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TUESDAY -THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS- -NOVEMBER 13, 1917 4 RUSH NEGRO OUT OF CITY TO FOIL LYNCHING PARTY Mi'-rlif Spirits (arier. SPlf.('onfrMd Murderer of Vvtor JiIuK. Away in Mailt. TAKE ALL OR NONE IS FARMERS' DEFY ON NEW MILK PLAN flop. HHMS FOK ACTION, III. PORT C. E. Baker, secretary and treas urer of Sturtevant & Baker, milk dealers of this city, today said that the company would be cble to supply milk throughout the city despite, fee charge, the refusal of the members of the Rock Island and Henry County Producers' association to ell milk to his firm. Mr. Baker charged today that, he REV. STEVEIISOII TAKES PASTORATE Notilied It road way Presbyterian Board i't His Acceptance of the Local Charge. The hoard of Broadway Presbyte rian church has received word that Rev. John Metjown Stevenson, culled to the pastorate last week, has ac cepted the invitatiou and will as soon PERSONAL POINTS 1 Jleiirliiir of I'lan of Angered f'itixrns Major MoConoehie Gives Tip Thai Prevent Hanging. in lb milling was narrowly averted -k li hind last night . by the ai Hon of the city and county -iithortiiea In getting William Carter, .Nct-i-n, and self-confessed murderer of I'eiiT .Jidvek. out of town and beyond t!,i' ; . ,i i ll id tlio angered citizens. VV'T-I that, a number of men were f.rr i.iri; a lynching party came to the i,tr- " Mayor William McConochie iiiriy l.ir-t evening He is said to have immediately gotten Into communica tion with the sheriff at the lattor's j.ii,.-. Sheriff G. It. Richmond hur n.'l diiwn to the county jail urn! getting lils prisoner is re P'lr'. il to have rushed out of town In an automobile with him, where he ri'Pi-iincd until he believed that it was ,if.' to return. Where the sheriff !. .; ilv prisoner is not known, but j! i understood to have been to a neprby town. It is paid that the Netri was returned to the county jail this nioniinp. Public Ffeliiift Bitter. ' mimp the murder of Jelvek, a rar (!, liter ut Minneapolis, Minn., and em i,,u' I'd m the construction work at il,e arsenal, at. the Kberhart apart ii e.,r- here a week ago. the public ! eel. itK against the Negro has been . although no previous lyncn lans had been reported. attemp'ed to take to collection wag ons off the -oun;.y ritte i.rd to op-1 a the transter can be made take up c,li-'. i"i trtcu Jiimmilg oil lue mam i .v., ." '-uuei'1' . m.,ui tr..- ,'.:- road. He said that fatwrr r on the gallon. Rev. Mr. Stevenson hopes to j "J" uu ""BO , Z main road refused to t to the ftti be able to take up his work here thele been visiting for the past two Mrs. George R. Smith of Milwaukee, who has been visiting her neice, Mrs. Neal Mikesell, 1001 Tenth street, for the past week, left tor Chicago this noon where she Will spend a few days.' Mr. and Mrs. E.. H, Lerehen left for their.home in New York City this noon. They have been spending the past two weeks at the home of G. S. Entriken, 728 Fourteenth street. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Grotjan of Buffalo, New York, left for their home this noon after spending the last two weeks at the home of Mrs. Arthur Hansen, 1015 Twenty-first street. The Misses Myrtle Van Atta, Agrtes MOLTNER SHOOTS UP V ROCK ISLAND SALOON ii A. Ostrom, S3 years old, who litres at. oia ruin avenue, motine, ana is I employed on the night shift at the Rock Island arsenal caused consid erable of a disturbance in a saloon in the east end of the city last evening when he whipped forth a revolver and proceeded to 6hoot up the place. For tunately most of the bullets found resting places in the ceiling and no body was Injured. Ostroul Was sooti under arrest and this morning was sent to the county jail for 40 days od the charge of carrying concealed