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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
STATE CONTRACTS
FOR $4,000 WORK

Springfield. Ill. March 15.-Con-
tracts aggregating over Sis, 900 for
interior work at the Danville arm
DRY, the Dixon state colony for cpl
leptics, the centennial memorial
building at Springfield, the Illinois
soldiers and sailors home at Quin-
cy, the state auditors office in the
capitol building and the Broadway
armory, Chicago, will be let as a
result of bids received by the de-
partment of public works, it was
announced today Low bidders for
each job follow:
Dixon colony, temporary lighting
system. Broderick Electric com
pany, East st. Louis. 1919.
Centennial building, ornamental
and bronze work, Simpson-Frisch
company. Chicago, $64, 200.
Danville armory, heating and
ventilating, Victor Piping company.
Chicago, $21 ,01S; plumbing, Carson
Payson company. Danville. $500.
Soldiers home, Quincy, ice plant
alterations, the Creamery Package
company. Chicago, S4,4SO
Auditors office, vault alterations.
]. Clyde Evans, Springfield, $13.340.
Broadway armory, interior alter
atoms, Aaron Miller. Chicago. So
200
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
APPLY FOR JOBS
ON ROADUPKEEI
Supervisors Committee Recpiy,
Applications From Prospec.
tive PatrOImen.

Matters in connection with d
eSta blishment of the road pair.
system for maintenance Of state al
roads in Rock Island county, Wer
considered by the state aid road
committee of the board Of supe,
visors in a meeting in the cou,
house today.
Principal purpose of the meetil
was to receive applications for ID
positions of patrolmen and 10 ga
ideas and prices on various type
of road machinery from manufa.
turerS' representatives
The committee will be unable .
determine the number of patr0
men necessary until the election
April II, when voters will EXPIRE,
themselves on the question Of lew
ing S1.000,00O for road purpose
At present there are III miles q
state aid road in the county whic
would be maintained by the patF-
system. but in event the bond issg
should carry this number would
reduced II miles.
1t is said distances to be take
care of by each patrolman will var
from eight to IA miles, and il
understood the number will be d.
termined upon this basis.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15

critical judgment on him and gave
him the stamp of approval.
Now England hates to believe
that this love match" is about to
meet the fate of so many present
day rOmanCes of note.
Gossip. reinforced by the pro-
longed separation of the Ramsays,
has it that differences have arisen
between the pair, whose marriage
was hailed as the perfect love
match.
Lady Ramsay has been spending
the greater part of her time at the
home of her father, the Duke of
COnnaught. while her husband has
been at his station in Paris.
Ramsay did not attend the we'd
ding of Princess Mary. Stress of
official duties was given as the rea-
son.
King and Queen Step In.
And in the meantime comment
has become common On the separa-
ton of the Ramsays 1t has in
creased so lately that it is said
King George and Queen Mary have
insisted that the Commander and
Lady Ramsay go back to house
keeping" again.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
Bob Arnil.

Spring openings are the style
right now.
So Bob Armil, being style all the
while, all the WHILE" as they say,
has decided he must get in line and
have a spring opening, too. Bob
has had a side line for many
years, the milk business. His real
occupation in life, however, is the
arduous profession of Mystic Shrin-
er. Bob was formerly potentate of
the Shrine, much the same as pres
ident of anything. Now he's a
past potentate, or chairman of the
board as it were.
But more than that he's chair
man of the donations committee TO-
the circus and bazar produced
under the auspices of the shrine at
the Coliseum March 27-April l.
That means that he's out now
collecting pianos, victrolas, auto
mobiles, houses and lots, washing
machines, tons of coal. barrels IF
gasoline, sacks of -four and p-
tatoes-yes, and subscriptions 10
this newspaper.
We are going to give all of then
away to the people who attend the
| circus-baZar,' Bob told US this
morning. Some of them may cost
bit of change but if they do it
will be so near nothing as to seem
like a gift" Bob continued. But
lot of them will be distributed in
attendance prizes, at least one
valuable article every night of the
six day and six night show.
And you can tell the public that
these prize donations are coming
in by food he added Entries
for the queen contest, to discover
the most popular lady in the tri-
cities and send her to San Fran
cisco and return with all expenses
paid, are also coming in fast. Man
ager John Leveridge of the Capitol
has already booked eight raging
beauties in this queen contest and
is looking for more. Any girl can
send in her name to him.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
NORTHWESTERN Ut
ALUMNI OF THREE
CITIES WILL MEET

