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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-03-02
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Another Old soldier Called.

Benjamin F. Louthain was born ii
Harrison township, Grant county,
Wis, Aug. 20, 1914, and passed into
the life to come from his home in this
city, Friday, Feb IS, 1921, at the ripe
age of nearly n years
His early life was spent on the farm
but in 1863 he heard President Linz
coins call for volunteers Mr.. Lou
thain enlisted in Co. E., 35th Wiscon-
sin Volunteers, Dec. 80, 1868, and
served throughout the entire period
of the war He received his honor
able discharge at Brownsville, Texas,
March 16. 1865.
Mr. Lourhain united in marriage
with Mary Jane Morris of Harrison,
July 2, 1871. TO them were born ten
children, eight sons and two daugh-
ters.
Twenty years ago Mr. Louthain
moved to Platteville where he has
since made his home. He was well
known in Grant county and his friends
were many in all departments Of life.
His health had not been the best but
only the past few weeks did the fam
lily realize that the end was drawing
near When at last as the days drew
near for his departure he was calm
and undisturbed. He said that he was
ready.
Besides his wife, Mr.. Louthain leaves
seven sons and two daughters: Mrs.
Cyrus Daley and Mrs. Charles Gahart
of this city; Everett Of Georgetown,
Wis; Edward and John of Platteville;
Ben and Ernest of Milwaukee; also
one brother, A. S. Louthain of Platte
Vile; and twenty-seven grandchild-
rem. One son preceded his father in
death two years ago.
Another of Lincoln's boys has re-
ceived his final discharge. The great
roll call awaits him. Another place
is made vacant in the ronks OF the
Grand Army of the Republic. One by
one they are passing on and others
will have to take their place.
Funeral services were held from the
Methodist church Sunday afternoon at
two O'Clock conducted by the Rev. F. 2
w. Harris. The G. A. r. took part in
the services.
Last fall Mr.. Louthain visited at
Milwaukee and While there made many
friends. AS token of the esteem
i'll which he was held beautiful
floral piece that covered the casket
came from his acquaintance in the
city.
The body was laid to rest in the
family lot in Greenwood Witness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-03-02
COUNTY AND NEARBY.

Lee Kolb has traded his general
stock of merchandise at Patch Grove
to Clyde Brookens.
Miss Theresa Mcmahon, a Dubuque
girl, injured last December when she
was badly burned while lighting
a kitchen fire. died last Wednesday
after lingering two months.
Jacob Kuykendall, Richland Center,
had great toe removed and after five
weeks again went under the surgeons
knife. The last time several inches
of bone in the foot were removed.
Harvey Fogo, well-to-do Richland
county farmer, ended his life with a
shotgun Wednesday a week ago. Mr..
Fogo went to shed near the house
early in the morning and blew his
head off. He was 81 years old. The
rash act was due, it is thought. to
dementia as Mr.. Togo was the victim
of sunstroke last summer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-03-02
GLEN HAVEN

Mrs. IA. Ziegler went to Platte
vile Wednesday to visit her daughter,
Edith. and to attend the oratorioal
contest Friday night in which Miss
Edith was one of the contestants. She
won third place
Will Schmitz has been quite i'll the
past week with the quincy Mrs.
.Gangler, his sister, was there helping
care for him the past week.
Lou Bennett and NARROW Kidd de-
parted Monday for Washington, d. c..
to hear the inaugural address. They
intend to spend few days N Chicago
on their way hone-Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-03-02
pushin'a peni

Me-puShln'a pen!
Why, I've seen men die
4 thousand different deaths
And lived EN- myself
Waitin'
While the big shells screeched up
above
Watchin for the fountain squirt OF
smoke an dust
When they lit:
Listenin' for their thunderin' crash
That you could feel all through you
Or lynn in fox hole
While Jerry machine gun just
While Jerry machine gun out beyond
Sent bullets six inches over my head.
Or fightin' mud an rain an coolies an
trench rats
Or crazy, screamin' at dream things
hin the hospitals
Yesterday the boss patted me on the
shoulder,
You're doing we'll, James, he says
We'll make clerk of you YETI
GaWdl
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-08
NAN KNITTED IN
BRlvVL 1t HOME
WITH RELAT IvES