weapons. WORKERS MEET TO GET INSTRUCTIONS FOR NEW CAMPAIGN ELM STREET CAR AND ' COAL WAGON COLLIDE unless it bought from all other mem-i bers of the pro la assoWacinn trmi it had been huying of. As the com pany Is planning to discontinue city delivery after tomorrow, it of course would not consent to take the same supply It has in the past and was com pelled to secure the lacteal product elsewhere. Mr. Baker said that farm ers are feeding miik retailinng at 12 Cents a quart to pigs, as a result of the conflict. Ha also declared that while the de livery wagons of the company would be taken off in the city, the various grocery stores would handle the com pany's milk and that the wholesale and retail business'would still be han dled at the main plant, milk selling there for 13 cents a quart. Mr. Baker went on to say that un der the plan the farmers have adopt ed of selling to milk stations, there is a possibility of the city ordinances be ing violated, inasmuch as the milk stations are likely unahle4o pasteur ize the milk rfs require by the mu nicipal laws. first Sunday in December and will zl?es home, Mrs- Danle! vtuiu, icu iino uwii iui viiii. cigu, wnere they will spend a week with relatives. Earl P. Wood, chief electrician on I'it'cr mg ! P. it. On en iliggins, II. Kearns. ".lSVs Thirtieth street, Advertised Letters -o o- Is- otice make preparations to leave Gar- iieiti, X. J., where he is now serving as pastor of the First Presbyterian church. The- congregation of Broadway church feeis gratified that Rev. Mr. Stevenson will be able to take up the work here as he is considered one of the strong men in the church, full of enthusiasm and interest in his CL-nrl.' T4u ina rf-r..j,.hfl tha lr"jt church on numerous occasions, filling ' Mrs. Moe will make Rock Island their the pastorate during the summer of the kattleship Wyoming, is enjoying a short furlough and visiting in tha home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. R. Wood, 1500 Thirty-seventh street. Mr. and Mrs. -John Moe of Wiscon sin are guests in the home of R. 33. Neal, 1612 Fourteenth street. Mr. and 1917 during the absence of the reg ular pastor. QtyBncfr Tor express call "Wiiltstn Trers, Trt-Cltr Towel Supplv coo"ny. R. L Clean Towel Setrke; phone L I. 4476. ri- .'ived word of the death ot his m idiew. Owen Hiseins Kearns. which nrred in H;in Francisco Oct. .!u. 'I i.e following is a newspaper clipping ret ived by Mr. HifTgins: uuen II. Kearns. one of the best kioiwn railroad engineers on this dl- is . .n of the Southern I'acilic, and for 17 years a resident of Roseville and KerKlin. dicil very sudendly at the l airiuount hospital In San Francisco nrly Tuesday morning. "The deceased left Roseville Satur ii.il morning for the bay city, expect ing to return here within a few days. He and Mrs. Kearns had been located fur the past months, where j Hellyar Viiited States Postoffice, Rock land, ill.. Nov. 13, 1917. Advertised list -No. 40: Mary I). Allen, Mrs. H. R. Applegate, W. H. Arkwright, Caleb Airev, Clifford Anderson, Mrs. Joseph Brawn, Mrs. h. R. Baker. Mrs. Walter Bertschi, William Balliger, John Bul- tram, James if. Buchanan, Jules Brus sel. George Bechtel. E. M. Case, Mrs. C. II. Claussen, Mrs. L. Clodfel ter. Miss Lea Cook, C. A, Carlson, Beaugard Cabbie, William Coon, Al bert Conley, Spring Cary, James J. Cody, C. E. Cameron. Cook Bros. Laun dry company, Mr. and Mrs. William Cunningham, Mrs. William Derrick, Ernest Dixon. E. A. Davis, Miss Cl E. Fldridge, Miss Cora Eldridge, Mrs. Ch. Eaton, Ooree Fisher, William Pais ley, Charley Frcund, E. C. Fuller, Emil Felston, .Mrs. Fay Greeg, Mrs. Fred Gilmore, Miss E. Gibson. Mrs. Harrv Gallowav, O. A. Gwaltney. George Gillenwater, Mrs. Fanny Hoop er, Mrs. K. K. Huffman. Lottie Hill, Mrs. Lillian Hudson. Mrs. Harriet