voted upon to have a spe-
cial election June % upon the
school tax of two and a half per
cent. The judges for the election
were selected and are: W. F. Pot
ter and Oscar Lundeen. The clerk
chosen was Mrs. W. F. Cartwright.
The government claims that the
United States housing property is
not taxable. They have agreed to
pay the regular school tax to the
school officials. The taxes will
come direct from the government.
To Change Text Books.
1t was planned at the meeting
last night TO change the histories
and grammar text books in the East
Moline schools next year. It was
not announced what books would
take the places of the present texts.
All drawing work that was missed
at the closing of the schools dur
ing the FLU" period will have to
be made up next year. The East
Moline schools lost seven weeks
during the epidemic. All boys who
want the working certificates will
have to attend school at least 80
days a year to compete with the
state rules. No certificates will be
given out unless this agreement is
reached.
The city truant officer submitted
his report stating that he made 300
calls during the school year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
News of the Day i'm Moline and East Moline
HALL TO BECOME
MANAGER OF MINE
UPON LEAVING Y

Announcement came from
Charles B. Hall this morning that
he will become vice president and
general manager of the Silver
Range Mining company, when he
leaves the Moline Young Mems
Christian association on Aug. l.
The Silver Range Mining COM
pany is a Nevada corporation and
is already partially financed Mr..
Hall will devote his time largely to
completion of the financing of the
company.
THE Silver Range Mines COM
panies comprise 81 claims" said
Mr.. Hall. I'VE have 1920 acres of
good prospects in Nevada. Four
thousand feet of tunnel is already
completed.
"Our mining engineers have
found large copper deposits and
the silver vein extends for three
miles. A 600-foot tunnel has been
started on Silver Hill.
"Ore which / took from the mine
last fall assayed at $30S ton We
are confident that we have struck
q rich vein of silver"
N. J. Schoeraf of Fallon, New,
is president of the company. Mr..
Hall will visit the mine this sum
mer and on his return to Moline
he will establish headquarters in
this city
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
REAL ESTATE MAN
HOST TO SOLDIERS

Anton P. Berzelius, Moline real
estate man, was host yesterday
noon to a luncheon at which 10 Of
ficers and members of the One
Hundred Twenty-third field artil-
lery, which returned Sunday, were
guests. Luncheon was served at
the Moline Commercial club.
Among the guests were Captain A.
" Swedberg. Lieutenant Swedberg.
Lieutenant NJ. S. Ady, Lieutenant
F. A. Cedarberg, Lieutenant H.
Berg and Privates Roger Carlson,
Ed Carlson, Ralph Bengston,
George Missing and Clifford John
son. DR.. G. A. Andreen and David
Beckstrom Of Augustana were also
guests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
COUNCIL MAKES
PARKING RULE
Moline City Officials See Defect in
Present Plan for Parking
Automobiles.

New rules governing parking of
automobiles on Sixth avenue and
on Sixteenth street were adopted
by the council last evening. They
are:
One-Parking of motor vehicles
on the east side of Sixteenth street
between Fifth and Sixth avenue is
prohibited.
Two-Parking of motor vehicles
on the south side of Sixth avenue
between Fifteenth and Seventeenth
streets is prohibited.
The council ordered the house at
1913 Twentieth avenue, owned by
the city, torn down. A few minor
Improvements were authorized to
be made on other houses owned by
the city.
The mayor, at request of Alder
man Husy of the Seventh ward,
stated he would order the city en-
gineer to initiate plans for the re-
I. paving of Twenty-third street
Prom Third to Fourth avenues.
Alderman Herbst read a COM
munication from one of the citizens
asking the council to compel the
Tri-City Railway company to speed
uP Ou the WOEh Ou I Jul III aECAuS
and Thirty-fourth street.
Push Paving Project.
Mayor Skinner stated chat he
had held a conference with the
officials of the company and that
they had promised him that they
would speed up the work as mucn
as possible. Oscar Carlson, street
superintendent, said the south side
of Fourth avenue would be ready
for traffic in about a week and
half.
They are getting along fine"
said Mr.. Abraham, 81 was out there
this afternoon"
The council allowed the bill of F.
N. Seterdahl, $500, for auditing the
city boks.
A report from the trustees of the
flremen's pension fund showed that
$1,226.25 had been paid last year
and that there is $3,445.2S on hand
now
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
HAVE
HOT ARGUMENT
PlOw City Lawmakers Discuss
Ownership of Prospect Park at
Council Meeting.
who owns Prospect Park"

