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t MONDAY THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS-SEPTEMBER 8, 1919.' s KEPT STRAIGHT x FACE, WHISTLED AND WON PRIZE Mrs. Tom Kennedy f This City ' Turns Trick at I'icnic of Trl City Railway Company. Could you ke?p a straight face and at the same time whistle twice before each capital letter and once before each other letter and spell Tri-City Railway company" be tween the whistles while several hundred people were watching you? Mrs. Tom Kennedy of this city can. and she did at the Tri-City Railway & Light company picnic held at the Watch Tower Saturday. For this she won a double alumi num boiler, presented by T. C. Roderick, assistant general mana ger of the railway company. Mrs. Kennedy had nine competitors, but each one either smiled, laughed or missed a letter or a whistle, and for this they were eliminated from the contest. Miss Adah Bauersfeld of the Rock island tffice of the power company and her partner, F. J. Broderick of Moline took the prizes of a string of pearlu and an Eversharp gold pencil piven by Harry E. Littig, secretary of the railway company, for being 'he prize waltzers in the evening diversion. B. J. Denman, president of the company, was tha START CAMPAIGN SEPT. 15 TO FILL QUOTA OF LEGION A nation-wide campaign to in crease the membership of the American Legian to 1,000,000 Tet erans of the great war will be started by all state branches and local posts throughout the country on Monday, Sept. 15. The drive will last six days, closing on Sat urday, Sept. 20. In that time each state will be expected to fill a mem bership quota necessary to make the strength of the legion one mil lion members. More than one-third of the mil lion 400,000 soldiers, sailors and marines of the recent war organ ized in upward of 3,500 posts from coast to coast has already been obtained. Henry D. Llndsley, chair man of the national executive com mittee, has appointed these 400,000 the general membership drive com mittee, each one with a quota of three of his "buddies" to enroll in his local post in tlie week of the campaign. The slogan of the drive will be "Lot's Stick Together." It will be posted in large and small communities throughout the coun try. The membership quota for each state has been worked out on the basis of the number of n- ho served in the army, navy or marine corps during the war from that state. Many states have almost reached their assigned quotas al ready and the drive in those states will be to double their present en rollment. One of the chief incen- inHco flnrl U'aa mtiictoH v Aire T. R. King and Mrs. John O Meara of tives of th campaign will be the Davenport. McNeil Wins Race. Marvin McNeil of this city won the free-for-all men's race and got a silk knit tie given by R. B. Mc Donald, manager of the power com pany. Other prize winners were Miss Gray of Moline, who won an electric iron, and G. G. Schmidt of Davenport, who won a six-cup percolator. In the tape line special, guess ing a distance. Mrs. I . Hummell of iiavenport guessed the closest and on an aluminum kettle given by If. E. Weeks, treasurer. Olive Bar l ett won the girls' race and re ceived a prize of four linen hand kerchiefs given by C. N. Chubb, manager of the power company. Tom Kennedy. Jr., of this city got a ball and bat donated by George Kuhn, purchasing agent, for win ning the boys' race. Illinois Keats Iowa. The Illinois baseball team took the honors in the ball game, win ning 7 to 4 over the Iova men. For this. J. G. Huntooii. vice pres ident and general manager of the company, gave the team a fcox of cigars. Connolly and Conklin were the battery for Illinois and Kahler and Worthman for Davenport. President B. J. Denman put up an other box of citrars for the 2S Illi nois men who beat Iowa in the tug of war. Four hundred were present at the annual picnic and 20 gallons of ice cream and 34 gallons of coffee were served. John Sutherland, master mechanic fo.' the company, ivas in charge of the outing. fact that each state's voting strength at the national convention in Minneapolis on Nov. 10, 11 and 12 will be based on its member ship prior to Oct. 10, 30 days before the convention assembles. Illinois had 293.620 men in the service. It needs 67.S06 members of the legion to fill its quota. HELEN BLAIR SOLD TO SOUTHERN FIRM SAYS CAPT. BLAIR .The packet steamer. Helen Rial t many years engaged in packet , ' and excursion business on the up- per