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n.-i Ltvausc his sweetheart. .Miss
.V.l'.u Vcrnnte, refused to uuirry him.
I!?.rd De Graeve. a I'.elgian. shot her
twice- in the head with a -calibre re
volver, shot the young woman's land
lady when sne came to the assistance
cf the girl, and a t-hort time later hung
himself In his cell at the city Jail.
Beth women were badly injured but
doctors report they will live.
When arrested for the shifting the.
young Belgian put up a stubborn bat
tle, but the police, managed to get
him to the Jail. There he was lodged
in a cell and left to himself. Shortly
after 11 o clock last night when the
Jailer cade his evening rounds to Bee
that all was well, he found the life-
leas body of De Graeve dangling at
the end of a strip of white muslin, a
noose tightly encircling the neck.
De Graeve had unwrapped the ban
dage from his broken arm and used
It In taking his Tife. slipping one end
through the tars in die window of his
cell, and forming a noose which he
bound tightly about his throat.
Came From Belgium.
According to the story told the po
lice of East Moline, Miss Vermote came
to this country but a few days ago,
ostensibly for the purpose of marry
ing De Graeve. who bad been her
sweetheart back in the fatherland be
fore he came to 'America.
De Graeve. it seems, had sent for
the young lady and she had consented
to make the trip, but on arriving here
she gave the iratter further thought
and reached a decision that marriage
for the time being was out of the ques
tion. The fact that her lover was
suffering with a broken arm. was with
out money and had no means of earn
ing a livelihood and supporting a
wife. Is given as the cause, of the
young woman's action.
De Graeve broke his arm a few
days ago while working in the Deere
harvester plant, where he was em
ployed as a driller. He carried the
arm in a sling and was unable to re
eume work after the accident for five
weeks. Upon seeing 9er former sweet
heart. Miss Vermote refused to carry
out her promise, at least for the time
being, and De Graeve became angry
with her after pleading in vain for
some time. He pulled a revolver, shot
her twice In th-ftead. inflicting scalp
wcuads, and when Mrs. Camiel De
Meyer, landlady at whose home the
young lady was stopping, interfered,
De Graeve turr.ed the weapon upon
her.
Loving Cup on Display.
Peter S. Schief. local motorcycle
speed king, has the loving cup he won
In the Decoration day races at Iowa
City on exhibition !n the Stretd and
Bcheppers show window. Mr. Scheib
won the one-mile race in one minute
and 10 seconds on a ha!f-nt!!e track.
Last Sunday he was a contestant In a
lOO-mlle race held in Kockford. In
this race be finished In f.fth place
against a field of fast riders.
Olympics Play at Buffalo.
The Moline Olympics are scheduled
to clash with the Duffalo, Iowa, team
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noon. Probable battery for the Olymp
ics Is Geilorstedt and Johnson. Both
took part In the record-breaking Sp
inning factory league game of a few
weeks ago. C.ollerstedt as pitcher for
the J. Doc re Wagon company team
and Johnson as catcher for Koot &
Van Dcrvoort.
DISCREPANCY IN
BIDS FOR SEWER
Thn city commission in informal i-
! bic-n this morning opened bids for the
construe?!! n of a storm drain c:
Fourth street bt-Iween Fifth and
' K'evrnTh avenues. Victor C McLala
of Moline was the lowest bidder nam-
i ix.g a price of $2,024.50, at- against the
' ci'ir.i.fr's estimate of i 1.000. This
I fig;:re is less thin half thst quoted by
tlie K. A. I.ord Construction company.
second highest bidder, which offered
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i ham Porter Conjunct loa company
1 named a price of SS.-'&S. imnnigan
Master bid $4,801.25 and the Con
crete Construction company $3.S.'l4.7o.
The drain is to be constructed along
the new Fourth street car line and
the thoroughfare will be made 60 feet
wide instead cf 16 feet, as was origin
a!ly planned. The improvement will
be paid for by public assessment.
The bids were laid over until Mon
I y la meantime the bid of
McLeia'3 v. HI be investigated to as
certain whether or not he has made u
mistake.
