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The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-04
THE PROMOTERS WIFE
ROBERT FALLS AND BREAKS HIS
ARM.
CHAPTER CvII.

CHAPTER CVII.
Just after Mr.. Frederick had said
he could do nothing for Neil unless
he himself wanted to help. others
came and we had no further oppor-
tunity for talk together. 1 urged him
to remain to dinner. but he had an en-
gagement 1 hoped Neil would come
home and that if we both talked to
him he might listen. l knew from
Frederick's manner that things had
reached some sort of a crisis.
Miss Wilson came in just as Fred
erick was leaving. She persuaded him
to wait until she had a cup of tea
promising to drop him at his hotel if
he would.
IT have a new Rolls Royce. I
should like you to see it," she had said
with an arch look at him. All the
women 1 knew that had met him liked
this blunt friend of mine; this man
who called things by their names. and
whose word was never questioned.
THAT is an inducement. 1 mostly
ride in flivvers at home" was his
characteristic answer. Then Maud
Wilson remarked:
'I haven't seen you at Mrs. Powers
lately. Mrs. Forbes. She had a WON
derful affair the other night. I looked
for you and your handsome husband" :"
made some sort of a reply; my
cheeks burning. Fortunately no one
save Mr.. Frederick heard her. He ig
nored what she had said, and without
giving me time to reply commenced to
talk of her new car. She was imme
diately interested, and so 1 was spared
the modification of an answer.
So we were absolutely dropped by
Mrs. Powers, and of course by her set.
THE one in which had hoped to move.
1t had been a large affair. and we had
not been invited. 1 was very glad 1
had not gone any further with my So
cial planning. should have been
laughed at, my efforts a failure. My
lips quivered as 1 thought of it.
caught the pitying look in Mr.. Fred
erick's eyes and pulled myself togeth-
er sufficiently to bid them good after
noon in my usual manner. But after
every one had gone 1 threw myself on
my bed and sobbed for half an hour
1t was hard to be sighted, harder be-
cause I knew 1 had done nothing to
deserve 1t. 1 would tell Neil-1t might
be a good reason to urge more caution
on his part as to his associates, and his
business methods.
But when. finally Neil came in I
had forgotten that such people as the
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-04
GO VISITING.

The trouble with most of US is that
we live too much at home. And our
home gets stale. And we get cross.
And people don't like to come and call
on us.
&C visiting.
Growth springs out of change. Take
the terrible war that has been waging
for years. Even now the chaos is
Notwithstanding. and yet out of 1t all
will come a better world-because of
the change.
Go visiting.
Holmes. in his beautiful poem, The
Chambered Nautilus, Leave thine
outgrown she'll" Hunt newer things
and bring them back home with you
Go visiting.
When you go visiting. people are
apt. to be mice" to you and they give
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-04

Former Congressman Herman Metz
OF Brookls n. N. Y, appearing before
the ways and means committee recent
ly. advocated a so per cent ad valorem
duty for dyes. Metz was a Democrat
In congress, and voted for the tariff
law of 1918 Today Metz wants dyes
protected, because he is head of the
Metz laboratories, which manufacture
dyes. Funny how quickly the Demo-
Gratis change their tune when their
personal interests are affected. Rep
resentative Frank Clark of Florida al
ways insisted on protection for pine
apples. All of which goes to prove
that General Hancock was not far
wrong when he declared that the tariff
is local issue.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-04
Observation-Disclosures

you things, and they smile at you,
and they encourage you, and they in
spire you-all because you come to
them with something and they have
something for you. But if you stay
around in one spot, it doesn't take
long for you to begin to fall to pieces
and die of too much self
Go visiting.
The broadest thinking people are
those who travel most-those who
move around amongst the most diff
ferent kind of people.
Go visiting.
It's the visitors who are the build
ers because they see greater needs
and they do not try to change a world
in one SQUARE foot of space. because
they know the world is very big and
that out of the millions of folks.
everyone is different. So, to learn to
grow, please
Go visiting.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-04