Hughes, Stella Hanson, Mrs. A. ). Hall rum. A. Henschne. Walter Hol sing'er. Claude Houcb, F. Hanson, C. F'Yeii Hubler, Lauris harri- A special convocation of Rock Is land chapter, No. 18, Royal Arch Ma sons, will be held this evening at 7:Ju at Masonic temple for the purpose of conferring the mark master degree. First degree work was conferred at the meeting ot Rock Island lodge No. IS, I. O. O. F., last evening. Delegates are to leave Saturday for Springfield to attend the meeting of the grand lodge. J. A. Reid will represent Rock Island lodge; Thbmas McLean; Ueal lodge; and Peter Mejerle, Rock Is land encampment. Members of Rock Island command erv. No.' IS, Knights Templar, held a' s ated conclave last night at Masonic temple. A class will be given the Templar degree within the next few weel. HOLD SERIES OF MEETINGS. A series of meetings are being con ducted this week at the Colored Meth odist church by the. evangelist, Elder H. H. Goodwin. All are invited to at tend these meetings. Services will ba held all day Sunday. future home. Dr. Charles P. Simpsell, 742 Twepty second street, left this noon for Ash land, Ohio, where he -will attend the funeral of his sister. Miss Josephine Sampsell, who passed away Monday evening. - Mrs. W. F. Gilmore of Dubuque, Iowa, who has been visiting Mrs. E. Starr, 606 Twenty-third street, left Monday afternoon for Chicago. "Bodie" Andrews, who played with Notre Dame Saturday, was in Rock Is land Sunday and Monday visiting his parents. - Mrs. ,M. A. Wilcox, who has been visiting her son, O. E, Wilcox, 209 Tenth street, left last evening for her home in Savanna, III. Charles J. MacGowan, 1502 Twenty- fifth street, is in Buffalo, N. Y., where he is attending & meeting of the American Federation of Labor. Clarence R. Nelson, formerly em ployed as bookkeeper at the M. & K., now in United States service at Camp Dodge, is viBiting friends in the city. G. H. Roberts, 3414 Eleventh street, has returned from a business trip to Chicago. x MLLERSBURG TOWN CONTRIBUTES $1,000 (Special to The Argus.) Joy, 111., Nov. 13.Millersburg town ship in Mercer eounty raised over $1,000 in the drive for the Y, M. C. A. war fund.' The quota for this town ship was $775. Thirty-eight persons in teams of two made the canvass, A coal wagon, driven by X. P. KI--- ; 11 1 ridge. 2.S54 Seventh avenue, was hit f)rnirf niw.n.ti tn the'! ' an Elm street car at 7 o'clock last - Uls.OOO quota of the national $a: 000,000 war fund'of the Young Men's Christian association will be starttjd evrmng. Elndge was thrown from the wagon but only received a .slight wrench of the'-bark, which will not at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning whcniP roia wora. 17 teams will begin canvassing. ! - "i1?? Is be't paired on The teams met at the Rock isUndlThmieth street, between Eleveatn and c'.ith t lunchonn at nn td i o and ' Tenth avenues, and It is neces- White, chairman committee; O. J. of the Stirratt, executive secretary ; sary for all southbound traffic to take the opposite side of the road. An . of the local Y. and F. W. Bender, see-!3"10"10 .e WKnoul wmn w retary of the Chamber of Commerce, i a!",a'1 of, ,hc wagon drh-en by El instructing the workers upon details ! ridge ami as the machine turned out ot the campaign. R.a,!loT lhe f P ,lr. to pass the wnrker. -pin innM, t ,h ,h:h tn. ' 'S'-tt lights blinded the motonnan morrow noon when first reports on the campaign will be made. NORMAL TEAM WILL ! and made it itnpossib for him to see j the approaching wagon uutU it was too late to stop the car. j A bridge line car. loaded to the ibrim, stopped at the transfer point FIGHT AT ROCKPORD on ,he arselia-- The car Was carrying " w" i so many passengers that it was im- - ' possible for anothei person to board. Bloomington, 111,, Nov. 13.