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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25

apt to prove representative OF condi-
tons throughout the state. OF the Ga
per cent found in Davenport, there was
a maximum error of 20 cents on every
dollar of purchase. In dry measure
the average discrepancy was IL per
cent against consumers.
Tries TO XIII Child.-Seized with a
sudden fit of insanity, Mrs. John Pot
ter, S02h West Fourth street, nearly
succeeded in cremating her 5-weeks-old
baby boy Saturday morning at 10
O'Clock. According to Mrs. T. ]. King.
who lives next door to the Potter fam
fly, she noticed Mrs. Potter pacing the
back yard with bundle in her arms.
Noticing Mrs. Potter place the bundle
which she was carrying in a large
snow drift. Mrs King discovered the
bundle contained baby. No sooner
had Mrs Potter placed the baby in the
snow than she Immediately picked 1t
up again and began to pace the yard
as before. Mrs. King was startled a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25
Orion

Hal Stewart of Champaign, ILL.,, at
tended the funeral of Mrs. South Tues
day.
Miss Ellen Keleher entertained the
Stitch and Chatter club Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Smith arrived
from Indianola, Iowa, Thursday They
will occupy the Robert Kerr house.
Miss Wayne OLeary has severed
her connection of 10 years service
with the Orion Times. Miss Lillian
Asplund has taken her place.
Mrs. Minnie Hopkins of Viola was
calling on friends Friday.
The high school rendered a fine pro-
gram. at the school house Friday after
noon.
The heavy snow Wednesday tied up
traffic for several hours. Three trains
were stuck on the Rock Island in
Orion for about 10 hours.
Mrs. T.. T. Anderson and Miss Fran,
ces Olson of Rock ISLAND spent Sun
day at the home of Rev. and Mrs. P
Brodene
Miss Alta Bailey attended the wed
ding Of Miss Mary Oldham and T. z
Montgomery in Rock Island wednes
day evening.
! Hugh Bambrie of Jacksonville, Ill.
spent Sunday with home folks.
Postmaster George Wilson and oil
yer Johnson are duck hunting neal
Browning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25
DAVENPORT

Weights Are Crooked" - Sensa-
tional disclosures as to the startling
crooked" conditions of weights and
measures in Davenport-where Ga per
cent of the scales tested were found in
correct-were made Saturday by Pro-
lessor G. w. Stewart Of Iowa univer-
sity, state superintendent OF weights
and measures. Professor Stewart bases
his statements upon the reports of in
spectors of the United States bureau
Of standards. who have just finished an
investigation Of weights and measures
at Davenport. Des Moines, Dubuque,
Sioux City and Fort Dodge. These five
cities were selected as those most
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25
Don't rub
the life out OF
your clothes

Sprinkle a little Gold Dust
in the water, and let the Gold
Dust Twins do all the hard
part of the task. Gold Dust
starts to dissolve and lather
the moment it strikes the
water; it starts to cleanse the
moment it comes In contact
with the garment. 1t instantly
softens the hardest water,
saves rubbing, saves wear and
tear on clothes, and does most
of the work without your
assistance.
Use Gold Dust next wash day.
and have whittier. sweeter.
cleaner clothes, with half the
effort and in half the time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25
WIRE SPARKS

st. Louis-James j. Britt, third as
sistant postmaster general, arrived
here from Washington to take testi-
mony in the congressional investiga-
ton of the prosecution by the post
office department of e. G. Lewis and
the Lewis enterprises.
Seattle-Rear Admiral Alfred Rey-
nolds, until recently governor of the
naval home at Philadelphia, has ar
rived here TO assume command Of the
Pacific reserve feet, stationed at the
Puget Sound navy yard.
San Francisco-The United States
revenue cutter Golden Gate left here
with force of immigration inspectors
to intercept a party of contraband
Chinese believed to be on fishing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25
CAUSE FOR ALARM
Loss of Appetite or Distress After Eat.
ing, a Symptom That Should Not
Be DIsreuarded