was laying on the floor IN the
setting room feeling kind of funny in
side and wishing sumbody would In
vent a way to do homework by eleck.
tricity, and pop was smoaking and
thinking. and I sed, Pop?
Who, me? sed pop. Meening wat
did 1 wunt, and 1 sed, Is orindge a
helthy froot to eat?
wy yes. I bleeve so, 1 bleeve some
of our leeding sitizens eat orindges
and continue to be jest as leeding, sed
pop.
And he keep on smoaking and
thinking and / started to feel even
funnier inside. saying. Well how about
If a orindge starts to get soft, pop
is II fest as helthy to eat as 1t was
wen it wasent?
Cant you put that question in a less
legal and complicated form? sed pop,
and 1 sed, Is a soft orindge bad for
you?
wouldent by so snobbish as TO
scorn an orindge merely because 1t
was soft. sed pop.
And he kepp on smoaking and
thinking and / started to feel so fun
nv inside that I couldent Of felt eny
funnier without being sick. saying.
Well pop. if a orindge gets so soft
that II starts to tern all green, wat
them
Then it is a kaiser among orindges
and an enemy to mankind. sed pop.
Well @ pop. that must be it, I sed.
Must it? sed pop. and I sed. Yes sir.
I ate one like that this aftirnoon and
you awt to feel how funny ! feel in
side.
Holey smoaks. said pop. And he
quick went and called ma. and ma
gave me a drink of mcdesin wich
properly kepp me frum getting sicker
than what I got, ony don't see how
- frr.Id
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-04
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY K. MOULTON

-- Declaration.
I've little time for laughter
And none at all for tears:
l think the worlds blue rafter
Is just what 1t appears:
OF what may come hereafter =
have no hopes nor fears.
1 know that love-time passes,
That fame is but blown dust,
That golden lads and lasses
As fall the wind-swayed grasses
Beneath the sickle's thrust.
know-God's be all praises
That life is never done;
That ev'ry end of day is
Another day begun:
That life and death are phases
OF Life forever won.
-Perley A. Child
One thing that does not worry us
DER much is the impending collapse
of civilization. 1t has been impending
ever since we sat in our highchair.
and it will probably impend a few
years longer, at least as long as we
will personally need civilization in our
business of writing a tcolyum.
One of the penalties of being presi-
dent is being obliged to wear a stove
pipe hat.
Pretty soon we will hear that the
price of carrots has gone up on ac-
count of peace.
Cadet Saxton of West Point is rated
perfect mentally.
We predict that in the future he
will be conducting a column.
steve Has Quit.
Reverting to the item regarding
Stephen Constable, who keeps the
peace in Northwales township. Pa,
you might have added that he quit his
job because people kidded him about
his name. which is a fact.-L. T. H.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-04

Plans, drafted by a committee Of
fifteen business leaders, representing
the Chamber of Commerce, real estate
board and the Rotary club of Jack
sonville, Fla, call for the expenditure
OF 100000 a year for five years for
the purpose of making known the pos
sibilities of Jacksonville thru adver-
tising, establishing a convention bu-
reau and in other ways. During a
banquet at which were 200 represen-
tative citizens, the plans were present
ed and unanimously adopted and re-
ferred to the governors OF three in
terested organizations for further
study. Under the plans outlined they
will try to convince the Jacksonville
people that their city is destined to
become the greatest in the southeast
Then they propose to publish book
lets, literature and to advertise extern
sively in the newspapers and maga-
zines. and to have an administration
force directly controlled by board of
directors composed of the best and
most successful business men of the
community. Persons lacking faith in
the success in city building to be at
tanned thru publicity of this kind have
but to look at Los Angeles. a city built
absolutely on advertising. without
resources of any kind except a prolific
horticultural country. requiring irriga-
tion, It has grown from a city of so. 900
in 1890 to one of more than half a mill
lion population. and printers ink and
an army OF boosters did it ALL
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-04

ton on the part of consumers to await
price recessions. The attitude of most
buyers is that even il concessions
should come later on. it would be bet
ter business for them to satisfy pres
ent demands without longer delay.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-04

The leisurely manner in which the
big British blimp is making the trip
to America indicates that this means
OF air travel will be the popular one
for those persons who are not in a
hurry. Crossing with heavier than
air machines may be quicker but 1t is
more strenuous and possibly more un-
certain. There appears to be a gem
eraT feeling of confidence that the
blinap will arrive.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-04

Lloyd George stated the peace prob
lem in a few words: There will al
ways be criminal states until the re-
wards OF international crime become
too precarious to make it profitable,
and the punishment of international
crime become too sure to make it at
tractive." These services to the world
the League of Nations is expected to
uerform.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-04

The government has printed a list
of the things that are taxed. What a
wastel How much cheaper it would
have been to print list of the things
that are not taxedl
The Topeka state journal., 1919-07-04
. DINNER STORIES

"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.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-10
NEXT WEEK BIC
ONEAT SCHOOL
Seniors and Undergraduates Have
Series of Programs From
Now Until End OF Term.