Northwestern university alumni
of the tri-cities will hear an adj
dress this evening by George S.
Dalgety, executive secretary of the
Northwestern university Alumni as
ISOLATION. About thirty-fiye are ex-
pected to attend the local organ
ization's dinner meeting at the
Manufa cturerS' hotel.
Mr.. Dalgety's subject has not
been announced. 1t is probable,
however, that he will bring to the
graduates a message from the uni
versity as it exists at present. He
is in close touch with the life of the
present student body. as well as
with the university's alumni
throughout the country, and is ex-
pected to give talk which will
help to bring the two groups into
closer contact and sympathy.
1t is possible that Prof. Ralph
Dennis OF the Northwestern uni
versity School of Speech will ac-
company Mr.. Dalgety.
There are in the tri-cities abOr.
seventy graduates of the Evanston
school. c. E. Dietz of Moline is
president of the local association.
Total area of the earth is 1885,
$40 900 square miles.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
DEATH CLAIMS
| OSCAR RAMSER
Resident of Rock Island Many
Years Passes Away in Chicago
After Lingering Illness.

Oscar Ramser, aged SO years,
brother of Jacob Ramser, 1881
Twenty ninth-and-a-h street, and
many years a resident of Rock Is
land, passed away this morning in
the family residence in Chicago.
Death followed a lingering illness.
Mr.. Ramser left Rock Island
about 25 years ago and had since
made his home in Chicago. He was
the son of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Ramser and was well known
to many Rock Island people.
Surviving are the widow, two
sons, Oscar, Rock Island, and Rob-
ert, Chicago; two sisters, Mrs. II.
H. Robb and Miss Dina Ramser,
both of Rock Island, and three
brothers, Paul, Alma, Ill, Edmund,
Chicago, and Jacob, Rock Island.
Mr. Ramser is the third brother in
the Ramser family to pass away
within the last six months. Eugene
V. Ramser died in the latter part
of September and William Ram
ser died January 10.
Funeral services and burial will
be Saturday morning in Chicago,
Relatives in Rock Island will attend
the services.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
NIGHT PUPILS IN
CLOSING Event
Fine Program Planned by u. A. II.
for End of Second Term
Essay Winner Gets SO.

The program marking the close
of the second term of night school
Of the Rock Island high school,
Friday night has been completed
by the Fort Armstrong chapter, d..
A. r. Exercises will be in the Man
ual Arts building. One of the fea-
ture numbers of the program will
be the reading of a paper, Why
Came to America. by night
school student. Essays were writ
ten by the pupils and the winner
viii be announced that night and
read the paper A So gold piece
has been offered for the best manu-
script The program follows:
"America'-By the audience.
WhistIing solo-Miss Catherine
Heimbeck, accompanied by Mrs.
George r. Baker.
Reading, The Flag Of Our Coun-
try''-Mrs. Bernard d. Connolly.
Piano solo-Miss Dorothy Pleas
ants.
Address-Rev. ]. T Mordy, pas
tor of the Central Presbyterian
church
Violin solo-Miss Anna Marie
Van Duzer, accompanied by Miss
Heimbeck
Prize essay, why I Came to
America.
Presentation of prize.
The American Greed" will be
read by the audience and salute
to the flag will be given. The eve
ning's program will be concluded
by the singing of America.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
PLAN 16-ROOM
BUILDING FOR
AUDUBON SIT
0Ver-CrOWded Conditions in Sch.
Make New Plant NecesSaryY
Ask for Plans.

A new 16-room school huil5i.
will be erected to replace the a-
dubon grade school. az
Architects will be asked IN -.
sent plans for the new buildins 2 :,
Eighteenth avenue and TwsS.@ !
seventh street and the vork 49,
begin as soon as possible IN ~
will be the first building IN no ~
possible by the increased tax lew
The Audubon district is in na..
of a new building. One grada !,
the school which has doub7a a.
quota of pupils is now holding bsi NJ
day sessions and one grade h..
been transferred to the Wasbin.
ton school The Audubon sebos'
has only five grades at present
The need OF the new school D.
replace the old Audubon bniI5i,.
was thoroughly discussed nv ~
board of education last night at ~
monthly meeting. and a ls-roo,,
plant, it was decided. was Decss
sary for the district and To mn
vide for the future. A decision a..
to disposition of the old strucfrr.
will be made by the board at y
later date.
The work of grading and maxim,
sidewalks was also authorized j.
be completed at the Willard seboor
building.
The attendance in the Rock L.
land public schools showed an M
crease of $40 pupils in the las
month.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
UNIVERSITY PAYS
RONORS TO KICKER,
so YEARS TEACHER