Mississippi, has been sn'.il to the Tri-State Packet comp.v--Memphis. Tenn.. accordi-ir- t announcement madg by Captain Walter Blair. The consideration! xi' n a rnt martn riiH!i fa rt a in Ttln ' yesterday took the packet out of Davenport bound for St. I.onis to turn the craft over to the new owners. The steamer will be nsed out of Memphis in freight and passenger business on the southern Mississippi. ANNOUNCEMENT. We hereby notify our old clients and the public at large, that we have moved into our new offices at 609-610 Best Wielding, Rock Is land and that we are now better equipped than ever to take care of patent and engineering cases en trusted to us. Mr. Haskell" is now located per manently here and all that are in terested in patents or patent la-, have now a chance to consult a patent attorney of 30 years' exper ience. Mr. Haskell is prepared t attend to all patent office work in cluding the procuring of trado marks and designs and to take care of patent causes in the United States courts. In connection with Mr. Haskell's patent business Mr. Miehaelis, a mechanical engineer of 20 years' experience, conducts an engineer ing office. In this department in ventors find expert advice and he! 3 in developing their ideas. A sta f of draftsmen prepare patent and working drawings. Manufacturers, who do not keep their own engi neering staff, and those, who have more work than their owns drafts men can handle, will find conven ient help in our office, if they da sire designs or detail drawings of any description. Thanking our old clients for their continued patronage and as suring them or any others in need of expert advice and help in our lines, that we will endeavor to hold their patronage by fair deal ing and good service we sign WALTER X. HASKELL, Patent Attorney. Register Xo. 242. KRICH H. MICHAELIS, Mechanical Engineer. Gtvbnefs PEOPLE STRONG FOR PRESIDENT THROUGH WEST (Continued from Page One.) helpless islands into the arms of western folks toward his program Japan. He implies that America of peace and his supporters west of would have to stand guard with a the Missisippi river have not alto big navy in the far east and guar- gether deserted him. His strength antee the independence of the ! is still based upon an entense de sire for peace and an end to war allied countries the seeds of com mercial jealousy helped to breed antagonism in Germany and to play into the hands of the militar ists was not explained. Mr. Wilson harps on the necessity for breaking down pan-Germanism and keeping the road open from Bremen to Bag dad and safeguarding the republics along the way, but his acdiences do not seem to grasp the meaning of Mittel Europa politics. Effect!? on Simple Grounds. It is apparent that whenever the president stays on simple ground, he makes an effective impression. Many a man in his Des Moines au dience liked the explanation of the Shantung controversy and I believe Mr. Wilson gained friends when he frankly told the Des Moines people that he didn't like the Shantung settlement any more than they did and that Great Britain and France in order to induce Japan to come into the war had made a bargain which had to be kept. Mr. Wilson pointed to article 10 as the solvent of our own as well as China's troubles with Japan. Al- mougn men in the senate have Philippines. But now he exhibits the League of Xations and article 10 in particu lar as. a safeguard for the Philip pines, saying the combined armies and navies of the world would be obliged to defend the territorial in tegrity of the new republic when once independence is granted. Applies to China. Last but not least Mr. Wilson ap plies article 10 to the case of un fortunate China. He cynically re minded his Des Moines audience that you never hear much about the other nations besides Japan which now hold economic as well as ter ritorial rights in China by virtue of the lease system of indefinite possession and says that temporar ily Japan has been substituted for Germany. He gives the impression that it was not possible to give China the Germany rights without logically asking Great Britain and France and the other powers to give up their holdings in China. But he hints that under a League of Xations it will be possible to se cure a revision of these leases and also that no more territory will ever be taken from China because article 10 will apply to any land- rmhhtni' nation that seeks to prac- I tice aggression upon China. So he exhorts the sincere