Students of the Moline high
school, especially the seniors, have
several weeks of programs before
them.
Next Tuesday a dinner will be
given at $3.50 at which times win
ners of literary events during the
year and members of the staff of
the Line-O'-Type, the high school
publication, will be guests. Liter
airy Ms will be awarded at this
time and members of the English
departments will be present at a
program and social affair that fol-
lows.
The junior class reception to the
graduates will be given Friday
evening, May Is, and on the fol-
will have their annual party.
The series of exercises for COM
mencement week will begin Fri
day program will be given that
afternoon and each senior is emit
tied to eight invitations. Examina-
tons begin the same day and con-
tinue until Monday. The baccalau-
TedLe SeTIuOu Will De preached Dy
Rev A. G. Munson of Christ Epis-
copal church in the Moline high
school auditorium on Sunday even
ing. The After-Dinner Girls club
will entertain the Fellowship club
Monday evening, May 26, as re-
turn courtesy.
DR.. Ernest Ray O'Neal, promi-
nent Minneapolis pastor, will de-
liver the commencement address to
the graduation class, Thursday
evening, May %.
Yesterday afternoon the After
Dinner Girls club presented the
play, Our Aunt from California"
Last evening the Saxaphone sextet
was the attraction and this even
ing the glee club and ochestra will
entertain at the gymnasium.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-10
RECEPTION FOR
REV. MORELAND
NEXT THURSDAY

A congregational reception to
welcome Rev c. o. Moreland, who
succeeds DR.. A F. Bergstrom as
church, Fifth avenue and Thir-
teenth street, Moline, VIII be Civ
en- at 8 o'clock Thursday evening
in the church parlor. A program
will be followed by refreshments
served in the Sorosis room by the
ladies of the church.
Rev. Mr.. Moreland and Mrs
Moreland and daughter arrived in
Moline Thursday He is now at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Brissman, 1412 Tenth street, Mo
line. He was met by DR.. G. A. An
dreen and Prof. c. j. Sodergren of
Augustana college and a commit
tee representing deacons and trus-
tees of the church.
Rev. Mr. Moreland was pastor of
ST. Johns Lutheran church at Ma
drid, Iowa, for II years before aC-
cepting the call to the Moline pull
pit. He was an active member at
the Iowa conference of the Angus
tana synod. Last year he was pres
ident of the conference and had
been vice president the succeeding
year. For four years he was sec
rotary of the Iowa conference and
had been a member of the board of
directors of the Lutheran old peo-
pies home at Madrid for several
years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-10
ARTHUR dunno
KILLED IN N. Y.
Moline Man Is Victim OF Auto Ac-
cident Last Evening
Are Not Known.

Arthur Burdette Dunn, aged %
years, son of Charles Dunn, prom
inent Moline hardware merchant,
and brother of Mrs. Arno Tremann
of Rock Island, was instantly killed
in an auto accident in New York
city last evening. Other than this
the parents have received no word
as to the details of the accident.
Charles Dunn, the father, left for
New York at noon today.
Arthur Dunn was one of Moline's
most popular young men. He was
associated with the Moline Scale
company for a number of years,
but had left to become manager
for the Chisholm-Moore Manuac-
turing company of Cleveland, Ohio.
He had served in that capacity for
the last five years
He was born in Moline, Dec. 80,
1891, and graduated from the Mo-
line high school in 1906. He at
tended the University of Wiscon-
sin for several years and was a
member of Chi Psi fraternity of
that college. Mr.. Dunn was mar
ried to Bess Dorsey of New York
city, Jan. 1, 1914. Surviving are
the widow, one. son, Arthur B.
Dunn, Jr., the parents, one broth
er, Charles Dunn, Jr, and one sis
ter, Mrs. Arno Nila DUNN Ire
mann of Rock Island
1t is possible that the body will
be brought to Moline for burial, but
arrangements for the funeral have
not yet been made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-10
INCREASE
GRANTED TO EAST
MOLINE TEACHERS

All faculty members of the East
Moline township high school were
given an increase in salaries by
the board of education and were
reappointed on the staff.
A $500 increase was added to
the annual salary of ]. W. Casio,
superintendent Mr.. Casio is paid
$500 for II months of work dur
ing the year. Other members of
the faculty receive an increase of
from SO to $40 a month. Those
reappointed for the year are: Mr..
Casio; A E. Milligan. English
teacher; Margaret Olmsted. math-
ematics; NJ. Rowbatham. CONNER
cial; Harold Heimbeck, manual
arts and athletics.
No appointments have been made
to fill the vacancies of the three
teachers who resigned this spring.
Those who resigned are the Misses
Martha Foss. Rexy Rothwell and
Beulah Harris, all to become brides
of the summer and early fall
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-10
MAYOR APPEALS
FOR CLEAN CITY
Issues Communication to East Mo-
line Residents TO Cooperate
for Better Conditions.