Be DIsresarded.
Appetite is just natural desire for
food. Loss of appetite or stomach dis
tress after eating indicate indigestion
or dyspepsia. Overeating is a habit
very dangerous to persons good gen.
eral health.
1t is not what you eat, but what you
digest and assimilate that does you
good. Some of the strongest, heaviest
and healthiest persons are moderate
eaters.
There is nothing that will cause more
trouble than disordered stomach, and
many people daily contract serious
maladies simply through disregard or
abuse of the stomach.
We urge all in Rock Island who suf-
fer from any stomach arrangement, in
digestion, or dyspepsia, whether acute
or chronic, to try Rexall Dyspepsia Tab
let's, with the distinct understanding
that we will refund their money with
out question or Formally, II after rea-
sonable use of this medicine, they are
not perfectly satisfied with the results.
every day, and have yet to hear of any
one who has not been benefited by
them. We honestly believe them to
be without equal They give very
prompt relief aiding to neutralize the
gastric juices. strengthen the digestive
organs, to regulate the bowels, and
thus to promote perfect nutrition, and
eradicate all unhealthy symptoms
We urge you to try a 25-cent box of
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets, which gives
Is days treatment. At the end Of
that time, your money will be returned
to you If you are not satisfied. OF
course, in chronic cases length of treat
ment varies. For such cases we have
two larger sizes, which sell for so
cents and 81. Remember, you can OBJ
tain Rexall Remedies in Rock Island
only at our store-the Rexall store.
Thomas Drug company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25

Joseph's church Interment VIII ne
made in Holy Family cemetery. MI.
GurschIer was born in Davenport in
the year 1879, and lived here for many
years. His many friends here Will
learn with sorrow of his death. He
was employed at the August Stenen
Dry Goods company as sample clerk
the year prior to his leaving for Cali
fornia- He is survived by his mother
Mrs. Anna Gurschler of California, and
three sisters, Miss Mamie and Mrs j.
Sweeney of California and Mrs. ]. Ries
of Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25
DENTAL CLINICS IN SCHOOLS
Many Large Cities Take Up Matter Of
Caring for eohooi ChiIdren's
Teeth.

BY LUTHER HALSEY GULICK, NJ D.
Gopyright by Ladies' Home Journal.
In Berlin, London, Boston and many
Jther communities there has grown
Up q resolution to see to 1t that the
children's teeth are kept in order. In
Germany the authorities spend an
average Of twenty-five cents a year on
each child in caring for the teeth OF
all schoolchildren. Dental inspection
Is compulsory in Germany, and more
than thirty cities support free dental
clinics for the schools. These clinics
supply not merely examination and
treatment Of decayed teeth, but also
Instruction to parents and teachers,
which they, in turn, impart TO the
children. The results that have fol-
burg, where it started, prove that a
healthy mouth means a healthy
body" School absences have dimin-
lshed greatly, the general health OF
the children has been raised and
their standard of mental attainment
has greatly improved.
The expense of this work is met by
the school authorities because 1t is
cheaper to do SO. dislike this argu-
ment of oheapness, but still 1t is a
real one. 1t is cheaper to keep the
ch!ldren's teeth In order and get the
children through school on time than
to pay for the extra six months In
struction. The school board of Find
lay, o., employed thirteen dentists
last autumn. BY having that number
it was possible to go over all the
teeth of all the children during the
year. The dentists were employed on
the ground that 1t was saving Of
money to care for the children's teeth.
Moreover, there are other reasons
why this matter of the care OF the
teeth is important. Let me mention
an economic reason. l know a man
whose stenographer was most rapid
and accurate in her work. She could
take an address that was not ex
pressed in uniformly good English
and rewrite it adequately and gra
: ciously; but her breath was some
thing which must be left to the i'm
agmation to describe. 1t was so un
pleasant to be in the same room witt
her that she could not be retained
Now the breath under ordinary con
: ditions of good health is odorless: Tit
: air that comes from the lungs undei
normal conditions is without smell
When a person has an offensive
breath it is usually because there Il
something decaying in or about tn,
teeth, the tonsils, or the back part o
the nose. The most common of thes
causes is that the teeth are not KEEP
free from decaying substances.
Furthermore, the appearance Of
persons teeth is one Of the ways b.
which we form our judgments OF tina
person. 1t is not merely questio
Of physical appearance; 1t is quei
ton of the sense Of self-respect.
Is one indication of what a perso
: thinks and feels about himself. Man
a young mans career and even hi
/ success in life have been entirel
|. changed by the handicap Of a small
y receding chin, which could have bee
: developed in perfect balance and ha
a mony with the other parts Of his fac
had attention been given to 1t at tn
: right time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25
TO Mothers-And Others.

