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1 . THE ROCK TST,AXP ARGUS. THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1012. 10 WHITE AND COLD COWN WITH COLLAR OF DIAMONDS WINS RICH BARON'S HEART At High School Tha orchestra of the high school l to give its annual concert at the high rhool auditorium Friday evening ot this week. The proceeds f"Om thla concert will be used to defray various expenses which the orchestra haa in curred during the past year. The or chestra is composed of 19 students ot the high school and three members of the faculty, Principal A. J. Burton, who is the leader, E. M. Starr and 'J. W. Casto. Following is the program for the concert: Overture, "Lustspier Keler Bela. Menuet, "A L'antique" . . .Paderewski. Violin Solo, "Mazurka du Concert" Musin. Willis Weld. Miss Notnvena Steck, accompanist. "Pribfs March from Athalla" Mendelssohn. "A Morning in Noah's Ark" .Holllnsoa. A Humorous Phantasy in Four Scenes. Synopsis. Time Just at break of day. Date of day historically unknown. Scene I. Allegro, Mr. Locuf t enters, making a grrat racket, awakening the animal Inhabitants, who at once vehe mently express ihelr opinion regard' ing the conduct of the aforesaid Lo cust. Scene II. Andante; time, one mln- ! me later. Harmony Is restored and some are again asleep but the occas ional twitterings of birds are beard. Scene HI. Allegro and allegretto: the sun has risen and all are awake. Sir Thomas Cat inaugurates a fracas but is soothed with the traditional boot Jack. The inhabitants are having a social chat and the air is replete with animal gossip. Scene IV. Various tempos; Mr. Elephant, feeling proud of his elegant and graceful Bhape, solemnly attempts to dance a grotesque caprice, but is Interrupted by a mischievous monkey which rufheg in dancing a wild tar antelie. A general row ensures and Mr. Elephant tosses Mr. Monkey through the skylight. Finally Miss Dove returns with the olive branch, all Join in the nautical hymn, "Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep," and the scene ends with all serene Just as Mr. Monkey returns from his aerial trip. Vocal Solo, "Beside the Crystal Sea" Dcugdale. Miss Bessie Johnson. "Ases Tod." (Peer Gynt Suite) .Grieg. Strings. Cello Solo. "Largheto Du Quintette En La" Mozart Miss Bessie Frelstat. "Tannhauser March" Wagner. Miss Ada Schoessel of the faculty the high school gave a lecture to the members of the senior class on (irinnell college at Grinnell. Icwa. A number of stereoptlcon views accom panied tha talk. The freshman class met Monday evening nfter school. Two members of the class, Edna Curry and Pn Pot ter were appointed as a committee to represent the class at a meeting to be composed of other committees from the various classes, to elect the editors Df the high school publication, The Watch Tower. The Juniors also met ind elected Cecil Koch and Marion Cleveland to represent the class of 1913 at the consultation. The Junior class of the high school ield a meeting Monday evening after ichool. President Glenn Re id ap- Mrt Wylle Reynolds. A white and rold rown, with a coliar and tiara of diamonds and uap thirea, won for the beautiful Mrs. Wylie P.eynolds of Jackson, Mich., in Italian nobleman with th blood of Bourbon kings In his veins, and Paris dressmakers and modistes are busy upon one of the most elabor ate trousseaus which haa left that city since Princess Marl Bonaparte married Prince George of Greece, tn 107. Mrs. Reynolds Is the widow of a millionaire banker, and her husband-to-be Is Baron dl Franclscl. a Neapolitan coble. pointed various committees to ar range for the class and commence ment day excercises. The selections follow: Committee for decorating the high school auditorium for class day exer cises and Illinois theatre for com mencement