Reuben Dunbar. Jr.. ss14 Fourth

Reuben Dunbar. Jr., 2614 Fourth
avenue. is in the city Jail charged
with having stabbed his brother
in-iaw, Thomas Savas, at the lat
ter's home on Fourth avenue, be-
tween Twenty-fifth and Twenty
sixth streets, in . brewl at $3.50
o'clock Monday night.
Savas is in st. AnthOny's hospi-
tai with q knife wound in his left
side. 1t is said to have been In
flicted by q pocket knife. The blade
passed through the abdominal wall
over the spleen. Savas was given
first aid treatment at his home by
DR.. A. N. Mueller and then taken
to the hospital.
The wound is considered = SER
ious one and the attending phvsi-
clan was unable to predict the out
come today. However. he asserted
that should complications set in the
injury may prove fatal.
Denies Charge.
Dunbar was arrested at the home
Of his brother-in-law by Detectives
Dennis Bennett and Charles Gin
name shortly after the cutting. He
denies having welded the knife
He said this morning that he had
been drinking.
Dunbar was scheduled to be ar
raigned before Magistrate d. j
Cleland in police court this after
noon. The case will be continued
pending the outcome Of Savas' in
juries, it was said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-08
ASK BQTTLERS
TO MEET HERE
william r Carse At Peoria Session
Seeks 1872 Convention Of
Association.

William r. Carse of Carse & OIL
weller bottling works will present
Rock Islands bid for the 1922 con-
vention Of the Illinois State
Boilers Protective association at
the sessions in Peoria today and to-
morrow. Mr.. Carse and William
Ohlweiler arr representing Rock Is
land bottlers at Peoria. Mr.. Carse
is a member Of the executive board
and . former president Of the or
ganization,
The Chamber Of Commerce is
influence in the effort to bring the
next convention to Rock Island
About i've hundred in the soft drink
and boiling industry attend the
convention each year. They have
not met in Rock Island for a num-
Der Of years.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-08


|J5tseib1oaA nj dtiv6a ~ y. *
HOlfs, ~ yogty-1fth Gtseek eEAeA-
"a into ! TUsd roadster 6flye0 ~
10. ~. lGiiiAoass. ~ Foufsh dss4
nue..
Tho accident occurred on Sec
|ond ayenpe It Seventeenth etrest,
Nillhouss was driving neetA on
Geventeonth street. and when -
started To- tufn west ON Second
|avenuo tie othee car crashed into
his machine. The roadster was
|badly damaged and MillhouSe Sns-
tainsd ! serious cut on one Of his
kneeA necsssitating the attention
Of . doctor. Fitxgibbons' machine
vas ealy slightly damaged.
The police were called and ar
rested F1txgibbons, but they did not
take Holtz. This morning Mill
house brought civil action In JUS
tice court to recover $500 damage
for his injury and damage to his
car.
Fftzgibbons was arraigned before
Maxistrate D. J. Cleland in police
court on . charge of having been
drunk and d1sorderly. He called
Attorney william Schroeder to de-
fend him and the attorney demand
ed . change Of venue. City Attor-
ney J. X. Scott was called into the
case and by agreement the hearing
will be held before Justice Joseph
|P. Kelly at 10 O'Clock Friday morn
ing. Fitzgibb0ns WAS released on
his own recognizance.
When he was arraigned in court
Constable H. H. R0bb appeared and
informed Fftxgibbons that his car
had been attached and taken into
. garage as security in the damage
suit brought by Millhouse. The
constable also served notice on the
Hillsdale farmer Of two civil suits
pending against him. both brought
by Thomas J. Murray. Both charge
the defendant with having given
checks on Hillsdale bank in which
he had no funds. One Of the checks
was for $50 and the other for SIT.
These cases are scheduled to be
heard before D. ]. Cleland in JUS
tice court Friday afternoon. The
suit brought by Millhouse is sched-
uled to be heard in the same court
next Monday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-08
CIVIL SERVICE
EMPLOYEES Get
SMALL'S QUERY
EmplOynent Ohioe and WATERFOWL
Hospital Local jobs In.
cluded in Order.