MILK SAMPLES ARE ALL
WELL UP IN BUTTER FAT
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chemist this morning rt
2S more milk samples and
I ported on
an cf them contained the required per
centage of butter fat. Only one had
an excessive amount of bacteria. The
samples as a whole were a great im
provement to those tested some time
ago.
WANT U. S. TO INSURE
SHIPS TO AID TRADE
(Continued from Paffe One.)
ment Issued Friday night by Secretary
McAdoo. The statement declared it
to have been the consensus of opinion
at the conference that with "enlarged
registry of American ships and action
by the government supplementing what
priva'.e companies might do in connec
tion with insurance, the question of
exports of grain &nd cotton and fer
cign exchange would rapidly solve
themselves."
Many speakers. Including J. P. Mor
gan. James J. Hill and other financiers,
pointed out the fact that Great Britain,
France and Belgium already had pro
vided for government war Insurance
of their merchant shipping. Against
this action, they declared, the United
States would be helpless. The result
would be a foreign monopoly of sea
transportation, they predicted.
Pivot of Plan.
Following is the conference resolu
tion on this point, which is the pivot
of the plan of relief ofiered.
"Resolved. That this conference urge
the United States government to estab
lish a bureau of war risk insurance,
to be administered under the direction
of a suitable government department
by a board cf three or five members
which Ehall assume the xisks of war on
American vessels and American car
goes shipped thereon, whenever in the
judgment of the board it shall appear
that American vessels or shippers on
American vessels are unable, in any
particular trade, to compete on equal
terms with fthe vessels or shippers of
ether nationalities by reason of the
protection offered such other carriers
or shippprs by arrangements for war
indemnity through their governments
and .that such 'board have power to
fix rates of premium subject to change
to e3ch country or for each class of
c.-rgc."
Three Problems.
I r.any in tne ression snowed tne opin
ion to be unanimous among the busi-
n men and the government officials
present that tha problems to be faced
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War Fever in London; Crowds Cry
Scene in Trafalgar Square, London, following the declaration
Pictures have just reached this country showing how the I-ondon c
of war against Germany. According to these pictures and cable dispatches,
such as has not been known there Defore in many years. A huge-mob on
patriotism by crying for German blood just after the war declaration.
divided themselves naturally into
three heads:
"Restoration of a market for for
eign exchange bins; the immediate
acquisition of means of transportation
for American wheat and cotton to
European markets, and the war risk
insurance."
In appointing war risk insurance,
transportation and foreign exchange
committees, the conference sought to
provide tho government with expert
advice in each of the branches.
The committee on war insurance be
gan work on the preparation of a
measure it will present to congress.
Wilson Speaks.
The conference interrupted its de
liberations in the afternoon to go in a
body to the White Tiouse. President
Wilson addressed them briefly.
"If we get no other benefit out of the
present trying circumstances in the
world at large," 6aid the president.
"we shall at least ftet this benefit: We
shall enjoy a period when we meet
each other not as memoers of different
parties, all our prejudices fallen away
from us coming together as Americans
for a common object that is not touch
ed with selfishness or personal ambi
tion of any sort. Surely handsome re
sults will come out of the spirit in
which conferences of this kind are
held.
A Common End.
"I believe you will discover, those
of Jon who did not know it before,
that this government has means, some
what fully developed means, for as
sisting the commercial and industrial
operations of the country, and that,
therefore, it is worth while to main
tain the kind of connection which is
hero momentarily established. We
have been face to. face with very crit
ical circumstances. For my own part
I feel that the period of apprehension
has passed and that the period of
r-trady. MTjsible. concerted, construc
tive action has come and that we are
in the temper to bring that action
about In the most effectual way. 1
am sure that all of us here wish to put
ourselves at your disposal, as I am
sure you would wish to put yourself at
our disposal, to think out a common
means for a common end. Such a con
ference as this furnishes acceptable
proof to the country that tho antag
onism between government and busi
ness has disappeaied and that there
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generous rivalry and cooperation which
is the essence of statesmanship.
"I have no thought except the
thought of self congratulation in the
iiia Iter, because, jis I have said, this
Is not a selfish 'hut a wholly public
spirited operation, a thing that we
hhall look back to with pride. We
Hhall remember that America knew
how to handle .herself in such a way
as not only to Jielp herself but also
to serve the rest of the world."