exercises: Jessie Thaeh er, Clara Blakemore, Pauline Levi, Arno Tremann, Kenneth Kone, Cecil Koch Donald Vance. Committee for serving ice cream and pop on the Junior excursion Neil Mc Neil, Eugene Lundherg, Frank Bladel, Glenn Fry, Robert Vore. Willis Weld, Marc Koenig, George Gregory, Lamed Erkland, Russell Thompson. Committee for serving candy on the excursion Marlon Cleveland, Mae Palmqulst, Clara Blakemore, Beulah Harris. Ushers appointed for class day ex ercises at the high school Joan Welch, Grete Curry. Bessie Mille"r. Dorothy Rhoads, Agnes Ferry, Mae Palmquist, Clara Blakemore, Mabel Martin. The high school baseball nine played its last game of the season venter day afternoon, when it lined up against a picked team from the Moline high school at Exposition park, and won by a close score. Arrangements which the local school had with Maquo keta fell through, and as no other games could be scheduled, the team will have no more ball this year. This Is the second time thia season that the Moline and Rock Island teams have gotten together, playing last Saturday at Moline, when the locals were beaten in a close game by a score of 2 to 1. The boys went in to retrieve their de teat, and won the game in the ninth ii.ning. The score was 8 to 7. Fay Reeves was on the mound for Rock Island, while Whisler did the catch ing. Earl Chalk. Will Glass and Glenn Reid were yesterday afternoon elected members of the athletic board of con trol. Other candidates whose names were before the students were Clara Blakemore, John Potter, Winifred Reck, Bessie Miller, Claude Kipp, and Jean Welch. The faculty members of the board are T. P. Sinnett, chairman, E. F. Burch, treasurer, and A. G. Hill, general manager. Principal A. J. Burton, of the high school 1s preparing a program to be given at the high school auditorium May 31, the day after Memorial day. The various literary societies of the school have been asked to furnish se lections of the program. Eight of the boys are getting up a double quartet to render some songs at the exercises. The boys are Irving Wright, I-eroy Klove, John Kittilsen, Arno Tremann, Raymond Walker, Dale Newland, Glenn Reid and Harry Behnaman. Old soldiers are invited to come and hear the program. At a special meeting of the Hart Literary society last evening, plans vere outlined for the federating of the various organizations and societies ';f the school. The idea was advanced by Principal A. J. Burton and is aimed at a closer union of the Etudents. Daily United States Weather Map i s, U. S. Department of Agriculture, o WEATHER BUREAU. W ILL1S L. MOORE. Chief. ? 1, 7 V -n Q ri 9 . EXPLANATORY VOTES. lump tor rr... fr.-miir. Me-. nj i.c ura O rlr: Q pirtlr cloudy. O eloady: P r:n: iaow; Tvfon mlMlD Arr.., r,T Wltl tb, mlaA f. Birurf.ii lw.t f Tin "h'Tr"' ';b"ur' ''"p'-Tu o L..v Lj-rp FORECAST FOR ROCK ISLAND. DAVENPORT. MOLINE AM) VICINITY. Tlmnder showers this afternoon, generally fair tonight and Friday, cooler. CSieapeir .Transportation than horse, trolley or train The TTVi 13 TUSi Runabout Fully equipped $LA C (F,OlB. Detroit) A Brush Runabout covered 100 in an economy contest The average cost of the' 100 miles run by the other 108 cars was less than 66 cents. This contest was held in 109 cities, over all kinds of roads. A Detroit Corporation has a Brush that has covered more than 21,000 miles and they say it is still as good as new. This Brush took the place of tvo horses and a buggy. It paid for itself in addi tional work in ten months' time. :r, a J$r miles at a cost of only 39 cents among 109 Brush cars A Brush owner in Nebraska climbs 50 hills a day the Brush is equally effi cient on hill or level it will go 30 miles ! an hour all the speed the average per son needs. A California R. F. D. Carrier drove his Brush 25,000 miles in two