Urbana. Ill. March 15.-Fifty
YEAR, as teacher, professor and
dean in the University of Illinois
today brought recognition to y.
Clifford Kicker in the form of a
general university convOcation IN
his honor. The convocation was
sponsored ny the college of engi-
noering, with which he was so long
connected.
Professor Kicker came to the uni
versity as instructor, grew to the
rank of full professor, was at one
time head Of the department of ar
ch.tacture and at another time dean
of the college of engineering. He
is now professor emeritus of archi-
lecture.
A feature of the convocation was
an address by DR.. Ira y. Hollis. pres
ident of Worcester Polytechnic in
stitute, who spoke on The Engi-
neer in 1850.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15

London, March Is. - Has Eng
lands first royal-plebian love
match" been split on the rocks OF
marital difficulties?
That's the question Londoners
are asking themselves today.
And if Dan Cupid was unable to
pilot the matrimonial barque of the
former Princess Patricia of Con-
naught and Commander Ramsay OF
the royal navy through the troubled
seas of life will King George and
Queen Mary, with all their royal
power. succeed where he failed?
The engagement and wedding OF
Princess Pat to the cOmmOner, a
commander in the kings nayee and
without title. was of double inter
est to Great Britain because of the
alteration the average Britisher
held for the princess. If Princess
Pat ever marries it will be for love
and love alone" they said when the
whole world discussed rumOrs now
and then regarding the dictates of
her heart.
Britain o. Nd Match.
And when it became known that
Commander Ramsay was the ia
vored one Great Britain passed
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
BURGESS

Mrs. ]. f. Gladson and son Bruce
visited recently at the Ralph Glad
son home in Biggsville.
Sharer x Hunter unloaded a car
of tankage at the local tracks Sat
urday The local elevator has I'M
loaded a carload of bulk salt to
their customers.
Rev. Mr.. Dunleavy of Aledo fill
ed the local pulpit Sunday morn
ing in the interests of the state
anti-saloon work.
Wednesday evenings motion pic
ture show includes five reels of ex-
ceptionally good educational pic
lures.
Mrs. Virgil Armstrong is expect
ed home this week from st. Louis.
where she has been at the bedside
of her sister, who is critically i'll
in a hospital in that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Hamilton were
shoppers in Aledo Saturday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Cameron at
tended the big Fordson meeting
held in Aledo Saturday.
Word from the bedside Of Cash
Ter l. L. Frost is to the effect that
he is showing improvement.
Guy Burns of Alexis is now en-
ployed in the local bank during the
serious illness OF the cashier, Mr..
Frost.
Little Marjorie Armstrong has
spent the last week with Mrs. Fred
Mclaughlin while her mother has
heen in St. Louis.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
REVIVAL MEETINGS
PROVING POPULAR

The revival services being held
at the Second Christian church by
Rev. r. II. Heicke of Springfield
state evangelist, are proving most
successful. The remainder of the
week stereopticon of foreign coun-
tries slides will be used with the
sermons. Tonight's topic will be
THE Way of the Cross. Special
music is given each evening. Last
night members of the East Moline
church attended the services in a
body and Monday night the Fiji
tenth avenue Christian congrega-
ton.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
THREE CHANGES
Moline COUNCIL
Wilcox is Only Alderman Not Nom
mated Defeated by CarImark
Green Succeeds HOSfOrd.


Ernst Carlmark won the Repub-
lican three-cornered fight for NOM
ination for alderman in the Fifth
ponents were William Wilcox, pres
ent member of the city council, and
Frederick Giersch. Wilcox was
the only alderman not nominated.
w. J. Green was nominated to fill
the unexpired term of the late R.
S. HosfoFd in the Second ward. T.
L. Nordgren, in the same ward, was
nominated for the full term.
Henry Sellmer of the First ward
is the only other nominee. besides
Carlmark and Green, who is not
serving on the city council at pres
ent. George Anderson, incumbent,
has gone to California and was not
candidate.
The only Democratic nominee is
John Henderson of the Seventh
ward
Republican nominees are append
ed:
First ward-Henry Sellmer.
Second ward-E. L. Nordgren.
Second ward vacancy-W. ].
Green.
Third ward-Charles Elmer.
Fourth warG-F'rank Herbst.
Fifth ward-Elrnst Carlmark
Sixth ward-E L. Taylor
Seventh ward-R. A Douglass.
The defeated candidates:
First-RaymOnd DeRycke.
Second-O. +. Eckerman.
F'ifth-William Wilcox and Fred
erick Giersah.
SiXth-Einar Winholt
Eugene Millen Demo
craft.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
Mrs. Della Prince.