- Uni-: Some would-be comedian in the crowd versity high of Normal, whose football waiting for a car pulled the trolley team has not lost a single game this; off the car and then ran. Ha did not season will meet Rockford high at gel very far when he was Caught and Roekford on Thanksgiving day, . for : forced to tell his name. He was told the state championship, according to , he would hear from somebody very an announcement made here today by j shortly on a charge ot disorderly con Arthur R, Williams, director of ath-fduct. x - letlcs at the Normal institution. Six schools were bidding for the game with University high but the of fer made by Rockford proved the best. Licensed To Wed i o a Matt Zmyslony. . .Pleasant Plain, Iowa Mrs. Frances Milozka ...,;Moline Ralph E. Nimerick.East St. Louis, Mo. Martha M. May , Mollne IIAS HtBBY NABBED. Sylvester McEacheran was arrested last night on the complaint of his wife and deposited in the police station for the night on the charge of disorderly conduct. He was arraigned befpre Magistrate C. J. Smith this morning and his case continued to Thursday, Nov. 22. KELLY IS BOUND OYER. James Kelly, a dishwasher at Har ry's cafe, 217 Seventeenth street, was bound over to the grand 1ury this morning in police Court on the charge of larceny. It is charged by Harry Frledeman, proprietor of the place that the man stole smoking tobacco and cigarets to the value of three or four dollars. AGED DOCTOR PASSES. NOISE O "BONES" ALL NIGHT; COULDN'T REST East SL Louis, Ilk, Nov. 13. Testi mony as to immoral conditions in Eastv St. Louis was given before the con- V Keokuk, Iowa, Nov. 13. Dr. Jacob j gressional riot investigating commlt- Cullen Barr, a surgeon major in the Civil war, said to he one of the first graduates ot the University of Cin cinnati and amqng the oldest register ed physicians of Illinois, died at his home here-today. He formerly lived at Lawrenceville, III "PEEPER" IS ARRESTED. "Jack the Peeper" was arrested last night in the person ot Harry Cordell, 25 years old, whose home is in St. Clair county. Th youth was observed peeping in a window at 2213 Sixth ave nue, last night. He is held on a disorderly conduct charge and in police court this morn ing his case was continued to Nov. 22. . I0G AIR FLIGHT. Dallas, Texas, Nov. 13. Lieutenant John M. Foote of. the Tfflrty-eighth aero squadron and H. W. Blakeley, civilian, flying from Chicago to San Antonio, left here this morning, going south. ' They arrived in Dallas late yesterday. tee today by W. A. Miller, manager of the East St. Louis Railroad Y. M. C A. lie said the Y. M. C. A. building waa surrounded by saloons and immoral women and that a dice game was op erated all night at a hotel next door. The noise at the hotel was so great, he said, that men in the Y. M. C. A. build ing could not sleep. " HIT BY ACTO. Charles Martin Of Davenport was struck by an automobile on Third avenue and Twenty-first street last night and rendered unconscious. He Their actual flying time j was removed to St. Anthony's hospital, trom Ctncago to this city was eight hours ajid eight minutes. JURY COULDN'T AGREE. Charlottsville, Va., Nov. 13. The jury in the case of S. Dabney Cren shaw IV., charged with setting fire to the University of Virginia chemical laboratory to hide the theft of about $2,500 worth of platinum, failed to agree on a verdict today and was dis charged. The jury stood five for ac quittal and seven for five years' penalty. where his condition is much Improved today. He received minor scalp wounds. Dr. Joseph DeSllva attended him. WOM.tS ASKS DIVORCE. Mrs. Ella Hinze has brought suit for divorce from Paul H. Hinze, charg ing him with cruelty. She asks that her maiden name, Ella Wille, be re stored. According to the bill the parties to the suit were married Oct, 7, 1910. and