years ' never missed a day in all that time stop ped and started the motor 118,000 times. Facts like these prove the efficiency and reliability of the Brush Regardless of its low price, it is a real automobile, made and guaranteed by the United States Motor Company, the largest manufacturers of automobiles in the world. The low price is made pos sible by the great economies in manu facturing, purchasing and distributing, effective in an organization of such size. Countless Brush users have found this car more economical for daily use in their business than trolley, train or horse. Salesmen, physicians, store keepers, insurance men men whose United States Motor Company (BRUSH DIVISION) 3 West 61st Street New York success depends on their rapid and regu lar transportation from place to place use the Brush and offer testimony to the increased efficiency it brings them. Come and see the Brush. We will take you for a ride in it wherever your daily work takes you. We will prove its efficiency under exactly those conditions you meet every day. Let us make an appointment with you or if that is not convenient right now, tell us to send you the Brush literature telling of the experi ences of others. Write today. Write to Nearest Dealer San Francisco 5S 54 .30 Seattle 60 50 .01 Washington, D. C. ..84 58 .00 Winnipeg 50 Yellowstone Park ... 28 .08 MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Flood. Height. Chng. St. Paul 14 5.6 0.2 Red Wing 14 6.6 0.3 Reed's Landing 12 6.0 0.3 La Crosse 12 8.8 0.1 Prairie du Chien ...IS 10.6 0.1 Dubuque 18 11.6 0.1 Clinton 16 Le Claire 10 6.2 xO.l Rock Island 15 9.2 x0.2 RIVER FORECAST. Only slight changes in the Missis sippi will occur from below Dubuque to Muscatine. J. M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster. A touch of rheumatism, or a twinge of neuralgia, whatever The trouble is, Chamberlain's Liniment drives away the pain at once and cures the com plaint quickly. First application gives relief. Sold by all druggists. "LIFE TO THE SKIN" WEATHER CONDITIONS. Low pressures this morning prevail 3VtT moDt of southern Canada and from the lake region south wet t ward to the southern plateau states, with the ireatet barometric depression over Wlrcon.-'in. Showers have resulted on '.ho A'.lanttc coast and from ta north trr. lU iky mountain tocUocs aad the orij.fr yissourl and upper Mississippi ralicys to th St, Lawrence basin . Th! disturbance is also accompanied y u'gb temperatures la tha central valleys and the lake region, but cooler weather is attending the western high which is overspreading the Rocky mountain sections.. The continued eastward movement of the low and the approach of the high will be attended by thunderstorms In this vicinity this afternoon, followed by generally fair and cooler weather tonight and Fri day. OBSERVATIONS. High. Low. Prep. Atlantic City 56 52 .01 Boston 5S Buffalo SO Rock Island SS Denver 73 'Jacksonville 84 Kansas City SS New Orleans 8S ! '- Vnrlr 1 Norfolk SO Phoenix S6 Sc Louis S6 St Paul SO San Diego 64 50 66 70 44 70 74 70 50 C6 56 63 5S .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .04 .04 .00 .00 .00 .00 S ' " '!Sm m" Today's Market Quotations OXYGEN, the great invigorator, is always present in Peroxide Zinc Soap The REAL Peroxide Soap, i containing actually 10 Peroxide o Zinc : Makes complexion Perfect, ! Natural, Permanent. Removes inflammation, roughness, pimples, etc Try ! tfce benefits will c'in!y detectable. 25c. a cake at aU leading druggist. (By wire from E. V. Wagner & Co., Grain, provisions. Stocks mid Cotton. Local offices at Hock Inland bouse. Kock Island. 111. Chicago olilce, --luu, Board of Trade, t-ucal telephones. No. west 330.) BOARD OF TRADE TRANSACTIONS. Wheat. May, 116-Th. llC'i. 115. 113. July, lllVk. HI". 110, lio'.s. September, 1-Jj3i. 100. 