Urging each individual to do his
share in the cleanup week, begin
ming tomorrow, to promote health
conditions, Mayor G. F. Johnson of
East Moline appeals to the resi-
dents of his city in the following
communication directed to the
press today:
ITO the Citizens of East Moline:
Next week is cleanup week and
l earnestly urge the residents to
aid the committee in charge of the
work to rid their respective prem
Uses of unsightly objects and place
rubbish of all kinds in the proper
receptacles in the alleys where it
can easily be collected by the
wagons.
Il appeal to your pride as well
as to point out the dangers of hav-
ing dirty, filthy rubbish and gar
bage about your yards. A little
effort on your part will clear the
premises upon which you live of
this nuisance and ample teams will
be provided to haul 1t away. You
VIII greatly assist in the work if
you will have all rubbish ready and
in place by Wednesday, when the
teams will begin collecting. Place
tin carsb glass and the like in a
box, but burn paper.
Keep your place free from fly
breeding, filth, such as Stop and
animal substances. Flies cause
and spread disease. You can keep
them down by cleanliness. Help
the committee clean your places,
and your city. Start Immediately
that you will have completed the
job by Wednesday,"
Every civic and fraternal organ
ization in East Moline is cooper
ating with the committee to make
the week a success. DR.. Walton
Tackett, city physician and chair
man of the cleanup committee, has
reported that all ward organiza
tions are ready to start with
boom next Monday DR.. Tackett
will personally conduct an inspec-
ton of the business houses of the
city, in particular those where
foodstuffs are sold and ordinances
providing for sanitary conditions
will be enforced to the limit, it is
said.
school girls today tied tags to
the doorknobs at every home and
Boy Scouts tagged each automobile
as it passed through the city"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-10
MARSHALL BECK
LEAVES moline
Goes To Los Angeles To Speak and
Write in the Interest Of Eco
nOmic Reform.

The removal from Moline OF
Marshall Beck to Los Angeles, Cal.
takes away from this community
one of the most prominent figures
in the industrial and civic life. Mr..
and Mrs. Beck will leave within a
week
My removal from Moline does
not mean disassociatiou from Borg
& Beck" said Mr.. Beck today, land
it doesn't mean a vacation either.
| intend 10 work harder than ever.
| shall devote my time TO speaking
and writing in the interest OF co.,.
nomic reform-long my hobby. No
sooner do / start upon that sub
ject here than some one piles my
desk with papers or prints demand
ing my time and attention. On the
coast, though, | shall be away from
all this and able To devote myself
to a subject which has attracted
my intense thought since | was a
young man."
Mr. Beck was reared "A farmer.
For years he studied law at home
in hopes of some time going into
the practice But instead MIR.
Beck's real talent showed and he
became the inventor Of the hay
loading apparatus which resulted
in his connection with the Deere
& Mansur company. Later he trav-
eled Europe in the interest OF the
company and on his return in 1904
he became connected with Charles
w Borg, and together they put up
one of Moline's most thriving fac
tories.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-10
SCOUTS TO INSPECT
ARSENAL SATURDAY

Moline scouts who have accepted
the invitation of Colonel Harry B.
Jordan to visit him at the Rock Is
land arsenal next Saturday, are to
meet at Fifteenth street bridge at
1870 Saturday noon to march to
the Island A tour of inspection
will be headed by Captain H. S.
Hosford. Colonel Jordan will prob
ably give a brief talk in the after
noon.
A visit to the proving grounds at
the east end of the island, a trip to
the locks and a tour of the score
of big buildings that were devoted
to output of war material will be
made in the sightseeing trip.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-10
JURY CRITICISED
BY GUSTAFSON
Moline Magistrate Says Grand
Jurors Encourage Crime Ac-
cOrding to Report.