You can use Bucklen-s Arnica Salve
to cure children of eczema, rashes. tet-
ter, chafngs, scaly and crusted hui
mors, as well as their accidental In
juries-cuts. burns. bruises, etc, with
perfect safety. Nothing else heals so
quickly. For boils, ulcers, old. run
ming or fever sores or piles it has no
superior. twenty-five cents at all
druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25
MOLINE

Drove on Sidewalk. - William Wei
gandt, a teamster with the Moline
Channel Ice company and resident Of
Rock Island, was arrested Saturday
morning on charge of driving on
improved sidewalks of the city. Com
plant was entered by the police. Wei
gandt drew fine of 50 and costs
which amounted to s3.05.
Taylor Asked to Speak.-An invita-
ton to address the Mems club of
Dixon in the near future has been
accepted by DR.. W. e. Taylor. A
series of get-together banquets dur
ing the spring has been arranged by
the Dixon men, the first of which will
be held next Friday, March 20, at
which time the speaker will be R. G..
Richards, general claim agent of the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway COM
pany. The date of the meeting at which
DR.. Taylor will speak has not been
set.
Bids on Street Flusher.-Three bids
for the street fusher which the city
proposes to purchase were opened
Saturday afternoon by the city COM
mission at special session. The
bids follow: Tifin Wagon company
of Tifin, Ohio, $3.50; Studebaker
corporation, South Bend, $40; San
itary Street Flushing Machine COM
pany, st. Louis, $1,000. The con-
tract for the fusher probably will be
awarded this afternoon at regular
session of the council. The bids on
the flusher are f. o. b. Moline.
Tax Returns SIoW.-A total Of S116,-
049.67, little more than one-third the
tax charge against Moline township
which is s322,467.74, has been re-
ceived by Deputy Collector Froyd al
the end of the eighth week since the
books we're opened. There now re
main only five days in which tax
payers may make settlement, as by
law the returns must be made to the
county treasurer not later thar
March 81. Settlement by some O
the heaviest taxpayers in the town
ship Is yet to be made, on the bash
of which Mr.. Froyd estimates a to
tai return of at least 100000, ,
sum $4,000 below last years fig
ures. Collections for the first five
days of this week totaled barrel.
IS25, 900. Wednesday was the bigges
day, when $4,90O.13 was receiptet
for, while Friday the office reached
its low water mark for the week
with total of s2,116.11. Work o
compiling the names of delinquent
will prove the biggest task of tina
nature in years as the result of tn
neglect of the taxpayers. 1t will re
quire at least half a month to pre-
pare the list after the tax books ar
closed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25
. - - CURES
0.0.o. OLD SORES

old existed simply because the flesh diseased that
the would k the the diseased flesh might be
old resist form of local external treatment and even
back morbid
which removed before result Just long the
which the circulation throws S. Old Sores
completely When
Sc
of dds
Ulcers any medical advice
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25

few minutes after this by her own
back door being burst. open and Mrs
Potter rushing in with the baby in her
arms. Don't stop me-" shrieked the
insane woman, u am going to burn
this rag" and before Mrs. King could
arise from where she sat the woman
lifted lid from the kitchen stove and
was IN the act of showing the child
into the raging fire when Mrs. King
grabbed her arm. The clothing Of the
child was set on fire by this time and
it was with much difficulty that Mrs.
Kings efforts to wrest the child from
the mad woman were crowned with
success.
Obituary Reeord.-Jacob Henry Hell,
for the past 80 years resident Of Dav-
export, died late Friday afternoon at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25

N B. Langley, Madison, Wis. says:
Il was almost helpless with rheuma-
tism for about five months. Had it in
my neck so could not turn my head
and all through my body. tried three
doctors and many remedies without
any relief whatever until / procured
DR.. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism.
In few hours the pain was relieved
and in three days the rheumatism was
completely cured and l was at work.
Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901 Second ave-
nue.. Rock Island; Gust Schlegel & Son,
22O West Second street, Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25

$25, 100000 Mississippi river pow
or dam here. A large force of men
is dumping cement into the break in
hope of stopping the leak. An ice
gorge broke. sweeping away a pow
er house. The force of the food also
ers OF the Keokuk-Hamilton bridge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25