The conference echoed the presl- j
dent's sentiments in Its resolution de- !
daring its high appreciation of the j
prompt and effective action of the
president and congress and the .secre
tary of the treasury in affording u
prompt solution of the currency dif-
ficultles created by the sudden out- !
break of war in Europe on a colossal ',
scale. '
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and i; yet in it Infancy. j
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ASSOCIATION TO
BETTER DISTRICT
Will Confer With Authorities
and Railways Regarding
Improvements.
CROSSINGS ARE DEMANDED
Committees Will Ask Street Car Com
pany and Commissioners to
Fulfill Promises.
Members of the Moline city com
mission, officials of the street car com
pany and also of the railway compan
ies whose tracks pass through the east
end of the city are all scheduled for
interviews with committees from the
East End Improvement association, as
a result of a meeting of that civic body
held Friday evening.
The city commission will be asked
to grade Fifty-fourth street between
Fourth and Fifth avenues so that the
street will not be two feet above the
sidewalk, as it is said to be in one
place along that thorouglil'ore. The
present discrepancy in the grades of
the sidewalk and street results in the
walks being covered with mud follow
ing every heavy rain, and according
to tho residents of that vicinity it will
J be an easy and inexpensive matter to
equalize the grades.
The street car company will bo
asked to live up to a prom s made
18 months ago to -fill in with cinders
the open space between tlie tracks
from Thirty-eighth to Kifty-lifih
streets. A portion of this, some six
blocks, lias already been tilled, but
the remainder is still open and prac
tically impassable to teams.
Better Crossings Wanted.
The railroad companies will be re
quested to place better crossings at
Thirty-eighth. Thirty-fourth and Forty
eighth streets, and make them passa
ble to traffic.
The city commission will also be
reminded of a promise once made to
the effect that it would pass an ordi
nance. If the east-enders would with
draw t'.ieir opposition to the sewer
improvement in that district, prohibit
ing the connection of down s;cuts and
surface drains with the sanitary sew
age system. These connections, de
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of war against Germany.
rowds acted following the declaration
London is seized with a war frenzy
Trafalgar Square gave vent to Its
clare people of the east end, result in
the basements of down town business
houses being floaded after heavy rains.
and by passing an ordinance prohibit
ing such connection the city commis
sion could eliminate the evil. The
commission agreed to pass the ordi
nance as soon as the assessment rolls
were confirmed.
The next meeting of the East End
Improvement association will be held
at the home of George Gould, and will
be followed by an informal social ses
sion with the association actin as
host to their friends and families.
THOMPSON TQ SPEAK
HERE AGAIN SUNDAY
Four churches of the bluff district,
the First Christian, Second Methodist,
Second Congregational and the Salem
Lutheran, will unite tomorrow to hold
a union Sunday evening service in the
Christian church, the meeting to be
gin at 7:45. Dr. Edwin Thomson of
St. Louis, secretary of the Sunday
leaguo of America, has returned to
Moline and will address the meeting
which promises to be most interest
ing. Dr. Thomson filled the pulpit of
the First Methodist church last Sun
day morning. He is the father of the
popular and nation-wide Go-to-Church
Suuday movement and he is also given
credit for leading the agitation which
resulted in the closing of postotfices
Sunday. His great work from the lec
ture platform and pulpit is to inspire
greater respect for observance of the
Sabbath in all communities.
MOLINE CRESCENT CLUB
TO HAVE FOOTBALL TEAM
Moline is soon to have a new ati
letic club composed more particularly
of the younger element who wish to
take part in the various branches of j
athletics; the organization to be!
known, as tlie Molini Crescent Athlet
ic club. Plans for a football team for
the coming season are already being
made. With the old Crescent team as
a nucleus, the leaders hcp. to secure
a team that will take high rank among
the gridiron teams of the city and vi
cinity. A basketball team for tlie com
ing winter is also on the program.
Quarters ure being fitted up at tlie
old Wagner rpera house und nex(
Monday is announced as the date
when the room will be ready for use.
MORE IMPROVEMENTS ARE
PLANNED BY COMMISSION
As busy a year as the present one
has been in the matter of public im
provement work Mayor M. It. Carhu n
and Commissioner Ed Kricson hao
three more projects, which they hope
to see consummated this fall as u cli
max to tho record breaking season.
