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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
ILLINOIS CITY

The ladies of the Illinois City conmun-
ity will give their annual bazaar at the
Illinois City church for the benefit of the
church Wednesday Oct. 8. Dinner and
supper viii be served and ice cream all
day and in the evening. Sales viii be held
afternoon and evening.
Major and Mrs. Connolly have been WIS.,
iting relatives here the past week.
A telegram from Mrs. H. o. Swindler
at the Peoples hospital in Peru. III. call
ed her mother, Mrs. z. s. Busby. TO her
bedside where she is suffering from
asthma and infection of the throat.
Mrs. swindler has been quite i'll but is
better.
Miss Kathryn Washington has obtain
ed employment at the Patterson store.
Vernon Tyler. who has been i'll is now
out of danger. and bis mother, Mrs. Mary
A. Tyler, is home again.
Pavement construction proceeds IN
fine shape in the city.
Mrs. Howe of Rock Island and Mrs.
Gosser of Chicago inspected the Wylie
circle of the G. A. r. on Saturday and
dined with the ladies at their hall.
Mrs. Laura McMuIlen and Mrs. Cora
Phillips of Rockport, spent the week end
with their aunt MIS-. M Reeves
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
FOR
AERIAL LADDER
TRUCK is GIVEN
Rock Island Municipal Commission
Buys Of the American La
France Company.

The contract for the purchase Of
the aerial fire truck was let yes
terday afternoon by the city to
the American La France company
of Elmira, N, Y, and the new truck
will be here in about three months.
Thomas Johnston of the Chicago
branch closed the deal whereby
the city will become the owner of
one of the most up-to-date aerial
trucks made.
The truck is known as type 81,
is a four-cylinder front wheel drive
and has an aerial ladder of 65
feet, besides other smaller ladders
that go with it.
Mr.. Johnston stated that the ap-
paratus will be delivered at Rock
Island within 12O working days
after the contract is signed, which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
MONTHS LOSS
IN net INCOME
IS S32,5S2.26
TIi-City Railway Company Flies
Its Report for Month of
August With Mayors.

The Tri-City Railway company
operated its lines in the tri-citfes
at a loss of 1872, 59226 during the
month of August, according to a
report fled with the mayors of the
three cities and the Illinois public
utilities commission today.
OF this loss, $17,31343 was in
the operation of the lines in DaV-
EXPORT On the Illinois side the
loss was $15,278.83, of which
$2,575.41 represents the deficit of
the Moline, Rock Island and East
.ern Traction company.
Net income for August of this
year shows a decrease of ATTEST
over the same month last year, the
report states, for all lines in the
tri-cities. In Illinois the net in
come decrease was $31, 5O8.1O and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
HALLOUIST RESTING EASY.

Condition of Adolph Hallqulst,
captain of No. truck company, in
jured Saturday night when he was
thrown from rear running board
Of the wagon when it was struck
by a southbound Prospect park
car, was reported to be resting
easier this afternoon at the Moline
City hospital. His condition ap-
pears much improved. X-ray
photograph will be taken in a day
or two to determine exact extent
ofinjuries to his head. 1t is not
believed that his skull was frac-
tured.
The wrecked truck was taken to
the Central station this afternoon
for thorough examination. The
machine could not proceed under
its own power.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02

means it will be here about the
middle of December.
Six thousand dollars Is to be
paid within 10 days after delivery
and the balance to be paid without
interest by Sept. 1, 1920. The COM
pany allowed the city $500 on the
old hook and ladder truck, but if
the city can sell it for more else
where it is allowed to do so. The
purchase price of the new truck is
given as $12.500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02

sic, 27o.47 was the net income de-
crease in Davenport
The figures for August represent
251z days operation. two days and
a half at 5 cent fare and % days at
z cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02

You can protect yourself from these
useless shocks. You can cushion your
feet against these daily jolts and jars.
O'SuIlivan's Heels absorb the shocks
that tire you out. They relieve the
jolts and jars that make burden of
walking.
It is not just the rubber that gives
O'Sullivan's Heels their springiness and
wearing qualities.
Rubber, as you know, can be made
hard and brittle as in fountain pens, or
soft and crumbly as in pencil erasers.
To secure the resi1iency and durability
of O'Su1livan's Heels, the highest
grades of rubber are compounded
with the best toughening agents
known. The compound is then
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02