Caracas-A whirlwind finish marked
the round of entertainment on the last
day Of the visit of Secretary Knox and
his party to the Venezuelan capital. He
left today for Puerto Cabello.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25

nothing
the
feelings of
female relieved
Of Doctor
powerful invsoranG impar
feunn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25

PeriIs Costly Power Project.
Keokuk, March ga assure,
through which water was sweeping
was discovered today in the main pro-
lection of the construction OF the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25

Guayaquil, Ecuador-Carlos Freile
who recently resigned as president of
the Ecuadorean senate, and General
Tobar, a former candidate for the
presidency, left for Europe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25

OVer-WOTkcdI worn run-doWn, debilfafed
teachers, milners, dressmakers seamstresses shop
house keepers nursing mothers and feeble generally
IL excellent appezin9 cordial and restorative tonic.
Of Meco.ta Mich Route bad eh spells
doctor aid had floating sidney doctore months with
his eeine After
.
taking Prostitution and DR. Perces
Golden Medical
time We have faith in medicines for
Or Pens induus mild Natural bovsI u,oy7eut
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25

Constantinople-Owing to several
new mines having been laid in the
Dardanelles 600 passengers on board
of the Hamburg-American steamship
Cincinnati are unable to proceed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25

Thomas andt the Newport
and the actress exceedingly
~
automobile
his wife
Linda OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25

Queenstown-The steamer Maure-
tania, on its way to New York, was un-
able to take aboard 1872 passengers and
many sacks of mail on account. of the
heavy sea.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-25
vessel en- route here from Ensenada,
Lower California.

Glendive, Mont--John Sanderson OF
Ohio has given up his search in Mon
tana for buried treasure of a bandit
gang,
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-06-21

Important 20 hsotnere
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-06-21
THE PEEvISH CHILD
NEEDS TREATMENT

When child sulks drowsily, or II
fretful, 1t is usually due to some slight
disorder Of the digestive organs, and o
mild laxative is very often all that II
necessary to restore cheerfulness and
buoyancy Of spirits.
In cases where tho use Of q gentle,
effective laxative stimulant is indi-
Gated. many Of the best physicians are
now prescribing DR.. CaldwelIs Syrup
Pepsin. This preparation Is admitted
ly the perfect laxative, being mild, yet
positive In its action. on the bowels.
and far preferable to violent cathart-
les and purgative waters. It is very
pleasant to the taste and Is an ideal
remedy to regulate and strengthen the
stomach, liver and bowels. Its easy,
natural action makes 1t especially de-
sirable In the case Of children, a dose
at bedtime being sure to have the de-
sired result next morning, with no at
tendant unpleasantness or discomfort.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold
BY druggists everywhere in soc and
800 bottles. If you have never tried
this splendid remedy, write to DR.. W.
B. Caldwell, POI Washington st., Mon
ttcello, ILL.,, for sample. He will be
very glad to send q trial bottle with
out any expense to you whatever.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-06-21
QUEEN SEEKS REST
Wife Of King Haakon Of Norway
Is Tired Of Court Life.
Her hIghness Would Gladly surren.
der Title, Wealth and Attentions
to Again Live tho Simple
Lie In England.

