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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1914. i r MOLINE'S SECTION OF THE ARGUS Day's News Happenings in Rock Island's Sister City MEEKER TALKS ON EVILS OF OPTION Says That Thousands of Citi zens Will Go to Davenport if Dry Win. LARGE CROWD IS PRESENT Molin Tneatr Accommodates Packed House Hellberg to Speak for Drys Here Sunday. In an address delivered before a packed house- at the Moline theatre Jan: Bight, J. G. Meeker of St. Louis, member of the Missouri legislature, aid If Moline and Rock Inland vote dry In April, thousands of citizens will dally k to Davenport to patronize the saloons of that city. In addition to this, be said, bootleggers and blind pics vill operate, almost as much li quor will be sold as at present, and the cities will fail to derive anjr in come therefrom. Mr. Meeker spoke extensively on the evils of local option, citmg many cit- m ' )i.ra th dm have won. and feinting out how those cities have had ! Police, hard times financially and how the liquor evils have exltd the same as before or even worse. Hellberg to Come Here. John Hellberg of Chicago, a well known Swedish newspaper man, hat been secured by the local optionists to deliver an address here Sunday, March 13. He is to appear under the aasplces of the Scandinavian Temper ance union. An effort Is also being made by the local option forces to secure Rev. Gus Johnson of Minneapolis to deliver an address in Cbis city. Mr Meeker spoke last night under the auspices of the Municipal league 1 young man, marrying there. He then canr to Moline and secured a posi tion with Deere t- Co.. where he re- malned until bis recent illness. He was an active worker in the Mystic Workers. t Left to mourn the death are three sons. Charles. Richard and Axel of Moline and two brothers and three sis ters la Chicago. The wife died two years ago. TWO THIEVES ARE CAUGHT AT WORK Police Find Men Stealing Lead Cable of Defunct Union Telephone Company. MORE THAN 2,000 HAVE PAID TAXES Moline People Respond Prompt ly and Collectors Have But . Little Trouble. Harry Latham. 1S32 Second street. and Frank Teltscb. 410 Second street, were captured last night, by the Mo line police in the ect of making away with S50 pounds of lead cable belong ing to' the now defunct Union Tele phone &. Telegraph company. A citizen in the vicinity of the al ley which runs through the block at Second street and Fourth avenue no ticed two men on a telephone pole last night about 10:3", and phoned to the The men were caught in the act Just as they were rolling the cable into a ball preparatory to carting it away. The estimated weight of the cable cut is 350 pounds. According to George Schrader of the firm of Bergstrom & Schrader,, tax collectors, more than 2,000 people have already paid their taxes this year, aggregating a total of S45. 249.62 up to Feb. 25. in comparison with the sum of 32,170 81 paid in 1913 in the Eame number of days. In commenting upon the work this year, Mr, Schrader said that the col lectors have been rushed only one dar this year, when a total sum ot $6,445.28 was taken in. This was on Friday, Feb. 13. The poorest day was Jan. 28, when only $256.51 was col lected. The general average paid Is $2,000 per day. FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A BUSY TIME Members or the Moline fire depart ment were kept busy last night by three fires which broke out in various parts of the city. The total loss, how ever, will not exceed $400. Fire at the bome of Mrs. Anna Ho kenson. 1230 Sixth avenue, was caus ed by a defective gasoline stove. The , . 1 " ' " 7. ; 'the extent of about $300. Han U to secure a "umber of other- h a 8maU b,aze Jn a ma. good speakers to address the citizen. ch,ne gh at ,323 Second avenue the In favor of a wet community. I .uhtv a chimney burned out at 509 Twenty- (OBITUARY RECORD ) Funeral of John Thornbloom. Funeral services for John Thorn bloom, who died In the city hospital here Wednesday noon, will be held Saturday morning at the home of San der Stromberg. 2403 Fifth avenue. Rev. A. F. Bergstrom officiating. Interment vGl be in Riverside cemetery. Mr. Thornbloom was born in Sweden In 1852 and came to Chicago when a third street and the fire laddies were called. The damage was small. Circumstances Chang. Lawyer- You have an excellent case, sir. Client -But a friend of mine said be bad an exactly similar ease and yon were the lawyer on the other side and yon beat him. I-awyer Ye. I remem ber that: but I will see that no such game is played this time. Puck. LINCOLN SCHOOL CLOSED FOR DAY Pupil Taken 111 With Smallpox and Many Others Have Been Exposed. When the pupils of Lincoln school arrived at the building this morning, they found the doors locked and they were sent home. It was learned that the building was being fumigated on account of smallpox. Three girls, whose sister is suffering with a severe case of smallpox, have been attending the school, eating their lunches at the same tables with others and exposing every pupil as well as the teachers to the disease. The victim of the mal ady is Slgne Nyqulst, who is reporteB to be in a serious condition. evening at the Irving school, Gstaf Swanstrom was awarded first prize, a dictionary. Pupils of the grade schools took part in the contest. John Dannsens gave an essay on the advantages of the United States over