"cured'' or baked under high pressure.
By this special process the greatest
resiliency is combined with the utmost
durability.
It is this special process that has,
since the making of the first rubber
heel, established O'Sullivan's Heels as
the standard of rubber heel quality.
O'Su1livan's Heels are guaranteed to wear
twice as long as ordinary rubber heels; and
will outlast three pairs of leather heels.
Go to your shoe repairer today and have
OSullivan's Heels put on your shoes.
O'Sullivan's Heels are furnished In black,
white or tan; for men, women and children.
Specify O'Sullivan's Heels, and be sure that
you get O'Sullivan's - avoid the disapPoint-
ment Of substitutes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
NB1T0f

R. I. Clean Towel Service Phone
r. 1. 243S
Tri-Ciry Towel Supply company.
Davenport 934.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
Poor tired feet -

DOUNDI1G nai1-studded leather heels on
- hard pavements all day robs you of energy
= you need. Every step is shock not only to
your feet but also to your entire system. Every
shock consumes your energy and produces
fatigue It adds just that much more to the strain
of your daily life.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-26

A movement for widespread con-
struction to stabilize building condi-
tons here. thrown out of gear by
the war. received the stamp Of ap-
proval from the Board OF District
Commissioners yesterday.
The plan. originated by the Build
ers' and Manufacturers Exchange.
calls for close cooperation between
all persons and elements entering into
building activities.
To this end a meeting of all par
ties interested will be held in the
board room of the District Build
ing in the near future. The basic
principles OF the plan are:
Public announcement OF a year-long
scale of wages for laborers; public
announcement on the part of manu-
fscturers and contractors of the min
inun cost of materials and Of con-
struction.
Meet to Decide Details.
A letter to the commission on
March 81. from Secretary Edward
II. Mealy, Of the Builders and Manu-
facturers' Exchange, started the
scheme. 1t called attention to the
Exchanges bulletin. 201, which out
lined in detail the plan.
A letter replying to Mealy by
Commissioner Louis Brownlow, pres
ident Of the board. states:
with the object of this move
ment, the members of the Board OF
Commissioners of the District OF
Columbia are in hearty accord, as
The Washington herald., 1919-03-26
PUSH CONSTRUCTION EFFORT
BY COOPERATIVE PROGRAM
Stabilize Building by Agreement Covering
Wages and Cost of Material for Your
Building Hardware to be Reduced.

they believe that a prompt renewal
of activity in building and. manu-
featuring lines will be the best pos
sible method of restoring normal
conditions.
tion TO the suggestion that proposed
conferences between the parties in
terested be held in the board room of
the District Building, On the con-
trary, the commissioners will be
very glad to set aside the board
room for that purpose some even
ing when 1t Is not needed for Dis
trict business"
Price reduction of building hard
ware will be considered by the In
dustrial Board and representatives
of the industry in a conference this
afternoon.
Reduce Building Hardware.
A committee of the building
hardware men, headed by Henry Il.
Sargent, of New Haven, Conn. will
submit their plans for lower prices
at this time. Large reductions in
building hardware are expected be-
cause it showed one of the largest
increases over prewar prices of any
product.
Tables of the board show that
1t has increased 1S5 per cent, while
kindred products average only
about 11o per cent. The board pre-
viously announced it's intention to
work out such irregularities, in
forming the new price schedules.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Davies, who
are at the Hot Springs, Ark, will
return to Washington Friday.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28
Villa Still LevieS
Tribute On Amer
leans In Mexico