Mrs. Della Prince died early to-
day at the home of her brother,
James Zones, 202 Fourth avenue,
Moline She had been ill for near
ly a year.
Mrs. Prince was born at Geneseo,
Dec. Z, 1888, and she was married
there to Elmer Prince, Dec. %,
1907. Mr. and Mrs. Prince moved
to Moline shortly after their mar
riage Mr.. Prince died a year ago.
Surviving Mrs. Prince are three
daughters, Ruby, Beatrice and LII
ellie, two brothers, James Zones
and William Zones, and three sis
ters, Mrs. Jessie Netser of Rock Is
land, Mrs. William Winnecke of
Davenport and Mrs. James Reeves
Of Geneseo. Funeral services will
be held in the Zones home in Mo
line at 10 o'clock Friday morning
Rev. W. G. Oglevee of Rock Island
will Officiate. Burial will be- at
GeneSeo.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
FEAR AGED man
met FOUL PLAY
AMONG THIEVES
Leonard Dibber, Aged "a, Missing
Since Monday, Believed to Have
Carried $1,000.

Leonard Dibber, aged "A, who is
believed to have had $4,000 on his
person, disappeared in Rock Island
Monday night and search for him
has been unsuccessful.
Foul play is suspected by r. j.
Allen and family, at whose home,
2S37 Sixth avenue, Mr.. Dibber had
lived the last two years. Mr.. Dbl
Der is of German parentage. He
came to this country in 1876, and
has no relatives here.
He lived with the Allen family
the last 40 years, being employed
as a farm hand a number of years
by the father of Z. J. Allen on
farm near Sherrard. Several years
ago he went to Judd, n. D., where
a brother had a farm. Two years
ago the brother died and Mr.. DID
Der came to Rock Island and made
his home at the Allen residence.
Shortly over year ago ne was
paid several thousand dollars from
his brothers estate, but had very
little money outside OF this.
At IL O'Clock Monday morning he
left the Allen home, saying he was
going down town He did not re-
turn for dinner nor the evening
meal. A member of the Allen fam
ily saw him at o'clock Monday
night with several strange men at
the corner of Fourth avenue ana
Twenty-second street.
Ask Police Service.
He has not been seen since. Tues
day the police were notified and as
Mr.. Dibber did not appear yesterday
Mr.. Allen again visited the police
station this morning and asked that
thorough search be instituted
The Allen family knew that MIR
Dibber had several thousand dol
lars, but have been unable to learn
OF any deposit in any of the banks,
They believe it possible that he had
this money ON his person when he
disappeared. 1t is feared that he
might be victim of men who knew
of his wealth.
When last seen Mr.. Dibber wore
dark suit Of clothes. He is al
most totally bald.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
MOLINE EAGLES
PLAN EXTENSION
TO THEIR HOME
Especial Moline Service,

A 20foot extension the full
height and width of the building
will be made to the home of the Mo-
line Eagles, Sixth avenue and Four
teenth street. Plans for the i'm
provement. submitted last evening
by Whitsitt & Schultzke. architects,
were approved, and William E
Whiteside, president, was authoriz-
ed to appoint building commit
tee. Bids will be called for in d
short time.
The addition will bring the build
ing flush with the alley line, and
will be 60 feet wide and three stor-
les high.
The Moline aerie has l $50 mem
bers and the number is increasing
constantly. The lodge hall and rec
rcation quarters have been made
quate for some time.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
POSTS Seeking
WORK FOR MEN
American Legion Observes Monday
As Employment Day Through
cut Nation.

Rock Island will observe employ
ment day next Monday, and plans
will be made by Rock Island post
No. 200, at meeting tomorrow
noon Of the executive board III the
Rock Island club.
The day is to be kept nationally
by the American legion, employ
ment agencies, and organizations
of various kinds. The executive
committee CT the local post Will
plan a program for the day Other
important matters concerning the
legion will be taken up at tOmor-
rows meeting.
Governor Len Small and Com
mander William r. McCauley Of
Illinois have called attention to the
day, the legion asking organiza-
lions to cooperate with it to secure
employment for eX-service men who
are out of work The campaign TO
give work to the jObless viii con
tinue for 80 days. Different or
CARNATIONS in the city are expected
to cooperate with the post here to
observe employment day.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
MOLINE LEGION
GETS BUSY ON
BIG SHOW PLANS
Especial Moline Service