Belgium, his native land. W. A. Meese and the Rev. R. S. Haney made a few remarks, compli menting the children on their ability as spellers. C. II. Krone, principal of the Irving school, gave a talk. WOMAN IS DEAD Mrs. Christine Lindeblad Passes Away at Her Home in La Grange, 111. Mrs. Christine Lindeblad passed away in La Grange, 111., yesterday af ternoon. Mrs. Lindeblad is the wife or the late Rev. H. O. Lindeblad, a former minister of Moline. For the past year the deceased has been fall ing in health. Deceased was born in Sweden in 1840 and when a child came to this country, settling at Princeton, 111., with her parents. In 1868 she was married to Rev. Mr: Lindeblad. Her husband was pastor in the First Lutheran church here fronw 1879 to 1892. Five children are left to mourn the death, Alma, Luther, Esther, Alvin and Carl. The body will be brought to this city where deceased will rest by the side of her husband who was buried here. Funeral arrangements have not been made. MISS JOSEPHSON HEAD OF SENIORS Moline High School Class Has Excellent Record, 18 Being on Honor Boll. The seniors of the Moline high school have made an excellent record during their fouryears In school, with Miss Norma Josephson finishing the year as valedictorian of the class. The honorary roll of the class bears the names of 18 of the members, each having a percentage exceeding 90 per cent. Miss Josephson, valedictorian, holds the honor of having the highest for the past nine years. At a meeting of the class the fol lowing honors were awarded the vari ous members. Prophet Pierre Fleming. Orator Arnold Gullberg. Testator Carl Sorling. Historian Dorothy Tyrrell. Poet Mildred Pierce. OUR FEBRUARY Furniture Sale will close Saturday at lO o'clock Select what you want noy Night and save D(Q) to 33) Ambition, lite a torrent, ne'er looks bsc Ren Jonun. PASTING STICKERS ON POLLS MUST BE STOPPED Complaint has recently been lodged with the police that men and boys who distribute 'advertising literature are pasting stickers on telephone poles, police boxes and water fountains in the vicinity of Fifteenth street. The authorities say that this must stop as there is a city ordinance against it. GUSTAF SWANSTROM IS WINNER IN SPELLING In a spelling contest held Thursday CLEAR S500 FOR HOSPITAL FUND CHRISTIAN LINK TALKS IN MOLINE Well Known Lodge Man Ad dresses Enthusiastic Gath ering of Royal Arcanum. Swedish Singers Give Fine Con cert Program at Swed'sh Lutheran Church. The sum of $500 was cleared for the proposed Augustana hospital by the concert given, by the National Swedish chorus at the First Swedish Lutheran church Thursday evening. The audi ence taxed the capacity of the auditorium. Nearly a hundred voices from the ; several Swedish choruses of Moline ' and Rock Island took part in the : chorus numbers. Among the solos J those of Gustaf Holmqulst, Chicago i basso, were especially .well received. J Christian Link of Chicago, grand auditor of the Royal Arcanum, paid a visit last night to the Moline council No. 2009, and delivered an interesting address to the members Inviting them to a union meeting which is to be held in Auditorium hotel in Chicago tomor row night. A spirited membership contest is ,'now being staged by the order with ! Illinois and New Jersey aa contest j ants, and Illinois now leads by a slight margin. It Is desired that as many members of the order as pos , Bible attend the meeting in Chicago and assist this state in the contest. 'PRINCE OF SPIES." The Spirit of Brightness and Newness Symbolic of the Easter Season Gives Full Expression in a Wealth of Charming Models. Styles tkat are new, different, and entirely exclusive, reflecting every wortliy idea advanced for tke season He Was a Young Alsatian In the Ssrv ice of Napoleon. To those who look with contempt upon spies and such as profit by their labors It comes as a surprise to learn that Napoleon, the greatest of all mas ters of war, owed to bis excellent serv ice of spies not a few of his most bril liant victories. The man whom be picked out to organize this secret service was a regi mental officer named Savary. who afterward became Due de Rovigo. Savary. like bis master, excelled in his Judgment of men; he gathered from various corners of Europe an Immense number of agents who served bim with varying degrees of success, but with that curiously uniform fidelity which the service of Napoleon always seems to have bred. . Chief anions them was a rouasr -AJ- CASM OR CREDIT We will give you benefit of sale price and de liver your goods later if you are not ready to have them now you get the benefit of the sale price and take the goods when ready. CHSM OR. CREDIT Q IP E NCEB U FURNITURE CO. ! 