CHIHUAHUA, CITY, Mexico. Feb
13-(Associated Press)-Francisco
Villas recent raid on Santa Eulalia,
16 miles from here and the center Of
a thickly settled mining district, was
typical of his raiding methods. Dash
ing into the mining town at dawn he
shot the sentries of the little federal
garrison executed the captain in COM
mand and made prisoners OF the re-
naming 80 guards. His men found
Antonio Cabello asleep in his home
and took him before Villa in his night
clothes. Because Of a grudge Of long
standing, Villa ordered him executed
but postponed the execution until he
could round up all of the Americans
in camp. Some of the American min
ing officials, hearing the shooting, fled
to the hills and were fired upon by
the Villa men. The others, including
the officials of the American Smelt-
ing & Refining company, the Buena
TERRA company and other mines,
were brought before Villa who was
established in the Offices of n of
the mining companies which had been
looted and the records and papers
destroyed.
The Americans were taken to a
tramway support where they were
forced to witness the hanging Of Ca
belo, former mayor of Santa Eulalia.
AS his body was swinging from the
rope, Villa told the Americans he had
not then decided whether or not he
would hang them. He told them he
would postpone his decision until lat
er. Villa made a speech to the Mex.
leans who gathered to see the execu'
ton, told them the Americans were
not paying enough wages and ordered
them to make a demonstration for
higher wages. Later he permitted
the Americans to leave for Chihua'
hua City after he ordered them to re-
port to their companies that he would
return March 18th and, if heavy tri'
butes were not paid, to his agents by
that time he would burn the plants
and kill all the Americans.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28
Afflicted But contented

One cannot fail to be impressed
with the remarkable contentment Of
the lepers Of Kalaupapa, as told by
the leprosy investigation committee.
1t is indeed a tribute to the solicitude
for their welfare displayed by Super
intendent McVeigh, Brother Dutton
and DR.. Goodhue and an encomium
far greater than mere words of the
high standard OF administration by
h territorial government.
II is fortunate then that the COM
mittee has recommended a continue
ton Of territorial control. It was a
happy coincident that a petition from
the lepers, pleading not to be placed
under the control of the federal gov
eminent should have reached the
legislature on the very day that the
investigating committees report, op-
posing the transfer to the United
States government, was presented to
that body.
Surely in a matter of this kind the
wishes of the victims of this dread
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28
PARIS MERCHANT EXPLAINS
POPULARITY OF WILSON

PARIS, Jan. 15-(Associated Press)
"A Frenchman, a small merchant Of
Paris, offers this as one explanation
ton with which the Parisians receiv-
ed President Wilson.
I'VE have had many rulers come to
visit us in these late weeks" he said,
but crowned heads like the Kings Of
England, Italy, and Belgium, cannot
dissociate themselves from their mil
itary rank. They come in wonderful
uniforms with encourages glittering
with braid and decorations. Essen
TALLY their receptions had to partake
of the military aspect in a dominant
manner. To the salutes and cheers
of the crowds these rulers had to
make only the stiff military salute of
acknowledgment. Naturally this is
not very personal. Even a kings
salute is like that Of any other oflc-
er.
But" he continued your Pres.
ident came in civilian clothes very
plain, wholly undecorated, not even a
ribbon in his lapel. His hat was con-
stantly off. He was unhampered by
uniform. He smiled, even laughed
outright, in greeting to the Parisians.
People now and then caught his direct
glance. 1t was personal, very human
and we Parisians like that. So the
infection of this personal touch went
through the crowds. There you have
it. 1t was different.
He is a little reminiscent Of our
late President Faure" he ended. His
smile and the intimate bow are much
alike"
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28
Transformation

A lady told us a true story of a
soldiers wit-that a soldier in hospi-
tai, on recovering consciousness
said:
Nurse, what is this on my head?"
Vinegar cloths" she replied. you
have had fever" After a pause.
"And what is this on my chest?"
"a mustard-plaster. You have had
pneumonia"
"And what is this at my feet?"
"Salt-bags; you have had frost
bite"
A soldier from the next bed looked
up and said:
Hang the pepper-box to his nose,
nurse, then he will be a cruet."-
Strand Magazine.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28
CompIicatinu Matters

1t does not seem necessary to es-
tablish special schools throughout the
Territory to teach aliens the princi-
Piles of American citizenship. There
are American schools in every part
of the Territory and they do teach
Americanism in every way. There
are also Japanese schools which are
attended by children of that nation
atty, either before they go to the
public schools or after, so why start
a third style of school? 1t would
have to be a night school as the time
of the unfortunate children of alien
birth seems to take up all the hours
Of daylight at present.-Hilo Post
Herald.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28
Zigzagqers