Illinois state civil service en-
ployes in Rock Island today re-
ceived Questionnaires asking ,how
long they have been under state
service and upon whose recon-
mendation they were appointed.
The only Offices affected by the rul-
ing in this community, AZ far as
could b learned. were in the H.
linois Free Employment bureau
and the Watertown State hospital
Hundreds Of employees in the
state have been asked to furnish
this information. Fred w. Rinck
superintendent Of the employment
Office. said this morning that the
employees Of the local bureau will
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-08

NIL the Qusstionnaires in compli-
ance with the regulation.
Aside from asking the name. ad-
dress. date Of appointment. and the
salary. the Qaestionnairs inquiries
by whom the recommendation Tor
appointment was made and when
civil service examinations were TAX
en-.
A dispatch frem Epfingfield says
the Qusstionnaires have been sent
to oil employees under the civil adj
ministrative code upon instruction
Of Governor Small. State house
conversation canters ON sDecuia-
ton over how nany employees Will
lose their positions Is : result CT
the survey"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-08

Secrstary-C. N. lsaacson
Treasursr-Georss W. Ackle.
Tyler-John A. Cahail.
Trustee-W. L. Long
Grand representative IN
J. W. Houder. 'aaie,
The new officers will be ip.t,,.,
April I. ''''siled
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-08
OLDER BOYS MEET
ENDS AT MONMOUTH

Especial COrreSpOndence.J
Monmouth, ILL.,. March 8.-The
first Older Boys conference of
Warren-Henderson county closed
here Saturday night after a sue
cessful two-day session. More than
two hundred boys of the steen"
age were at the conference and the
program pleased them all.
Plans are being made to hold a
conference again next year and il
may be that two more counties
will be asked to send delegates
Mercer and McDonough counties
will likely be invited into the con-
ference.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-08
ELECT griffin
EXALTED RULER
OF ELkS LODGE


Walter ]. Griffin Was elected e.
allied ruler OF Rock Island lodge
No. $50. Elks. last night, succeed
ing Dan X. Brennan. Mr.. Grimm
has been active in the organization
for many years. Other odicsrs
elected are:
Esteemed leading knight-Rey 4.
Sears.
Esteemed loyal knight - Charles
H. Bleuer.
Esteemed lecturing knight-Clif-
ford L. Hubbard.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-08
Boy Scout News

The local council members will
aid the court of honor examiners
to review the candidates who ap-
pear next week for promotion to
higher ranks in scouting. The in
ter-troop efficiency contest has
aroused Scouts to activity and 1t
is expected that 100 boys will be
present Friday evening, March Is,
for promotion.
Patrol leaders Of the various
Scout troops in the city will re-
ceive instruction at the meeting of
patrol leaders at Scout headquar-
tiers tomorrow afternoon at 1
O'Clock. Each group Of eight Scouts
in a troop is organized into a pa
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-08

I NM y1tsgibbons, farmer, living
I6a1 Aillsdals. ran into all sorta
~ trouble On coming 70 Rack r.
Sl11d Monday. A. the resuh Of hia
xisit 70 this city. Mike, who h we'll
known TO the police. ID facing trial
- Sout cases. one . eAa1ge Of
drunk and disordeTly and the 9TH
@oES civil suits.
! me CHARGE Of being drunk and
aalloord0fly and one Of tho civil
6nlts are the outgrowth Of m an
tpnobile accident ct midnight
Monday when q car owned ~
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-08
Fope Of habit.

Look here. young man." ejac-
ulated the judge to the prisoner
at the bar. ''How is 1t that a
former soldier is charged with
shoplifting! How did you learn
such . mean business?''
.It's this way, your honor" re-
plied the offender. I'm the army
/ spent most Of the time policing
the company streets, and l sort Of
got into the habit of picking up
things ~ went along. "z-Ameri-
can Lagoon Weekly.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-08

tfot IL charge Of { patrol leader.
n oedoe that they may give real
'aiA % ne patrol leader. : special
couree q instruction will b given
these Scouts, beginning with to-
morrow afternoon.
Troop No. II will meet this eve
ming at the Spencer Memorial
church with Scoutmaster D. NJ.
Jones. He IL doing real work With
this group and u Is expected that
No. II will make . real showing in
The contest.
Troop No. Il, composed Of Jew
ish boys, will meet Friday evening
Of this week 1t Scout headQuar-
tiers. This group will hereafter be
under the leadership Of .Isadore
Erhstsin. who had charge Of the
group last year. Every member Of
this group and new candidates
should be on hand Friday evening
1t 7:3o.
The colored knights of Pythiai
have appointed q troop committee
to get back Of and support tr0oE
No. II, composed Of colored boys Of
the city. Big plans are being made
to bring the membership Of thu
troop to over fifty boys and to Sc.
cure adequate and capable leader
ship for them.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-08
MEDICS MEET TONIGHT

Professor Howard of the Uni
versity Of Iowa will speak to mem
bers Of the Rock Island County
Medical association at the Manu-
facturers' hotel in Moline tonight,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-08