The May grand jury of Rock Is
land county gave positive encour-
agemeut to crime in the county
when it ignored cases charging
major violations of the law, de-
cIared Magistrate Frank Gustafson
of the Moline. police court this
morning.
In the report Of the jury made
yesterday, it sharply criticized mag
iStra:es and justices of the peace
for holding minor charges to the
rand Jury, which they claim, could
be settled in the lower courts. The
jurors intimated that charges could
be preferred giving the magistrate
or justice of the peace jurisdiction
to SETTLE the case.
The Moline magistrate holds that
IL any censuring is to be done for
failure to dispose of cases in the
lower courts, such should be done
by the states attorney and his as
sistants.
Three of the major of the 16
cases which were ignored by the
grand jury yesterday were Henry
Denhardt of East Moline. charged
with the murder of Louis (Kleinau)
IlCilH dSOts A1CAlAg 1IdSONbC VI 4uO-
line, charged with bribing city
official, and Howard Brown of Mo-
line, charged with larceny.
1.-THE states attorney or his as
sistant absolutely refuse to change
a charge of larceny or robbery to
disorderly conduct" said Magis-
trate GustafsOn. when a complaint
of a robbery is filed with the mag
istrate he cannot charge the
accused with disOrderly conduct or
something else that can be settled
in his court. The case is always
referred to the states attorney or
his assistants before a hearing is
held and the defendant is bound
over to the grand jury. The prose
cutting attorney confers with the
complainant and other witnesses.
The magistrate is powerless TO
alter a complaint. The states at
toTney represents the state and he
is the man to make the change. But
the prosecutor takes the stand that
larceny is larceny and not disor-
derby conduct"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-10
WHISKY SELLER
WALKS IN TRAP
SET BY POLICE

Bootlegging in East Moline will
soon be a thing of the past if the
police raids continue.
Last night the police again
worked their clever little game on
a blindpigger and got the goods
on him" After the trap worked
successfully several officers en-
tered the place of John Bullas, a
small barn between Sixteenth and
Seventeenth avenues on Ninth
street, East Moline, and placed Bull
las under arrest Quantities of
booze were found in his room and
were taken to the station and
"jailed."
Bullas spent last night behind
the bars, but got bonds this morn
ing for his release. He will face
a. charge of violating the liquor
laws in the East Moline police
court Tuesday morning before
Magistrate A A Niles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-10
News of the Day i'm Moline and East Moline
East Moline

The Patriotic league of the East
Moline township high school will
entertain the senior boys of the
school at a dancing party Friday
evening.
Mrs. Geo. Nichols of Silvis is IN
Galesburg visiting her niece Mrs.
Eric Dalberg.
The Odd Fellows of Silvis have
been devoting a whole week to ceie-
brating the centennial of the order
Sunday evening the order attenued
church in body. The Rebekahs en-
tertained the families and friends
at a program and social time Tues
day evening. Thursday evening a
get together meeting and cards and
social time was held. Friday even
ing was the regular meeting wAen
the Rebekahs came in after work
and served lunch.
The Nevin club session with
Mabel Garrett proved an interesting
meeting. Plans for taking charge of
the Majestic picture show for one
evening in the near future were
discussed. The club girls find this
an easy way to replenish the treas
ury Mrs. Garrett served following
the business session.
A so nwas born Monday to Mr.
and Mrs. Jerome Williams OF SOP
Sixteenth avenue. Mrs. Williams is
at Washington, Iowa, with her
mother.
The Crescent club of Silvis met
yesterday at the home of Mrs.
James Shannon with IL MEMBERS
present. Each lady brought her own
work and sociability and music
made the afternoon hours very
pleasant Mrs. Shannon served a
nice lunch at O'Clock In two
weeks the club will gather at LIe
home of Mrs. Henry Schmidt.
w. l. Taze is expected home to-
day from Excelsior Springs. Mo.
Mrs. Taze and Mrs. J. H. Long w:ii
remain for some time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-10
PLEDGE $4,000 TO
BOY SCOUT COUNCIL

The Moline Boy Scou; mainte-
nance and extension fund cam
paign secured zoos subscribers,
pledging $21,56O.94 for work of
1919 and 1920, according to a final
report of o. F. Anderson. treasurer
of the campaign fund. Part Of this
fund will be expended upon con-
struction of the summer camp and
authorization has been given to
name a committee to take charge
of camp building activities.
Report of activities of 81 scout
troops row operating in Moline.
East Moline. Silvis and Hampton
was presented.