Frank HoeIingman last evening
was appointed general chairman OF
the committee that will handle the
interests of the Moline post, Amer
lean legion, during the production
of "All-Aboard" by the tri-city
posts.
The show will be staged at the
Moline high school. April "a and
rs, at the Illinois theatre in Rock
Island. April % and 81, and at the
Columbia theatre in Davenport,
April 2S and 90.
A representative of the John Rog-
ers Producing company of Fostoria,
Ohio, which Will put on the produc-
ton, is expected in Moline about
April 1. Soon after that the cast
of 100 will be selected and rehear-
sails will begin.
Other chairmen appointed by the
executive committee of the Moline
post are as follows:
Acknowledgements Deere Wi
man.
Tickets-William Schulzke.
Talent-Jonn Hodgson-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15

1t is understood that the Ram
SAYS will spend the next six months
at their Paris home.
And all the time society wonders
and wonders. will the royal com
mand succeed after Cupid has fail
ed?"
Ramsay is now naval attachc
with the British embassy in Paris.
During the war he served at the
Dardanelles.
During the war and before her
marriage in 1919 Princess Patricia
was an honorary colonel of and
patron of the famous Canadian reg
iment known as the Princess
Pats"
One child has been born of the
marriage.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
DR.. BUTLER TO
ADDRESS GRADS
Exercises Of Rock Island High
School To Be June in Au-
gaStala Gym.

DR.. Nathaniel Butler. director of
cooperation of secondary schools,
University of Chicago, and profess
sor of education in the college of
education in the University of Chi
cago, will deliver the commence
ment address at the Rock Island
high school graduation Friday.
June 8. in the Augustana gymnas-
ium. His subject will be school
and Success
The commencement sermon will
be given Sunday. June 4. The Sc
lection of the speaker and where
the program will be held will be de
cided by the members of the class
later. The class-day exercises will
be Wednesday, June Z, in the high
school auditorium.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
RIVER WILL RISE
SLOWLY, BUT NO
DANGER OF FLOOI

The river at this point will cor
tinue to rise slowly for the next 2
hours, but there is no danger, An
drew Hamrick. local meteorOlogist
said this afternoon. The river sag
is now GA, a rise of . of a foot Il
the last day At St Paul, tht
Mississippi rose l.6 feet yesterda.
and Is feet today.
E. E. Unger. weather observer
the local station, is in Charles Cit!
Iowa, where he has been Temporal
lily placed to I'LL the post Of Hal P
Hardin, who is i'll. Mr. Unger ez
poets to be gone three or 1)u
weeks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
Personal Points

P. r. Edgerton. farm advisor, is
in Chicago attending a meeting of
the executive committee of the Hi
nois Agricultural association.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Millhouse of
1015 Thirteenth avenue, welcomed
a son to their home Monday. The
baby, who has been named Felix
George, was welcomed by a sister.
Addison Gest of 1908 Second ave
nue. left today for Oklahoma City,
where he has accepted a position.
Mrs. Eric Wyman of Moline and
Mrs. Fred Nelson of Rock Island
have returned from Chicago, where
they visited with Mrs Annette
Johnson, formerly of Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
ELLIOT WITHDRAWS
HIS NAME; LIVES IN
SOUTH ROCK ISLAND

A. w. Elliot, 1924 Eighteenth
avenue, today withdrew his name
as candidate for assistant super
visor on the Democratic ticket. II
was written in on ballots at the re-
cent primary.
Il am a resident of South Rock
Island" Mr. Elliot wrote w. A,
Frewert, Rock Island township
clerk, and cannot therefore be a
candidate for 4 Rock Island town
ship Office"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
CALLS FOR FOOD
ARE FALLING OFF
tSpecial Monne Service. {,

This weeks report of the East
Moline Relief association gives in
dicatlon that conditions are getting
better IN that city. Requests were
made for only 123 baskets of food
at the commissary yesterday and
Monday. This number is consider
ably smaller than four weeks ago
and is five less than last week. The
food issued this week is for 524
persons.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
WALLY REID IN RACE.

Indianapolis, Ind, March 10
Wallace Reid, moving picture star,
has leased a racing automobile aud
will try to qualify for the annual
500-mile race at the Indianapolis
motor speedway, May so, it was ar
nounced here today. Reid will
drive the car which finished fourth
in the 1921 race, it was said