who owns Prospect Park"
That question came from Alder
man Elmer at last nights council
meeting. 1t was not a rhetorical
question, thrown out merely for eff
feet or to startle curiosity. 1t came
seriously from the alderman.
The city of Moline" answered
James Johnston. city attorney, to
whom the question appeared to be
addressed.
We'll, it doesn't" said Alder
man Elmer.
my opinion as city attorney is
that it does" replied Mr.. Johns
ton.
There's a great deal of agita-
ton about closing that park and
about blocking the road" explained
Alderman Elmer "A lot of peo-
pie have complained to me-"
The alderman seemed to have his
interest in the ownership conferred
around the closing of the road.
The order for dosing of the road
was issued last week because of
the booze-seekers who went
through the park, and sometimes
stopping there for their parties.
Il have talked to a lot of law
yers," said Alderman Elmer, land
they told me that the city doesn't
own Prospect park. They said the
city cannot own property outside
tie city limits. If that is so, then
the city hasn't any right to close
the road"
Blocks ThOrOughfare.
The alderman from the Third
ward further explained that the
closing of the road at Prospect
park cut the best thoroughfare
into the city, as Tricks hill is
nearly impossible.
Mayor Skinner told the alder
man that the Community council
are now at work on a plan to
mend the road known as Tricks
hill
That ended the discussion about
the ownership of Prospect park.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
In the Lodges

Vasa lodge No. 139 extends an in
vitation to the general public to at
tend the ice cream social it will
sponsor Thursday evening at the
home of Mrs. Andrew A Lintz. 2405
Sixteenth street Moline. Music
and dancing will be provided to
help make the evening sociable. A
good attendance will be appre-
ciated.
In the presence of a large num-
Der of MEMBERS, Rock Island COM
mandery, No. IS, Knights Templar
of Rock Island, held its annual
election of officers last evening at
Masonic temple, Rock Island. S. r.
Davis was named eminent COM
mander, to succeed e. A. Adams.
who during his term of office,
proved a very active and valuable
member, the increase of the mem
bership of the order being greater
this last year than ever before. 9th
er officers chosen:
Generalissimo-C. A Hallgren.
Captain general G. Schilling-
er.
Senior warden-E- C. Fisher.
Junior warden-A. L. Bruner.
Prelate-J. W. Houder.
Treasurer-M. S. Heagy.
Recorder. L. Hickey.
Board of directors-S R. Davis,
c. A Hallgren, J. G. Schillinger, E.
c. Fisher and A. L. Bruner.
w. ]. Spencer was elected mem
Der Of the Masonic Temple associa-
ton for period of two years. In
stallation of these officers will be
held the early part of next month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
r. G. Honor Roll

Moline Red Cross has on its reg
istration book the following list of
names of soldiers who have recent
ly been discharged and returned
home:
Camp Grant-George A. Reed,
Everett Neff, Omar DeVrieze, iMl-
lard Spearman. Wallace C. Arthur,
Roy Wenmer, Louis Van DeWalle,
Walter E. Samuelson, Charles John
Colberg, Arthur Anderson. William
Baker, Leroy Buelow; August J..
Ross, August J. Gergardt, George
Kalamaros, East Moline; William
Stotenmeister, Port Byron; Robert
r. Craig, Hillsdale; Fred D. Bee
man, Rock Island; Walter Carlson,
Gustaf Lamor. Moline; Charles c.
Craig, Cordova-
Camp Dodge-Tony Megelinsky.
Camp Shelby-Lewis Dhondt-
Great Lakes-Achiel Pauwels.
Camp Russell-Harold Lester,
Bastard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
MARTERta aALn-