Doesn't hurt q bit! Drop . little
"Freesone" CT an aching corn. in
stantly that corn stops hurting, hen
shortly you lift 1t right OF with fin
gers. Truly!
Your druggist se.-s a tiny bottle
Of "Freezo: for a few cents, suf-
flcient to remove every hard corn
soft corn. or corn between the toes
and the calluses, without soreness
or irritation.-(Adv.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-18
SPANISH WAR VETERANS MARK
 LINCOLN'S DAY

{, The anniversary of the birth of
 Abraham Lincoln, our great martyr epresident, was quietly but fthngly Ecefebrated by the members of Lieut.
 N. W. Bishop Camp, United Spanish
 fWar Veterans, at their meeting at the
 Ssiderable period of the meeting was given over to short. inspiring talks on the life of Lincoln and it's les Ssens. William Lounsbury read the fin1m crta1 Gettysburg address of Lin ScOln with true, martial spirit and was heartily applaudied. Other mat tsterS of interest were the report of { of the various cemetery committees twho reported that previous to Jan esIary 1 the grave of every known ESpaniSh war veteran inferred in the fvarious cemeteries of Bridgeport, Fairfield and Stratford had been wis fited and a new IT. s. flag put in po- Eition. It has been found that the new flag deposited on Memorial day becomes very much weath er-worn about January 1, and an annual GUS tom has been established of renew ng it about that time. The commit tee had reported at a previous meet
 ing tha. a few graves of comrades
 attention One of the members,
 Rheinhcld Perrson, selectnan of the town of Stratford, volunteered the use of his Rec autotruck and proper 2 Implements to properly fill in and grade graves if sufficient help was furnished him. Needless to say, vol unteers were not lacking. and just as a visit will be made to all ceme- teries and every grave of a spanish war veteran carefully filled in, turf ed and put in good order
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-18
FLASHES

State Department officials express ed confidence that the controversy with China over the threat of that Government to cancel the contract of an American company to erect a radio station at Shanghai, would be settled shortly.
 A caucus of tthe Republican mem- bership of the next House will be called Feb. 2S to decide on the speaker.
 Trial by juries in magistrates courts in New York is proposed in a bill introduced in the New York Legislature.
 Finland has appropriated 25,00O gold francs for the campaign against typhus in Eastern Europe, according to report filed with League of Ma tions.
 An appeal was sent to Gov. Miller and his Attorney General asking re-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-18
WAY OPEN FOR
 EARLY MEETING

shintgon-AlthoJrgh the recent uroposal of 57 members of the Demo- cratic National committee for a meet ing of that body on March l had been voted down unanimously by the executive committee, the way still hras open today for an early meeting of the full committee if in the more deliberate opinion of it's members it is desirable to call one. This opening xvas, left by the committee in a reso- sa,,+jon adopted at its meeting yester- day.
 Ssiairman White not only was up- held by the 16 members of the new executive committee in voting down .s innracticaIble the proposal for a March 1 meeting, but his victory was enhanced by the fact that the ques- ton of his retirement was not broach- al in the committee discussions.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-18

rpeal of the sedition laws enacted dur ing the war.
 The executive committee of As- sociated Society of Locomotive En- gineers and Bremen sent a message to Premier Lloyd George saying the British union railwaymen had been instructed not to strike on Feb. 20. The State Commission, controlling boxing in New York State, will not be abolished by Gov. Miller. for the present, it is reported, as matters more important than boxing are to be taken up.
 A stimu1ant was administered yes terday to William F. McCombs, for mer chairman of the Democratic Ma tiona1 Committee, who is critically i'll of heart disease, to- keep him alive. Doctors have given up all hope for his recovery.
 Police Lieut. William Kennel, for of the mayors of New York City died yesterday
 Members of the economic class at Emory University. Atlanta, Ga, have asked permission of Attorney-Gen- era1 Palmer to permit Eugene V. Debs, Socialist leader in Atlanta Penitentiary to address the class. The American consul at Alexandria reports watermelons weighing no pounds grow in Egypt.
 Emigation from central Europe to this country was suspended by the closing of the eastern frontiers of Italy. pending erection of a sanitary barrier at Trieste.
 The New York Senate Finance Committee reported out the Hewitt bill to appropriate $5,Oo0,OOO as this States share in continuing the work preliminary to the construction of the New York-New Jersey vehiclar tunnel
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-18
OBITUARY