"a police court isn't all grim and
sordid," remarked Judge White the
other day. Sometimes something
really funny happens. Not so very
long ago a chauffeur was brought in
after having run down a man.
this pedestrian he would be seriously
.injured?" l asked.
Eyes, sir" replied the chauffeur.
Then why didn't you zigzag your
car and miss him?"
HE was ~zigzagging himself and
outguessed me, your honor" was the
answer.-Pittsburg Sun.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28

affliction should receive profound con-
sideration; for it is they who suffer
most from the scourge, whose lives
must be lived in isolation and who
are most concerned whether their
residence is governed as a territorial
or a federal institution. Their lot at
best is a sad one, their pleasures few
their lives circumscribed and narrow
ed with nothing to vary the dull
monotony of daily routine, with death
staring them in the face day in and
day out.
Their own words to the legislature,
that living conditions at Kalaupapa
ARE unsurpassed by any similar in
stitution of its kind anywhere" Is
proof sufficient of the goodness with
which these unfortunate wards are
treated.
If the proper medical r and
scientific treatment were o forth
coming, if our own physicians were
not competent or were neglectful,
there might be reason for consider
ing liberalization. But records give
proof to the contrary.
The lepers will rejoice at the COM
miiree's decision in this respect. And
all Hawaii, no doubt, will share their
qualification.
The calculating, scientific, analyti-
cal person will see only c~old-blooded
facts in this and like cases; but as
the committee says their welfare de-
ponds as much on the work of the
heart as of the hand. A little sentt-
ment, a little of the milk Of humanity,
shown in such matters goes a long
way, longer in fact than iciness OF
soul and frigidity of heart.
The absence of the personal bond
Of sympathy and friendship is only
too often a repugnant thing about
government institutions. Hawaii can
indeed congratulate itself that those
vested with the administration of Ka-
laupapa are of a different nature
Star-Bulletin.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28
Resents Fight On Kinney

If Senator Rice wants to GUST SUI
p~erintendent Kinney as head Of the
public school system, why doesn't he
come out and say so, instead of try
ing to do it indirectly by the introduc-
ton of such a bill as Senate Bill Sc.
Aside from it's Interior purpose, the
bill proposes legislation that is en-
tirely uncalled for, providing as it
does that none but a graduate Of an
American college or university shall
be eligible for appointment as super
intendent of public instruction. Not
all knowledge, wisdom and experience
is confined to colleges and their grad
yates, nor have American institutions
a monopoly on brains.-Advertiser.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28
Pele Feels Very LIVELY

HILO, February 25-Two streams
of lava began overlooking from the
crater of Halemaumau at 5 o'clock
tonight. The flows are on the south
east side and already have buried
two-thirds of the newly-constructed
trail. At 8 o'clock tonight the flows
were still in progress. At 9.25 to-
night there was a sharp earthquake.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28
"Wikiwiki Kokua" Is Welfare
Cambaidn SoIoan

"Wikiwiki kokua!" Hurry up, I'm
with you. This is the slogan adopted
by the campaign committee of the
united welfare campaign. Scores OF
slogans, many of them in verse, were
submitted to the committee, a feat
ure being the number which came in
from the Orientals. The prize win
ner of IS for the slogan chosen is N.
r. Robinson. Second choice went to
F. ]. Lowrey's Nuggets for Budgets"
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28

The Red Cross has given $4,000 to
the women lacemakers of Belgium to
purchase raw material for their work.
This sum of money will be used as
the capital of a cooperative society
and the 10000 lacemakers will each
be the owner of a share Of stock.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28
A group of farmers crowded around

A group of farmers crowded around
the postofice window to get their
mail, when one of them stalked up
and shouted, ANY mail for Mike
Hover" The postmaster, a stranger
in the community, glared at him over
the rims of his spectacles and shout
ed back, mo, not for your cow, nor
for anybody else's Cowboys Life
for February. ,
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28
Our Island
Contemporaries
Watch Waiakea

If all the Oahu and Maui people
who have chances of taking up lots
Of land at Waiakea do so, the new
suburb will soon be a large resident
ial district. Wait until the Waiakea
delegation goes down twenty-five
strong to the next civic convention.
Hilo will have to look to her laurels.
-Hilo Post-Herald.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28