lived together until Nov. 12, 1917. Stort Ot Qmifjj C it? ceased hail been rendering mvaiua-; son carl Holle, Frank Hummel, Fred 1';. n'id on the grievance committee of m-1'on, Mrs. Walter Jacobs, Andrew the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-; Johnson, Aron Johnson, Miss Anna cite ers, and hail been one of the main j Krantz, Miss E. Krone, Jr., Miss Opal labors in bringing about an amicable ; Kenyon, Henry Kuho, G. Keoster. .mronnier.t between the railway em-! Mrs. Marv Gibson Lieurance, W. F. p, r.ves and their employers, ins worn ,,uag .Thomas Lions. Gilliru Moor, Tomorrow 111-113 W. Second St, Davtrt, U. was. tii.isin'il aii't it was tne purpose oi ; bring ing Mrs. Kearns to tiicir home in! thi city that he had journeyed to Sai i 1'r.iin'iseo. ! "Taken suddenly with an attack of; Iiiu'iiiiinniii, his death resulted within I ;i lew hours of the attayji. His death! M.i- a shock to the people of this- itv. ;iml especially to his fellow work- i itn'ti, with whom he was most popu-1 :.,r I "T!w deceased was 41 years, 10' '"ui! of age, and was a member of' H. .if I.. No. 415. and had been lo- ii i h.iiriniiii of that division for 1Z . ve,,!s. He was also a member of the! i;r.i'.s Valley lodge of Elks. He is sur- j v.wd by ,i wile and one son. Funeral! -'"-. ;. es were held in San Francisco. .;! :t'i'iHled by n large number of b!s; U I'-nds from Roseville." j " '!" deceased was born in Sheffield, '.':!. haling lived there the earlier, of his life, atid his many friends i n 'hat coimimnil v and also this city.1 !" be grieved to hear of the sad Miss Earl Moore, Miss Mary Miller, ' Louise Miller, E. H. Mensching, S. H.; McBride, George Masters, Sam Mus- i kavat. Henry .Morse, Harry Maurath, i Win Miller. McConlley Asphalt com- ; panv, C. MeCausland, Mrs. M. E. Nich- ois. Mrs. M. Overperh, C. A. Ohman, j V'ulfer Mueller, Agnes Pennington,; William Paul, P. Peterson, William j Powell, Mrs. A. J. Quaid, Mrs. Charles Rage. Charles Rink, Miss Klnm Sny-j We L it rf llmg vampaign r v u . m ii ! -r vt. a, - ij , i f 7 "I aunc ii r I'lidih ,J. A lies. lali J. Ailes. ngoil 75 years. 559 i -ill '. --third street, died at his home : t !' !!,i o'cimk this morning follow-! '"e an t xtciidi 'I illness. Tuberculosis j a - t he cause of his death. He wa horn in the eastern part o! i ' and when a small child his par- j i.iuie es'. settling in Viola, v.hore h( resiled the greater part oi ii; !i;c. Ho. came to this city two ai-s ago .Mr. Ailes was a prominent ie 'dint of Viola and was engaged in s"mc mason work until three years ag", when he had to reiire from ac '!' work on account of his health, ile was united in marriage to Miss Tlniesa Wolivcr. Besides his wife he -iiivived by four sons, John and K!::,,r of this citv. Frank. Huston, i der, Ed M. Swisher, K. D. Summers Carl Schwede. Rev. II. Swanson, Reu-1 ben Stevenson, Herbert Stevens, Hen- j ry Sohatterman, J. J. Shields, Miss Elsie Tracy, Mrs. Harry TiDsley. Mrs.! O. E. Thurman, Mrs. Emma Taylor,! Mrs. Jennie Tracy (2), Broolcfield j Taughlcn, Al Thompson, Mrs. Francis j Von Heln, Mrs. Weber, 422 John ave-; nue. Miss k; Willaker, Pearl Webster, C. 1). Wall, H. C. Wilson, Frank Wab-, J K. Whitman, Richard White, P. I Williams, A. Youngblood ("), Mrs. ('. L. Jackson. Foreign: Herman Hirsch, I Dulstor Vichtor. HARRV P. SIMPSON, j Postmaster. is, and Ralph, who is in the United I ,plve(j "slight SERVICES AT RES I E .MISSION. John Keating will give the second j of the series of bible studies this even-; ing at the Rescue Mission. Tomorrow ; evening Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Davis wil be in charge. Thursday evening ' Fred Daniels will speak. Friday even-j ing Dick Shipman will be in charge) 'and Saturday evening Rev. J. C Or-; j anger w ill conduct the class in bible j i study. ARSENAL TKIITEK DAMAGED, j At 4 o'clock this morning an arse nal street car, which carries the night shift of men to their homes, struck a government gun carriage which had been left slpi'd!?" across the tracKS on the arsenal The car was oeeu- A onlv bv Motorman Choau, who All the Argus. news ai! the time The frtdoiuoi H'HT in r 'n ilium b ai Males army at tamp i,ogan. leS?Mfrom flying glass and a sprained knee. ci i imir uaugiiiers. .nis. .iiiiimii " i.