ELIZABETH FE. STONE, seventy,
 widow of Henry A, who died we'd nesday, will be buried tomorrow at o'clock, services to be held at the home of her son, George Ii. stone 6S4 Atlantic street. Burial Will pc in Mountain Grove cemetery. Friends
 are invited to attend the funeral Be
 sides George Stone, she is survived by another son, Howard l., and four grandchildren. George H. Stone is employment manager at the Loco mobile plant.
 MARY E. B. BELINSK1, wife Of
 John,who died Thursday at her home,
 157 Holly street, will be buried
 Monday morning, interment to be in
 St. MichaePs cemetery. Arrange ments have not yet been completed. She was a devout communicant or
 St-5osephs R. c. church, a member of the Altar society, and of the VIC toria Stamm society. She IS sur yived by her husband, two sons, Charles and George, two daughters, Mrs Loretta Abbott and Gertrude Belinski one sister, Mrs. John Bic derman, and also two brothers An drew Bishop of this city and Amos
 ALCIDE CHARLAND died Thurs
 day in St. Vincents hospital follow ing a short illness. The remains will be taken to New Britain where tu- neral services will be held Monday from St. Mary's Catholic church. Be- sides his wife he is survived by three children, his father, three sisters, ana eight brothers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-18

Eleven sacks of registered New York and eastern mail. valued at $500,0O0, was stolen from the main Toledo post office by six bandits. They escaped in g. stolen automo bile.
 First second IA per cent Liber- ty bonds sold at par on the New York Stock Exchange for the first time Tn more than a year.
 Pasceral Ortix Rubio, minister of communication in PreSiden Obre- gon's cabinet. resigned following a al factions.
 Twenty cans of opium were seized on the steamship Andrea F. Lucken- terdam.
 During Janary, wholesale prices declined an average of 1-3 per cent,
 A squadron of British battleships anchored off Smyrna. The ships were received with great demonstrations by the Greek population.
 Studebaker automobile plant is op- erating at about 50 per cent capacity and increasing production: Demand for cars is good. and may lead to full production at both Detroit and South Bend by April or May.
 A staff, including five physicians, one of whom is a woman, two nurses and assistants, devotes all It's time to the health of students at the Uni versiy of Michigan. The medical at tention Is given free.
 Because it has been observed how much Chinese business is taken to the United States by hinamen who have been educated in American uni versailles, Great Britain is considering measures for educating Chinese stu dents in England.
 .under a nlan for the .intarshanse
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-18

Hubert E.. Hartman, assistant sec retary and general attorney for the nation, effective March Is. He said he will enter business for himself.
 Prince Sixtus of Bourbon and Par ma, brother of the former emperor of Austria will be expelled from Italy because of d1is book, entitled "Aus- tria's Offer of a Separate Peace"
 Former Governor Frank O. Low den. or Illinois, declined to be con- s1dered for secretary tof the navy, and VIII not be appointed to any post ing cabinet,
 Nineteen states will join Wisconsin in a. fight before the supreme court chaaleng1ng the right of the inter stare commerce commission to regu- late railroad rates under the trans portation act.
 The study of German, barred by tne schools of Washington in 1917, will be resumed next year, it was announced.
 Report just issued by the India office says Bolsheyik troops last Au- gust invaded the Parnir region of Central Asia and caused Hindoos to revolt against British rule
 A bill was introduced in the New Y ork legislature to compel savings banks and trust companies to submit an annual report to the superinten- dent of banks
 New York state chamber of com merce adopted resolutions indors1ng Governor Miller's transit plans, urg- ed the legislature to pass the meas ures and appealed to the people for support, regardless of party.
 Controller Craig announced he would support the proposed ordin- ancie exempting new buildings in New York from taxation for two years to stimulate tha halildin~ movement
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-18
HAVE NO CLUE IN $3OO,OOO
 ROBBERY

ToIedo-There is absolutely no clue to the identity or whereabouts of the bandits who early yesterday held up employees of the government at the post office here and escaped with II sacks of mail, six of which contained registered mail. The exact amount of the loot has not yet been aScerta1ned, but is believed to have been between $So0,Oo0 and S400,000. The thieves oyerIooked one sack of registered mail from New York containing s15O.OO0 in currency. consigned to a Toledo bank.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-18
SEAMEN WORK HEAD TALKS
 HERE

Anotte,- biz service will be held S,ndav afternoon at 10 o'clock in inc Brid geport Christian Union. Main and Thomas streets.
 Stafford Wright, ,twho has been ,,,,erinfendent of the Seamen's Chris fan Association for 26 years, will re- late a graphic life tstory, telling of that particular portion of the West Side of New York known as Hell s Estchen and a life work amongst the