104:?4. 104 Ts. Corn. May, f2. 82i, M',4. SITi. July, 77, 77'. '4, TO'i, 7C,. September, 74',4. 74?i, 7o8, 73. Oats. May, 53. 54. 53. 534. July, 50, 51'i, 5ii. 50i-B. September, i2, 4V. 4.', 42. Pork. May, 1S.C2. , , IS. 20. July, 1S.C7. 1S.70, IS. 27, 1S.27. Lard. May, 10.50, . , 10.45. July, 10.82, 10.&2, 10.55, 10.55. Ribs. May, closed 10.10. July, 10.42,' 10.42, 10.12, 10.13. THE GRAIN MARKET. Chicago Cash Grain. Corn No. 2 2S2'i, No. 2" w 82 Corn SI Oats 117 Northwest Cars. To Last Last day. Week. Year Minneapolis SS 1UG 1S3 Iinluth S 14 20 Winnipeg 182 1U2 'M Primary Movement. Receipts. Shipments. Wheat today Year ai;o . . . Corn today . . Year ago ... . . .414,000 ..5:53.000 . . .269,000 . .64S.OUO 506,1(00 278,01(0 2S3.000 500,000 LIVE STOCK MARKET. Opening of Market. Hogs, 18,00n: left over 8,222; steady. Light 7.25 'a 7.72; mixed 7.35i7.S5; heavy 7.357.85; rough 7.35 & 7.55. Cattle, 3.500; steady. Sheep, 12,;i0; steady. Nine O'clock Market. I lofts, slow; steady to 5c up. Light 7.2.VTJ.7 75; bulk 7.657.80; mixed 7.10 7.87; pigs 5.0ofj 7.00; heavy 7.40 &ool 7.601 rough 7.40 7. CO; Yorkers 7X51 7.70. , Cattle steady to shade lower. Beeves 6.00-59.40; stockers 4.40t7.0o; Tex ans 6.00 7.80; cows 3.00 ft-7.90; wx-sc- U. S. Steel preferred '. 110 l S. Steel common 69 Heading 173 Rock Island preferred 56 Rock Island common 27 North w stern 138 Southern Pacific Ill New Yolk Central 118 .Missouri Pacific 39 flrrat Northern 131 Northern Pacific 119 Smc-lters 86 Canadian Pacific 262 Illinois Central 12614 Pennsylvania 123 83, No. 2 y 62 ft 62. No. 3 78i:ems 2.25i7.9o; calves 5.25ft 8.85. "9. No. 3 w 80ftSl, No. 3 y 79 ft SO, No. 4 w 74 ft 76, No. 4 y 73 ft: 77, sgm 67ft73, sgy 67173. Oats No. 2 w 55 'i ft 56, No. 3 w 54 55, No. 4 w 53 ft 55, standard 54 ft55. Wheat No. 2 r 115 ft 117. No. 3 112115. No. 2 hw 115ftll7. No. 3 hw 112ftll5. No. 1 ns 117ftl20. No. 2 ns 114ft 118, No. 3 ns 111ft 116, No. 2 s 112ft 118, No. 3 s 110ft 116, No. 4 s 104ft 113, vc 110 115, durum 102 110. Liverpool, Cables. Wheat opened 5-8 to 3-4 up; closed 1-2 to 3-4 up. Corn opened 1-4 up; cloeed 1-4 to 3-8 off. Chicago Receipts. Today. Contract Wheat 31 20 Com 60 6 Oats 121 CS Estimated Chicago Tomorrcv. Wheat 27 Krio Lead Chesapeake & Ohio Iirocklyn Rapid Transit Baltimore & Ohio Atchison Locomotive ... Sugar St. Paul Copper 82 Lehigh Valley 176 . 35 . 56 . 78 . 88 .108 .106 . 42 .130t 105 Sheep, 10,000; steady to shade lower. Natives 3.75ft6.25. Lambs, natives 5.00 ft 8.60. Close of Market. Hoes closed weak; early advance partly lower. Light 7.25ft 7.75; bulk 7.65ft7.80; mixed 7.40ft7.85; heavy 7.40 ft 7.87; one load sold at 7.90; rough 7.40i 7.60. Cattle, slow; barely steady. Top 9.40. ! Sheep, Etf-ady. Top C.35. Lambs, stroug. Top 8.85. Western Live Stock. Hogs. Cattle. Sheep Kansas City 7,000 2,000 6.000 Omaha 14,500 1,000 1,200 Estimated Chicago Tomorrow. Hogs. Cattle. Sheep Chicago 16,000 1,500 7,00(1 NEW YORK STOCKS. New York, May 23. Following are the quotations on the market today: Gas 142. i Union Pacific 170 LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS. May 23. Following are the whole sale quotations on the local market today: Uutter Lairy, 30c; creamery, 32c. Iird. 15c. Potatoes, $1.60. Cabbage, 5c pound. Onions, 6c. Feed and Fuel. Oata, 60c. Clover hay, $15. Forage Timothy hay, $25. Wheat. 80c Wild hay, $20 to $22. Straw, $10. Corn, 70c to 72c. Coal Lamp, per buehel. 15c; alack. 10c Helps a Judge in Bad Fix. Justice EU Cherry of Gillis Mills. Tenn., was plainly worried. A bad sore on his leg had baffled several doc tors and long resisted all remedies. "I thought it was a cancer." he wrote. "At last I used Bucklen's Arnica Salve, i.nd was completely cured." Cures burns, boils, ulcers, cuts, bruises and piles. 15 cents at all druggists.