stste of nlinois. Rock Island eOuuGy-
es- In the circuit court; In ehAnceEys
Stephen E. GoOdlOw. complainant Va.
Alice McEniry in her own right. Arioe
McEniry, administrative Of the estate OF
william McEniry, deceased. John L. Nc
McEniIy, Katherine McEniry, B. r .Heinsr.
W. H. Smith, p. SyDergeal and Georgs
Peck, defendants. Foreclosure. General
Notes is hereby given that by ,vtreus
OF a decree of said court. entered In the
above entitled cause, on the 9th day OF
June, A. D. 1909. I ehall, ON Thursday.
hour OF 1915 O'Clock IN tho forenoon,
at the east door of the court house In
the city of Rock leland, in said county Of
Rock Island. 20 6atisfy said decree sell
at public Venduo to the highest bidder
for cash in hand the certain parcels Of
land situated in the county OF Rock
Island and state of Illinois. known and
described as folloWA towit:
Lot number nine 90 and the east Ten
(1O) feet of the eouth seventy t7O) feet
of lot number ten (io) In block number
I'VE (5) in J. W. Spencers addition 70
the city of Rock Island in the county OF
Rock Island and the state of uhnoia-
Or 90 much thereof as may be sum
Gent 70 satisfy the amount Of money
adiudged 20 be due 20 the
with legal interest thereon
and the costs of this case. and which may
be sold separately without material IN
Jury 10 the parties interested.
Dated at Rock Island. H.. this 11th day
JOSEPH L. HAAS,
Master in Chancery. Rock Island county,
william Jackson. complainauts Solicitor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
CAN I BE
CURED?" SAYS
THE SUFFERER

H~w oftsn have yUa hsurd that sad
ey from ths victims of dissAss. Perhapi
tbo daso-dsz has gone too far for help. but
ofteuer It b Just In its nTut staEas and
the pains and aches are only nAturo's arsi
cries for help. Do not despair. Find oui
abe cause and give nature all tho help you
can and she will repay yOu With health
Look after the Kidneys. The kidnaya An
the most svorvorked orEsns OF ths hu-
man body. and when thsy fail IN theiI
work OF hiterinG and throwing OF thd
poison that oonstnntly secunulatss In tha
aystsn- everything goes wrOnE. COLI
nrMDAL Haarlsm OIL cspSdlss Wtu Tivs
,aimoss innsodtAts relief from kAdnay ana
blsddsr troHblas and their kindred all
msmaA Thay win froo your body from
pain In snort order. But be sure 70 sol
GOLD MEDAL Look for tho game on
SvGT ban. In thrss, hzos. saAlsd pack.
iages. Money rs6mded II they dc not halI
you
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
COMMITTEE NAMED \
TO GET SUCCESSOR

r. B. Lourie. ]. E. Bodine, F. s.
Ransom and T. F. Wharton were
named by the Y. M. C. A. board OF
directors last evening as a COM
mittee to find a successor to C. B.
Hall, general secretary of the Y. NJ
C. A. Mr.. Halls resignation was
accepted last evening.
All officials of the association
were reflector. Harry Ainsworth,
George Mixter and T. F. Mixter
were reelected trustees. The Off
GERS are:
President-R. B. Lourie.
Vice president-A. T. Foster.
Recording secretary-H. S. Ran
som.
Treasurer. E. Bodine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
The Day in Davenport

Good Roads Meets-The timer
airy OF this weeks good roads cam
paign throughout the county was
announced yesterday. Farmer
John Abraham of Mt. Pleasant,
will accompany the local speakers
The meeting this evening will be
held in Long Grove and Wednesday
evening in Buffalo. Other meetings
of the week are: Thursday
!. Pleasant Valley, 10 a. M; LeClaire,
n. a. m; Princeton, 1890 noon !;
McCausland, $3.50; Donahue. 4:30;
Eldridge, evening. F'riday-Buf-
falo, 10 a. m; Blue Grass, IL a. m. !;
MaysYille, 1890 noon; Dixon,
2:S0; New Liberty, 400; Walcott.
evening.
Schools Not Invited-The plan of
opening the new intermediate
schools to the general public, sug-
gested recently by members Of the
board of education, has been post
poned until fall, City Superintend-
ent Frank L. Smart announced yes
terday. 1t was planned to set aside
two days for the public to visit the
new buildings and inspect the
equipment. The change in plans
is due, the superintendent ex-
planned, to the fact that the west
intermediate building has not yet
been accepted by the board
Women Back From Meet-Dav-
export women who attended the
46th annual meeting of the Ma
tional Conference Of Social Work
ers held at Atlantic City June 1 to
s, have returned home. They re-
port the conference one of the most
successfully and enthusiastic ever
held. Those who represented Dav-
export at the meeting were Mrs.
c. A. Ficke, president of the Lad
les Industrial Relief society; Mrs.
NJ r. Dopp, acting general secre-
tary Of the Ladies' Industrial Re
lief society, representing the so
ciety; Mrs. H L. Williams, first
vice president of the society; Miss
Lazise Henigbaum, volunteer
Worker; Mrs. George White, Sec
ond vice president OF the society
but representing the home service
section of the Davenport chapter
of the Red Cross; Mrs. H. L. Hue
hotter, representing the Davenport
Woman's club; Miss Charlotte Goff,
state agent for the board of control
OF state institutions with headquar-
tiers at the Iowa Soldiers Orphans
home.
Vacancy at ~Y@-An assistant
general secretary Of the Davenport
Y. NJ. G. A. to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation on May
Of B. w Lindaman will be elected
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
E. MOLINE COUNCIL
IN SPECIAL MEET