Christiansand Norway. - Income
100000 q year. Everybody says
"Your majesty" Power to do as she
pleases. A husband who Is devoted to
her. A son who is growing up full Of
life and spirits, yet model of what
. son and future monarch ought to
be. Subjects universally adoring her.
And, withal, Queen Maud of Norway
isn't satisfied. She is content with
her husband. Norway's King Haakon
VII, and she is rejoiced over her SON,
the Grown Prince Olaf.
But she doesn't care for the 100000
a year Norway grants to monarchs;
she'd rather have the $4,000 she used
to skimp along on and be poor. She
Is tired OF being her majesty, and
would infinitely prefer being q prin-
cess, poor at that, says writer. She
would welcome her earlier life, when
she was picked on by a mother-in-law
and where can woman find q more
malign fate? She Is willing enough
that the Norgegian people shall adore
her; but she would delight in exchang-
ing her coach Of state for the top Of q
London omnibus, with Norway forget
ting all about her.
So there, enthroned by q whole ma
lions deliberate choice, victorious
over all misfortune after years Of
harsh subsection. is a queen who re-
sembles no other queen alive, and .
woman who is homesick for the very
things which millions Of other women
are breaking their necks and their
husbands backs to get away from.
She has had her grandeurs now for
half a dozen years, and the longer
they have been thrust upon her the
sicker she grows Of them.
81 sometimes get tired of being
royal, especially when am looked at
and wondered over like one Of the
Tussaud waxworks. often think how
glorious it must be to be able to jump
on the top of bus and have day
out. i think shall some day"
That was what she said soon after
she was crowned as Norway's chosen
queen. She thinks It more emphatieal
~ now; she is chemically tired Of be-
ing wondered at, and chemically hun
cry to jump on top Of bus and have
y day out. She said 30 only the other
lay in other words.
If she could only abandon her solemn
throne; only 60 to her old home in
England and live there in peace and
quiet, rearing her boy, now some nine
years old, to be a simple gentleman;
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-06-21

ITO strip wireless Of its technicali-
ties and boil it down to the primal
constituents is not hard" said an ex-
pert who has made a. study Of the
theory and knows the practice. 1T
is simply transference through space
Of waves Of electromagnetic energy.
when a wireless operator presses
key, q spark jumps between two
pieces Of metal. These two pieces Of
metal are connected with long wires.
called antennae, that are strung on
poles called aerials. The energy from
this spark is spread on these wires
and diffused in waves.
these waves have definite length.
which can be determined partly
through the power Of the sending sta
ton. The station that Is receiving
these Is able to put itself in tune to
receive wave lengths Of the nature
sent out by the sending station and
exclude others"
Wireless relies on electromagnetic
waves as the source Of its communi-
cation. These waves are sometimes
called Hertzian waves and were made
use of for the first time in 1880 by
Prof. Amos Dolbear Of Tufts college.
He applied for patent on a wireless
system that had every essential of the
plan followed today. He got his pat
emit in 1885, which was two years be-
fore DR.. Hertz's discoveries.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-06-21

What these Investigators found was that when
an electric spark jumped between two poles there
were started, in what the scientists call the ether
magnetic force lines. These force lines detached
tremendous rate of speed This speed has been
reckcned at 10000 miles second. It was also
learned that these force lines went through space
In wave lengths that could be measured.
Doctor Hertz found that the presence of these
waves could be detected across a room by means
of loop Of copper wire This was called the
Hertz loop The ends of this loop were slightly
parted and 1t was found that the electric spark
on one side of the room caused q small spark to
pass between the ends of the Hertz loop. Sir
Oliver Lodge and William Marconi used the So me
spark gap and connected one side of it to copper
plate buried in the earth and the opposite side
10 wires strung in the air. When the apparatus
was constructed in this way the electric spark
caused oscillations on the aerial wires and Gre
ated wave that,could be detected at consider
able distance.
The modern wireless station has appliances 70
regulate the length of the waves that carry the
messages.
To prevent interference each ship installation
operates on different wave length and the re-
ceiving instruments either on the ships or the
land stations able to in or tune in on those
lengths The tuner enables an operator to change
the wave lengths on the receiving wires. and so
get in touch with the office that is calling.
At the senate inquiry the operators from the
Carpathia and the Titanic were repeatedly asked
what o and D means. The effect of these
messages was very clear to the operators but they
were not entirely what the letters themselves
meant Inquiries at the Marconi offices brought
the Information that the letters have no signid-
canoe In themselves and simply agreed code
signs.
The call c @ is made by the symbols for the
letters. G is dash. dot. dash, dot; is DASH dash
dot. dash; D is dash, dot. dot. The written dan
ger call Of the deep would look like this: 49,
The call is made up of s: dot. dot dot;
O: dash. dash. dash: 8: dot, dot. dot and looks
ike this: :; ---;.
The @ d sign is a Marconi symbol. @
Is an agreed call for the attention Of all stations
frequently messages of importance are prefaced
by these letters. D means danger. It was further
stated that 0 s was adopted by the Berlin con-
vention in 1902 Every wireless operator under
stands these calls.
In some Of the foreign ships where the opera
tors do not speak English 1t is customary to
write the symbols Of the message and have them
translated