220-24 W. Third street. Davenport, Iowa. atian. Charles " Louis Schulmeister, who. earned the nickname of "Prince of Spies." Savary had come across bim in the early days In a little Al satian village where Schulmeister. the son of a local clergyman, was carry ing on a' gigantic and eminently suc cessful system of smuggling. When Napoleon commissioned bim to organ ize an army of spies Savary at once bethought him of his shrewd and audacious friend. ' So young Schulmeister entered the French service In 1S00. being then barely thirty. He showed considerable skill in watching the doings of the emigres in Germany;. He It was who traced the unfortunate Due d'Enghien to Ettenhelm. where he was arrested. A certain General de Tbumery was arrested at the same time; this was the result of a French official thinking that Schulmeister. who with his strong German accent would say "General Douroery," was speaking of the much wanted Dumouriez. Westminster Re view. . REV. J.R. OLSON WILL NOT ACCEPT Word from Portland, Ore., States Western Minister Cannot Come. Rumors. "Rumor hath a thousand tongues," quoted the wise guy. "Yes, and they are generally all go ing at once." added the simple mug. Philadelphia Record. Coats priced at $10, $15, $25 Equal in style and materials' to garments priced a fourth more The new coats are handsome and to ' decidedly different, the fabrics are t new, the coloring and style changes are radical from previous seasons, every model has that snappy style and chic appearance that will be in stantly recognized by those who are good drejsers. Coat prices range from $6.50 up to $45 While many of the advanced tyle tendencies are seen in their fullest expresion. a big election of models especially adapted to meet the needs of those who desire modist fash ionable garb without anything of the extreme. N'o F-xtra Chxrjre for Alteration. Suits priced at $15, $18, $25 That mirror the very latest line effects and fabrics Every garment is line perfect, model ed to become the slender figures so much desired in fineness of materials high-class tailoring and perfection of fit, these new garments leave noth ing to be desired. Every garment shown is an adaptation of the most recent creations of the leading style masters of the country. n Suit prices range from $12 up to The perfect qualities of the new suits, the reasonable prices and their true merit, in fabrics and in tailoring are a final arguroen for your early selec tion. Each suit carries a personal guarantee of satisfaction. CHINA'S FIRST WOMAN LAWYER. 5 5 1 3 4 ? ft. . . : jl tie ideas new dresses i are wonaer are ready for your inspection- n ii rully smart and becoming the scores the fabrics of 1 sn $40 No Extra Charge for ityL . -v ; - fVfc for service and a bright career in her ancestral, land. "I am a prelegal student now," Miss Lowe said. "I intend to take the full law course and when it is completed I may have an office in San Francisco for a short time. But that will be only for experience. "I shall return to China. There is, "so far as I know, no woman law yer in the whole nation. But women are becoming lawyers in America. The Universiay of California has graduated a few. And I think a woman can serve equally well in China. . "That country, as the world knows, is awakening. It is for the lawyers of China to help in the remaking of F ,- ' . Rev. A. F. Bergstrom has received a letter from Portland, Ore., in whlci Rev. J. Richardson Olson of that city declines to accept the call recenUr tendered him to come to Moline and act as superintendent of the Augui tana Lutheran hospital. The call in sent to Mr. Olson more than a month ago, but as he Is pastor in one of the largest Swedish churches In the west and his parishioners refuse to accept his resignation, the Portland minister has decided to remain in that city. ' There are a number of other good men in view to take this position sod they will be thoroughly investigated before any further calls are cent.. . Mr. Bergstrom said today that th plan now under consideration Is to erect a $100,000 building on the o!d Barnard site to contain 125 hospital wards. Up to date about $30,000 nan rbeen secured, including the amount raised by the canvass made by the Greater Moline committee. RaiBing of funds has begun in other cities and towns cf the Rock Island district. .- Dutch Cast to Appear. An entire Dutch cast will put on the second number of the Best entertain ment course at the Y. M. C. A. here tonight, a fine program having been arranged. All the news all the time The Argus. SBSSSSSaSBBOO "5i i v , ?V "i lliaa Yarlock Lowe. i. ow a really amazing variety of weaves and colors, priced from $5 to $75! Fre'sL Violet 15c Lunch. Fresh Sweet Peas 25c hunch. Fresh Carnations 50c dosen. Hyacinths an J Tultps 60c dozen FAMOUS FOK CO A ts Ahm rrrr T1I BIG STORE ON THE BROAD WALK Frxah cut flowers and Potted plants on sale at the .entrance. Berkeley, Cal., Feb. 27. The repub- i lie of China is soon to have its first , woman lawyer. j Her name is Miss Varlock Lowe, and she Is being trained In her pro ; fession at the ' University of California. She is one of the few women studying Coke and Blackstone, Is regularly enrolled In the school of Jurisprudence, attends the lectures on law and diirs daily la the big university Doe library. Mis Lowe Is not daunted by the fear that feminism la still too revo lutionary for China. She believes that the ancient nation has neod of active educated women as well as ! capable men for leaders, and that in the nation; In shaping new laws and enforcing them, and In protecting the interests of the Chinese people while making China a nation of in fluence in the world." Occidental in Habit. Miss Lowe lives in Benvenue ave nue, Oakland, just across the city; liae from Berkeley. She is thorough ly occidental in her dress and speech. But she haa not acquired occidental frivolity. societies such a the Prerenal o-1 ciety. to which I might belon.- she said. "I fear that such things would ! interfere with my studies. 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