A mar named Stone and a man
named Wood met on the street one
day and began talking of current af-
fairs. A pretty young lady. wearing
clothes of the latest style passed.
Stone turned to Wood, and Wood
turned to Stone, then both turned to
rubber.-Boys' Life for February.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28

General Grant was nicknamed Old
Unconditional Surrender because Of
his reply to General Buckner at FIT.
Donelson in 1862, when Buckner ask
ed what terms of surrender would be
allowed. No terms other than an
unconditional and immediate surrend.
er. l propose to move Immediately
upon your works"
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28
A Plain DUTY

II the present session of the legis-
lature adjouTns without enacting
stringent laws to regulate the selling
and buying, of course,-of wildcat
stocks of any character whatsoever
in the Territory of Hawaii, it will
have failed in one of its signal duties
to the people of the archipelago.
Few places under the pre- lection of
the Stars and Stripes have a more
gullible public than Hawaii, the iso-
lated situation of which breeds an
insularity that proves fertile ground
for the stock trickster. This fact
has been VIGOROUSLY evidenced in
recent months.
So raw and rotten have been some
of the deals put across by stock-sell.
ers in Honolulu within the past year
that the yellow sheet" was abandon
ed out of nausea.
But ever with it's undesirable feat.
ures, the yellow sheet was somewhat
of a protection to an innocent public,
for it at least had the virtue of pub.
fishing standard prices broadcast,
while now, without the daily price
list of unlisted stocks. the buyer is
almost at the mercy of individual
brokers.
Stringent laws should be enacted
by the present session Of the Legisla.
ture protecting the people of Hawaii
from buying any stock whatsoever in
any business not operating under lie.
climate business principles.
Ii the legislature fails in this duty
it will be reprehensibly derelict and
a party to piracy.-The Service.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28
Spelling A Good Record

Among the lessons taught "this
polyglot community" by the war,
writes Superintendent Kinney in the
biennial report of the Department of
Public Instruction, just off the press
is a much needed and extremely
valuable lesson in thrift" That re-
mains to be seen. Thrift is not an
emotional virtue, and our contribu-
lions toward making the world safe
for democracy" have been almost all
emotional. If we have learned thrift,
u habits of saving will continue
without recourse to posters, drives,
tag days, and other competitive and
stimulative devices of the promoter.
1t is not an encouraging sign tina,
a run on the post Office to redeem
War-Savings Stamps should have be-
gun. The Government continues I'M
der enormous expense. In another
six weeks we shall be struggling with
a Victory Loan. We know in advance
that it will be hard to float. The
world is sick Of privations and sacri-
fees, collections, donations, and sub
scriptions Of all sorts. The burden
will fall heaviest just where it ought
not to fall, on the massed reserves of
capital. Yet in spite of the need and
the duty, the Hilo post office is twice
drained of cash by investors in thrift
who are not willing to wait for the
return on their investment, but in.
sist on immediate redemption.
They don't need it. They are in no
want. Their money is banked in the
safest hands in the world. They are
in no apprehension for the safety of
their savings. Five months ago, they
expected to keep on buying more
Thrift and War-Savings Stamps for
another year. They merely want
spending money, and they ought to
be ashamed Of themselves.
Their insistence is a serious en-
barassment to the Government at a
time of critical readjustment, Just
when the fervor of war has burned
out and the heaviest labor of peace
begins. If their patriotism is solid
and enduring, it will see the fight to
the end. The Territory of Hawaii
and the State Of Nebraska were the
only two members of the Union to
subscribe their full quota of War
Savings Stamps. We should hate to
see the record spoiled by a scramble
to draw back all that was put in, al
most before the Government to which
II was lent had begun to make use of
it.-Hilo Tribune.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-28

HiIo Paper Sued For Alleged Libel
HILO, Feb. 24-Charles Warren
has brought two damage suits for
$2500 each against the Hilo Tribune,
charging he was libeled by a story
published concerning the Emma War
rem murder trial. Suit was filed in
the third circuit court, the papers ar
irving Sunday on the Mauna Kea.