- sine. Peoria. Mrs. Ella Tulk. Eva. and 'a pic, Kt home, and a sister, Mrs.' TiHie MeFarlaml, of Aledo, and a brother. Frank AiliM. The funeral services probably will l"i held on Thursday morning at the lionie. The body will be taken to Viola for burial. Funeral of Lawrence Johnson. The funeral of Lawrence William .! )iin.-on was held at 2 o'clock at the home. 1007 Fourth street, and at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Swedish Lutheran church, with services con ducted by Rev. Karl A. Nilsson. In 'erment was in Chippiannoek ceme tery. Feat lodge of Odd Fellows had charge of the services at the home. NAB NEGRO WITH GIN. James Wicks. Negro of Des Moines, Iowa, was arrested last night by Dep uty Sheriff Jess Hunua at Tenth street ami Fourth avenue, after the black "tnplained that he had been slugged and nourished a big revolver. Wicks was given a hearing in police court this morning on the charge of carrying concealed weapons. His case was con tinued to Nov. 22 Bnd his bond placed at $4n0. ft jg., I m -"-miih MKS. READE WEAKER. The condition of Mrs. Merle Reade. t'"01i Third avenue, who drank poi son with suicidal intent, is reported he critical today, and-the attending physician holds out little hope of re-tuv-ry. ske is t St.. Antliony's ho- pan ii , .v.-. Rheumatic Aches Drivo them out with Sloan's Liniment, the quick-acting, soothing liniment that penetrate without rubbing and relieves the pain. So much cleaner than mussy plasters or ointments; it does not stain the skin or cloe the pores. Always have a bottle in the house faf the aches and pains of rheumatUm, gout, lum bago, strains, sprains, stiff joints and all muscle soreness. Ceiwtoo- -in bottle- ut ill irujgi-t- 25cSOcl.0 rear Vjoat oe Last Week a Special Trip Was Made to New York to Buy Coats .Our buyer bad Instruction to nny wonderful coats at a saving. pTery effort was nsed f ceon!plIsh this. Th right eoats were bought from right manufacturers BUT FAR BELDW THE REGULAR PRICES. In addition to this savintr effected in bajimf we hare cnt our own profit to make doubly sure that tills will bo the greatest coat selling week this store has ever experienced. There's a Coat tor Every Woman in the Tri-Cities Here Tomorrow These are not ordinary coats. The styles will not be found in other stores. They are not duplicated elsewhere. We bought them from manufac- ? turers who are not represented , in the west. I hey represent the newest modes "fan -l - - " ll exclusively. Our Reputation tor Value-Giving Is At Stake in This Campaign We quote four prices in which we have put the most, effort that these prices might stand out as the greatest values obtainable. 18,95$S9'5 4D' At $23.85 Coats that were made to sell and are selling at $30 and $35. At $28.95 Coats that would ordinarily sell at $35 to $45. At $39.50 Coats that are selling at $50 and $55. At $49.50 Coats that you would have to pay $65 to $75 for. - There are not only beautiful models in excellent all wool broadcloths pom pom, Boliva, silvertone, velour, but there are fine? plushes and seal plushes. Many are trimmed with genuine skunk, Australian opossum- Hud son seal and other fine furs. They come in remarkable new shades. We consider this such a wonderful coat opportunity that we have givenup every window to display these super-values I W here Fashion 'Reigns