East Moline council met last
night at specia meeting mainly to
receive bids for the new band
stand. John Harder. East Moline
contractor, was the lowest bidder at
s97 He will start the work i'm
mediately.
The council also passed the paw
ing project for Seventh and Sew
enteenth streets. Work on these
projects will be resumed immedi-
ately. The government sent a rep
resentative to the council meeting
to settle the tax proposition. The
government will have to help the
paving of the west side of the
streets and the tax question came
to an agreement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
COMMERCIAL CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS

At the monthly meeting of the
board of directors of the Moline
Commercial club yesterday, James
M. johnson was elected president.
Harry Ransom was elected vice
president and Carl Lundberg treas
urer. Mr.. Johnston succeeds Nels A
Peterson.
Committees for the ensuing year
will be appointed by Mr.. Johnston
within a few days. Extensive plans
of activities for the club during the
future year were discussed by the
board members.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
MERCHANTS WILL
ATTEND JOLIET
BUSINESS MEET

Dan Hinrichsen, August Link,
William Knees and Sam Larson
left this morning for the state con-
vention of Illinois Retail Mer-
chants at Joliet, where they will
join A. c. Wander Vennet and VIII
liam Carstens in representing Mo-
line at the gathering. Some Mo-
liners are touring to the conven-
ton but others decided not to take
the chance, because of uncertain
condition of the roads.
Business of the convention start
ed today. A trip through the state
penitentiary at Joliet tomorrow
and banquet in the evening will be
the features of the convention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
MOLINE HAS NEW
DOG ORDINANCE;
RESULT OF MEET

Moline has now a new dog ordin-
ance and the tax on male dogs is
81 while the females will have a
check which will cost SO.
A measure similar to this caused
a great stir and nearly a panic in
the city council meeting last week
but this ordinance passed without
a murmur.
Last weeks ordinance was that
the male dogs should be taxed IS
and the females SO. The men fail
ed to see the boys friend taxed so
heavily so they waited until more
moderate measure came around
The last night ordinance was
brought up by Alderman Swanson
and was passed without discussion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
CITIZENS Want
TAX REPEALED
Organizations Wire Government
Officials to Take Immediate
Steps on Issue.

Immediate repeal Of the luxury
tax is urged by directors of the
Moline Commercial club and Sen
ators Medill Mccormick and L. Y.
Sherman and Congressman w. j.
Graham today received kilograms
asking them to take any action
necessary to relieve the nation of
that tax. I'VE beg to inform you
that the Moline Commercial club
has this day taken unanimous &C
ton requesting your support for
immediate repeal of the present
luxury tax act. We would be very
appreciatiVe of anything you do
toward securing repeal of this act"
was the text of the message to
representatives in Washington
At the directors meeting yester-
day afternoon A. r.. Ebi was named
to represent the club on the ma
tional rivers and harbors' congress
general committee on transpofta-
ton legislation. Suggestions for
proposed legislative measures
which will encourage river traffiC
and make possible greater Co
ordination between rail and river
shipments are to be submitted by
the general committee to a sub
committee which will frame the
bill.
Seek Budget System.
A special committee Of three viii
be named by James NJ. Johnston,
president of the club, TO work with
the Chamber OF Commerce or the
United States in securing adoption
of a national budget system. Re-
sumo Of bills to be introduced pro-
viding for such a system viii be
submitted by the United States
Chamber OF Commerce to members
of this committee and their com
ment and suggestion is sought In
framing suitable legislation.
Mr.. Johnston announced that his
standing committees for the year
would be named, probably this week
and complete committees an
within a few days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10

Chicago, ILL.,, June 10.-The spe-
cial bar committee investigating
courts martial resumed its hear
ing today with Major Frederick
Brown, president of the Illinois
Bar association, Captain John w.
Beckwith and Colonel Eugene r.
West, head of the legislative sec
ton of the judge advocates office
in Washington, on the list of wit
nesses. -.....-...-