friends of China to get inside the league if they really want to help China. Explanation of that kind seems to please the big audiences for Shantung is a question which has been widely discussed. Mr. Wilson is right when he says that only that is stronger than any political party and stronger too at present than the mistakes of the Demo cratic administration on domestic policy. The president is making a senti mental appeal. He is describing the suffering of Armenia, the plight of torn and disturbed France and central Europe and the burdens of taxation as well as the awful possi bilities of further conflict which he predicts will come if the United States decides to stand off and build up a Mg army and navy and re- J fuses to do its part m ridding the world of the militarism that made possible a world war. Eyes are being turned inquiringly toward the senate. They prayed for the sen ate in Des Moines. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children !N USE FOR OVER 30 YEARS Si llrw FOR YOUR SELECTION J I? called it a breeder of wars and Iour Provisions oi me u-- have wanted the article qualified. Pee "fussel out nere . ana wnu if not stricken altogether from the is. wis? for. h,m 10 X?J" ' trratv tho r..-iHQ, . , j nearx ana suDsiance oi me uml . , f ......... t uao viu luuu applause when illustrating the value to the United States of that much mooted article. First, he ap plies it to Belgium and shows how a pledge by all the world including the United States to protect the territorial integrity of Belgium and its political independence would have been sufficient to prevent the last war. Then he turns to central Europe and declares that unless article 10 is in the treaty, the whole structure falls and that Roumania, Jugo Slavia, Bohemia and Poland are left helpless in the midst of strong fighting nations and can produce another world war. Or else Mr. Wilson refers to the Phil ippines. He says in effect but plainly enough for h's audiences to catch the hirt that America has bijtn worrying for rh last decade 1;-js- she couiu t Phlipaine3 leu without s.. ' articles, his crowds appreciate in formation on the controversial phases of the document. Creates Enthusiasm. It is difficult to estimate the ef fect of Mr. Wilson's journey thus ! f'i Thnca TntririlA western neonle I throw their hats into the air and wave their arms in enthusiastic demonstration. The streets in Des Moines were jammed with cheering thousands at eventide. It looked like a triumphal procession as the president rode through the throng of Iowans. The 10.000 people who crowded the coliseum in Des Moines to its very rafters came from all parts of the state. Many rode 200 miles to hear Mr. Wilson. It was a spontaneous tribute. They respect Mr. Wilson out here though they don't care much for the Democratic arty. But the president won his toss thePelection in 1916 by the drift of the POLITICAL ADVERTISING. i-- i J R. I. Clean Towel Service. Phone R. L 243S Tri-City Towel Supply company. Davenport 934. V: Its Flavor Smacks or Health. The vholesome, ricK taste of Grape-Nuts is the natural flavor of a well balanced blend of prime "wheat and malted barley-developed by twenty hours of baking., The building qualities of this robust food are remarkable. FOR YOUR SELECTION Fall Millinery Pleasing new hat models fashioned of velvet, duvetyne, and beaver. All sizes of shapes are in vogue. Trimmed with ostrich, coque, burnt goose feathers, and flowers. Reasonably Priced From $3 to $50.00 Young & McCombs THE BIG STORE ON THE CORNER OSCAR E. CARLSTROM ALEDO, ILLINOIS KEPUBLICAX Candidate for Delegate to the Constitutional Convention, Solicits Your Vote PRIMARIES SEPT. 10, 1919 TOC CA.V TOTE FOR TWO IIIIIIllIllltllltlllllllllflllllllllltlllllttllltllllllllfllllllllllltltllllllllllllHIlIflllllU Vacation Trips I Of Two and Four Days On the Steamers Helen Blair and Keokuk. "Tin Jyp ma tooto 2 PAT TRIP 2 DAT TRIP 4 PAT TRIP EVERY FRIDAY TO KEOKUK AND RETURN. Leaves Rock Island at 4:00 p. m. Returns Snnday noon. E TO BURLINGTON AND RETURN EVERY MONDAY, Wednesday and Friday. Leaves Rock Island at 4 p. ni. E TO QUINCY AND RETURN EVERY MONDAY AND Wednesday. Leaves Rock Island at 4 p. m. E Round trip fare to Burlington Jo. 50. Keokuk $S.50, Quincy $11, E E including meals, berth and war tax. WHITE COLLAR LINE STEAMERS f 5 Office foot Mnetenth St. Telephone 1443 E Tl iiiiitiiiiiiiiiitiiitiiiiiiiiiit iiiiiiiiif iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiri if iiiiiIT (POLITICAL ADTE BTISIXG) If -Hi as me 25 NOTICE Until the telephone strike is ended, patrons of Jackson's Express, please CALL R. I 2290 instead of 968, as my phone has been out of or der several days. We do moving with a one-ton Republic truck, two men $2.50 per hour, also two Fords at your service for light hauling. Cheapest service in Rock Island. JACKSON'S EXPRESS 3012 Fifth Avenue Vote for M. M. Sturgeon, Rock Island's Candidate for the Republican nomi nation for delegate to the Constitutional Conven tion. To the Returned Soldiers: I am a candidate for nomination for Delegate to the Con stitutional Conven tion, the primary elec tion for which will be held Sept. io. I shall be very grateful to you for any assistance you may give me in secur ing such nomination. I have a special rea son, however, for ask ing your support, and that is that one of the candidates at least, expects yojr support for the reason that he was a soldier in the Spanish - American and in the late war, with which expecta tion I have no quar rel. I onlv ask, that if that is a moving or controlling consider ation in giving him your vote, that you extend to me the same favor. I am a veteran of the Civil war which saved to you a country for which you could fight. You are entitled to vote for two candi dates. I sincerely ask you to give me one vote. M. M. STURGEON. TO THE VOTERS OF ROCK ISLAND COUN TY, REMEMBER The primary election to nominate delegates to the Constitutional Conven-i tion is September 10th. Vote for two dele gates from your own county One from Rock Island and one from Moline. Mercer county has had the congressman for years, also has a circuit judge and member of the legislature now, and is en titled to no more. Rock Island county, with 3.500 more Republi can votes than both Mer cer and Henderson, has only the state senators. It has vital interests that will be involved in the convention, especially Rock Island, Moline, East Moline and Silvis Trust them to your home candidates! We heartily concur in the above. H. M. SCHRIVER, Mayor of Rock Island.! CHAS. P. SKINNER, Mavor of Moline. G. T. JOHNSON. Mavor of East Moline. GEORGE SLEETII, Mayor of Silvis. We, the undersigned members of the Rock Is land County Republican Central Committee, earn estly endorse the above. J. C. Burgoyne, Chairman. C. N. Isaacson, Secretary. P. J. Carey. L. C. Blanding. M. A. Titterington. Geo. W. Johnson. Fred Graflund. Fred Wr. Rinck. N. M. Moore, Secretary of Rock Island City Committee. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. prhfRtlnebe WEEK At The Biff Store On The Corner This is special display week and sales week of Serpentine Crepes at the hh; store. The new fall 1919 stock l"ias ar rived and is complete with a choice of a score of plain and printed patterns. An early selection is advisable while the range of patterns is still complete and the mer chandise is crisp and new. I ' : " Dainty and Durable for Intimate Wear To have lingerie that is perfectly charming and that will actually wear better than muslin or ordinary cottons is made possible for every woman by utilizing the special Soft-Finished Serpentine Crepe. This soft and dainty fabric i made with a permanent crepe weave that never wears out and that makes ironing unnecessary. So to the ad vantage of small initial cost, is added real war time economy in laundering. College girls and business women especially find that by wearing lingerie made from Soft Finished Serpetine Crepe, their laundry bills are materially reduced while they also have the sat isfaction of wearing garments that arc both beautiful and extremely comfortable. Soft-Finished Serpentine Crepe comes in white, soft blue and delicate pink shades. For lingerie be sure to ask for the Soft Finish, and make certain it is the genuine article by looking for the words gerbeRfiCfep which are imprinted on the selvage of every yard of the genuine. No substitute is adequate. And please realize that Serpentine Crepe in the regular firmer finish is also made in more than a score of standard plain shades ad more than fifty beautiful printed patterns, each charmingly suggestive of the season's character istics. Serpentine Crepe makes up into most at tractive kimonos, morning jackets, house dresses and little dresses and rompers for children. Alo it is ideal for decorative purposes in the house. A COMPLETE STOCK Is Here For Your Selection 20 PLAIN SHADES 20 PRINTED PATTERNS Your Choice A Per Yard Be