These are:
Paving with brick of Moline's share
of First street from, the railroad truck:! '
to fifth avenue. Rock l-tland .las jurt
completed such work on its half of the
street.
Storm drain on Second street, run
ning south on Sixth avenue and then
direct to tlie Hock Island city line
Storm drain on Fourth street, ulontr
the course of the new sTreet car line.
j to be bvilt at public expense, at an
I estimated cost of 94,000. Fids for this
J work are to be openel tomorrow
I 10 o'clock at the city hall.
j Swedish Olive lorlgc, No. 533. I. O.
; O. F held a upecial moetine Thurs-
ay evening to arrange for the funeral
of J. Axel Swanson. Th6 deceased had
i selected thor.e who shall oflic-iate at
i the funeral and Axel H. Kohlcr will
j deliver the funeral oration at the
1 services in the lodge room Sunday aft
ernoon. Singing will be by the Olive
male chorus. In addiT'on to the rela
tives mentioned Mr. Swanson is sur
vived by a brother", Charles, of this
city, his mother and three fiisters in
Sweden. His mother is 80 years old.
Canton Moline. No. 60, Patriarchs
Militant, will attend the funeral of
Chevalier J. Axel Swanson fTunday aft
ernoon in full dress uniform. At the
meeting held Thursday evening Lieu
tenant George A. Johnson, was elected
representative to the department coun
cil PASSENGER TRAI
HITS mum frlAN
Robert Linder Seriously Injured
When Struck at a
Crossing.
Robert Linder, 424 Railroad avenue,
employed by the Deere & Mansur com
pany, was severely injured and nar
rowly escaped death last evening when
he was struck by a passenger train
at the Twelfth street crossing of the
Rock Island lines and hurled a dis
tance of 20 feet.
Linder was removed to the citv hos
pital in the police ambulance, where
he was attended by Dr. A. H. Arp. He
was unconscious for some time, the ex
tent of his injuries being a deep gash
in the head, and several bruises of a
minor nature about the body. No one
know? how the accident occurred, and
Linder himself is unable to furnish
the information at present.
LODGE NOTES.
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Local members of the Loyal Order
of Moose are planning to attend the
field day exercises to be held under
auspices of the Moose in DeWitt, la,.
August 2C. Governor Clarke of Iowa
I will be present and w ill deliver an ad
dress. Those members who are ath
letes are getting ready to win some of
the contests and the entries show that
the field of starters will be large.
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SAFE ill LONDON
First Word Received Prom Dr.
Otis in Month Tells of His
Experiences.
The Tri-City sanitarium force U un
usually happy today, having jt re
ceived a letter from Zv. F. J. rj.,
who has been in Europe sine? ear'.y
June attending the congress of sur
geons in London, the American ur
geons first visiting various part of
Europe together. This is the Cret
letter received here since July and
relieves much anxiety. It is dated
London, Aug. 3. He says in part:
"As you will see by the papers
Europe is involved in war. German
boats have all stopped and very few
are putting out to sea here because
of war conditions. I am hoqked for
the Baltic. If she sail3 you will know
of my coming. It will be in the pa
pers. We fear the English boats nill
be commandeered and we v, fc$
stranded."
i-ie tells of the people trying to pet
out o? Austria, through which country
he traveled before reaching England.
He said it was much like the Anvri
cans trying to get out of Mexico.
Women and small children were
tbrust aside that strong men might
take their places. Many of the doc
tors ir the party say they will shont
themselves hoarse if they ever get to
sea again, and all agree that when
I they sight the Statue of Liberty they
will feel willing to Jump overboard
and swim the rest cf the way. The
letter is one of much interest.
The Baltic was to have sailed yes
terday. FR0FESS0R MUHLEMAN TO
SPEAK IN LOCAL CHURCH
Professor George W. Muhlemir.,
well known in Moline as a former hijh
school instructor in science, will ad
dress the congregation of the First
Methodist church Sunday morning at
the usual church hour on the subject,
"Four Essentials to Happiness."
Professor Muhleman now occupies
the chair of chemistry at fje Metb
dist university in Oklahoma.
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